Year: 1868

The Indiana Democratic State Convention met at In
dianapols yesterday and committees were appointed to
select delegates TO the Democratic National Convention


Crtenden Sargent, hotel keepers Cincinnati,
Ohio, failed yesterday with liabilities TO the amount OF
100000.


The Boys in Blue are in convention In Philadelphia


In the Court or Common Pleas General Term, the suit
OF William Weed VS.. Wells, Fargo Co. for compensa-
ton for case Of merchandise destroyed in tie ware
house Of the latter San Francisco by explosion Of
nitro glycerine was heard yesterday. Wells, Fargo &
Co. had carried the merchandise TO San Francisco from
New York, and had gwen notice TO the consgnee the
former city OF its arrival and demanded payment for
feightage The payment not forthcoming It stored
in tho warehouse OF the company consgnees expense
and while thus stored destroyed by nitro gycene
Argument heard yesterday upon point whether
defendants were guilty Of negligence 10 not giving notice
to the consgnor at New York within ter days that tho
consgnse had not taken the goods aud the decision
reserved.


In the Court of Common Pleas Chambers yesterday


motion made to vacae order Of arrest issued in
the case OF Zencko Il Bortieman who were charged
With obtaining goods under fraudulent representations
In having stated at the time OF tho purchase that they
solvent although shortly afterwards they made
assignment. The motion made on grounds denying
the allegations OF fraud and stating tho business
broken up BY creditors attaching ,hem- Judgment was
reserved.


In the Brooklyn County Court somo timo ago an ap-
plicaton FOR writ Of haboas corpus mado in the
case Of a woman who committed to the county jail
vagrant but Who the writ alleged, not so, and


here was no evidence taken at her trial to warrant her
commitment The writ issued and the Sheriff
answered that she in his chars by virtue OF
mi,ment from Justice Cornwell's court. The woman
was discharged.


In the case Of tho American Wood Paper Company vs..
the Fiber Dsintegrating Company Judge Benedict
dered decision yesterday favor OF tho companants
The sock market was strong and active yesterday,
with Eric leading tho upward movement Governm ent
securities buoyant and in active demand for invest
ment. Gold was weak and closed at 1861.


Governor Fenton on National Annirs-A Bold


Bid for the Chicago Convention.


Governor Fenton in his last, as in all his pre-
vious annual messages to the Legislature,
dev0tes considerable space to his views on
national affairs and especially on the difficult
problem Of Southern reconstruction. Evidently
satisfied that the extreme radical programme
will be pushed through by Congress and made
the foundation of the platform of the Repubi-
can National Convention at Chicago in May
next. our hopeful Governor in this message
may be set down as having put in his bid for
the Vice Presidency.


First, he says that 'the predictions of disaster
to the country from the emancipation Of four
millions of slaves have been most signally falsi-
fed by tho event J" that not only have the
freedmen proved themselves good soldiers, but
faithful aborers and law-abding citizens, and
that in every way they have vindicated the
wisdom Of Congress in giving them the right of
suffrage. This is fancy sketch, the value of
which will be understood by the reader in
placing it vis-d-uis with the actual condition of
things in the South at the present time, largely
resulting from negro delusions connected with
universal negro suffrage. The Governor, upon
this matter Of suffrage, thinks that education
and Intelligence are very good things, but that
In reorganizing the rebel States the PARA
mount qualification of loyalty is "a vital
consideration" He then repeats the old story
that with the collapse of the rebellion the
States involved in it were deprived of all
civil governments !" that they were dsorgan-
lied communities, subject to the legislation of
Congress that the President chad no power
to enact or repeal an act of Congress-" and
that in his policy he assumed the prerogatives
of Congress aud shamelessly insisted on the
immediate reinstatement OF the rebels in power.
Next we are told that in their scornful rejac-
ton of that generous peace offering from Con-
gress-the constitutional amendment of 1866
the rebels put il beyond all question that they
were still animated by the spirit Of the rebe.-
lion, and showed that with their consent there
could be no restoration which did not give
them increased political power in the general
government as the reward for their attempts
to overthrow IL.


Tho Governor from this point undertakes a
Jealous defence of the abandonment by Con-
gress Of the constitutional amendment ratified
by nearly all the States represented in Con-
gress, and the adoption, instead, Of the military
districts, rebel disfranchisem and universal
negro suffrage system of Southern reconsruc-
tion lie thinks, too, that this scheme is work
ing splendidly, and that "unle5s new obstacles
aro interposed to delay it we have every
reason to believe that this work of restoration
Is on the eve Of final success" Finally,
says the Governor, ~ do not overstate
the patriotism Of the people in the remark
that they were never more united than now in
the purpose to hold what has been thus achieved
universal liberty, equal rights, &c.) as the
unlooked-for results Of causeless and bloody
rebellion for the establishment Of slave en-
pire and the destruction of the American
. Union" Thus, II appears, that to the extent Of
his ability Governor Fenton sustains the negro
suffrage and negro supremacy reconstruc-
ton policy of Congress- as the only policy lett
for the restoration OF the rebel States consist
emily with the protection due to loyal Southern
whites and blacks and with the future peace
and harmony of the Union.


Nowhere in this official stump speech, how
ever, does Mr.. Fenton undertake TO expl ain