Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, June 24, 1876, Page 2

0 The delegates haveall gone lowme, ney rtheless the “aeent M of the Bourbon hangs round {he Capitol still, In comparison with the late Ro- pulilienns State Convention, this Bourbonle ¢x- hibition was atale and flat. There waa n notlee- able lack of enthnslasi, or anytbing akin to hopefulness, Ex-Congressman Albert G, Burr, who preatiled, made one of his happieat foren- sic dispinys, and aignatly fafled to enthuso the “rump " organization. THERE WERE TWO CHATRACTRRIBTIO INCIDENTS of the session which cseaped general notlee, ‘The passage-at-nrms betweon Gus Herrlngton and Perry H. 8inith at one time threatened the harmony of the proceedings, sud for swhilo tho rural delfegates divided thelr rympathies be- tween the two combatants, When Herrington arose and remonatrated positively nmvl tudlig- nantly agaist ¥ the gentleman from Wiaconsin thrusting himaclf unjnvited upon this Conven- tion," there was lond and sincere applatise; amd when Herrington atel lonsly prociatmed that Jie M did not tieinn (Smith) per- sunally,” therewere additlonal sl s of approval and oid bald-headed Democrnts felt that Her- rington waa the guardian angel of the Demue- racy. THE BURLESQUR of this angey disputation lay iu the fact that for Liventy years Gus Herrington, Perry 11 smlthl and Fred Winston have been law, Tailroad, and {obby partners, polltical chums, and boon cotn- panfons! It was not tiil after the Conventlon ‘uul ndjourned that the country delegates Tearned that the fight between Herrington amd Smith was only n sham one, gotten up to lhelp Tilden by constming the time of the Conven- tion whife Tllden's cmissaries were gmlu% n thelr worl on the Committee which was £h engaged n sclecting delegates for the State at largzo. 'fim other incldent waa when Dawdall,editor of Peoria Democrat, put an Irishman named Queen up to strlle out the name of Fred Winaton as o delegate and fngert that of W. W, O'IRIEN, ) The Dowdall-Peorla-rishaliiance was squelch- ed on sight, yet during the twenty-four hours preceding, wiore hard work had been put in to ncu(lmph!ll the success_of O'Brien than in any otfier unc direction, Dowdail and his fricuds hud been circulating among delegates, saying that it was necessary for the salyatloit of the party that 0'Hrien’should go to Bt. Louis; that {f sent there he would bo to the St. Louts Counvention wlint Bob Ingersoll was to the Cin- cinnati Conventlon,— THE ORATOR, TDOL, CIANIION, They clnlined that O'Brien was o greater orator than Ingersoll, aud had alwnys vanguished the Iatter inthelrlegal contests, and that no man fn [linols, or in_the natlon, was the superior In cloquence_of BIll O'Brien. On_the vote to strike out Winston's name, Dowdall, Quen, and Snively, of Carlinville, alone voted for O'Brien. ‘I'he personnei of the Conventlon ghows it the snmne ohd mob. . Tom Merritt and Mark Sheri- dan, Ald, Comiskey and Sussafras Hayes, dick Ttountree and Dan” Cameron, Gus Hirrlngton, oltt Wush Armstroug, Lew Hoss, Ben Pretty- man of the Pekin Whilsky Ring, an unscrupu- jous loenl Bourbon named Dog Barton, snd ‘Terry of Danyille, the holter Sum Moulton and Geotgo Wei llllufol Shelby,—the same old, old Srowdl The delegates represeut. TUE AVERAGE NOULRON DEMOCRACY, neither good nor bad, and o later classliication lices tiem thus: Davis 8, Tilden, 1%, Heml- ricks 10, and the rest for Doulittle, or the hlack horge, There I8 abumlant evidence that over 100,000 was fn Springlield fu the hands of forelzu partics to he uacd n manipulating dele- rates, und not o doltar of it wasdisbursed. The Iinols Bourbons_overreachied themseives for onee, and will_regret to thelr dying day that Lhicy Tet this golden opportunity slip. HAYES AND WHEELER. RATIFICATION. A BALLY 1N THE TRIND WARD. A rousing antl enthusiastic laycaand Wheeler mecting was Liold lost evenitg in the South Purk Avenue Church, corner of Thirty-third street, under the nusplees of the Third and Fourth Ward Republican Clubs. J, 1L Burnes, Seere- tary of the Fourth Ward Club, ealled the meet- gz to order fn the absence of Prestdent High, and, on motion, all business was dispensed with and the ratification meeting organized, A L Gulleway wan chosen President, snd the followlng Vice-Lresldents solected: D. No Basly, Sfdney Smiun, 1 r. saubows, Charles 11 Reed, d. If Clough, James P Root, Ara Aid. richy Judge B, Caruy, Kirk Ilawes, J. IL Burnes, James Lo High, R. M. Woods, N, 8. Bouton, George Armaur, Col. It 8. Ricaby, C. M. Hen- derson, W, 0, Cules, Tt B, Stone, ' Jesso Spald- g, DL 8. Coverty Dr, Koch, E Keith, A, A, ddy, 1. 8. W. Wheeler, R. L, W. Jausun, 1. C. Cuy. ' Beerétary, Capt. 11, 8, Vail, ‘i ho firat speaker culled upon was BIDNEY 8MITIL, e enme to the front amid loud applausn, and wald that the Repablleans at Cliucinuatl lnd given them candidates wh ¥ pon considerat joi, ¢ found to be lmpw%v ble, o knew Goy, eay wind nuught conld be raid against his sharneter. e hid routed every oppotient who Wil aver been pitted HFM"" I atnd Dad heen 2 thind time clected to the prowd poaitton of Governor of tho State of Ohtu. 1e held that Hayes was_ the equysl of Abrabam Llncoln and he felt confident that Ilayes und Wheeler woulld sweep the country by un tmtnaenso majority next fall, ad he espeeted to teo a repotition of the great victories of 1300 and Istd. Hoalluded to tho statement made by Gov. Ilayes while fn the army, when he wus notninated for Congress, thiul ma who feft the frong at the time of his country's need ought to beaseal peds . JAMES T, ROOT mude one of his characteristie spocches, and thikew pomo hot shiot Into the Democratie emap. Ile pletnred the whipped Rebels gemnfi lote ~ power, and the effeet 1t wonl have upon tha country, The charncter of the Bt. Luufs Conventionr and Congress warned them of what they might tount upon frot the Democratie party, The Bepublicun purty had liad budd luek in 1874, and the Democrats “good luck. It was un off-yenr fn poliths, The Dem- oerat hind promised mueh mud done nothing, and Dind only shown theie villaluous Tearts and ‘ntentlons, “Ihe turce Democratic members in Con- gress from Chleago wers mabie Lo ot i little wppropriation tor Chlcage harbor, These nen were electod through the Jethargy of the Mo, beeatse they were tired, [l then ul 1 to the Cinclunati Conventlon, and sl each man coulid not get lis owi candidate, yet they hal gotten o frst-class . e nunted the other shile to luves| l[f:l(c the Repub- Aean ennddidates, and they wonhd flnd thut they sould haye to protect thelr own fram Investl- gation. 1lo vamo from Cincluuatl us sure ns An{hu‘lf', purchased two gallons of the Bulm of 'Gilead, used ong gallon snd had one allon Jeft, and was ctired. 1o was Ilruml ol ho candidates, s they wonld bear Investigi- tlon, It was not neccesary that thelr candidnte elionlil bo known fn every” bamlel from Mulne to "Texas, not that be bad been written up In Sunday-school buoks, They had found the ereat son of the pralrie in 1600, who put down o Ttobelllon, And now I 1670, they found a man in s Hitlo town in Olilu, ‘ Alrendy $00,000,000 of Rebel elaftns hnd bees Med n W nwhln}:mn which would he pushed by n Democratle Vresident, e gave the career of Mr. Huyes In o brief and suceinet manner, crenting'great enthustasm, He did not et his sandidite; New York did not get her candiduty, sd Indbine did oot get her favorlte sou. e, however, belloves n o the Repube lean party. It was the only pany that cleaned out e own skunks. — Cor- ruptlon had erept fnto it, but the loyalty of tho panY it swept it out, It was the sumo us b was ln the army. They would finlsh the job of Ciyil-Bervlee reform next November by eleantng vut the candblutes of the 8t, Louls Conventlon, 108 sext prafsed the Btate tlekot, and snld that the eandidate for Auditor would uid fn Daying the Revenue Jaw roformed, Messvs. Rutz, Ilar- low, Shuman, snd Cullu, cach came Infor their shuro of laudatlon, Messrs, Cullom amd Shu- wan ware espeelully pralsed for thefr ability, ramlor, s} honesty, und for r cllorta for reforny. Mr, Roob gave the record of eacl, apd shuwed that each and ey r[v candidute of the Republivan purty was worlhy the support of svery honest man dn the State, 3. M, Cullom Aud Tun evrunds for Mr., Liucoln In 15605 Lo wus shen s mere hoy, He spulia of the necessity of n\'hr?: 4 guod foeal ticket, and sold that if they Hd right success would cortainly perch upon ihe Republican banner, ML OHARLES Il RESD wus then ealled upon, He gave bls experience n New York where he was when the candidate it Cincfnnatd was chosen, and the enthuslusin Mown upon tho nonyiustion of Mr. Hayes, The Duwocrts there heeame depressed when the snvuncement of the Hoyes sud Wheeler ticket was inado, because thiy vould say nothilng azadnst them, Lesding Democrats had oe- kunowlodged that New York was frretricyably lust tothem, and that the Democrstic party would be defeated sure, Ho predicted & mae Jurity of 50,000 in New York Btate for Haycs and “Wheeler next fall, and that Ilinols would not be behind. MR JONN M. CLOVGN being called fur, apoke brietly, and sald thut he was still ready (0 work and afd the Republican purty to success. Each of tho condidites who ad "been before the Clncinnati Convention waa ~lluded and he sald that they owed adebt M gratdtude to tho Conveution (o the selection THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: SA’ Wheeler as thefe stand- of tlayes and ard nesrera, The Republican me was 6tlll the only hope of this nmatlon fo-day, aul was as goud and true as ever. 1le delleyed they werd on the road to vietory this fall, The people were not ready yot to turn over the conntry to the Rebels. 1t was not natural. It was Impossible o do it3 to give the would-be destroyers af the eountry the power to govern {t. The only hope of the Izuh&!tmu was a united Sonth against a united North, INDORSED. Ar, Root offered the following: Atexglred, That the nomination of Hayes and Wheeler ineets the unanimons indorsement of this mecting, and that we cordlally ratify the judgment of Ben HII when he exclaimed, **The Detocrats aro beat again, ' 1t was unanlmousty adopted amid voctferous cheering and applause. After three rouslng cheers for Hayes and Wheeler the meeting ailjourued, TOLEDO, O Tor.xno, 0., June &.—The Hayes and Wheal- er ratificstion meeting to-nfght was largely at- tended. The opera-house was Hiled to reple- tion, The mocting was addressed by the Hon. Alphonzo Hart, the Hon, Jacob D. Cox, Ma}. J. wirert, Gen, John C. Lcc, and_others, ‘The ‘speakers dwelt mafnly upon the fles that the lgsucs of the cam- Efll%u were those of patriotism and reform, and hat all other questions were mera slde {ssues of minar conalderation. To-morrow A number of our citizens will nttend the reéeption to be given to Gov. layes, without distinction of party, at W3 old home—Fremont. Lo1sVILLE, LouisviLLy, June 23.~At u mass-mecting of Republicans to-night the ifayes and Wheeler ticket was {ndorsed by the adoption uf resoly- Hons and pecelies by Gov, Noyes, Wi O. Brad- ley, and Gen. IHarlan. Spectqy Dispaich 13 The, Tribuns pecial Dispalch o The T Arrueron, Wis,, ”llmu 2. —This evening the Centennial campalgn was vpened in Appleton, Puranant to notlec, n ratlication meeting was held ot Heeder 8mith's Park, A large nudlence conf rt;gnled, and great interest was manlfested. At 8 o’clock the meeting was Ul‘%fllllzcll by the electton of George C. Jones as Chalrman, wlio addressed the ticeting brietly and pofutedty eoncerning the Cincdinati nomlinations. e was followed by Judge Collins, W, J. Allen, G, T, Williams, Williany' 11, Steelo, .\h{ur Ham- man, Willlatn R. Dorr, Judge Myers, A, J. Reld, Jackon Tibhets, andthie Rev, €1, C. Haddock, All heartily Indorsed the nomination of Hayes and Wheeler with great enthusiusin, The Iast spoak- er, although brief {n his remarks, made oie of the most cloquent s{medma ever Hstened Lo in this city, e roviewed the history of both parties, and gave the Democracy a severe but iunt colug over. lis remarks were rocelved with great applause and enthusfusm, Further features of the proceedings gonsisted of a bon- fire, firlng of tne cennpoxn, fnstrumental musie, and nurr[‘ng songs by the Glee Club, The people here are cnthuslustle for ayes and Wheeler, and although there |8 a majority of 1,400 sgrainst us In this county, we contidently cxpeet to earry the county for the Republican” Centennlal eau- didates thifs fall. LOCAL. MISCELLANEOUS. SEVENTI WARD, The Seventh Ward Republicau Club was ealled to order by Mr. T\ T, Prusser. Frederick Favor and Robert Baxter were elected membere of the Club. Mr. Duguit Introduced the following resolu- tlon: WirneAs, The Republicans of the Soventh Wanl will soon be calied upon to rend delegsles to ucons vention, 1o numinute a candiduto tor Mayor of the City of Chileagos und, Wagngas, Ihere 1s now a vacancy iu the Com- mon Connell for Aldermun of the Seventh Ward, thereore, Leavlved, That tho Fast Ena Republlean Club cordially invite ull Republicans o the Beventk Ward, who have the welinre of the ciy and public ut heart, and who are interosted fo the nainl nance of good government, to unite with us in heip: +ing to nomluato Aud clect a man for Alderinun, who will represent the citizena of the ward in the Council, and not the whisky snd sallroad rings, and to place o mni at the head of the City Guvern- mont who will Jinve tho best Interests of the re- spectablo anil faw-abiding citizens ot heart, sud nut tho exclusive intcrests of the thivves and wblers of the city. w‘lfetulunl, ‘Thut (ho W KEud Republican Clul of this ward be, and is hereby, invited tojunite and dellborate with ua with rogurd to the wiys amd ‘means fur sccompllaliing the ubjecta which we have In v Quupral opecches were made on the resoln- tions which wers adopted. Mr. Gurdiner apoke of the coming eandidate for Alderinan, and suld the West Bud Club had agreed to staud by Ienry Ruger. For hliself, he thonght o nuin outsldo of buth clubs would b more neceptable, hut if o good outsider could not be found, he would suggest that thy Cluh then put up a man they bould vote for, whethor he coulil b clected or not, My, Duguit said he was In favor of an Amerl- cany and that the Presldent of the other Club Tl expressed the satie preference for a native. This foeling has aleo grown among the ter- anana, and thore seetned to be no queation thnt # nun outshic of the two organlzatlons would fgain the support of both, while & man tuken Anlnm either would Juse thy support of the other. . Mr.Gardiner moved that the Club call n muss- meceting of the Republicins of the ward for the purpose of Lalking up this Aldermanic question ind putting up o good tan, After a long diseusslon, deflnite netlon was Tuld over ungll “the next meeting, and the Club adjourned. HYDE PARK, Pursuant Lo a resolutlon adopted at a general caueus of the Republlcan party held n Hyde Purk, the following Committeo has lwen up- pointed Lo organize a Republican Club for the ll‘uwn of Iiyde 'ark, to-wlt: George M. Bogue, Joht K. Bensley, Go Ao Follunshes, J. As Seovel), U, B, Clark CnPL I D. Linder, Hiram Vanderbill, dumes 11 Bowen, J, 1. Tonenco. ‘Thy above Committee will meet at the Repub. Hean Headquartera, northenst corner Lake and Clark atreots, Tuesdny, at 8 p. m. NO (YUORUM. The Fourtcenth Ward Democrats were to have held anecting last evening for the purpose of arganizing a club _for the campulzn, but up to 9 o'tlack the spotless, unwashed leaders hay not put inun appearsnee at the place, No, 616 Milwaukee avenuv, and the half-dozen who had gathered conetudud that they coull do no bust- ness without them. A flzz1¢ wua the result, IN GENERAL, POLITICAL NOTES. HOLD THY PONT FOR 1IAYES AND WHBELER, A=t Stk the Furt," Hold the fort for Hayes ond Wheeler; Holl 1t for the rizhty See, tho Democrat aro urging Forwurd to the ight. Beo them come, thelr bannere wuving, - Fee them profsing ong Hark their shouts of rage und fury, Hew their ** gonfalon.* Now, loys! Upand at them, sally Forth fo maet the foe: See thent waver! Svo thom fiylng To thelr overthrow Now aloud for Hayes and Wheeler Buoll tho telumupl vond, And o'er every hlil and valley Loud the stesin prolong) 5 THE 1.-0. The Chicago Inter-Uceurs draws a lang sigl, of rellel at the departure of Bristow. It will be troubled agatn whot {t bears of Morelll—Cin- cinnati Gazelle, WIUBKT-RING ATTOUNRYH, The Hon, Dantel W, Voorhevs 1s to present the name of Gov. Hendricks to the Bt Luui Conventfon, When Col. Ingersoll preseuted Blalie st Cinclunuti, o number of virtuous Dem- ocratie newspupers fromodiately wont fnto o apuam becauso * a leading attornoy of tho Whis- k{ Ring" Lad chumploned the causo of Mr. Blalne, " What will they do when the counkot for Billy McKoo risca and swolls amd gostratos fur the great Pesco Governor.—Zudianapolls Journal. TIUE CINCINNATI BNQUIREN. Tho Xobertson County (Ky.) Tribune says: 4 Tho Courier~Juuraal should have mord sense than to stop tu refute the foul linputations or nuties the low blackgnardiam of the Clacinuat] Enquirer, u_recognized organ for the propagu- ton of pmnluntus and the vilieation of decent lxuuplo.' And you “ghould haye more seuge " hat to turn and Klele the puppy that yelps at your hieels; bat you can't and don’t restst the temptution, usverthelods,—Loulsville Courler- Jourual, WORKBIS ¥OL RBYORS, Gwlin, the pupular * Duko of Sunora,” 1s Til- don's [uside wmanager ut Bt, Louls, and John Murrissey does the heavy work on the outside, This Is ‘rather u persuasive advertlsemnent for o M Reformer' —Uinclnnati Enquirer. PATIIETIO BUGORSTION TO HAYES. A theory that G 11 the Republlean candidate for Prestdent, Ia” carefully reainded thut he ls fudebted for hls nomiuation to the Ecruuun) warfare made upon Mr. Blaine by the Camerons uf this Btate, 14 ingenlously pressed; uod it 18 followed by the decfaration ‘thut uuy- body who dures to reslst thess royuities is to Tie furever debwrred the fuyor of “the fucowming Chief Maglstrrte. The latter may not know, Perhnpe, that e are_necustamed to this sort of obatruetion hercaway, sud that the fntenso en- thusiasm for Blufoe in Pennaylvanis grew ont of the longing of all clnsses to es- cape from wnder the gn]llnf fotters of tho boasted Cameronlan fnferlority, And we beg to say to the |m-nmln¥ President Hayes, that our gouwd people saw {h Blaine a release from a insupportable local despotism, which Uen. Grant enconraged to the fall, avd they bl 8 wild, Insano fitea that §f Blaine waa elected he mlght 1t the Id from the caldron in which they huve been amothering. This s the plain, honest truthy and it Gov. Iayes chooses to keep us whera we have been for 8o many ¥cnn, we hnvo at any rate, the dellelnna consalation of the ecls, w{m:h necording to the fisherman's adnge, did not real 1ike the process of Aklu- ning, hut they submitted bocanse, poor things, they wero s Lo it{—Phlladephin Press. CALDWELL AND BLAINE, An Assoctated Press dispateh, publiahed this morting, says the recurdaof thy Wi eatern Unlon Telegraph ofllca show that the dispateh of Jo! Caldwell, sont frosm Loudon I vindiea- tlon of Mr. Binlne, was firat sent to Caddsol) from Washington, with the requeet that e send It back fmmedislely by cable. If thials true, oy, Hayes was not nuinfuated suy Lo soon.: Indignapolis Journal. TI® CHIOAGO TRIDUNH. Ton Cnicavo Tainuxs {8 happy. Tt hasa right to bu so. Ita aditor-in-chiel has sceired his cholee i the nomination of his friend Gov. Hayea for the Presidency. [Tho editor's chofee wi Bristow,] We may now expect Tiun Tuin- UNE to tuke He position fn the feont rank, mid battle as In olden timea for Republienn siceess, ‘The Jokrnal has had its tiits with Tuz Trinuse and e dave often differed and often argned with i, Now we expect to stand slde h{ slide with our great contemporary in full aceord until our Presidentinl, State, Congressiounl, 8ena- tarial, and Ropresentativo tickets aro all earried on the 7th day of November next. We nre glad our veteran friend of the 'Fue Trisung 8 huppy over the Cinelnnatl nominations, The Juuraal and all itseditors and proprictors ave happy also. In fact all of our Ch}mgu coustemporaries are luappy, except the Times and Boss Heslng, who ALl seom to be out of sorts. The former i3 broken ovut all over with chill-Blaines, Poor, disconsolate, dismal old Z¥mes/ ‘T'he Hoyes-us It 1s to ot this sumner and fall makes It Frouty, grunt, and growl.—Springfleld (10.) Joxrnal. MASSACHUSETTA AND HLAINE. The Malne representative who, at_the Clnein- natl Convention, stated that Mr. Blaine, after earrying Mafne by 20,000 for Qen. Tayes, would come into Massnchusctts, and “ asslst to sWeep it by 60,000,” was unmindful or ignorant of o Httfe piece of politicad history, Last year, the Republican party of Masanchusctts was n a great stealt, "It heeded all the help i could obtain o succeed. In the emergency the ex- Speaker was fuvited to render his valunble ser- wiees on the stump. The necessitles of the case wero preesed upon him, bulk o porlstontly dt- clined, aml on belng vrsom\lly tinportuned, yo- plied that he was too busy I the preparation of 1 great speech upon the eurrency. The Repub- licans of Massnchusctts got along without his aldy and_achieved o tefumplh, no part of which belonged to Me. Dialuo, Perhaps i he actively participated fo that canvass, the Cons- monwealth might not have been so unequivo- cally qurainst bim at the Cineinnatt Conventlon, The politleal Nemests in Mr, Blaine's case cune swlltly,—Luston Transeript, OEN. LOGAN. Cen, Loganlost o splemild opportunity at Cinchuatl, Ilis place should have been among thie commanders, und not among the buglers. Gene Logan §s one of the great men of thils gen- eratlon, but ho should never sink below the 1 M his greatuees, as he did at Clnclunuti~ New York Herald, ; * TOD LATE NOW,” We liavo been ut pajns to plck up a little in- formutlon on this subjeet from an iutellizent and observant citlzen, and we give it as follows: One of Tom Scott's men, who cane ot hero for the.purpose of helping to nominatine Dlaine, told mesthere waa o oo deal of carlons management connected with aur Ohlo opertions: and un o specimen of it, xaid that, Justaftor tha fourth bal- lot, o member of the' Ohio deleyation and a Yiominciit local politiclan sent g ngis up {0 Nl Wade, who was witling un tho platforun,to thls of- fuct: Now is the {ime; meke s apecoh for Binlno, carry the Ol delegation, A s G i Hunes The gentlemun suld the understanding amome some of the tonbers of thu delegution was that they would make a break for Blafie as soon an it wag apparent that it would be cifectlve. dlen wis notiulte ready (4 tey 1L €0 enely lu the game, how- ever: a0 o waitad awhile, - Osi the slxth buflot Lo mado a sign to the man who had genl the note, rlzuity g bis readlaves to make Lin spcech 1l fuvor uf Bluine, when **tho man" wont’ anothor 1010 up 1o hini: «, 1t'a toa [ate nows m’nryll.':hilu I drifting too decidedly o, toward Hayes, and it won 1 axked the gentleman wiha the wian wis who xent the noles up to Wade, but hu would not tolt ne. 1t alionld be notleed that the Ben In this enso is not Ben Eggleston, but Ben Wade, and, as Hen Eggleaton wus on the platforin with the ollier Ben, we do not see how he could have heen moved to write 8 Htthe note, maiwclnlly a8 his strong point 18 spenking rather thnn whit- Ingt Then there was o marked differencs be- tween the two Bens wlhen tho nomination of Hnyes was manlfest. Eggleston was In convul- siona of foy. He and Cumback rushed to each other's anns with spasins of happiness In tholr faces. Wade was glovmy, as 1f all his hopes bl perished. The testiony of Wade as to his vorrespondence with the” Ohlo delegation woull ho Intercstlow. We wonder whether Cowles, of the Clevelaud Leader, did not write that little note. Cowles has u newspaper, and should publish his notes on the Convention. We suspect Cowles.—Clncinnatl Commerelal, A HEPRESENTATIVE POLITICIAN IN A Iiaj PLACE. Prohably there wero not many blushes in the Conventlon, either indignunt or sympathetiv, at the pltiful figura cut by ita presiding offleer; }mlllk‘lvl! gut-over the'hnblt of blushing eurly n their apprenticeship to the trade. But i wore_ striking filustration of the degres uf mutul eallousiiess 1o which politics of the Peun- sylvanla sort will bring men hasn't lutely been ulfurdud, Asn member of the Pennsylyanin State Conventlon, Mr. McPherson wrote the resolution tequiring the delegation to voto os a unit st Cincinuath, ~ More thun that, ho gaven formul oplufon o o parlfamentariin that it waa competent for the Conventlon to wlve thls lustruction, and that the National Convention would respect it. He was put on the delegution upon his express promise that ho would work loyally with Rt—that s, with Don Cameron. Arriving ot Cincinnati, he wus cap- tured by the Blaine intercst. Put in the Chalr by thelr votes, he hevame o pliant fnstrument in their hands, When the question came up, he ruled us Chulrman, that the fnstruction which ho liad written at flurrisbur withbis own hand and upon the binding force’ of which ho had staked his professlonal reputation, was of no more value 1oa so much binnk paper. ‘I'he re- tlection it & mun of this sort was chosen to proslde over the Nutlonal Coundll of thelr porty connut be a pleasunt one to docent Ropublfcund. Tt the old stagera didn’t mind it, Al fair in polities,” t8 the doctrine,und they Live up to fte— Suringfeld (Mlass.) Teepnibijean. AR oy Medle... @plalons on the Canse of Fily Death, The Raglsh medical Journals express donbta 78 10 the real causo of the death of the ex-Sul- tan, The Lancel says: 1t §s stated that the officlal secannt of ihe death of Abdul-Azlz, the ex-Sultan of Turkey, hos been rocefved with geneenl Incrednlity, Thisis searce- 1y astonishing. 3t s iImposgblo to deny that & de- turmbied sulclde or ummaninc—an Abidul-Azis s now represented to have been—mlght initfct auch wonnds ou his extremitien ax should csuse desth by hemorrhngo, but tho success of wuch an "I tion fe extrumely improbable; so unliliely in fact, that tho world mny bo excused for fating to adopt the explanution oifered L this case ae cinbiently unsatlsfactory, We have no speclal elaim, as & professional orzan, to otfer ouropimon us to genersl constderations which secin to moke the hypothesls propounded aluwost untennbie. Ruiclde nay be opposed Lo the Ivmhlhlllth-! urialng ont of the” oblizations of ro- Igton, Phe character sustalned, until within the lunt fuw duyw, by Abdul-Aalz, us the visible leader of tho Matiometan talth, would undoubiedly huve rondered death by Maown hand 4 hefnoua offenso m hin estimntlon; and, {f it bo true Uit he wis the viethn of delnsions, lovking to the re- cent acte of niw life, und more especiully the innd eurd o madu Lo protvet Mnimelf nid T eroni from the suspected trearon of Mourad, the con- sclousuces of his bigh AIIyul(r must have buen exnggerated rather than so diminished an to pertit Dl to lay violent hands on Lmself. The the ox-Bultun wasof a sinzularly in butas ment, ‘Phoss who waw song: of him when In In, Englandarenot Hkely 1o bo the frat story of his seif-glaughter by the v mlght, 1t wiil be contendud, have take connd have procured it, but scarcely stabbed Ii- relf in thearms with o pair of sclusors! Seiting thewu and wuany other coniderations alie, It 18 dififcudt, we ropeat, b canceive Uit sulche, by an actof this nature, i possible, Wo hear nothing of uny mesures belng taken fo scenre n free fow of bldod frowm the openwd velns, ach as were fas milliat to the old-fashioned philcho nilght even appear to by a sinster in dtatemcnt that au ex-Bultan, dylwe by biv own deslgn, selocted as an Instrutoent un {uplement 50 exclusively the tool, or poselbly the weapon, of nwoman. ‘I'he sudden death, the atran told in explanation, sl tho hasty intorment, conie Ditu to muko the wiole ifalr a inystory. Thls 1s the Improssivn produced by the story, snd sach are the luferences derfyed from tho gineral facts and clreumstances of the casy. W are, howevor, contratited by » docauiant wiyied by pineteud phywiciaus of vurious nationuitics doscriblng the sppearanco und uitcating thet, in thelr Judyge 9 "URDAY, ment, the cave was one of anlelde, Probably (he mengre and halling character of 1his second *of- el sfutement way be vxplained by the clrenme glaacos fint it wan diawn g and sizned under 8 henvy prossare of reaponsibility, and with g fore- ot coneluslon and set purpose In view, Nevor- thelens, the obvlous efort of the composition {4 #n painfal an to repder tho Act of anbmlsaion to ite anbority an lutelleetunl pecformance of some dif- ficulty. At least, such we faney will be the frelime in Enuland, owever tamioly ‘tho atory of suicide may be accopted in Tarkey. A budy was found on n Tauttrees un tho four, &0 for prepured. far inspee. tiun {hat I8 waa covered with a afiest, Ttwas nlso covered with congutated blood, ** so that the pre- snmption would be that the body had ot been wed Inany way, doubiless in order that the medieal men might be abie to form a just and coils clusive oplnfon, “Then why was the body moved from the position in which it wia found? The surrounding undistarbed wonld have thrown much ket on the cake, It would Leen Incumparably more satisfac- oty ta have found the scissars whore thicy wera drppped by the sniclde, and the ncces- socles In situ, *72 Tho nineteen phyriciann nllowed to inspect **a pnle of aclaore ton centimetres In lengtly, very sharp, and of which ane of tho blades lind a small lateral knob near the extremity,” and told **that with thix fistrament the deatli was caused, ™ They nrrived at the cons clunfon thut thix Inatrimment ilght have heen used to producy the wounde fonnd “on the body, and, morouver, {hat the fuct of fta Lehwt need wonld Imply sulcide.” ho Iuferonce fu dorived from tho possibility, ‘'he dircctlon of the wounds alao helped the jury of experts to the conclurlon that e death of tie ex-Sultan Abdul Aziz wis tho wark of his own hands. Wa can only reurct that the Incldental clrcumstances of the case were ot wore tully iletallod by the physlctuns Ly whow thoy wure subitlited. W fear there iy st be doubt- ora, mnd, besilon, not u fow unprejudiced porsons who would like 10 knoy more. ‘The Britiah Medical Journal sag: We must oxpross our opinlon ihat the ofilelal medical report of the donti of the Sultan trans: mitted by telegeaph §8 most uneatisfactory. 1n o ease of such lmpurtance, und fn° which wispieion wa likely to arise, o carclul post mortem examin- ation of fhe body should havebeen made. T plice of thix we have it Jooso dereription of the appear- ances presunted by tho outside of the Lody only: 1, A wound, 2 inches Jong, belew the bend of “the left " arm, with’ slashed and e regular fedges, proceeding - from ahove downwards, * and from within outwards. it hail cut (hrough the superficlal velne, and par- tially divided the nhmrnrlur{; 2, At the bend of the Fight semy there wua o slight oblique wound, Jean than an fnch du length, This had divided the JUNE mnal] vein only, leving the mun artory untonch- el . Thore were strealis of bload upon the arims and legs, A palr of sclssors, 4 Inchen long, wis produced, and we arc told that hese were very slirp, that thoy were etained with blowd, and one of the blades lmd a suall’ mmtcral knob at th extremity. We have no acconnt of (he smount of blood found near the bodg—one of the most Inportant clemonta in formiug an upinion of death from hemorriage, We lnve no dedeription of the state of the inturlor of the body, whether it presented the marks of having heen dralned of blood, whether denth hnd beon caused from wsphyxi from the thrurting of o plug into the thront, ur by any other mechanical cauwe o obstruct hreathing,” Upon thin Tmperfect and nnentiafactory examination of a dend bauty nineteen physicluns are xakd to huvo come to the unanimous concluson—1, Thut tho death of the Sultun Abdul Azi2 was_oceasioned by hemor- rhngo from the ulnag arterys 2,41iat tho schssora shown to them might have” produced tho soumls found on tho arm+; ant fint the dircctlon and wature of the wounds, as ‘well ax the fstrument #ald to have produced them, led them to the cun- ciusion that tho case wos onie of wniclde. In our view, the only conclusion Justilied by the facts ra- vealed I the socond—viz., that the wounde ou the arms mught have 'been produced by the sclesurs. A wound of the ulnar artery may rove fatal, Bt 1t would ot prodico pld tlatih and 1f liemorrhoge had renlly been the canse of death, a8 the bieeding would zo vn so long us the persois Mved, u larga quuntity of “byod xhould iave been fotind neat the dead body, — The woumis in tho arm_dv tot farnisl, either” by diroction or position, any proof whalever of suleide. Any oller person talght have produced them with the eclasors found sioar tho body. The evidence uf 1Wo competent_men, with an’ examination of the Interlor of the hody, woulil huve done moro to sut- Infy tho public mind respectin suicile or homleide than thy unanimlty of nincieen pliyeiclns wio could cortity it Uhls was an ot of pulelds. feom such nporfect data. As {8 Ia, their ropart wiil only excite serious doubts of tho resl caus of dentl, o egre— SPORTING NLWS. THE TURE, Fpectal Dispatch o The Tribune. JACKSON, Mich,y June 2h—In the free-for-nll e to«lny, Kansas Chict, Moo Morrls, und Fred Hooper were drawn on account of the very heavy track. An offort was made by the Detrolt party to pestpone, but the crowd would not have it. Budiue got the fourth heat, It was thonght squurely, but was put back to fourth for runnlug, as it was Auimeds The general opinfon was that Bodite could not be allowed 1o win under any cireumstance, but whether kept back by Tricwils ur opponents 1s o puzzie. It fs uenerally conceded "ho could huve beaten tho purty If deslred. BUANARY. Qarflold e 3432 Hadger hb3 Bodine. 344 Obxerver, 420 Frank lo 111 Thme, i § 8l Frank Rocves gob the first honey, Garfleld socond, Badger thied, Budine fourth, Frank Recves 18 o Tonnessee gelding, owned by G. . Fuller, of Nushville, & poweeul bugy slred by Bkedaddle, Praiavsnring, Pa, June 23.—(oldsmith Muld trotted three ieats against tiuo chis artee- noon b Belmont Park, ‘waking the frst in 2478, the stcond fn 2:14, wnd the third in EDYE ———— TIH TRIGGER, Spectul Dizpatch to The driduna, Quenee, June 3. —The Canadinn team of riffenon to represent the Dominlon ut the Whn- bledon rifle mecting safls froin here for Eng- land by the steamsiip Polyneslan to-morrow. Liout.-Cols Kirkputrick hns churgo of the team, Licut.-Col. Gzowski, President of the Donifufon Rine A:«m:lnl.luu, sccampanies then, The Do- minfon offers w Canndlai trophy for competition at Wimbledon. CASUALTIES. DROWNED, 8pental Dispute to The Tribune, Kroxuk, Ia., June 23.—~A drownlug accldent oceurred under pecullar elrcumstances 2 miles below this city this afternoon, A gung of mon was at work on the Keokuk & Des Moines Rail- rond, when o storm came up and four of thetn took shelter in 8 culvert which amnpties Into the Des Motnes River, Tho rafn came down {1 tor- tents, und the water went pouring through the culvert with such force 08 to earry two of the porty, nsmed Dan Moriarty sud” Larry, Don- nelly out futo the river, when both' were drowned. The other men succeeded in getting out after o hard urugmt‘. A largo forea of men 18 enguged fu dragging the river for the budles, ———— HBINGULAR OCCURRENCE, ;1 Speclal Correnpondence of The Tribane, aWus Moines, In, June 10.—0On ‘Thursday sylurnvon, Theuphilus Mansfluld wus plowing In Juaper County. A shower camao up suddenly, when he stopped the team, and scated himself on the ground In front ot the horses, s a pro- teetlon from the rain. Lightnlog struck the horses, und they fell nstantly dewd, and, as the fell, the neek-yoke struck Minsteld on the lnu'fl of the ek, pressing bl to the carth by the welght of the horacs, A hoy who was fn the fleld ran for ald; but, befors Mansflold waa re- leased, ho wus purple fu the fuco and in a dan- gerous condition, from which ho bas not yet recovered, b WIND AND LIGIIPNING, Cixoisnaty, June B.~The Enquirer's Parls, Ky, wpoclol suys a tornado struck the northern purtion of that oy at 6:80 p. m,, demollahlng ten or twelve lvuses, neludiug a colored Methe odist churel, uprooling a large number of trees, and doling other dumage. ~ Only two per- sans were Injured, vne severely. At”Nicholus- villo the lightning struck o house, igniting two Kega of powder. The zxplosion demollshed the huh\llng, and serlonsly injured a colored woman, e ——— SUICIDE, Bpecial Dispatch 80 The Tribuna, Pron1s, June 33.—Moore Colling, a prominont citizen of Sccory 111, shot WMmseif this morning witl s gun. Thero is no definlte causo assigned for the suiclde. . e — Lager for Royalty, Lyughkeepsie Fagle. In our report of the vislt of Dom Pedro, the Nra- eilian Empetor, to West Polut we noted the fact that the Empresa and hee ludy friend, Dona Josos fuada Fonseea, Viscouto de Bom Rutlzo, and Chovae Ner do Masvdo, did 1ot crovs the siver at Garrlsons to fuepoct the United Btates Milltary Post, pleading futlgue and dealring ncoded rest from long Journey- Inge, Hardly had hils Majesty the Emporor rosche ed Gon. Ruger's headquartors when the Empress und Dona Joseing with Ir inale friends alighted from the Wagner druwi OO O nd mude their way ltoisurely Lo the nearest groc Now, there was nothlng very peculing inn lrazillan Empress ajroachine s Awerican procory, but wlen her njeaty, the Empross of Drazil, seated hersclf up- ou the steps of tho aforcenld yrocery, with Dona Jueetinu by her #lde, und the mals siiondunts calle ed for lager for fuur, then camethat trie fuward- news of fecling which olways surrounds 8 merry croup gathiered for a festlve round or two of the uued Toutondo boverage f, 1I87CG—TWELVIL PAGES, IHANGED. Execution of the Murderer William H. Johnson at Paris, i, History of the Crime for Which He Suffored the Extremo Penalty. With Referenco fo Other Horrible Mis- deeds Lalit rt His Doors Johngon Protests to tho Last that Ho Didn't Mean to Do It, The Day's Rocord of NMiscellansous * Sinfalness, TITIE NOOSI, WILLIAM 11, JORNSON DILS BY IT AT PARIS, TLL. Bpecial Dixpatch to The Tridune. Paris, 111, June 23.—0n the afternoon of Friduy, Dee. 17, 18705, the City of Parls, 1., was thrown futo an unusual exeitement by the mur- derof Jacoh Redmon, a boy aged about 18, by Nis stepfather, W, Harry Johuson. The mur- der was one of tho most cold-blovded and un- provoked kind, without o shiadow of justillea- tlon, Jolingon, the murderer, was woll known to the peoplo of Parls aa & desperado of the worst kind,—a low, mean, sueaking scoundrol, who had been cnguged in numerotts fights and cutting aflrays. Only a few years ago ho stabbed James Cunninglinm su aoverely that his lifo was deapalred of, and .llnlmann had a wirrow escape from the gal- OWR, Within five minutes alter the murder wds committed, Johnson was arrested by Cltg-Mat- ghat A, W, Oweng, and pleced In charge of Deputy-Sherfit WHI 8lemons, who convayed T to Jull, after searching his person for the weapon with which the murder was commitied, but without success. On asking hin what he lad done with it, he told them It was none of thelr G—d d—a business; if they wanted the revolver, to flud it On Johneon'a person were found o haft-pint . bottle full of whis- Ky ond a jackkolfe. Tho search for the revolver was continued by Marshal Owens, who finally found 1t in an ash-barrel, slioved down umong the ashes, 1t was n large navy revolver of Colt’s patent, and had one barrel empty. Joka Redmon was fatolly wounded, and MHu- gered In great ngony until Fridoy evening, Dec. 24, 1875, when hie died. The ball entered the body near the collar-bone, and passed down- ward, backward, and fnward, cutting off the third rib, and lodging near tho apine, In fte course, the ball pussed through the upper. Tohe of the vight Juig, making o wound nearly 8 inches long, also cutting the external Jugular veln and the lining of tho Internal jugular vein, Death was catised by fnternal hemorrhuge, the right lung belug completely broken down and deeayed. THE TRIAL Theeara of The People of the State of Minols va. W, A, Johnson, churged with murder, was called at the begluning of the March term (1870) of the Edgar County Clreult Court. Johnson's attorneys—>Messre. Hunt and Woolloy—nppenr- edy and presented an aftidavit from Johnson, atating that ho had bought the revolver from one Royal Lowther; that it wns out of order when he bought ft, and was linble to be dis~ chargod aceldentully In the hands of amy person; thaty At the thme of the shooting, salil revolver was still ont of order; that he could prove this by sald Low- ther, Who was absent; and thet he was, there- fore, 1ot ready for trlud, and asked for o con- Umumee of s caso to thy September term of the Court. The counsel for the proscention stated thut thoy wanld adit us teuthtol evi- “ence Junnson’s afllduvit, and asked that the trinl go on, This wlmisslon removed the ground for a continuance of the ease, and Judge Davis et the day of the trlal for Monday, AMareh 27, The case waa called on that day, aud the work of securing u Jury began. The regular panel was exhaustod and only four Jurymen se- cured. Tha special veniro was thon called, nnd elx mora of the jury secured beforo it was ex- Iuusted. Judge Davis then ordered Shieriff Toleomb to eall on thoso in the court-room un- 1 the jury was secured, At b onlnutes past b o'elock, pooo, the lust Juryman was obtained, and the case was realy for tiial, "Ihe cuse wis opened for the prosecution by If. 8. Tannuer, Stato's Attorney; and the Hon, George Hunt opened for the dofebse. Tuesday morning, tho secomi day of tho trial, was con- sumed In the cxamination of wittessea for the prosceution snd tho defense. Tho evidencs of- fered by the prosccutlon was of the strongest Kkind, ana was not shaken in any particular by the stvero crossexmminution to which ft was subjected by M. Hunt, The atrongest evidenco ngalist Johmson, and thut on which hls conviction wus securod, wos glven by Mrs, Bolle Plipps und the erlppted son of tho prisones” Mra, Plipps’ evidence wns of such a character thut tho defense tried all ih thefr powor o break Its woight with the jury, oy confusing lier fu tho cross-oxamination; but without success, It wus a sad and touching sight to seo littlo, erippled Cleorge Juhmson testifying ogalust Iis father, HIs testimony was given {n a clenr, childish volee, nnd very reluctantly, Sometimes he would choke up and bronk down, during which time a pln could bave been heard fall in the court-room, 8o fntenss was thy Interest in tho hoy's testimony. In a fow seconds he wonld recaver and proceed with his evidence, Durlng the glving of George Johmson's evidence, the wretehed prisoner, for the first thne, showed tho interest I felt fn ull that was safd, Ilo st with his faco burled In hig hands, occaslunatly cugerly louking up when George would waver in his testimony, but Instantly resuming his former posttion. After George's ovidence wus given Johuson aguln sat up and faced the crowd In thu courtroom withou! flinchin A lurge number of wilnesscs were introduced to prove that Johnson had mado threats ugaingt the lifo of Jacob Red- mon. The evidenco adducell by tho defouss was very weak; but, considering Johuson's bod character, it was o wonder they wore able to seeurs any respoctable evidenco. Johnsun hlmsel was offercd o8 & witness {n Jis own be- hulf, s evidence waa to the offect that it was all an aceldent, nnd that he was drusk at the thmo or It would never huve happencd; that, on th morning of the murder, ho wos ot work fn Lowther's saloun, und went home about 2 w'elock p. . very drunk, and, shortly after ar- riving home, he drank abowl of eg-nugand took u drink of whisky, He then took hls revolyer from the hiead of tho bed, and began examining it. Jake camo fnta the room from the woud- shed, uud they passed some words, und, while they were talklig, the revolver was dlscharged, shooting Juke, A soon s ho had roallned what be i done, he went to the wood-shed, and threw his revolver away,—lid not hide It,— und then wont for a doctor. On hia return home, he was urrestod by Gus Owens. The de- fense also tried to prove by Julmson thut ho wus elther Insane, or not {n his rlght mind, at tho time of the shooting; but Whis completely was broken down by the cross-exumi- wtlon, 16 was all well ough It ho had stuck to Nis story; but he remembered too well all that happiened for an Insuny man, The evidencs offervd fn rebutta) by the prosceution showed that Johnson had celved n thrm«hlu{; b the hands of one Chriy, 1, bt that (i was utterly hupossible for hi to have becomy insato from the offects of Llow fn the fuces The vvldence wus ullin by 8 o'clock p, . of ‘Tuésday, and the opentug argument for the prosectitlon was made by 1i: 8, Tauner, o was ullowed by Mr. J. (. Woolley for the defense. Wuolloy was followed by the Hun. Gearge [lgnt for the dofeuse, 1o an able wrgi- ment I bebull of the unfortunate pris- oner. The rlmlnfg wrgument was miade by Col. Van 8ellar, of the prosccution, At the close of Scllar's arzument Judge Davig adjourned court until Woduesday noruing st bulfpast Bo'dock Ou Wednesduy morning Ju siructed the jurva after which o Davis fn- Totlred. 3 they eame down from tha Jury-room with their venlict, which wan: SOy of murder aacharged b the fudictment and {hat the prisoner sufer tho death pennlty.” On Friday alternaon, Mareh 81, Johnson was brought into court and sentenced by Judge Davis to be hanged by the neek until he was dead, on Friduy, June 2, 1576, hetween the hours of 10 &, ne fod 4 o He was then taken Dack to juil. AN INTENVIEW WITIH TR CONDEMNED MAN. Through the Iindness of SherdlT Holcomb, your reporter was permitied to hold an inter- view with Johnson, On areiving at the jail, I was sdmitted by the Turnkey, Mr, Johns,” and, on atatlug my errand, was Invited [nto i Mee of the Turnkey, who proceeded to Inck the door through whilch we entered. o then unlocked the heavy fron doors leading Into the Jall-du- partnient, and, enlling out Johusun's nnnie, was anawered hy that Individua), who eama out of hix cell, and, approaching the door, wan tolil to coing into the oflico. The door was opanwd and 'lm{{“w" admited, when it wne closed and re- ucke After introducing myself, 1 asked Johnsan it he lmek any objoctions to conversing with n nrwafmucr representative; to wideh he replied that fie had not. T then anked him if he wonld rive me a brief sketell of his 1o and himsclf, fe then palil o was born In Knox Uuunl‘{, Indiang, tn 1840, and was 80 years old. Il wmother died when hie wns 14 yeirs old, and lis father when he was 215 that” he had - brothurs and rlsters, but preferred to say nothing of them, He had been woll brought up, but, belng of o wild dlsposition, hie fot Mito bad company, and bad company and whisky had brought him to what™ Tlie was " e camo to Parks fn the spring of 16645 and in July of that year he married a Mra, Redman, a widow lady wilh two cliliren, hoth boys,—Juke aut Charley, e had llved fn Parls ever sinee, on Madlron street, corter of Central nvenue, By his wife e hns Ind four ehfidren,—two lving and two dead, Tho namesof the Hving ehildren nre George 1, and AnnieJohuson, Qeorge witl be § yoars ol In Novembor next, nnd Annle is veats old, Georgo Ia o erlpple, ' Soine people suy L erippled biu, but it is not so. When he wis ubotit o yeur old he fell on thy rockor of & erndle, pirfking on Wis back and Injuring his spine, A few f’unra ago {icorge fell'off of the gate-poat, fnjuring hlmself ngnm‘ and was made n eripple forfife by the fail? Reportor—** Iinve you a trade at which you wark, or ure you a day-lnborer i L have no trade, [ am only u common Inhor- er, working wherever I could obtain employ- ment, Jnke had no trade eitber, Lowned n tean, and ho drove It Teporter—" Well, Harry, ns to the shooting, what have you to say abont {t1" 4 Well, Tdon't kuow hatdly what to say. It was an ncefdent. I did not da {t on purpose, as they sald I dld. T had no wish to kil Juke, " It I "had Deen sober, it would not bave happoned,—never, On the morning of the shooting, I had been working for Granvllle Lowther, at his saloun on_ Coutt street, serubs bing und cleaning it up, I went home nbout 2 o'cloek [n the afternoon, Ihad taken several drinks that morning, und was under the Influ- ence of Mquor. My howse fronts north, and I Iived In the rooma vn the tvest side, and Phipps lived on the east slde, There (aabalt futhe centro of the howse, dividing the house futo tvo arts, I hnd not been in tic houso long until ound u bowl of egrnog, which I deank, T then went to the hoad of the bed, and toek my revolver from under the l'llluw, 1o examing it While I was examining it, Jake came into the roun from the wood-shied, ad stood by the stove, warming his feet. I took a drink of whisky ot of a bottle, ahd then spoke to Jake. We pusaed some words, aud Lenld to blin tha 1€ he had done as 1 saidy o would have had threo londs of woud instend of two. T was stunding nt the foot of the bed while we were taliking, und when the shooting was done. While we wero tatking, the revolver went oll, siwooting Jnke, Te f6ll toward the north. | was so seared Idid not know what to do, 1 went and threw the revolver Into the wooil-shed, Mrs. T'hipps wad fn the room hefore 1threw the revolver wway. They tolil me to go for a doctor, and Idid so. T ran ua fust as 1 could, snd 1 gof Dr. Davis, When wy came back to_the liose, Iwas mereated. 1 did not shaot Jake throngh splte, L never thought of such o thing, Tie shooting was oll caussd by whisky, [ was vory drunk at the tinme. I bever ibado o threal ngalnst Julco's M. A great mumy people mvors that I threitened “to kil Jnfiu, but I never made sl threats,—nvver qki in my lito, I bunght the rovolver of Royu! Lowther. 1t was o lacge Colt's navy. 1 luid owned tho ruvolver o few weeks before the shooting, "l weahon out of order wi hought . I bad the gunemith work Pty 110 Nombu ot fon( e st mior (13 ) ¢ womah who featitine nntnet moy (i tottl e et e o e stiner aha Al $t through s(mu or not. Reporter—* Well, Harry, have you any hope of having your sentenee enmmuten 1 have some hope. My lnwyers are makiny an effort to huve iny sentence commuted, B then Iem l)ntupnrhn; for the worst, i€ the worst must come.” Reportor—** lave. yau mado any preparation for the other worliLi® “\Well, I hnve been dotngg the best I eould to prepare for the other world, | think [ have exs pertenced soue change. 1 Uik T was converted somethree weeks ago, and I think of joinlng the Chrlstian Churel, und will he baptized rome thuo this woek, [dohiuson was haptized Tucss duy ufternoon, at the Chriatian Churcly by the ey, E. J, I(nn—l(m-on-rnn.rl A number of Indles aml rentletnen hnve ealled on me since I was sentenced. Mr. Hart, te minlster of the Clirdstian Chureh, has catled on me twlee, Me, Gy, the minlater of the Meihodist Churely, aud Mr. Willdn aud My, Burt, of the sanie church, havo ealled to sco ine unumbor of tines. Mr, Van Deuesen, the minister of the Presbyterian Church, has called to see 1, and has been very kind to me."” Ithen asked hin if he had aoy sitement he would ke to make “kuuwn 1o the poople throngh ‘Tas Tribusn; to which he replicd that e’ had no statement to make through wny puper. He Informod mo that he Dad written b sketeh of Difs 1ile, wnd gueseed he wonld have it publishied if e was excented, It he had b printed, he would have 1t sold tho day of his exocution. o stated thint ho spent s time in rending and weiting. 1n anewer Lo o qitestion us to whether his wife had called to seé hin, ho suld she had not; but thut his two clildrdn hnd called to seo him sev- eral thnes; and that Charley Redion, his step- aon, had ealled to eee hlm on Bunday luat, As T wus bldding Johnsou good-hy,—thu in- terviaw bulng at un end,—ha sald hé had one thimg to say to me. ¥ Bume people M:I)' 1 klll\:ll Jim Cunnbngham, or know wio lIIHIL' him. know nothing of tunt murder; the story 18 fulse Lrom beghunig o end." I shouk lands with Johnson, and bado him {iuml«luy. The Furnkey unlocked the huge lron door, and opened it for' Julinwon 1o step lito the crll-\‘cxmrhlmlll, whiclt he ditl, and the door was shut and locked, Mr, Johng, the Turnkey, Ins formed mo that Johnson was the caslest-mans sged of any of the prisoners in the fall (there belng five othera ku?;thut ho gavo them no trouble; and was nearly ahways to by found fu s cell, reuding or wrlting, “Ho also told me thiut Johuson wun broaking down rapldly. THR HXBCUTION, On Tuesdny mornlug the, work of hillding tho seaffolill was — cominenesd by Lt= grange & Bell, who bullt the on which Cuxey was cxecuted on of Juno, 1573, Jittle over a year ugn ‘e sealluld stands In the bacl rd of the Jail, just fn rear of the kitehen and wood-house,’ Jus where the othor seaffold stood. Tt ts Inclose by a stockado 34 feot squaro and 20 feet high, ls bitllg of heavy thnbar, 18 feet high luclmllw.i the beamn across tho top, (u_which ls fustencd e fatul ropo. The scalfold {3 10 fect square, with & piattorm 834 feet high, contrintng o trap- door f1i the centrs 4 fect syuare, The trup-door {8 sprung by cutting o rope fustened to o pinlon at the south side of the seaffold. ‘I'lis ropo holds and supports the trap-door. The stalrway leading up to the plluurm faon the sorth sl of the weafloll, The entiry atructuro is new, excepting thu bolta, rligw, Binges, wnd trap door, which were usced on the scaifild on which Casey was hung, Muny peesons thought that the old scaflold would "bo uscd, but it was des stroyed, not thinking that it would over Lo needed gl A TALK WITII JONNSON. This morning Kuur reporter visited Harry Johuson, nind spoke the folluwing conversution with the condemned mang Reporter—Larry, how are you fecling this mornlngf Prlsoner—I feel tolerahly well. R.—1lava you given up all hopeat P.—Nuj Fam stlll hoping for tho best, 1 will continmie 1o hope until Mr. Ilunt comes, R.—Well, larry, how haye you been treated alnes you have been herol P.—I would rather not answer that question. Tt might cause bad feeling. R.—You bayenot been abused by Eheriff Hol- coinby have youl ’,—No, I linve not heen abused, I haveo been treated very woll by Mo, 1t.—1laa Mr. Juline, the turnkey, treated you woll} done ull ho could Tor yout Mr, Juhing hus treated me well, e has dong all e could for mo, und trented mo llko n t{cnllwnmh R.—Well, Harry, have you anythlng clie to say Th—Yes, T would not bo hera to-day in this fiz It the prople who swore agalnst mo hid ot ehe teuth, They swore faleely, ‘The people have no treuted maright, There has been monev snent by the peaple TO SECULN MY CONVICTION, Tknow this, It comus pretty direct, .vre are people fu this town who would spend thole lust dollur to put the rope around my neck, If Ihad had any fzlends. sud thev done riehtly by was neallokd thy 1sth me, T wonld not be here. But I have no friends, L—Well, [nrry, b5 thero anything I can do far yon? I.—Noj it Is too Iate for any ono to do any. thiong for me, The Hen. Georga Hunt, his attornoy, ro- turned from Sprivgfiehl Inst night, and this nmrulu,i waa admitied to ses John- s, M. Tunt foforimed Johnson that there was no hope for him. Tho Goy ernor positively rofused to Intorfore, nad thint he must prepare for death, There was no lowger any hope. On hearlng this, Johnson, who hnd atromg hopes of having his sentened commuted, broke down and erfed ko o ehild, Hia last hopw was dushed to the grounid hy this Iutelligenco, After his Interview with® Mr, Hiunt his ebildren wera admltted to have A PARTING INTBRVIBW with him, Thia interview was very sad and afe foctiug, The puor mat was perfedtly prostrated with grief aml wept bltterly. This morning Diving'services wore held (n.gho Jall by Rev. J. Burks, of Vermiillon, in the presence of wnumbor of Indics, At 10 minuten of 1 o'clork the collin was Dbrought hito the jall yard, Promptly at 1 a'clock Johnsonwas brought from the Juil und led across the yard by Sherlt Hol- comb and Deputy Sterit Blemons, 116 woro black pants, light' vest, darl gray cont, and a darl-eafored straw hat. Te csossed the Joll- Yyard with o flent step, and WALKED Ul TIlE SCAPFOLD-RTAIRS FIRMLY, and took his seat on the north side of the door, The death-watrant was read by Deputy Slems ons. At its conclusion, BherlfT Holeomnt asked Johuron {£ 1o had unything to sny, 1o rose, taklyr hin clgar butwoun his fngers, and spoka as follows: ., Jdon't know that I havo anything to sny In tlenlur. L am hanglng for what 1l nat do in tionally, Ifany i'cm loman present his any qus tlons to askc me, 1 wish he wonld do wo. ~ Thave Leen suapeetod of othier crimes, and woukil lko for them te ask any quoktion they may want to, 1 will anxwer teuly, If they whil take the word of a man |, on the edge of the grave, Prayer wus offereil by the Rev. James Burks, who atiended the condémned man, Heo shook hands with thoso on_ tho seaffold. Johnson stood up, and Shetift Holeomh and Deputy Slemona yiraceeded Lo bind Johnson’s arms anid czs. Whilo they wero binding him he sald, ' Uentlemen, ft §8 o good thing to take n man’s life for what " he dld not do on purpose.” ‘I'he blnek c.’llv wis then drwn over his head, and the notae adjusted. Sherlll Holeomb cut the rope u'f the trap<door, aud ut fiye minutes past 1 o'clock the body shot dewnward through the alr with a sickening thud, and ALL WAS OVEM, The unfortunate man had pald the penalty of his eriine. ‘T'he fall waa 6 foct 10 fuchies, breake ing his neck, amd death was fnstantaneous, The body wid allowed to hung six tnutes, when it was exatmined by Drs, Massie and Tenbrook,who probowieed 1Hfe cxtinet, At 10 minutes past 1 the body was ent down and placed in o coflin, the gatés wera thrown open, and people permite ted Lo see 1t About.ixty persons witnossed tho exccutlon, nre TIE DAILY RECORD. A HORRINLE DEED. Spectal Dipateh to The Trioune, Peont, I, June 28.—Lato lust night a young man named George N. Tucker, while on his way howme, was stopped hy a couple of men. on Nourth Madison streot, knocked down, and rubbed of his wauteh and a simall amount of money, About an hour afterwards, some men discovered his body on the sldewalk, earrled Lfm home, and sont for o surgeon. To-night hils life 1a despaired of, and the chanees are do- cldedly ngalnst his recovery, There Is not thoe alighteat “clie to the pefpotrators of the dns- tardly deed. Our city i3 now infested with o gang of desperate men whose depredations ore of nightly vecurrence. WASIT Munnen? Speciat Dispusch to The Tribuna, EAsT SAGINAW, Mivh., June 23.—A mysterlons tragudy ls (-m now szitating Richileld, Geticses County, A mun naused Gallek wig found u o vacant but furntshed hnuso lnst n ight with his throat eut from car to ear. 1o was’ Iying on o bed with a razor lovsely grusped T ong hund. g1 waa supposed thiat he tad committed suicldo, but portlons of his whiskers were found fu another pottion of the bullding, und clothing enturatod with blood in the stove, This leads to the susplelon that he wus murdered. Ment burs of bin own family are suspeeted, and ofid vors aro Investignting. TIE SHAVOW 0% WINSLOW, Speclal Dispateh to The Trivuns, Tonoxro, dune Hh.—1t appeavs that the man Narlntn Sinith, who months ago was ordered Lo o extumtieed "t i i 2 wietly nd n troft, wae "('.l]‘i L o n lo preseat state of thero Jolg all. unvertall upon the extraditon question hes tween Great Brituly nnd the Unftod States liny Jed counsel for the prisoner 1o apply (o the Court of Chuntery for Smith's dlscharge. ‘I'he application was rofused, it the Judgo said ity i at the expliation of one montlianother appliention werg innde, It wonkd by consldered onits morits. NIPPED, IN TUE DUD, Bpeciul Disysich tv The Tribune. Buarension Brtbor, CARADA Sipe, June 23, —~Three men, attenipuug to smugalo some puckagzes into” Canada, wers arrested here yes- terduy. Ono of tho parcels contuned o come plete” set of buuk-burglar's tools. While the hio vustoms authorlties were cxamining the pare tels, one of the men run out of the Custom- Tlouss und escaped to the wouds, The other two were up for examtaation to-dyy, Thoir trial fato be continued to-morrow, The wen are from New York, and fnlendod to commence upoerattons at Toronto, THE LAW'S DRLAY, Speciat Dispated so The Tribune. Wirkrsuahnt, n., Juno 23,—The prodeen tion of the Ring which has been plundering the publie funds continues to drag n‘x To-dnyy ex-County Treasurer Courtsleht plealed gulliy to the churge of cmberzlng over 10,000 of Btate fumds,” At this e of the proceedings Aralstant Attorney-General Gilbert took chargu of the case, sud keutence has boen defersed until tho Beptember torm of Court, Mr. Court~ slght has secured bull b the sum of $30,000. LYNCUED. CINCINNATI, O., Junc 2h—A mob of masked men appenred b the Jall at Burlington, Buons Untnty, Ky., last night, obtained tho Keya from the {mlur, unid ook “out o colored maw numed Willlams, mmum;f trlol on a chargo of turder, They wero preparlng to hang him when ho rot nway atd ran, but waus ehot und budly wounded, ‘Thie'mob then roeaptured the prisotier, hig Lifin to o tree, and rlddled the boay with bullets. UL TO THEIR OLD THIGKN, East SaaiNaw, Mich, Juns 23.—Bowman Vnrnc)"ugnd 85 years, formerly of Maine, died in the 'Clty Prison this afterngon from thoe ef- feets of un ovordoss of morphine preseribed by Dr. V. E. Robinson, of Carroliton, Tho dottor was found intoxleated, aml was locked up to awalt thy result of tho inquest, ALLEGED MUItDHIERS ARRESTED, Barristons, Md., June 23,—Robert Davl his wife, who arrivad o Hartford County y day from Michigan, were arrested on o churgo of municring thelr wnele, HQugh Abernethy, in thut Staty, fu March last, —— . HYMENEAL, LowmsviLLe, June 23,—Ven P, Armstrong, a wealthy suerchant, was arried to-day to Mrs, Bullle Wurd Hunt, of the famous Ward family. — e —— OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS. QUEBNSTOWN, Juno L.—Steamship Beythls, from Now York, arrived. and —ti—— BMr. Btephons' Innblltty to Write, The A usméu-.) Chrontels indulges in the following bit of fucetloustieas: *’Phe Davitn Timber Gazetle says: *Mre, Btephons s dadly In\vruvlug in Dealth, He fs now uble to weite:® ‘This 1s hot trne, [ wo didd not know the editor of the Darlen T¥mber Guzetle to he u consclen- tious nmed hard-work{ng jourpallst, wa should suy that he hod been vaeclintod with tho virus of Atinntaas and Bapplifra, My, Btephens Is not fuble to write) Mo never was able to wiite, and hie never will bo able to write, If ftur of the Darion Zimber {/uzette hul cv celved a luttor from the Ueorgin Commoner he would never have made euch an eidaclous statements 1f thu compositors fnn his uflice had ever ket up suy of the Com: moner's manuseript they would have insisted upon: oither o atrike or u retraction, Mr Blephens does not * write,! 1o docsn'y undvr- stand tho first principles of the art, He bas never learned o sibglo rule of chirogruply; on 1f ho has, scorns tho kuowledge us o hunary horse llfl\'flfl."‘?’ of buck-shot. When ho fevls ke corresponding with any ono of his numeraus friends and admirers, he s ul»ly dipa his pen in the lnk barrel, rut“ alvanle” battery n come munleation with his elfiow, and turns the cranls. ‘The rosult 14 & scrawl which, by comparizon, would ke Horace Greeley” n wiltings muater, aml convert the manuseript of Bloss into coper-plate. Tho Tamoud diplomat, Talleyrand, a-asrted fhat ep.e.l wus nade to voneenl thought, Mr. Stephent tukes tssue with the French statesnan, and sayd that writing wus [nvented to conceal thoughts Su fur s bls individual experience Is conceried, Mr, Btepheus 18 eminently correct, No man has ever been able to use one of 1ys letters agalnst I, beeauss no onv has ever been ubl to real them, Hu might wrltc a letter to-norrow rec omnending the wsaussination of (t ecu Victo - ond prove upon the trlal of the cuse that the milssive wos an essy npon the proper ol servanco of the Fourth of July. W bug sgalt to remind tho editor of the 7imber Gusaite that Mr, Btephens (s not now, never wus, aud nevt! will ba fahla ta writa 1