The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-09-01

S6sdGsi iM51dA b. Charleston, Indiana,
oeshe 2stk.,~
.N.Ths "stveight.Outs" Of Illinois, othe
number Of a5stt.hve, met In Spri1 IA
Nay, end iPpointed delegations The
Boarbon eeovention at Louisville. /
Fk1bAY, AUGUST 80, 1871. "a
The cholera has appeared at
Grodnec, in Russia.
London papers received in New York
on the 10th, state thss she foot and ~ n
disea'es .mc ,9&. he increase in the las.
week hes been over four thousand cases.
r. The city council of Cincinnati passed
. resolution to-day, inviting President
Grant and Horace Grssloy 70 visit the
exposition. r 'l of Ae.d7 -t.rh I
Near Columbus, Ohio, on the morning
Of the s0th. . farmer named MONK, shot
his wife, MORALLY injuring her, and then
shot himself Cause, domestic troubles.
"A fatal accident occurred 10 a train
going out from Cincinnati on the Louis.
vile short line railroad on the morning Of
the Sd. The train was thrown down an
embankment, 40 feet high. The fireman,
Ben Hill, was instantly killed and several
others severely injured. 20 ..,.r .
Dispatches of the SOth report terri
Bile steamboat disaster on Long Island
Sound. The steamer Metis collided with
a sailing vessel at 3 o'clock on the morning,
of Watch Hill and sunk immediately.
The loss Of life is appalling, no less than
seventy persons having drowned. The
vessel contained one hundred and Atty.
FIVE souls in all, including passengers
and crew.
"A Springfield telegram of the Goth,
discloses the manner in which the Bour.
bons and GRANTEES are conducting the
campaign against Greeley and the reform
movement. We give the telegram entire ::
Great excitement was created In this city
to-day in political circles, over the discovery
OF the fact that prominent Grant congress-
men and officials in this state are managing
and sending delegates to the BlantOn Dun.
can Louisville convention. The whole cor
respOndence relating to the movement In II
linois, including letters from Blanton Dun
can, Wilbur +. Storey, Maj. viii G. Moreau,
ano others OF that ilk, has been found, having
been lost by Joseph Ledlic. the prime mover
in this state Of Grants Louisville slde.show.
These letters prove. beyond doubt, that
Grant and his Office.holders through.
out the country, are running the con.
ventiOn TO be held at Louisville next week.
One from A. j. Daniels Of Chicago to Ledlie
| says: eff you have blanks, send Mr.. Chas.
II. Horn, Of the Inter-Ocean Office fifty, and
the same number TO Hon. b. Farewell"
The same correspondent. writing from Chi
cage, in another letter says: ''Hon. c. b.
and from the best ward-workers here"
Daniel again writes: "Please send
my card to Gen. $, D.. Atkins, postmaster
at Freeport, Ills. He will help you." n. G.
Myers telegraphs Ledlie to come to Chicago
| AS certain parties want to see him on impor-
tant business. W. +. storey, Of the Chicago
Times writes to Ledlie: III the proposed
Louisville convention shall be largely at.
tended, and If damphools can be kept of it,
and especially out OF the lead of 1t, Ii may be
Of great service" Otherletters in this batch
from the manipulatOrs of the Blanton Dun
can movement says that II the Louisville con.
vcntion Is not a success as a means to defeat
Greeley, its friends should vote for Grant
Another letter was found directed TO Mr..
Ledlie, from prominent Grant candidate
IN tnis CITY, IN Wnlcn Leulle WAS directed 10
call on certain Grant radicals in Sangamon
county for assistance and information as to
the proper persons for delegates to Louis.
Vile, stating that all expenses will be paid.
The whole tenor Of all the letters
show c0nchisiyely that the entire Eouis.
vile convention movement is managed for
Grant and by Grants Office holders, and with
Grants money, aided by unscrupulous
knaves claiming TO be democrats. Your cor.
respondent has examined all the letters, and
made extracts from them as above given.