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CINCINNATI. First Day’s Excitement in the “Queen City. ~ A GRAND MELANGE. The Great Political Babel—-Discord and Confusion of Tongues. TRUMBULL---DAVIS---ADAMS. Caucus Soundings, Afternoon Reveries and After Dinner Speeches “‘Aeross the River.” EXPOSITION HALL SPECULATORS. Adams and Cromwell Compared Under Adverse Circumstances. The Democrats “Go For” Geneva Commissioner. the The English Judge, American Min- ister and Court Dilettanti. PULLING THE JUSTICE’S PURSE, Davis Objected To “ Without Being Objectionable.” Gratz Brown and Palmer versus The Free Trade Coteries, TRUMBULL AND GREELEY, The Chappaqua Philosopher Laboring Under Favorable Circumstances. PREPARING TO ORGANIZE. CINCINNATI, April 29, 1872, Every one is now ready for the Convention, Places have been given to the representatives of each State for initial meetings, and States which are represented by large delegations will organize on the district plan. This will lead, in such cases 4s that of Illinois, where there is the most rivalry and contention, to the selection of anumber of men not representative of the universal power of Judge Davis. Last night and to-day Davis’ friends telegraphed to fully a dozen States to increase the delegations and to draw for the cost of tickets, &c., pon Davis’ manager here. This has been dis- covered, and as a consequence the moral tone of the movement is against Davis. The old hunkers of the liberal movement now say that they will not support him if nominated. Sam’ Bowles, Horace ‘White and Murat Halstead are nearly all agreed on this question. DAVIS DISCUSSED BY WINEDIBBERS, A dinner was given yesterday by General H. L. Burnett, at Engal’s, ‘Across the Rhine,” and in re- sponse to a toast which was offered in the follow- ing words:—“To the nominee of this Convention, ‘whoever he may be.” Conciliatory speeches were made by D. A. Wells and Mr. Dorsheimer, of Buffalo. Opposition was made to the indecision of Davis by half a dozen gentlemen present, mainly New Englanders. The New York delegation and the New York 7ribune folks, on the contrary, rather like Davis, and he is their second choice. 18 HORACE GREELEY FIRST OR SECOND CHOICE? I saw Mr. Whitelaw Reid this morning. He told me that a caucus had just been held of the New Yorkers, and it was resolved to present Horace Greeley’s name to support with the unanimous vote ofNew York State. The second choice of the majority ofthe New York men is Davis and afterwards Adams, Mr. Reid profesaes to believe that it would be easy to nominate Greeley, as, in his opinion, Greeley was the second choice of the friends of Adams, Trum- bull, Brown and even Davis. On the other hand, the friends of Trumbull are confident that he is the Recond choice of all the other delegations, To-day his friends have rallied in force. His son Waiter is here, Dr. Jones, his brother-in-law, and & great mass of people of boti parties from Spring- field, who allege that Illinois is now the keystone State ina political campaign, and that Trumbull ts the only man who can sway it. There is 50,000 ‘dfa Grant majority a4 Tt now stands in Dlinots, and to qverride this will maké the Btaté the Scene ‘of a terrific encounter in November. WHAT PENNSYLVANIA HAS TO SAY. There is very little consultation in this city as to what Pennsylvania has to say about either the platforms or the candidates. It would appear that that State has passed in great part out of the political estimation, and itis regarded as not re- liable either for @ liberal republican, for Grant or fora democrat. Brigham Morehead and a dozen other Pennsylvanians have been off for several days, and a huge McOlure delegation is expected to-night. The whole tone of the convention is against McClure, Fenton, and Warmoth, as inter- Jopers and tradesmen, and they probably will not be invited to the more respectable councils of the party. WARMOTHITES DISCOURAGED. Warmoth’s friends have endeavored to press him for the permanent chairmanship, but up tathis time without encouragement from any side. The feeling is that the Reform Convention, headed by ‘@ carpet-bagger, would be a farce. It is now be- lieved that no candidate for the Presidency will be upon the step, except Mr. Cox, who does not con- sider himseif a candidate, but could not refuse in case he should be nominated. In the event ofa failure to choose some of the more prominent candi- dates he does not want to be chairman, HINTS ON ORGANIZATION, Grosvenor, of Missouri, would undoubtedly take the nomination of the temporary chairmanship and for the committee on organization. This commit- tee will retire and bring in the names of a presid- ing officer and secretary. The stage will be filled with the most eminent men of the liberal move- ment from all parts of the country. There will be a hot contest over the platform, but it is noticeable that the most eminent freetraders are not sticklers for the offensive plank, while some of the newest converts of free trade threaten to leave unless protection is denounced as an economical and political swindle. Judge Brinkérhof, of Mansfeld, Ohio, who, it is thought, will be either temporary or permanent ehairman, is resolute for A FREE TRADE PRONUNCIAMENTO, He thinks that Horace Greeley does the move- ment no good cither as an abettor or principal. Judge Brinkerhom’s cousin, the General, was for three years tutor to the children of the adopted son of Andrew Jackson, at the Hermitage. A promi- nent Missourian said to me yesterday the liberal movement had two great classes to support it—in the first place, the democratic party, or those who prefer the theories of Jefferson to those of Hamiiton, and are jealous of federal encroachments and, on the other hand, the old underground abaitionjste, wh tre disgusted at the low tone WEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1872—QUADRUPLE SHEET. affairs have taken in the way of dispensation of patronage, sacrifice of reform propositions and the return of professional politicians to power, not only at Washington but in all of the States, From what I can glean of current opinions here, the two men most hated by the uberal republicans are John Sherman and Oliver P. Morton,“ FEDERAL PATRONAGE AND THE PRESIDENT. Indge Brinkerhoff and others have repeatedly said that the federal patronage in the city is given to a “set of penitentiary chaps,” and that the entire organization of the revenue and other forces is governed by John Sherman for future political action and emolument. If Morton and Sherman would take a back seat nearly one half of all the liberals would possibly support Grant for re-clec- tion; few of them say much against him except that he has no high tone, and has national nepotism. Many of them speak against him, more in sorrow than in anger. AsI telegraphed to you the other day, in the interview with J. D. Cox, who sald that Grant had desired to have gentlemen for his supporters, until the controversy arose over Judge Hoar’s confirmation, when he unwillingly went over to the politicians. Among the New York men Conkling is, of course, unpopular, DORSHEIMER DOES NOT OBJECT TO DAVIS. Dorsheimer, of Buffalo, is @ broad-shouldered, black-eyed, handsome fellow. I asked him whether he would also bolt from this Convention if such a man were nominated. He said, “No; I do not want to leave two parties in one year. Isee no great reasons for opposition to Davis, Mr. Lincoln thought enough of him to make him a justice, and from all that I can hear, he is aman who lovee good order, trangulllity and quiet. I am not for him, but I have no threats to make if he should be noml- nated, HARVEY'S COMPULSORY SUPPORT Mr. Harvey, ex-Minister to Portugal, who is very prominent in the Davis movement, asked Horace White at the Burnet House yesterday, ifhe would support Davis in case he were nominated, and White replied, ‘Yes; I guess I'll have to, but I don’t ‘want to.” THE FREE TRADE COTERIE. The grist and gist of this Convention les alto- gether with the free trade coterle—Bowles, Atkin- son, Hyde, Halstead, Brinkerhoff, Grosvenor and the revenue reformers, I don’t believe that there 1s much ill will between the supporters of Palmer, Trumbull, Brown and Adams; rather than see Davis nom- inated they will rely upon any one man who ap- pears to have the most force, and that man seems to be Trumbull. To-day the Adams stock is not so high, and some suggest that with his cold-blooded notions he may treat the choice of the Convention asamere commercial proposition and retire in favor of Grant, and therefore make all this gather- ing ridiculous. Mr. Bowles has net brought any- thing with him to make Davis more popular. With these delegates all that exists is the half defined LETTER WHICH MR, ADAMS LEFT, behind him when he went to Geneva, and the pub- lcation .of which has brought some censure upon Mr. Wells, Wells on the street yesterday made use of a curious figure. Speaking of the manner in which Cromwell's army fought the royal forces, he said that they used to be divided be- fore the enemy was in sight on questions of free will, election, grace, sanctification, &c., but that when the King’s forces came in sight every- body was up, and all pushed forward to victory, and 80, sald Wells, he thought this Convention would be. That the heterogeneous elements tn it were not elements of weakness, but that the inev- itable would be accepted, and the man named, sup- ported, CLARSICAL CUS8ES. Another person, at a dinner across the Rhine, re- ferred to the conspiracy of the enemies of Cesar in the garden of Brutas, and here, said he, is the same kind of a place. The New England men are tired of being gov- erned by Western politicians at Washington, and therefore Bromley, Bowles, Atkinson and the whole force from the New England States praise Adams. They look upon Trumbull, however, a8 @ scion of New England, and Jess objectionable than & man like Davis, who comes from the border. “Tide-Water” Cox also hails from the Connecticut Western Reserve, and is of the New England stock, and therefore not objectionable. Gratz Brown is in Kentucky, and has sent word to-day that unless he changed his mind he shall not come. DICK SMITH SNUBBED. This morning the large general caucns was held at the St. James Hotel, from which Dick Smith, editor of the Gazette, was excluded. Smith con- soled himself by saying that the caucus could be for no good if an old republican like himself was kept out. William Henry Smith, of Chicago, takes charge of the distribution of the reporters’ seats, The whole press of the country is here, and probably no political convention has ever been held where more men of notoriety were on the ground, TRUMBULL'S LOOKOUT—GREELEY'S CHANCES, The indications are undoubtedly to-day that Trumbull is the man to be relied upon to beat Davis. Greeley’s friends say that that white- coated philosopher will rup well in every State and carry the South; that he is not bigoted on the pro- tection question; that he can divide the negro vote, and that the hunker democrats would gladly support him. To-day Chase's name is dropped out of the list, Reid and the whole Ohio crowd say nothing about him. Jim Ashley is here, rubicund and non-committal. He probably does not know who he is for. This is @ great place for one to lose convictions. Almost everybody coming here with a predisposition for some one candidate gets dis- couraged and wanders around in hopeless imbecil- ity trying to find his intentions, Still It is apparent BSE there 18 8 en LOPS ae gt ‘NUCLEUS OF SHREWD, KEEN FELLOWS, of whom Wells is probably the finest spirit, who is resolved that whatever the Convention may be it shall not be ridiculous. Wells is @ cool and acute politician; as a public speaker he has improved wonderfully, and can talk right on with a Certain force and meaning which generally draws admira- tion and sometimes persuasion. DAVIS’ TWO STALWART HENCHMEN. Sam Marshall, of Illinois, is here for Davis. Al- though he talks quietly and makes no threats, he says he is for the man that can be most certainly elected, and he thinks that man is Davis. Jim Robinson was here till today, when he ascertained that the old Jefferson free soil men were embittered against Davis, and he departed. Robinson is a man with 8 blue coat, broad shoulders, snaggle teeth and not much “civilization” to look upon. George W. Morgan, who is another wild advocate of Davis, Is a rather good-looking military-appearing man, with enor- mous and transparent personal vanity. He and Robinson have done nearly all the threatening from Washington city, M’LEAN'S SMALL THREAT. I saw George Pendleton last night, and he is genial, cool, and, on the whole, encouraging to this movement. Wash MoLean, who is Pendleton’s most intimate friend, is what is called “red hot” for success here, and says that if Grant be President for four years more he will overthrow the republic, all of which Pendleton hears with @ smiling counten- ance and smokes his cigar, The Trumbull men from Iilinots, as well as the Palmer men, say rough things upon Davis, Some claim that the campaign has already cost him from fifteen thousand to twenty- five thousand dollars, and say that his conduct is morally unimpeachable asa Justice on the bench. However, nobody appears to have any documents upon Justice Davis, and all his operations are con- ducted by word of month. Fenton has large parlors at the Burnett House, and so has Walter Trumbull. WHAT ABOUT THE FLAW IN ADAIR’S BILL? There is no liquor to be seen at any of the recep- tion rooms, and the managers of the Convention refuse to allow the brewers to open beer barrels in the side halls of Exposition Hall, CARL SOHURZ SANGUINE AND MODEST. I saw Carl Schurz yesterday morning. He and Judge Hoadley and Judge Stallo confer together, Schurz looks bright and speaks in a sanguine way. He undoubtedly has more influence, to begin with, than any man in the Convention, It is evident that he hascaptared the whole German vote, and, excepting Hassaurck, who 19 an envious chap, has the sympathies of the earnest Germans in every part of the West and in New York. Schurz behaves modestly, says little, re- fuses to be interviewed, and he will b across the river, and is ailing. probably make one big speech in the Con- | vention when it {s in its extremity, and then subside. The objection to Trumbull is no longer heard that his Senatorial career will cripple him with the democrats. It is now said that it will be awkward to have aman in the Senate who is still a candidate, stirred up and poked up every” day oy two by auch people as Morton, Conkling, Chandler and Harlan, ~~ apicraaeesnaenediad FERNANDO WOOD HAS THREATENED to come here to crush out Adams, The Cincinnati papers allege that Adams refused to present Fer- nando Wood at the English Court, and the demo- erats generally show yery little interest in Wood’s bravado. As to Wood's prominence as chatrman of the democratic caucus, everybody knows that is a small and select body and is never called upon to caucus for anything of importance. His presidency is entirely complimentary and hardly worth the candle. Judge Spalding, of Cleveland, is either for Greeley or for Davis. GRATZ BROWN TO BE PUSHED FORWARD. The Brown men hold together solidly, and are re- Solved to introduce his name and make a fight for him. It has cost about twenty-five thousand dollars up to this time to run Brown’s committee and keep the managers in half a dozen or a dozen States. If Palmer were to come here he would be made chairman of the Convention, The Mlinols men say he killed himself by prevarication and want of decision, and almost everybody who can be made to believe the tale denounces Palmer's con- duct in holding interviews with himself at Spring- fleld, writing out with his hand answers to ques- tions, and having the same published in the Chicago Post. Brown, it is sald, prostrated himself in the West by = getting on a spree at Springfleld, at the dedication of the Lin- com monument, and for two days talking in an incoherent and wild manner around the lobbies of the Leland House. Envious people, taking advantage of this harmoniousness in Brown's career, say that he will not come to Cincinnati, because HE GOT ON A SPREE IN KENTUCKY On the whole, this gathering is precisely like all of these political con- ventions You see here high purpose, idiosyncrasy, small. personal ambition, revenge and whatever en- ters into a congregation of human beings to put the aceptro into man’s hands to rule 40,000,000 of people for four years. There is no doubt whatever that from every side there will be a pronouncement here against more than one term of office for the Chief Magistrate; probably there is no question upon which there is universal agreement except this. Iconclude that on the whole the prospect to-day lies between Davis and Trumbull. I sent you ®& despatch to this effect more than & week ago, and unless things change here it will have proved to be tolerably sagacious. Davis has done more work than any other candidate, and in more States, to get delegates here. The most available and appropriate to beat Davis is generally thought to be his colleague, Trumbull. I believe that Trumbull will be nominated. RECEPTION OF CARL SCHURZ, Senator Schurz had a reception from his German friends at Washington platform to-night, and to- morrow morning, at eleven o’clock, addresses the Kentucky State Liberal Republican Convention, in Covington. GREELEY'S FREE TRADE PAPER, Ata meeting of the New York delegates a paper from Whitelaw Reid, ofthe Tribune, was presented, which it is understood embodies Mr. Greeley's views of a revenue plank in the platform to be constructed. This provides that ‘finding ourselves not fully agreed with respect to free trade as opposed to protection, we respectfully comniend the grave issues involved in that con- troversy to the careful study and unblassed adjudi- cation of the people, urging them to choose mem- bers of Congress who will truly embody and will faithfully reflect their will on that subject, pledging ourselves that that will, when authoratively made known, shall be implicitly obeyed.”? THE GRORGIA DELEGATION, consisting of Colonel Lee Hulbert, Governor James Johnson, Colonel R. L. Mott, Colonel T. P. Safford, R. L. McWhorter, J. H. McWhorter, Hon. J. M. Shummers, Dr. W. R. Bell, J. C. Hendrix and J. ¢, Parrott, came to-night and stopped at the Burnet House, Part of the KANSAS DELEGATION arrived to-day and put up at the Galt House. The Texas delegation also came to-day, and is divided between the Galt and Gibson Houses. Eleven gentlemen from Arkansas have reached here and are at the Spencer, as is also a part of the Tennes- see delegation, THE HALL, ITS CAPACITY AND DECORATIONS. It is the main hall of the Industrial Exposition, which consists of a succession of arches seventy feet high, forming a building 260 feet long and, with the aisles, 125 feet wide. It is seated to accommo- date 5,000 persons, but will comfortably hold more than twice this number. The stage is elevated six feet above the main floor and extends into the hall 60 as to enable all persons who are seated to hear the speaker if good order is maintained, On the stage are 125 chairs, while below chairs are provided for 700 delegates, Immediately be- low, on acircular platform, are the tabies for the newspaper reporters, over one hundred in number, Immediately in the rear of the platform the national colors are handsomely displayed with festoons of evergreen; still above this is the orchestra, which 1s also tastefully provided for. The entire hall is decorated with national fags, interspersed with the coats of arms of all the States, The floors are covered with sawdust, so as to avoid disturbance from the moving masses about the house, “> <8 The business of seating members and others entitled to admission will be committed to Mr. Lloyd, the experienced ticket seller of Pike’s Opera House, which insures the Convention against any confusion from this source, Ladies will be admitted from the Plum street entrance, 60 as to avoid annoyances arising from the crowd that will be met at the main entrance, Ample telegraph facilities are provided at the Hall, the Western Union alone having six wires. Arrangements have been made by which tne hacks will take visitors to and from the Con- vention at twenty-five cents each, THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS—THE PROGRAMME OF PRO. CEEDINGS. The following is the oMcial document providing for the organization of the Liberal Convention :— The Executive Committee, appointed by the Missouri State Convention, by which the Liberal Republican National Convention was called, havi met in consultation with repre- sentatives of the delegations from the different States announces the following plan of organization which has been unanimously agreed upon bi ee committee and the representatives consulted. The National Convention will be called to order in Exposition Hall at noon on Wednesday. After ¢tfecting a temporar, organization it will then be adjourn at once, and the members from the several States will proceed to assemble in State conventions to elect delegates. Each State shall be entitled to gpa ape upon the basis of four del 4s at large and two for | each member of Congress allotted to it under the new apportionment, and these States are recom- mended to select delegates from Congres- sional districts as far as possible. In case any State shall not be represented by a number ore igor 2 that ge an) Ee shall be ne | under the foregoing rule, mm those present shall be entitled to case the full vote of the State, AT TEN O'CLOCK ON TUESDAY MORNING blank books for enrolment of members will be fur- nished to delegates from the several States by Colonel Geo: Ward Nichols, Chairman of the local Committee of Arrangements, at No, 9 Mozart Hull, for the purpose of ascertainin; the number of tickets of admission to which eac! State is entitled. Those intending to participate in the convention are requested to enroll their names at their State headquarters during Tuesday, and the number there enrolled will be reported to the per- son having charge of the enrollment in each State not later than nine o’clock Wednesday morning tc the Chairman of the Executive Committee, at room No, 9 Mozart Hail. Ca need number of tickets will then be delivered the co having charge of the en- rollment for each State, and by im be distributed at ae juarters ty oe fon to those whose names have been enrolled, These tickets will ad- mit to the body of the hall. By order of the Executive Committee. W. M. GROsVENOR, Chairman. The Philadelphia Deleg for the Convention, PHILADELPHIA, April 20, 1872, A special despatch from Pittsburg, Pa., saye:— The Philadelphia delegation to Cincinnati—160 strong—was joined by M. B, Lowry and fifty deleg: from Erie, The delegates will select fifty-eight of their number to represent the State, including four delegates at large—namely, John Hickman, M, B, Lowry, General Kane and Colonel McClure. Gov- ernoy Curtin’s name will not be presented for Vice President,“ ~~ The Alabama Delegation. MontaomeRy, Kia., Aprii 20, 1872. Hon. 8. F. Rice and W. F. Hatchett left here to- day to attend the Cincinnati Convention. ILLINOIS. A Political Horoscope from Chicago. Trambull Overlooked in His Own Quarters— The Democracy Looking for Charles Francis Adams To Be Nominated—Davis Tight- ening His Purse-Strings—Palmer Dead as a Door Nail. Curcaao, April 29, 1872, In the language of professional Bohemians, the political caldron has reached to a boiling point, and the feeling here concerning the Cincinnati Con- vention is very intense. Public sentiment, unlike the leopard, changes its spots every day. Nine- tenths of the thinking men distrust the scheme, despite the soda water fizz attained, They do not believe, any more than Humboldt, that Providence has sent afew men into the world, ready booted and spurred, to ride and millions of others, ready saddled and bridled, to be ridden, The leaders are too few and too directly interested, Each man ap- pears to be endeavoring to make a high offical bed for himself and his friends to le on, and there is no man at the head of the movement having suMicient thought for his country or anything except his own success. Adams’ letter presents to many minds a creditable antithesis to this debased pool of ambitions, but by others It is looked upon as a capitally clear piece of demagogery. If there is one thing more certain than anotherit ts that there cannot be a successful fusion of liberal republicans and democrats in Chicago or Illinois. This is owing chiefly to the absence of the attraction of cohesion in the Cincinnati movement, but directly to the Billingsgate fight between the Tribune and Times, The Trivune 1s Trumbull’s hand organ, and its best friends know it will bolt if Trumbull is not nominated. Not content with the treachery for itself, it has constantly thrown mud at democrats, so that the latter are more ready for @ regular democratic ticket this moment than when fusion was first proposed, and the Tribwne’s object is, no doubt, to DISGUST THE DEMOCRACY as much as possible with the liberal flasco, In case Trumbull is not nominated it is freely stated in the street to-day that Trumbull has placed his with- drawal in Horace White’s hands, to be used at the latter’s discretion, Trumbull is credited with shrewdness enough to escape Milo’s end, edged in that timber which he strove to rend, but it is safe to say he will not give up while he finds a Cincinnat! peg to hang on. Trum- bull has acknowledged, it is said, with intense bitterness that he will take the second place on the ticket, with almost anybody, rather than not be nominated at all; but the democrats here openly declare that they will never support any position of the author of the reconstruction acts. Only one paper in the State follows the Tribune in its advocacy. Trumbull is @ man whom nobody in Illinois knows. When Douglas was in the Senate people used to turn out en masse in respect of his politics to welcome him home, but Trumbull has been an ofice-holder for twenty years. He may walk the streets of Chicago—his home—for a qnar- ter of a century and no one will nudge his neighbor and say, “THAT'S LYMAN TRUMBULL.” Trumbull lacks personal magnetism; he has not & sincere political friend in the country, unless it be his brother-in-law, Dr. Jane, a@ Grant office-holder on Trumbull’s recommendation, and now a dele- gate to Cincinnati.. Whatever be the cause the Davis men here, who outnumber the Trumbullites five to one, are spending money with a lavish hand, Curious surmises are afloat concerning the de- creased contents of Davis’ wallet since the 15th of April. Leonard Swett helped a Minnesota delega- tion to Cincinnati; and Chicago men who have been down there declare the expenses of many of Davis’ delegates are being paid by somebody, it is not certain by whom. Leading democrats of Chicago, who Me low and watch for game, confidently expect to put a regu- lar democratic ticket in the fleld, and prefer Adams, should he be nominated at Cincinnatl, to give them @ reasonable excuse. Said an honorable Irish democrat to the HERALD correspondent yesterday, “Oh, [hope to God CINCINNATI REPUBLICANS WILL NOMINATE ADAMS, We want only a fair chance to show Adams that we remember his conduct as an English Judge when he was an American Minister, This is the sentiment of nine-tenths of the Irish democracy. A bargain has been consummated with the Germans, whose reputed strength is largely fictitious and greatly enhanced by their capacity for manage- ment and the fears of those who want votes. There isaserious but not very respectable German de- fection, and the Staats Zeitung, an able and up- right paper, has agreed to support ex-Lieutenant Governor Gustavus Koener for Governor on a liberal ticket in exchange for the German vote for Grant at the Presidential election. This bargain has not been made public, and will be fought bitterly by the Oglesby faction. who mean to run Richard to Springfleld again. Palmer is as dead asa door nallon all hands, for he has acted as if bereft of political common sense. He will never be elected to office again in Illinois, Tremendous efforts will be made to secure the support of the Post for the Cin- cinnati ticket, as it is necessary to get one of the evening papers, and the Post is naturally the first choice. Blakely, its editor and proprietor, is a federal office-holder, but he has never been much influenced in political convictions, and his paper has verated the faults ofthe administration without uniformly commending its merits. Still, it is very improbable that the attempt will succeed. Horace White, of the Tribune, and Croffat and Dennet, of the Post, will sit up with the Cincinnati Convention, A new scandal is on the tapis about Orville Grant. THE PRESIDENCY AT THE CAPITAL. Sumner's Present Position—Chief Justice Chase for Grant—The Facts About the Louisiana Delegates to Cincinnati—A Patriotic Rap at Charles Francis Adams, Wasnineton, April 29, 1872. SUMNER’S PRESENT POSITION. ‘The despatch in this morning’s HERALD regarding Senator Sumner’s views relative to the Cincinnati Convention platform, having been telegraphed back to Washington to day, haa formed the basis of much conversation in political circles. Mr. Sum- ner has been approached by several persons to verify the assertions embraced in the des- patch, and has very candidly admitted that he did make use of similar expressions while in conversation with a prominent New Jersey poll- tician, @ sympathizer with the liberal movement, last Saturday. Itis now ascertained that he re- peated the same views during an interview this morning with a gentleman from North Carolina, but was not as positive in the assertion that he will not support the Cincinnati nominee unless the civil rights plank is included in the platform. He finds himself alone in the Congress delegation from Massachusetts in his opposition to Grant; and that while his colleagues receive hearty en- couragement from their party friends at home, he is supported only by a very small number of his former admirers, among whom are included allthe soreheads and scheming democratic poli- ticlans of the old Bay State, His friends and the public generally argue from this fact that he dare not cut himself entirely loose from his party, and that hia recent assertions regarding the Cincinnat) movement are intended to give him an opportunity or an excuse to repudiate or ignore the results of the new departure in the West. At the same time it 1s positively certain that he cannot and will not support Grant, CHASE TO SUPPORT THE PHILADELPHIA NOMINER. ‘The friends of Chief Justice Chase are authority for the statement that he will support the Philadel- phia nominee in the coming Presidential contest. It is quite probable that he will openly re} judiate the ill advised and unauthorized efforts of Judge Long and others to urge his claim for the nomina- tion at Cincinnati, THE LOUISIANA DELEGATRS TO CINCINNATI. It is denied by prominent friends of the adminis- tration here from New Orleans that the Louisiana delegation to the Cincinnati Convention includes all of the delegation from that State to the Chicago Convention in 1868. Of the fourteen delegates to Chicago nine at least are known not to be at Cin- cinnati, The Patriot of this city, to-day publishes an article, understood to be the results of an informal conference of the leading democratic Senators and Members of the House of Representatives last night, in which it says:—“We believe our oppor- tunities of gathering democratic sentiment, and especially of the trusted democratic leaders in Con- gress, are at least as good as those of any other journal, and we feel perfectly safe in saying that Mr. Adams is not the first, nor even the second, choice of any considerable number of the democrats for this nomination. We are very sure he would not be accepied by them more readily than Judges Davis, Brown, Cox or Trumbull. Indeed, we fear that even ifaided by the Democratic Convention there would be some difficulty in rallying the democratic masses to his support, despite their evident wish to sustain the action of the Cincin- nati Convention.” After commenting on the letter of Mr. Adams, which renders it doubtful whether he would or would not accept a nomination at Cin- cinnati, and expressing the opinion that it is im- prudent and unwise, in advance of any action by this purely republican Convention, for any demo- cratic journal to assume to select a candidate for it and declare that his nomination will supersede “the necessity for any action by the democratic party asa political organization, The Patriot continues :— “In any event, no matter what transpires at Cin- cinnati, the Democratic Convention will be held, and it will command the respect of the country, and its conclusions will be accepted by the political or- ganization it will represent.’? GRANT AND THE WORKINGMEN. Interview of New York Mechanics With the President—The General Makes a Flank Movement on Columbus—The Eight Hour Law To Be Enforced—Sena- tor Wilson on Davis’ Nomination, ‘WASHINGTON, April 29, 1872, The President was called upon to-day by a dele- gation from New York city representing working- men’s associations, and composed of Messrs. John C, Graham, Grand Master of the United Order of American Bricklayers; Arthur McLanghlin and Michael J. Daly, who had interviews with him in regard to the workings of the Eight Hour law in New York. The delegation asked that the Eight Hour law be enforced on the work done on the New York Post Omice, and that the workingmen be paid the high- est local wages for similar work—$4 per day. The President said that this request must be granted, and that they must be treated the same as the men employed on the public buildings in South Carolina, receiving a full day’s pay for eight hours’ work, and extra pay for extra hours which they may feel disposed to labor. Prior to the ae- parture of this committee he gave them a note to the Secretary of the Treasury, asking him to listen to their complaints, and saying :— “Ihave stated to the committee that all em- ployés of the government are entitled to the bene- fits of the Eight Hour Jaw so long as it stands on the statute books.* The delegation afterwards had an interview with Judge Richardson, who cordially received them, asking them to make a statement in writing, prom- ising to investigate their complaint at once. INTERVIEW WITH SENATOR WILSON, The committee subsequently had a brief inter- view with Senator Wilson, during which they dis- cussed the Columbus nomination. The Senator re- marked that he did not arrogate to himself any credit for being the laboring man’s friend, as he sprang from that class, and had not, even after years of public life, been able to rise above the ordi- nary pecuniary condition of his origin. Referring to the nomination of Judge Davis he agreed with the delegation that it was unauthorized and jl- advised. “It was,” sald he, “the act of a few scheming politicians, who bad for an object the disruption of present political organizations. They did not seek the good of the laboring men or they would not have placed on thetr ticket a man worth $2,000,000, who naturally represents capital rather than labor.” The delegation agreed to this proposition, and in- formed the Senator that the best information ob- tained by them regarding the Columbus Convention induced them to believe that none of the dele- gates from New England or the Eastern States were properly authorized to represent the large body of citizens whose inter- ests they so basely betrayed. They added that at the proper time the oficial letter of the Massachusetts Association of Crispins, together with ether similar declarations from kindred or- ganizations, will be made public, repudiating the nomination of Davis and Parker. In answer toa suggestion from Mr. Wilson that General Grant’s prospects for re-election were very good, the delegation expressed the unanimous opinion that his action to-day regarding the en- forcement of the Eight Hour law and his evident interest in the welfare of the laboring classes, as expressed by him during their interview, would recommend him more earnestly and successfully to them than the nomination of twenty such conven- tions as the one held at Columbus, NOTES ABOUT THE CONVENTION. The Chicago Times (democratic) has the cruelty to say that the nomination of Horace Greeley will cause people to smile, and that, although the Cin- cinnati ticket will have to stand a great dealof abuse, it cannot afford to be laughed at, There is a good deal said about a “fit nomina- tion” at Cincinnati. It will probably be considered the duty of the Philadelphia Convention to “give it fita.” The Boston Post (democratic), speaking of Gratz Brown, says there are now and then instances of young men coming forward by a single bound into public notice, and the present Governor of Missouri is one of them. Is there not danger of “vaulting ambition o'’erleaping itself?” The Albany Argus (democratic) raps sharply over the knuckles those democratic journals that are pronouncing in advance in favor of the Cincinnati nominee, The Washington Patriot (démocratic) is indignant at the attempt to folst Charles Francis Adams, upon the democratic party, mnolens volens aa its candidate for the Presidency. To say, it adds, “that honored list of liv- ing democratic statesmen are all regarded as holding an ‘inferior rank’ to Mr. Adams is an insult and an injustice, both to them and our party, that shall not pass without our protest. We con- fess, too, we are equally unable to discover the superiority of Mr. Adams over Judge Davis, Lyman Trambuil, Gratz Brown and other conspicuous can- didates at Cincinnati.’ “Under which King? Bezo- NIAGARA REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION. Locerort, N. Y., April 29, 1872, At the Republican Convention for the First dis- trict of Niagara county, held in this city to-day, M. C. Richardson, Edward C. Graves and A. W. Com- stock Were elected delegates to the Philadelphia Convention. Resolutions were adopted unanimonsly endorsin; Generai Grant and recommending his reno nation, 6 AMUSEMENTS, Nilsson’s Farewell at the Academy of Mastic. Brilliant expectations had been formed of tha snecess likely to attend Mile, Nilsson’s farewell per« formance, and last night they were fulfilled in a manner to content the most enthusiastic ad- mirer of the charming songstress. The at- tractions furnished by the programme were certainly very great, but had they been consider- ably less it is evident from the warmth of feeling displayed by the audience that the house would have been equally crowded. Every seat and évery space where listeners could congregate were filled, and certainly the discomfort of those whom fortune condemned to standing room must have been very great, for the heat in the boxes was most oppressive, The night was emphat feally devoted to Nilsson; she was the great mag- net that drew together the numerous and brilliant audience, and the programme showed that the man- agement recognized this fact. Nillson’s appearance in the most striking scenes of three operas the same night was a concentration of plea- sure rarely to be enjoyed. On her ap- pearance she was received with demonstrations of regard, and as the performance proceeded the audience warmed up till, toward the close, the enthusiam rose toa pitch that has not heen wit- nessed in New York for many years: The first act of “Traviata” was presented, with Nilsson Violetta. She threw all- her natural vivacity into the drinking song, “Liblamo, Liblamo,” which: she gave with a dash and an abandon. perfectly, charming. The cavatina, “Ah fors ’e lut,’? gave an opportunity for the display of tenderness of feeling” of which she availed herself to the utmost.’ In the aria, “Sempre libera degg ‘io” she achteved a triumph of vocalization. It was in the character of Lucia, however, that the best qualities of her voice and her talent as an actress had the fullest: play. It would be diMeult to imagine anything more full of sweet- neas, tenderness and true womanly feeling than her rendering of the scene with Edgardo in the second act. The enthusiasm created among the au- dience by the rendering of the rdle of Lucia, was intense, but was destined to be eclipsed by the mad scene from ‘Hamlet,’ which was par. la pidce de résistance, There was a dramatic force in_ the delightful conception of the réle of tho amicted Ophelia which gave new value to the de~ lightful singing of the part. It was an effort which! required wonderful power of vocalization, com- bined with tenderness of thought and dramatic ability such as are rarely found combined in any one artist. The rendering of some of the peherzo passages gave an opportunity for the display of the perfect command which the artist has over her voice, Signor Brienoll, Mons. Barré and Miss Cary supported Mile. Nilsson with great spirit. Misa Cary sang “Stride la Vampa,” from ‘“Trovatore,”” with much dramatic power and expressiveness, As the curtain went down on the willow scene in Hamlet the audience rose to their feet, and Mile, Nilsson being called before the curtain they ten- dered her a perfect ovation. Bouquets were liter- ally showered on her, and in their anxiety to ex- press their admiration the audience refused to dis- perse until Mile, Nilsson had presented herself four times before the curtain. Stadt Theatre—German Opera. ” Professor Mulder, who has lately returned from Europe, introduced last night for the first time to the New York public three new artiste, Herr Richard, tenore dt forza; Herr Elsenbach, tenors a grazia, and Herr Wiegand, basso profundo. The opera was the chef dceuvre of the French school, “La Juive,” by Halévy, given with the fol- lowing cast:—Rebecca, Mme. Fabbri; Eudoxia, Mile. Rosetti; Eleazar, Herr Richard; Oardinal, Herr Wiegand; Leopold, Herr Efsenbach. Richard achieved a success scarcely inferior to that of Wachtel with the German audience, and was repeatedly called before the curtain. In an artistic point of view, we think his success in some respects greater than that of his renowned predecessor in the same theatre. His voice is of the same powerful calibre, and only needs the ut de pottrine to bring down a house at all times, But this high ©, when everything else is sacrificed to it, becomes an intolerable nutsance to & musical car, and it was a genuine pleasure to listen to a thorongh artist, with a fine, broad, dra- matic voice, who sings every part of his rove with like care and finish. As an actor Richard ex- hibited qualities last night which one would only expect from a Dawison or other star of the dra- matic stage. He is still young, but thirty-three ears of age, and has an enviable career be- fore him if he will only avoid the rock on which so many tenors have foundered, the ut de poitrine, Wiegand’s success was nearly as great 28 that of the tenor. He has a grand, broad and aym- pathetic bass voice, highly trained, and he uses it with effect. Without the magnetism of Formes and the deep organ-like tones of the celebrated German basso, Herr Wiegand produced a profound impression by his artistic management of a re- markably fine voice. Eisenbach was the weakest of the trio, and nervousness and hoarseness marred his vofee to a great extent. Yet he gave indication of better things at a second and third Henrie Madame Fabbri's Rebecca was characterized by all the care and finish of this accomplished artist, and Mile, Rosetti was very good in the rdle of the Ba | The same opera will be given ou Wednes- jay. Italian Opera in Brooklyn. The Parepa-Rosa combination company gave their farewell performance in the Brooklyn Academy of Music last night. A house crowded to its utmost capacity gave proof of the great interest of the public in the performance. Eve! available spot in the house was ocenpied, and hundreds had to be turned away, unable to gain admission. “Il Trovatore’ was the opera selected for presentation, and the artists, warmed up by the enthusiasm of the public, sang with res markable dash and brilliancy. The gross receipts for the night were $9,100. To-night this company give their grand gala farewell performance at the New York Academy of Music, Edwin Booth in the “Iron Chest.” Mr. Booth appeared last evening as Sir Edward Mortimer, in Colman’s sterling play of the “Iron Chest.”’ He seemed to be slightly under the weather, and his voice was not as flexible as it is wont to be. The title of the plece is to some extent a misnomer. It fails to convey to the listener the leading idea of the play. The diMcuity of eliminating from stage representations those things that are accounted so objectionable to morals and religion is very appar- ent in every part of the “Iron Chest.” And yet few Pieces less objectionable are ever put on the stage. Rightly apprehended the “Iron Chest’? contains a profound lesson in morals, and demonstrates how hard is the way of the trans- gressor. A man whose heart is filled with generous impulses, and whose chief thoughts are for hu- manity’s good, ts crossed in his path by a friend, whom, in an outbu’ ~ of passion, he slays. He covers up his tracks so cleverly that, after a formal trial, he is acquitted; but his servant’s fg pms are aroused, and Sir Mortimer has no rest, day nor night, until he reveals his secret to this servant, whom he binds to secrecy by an oath; but fearing him afterward, he concocts a scheme by which to rid himself of this servant, of whose faithfulness he had had repeated proofs, But into the pit which he digged for the innocent he falle himself, and ex- pires proces and declaring both the innocence and fidelity of his constant Wilford, amid the pro- longed applause of the delighted audience. Bowery Theatre. “Searching the Depths,” which had a saccess at this theatre last Christmas, was revived last night, with “Solon Shingle” as a bonne bouche beforehand. It is of the usual style of sensational dramas that find favor at this house, and a fire scene of the most bustling kind, with steam engine, hose carriage, &c., in full working order, is introduced. The prin- cipal eee are played by Mrs, Jones, Misa Booth, and Messrs, Marden, Barry, Winter and Lord. “Tne Swamp Angel,” founded on the recent adventures of a correspondent of the Heraxp, will be shortly roduced, and immense preparations are being ade to represent with fidelity the unsavory home of the Lowerys. The be md Beason will be ex- tended to the middie of June, owing tp the unpr cedented number of star engagements which been made by Mr. Frellgh. Sacred concerts Place every Sunday at this theatre, ‘Wood's Museam. od “Txjon" was produced last evening, with an ac- taohtibe cast, Ay this theatre. The burlesque is too. well known to call for special comment. To judge by the large audience that witnessed the perfom- ance, it seems to enjoy a never-fading popularity. ‘The representatives of tg entnen gode and esses who congregate plece looked gor- ~ ‘and the Po well as the dresses, Wea dy gona to please the eyes of “groundiings.”” Belle itt much humor to the title role, andl sang and danced with her accustomed grace and spirit, Mixé Pauline Markham, as Venus, ‘was a feast to the eyes, though not to the ear. The Goddess Minerva, with @ ided penchant to “jiquor up," as i iy ge by Mr. Rollin Howard, was an exceedingly dull and vulgar female, Mise Jennie Arnot looked Cupid, and irs. Keene and Sheldon were decidedly funny in their several parts, Lina Edwin's Theatre. The week's performances were ushéred in last’ night with the burlesque called “Power of Love,” which has been @uceessfully given this theatre for some time. Thé features of the are quite attractive, and the ‘of Blanche gz and act d Elia Chi Sis Ree anc ag