The New York Herald Newspaper, September 6, 1872, Page 3

M* T res eee weeks in the, state ; often twice a day; aSSACHUSETTS, weather’ at all ‘times; and now, after having a ridden all night, I feel uniitted torespond in a be- a er bererg coming manner to the warm and urgent call made 7 D MEN IN COUNcm, | seks sratmouta few monthe ago, since 4 ap weeks, Or af '. ‘compa with William Lloyd THE COLORED MEN IN COUNCIL. | peare company uincy and others Mr. jarrison, great city, for of the distinguished citizens of t! the purpose of receiving ‘ ‘AN ADDRESS SIGNED BY DANIEL O'CONNELL, Father Mathew and 60,000 Irishmen, calling upon the American people to make themselves consistent with the Declaration of Independence and put down slavery forever, That is now, short as the time seems to me, more than thirty years ago. Then the most sanguine did not dare to hope to live to see the day which we now éee. I certainly did not dream that it would eyer be my privilege 9 # | dress in Faneuil Hall a conven’ OR ot colofed citizens convened fon, all parts of X Ay England for the purpoi vassing the policy of public” men gnd Public | Mloasures,, an oa fein Ree thé election of ‘those en and in pe pup) t of those measures. Ihave Faneu! appeared in in fall quite often; sometimes as a slave, sometimes 98 ie vé slave, always as an advocate of human erty. But this is the eh permitted to appear he jay ost... Al ‘A time that I hav, it as ite i itiae ok wh you wil of ow Addresses and Resolutions at a Social Powwow. SPEECH OF FREDERICK DOUGLASS. He Takes the Colored Question on Its Merits. THE AFFAIR A GREAT sUCCES9, the somewhat dignifies of Over this wide, SUBLIMR {Appian ? wide wo. here 1 the country which 4 man has a rignt tobe so proud ofas this same Re- Boston, Mass., Sept. 5, 1872, The Cradle of uiberty in this city was the theatte | PUMg of onrst Where 1g there 4 cltizenshi ; & desirable, 80 exalted, ndowed — wit! of a unigne event, even it, this great sympathetlo | Hore “sublime agtriontes ‘tidn ini Ceatli home of the colored race, in beltig the scene of the iy A erie REN iat cco Becond Masé Convention of the colored citizens of tons that have evolving Mapon wa the duties New England. The first, with Mr. George T. Down- ing, of Newport, R. L, as presiding officer, as- wembled at Tremont Temple in 1857 or 1858, to de- liberate upon ap important matter which was Plaiming public attention, viz;—‘African Civiliza- tion,” so-called; The Convention disapproved of of self-government, nce has it no: 3s Engle not in any such sense as we have it. Aust it , a sia, Prussia, no country on the globe i, the samé extent as we have—this right, this duty o! electing the men and deciding upop the iN which shall be pursued by the government—and is only very lately Cae ed and J in a national had this right. ou in C tt the project and pronounced it a scheme in the ben ey tt the country ag ment ia furtherance of African colonization, which they | it not, "nants to se magnanimity ¢ he Amer also protested against, can people; “hanks to the justicg of Tho assemblage was re- pectable in appearance, althongh slim in point of Bumbers, the faces of the aifferent colored delegates reminding an observer of tho remark of Dr. Liy- Ingatone that the character of the Ethiopian r- had been very much mistaken by thelr Cauca 6 people; thé 48 (0 the thought, courage, Hy tout “is hes ‘passed, we see e f th vers "$¥ aig countr; in commo: and have the right to feel ney bate inet WRan interest in tl brethron—that the negro of the East’ Coast.» : i RRETanaten Sn proepenay te errs Or ‘civilization of his own, and Could not be com Je brain ie ot ane a ir A r= With the Congo of the West—thus suggesting that | T sv of rt 1 . ny ibeatuey will ths higher atenedthor development of | Efe feds fora fad shat goes in for rit ut ‘the whites here would produce the same results as | Py, clansman, ny brother, everywhere, a sl ould dhe vicinity of Egyptian progress had upon the | Be ele ago mie generals ee are ee aged, ae ina very pecul Eastern tribes, nd the ecuarity of this campaign is this, that Last evening representatives in fair numbers he- va rier TWO PARTIES fee ond ee va eee gan to arrive from New Bedford, Springfield, Wor | TWO c&ts and one mouse. i ughter, orats and 0! 8. Judging from the professions tester, Hartford and Norwich, Conn. ; Portland, Me., oF Shoes ton! Casta ry from, “the utter- and other cities, and this forenoon large accessions ore of ate Co fees oR wee 1 pty 4 | Parties mi @ somewhal cult foi Were constantly coming from Salem, Lynn and | P to determine the path of ‘duty; but a ether places rear and far. Som: were even froia nh pily for ud, we are not left to find the path of New Yor. "i#e some of the dc" “at | auty by such lights as are alforded by mere plat- the hot -! -were entertalii_\ bse lan ane rofession. ne haye priee gitier alae ql t oe “| ““tpon which we ma} In a case his. Th hofisos, {a regular delogat. .->% men ig sich a thing as Maton, and history shows us the many are wita credentials. te iaties Ces react hipaa og The se /Yhe an’ cients for the Convention included political movements of our time are no e = ¢ * tions to thg rule. Left to amere profession of th two sese . vue from twelve to half-past three | one or the other party, we a ht as wan ‘o'clock and the other commencing in the evening | chocse Horace are as Ulysses S. Grant, for ** halfpast € «on o'clock. The hall is without | Horace Grocer: has said some good things in his day and generation. I am not here to deal in vituperation, invective and denunciation of Horace Greeley. Not at all, I admit that it would give ™me pleasure to vote for Horace Greeley, IF 1 KNEW JUST WHICH GREELEY. a my vote would elect. panne) But I don’t Know, But Isay we are na¢ left to the professions: of fmen and platforms of parties to determine what is wise and what i. best in this canvass. These par- story. ». 9rations, ar the body of the house is provided _:th settees, suring the latter part of the fore- Soon delegates began slowly to drop in, and as the oontide hour approached the mero D ean Band, which was stationed in the gallery, began to dis- course inspiriting music. By noon the body of the hall was moderately filled with both sexes, some ‘white persons being included, and a few occupying ties have the! We are to judge of them the gallery, iF ‘The feature of the affair was the Speech of Frea | 1 tho light of history and apply to them ‘Douglass, who defended his supporto President ae rujes Of common sense. We know Ren Grant for re-election even it he had refused to re | What the democratic party has done; we knoy ceive a colored manat his table. [js best point was | Very, well what the republican party has done. We in charging that the democratic party, althengh | 2¢ed not go back far into history to arrive at hpi it would not attempt the repeal of the constitu- conclusiois concerning them. Take the demo- a cea ae ee Soars we coane | ST OE EMEA ES TT ae Was called to order at twelve o'clock by Mr. Charles vi animating sp! ° '. E. Pindell, Secretar: +33 Pe Sommitte eof frrange- om the ‘ast until now, ee been She mntensest Benth ad Me dodge Eun» soured ne, | jo wich au tang Gaur at Ie We know Was cliosen temporary chairman. “He made a brict | [LYMM Myer sey iC ailed (ust with the: Int ir. Mitchell, for the Committee on izatio aster class of the South, The four hundred and then reported 16 Fates ig list of rmane ifty thousand slayeholders became their voice an oficers, whic! ‘as unanimously adopted :—Presi- he} strument for evil during all that time, an: gent, énarle Lenox Remond, of Boston; Vice | $¥° uring. the great sereuie of protracted Presidents, leon aA owning, of Newport, R. 1,5 reo an inguinary rebellion which, under the Crawford, of fas ort Me.} ‘George L. kuin | Captancy leneral Grant (applause) backs f Boston; J, L. Caml ridge, of Hartford, Conn.} | UD. by joys in Blue, was finallp J. Smith, Of Boston; wW. W. Brown, of Worcester; | *Uppressed, we Knew that that party, ap B William ©. Nell, of Boston Walter 0, Burr, oi party, had ho joy in our victory, no grief in our Norwich, Conn. ;’ Charles L. Mitchell, of Boston, ‘and | disasters. That party throughout, gave aid and Beventy fers from digetent séctions ; Secretarie: Reva Ge the rebels, and before the close of the harles B. Pindell, of Boston; Horace J. Gray, of | Te! ellion it indicated its regret for the late master mbridgeport; Manuel Sullivan, of New Bedford; class of the South by seecung for its standard jathaniel G. Cutler, ef Lynn; WwW. Montague, of bearey and representative of its spirit the only ringfeld, and Robert pe of Cambridge. ’ General with large opportunities to assist in tho loyal cause who accomplished little or nothing for THR SBSOLUTIONS, the cause, and who was the most popular General The following series of resolution was then * in the ai on the rebel side, George B. McClellan, adopted, after discussion :— Te selected him to be its standard bearer; put hind Resolved, That we hereby testity of the republican | on the platform, affirming that the war for thé party that jt origin, tts antecedents, the head and heart | Cnion whe accomplished. ttribudes of ts promingnt champlonk, have made valla Pp) 4 claim to the fitle of the party of freedom, whose mis- WE MET M’CLELLAN i mal muy fs to secure equality before the law for thoso | a8 We shall meet other people by and 6}. (Laugh. ‘itherto outlawed. And we ear stly submut that its | ter). A partial reconsideration took place, and riliiant record of success in these forts impels us to the | slavery was abolished. The fourteenth amendment, BHerance that, potent indeed as ake its claims of respect | making us citizens, Was enacted; It became a part and grutitude’ upon colored Americans, common sense | Of" th titution. “What then? In 1868 the Atsclf dictates to ps that the most practical and earlicst | Of the constitution, What then? In y ethod to secure 4 victorious termination of the struggle | Gave us oO new platform. What was it Gur, Mixhis| 18 10 continug working shoulder to | And who Were {ts candidates? You remem. iouldér with those who have been and still continue er well. They selected the man of en at the North who had most industriously and perserveringly and indefatigably opposed the war for the Union, in the nomination of Horatio Seymour, a man who addressed a mob in New York during the tet mob whose hands helping wi Resolved, That all candid minds must admit that the tion's alvance, ance the days of active rebellion, hai en constant and satlatactory | and now, having éscape i shoals and quicksands of treason and secession, and ‘within sight of port, Wf there aré those on Doard ‘who ould conspire Against the commanding officers of thi 1 Bi of eG eee re mutineers sould back aatdven” aud tiene qnnosent. binck "men ‘Resolved, That we regard the sentim al in New York—addr them as friends, not as fartne aren’a of discussion, “The Northand sou ehaking | Murderers, He was selected. ‘That was the ten- ands over the bloody chasm,” coming from wl tered dency of the porey and what it means Beta ore ise ALCEe cieatineandacie wie | yg “eg Baty EH ME, POET Nase epentance, was platform ry, was this:— fear Us fn extending heaped Olympus Miah gion ue and | The benedcent measures of Justice to humanity and ne identittea with us by, cgmplexion and ond vn; | equality which have been incorporated into tho t the virtue of magnanimi ig doce not consist in mal ng constitution of the United States are unconstitu- re pag unop the | ut ee ae] ut crouches to spring at ou! pena aM ai cule and ean ae ig . ¢ mind of the party and has been until within the data vevdome of WON ic ad aac ite nat. the | last few months. It now professes to have met with Adinfstration finds expression in their ri gst cty, | & Change of hoart; to be bornagain, (Laugh- OF eeis fo beat Grant —equivalent to a determination | ter.) It now asks us to receive them f placing in power those men who would reverse the | Into full communion with the _ political wand upon the dial plate of reform, and those advent | saints. (Laughter) Well, for my part I distrust Tish unbounded satisfaction to Jefferson Dav! ould Tid hig satellites, Novth and South; and weave earned | CUBE conversion, I know human nature well enough to know that people who have been think- st « ds itselt 5 ty ep fomuisnds Haell to that clase augurs no good to | TONEY acting in any one direction, as the demo- t Whe ‘eas that, while we terder the homage of grateful | cratic party has been thinking and acting, hearts to the brillian: galaxy of Freedom’s defenders and CANNOT EASILY BE CHANGED IN AN INSTANT, gratars, freasuring the recollection of their many words nd deéds in our behalf, we trust no charge ot (igparage- ment will be attributed to us if we should on this occasion I know there haye been instaaces of instantaneous conversions, andi clieve in them in some cases, We read ofone which was quite instantaneous in the ke significant allusi hom It i an. Hig term tp ae erga asm glopious arigieye | n° SEED” | Soriptures—the story of Saul who was couvertod— olved, ‘pa our anxieties are solackd, our hopes en- | and the great light that prevailed was visible couraged an tel? rea ons strengthened by the | to his attendants; but I don’t know about this Assurance that yur ee al Bd haye the God- Seed and approval of that veteran pioneer and persistent Ivocate of universal enanuipation who, in 1831, declare nd that fe would be heard In opposi- lott to slavery, and whose li i thumphanuy confirme conversion of the democratic party, or that the: have seen any such light. I am afraid the ligh that has dawned upon the democratic party didn’t in earnest come from above, There is @ voice jon devotion to the patise (Laugt ter.) Trigony” of abother whove reullure’and varied gilts, | Dub arr doubts once He veces Food, teal of tt w Hamascus ‘piade of cloguence, have. beer Mi enh ae Geen BI ach vans contribution of priceless value; Whose white, plume, | {2 Ef A 4 ‘a y fixe at of Henry IV. at the battle of Navarre, | {ts change. Our good friend Charles panna is always le Hat joint where the blows fall thick | Whose name should only be mentioned with respect and fast fenct \d whose whole soul, whet for the past, believes that party has been con- bse ae 3 rrtta # seeins tapreguated ith | verted; but I want to see the democratic party on a re- <a ps. OF the other, who: its knees before I shall trust it. When one hab ex- Pn apelneot experience and observation has rendered | perience a religious conversion he is ready to come im of po'ent authority on the vario questions relatin ly to £0 iia ery ‘and free yn 030 lon; cord of service | 0 board the Gospel ship and act in the most hum- ‘with voice and pen; wi en isi iring leaders smn ble capacity but the democrats want to man the color mee discouraged thelr enlistme; ts, iy, Fs nto ship, take the helm and seize the cargo. army wot in edvane they were furnished with officers’ I WANT TO PUT TITEM ON PROBATION From the Eade and the West the North mid tha shag | for six months, so as to have a little more time to * sumictent Au bers. t0 vo ure sce 4 against the foe; | @Xamine the evidence. The democratic party of whove hob) jefence of General Grant against compli- | late has become very Seri tural, and preaches the cated and bigh-sounding charges merits our admiratioy doctrine of forgiveness. don’t know but that I teenth ;, eed, the man for the hour—Frederic! nd cates am prepared to act on the principle inculcated by Hidsotveat, That we extend the the parable of the Prodigal Son, The prodigal said hand of gtooting and ordial eyrupathy to our br rf ni uth, who have | '@ had sinned, and asked to be taken back as a Been Oven ed BY Ge Re te oe eae “aeette | hired servant. The father recetved him a8 6 8on} rkansas, which cost the Hye fF several hundred vlored | but the spirit of the prcdiea was that of great hu- gnon to sevare the election of General Grant in 188—and | mility. He did not ask to get possession of the farm, aerure them of our ally increasing faith, that the success | ag did the democratic party. On the other hand. of tbe repubilcan party, next Noveulber, will guar | the republican party had been true to. th at Bree & thein the protection dueto every American citi- idea oF removing the stain of slavery, It was true ann vee, That the atrlotio devotion exhibited by the }| ugder Grant, as Well as under Lincoin. I know Gen- Siection hag eat North Carolina, in their recent State | eral Grant well. It has been Pres arromafaseared the trium h of republican pginel- SAID THAT I WAS SLIGNTED Fogarded us the advance gutidg APG entities them to be | in not boing invited to a certain dinner. Where is Resolved, That we han wah ior we Haye! Wecdomm: | | the democratic President who ever invited 8 col Shor all parts of the country, Of thé unity of sentiment | Ored man to his table? Who ever raised this as a Voto given for the nominee be MAUltested by the colored | Standard of friendship as to Whether @ colored See yea te rig ees OF the Fepublican arty ; and an was invited or not to dine? I confess patriotism ape loyalty: beeees very prom era 3 met an {nsult on the steamer, upon Achievements of the “holdier ran Mee oe pi riitant the Potomac, and would have been Solenve no word ansaid, — fervice omitted, but € con. | glad had President Grant resented the insult by in- at IY, pane iy Nin reach to'place in the | Viting me to his table. But Iam sure, from what ee ents eke thiseneins Years General Ulysses S. | know of General Grant, that he was not capable o: bn Sea, Sanit at an es Bay gong avy inteational slight to the colored race. Thave tor who, a3 our pollt cal monitor, promoted General Grant’s word that, had I been | asad, with many Slumphs by pee hallin| the “colored | the. Commission in Washington, I shou! id have been voters of New England; one instance of whose | invited with them, Inspiration now wellg up in our memory—that’ of Mr. HARRIS, of Springfield, interrupted the colored yoter, Henry Emery, of Cambridge, who, thus aket A Tr by inquiring if did not compiain ti Prompted: tats “nen ear us, sick ved: that be | Senator Summer Of i silght by the Presideut? °° ours, breathed Tis tasty datisted’with' this 'effort—oty | Mr. DOvGLags replied that he would have been ‘acy to his colored brethren. Such are among th ja to be invited so_as to break down prejudice to 8 of honor we place on the brow of our present | Inviting a eoloved man to his table. Was that a Fe ad count g n or ne ace ingly for the | reason why he should be removed or distrusted ? thevane! of Wiese patriots ballihy them as starsniem, | {EOUd responses of No,” followed this question. Pow shining in ourhorizon, will 600 ushor ina glorious ¢, inve Gow 18. the oonntetion the fousveent Aa Mowing thelr precepts in our intercourse | 804 Afteent: amendments. We are asked what Ameren tty Iba or igre chideoh ny sort | mae shep"cgraja ‘uot, do. away mtn. Raess gout ren's children may spor a3 coud not do away w: ese great Al shade and’ sll pluck ruil trom 1G ending | retorme. Wale } ‘40 not believe MF. Greeley would nacht to the doses away of these Jawa we all col ROY pe of the resolutions excited great | know that % ° LD RT BE ENFORCED, letter to President Grant, extolling hid past | if necess Lit ny th - ih ‘ong."essional action, There irae and expressing ay efor bis re-election, | was sears goin ‘the consti.ution @ provision that a8 C} nd othe 4nd discussed by Frederick | all men shoula enjoy liberty every where, and Pkg Donglass adi AY ere, ; how often was this provision ata le null and votd by page 2ARED DOUGLASS’ ADDRESS, State ail Are We so simple x2 to belevo thar f LAS — ie democratic party once in power \VOuld pass any Mr. PresibXNT—I regret somewhat this cal) upo' bi y :stice for Bastin itne FOF BaBeet a ae eet, pon suitable provisions for the securing of justice for the colored man? No; far fi safety lies aware, Ihave beeg busy prosecuting the political | iu the re-election of Ue Be Grau Our folored \, 3 DDE! = brethren are instinctively alarmed at the ibil- ity of the election of Greeley even, as the old slave rivers flock to his standard, In all my Southern tour I have not found a colored man who did not wish success to the republican party. I have just traversed the hills and valleys of Maine, and I will encourage you by the assurance that the people there are awake, and that the republicans next Monday will ROLL UP A MAJORITY OF 20,000 against a majority of 10,000 last year. As it ig my intention to address the Convention at another time, I will not further trespass upon your time at present, WILLIAM H, JOHNSON, of Albany, N. Y., was introduced, ans of his remarks referred to pi! SB LS ee a In the gourse she prospects his State. He alluded to thg conduct of the demo- graplo Peliticjans in New | pr and stated that as it Y23 possivie the wiite people would be nearly equally divided, th gotgres People @sasolid phalanx would swell uw} ajority o! from fourteen thousand to fifteen phaneAnA VOOR After telling a funny frog story he closed by can- gratulating his hearers upon the gterious success of the Convention. Mr. Douglass’ address Was received with great manifestations of satisfaction and his telling points were frequently applauded, gh 4 miany of the most The © e i ninent cojgred nian of New England and may rominent colored PAUL SCHOEPPE’S TRIAL. e considered a success, Proceedings in the Court at Carlisle Yesterday— Testimony of Medical Experte—Scientific Dis- quisitions on Poisons and Post-Mor- tems—Coming toa Close—Pe: Collision and Preparing Mates rial for a Fresh Case, CARLISLE, Pa, Seph. 5, 1872, The near approach of the finale to the second, trial of Dr. Paul Schotppe for the alleged murder Of Miss. Mi. M. Steinecke gives to the proceedings an unprécedentedly Nvely interest. The ‘eighth day of the trial began this morning, | anda Ushered in tye opening of the case for the dq, féhdant. A larger crowd than ever before was tn attendance, the ladics forming quite a prominent feature. Among them were noticed sgme of the witnesses of the great Mrs. Wharton trial, rela- tives of Mr. Eugene Van Ness, who will also De wit- nesses upon phat lady's second trial for his attempt- ed murder. “They evinced quite an interest in the present caSe, and were apparently anxious as to how Professor Aiken’s theories would stand the test in this case, and did not appear much pleased as Professor Reese demonstrated that the very re- ‘agents Professor Afxen used in his search for poison made’ the poison which he declares ‘he found, THE PRISONER'S ANXIETY. The prisoner watched the proceedings with great interest, sometimes suggesting to his counsel ques- tions to he prepounded to his medical witnesses, THE JURY AND COURT. All the jurors were in the box, the one sick yes- day having recovered, The Court met promptiy at nine o’clock and proceeded at once to hear the DEFENCE. Samuel Hepburn, Jr., opened the case for the prisoner in a powerful speech of over an hour, in which he was very severe upon the private coun- sel, declaring that were it not for the private inter- ests represented the State would have abandoned the case, on account of the entire abeence of any proof of the guilt of the prisoner, but as Dr. Scheeppe was in the way of the easy inheritance of the estate of the deceased, by certain heirs, his life must be taken, and they were using all the means known to petty chicanery to get it. He declared that persons interested in the estate had had the body exhumed, employed private parties to make the scientific examination, and then brought them here and kept them here as witnesses, paying them out of private funds and then calling in private counsel to do that which the State's oMicer would not, from his sense of jysticé, do, "4 TESTIMONY, fter itr. Hepburn’s speech Professor John J. ese Was called—He testified that he had prac- tised medicine for twenty-five years, and was pro- fessor Of toxicology and medical jurisprudence in the University of Pennsylvania, and was formerly professor of chemistry in the medical department of Pennsylvania College at Philadelphia; I have heard Professor Aiken's soohmeny, as to the analysis of Misg Steinecke’s stomach ; in a chemical anelysis to detect a poison supposed to be the cause of death it is the duty of the chemist to be so thorough, s0 complete, also exhaustive, as to leave no test untried that might prove the presence of it; Ido not consider Professor Aiken’s analysis com- pd and satisfactory; my opinion is the method e ene by obtaining the presence of prussic acid, was defective, first in his mode of distillation; if] remember correctly he out up the stomach and added a little distilled water and put it into a re- tort and added some sulphuric acid and then heated it; the crror was that he should’ have tested for free prussic acid beforesadding sulphuric acid; if thero had been free prussic acid in the stomach and tt had been distilled without sulphuric acid it would have come over because it is so volitic; but when the sulphuric acid was added It destroyed the possibility of saying whether tho prussic acid was in the free state or whether it existed in com- bination with something else; how far ought he or any one else know there might have been in that stomach something that by the influence of sulphuric acid would have been converted into russic acid, for instance, red or yellow prussiate of fotaan in solution, not visible to the naked eye? oth of these salts are harmless, but when actea on by sulphuric acid they are’ converted into prussic acid; there is in the human saliva sulpho-caynide of potassium; the saliva is constantly being swallowed into the stom- ach and 1s, consequently, found in the stomach of every dead person ; therefore if you take the stomach of a dead person and subject it to dis- tllation along with sulphuric acid you will almost certainly discover traces of prussi¢ acid; tt {s for this reason that I consider Professor Aiken's pro- cess faulty, Secondly, I consider the process adopt- ed in this cage defective because all the recognized tests for determining this poison were not em- plored; the first, and what is generally considered he most characteristic, was not used at all; I refer to the nitrate of silver test; if I remember Professor Aiken tg as 8 reason for not using this test the fact that ome could not distinguish the difference between the result- ing white spot produced y the prussic acid, if present, from the white gpot produced by the vapor of muriatic acid of the gastric juice upon nitrate of silver; it 1s very easy to distinguish be- tween them by microscopic observation; the cya- nide of silver 18 ye aauee while the chloride ts an amorphous; in relatisn to this silver test it is, in my opinion, important to make it in all such cases, because the result is Hore jee and can be brought into Court and identified by the Court and uy ‘and the opposite counsel; in my opinion it ts impossible to say that the iron test could give the characteristic reaction without the actual produc- tion of the precipitated prussian blue; {f this had beenf obtained it could have been Kept and ught into Court and identified; moreover, it could have been analyzed and proved to gave con- tained prussic acid; for this reason I deem the fron test, as practised by Professor Aiken, incon- Cog as establishing the presence of prussic acid, because the mere faint trace of bine color which he said he obtained is not necessarily tho prussian biue test; I think the faint trace of red color described by Dr. Aiken as the result of his sulphur test was inconcinsive as to the presence of of prussic acid because thiit same faint trace of red which he said was present might possibly be due to the perchloride of iron that was used as a reagent; the jury will observe that the two testa upon which Professor Aiken speaks are merely color tests, which are universaily acknowledged fallacious unless supported by further chemical tests; in medico-legal investiga- tions it Is ota to obtain the poison sought for and bring it in evidence of its presence into Court to be verified; faint traces of any poison may be oe in the body and accounted jor by accidéntal ntroduction; ido not attach any importance to fant traces unless the symptoms before death cor- Hg exactly with death by the Polson said to be peel the symptoms detailed gn ‘itnesses as atten ine Miss Steinecko's death do not corre- spond with prussic acid povoning not one single single symptom of that poison was presents when @ person takes a polsonous dose of prussic acid {ts effect is thmediate. Tardieu represents it a8 being of lightuing ra- pidity; @ faint trace of a suspected poison gives merel¥ qu indication of that poison; before it can have any weight the indication must be converted into Vepabad te proof; now the faint trace of red and blue colors produced by Dr. Aiken might have been indications, but were bot by any means proof; Professor Aiken states when he opened the stom: ach that it was empty, but that its surface was moist; now, Miss Steinecke lying for twenty-four hours, saliva must pete Ma ga] been passing into the stomach and nave been mixed with the mucus found on the inner lining of the stomach; Professor Aiken testifies that fourteen days after death, when he cut up the stomach, he percefyed no odor, but when he distilled it he Perceived an odor rising from the distillation; now, there being no odor before it was distilled, an an odor as of russic acid after distillation took place is evidence hat Professor Aikert himself manufactured the Prussic acid when he added his re-agent; if mor- phia had been given in a fatal dose with tle prussic acid I would state most positively that it would be far more likely to be fonnd after death than prussic acid, because it 13 more atable, but I belleve Pro- fessor Aiken stated that he could pot find morphia in his search for poison; morphia has no charac- teristic symptoms; it is obvious thar the post- mortem examination of Miss Steinécke’ made would not develop a conclusive Ce wel I ~e heard the symptoms detailed a = teinecke’s sickness and th, wit! ttel th gee nothing in them that would negative a from natural causes; I think, from the comb ination of symptoms mentioned and the negative cha! of the post-mortem, that the symptoms moe bg ly ue A chronip ayers aa eA8e, OF ich uremic poiso constant and. decided sym) toms it fh ‘adie pres mptoms in the urin haye cone? juie poisonin, Of eases of rights is ally that of cases of Bright's disease, especially tha @ependent or ena idee are not att with convulsions. [The tables of Roberts particularly referre 9) be estal ‘thal without thé dise: t H was ae gards the allegation of the prosecution that Bound poison of pruss| ri ue cause of the deat In reply he tates that he had m&de numerous oxperingnte In Fégard to the antagonisms of pe sons, especially between prussic acid and morp Not morntin and artropea, strychnia and so a rth, Th nd pruss! esults of hisexperiments with mi oe ments from the Journal, These experiment to show that there is no real antagonism betwee! these two poisons, and that morphia, whether given before or after prussic acid, does not modify the action of the latter or prevent its Share tic symptoms if it be in a poisonous dose, The witness was asked whether the nnioe the hypothetical case agreed more closel those of morphia or w. already mentioned. In reply he ee an elaborate description o1 various disor of these diseases were perfectly compatibl the symptoms of the deceased. that con; anthorit! whic! case, mptom was absent in Miss Stein 8 the result of the whole examinat gave his opinion that the cause of death was to be ascribed to disease rather than to any poison, CROSS-EX AMINATION. The croas-exainination of Professor Reese devel- ‘oped the fact that he had been for sixteen years a professor Of Chemistry, and also that on one or two minor points his information was a trifie | tensive three Hera ago than it is now, The: being estabits! weakened and breke down after about minutes, DR. HOWARD'S TESTIMONY. iss Steinecke's body was most bungling cause.of her death than to develop it. least, ‘ ADJOURNED, After his evidence was given the Court adj WHAT NEXT? will be made, the jury Saturda: oveHing. ‘The general opinion is th will be rendered, PREPARING A FRESH CASE FOR TRIAL ‘at & verdict of a several lawyers delivered addresses. The Herald gave.an account of the meeting ai cluded as follows:— . Sharpe, Esq., the: and read from a pene his prepared perfo! which consisted mainly of well-fitted cuilir published obituary addresses.’ Mr. Sharpe ® prominent lawyer, took offence at thi Weakley, State Senator and the editor of th and after a few words both started to wal the street towards Sharpe's house, without warning, knocked him down and b eqns the {mpress of his boot upon W reast. cal condition, bleeding at the lungs, Sharpe has not been arrested, A POLITICAL FIZZLE. Until the 8th of November, T. Lippmann, F. Latzeiser and J. Japhe, a of the presidents, officers and delegates of this city was held, ostensibly for the pu forming @ central tion, Which was to combine the German democratic and _ republic: ments Wilson, ie meeting was called to orde! Tresiatis, whereupon an organization was ing document, prepared by the Executi mittee, as tho basis on which an orga: should be effected :— That the result of the North Carolina election clusively shown that the Geran clement int es ‘han among the Germans of this city. It was, ment, ensued, conclusively slowed t! present were not present to “combine organize,” but to defeat the entire move which they fully succeeded. A motion was and, after some feeble attempts to defea ried, declaring the meeting adjourned till of November, to the chagrin of the engineers of the movement. The meeting b reopen it proved algo futil BROOKLYN, A mass meeting under the auspices of th and Wilson Club of the Seventh ward of for the accommodation of the be Just ifter the proceedings ha suddenly fell, precipitating to the ground reporters and the members of latter whom were blowing awa, might and main. Four boys, who were about the stand, were severely injured. these no persons were hurt, the assailant of the bass drum, harrow escape, Had not some Individual the former by his coat tail (which parte: waist) and broke the Il, there have been’ @ vacancy the leader: that organization, and had not th ter been in such a position that eakers and drum and rolled out into the street, who what ane not have happened? One of t tors will least, nor that of the assemb) The. spen ‘8 Were Judge ‘It Mi enkers Wwe ‘enney, Mr, Lambert and others, . " MR, GREELEY'S MOVEMENTS, Hi the day, but he was mostl; tolary work that now demat will probably be at the Lincoln Club to-day, BUREAU OP ELEOTIONS, ly engaged on tl cincts as to the charact: ment of ali persons wh may be, submitted as ing poll clerks for the coming election. the examinations are ordered to be mad Board forthwith and the appointments mad THE ERIE FIRE, The Confiag: Work of an Incendiary=The Loss, Ente, Pa., Sept. 5, ‘The particulars of the conflagration jas! were as follows:—The Reed Houses caugh diary, The firemen were tardy in round and were Bock embarrasse ng of the hose abot f fr though the fire was not und o'clock this morning, their effects, Baits [cain ered by insurance, The Reed House and fat cost about $260,000, and there was $100, surance on the buildin ture. The outside wall rarer pune of insurance, | bout $38,000." abel RAILBOAD ACCIDENT AND LOSS OF Prrrspura, » Sept, 5, tivo feeight trains on the Pennegivenia Railroad came in collision at t! section this morning, killing the éngincer, Macauley, and cutting off the arm of the A number Of cars Were wrecked, but the loss of the occupant ls and most of the ie Blatraville ointed right" entioned the presence of albume he post-mortem examina- 6 authorities a greater number to as establishing his point.) ‘The witness was next asked his opinion as rg. He agid and morphid ‘Was the acid are published in the “American Sournal of Medical Sciences” of January, 1871, The witness heré read several of these expert- {th some of the diseases rs, and showed how the symptoms He also explained petyon of the lungs ig mentioned by the les as being present in morphia poisoning, ed, the cross-examination snddenly Following Dr. Reese was Dr. E. Lloyd Howar Baltimore, who declared that the post-mortet le declared that it rather tended to obscure the tained Drs. Reese and Wood in every particniar, and on cross-examination did not falter in the To-morrow will probably end the evidence for the defence, and on Saturday morning the arguments The Judge will charge the jury im- mediately after they finish, and the case will go to Atameeting of the bar of this city for the pur- pose of eulogiziny the character of Colonel Pen- rose, amember of it, who died afew days since, graph and yesterdxy evening called upon J. M. When in the middie of the street it is claimed, Sharpe, who is twice the size of Weakley, turned upon the latter Weakley was taken home and now lies in a criti Fanny Scenes at the Germania Assembly Rooms Last Night—An Adjournment At the call of a certain “Executive Committee,’s composed of Dr, Tresiartis, Messrs, Charles Latour, German campaign organiza- and who are opposed to the candidature of Greeley and Brown and in favor of Grant and by the election of Joseph Unger President and Gustav Goldhegen Secretary, who read the follow- hot willing to {dentity itself with the ¢ and Brown movement, and it was certain that the op- forition to the candidates was nowhere more evident now time to combine and to organize, and so forth, A debate which, after the reading of the docn- majority of the “presidents, officers and delegates” in confusion and excitement, and an attempt to A MISHAP AT A POLITICAL MEETING IN Fall of the Speaker’s Stand. ‘was held last evening at the corner of Myrtle aye- nue and Ryerson street, where a stand was erected | the band, and offices on the first story ig and $17,500 on the NEW YORE HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1872.-TRIPLE SHE fabody as of death, nding death, together post-mortem upon her body, and death racter hos! ion to ure- A from ended were com- orphia ‘3 wen| cteris- coms of with f those with necke’s ‘ion he ess CX- se facts Afteen ay of mh of ly done, He sus- journed, equittal Carlisle nd con- n arose rmance, ngs from >, Who is para ie paper, kK across: eat him, eakley’s meeting the Ger- man democratic and republican organizations of urpose of unite an ele- r by Drs effected ve Com- nization had con. he United 'y therefore, hat the and to ment, in iS made, it it, car- the &th bamed broke up he Grant Brooklyn Abundant Wirepulling and a Great Deal SEVERE SCRAMBLE FOR THE OFFICES, The Young Politicians Versus THE STATE CONTENTIONS and Demoerats at Syracusé, of Hard Fighting. the Veterans. ——$ Tremendous Enthusiasm at the Finish. SyRactsR, Sept. 5, 1872. The worse than imprudent action of the State Central Committee yesterday, in forcing upon the Convention a Conference Committee on the parti- tion of places on the State ticket without allowing the delogates beforehand a say in its completion, brought forth its evil fruit to-day, as I predicted in my despatches last night that it would, Shortly after the Convention had been called to order the Teport of the committee recommending that tho democrats should give the liberals the Congress- man at Large was submitted and THE RUMPUS atonce began. Mr. John Kelly, of New York, was the first to secure the floor, after Mr. Tilden had | announced the tenor of the report. He stated | that asa member of the committee he should have | been consulted about the report before it was made, and boldly asserted that the committee had in point of fact held no meeting whatever. This insinuation that the report was nothing more nor less than the work of one or two men who had as- sumed to act as leaders for the entire Convention created no small amount of excitement, and of course Tilden had to reply, TILDEN'S DEFENCE, He argued to show that Mr. Kelly was laboring under a serious mistake. He was followed by young De Witt, of Kings county, wha, with his usual recklessness and want of tact, pitched into Tilden regardless of consequences. and went 80 far as to insinuate that the committee had been packed by the veteran himself. This only served to make Matters worse, and in a few minutes the Conven- tion presented the WILDEST SCENE OF DISORDER imaginable. The delegates who had, been smart- ing under the snub given them the day previous by the Central Committee, virtually robbing them of the right to ap- point the Conference Committee themselves, saw that they had at last got a good opportunity of wreaking revenge on Tilden, and they went about it in dead earnest. The latter and De Witt had a sharp wordy tussle, during which the youthful Kings county orator was unsparing in his rather mean innuendoes as to the motives which had ac- tuated Mr, Tilden in presenting the resolution he had the day before, and in pursuance of which the peculiarly constitated Conference Committee canre into existence, It was in vain that Tilden attempted to parry the thrusts made at him without explaining why he had ale lowed himself to be used as a sort of catspaw for the other members of his committee, “BLOOD! BLOOD!” The delegates were in for revenge, and he got it right and left. Seeing that the delegates were in no mood to be trified with, he finally explained how he had not packed the committee as charged, but had only performed a duty the Central Committee had requested him to perform. He alluded in rather pathetic way to the ‘taunts and insults” tha! Mr. De Witt had heaped alle him and expressed the hope that the Convention was not in sympathy with his calumniations, The old gentleman was evidently very much affected, and the cooler heads in the Convention at once saw that the row was rowing altogether too serious, and so applauded ' r. Tilden, and loudly, when he took his geat, look- ng PALE AND AGITATED, The fact ia that the young-man clemenfnad, as on the day before, broken out again too strongly, and the old wire-pullers knew that there was dan- ger ahead if it was not curbed before it had got J of the two seepaen. Me Aclegates risifig en masse and heart. iy joining in the cheering of the audience. THE FUN OVEB. The rest of the work was after. pot & compara nt tively easy task to accomplish, Sunset Cox wag i epti by Crapper an y DAD ‘anal Commissioner were’ goon disposed of, Inside Workings of the Liherals F. Hubbard, wee Chenango county, winning the loging scenes of the eeprention erg Se 91 the ‘as sent to th iberais, inviting thém to come in a body to the hall where the democrats were in session, in order that the two conventions might formally endorse the candidates settled upon, A BAND OF BROTHERS, The Convention rose in a body ag the liberals entered, while the democrats and the spectators cheered them to the echo, The enthusiasm broke out afresh when the democratic chairman came forward on the platform and, while extending to nim the right hand of fellowship, welcomed the chairman and the delegates of the other Convention as brothers, fighting in & common canse, When the question was put whether the candidates selected met. the approval onventions there went up an ‘aye’? that fairly ghook the buliding, Then followed & wild scene of excitement, the delegates rising to their feet, while cheer upon cheer rent the air for the coalition ticket. The BALANCE OF bid EVENING ‘Was then spent in speechmaking and the singing of campaign songs, and at a late hour the adjourn- ment took place. The prdcéedings of the Liberal Convention dragged wearily along through ne aay, with frequent recesses, owing to the fact of its ction depending upon the opening this ocrats, that of the dem rmanent Organiza- A Morning the Committee on ¥e tion reported the name of Chauncey M. Depew for President, and upon king the chair he made a very brilliant and effective speech, He saw before him’ the ablest members of the republican party, whom he had been accustomed to meeting in conventions since 1858. Hig arraignment of the administration and comparison of its leading supporters, Butler, Nye and Morton, with Sum- ner, Trumbull and “Fenton, Was very effec. tive. He gave the carpet-baggers the usual scourging, unnounced among the principles of the party {universal suffrage, coupled with universal amnesty, passed a high uilogy upon Greeley and closed by predicting a hundred thousand majority for the ti cet about to be nominated, A HITCH, Nothing of interest followed until an enthusiastle member offered a resolution recommending the Democratic Convention to nominate Sanford FE. Church for Governor. This was thought to be @ very excellent thing until some thoughtful gentleman reminae the mem- bers that they were trespassing on the busi+ nesg of the other Convention and had better attend to their own, when the resolution was withdrawn, Following the appointment of the State Committee complaint was made that the German element wa not sufiiciently represented, and two gentleme! of that nationality were added, so that the prom- ised 8,000 German liberal voters of New York might be satisfed, Each . SPASM OF BUSINESS was foliowed by a recess. During one of these certain delegates musically inclined calied upon Mr. Oliva for a campaign song and a chorus, en- titled “We Are All United,” and the alte Fam- ily,” derisive of Grant, which were sung with much enthusiasm. Mr. Barman, an Americanized Ger- man, from West Troy, in answer to a call from the Convention, took the platform and commenced a rambling stump speech, which was happliy cutshort by an announcement from the President that the Committee of Conference was ready to report. The Chairman, in taking the floor, was evidently anxious as to the result, He stated that the com+ mittee, after long and careful consideration from every point of view, had unanimously agreed to allow the democrais the entire State ticket, reserving to the liberals the Con- gressmen at large. Energetic cries of dissent rose from every part of the hall, A dozen mem- ers sprang to thejr feet. Mr. Williams, of Dutch- ess, finally obtaingd tse floor, and while compli- menting the intelligence and honesty of the committee, denounced the report ana feelingly in- quired “What are we to say to our constituents if this is to be the result of our deliberations?” Hoe moved the report be recommitted with instructions fe ask for the second position on the ticket and for, he State Prison inspectorship. COCHRANE TO THE RESCUR. He was sustained Wy @ number of delegates, and the motion seemed Li) ely to pass, when John Coch- Tane took the ftoor, reminding the Convention that) the democrats had magnanjmously endorsed the liberal nominations at Cincinnati, and cau- tioned the members against laying them- selves open to the accusation from their enemies of driving @ hard bargain with the democrats for the spoils. He was continuin, in this strain with evident effect, when a delegate arose and announced that what the Democratic Conference Committee had refused the Convention’ had yielded, This was immediately confirmed by | the appearance on the platform of a delegation from the democrats headed by Mr. Apgar, who oftl- | claily announced the fact. Rapturous applause | followed, an & committee was appointed | to report an acceptance of its offer to the other Convention. The report of the Conference Committee on the electoral ticket was called from the table and adopted. Judge Fithian, of New York, then proceeded to read the resolutions. As will be seen, they endorse the enunciation of prin- ciples made at Cincinnatl, {utimate the usuat charges against the administration, and promiso 1on of the liberal ticket, reform through the elect! A SCENE, The most genuine exhibition of enthusiasm man{- completely beyond their control. Kelly managed, with a good deai of tact, to calm the excitement by explaining that he had not been neglected by the committee purposely, and that he exonerated f& resolution, giving the appointing of it to the delegates themselves was drawn up by Tilden, and passed amid considerable excitement. And thus ended the first lesson, The delegates had would-be leader a lesson to teach him what they knew about their own rights. RENEWAL OF THE FIGHT, If the afternoon, however, the excitement over the question as to what side should secure the Congressman at Large was again renewed, with Tilden out of the fight. The new committee vir- tually made the same report as the first one had, and it seemed for a time that after all the democrats would give the liberals the Congressman. Apgar, of Tompkins county, however, was unwilling to give up the fight without another struggle and made a vigorous speech against the report, sugge ing that the liberals should be tendered, tn leu the Congressman, the Lieutenant Governor and the State Prison Inspector. THE COMPROMISE CARRIED, called upon the motion to appointa new committea | Of three; and shortly after the committee had called upon the liberals General Cochrane and an- 1 others, opened the stand orators, the with playing Resides y } The band leader and however, had a canght d at the might ‘ship of he — lat- when tire stand fell he dropped straight through his knows he ora- bear a skinned nose for several days, But this little mishap did not dampen his ardor in the lage. The meeting ganized and continued until a late hour, jale, Mr. Philosopher Greeley remained secluded at Brook- lyn, A few political friends called on him during he epis- nds his attention, He The Chief Clerk of the Bureau of Elections yes- terday afternoon directed an examination to be made by the captains of the several police pre- er and business employ- ose names have been, or ctors of election and The results of | ie to the ey tion Supposed To Be the Total 1872, it night t frea little after nine o'clock in the fourth story, Itis Supposed that the fire was the work of an inéen- jetting on the by the burst- half an hour after the alarm and before the engines were playing with any roeptivie etfect, The efforts to con- fine the fre to this buliding were successful, control till five The boarders lost most of 8 of the ig cov. rniture 000 in- rn. Inside it 1g believed that it can be re- ‘elusive LIFE, 1872, nnsylvania Central inter- Frank reman, other member of the other Convention entered and the offer of the positions of Lieutenant Governor and State Prison Inspector, This settled the much- mooted question, It should be here stated that right upon the heels of the fight between the hot- heads and Tilden over the way the first Conference committee had been appointed a resdlution was passed authorizing the delegates to select a representative from each Congressional district, the thirty-two representatives to form the State Central Comittce, TILDEN FORGOTTEN, The resolution was immediately acted upon, and when the names were announced it was dis- covered that Tilden had been entirely forgotten. The forgetfulness of the delegates was malicious, | and Mr. Tilden felt the slight keenly. He was | saved in the long run, however, thanks to the ef- forts of the New York city delegation, and was made a member at large of the committee, NOMINATING THE GOVERNOR. When the time came for nominating a candidate for Governor the excitement was mtense. The galleries were crowded to repletion and hundreds of spectators filled the parquet and the aisles to such a degree that locomotion was a sheer impossi- | bility, It became evident from the start that Ker- nan had many friends among the audience, if not among the delegates, for the moment | his name was tentioned it was grected with tremendouse applause. The Kings county | delegation determined, if possible, to drag Chure' into the contest, and to that end they put De Witt forward, who, alter making a rather long speech, in which he attempted to show that if the Conven- tion nominated the Chief Justice, he would fee! it ei duty not todecline, put the Judge iu nomina- | on, | ANOTHER FIGHT, Of conrse tnis aroused the ire of the Kernan men, and soveral of them were extremely outspoken in their denunciations of what they called the trickery and want of good faith of the Kings county delc- gates. The Uae however, or whatever the strategy of the Brookiyn folks may be called, fell rather fat upon the Convention when they | were challenged to produce some roof to | show that the Clief Justice would accept if nominated, and were unable to furnish any, The balloting was then begun in dow right earnest, The first ballot resulted as follows chell, 24353 | Kernan, 423; Beach, $2; Homer A, Nelson, 10} | Lucius Robinson, 6; Church, 11—120 yotes being | cast, All the New York delegation, with four ex- | ceptions, voted for Schell, KERNAN’S VICTORY, The Kernan men, when the result wad announeed, broke ont into loud cheers, But betore the second ballot was begun it was rumored that the New York | delegation intended to throw a solid vote for Beach, thus giving him the victory. There was no founda: tion jor the report, however, ,and scarcely had the second balloting begun ‘when Robinson's name was withdrawn and the six votes cast’ for him on the first ballot were thrown for Kernan. The spectators grew wild with excitement at this juncture, and every time @ delegate rose when his name was called and voted for Kernan he was greeted with loud and long-continue@ cheering. Indeed, the enthusiasm of the audience seemed to carry the Soprension itgelf along with it, and the New York elegation could resist it no longer. JOUN MORRISSEY BACKS DOWN, John ten 4 was the first to change his vote from Schell to Kernan, and then it became ageneral scramble among his metropolitan colleagues to fol- low his example, This sudden and unexpected change of front of the New Yorkers created great cheering on the part of the spectators, amid which Mr. Kinselia rose and cast the solid vote of Kings county for Kernan. This, of course, ended the con- test, and the nomination was then made unanl- Mr. Tilden from all blame in the matter. This | was soon followed by a motion to have @ new Conference Committee appointed, and the night before made up their minds to give their | Tle gained his point, the yeas and nays being | formiully announced that the liberals had accepted | fested during the sitting of the Convention was | upon the nomination of Mr, Chauncey M. Depew to | be Lieutenant Governor. When the hame was first | mentioned that geatieman retired precipitately | from the chair, which was assumed by a modest | vice president, who soon fell into a condi- | tion of inextricable confusion. Delegation ihe delegation arose and without waiting | for recognition seconded the nomination, | which was finally made by acclamation. | Depew upon being recalled manifested considera ble feeling at the enthusiasm ana in hele 4 pledged his best efforts for the success of the ticket. | A considerable contest followed upon the nomina- | tion of States Prison Inspector, and delegates were loud and long in pratse of their re ive | candidates. The cholce finally fell upon Enos 0.! Brooks, of Cattaraugus, This left nothing to do save td endorse the nominations by the democrats. A recess was taken until elght o'clock, FINALE. Immediately upon reassembling & committea . J. Tiden, ap- from the democrats, headed by §. peared on the platform and announced that’ the nominations made by the Convention had been, f | enthusiastically ratified In Wieting Hall, and invited | the delegates to proceed in a body thither for the i nore of a joint ratification. A motion to ad- | Journ sine die Utter the joint meeting was carried,’ and the members left the hall, The following is the | complete ticket :— For Governor—Francis Kiernan, of Oneida. ve Lteutenant Governor—Chauncey M. Depew,’ | of Westchester. | _, For State Prison Inspector—Enos C. Brooks, of Cattaraugus, For Canal Commissione’—John FP. Hubbard, of Chenango. For Congressman at Large—Samuel 8, Cox, of New York, [FOR PROCEEDINGS OF THE STATE CONVEN- TION SEE FOURTH PAGE.)] First Joint Session of the State Commit- tee < Synaccse, N. Y., Sept. 5, 1972, Both the democratic and liberal committees will meet atthe Astor flouse on Wednesday next, at boon, to organize and transact their business, SKETCHES OF THE CANDIDATES, Francis Kernan, the democratic nominee for Governor, is a promt- | nent lawyer of Utica and has served for many years in the State Legislature, He was also a member of Congress and is remarkable for his clo- quence. He took an active part in the Democratic State Committee and has been an earnest advocata of pure and honest government, Chauncey M. Depew has been Secretary of State in New York and ono of the most prominent and favorably known poll- ticians in the State. In 1865 he was appointed berets yo A. Pentre Abe he dectined, uent and eloquent speaker and possess Great induence in his party, & Pore Samuel 8S. Cox. This well-known member of Congress was born in Zanesville, Ohio, and graduated at Brown Univer- sity. He first adopted the legal peofession and afterwards that of journalism. He was appointed Secretary of Legation to Peru in 1855, and was elected Repreggntative from Ohio to the Thirty-fth and Thirty-sixth Congresses, serving a&@ chairman of the Committee on Revolutionary Claims. Ha also distinguished himself as an author, publishing @ book of foreign travel, called “The Buckeye Abroad,” and has been an occasional lecturer on literary topics. He was elected to the Thirty. seventh Congress, serving on the Committee on Foreign Affairs, aud was re-elected to the Thirty- eighth Congress. He was also a Regent of tho Smithsonian Institute and a delegate to the Chi- cago Convention in 1864. Oh his retirement from Congress he settled in this city, and in 1503 he published a political work, entitied “Eight Yearg in Congress.” He was elected to the Forty-frst Congress from the Sixth District of New York,’ and again to the Forty-second Gongress, defeatin Horace Greeley who ran ggatnst him, Samuel S, Cox is thus ‘photographed yy the correspondent oj thé Boston Journal:—'Had the democrats veen | the majority Mr. Cox would have heen Speaker 0} the present House. As it is, he is foremost among the pepomion a8 @& pariiamentarian and a scholar, He is arather undersized, active, k eyed gentleman, very wrong in his political o- tions, very sincére in bia friendships, very devoted 0 his constituents and a blind follower of the democratic party. Naturalty an orator, his langnag: {3 elegant, often adorned with apt quétatton sometimes akig | sarcastic, but nevér low. Th pleasing manner In which he presents even the most repulsive political heresies, the vivactty and force of his tone and gestures, and the earnestnes¢ of his manner, always secure for him an attentive n- Jagus amid a scene of excitement that beggars de- hearing,”