The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-09-05

| ltttHiU Nittttt.
"Wcll." said General Custer in response.
the ouly way can account for you re-
itl>ing tha! offer, Duncan. is that the other
side offered you something more"
Custer Is cool-cyed. quiet man Of that
military training which gives siucerer form
of courage than any mere spontaneity, and
when he looked at Duncan the latter replied
uncasiy: 's'.
"Iou must not talk that way to me, Gene
raj Custer. Ny character is as good as
yours
Yes" said Custer. in his quiet way.
:. If YOU do come to the question of char
acter can find people within the sound OF
| our voices who have heard you say that
| in this campaign you meant TO work for the
SIDE wHlcH WOULD FAY YOU THE MOST"
"Whocver said that" exclaimed Duncan,
| lis liar"
| Here DR.. Keller, who had repeated the
statement to Custer, looked up and said
duncan, you must take that back. |
am General Clusters authority"
Duncan said in response:
81 wopt take it back. 1t is not true"
| AT this Dr. Keller ,..
STRUCK DUNCAN TWICE IN TIE FACE,
and he Dunc,nl reached back and caught
| himself Uy chair. In recovering his posi-
| ton he struck on! at Keller, and the two cX-
| changed lialt-dozen blows, which injured
neither. No arms were produced. and the
| spectators rushed in and separated them.
Duncan, finding himself In the possession Of
the most OF his faculties nnd quite safe from
further attack, then proceeded to say that he
wild sort of way his eye suddenly fell upon
! Colonel Bob Wooley. a lawyer. OF Louisville.
Noolcy is Il compact. heavy SET. powerful
| looking man. aud brother Of Charles
| WoClcv. of Cincinnati. He said ut once:
duncan, YOU are il mountehank and
liar You can whip uohody."
! Then Wooley dared him to prove the con-
liary. duncan at lack. With face nearly
as white rs his flannel suit of clothes. but did
| not retort. Ii is the apprehension of many
people here that there will me some blood
| shed before this farce is over, rs the ken-
;urky people are aStoni>hed that Il man of
| Duncan'S SlimneSs, morally and mentally,
C.,n have attracted strangers to the city to
MD in Grants reelection, The band which
arrived to-day comes from ShippinySbulg,
| Pa. which Is in the district Of liadcrinan.
,,ho is son-in-law of Simon Cameron. No
secret Of the fact is made that transportation
"Nl"n>cs we've furnished to these people be-
t,,rc they Stated out. There are about seven
persons in the land, and they played II tune
i'll The GaIt House rcccption-room !iust after
Dunran> fight with Or. Keller. Judge Bar
rctt. Of New York. does not mean 10 colue to
the convention. and the most eminent man i'll
HE concern i probably B. +. Bccduap. the
rsn! r~tatr holder. OF New York city. Apollo
iDii furnishes tie ,ii'>s Of delegates TO the
:'"nycnti"n, aud in all there are probably
| ~ rI - nI
who have resources and independence Of
character, but the rest make no secret Of the
fact that
All THEIR tXrEasrs wEFF rMp ~ ADVANCE;
that they lad som" quarrel with the custom
l"us" authorities about the rate Of compfL.
-a;i0u per "i>m and mileage which they
should get. \ fair and charitable estimate
If TIE amount of honesty in The delegates
VII" lia>c illl> Tar arrived would he about
hN per cent. \ very large number of those
WI" hNr come expect 10 20 over 10 New
.tllnnv to hear Oliver Z. Morton address Il
Republican meeting. Asked directly ut noon
VINO had put up the money that organized
this show, one OF the most shameless persons
replied that Thomas Murphy, Zach. Chnnd-
ler, Q. =. Morton, and Simon Cameron ulade
the arrangements. 70 show the coul try that
Kentucky has no sympathy with this con-
GERM al, enormous meeting Is to be held here
on the I1lh and 18th of September, during
the Peace Jubilee. The Peace Jubilee will
take place in very beautiful National Park
in the euvironS of the city, where some hun
dlrds Of thousands Of dollars have been eX-
pended in draining and bridging. On the
highest point of this park large structure Is
to be inclo>cd and rooted, and Kentucky will
endcayor to announce to the country that it
has Us much interest in peace and tranquility
- any northern population can have.
Charley Wooley. brother Of Bob WOoley,
who dcticd Duncan to-day, is said to bc work
Ing for Hendricks defeat. His motive IL
Hendricks opposition to PendIeton four
wears ago. Charles O'Conor has written II
letter aud put it in charge of Judge Spalding.
The ticket will probably be O'Conor and j..
@. Adams, or Adams and Hancock. Signs
of trouble appear in the Convention. II is
suid that Proctor Knott, Flournoy Of North
Carolina, and Others. mean to oppose nomf-
i nation OF any person, and to adjourn under
cover OF resolutions.
II now looks a. If the Convention would
be composed of four OF five hundred dele
gates. The delegates best known ere Sena.
tor Bayard, of Delaware Judge Woodward,
| Of PENNSYLVANIA: Hon J. Proctor Knott, OF
Kentucky; Cliauncey Z. Burr, Of New Jer-
sew: Hon. William NJ. Cory, of Ohio.
| Nearly all the States will be represented.
| There is, however, an absence Of prominent
men from the South.
1 good deal of excitement was created
this evening among the friends of this move
mcnt by the reported discovery OF scheme
| TO FORCE THE NOMINATION OF GREELEY
by taking possession Of the Convention. or
through jutilcio,s application of force ere
| ating such confusion as to prevent the nomi-
nation of O'Conor. ii is alleged that large
number of Greeley men will endeaVor 10 get
into the Convention, 50 as to lie present from
States not formally organized, ana atte'nIt
70 force the Convention into the policy OF
rctIruinins from the nomination altogether,
or if possible press Greeley OH the Conyen-
ton, in which effort aid is to be received
from Il wel-lacked lobby. If, through the
vigilance of the Committee on Credentials,
this plan fails, then the Convention IS
ro BE BROKEN Up IN 4 ROW
and the movement in effect destroyed. There
! i no doubt but some such scheme has been
cauyassed, but whether ary have seriously
thought TO attempt TO put it into force is not
| known. However, great excitement ana
| INDIGNATION prevail at the headquarters OF
fhe Democrats over The discovery OF the
scheme of the Greeley men TO take posses
| sion They have determined TO resist and
make straight nomination.
rur .rHARACTER OF THE DELEG ATES.
4 prclty intelligent idea can be formed OF
tbn immaculate men who have made THIS
| D.no,r,ti, hegira when it is known that