anco last night. The “Infant Wisconsin Union Drummer *> u ill giro levees three times a day. .This boy i 3 a prodigy in his «ay. THE SKATIKO-POITD. The siatlng-pond.and the ball-room are toys upon a largo scalo, They aro philosophical toys depend ing, for tho effects they ipro'duce, upon almost un limited roflootion. Imagino an octagonal Half bar rel, bottom and sides lined with looking glass- In this centre Is a revolving platform ; upon It aro four couples attired in accurate fancy costumes; a holt passing'beneath this koops It in motion; looking % through loop holes, nonr .the edge of tho supposed barrel, the eye rests upon a ball room in miniature. The four couples aro multiplied ad infinitum. Tho illusion Is perfect, and tho perfect repro duction will exceedingly interest the 'juvenile patrons of tho Fair. Only eight children, however, can see it at the same ttmo., Ton cents extra aro charged Tor admission to this attrac tion. Tho skating-pond is very much upon tho samo Order, and ten cents admit a child into this. Sewing' Itlncliines. As we enter the ayomio that- loads to the space -devoted to sowing machines, wo are struck with tho meatnoss. and ornamental arrangements of tho dif ferent companies, who seem to vie with each other in their display of fancy machines arid bunting. The etitrunco.to.thls department is guarded by two mail-clad figures, who seem to be approaching, each other in ft warlike manner; Notwithstanding their hostile attitude, we passed- between them unmo lested, nud tho first thing which arrested our atten tion on the west side, and next tho entrance, is ■Wheeler.& Wilson’s buttonhole. sewing machine, valued at *250, A portrait of Washington, in a very fine gilt frame, hangs suspended- botweeh two. flags, making a.noat and appropriate display. ’ Next to this is a.Singor machine, from the Singer Manufacturing Company, Chestnut street. The total amount of this company's contribution to tho Fair in the form of machines, is $3OO. The stand occnpiod by them contains a large mirror, appro priately festooned with flags. . * Next to them is asowtng machine from Wilcox & Gibb's, No. 715 Chestnut street, valued at tnoo. The stand occupied by them is also appropriately decorated with flags. Proceeding thence; tho next stand requiring no tice is that appropriated to tho Wheeler & Wilson l«nnutacttiving <jflmpauj',-,nu-.-K, 7 , flow of bunting tastefully arranged, presents a beau- - tiful appearance. This company have contributed a macldno to tho fair valued at $309. , The Sewing ISTnoliinc, CO., 710 Chestnut ' crfim ve tha-poxt stand with one of their ma^ ; vSucd at $75. Tho rear ofthe stafiinscenptoi-vr; this company is decorated with a bine field, covered with stars, and two .flags, drooping gracefully, from the roof on each side. „ Adjoining this is the stand occupied bytke com xnittee of this department. It Is neatly furnished . With a mirror, largo flag, table, sofa, Stc. Along the cast side of this department, eommenc ,n„ -it tho southern end and proceeding in a norther ly direction, wo eamc to the stand occupied by one of Finkle 5r Lyons’ machines, ,r, donation from Mrs. Dr. Fickhardt, of Bethlehem, Pa., and .valued nt $55. .. Next to tills Is the Wagner Sowing Machine Corff pany’s stand, whoso office Is on Ninth street, under the Continental Hotel. They have also contributed a machine, valued at $65. This stand is also neat ly decorated. Adjoining this is the stand occupied by. the Grover A Baker Sewing Machine Company, 730 Chestnut street, who have contributed machines to this department valued at $3OO. In the rear of this stand is placed a large mirror, which Is handsomely: decorated with flags on each side. On .the counter Is a large case containing a handsomely embroider ed and quilted lady’s clonk. ; Proceeding still north wd next meet with the Flo rence Sowing Machine, from 630 Chestnut street. This firm has contributed machines to the Fair va lued at 8300. Tho portion of the building oedupied by them is graced with a picture of Washington, In n gilt frame, draped with beautful laco curtains on each side. . . The portion next to tills la assigned to the Ameri can Buttonhole-Machine Company. The amount of their contribution is *625. This portion is hand somely decorated. At the top is a shield, under neath it the coat of arms of Pennsylvania and Phi ladelphia, and the latter tastefully decorated on each side with silk flags. Kext to them is a stand allotted to Barnum's Self Sewer, adhpted to all sewing machlnes;,hls office Is No. 808 Broadway, New York; the amount of his contribution is *250. The portion occupied by him is also tastefully decorated. : >- . : In connection with the above the following ma chines have been donated to the lltir: : One from ‘William O. Wilmarth, 136 North Ninth Street, valued at 960. ' One from W. L; Marshall; Noi 430 Walnutstreet, valued at 9!0. i: ; .. One from 11. W. Jarrett, Emails, Lehigh county, valued at $l5. . • One from Dr. E. A. Flckhardt, Bethlehem, Fa., Talued at $2O. / - - ■ Besides the above about 9700 wa3 also contributed by the various Arms and employees attached to each of the above-named companies. - Ittsalsotlic design of some of the companies to contribute still further twenty-five per cent, of the gross proceeds of all other machines they may sell during the continuance of the Fair. Hardware, etc. The hardware department is situated between the restaurant and the stove and and hollow-ware de • partmont. The articles which it contains are ar ranged with great skill and taste,‘and make a very fine display.: illere may be seen a large and beauti ful assortment of the various tools used by mecha nics and artisans in their several departments.' The whole combined fanning a‘magnificent hardware Store, which reflects credit “upon the hardware branch of our city. Wo were unable to obtain the whole list of contributions, and must content our selves for the present with a reference to half the southern portion, wh®. is occupied by Sir. Henry Disston, the well-known saw manufacturerer of • Kensington, who, has completely, covered it with scroll, and every variety of saws .polished to the highest degree; so much so, as not only to reflect the rays of the sun; hut also credit on. the contribu tor. A. FYHAMID OF HOLLOW WARE. At the junction of the hardware with the store department there is a large. Hexagonar Pyramid covered with paper of different colors, surmounted by a large ; gilt eagle and appropriately deco rated with small silk flags. . This pyramid is covered with cooking utensils, &c., of yarious sizes, tastefully arranged uppn its sides, reflecting from their highly-polished inner surfaces.the light stream ing upon them, THE PATE, BELL. Next to this is n Urge bell; manufactured by Nay lor, /Vickers, & Co., Sheffield, .England, which ■weighs 1,011 pounds. "Its'diameter Is forty inches 5 Its key note is A. It was presented to the .Fair by Messrs. Naylor & 00., of Commerce street, of this city. Tlio following regulations are attached to the bell: ' V . 1 tap is for the general superintendent. 2 ‘l “ foreman. * 3 :: “ superintendent of Logan Square. 4 » “ time-keeper, ' . ' v 5 “ “ a hoy. The boll 13 rung at 7 o'clock A. ill., 12 M., 1 and 6 RM. . .. ... 1.," • ;/ .A -/':/: : . Should a fire occur’ln the building there will he a general alarm. The stand adjoining tho bell, In tills department, IS occupied by rOP.T'ABLE'COTFEB-HOASTE'R3, Ttlessrs.Hyd’e & Burpee; ofthe Coffee-Hoaster and Mill Manufacturing Company, Pennylvania ave nue, above Fifteenth, luive on exhibition .a large number of their patent portable coffee-roasters of various ’.sizes.- They are provided with’patent trier, patent propellers, patent hinge, and discharge. They roast the coffee evenly, and quickly,. without losing the aroma of the berry. It is proposed to have the mills in operation during the Fair. They Jiave also on exhibition a large number of their corn-poppers: MACHINERY, &C. . The Machinery Department was yesterday quite Incomplete. It will not he more so to-day. An arti cle worthy of notice is a coin-stamping machine de posited by the Mint. It will be used for coining me dals. The die has been prepared and has on one side a head of.Washingtbn, and on tho roversethe words'• Great Central Fair, June; ism.” "CABINET WARE. In the Department of Cabinet Wara, Xeoking- Glasses, and House Furnishing aooeia n,ro a minium" Of valuable and beautiful articles. Among others la a largo, beautifully-carved walnut sideboard. ra ined at $5OO. There are a number of fine marble mantels and French plate-glass mirrors of great value. A beautiful set of window and glass cornices Ison exhibition and for sale. A model of cornice for window and'glass Is also quite nttraetiro. In tills department the most attractive and beau tiful of the whole are models in cork wood of Met roso Abbey, Tomb of Edward, the Black i’rinco, Temple of Thesus, Coliseum at Home, Caesares Tower. These are correct models both as to size, proportion, and appearance. The model of ’Melrose Abbey Is valued at $l6O. Persons visiting the Fair 'should not fail to see these.beautiful models. STOVES, HAWGES, i,KX> Hpr,X,OW WARE. Immediately adjoining the sewing maelilne de-’ . partment is not the less, useful, and perhaps not less ornamental, department of stoves; ranges, and hol low waro. This will, no doubt, from Its admirable -arrangement, and the number of choice articles or this lino, of every pattern and design, presented, be quite an attractive feature In the Fair. Stand No. 1, on the west side, and first repre sented, is that of Bartlett £cj Reynolds, who have contributed some of their patent ranges and air tlght stoves. . Stand No. 2 is that of Fffiring & Co., who have contributed tlio following: 1 Columbia gas con sumer, 1 “ Jewell” coal burner, 1 oval meteor gas consumer, l. oval Star of the North gas consumer, 1 round do, do., 1 Niagara cooking stovo, No. 0; 1 Win. Fenn cooking stove, No, 9; 1 Monitor gas burning cooking store, No. 8, and I oval “Brilliant" gas burner. ... ■ V'• Stand No. 3 is occupied by John S. Clarke, 1008 Market street,. and contains 4 anti-dust stoves, of ■different sizes.; 2 new gas-consuming cooking stoves, and l large refrigerator. ; Stand No. 4 is occupied by Abbott & Noble, who •have' contributed: one..range, No. 2 ;: two volunteer ■camp Btove3 ; one “ violet parlor ” stovo, N0..8y, one “comet” stove; one-“ Noble cook” stove; one national cooking range, No. 8. SfcandNo. 6 is occupied by Washington Harris, No. 8 North Ninth street, and contains .five, water coolers of different sizes; tijo gasburners, Nos. 12 and 13 ; one “Sliver” cooking stove; Stand No. C ls occupied by Daniel Mershon, 1209 Market street; who has contributed one Pennsyl vania kitchener, similar to the one. now In use In tbe Pennsylvania Kitchen in the Fair grounds.: Attached to the range are a hot-water boiler and a cast-iron sink, with all the. necessary appurte nances. . , . . This portion of tho building is also, tastofully de oorated on the .side with a gift englo at- tho top, a picture of Washington underneath, and flags on ' each side. Stand No. 7 is oceupiod.by Wm. H. Hyde & Son, N0.’,123 North Second street, and contains two Ame rican Star gas-burners, Nos. 11 and la. ... Stand No. 8 is occupied by Isaac A. Sheppard St Co., and contains 4 Vulcan ‘ gas-burner oooking stoves, of different sizes, from tho Exoolsior Stove Works; 4 "Excelsior” cooking stoves, with Man gle’s gns-bnrnor attached, and cooking utensils; 4 Champion cook stoves, of different sizes, with cook ing utonsiis attached -, 1 Jewell gas-burnor; 1 No. 2 Cottage oooking range, in. comploto order. Stand No. o-is occupied by Itistorbock It Son, from No. 1231 Market street, and contains 1 largo cooking range; 1 sheet tvon cooking stovo. - Stand No. 10 is occupied by Weaver & Volltmar and containsono oooking range, ono crown furnace patent heator. Stand No.-11 Is occnpiod by Janies Spear, 1116 Markot street, and contains one anti-dust parlor stovo with patent poker attached, onoanti-dustqook ing Stovo, No. 8, ono Spoor’s' gas consuming cooking range; The iast-inontioncd range was purchased shortly after it was deposited in. tho building. Four parlor stoves; ono of which lias also boon purchased since it was placed in tho Fair. This stand completes the. west side of the Stove Department. . On tho east side and proceeding northwardly to wards Union Avouuo our attention is arrested by a beautiful patent-enamelled stone mantel donated to tho Fair by W. A. Arnold, who occupies stand No. .11, which contains also a patont-onamollod. slato mantel with Santon’s trobe stove or Baltimore heat er, ono enamelled slate mantel withhoator appurto nanccs, one enamelled slate mantel With Tow down gratoanda patent damper, ono Chilson’s patent elevated double ovon range, ono Chilson’s portable cone furnace. Stand No. 12 is occupScdby K. Calalmn, 624 South Second street, and contains ono constitution gns bnrnor cooking stove. Stand No. 13 is occupied by S. TCcrby, 469 North Second street, and contains ono cornot parlor stovo. Stand No. 14 Is ocoupiod by H.’Pnrves, N. W. corner Second and! Sliippon streets, and contains two continental Congress cooking stoves, Nos. 0 and 7, with cooking utensils, i-e. . Stand No, 15 is occupied by Henry HIM, No. 248 South Second street, and-contains three Governor Penh’s anti-dust gas-burner cookingstoves, . Stand No. 16 is occupied by North, Chase, & North, and contains one Philadelphia rango, No. 8, and one Thomson's London kitchener.' Stand No. 17 is occupied by A. W. Band, 124 North Sixtli street, and contains ono. flat-top rango, ono OvinVrvTvCiitv FfintTG. --Btimd-No".tltCK'OCCUpl«a'Oy-^aaioTfW"iv-irr.von s: 1324 Chestnut street, and contains 1 handsomely burnished low-down parlor grate. Stand No. 19 is occupied by Samuel -T. Cresswell, 816 Bnce street, and contains I.flat-top range.. —SfKSTf No. 20 is occupied bv nhn-i— ........mrvprijr' -n.r«.i—v iiicvryana contains 1 Culver's patent hot air furnace; 1 flat-top range; '1 largo Collins pa tent ventilator; 2 gusLurncr parlor stoves. Stand No. 21 is occupied by Stuart A Peterson, ahrl contains 3 United States gas-burners, with cook ing utensils, &c. : . - The Art Gallery. This grand attractive and valuable part of the great Fair was opened last ovenfng to a number of ladies, and gentlemen. It will, bo exhibited to the public at 10 o’clock this morning for. the first time. At an early day we hope to give a detailed account of the principal pictures. ;. Hie Indian Department. Tho Aborigines, who, in their war dances and yelling, their oriole feathers and red ochre, were an adjunct to the New York Fair, have not yet arrived, and may not do so for three days yet. They will be —when they come—under tho sole charge of Cle ment C. Barclay, Esq. Candor compels us to say thatthe New Yorkers thought, little of these In dians, and that to the ensemble of the Fair they added very Tittle attractiveness. Even yet they may not' come. - Ahinscmenls. The. amusement department is so arranged, and the entertainment so i>redetermined upon, that no matter at what hour a party arrive they can witness some performance in the “ lecture room. 55 If there is any one portion of the exhibition in which the ladles arc entitled to special credit, it Is in this. The; fair fingers of our elite—of the beautT, the wealth, and the fashion of Philadelphia—haveplietl the needle over, the pretty products that they give to the cause of tho soldier. Det every paterfamilias take to the,children’s department his every*little one. * Once entering It, he may remove them when he can., - -• ' Miscellaneous. Dense crowds of people, mostly. ladies, thronged the curbstones on the. passenger railway tracks, awaiting ears that passed the Fair Ground. On they one after, another, -but all were full to their utmost capacity, and thus hundreds of persons. were disappointed, hut making the best of it. The most of them leisurely walked to the great centre of attraction. In the immediate, vicinity of the great show there must have been ten thousand human beings, swaying at times to.and fro, but all in good order. Here, there, yegywhere, ladies wero hasten ing to the Fair, carrying with them some article of ornament or use, the peculiar offering of patriotism, as developed through the medium of dainty'fingers. From the observations of yesterday it is very fair to presume that the number of- PASSENGER CAES ought to be afleast more than doubled, If It be pos sible to obtain the rollings tock. Persons who pur chase exchange tickets may hare to wait in vain for a chance of a change of cars, and thus to some ex tent be the loser 3 of three eonts_cach. It is possi-. ble that the cars will be increased in number, and the running time shortened. AHRAyGBMJSiST IX CASE OF FIRS, On Nineteenth street, the Assistance Steam Fire engine, decorated with flags, is stationed near a lilug, with hose already attached 5 the most combus tible kind of fuel is in the furnace, ready to have the torch applied in case an emergency should arise. The Columbia Engine Company’s carriage, with a. thousand feet of hose on the cylinder, stands in readiness.. Deputations of both fire' companies will relieve each other, at stated intervals. - There will be he? time; during the continuance of. the Fair, that the firemen will be absent from the apparatus, as above stationed. Under an open shed, opposite, are several hook-and-Jadder trucks, under the attention of tho Fire Department. This arrangement is en tirely perfect, under the supervision of Chier Dylo, . and no fear need be apprehended that an.bxtensive fire can possibly occur in any of the buildings with in the square. , .. ~{ THE POLTOE. Chief Buggies ha 3 made the most ample arrange ments at liis command to perfect a system of police arrangement suitable to the great occasion. Seventy two men, under. Lieutenant David' Henderson, as sisted by Sergeants John Magee and Wood McKin ley. The building appropriated for the police, as their headquarters, was occupied for some other purpose, and the Lieutenant had to form his men and give them his instructions in the presence of a thousand eyes, of the ladies. He must have felt himself highly honored with, the presence of so many charming creatures, who 4 seemed to be somewhat interested In the scene of ■ calling the rolly&c., because of its novelty to them. Shortly before five o’olock detachments of police,' under Sergeants Magee and McKinley, were drawn up in line in the wing appropriated to the State of Delaware. This was to prevent a rush of tW ; vlsitors,And to keep a sufficient space open for the free ingress and passage of the Committee of Ar rangements.; and the distinguished gentlemen who were to proceed with the interesting formality of opening the Fairl The entrance of the procession was made at the southeast angle of the square, cor ner of Bacc and Eighteenth street 5 passing up the avenue, to the music of Hail Columbia, tlie line of march wag continued in ;Unlon avonue to the stand. TIIE {RAISIXG OF THE FLAG. In the centre of Union avenue stands the largest flag-staff in the United States; It is bedded in the earth to the depth of 16 foot, with an oak step proper ly secured at the'heel. The top of this immense pole or mast is 216 feet above the'surfaceof the earth, and is surmounted with a model steamship twelve feet in length and 16 inches in width; the propeller receives its action from the wind. The lower mast is built of the two largest pieces of timber in Philadelphia, They are scraped, banded, and scarfed to tho extent of 18 feet. .The topmast is 02 feet, with a doubting of 15 feet.: The.diameter of the mainmast is 2 feet 6 inches j that ? of the topmast 15 inches. It Is .sub stantially finished,; with cross-trees and rigging, there being four large shrouds angled to the trees • in the square., . This immense polo is the handiwork of the master ship-builders, ship-smiths, mast makers,' ship-joiners,; block-makers, rlggors,and sail-makers, who- have patriotically donated it to the Fair. The cost of. this pole was; $l-,525. beautiful. flag, in fact we may say. flags and streamers,' were also donated-uy -com- - mittcej of which* Mdssrs. Charles Crump,, Joiiff Dynn, and P. Broarly, are the officers. The inte resting ceremony of raising tho national emblem yesterday afternoon was performed in the presence of the Committee on Shipbuilding {and Flags, by . Mr. Henry Hoover. As tho banner unfurled its beauty in the free breeze and sunlight, against a faultless arch of; clear .blue, a salute was fired—a gun for every State—and tho pboplc responded to , the soul-stirring event {with loud cheers." As* the pole now stands, it. may- be considered a monument; of patriotism to the credit of the gentlemen as ; . named above. Just ns this scene of beauty was finished, another of a more terrifying nature occur red below, at the. west end of the Union avenue, which certainly marred tho general pleasure of the afternoon, and caused; {quite a panic among those - assembled in the main avenue. {' AW ACCIBP.XT. The largo staging erected at tho extreme west end of Union avenue fell with a tremendous crash, carrying down: with it all the musicians, several hundred in number. . Many of the singers belonged to the Blind Asylum. ; The Mildest kind; of rumors Were current, as might well bo expected, many of them being greatly exaggerated. : The staging was ..put up early yesterday, afternoon;: It was about sixty feet long and twenty-five feet wide, containing » superficies of 1,500 square feet. Tho lumber used in Its construction was white pine and hemlock. It was properly braced, but the main perpendicular sup-, .ports rested on the ■ flooring, one inch thick. , Joist should have been laid on the floor, as a base upon which to have the. scaffold oreetod. Fortunately, however, nobody was killed outright,’ though two men were considerably though not mortally injured. /- Quite a number of young ladios/ and one Or two elderly - ones, were slightly, though painfully,, wounded. We learn that ono of tho' ladios on tho staging had a foot pierood ,an:ihoh' 'deop,witha,hail. It was a terrible sigty to witness, daring the crash, the singers of the Blind Institute clinging to each other, or throwing .their, hands .about . wildly. It formed a wo desire not to further dwell upon. Owing to this mishap thero was no music nor singing by those who wore thorb ; as' pofforinovs. The brass instruments, that had made Union avenue. resound eloquently to the tune oi “Hail Columbia” . but a few moments 'before; were now crushod amid broken music-stands and torn music-books in a shapeless mass of joins. ' .■■■' The Fair, is Temporarily Hoseih •The throng of visitors was so great.yestorday that it. was utterly impossible for the workmen to pro ceed. Besides this, pie almost incessant hammering and pounding greatly annoyed tho visitors. The Executive Committee concluded that It would bo better to close the doors of tho Institution. The thousands of visitors ohoerfuliyreceived the an nouncement, and began to retlqs, and la a short time there was elbow room for tho workmen. Tho wood of tho main building, known as Union avenue, not being seasoned, shrank somewhat under the power of tho sun, and it was necessary, to screw up tho trussed braces that supported the structure. This was accomplished during the” afternoon, so that it is,perfect in every part. ;In all the wings or naves that required. attention tho mechanics woro as busy as bees. In consequence of the temporary closing of tho Fair yesterday, many unfounded rumors woro Trooly circulated, calculated to nbuso tho minds of tho public. Tlie motives that prompted the circulation of such statements may bo attributed to anycauso that does not come under the Hoad or loyalty. We therefore dismiss this subject, and introduce the ac tion taken last ovening by THE EXECUTIVE OOKMrTTEK,: who met in their rooms, After half an hour’s con sultation tlio committee issuod tho following ex planatory noto:. ‘ “ In order to make the opening of tlio Great''Cen tralFair punctually to time on tho appointed day it was necessary, to loaf o'several parts or the build- Ings incomplete, and tho closing yostorday.artor hoonwns for tho purpose of giving tlio workmen an opportunity to do tlio work without inconvenience to the visitors. Tills Will bo finished anil tho mate rials cleared out in season for tho oponlng at ton o’clock tills (Thursday) morning, at which time the. Art Gallery will also bo arrangod, so that the public may have access to this highly attractive portion of tho Fair.” the fouhtaih, Tlio fountain and tlio arrangement of tho light In Horticultural Hall formed'ono of the chief topics of conversation among the visitors. This’part of the exhibition must bo seen at night to appreciateit in all its beauty. A. nioehanical notloo of the wliolo . arrangement will answer many inquiries that wo. heard on Monday evening. . .The whole affair of plumbing and gas fitting was done under tho super vision of Mr. W. M. Ogtosby, who certainly: has achieved great 'success: in arranging, in scientific lines, the two opposito olemcnts—fire and water. In the largo outer circle, 441 foot In circumference, there are-444 gas jets, for the purpose-of light ing the outside promenade.; rn the: inner circle are eighty-four - gas ’ brackets, with globes, "ar ranged on the evergreen-colored pillars that sup-' ’port tho roof.- In tho lower ring of tho foun tain there are 150 gas jets. Abovo this is a _eo|)per pipe, inches in ‘diameter,'made into a 150 jets, through -which The Tvater'streamFeliar over the gaslight below, and thus forms a shape like an expanded umbrolla, Tlie effect is beautiful, -in-ure fake of the fountain aro 23 lets, American, French, German, and English. These are playing ‘ all the time. There are no two of thorn alike; and : thus aro presented to tho oyo of the onvaptuTcd spoc tator all tho varieties of fountains. As a work of mechanical ait,'it is pronounced by everybody ft fountain gem, upon which thousands of our citizons will gaze with admiration. > . THE TEUEOKArn OFFICE, This valuable institution is located at the comer of tho entrance to Horticultural Hall and Union avenue. From this Centre wires extend to all parts' of the Fair buildings ; also, to the Centrai Station. There is: also, a branch of the American Telegraph leading to tlie main office nt Third and Chestnut streets, thence to all partsof the country, Tho wires act independently of each other, by means of switch ing off or on. Yesterday quite ;a number of mes . sages were sent to and from the Fair. ’ The nomina tion of Abraham Lincoln' for President, and An drew Johnson for Vice: President, was made known at the Fair within five minutes from . Baltimore, LOOK OV WAaillNltrOX’S HATH. ' In response tcpqm item in our general report yes terday concerning a lock of Washington’s hair, the following note, which explains itself, was received: The editor of Thu Press will have the goodness to correct an error respecting the donation to the Sani tary Fair of a small lock ofTthe Hair of Washington, contained in a locket, and offered for sale on the table of Mrs. Fallon. Mr. Perry, who was a bleeder, leechcr/and hair-cutter, during Washington’s resi dence in this city, a man known to my grandfather, the late Judge Peters, during Washington’s life time, gave the hair to ray father, the late Hiehard Peters, in the year 1826, with a request that ho would give it. to me, Mr. Perry having frequently attended me in his profession of bleeder during my childhood. I have had the hair in my possession from that time, and your, reporter’s doubts with re gard to Its genuineness are as unwarrantable ag his mistake in the name of the donor. - . '• . MAIIY BIXGHAM PETERS. . HOSPITAL.’DEP ARTIEST. ■ Wo are glad to learn thafcMajor General Gilmore has presented the Committee on "Hospitals; of the Fair with a number of fine colored lifchograpbSiOf Fort Sumpter, after its first hand second bombard ments. These are "official, and as they cannot be procured by purchase anywhere else, they will, no doubt, be rapidly sold, as mementoes of this famous fort. : # Tho committee have also»been presented with a large number of wooden fans, of very pretty pattern, by the rebel prisoners at Point Those poor fellows ha ving experienced, on tho battle-field and In the hospital, the kind aid of the Sanitary Commission, have.sent these tokens, unsolicited, to the Fair, as an evidence of it. i{ The Haversack” is the title of a neat little book published by the committee, and written bysoldierS, detailing feelingly their experience on manyahard fought field, in the weary .hours of prison 'life, or their suffering in hospital {or on the march. We advise our friends to look at the numerous littlp articles and mementoes the committee have, many" of them being of the greatest interest, as the gifts or thc{work of our brave soldiers now in hospitals all over the country or in the field of deadly strife.- PROPER CREDIT. In our notice of the; Fair yesterday,we inadvert ently credited the -four elegant suits of clothing presented by Messrs. Bockhill & Wilson—R> another firm. We make this correction the more cheerfully' from the fact that Messrs. B. & W. have acted with marked liberality in contributing to the success of this gjeafc humane enterprise. \ THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1864. The Nominations at Baltimore. The Baltimore ; . Convention, in. nomina ting President, and Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee, for Vice President, has not surprised, but satisfied the country. The renomination of Use President has . been : for so many months accepted as a certainty that people ceased to discuss it. It tvas not even ques tioned; or " opposed : in* the Conven tion. Better proof of its wisdom and necessity , could not-be given than this , unanimous; and earnest acquiesence of tho people and their , representatives. That, it is the result of the political influ ence of the Administration we are told ; but those who are bold enough to say this are not mad enough to believe it. Such . influence can do much, but it cannot create the enthusiasm; of a nation, determine tho action of millions of men, or govern twenty sovereign States. .If there is aught that is self-evident * it is this: . That Abkaiiaji Lincoln is renominated by a spontaneous -movement, haying arisen out of a national conviction that he is the man of all men to be the head of the : Republic. There is ho lever which can turn aside such a nation as this from its .natural path; there is no way by winch we can intelligently explain the universal de termination to re-elect Mr. Lincoln, unless we, first of all, admit its; popular and in trinsic sincerity. Those who : affirm.. that his renomination is not the work of tho people, accuse the nation of unpa ralelled stupidity and' blindness. If the political influence of Washington can make twenty States act thus unanimously and enthusiastically, then the Republic is but a toy in the bands of children. But wo believe it to be-controlled by American freemen, who,; knowing, what Abraham Lincoln is, understanding what the. count.' try needs, have resolved to place him again in tho Presidency for the sake of liberty and safety and the permanence, of tho American Union. It was i proper that his colleague should be Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. Wo sliotild have been satisfied with any of the gentlemen named. We should have been especially pleased if the Conventibn had retained Mr. Hamlin, for he has been an active and brave defender of the Union cause. There was a policy, however, which the Convention could' not.overlook, and which no one will'more gladly recog nize than: the distinguished Vice President. It had at higher duty than that oi 1 those who were worthy of honor, or rewarding capable public servants. The Convention found it necessary to respect and remem ber tlie history of the past four years. It was not merely a Republican party, nor a' party of any kind, hut a union of : all friends of the Union—of men like Dr. Brechin judge and Mr. Maynabd, and David Tod. The polity that sug gested itself was this: that the - par ties that had stood by the Adminis tration and aided it in its devotion to the war, should be recognized. Above all, that the great Democratic party, which had suffered so much for liberty and Union, should bo especially recognized, And who, of all men, was more worthy of recogni tion ns a Democrat, a patriot and a states THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, THURSDAY, JUNE 9, 1864. man, than Akdjiew Johnson? Others had done as much for the cause, and perhaps more, but lie had suffered. He had been exiled, reviled,. impoverished. Ills homo had been seized and his children sent forth to wander. No blandishments could se duce, ho fears intimidate him, and so a grateful country lias taken him from ids mountain home and exalted him high among her sons. As a matter of justice, as well as policy, the Convention could have done no nobler thing than nominate Akbkew Joiinson, of Tennessee. We shall support these nominations and the platform whose principles they rcpre r sent. There is not a radical pmn who can decline to sustain and accept the doctrines of these resolutions. There is not a good man who can hesitate to vote for Lincoln and Johnson. This is our duty now, and by beginning early and working with de spatch and energy, can make the victory in the autumn the greatest we have ever known in the history of constitutional liberty. . : Tim Fair will -be duly reopened., tills morning at ten o’clock, sufficient time hav ing been allowed the employees there for the completion of the various departments. The vast crowd which yesterday visited it materially interfered With the opera tions of the "workmen, and as. much re tarded the progress of the work as they fa cilitated their own^dmiration;_of.it: Tire, very splendid arrangements which have been devised for the perfection of all the departments leave nothing to be desired by ""bije. and appeal very strongly to its" Fair, the charaetoWof the commiinliy-to which it: appeals, : and.-its magnitude as compared with : similar undertakings, wc cannot doubt that the throng of visitors will increase from day to day, and that each to-morrow will he a brilliant .repetition of success. - THE WAR IN VIRGINIA. OEM. HIISTM’S lIOTOBI IEIOSD SIMM. OCCUPATION OP THAT PLACE BY THE UNION FORCES. The Rebel Major General W. E. Jones Killed. AIX Q.UIEX IBf OI3S. CBAATS ARMY. OFFICIAL GAZETTE. 'Washixgtox, Juno S, 1.45 P. M. To General Vtx, New York .* V A despatch from General Graint, dated yesterday afternoon, at Z% o’clock, roports that all has been very quiet to-day. No casualties aro reported. A.despatch from Mr. Dana, at General Grant’s, headquarters, dated at .8.20 P. M. yesterday, an nouncing a victory by General Hunter:: over, tho rebels beyond Staunton, and that the rebel Goncral Jones was killed on the battle-field. The despatch is as' follows : “Richmond Examiner or to-day speaks of tho defeat of General JV. E. Jones by General. Hunter, twelve miles beyond Staunton, Ya. General Jones was killed bn the Hold, and his successor retired to Waynesboro’, and now holds tho mountains hot ween Charlottesville and Staunton.” : The paper funlierstates that no hospitals or stores were captured by Hunter. Another despatch announces that our forces occupy Staunton. , v Edwin M. Staxtox, Secretary of War. JilE DEFEAT OF THE REBELS CON : FIRMED., ' . Washington, June S, 3P. M. To Major General Dix : Kew York; General Hunter’s victory and occupation; of Staunton is confirmed by the following dospateli from General Butler: - “ All quiet on my lines. “ Richmond papers of June 7th give Intelligence of a fight at Mount Crawford between General Hun ter and General Jones, in which Hunter was victo rious, and Jones, the rebel commander, was killed. Staunton was afterwards occupied by the Union forces. The fighting was on Sunday." ' Edwin M. Stanton, _ • . . . Secretary of War. •The. steamers Monohansetfc and Highland Liarht arrived here this morning from theWhiteHouse, which point they left yesterday at. 10 o’clock; . The passengers report that there was heavy firing heard yesterday, but it was of short duration. They give the particulars of the repulse to the enemy by the 2d and 6th Corps on. the eve of the sth. It does not vary from the accounts already published. The Highland Bight brought, the bodies of Major W. E. X»kwts, Bth Michigan: Colonel Peter A. Porter, Sth New York Artillery; lieutenant 061. Edward Schall,slst Pennsylvania ; Captain Thomas O’KeiLj 25th Massachusetts, and Colonel ; E. F. "Weep, DSth New York. . The Highland Eight brought up the 3d Maine and 4th Ohio Regiments, whose term has expired. There wore a large number of Pennsylvanians among the wounded, and most of these belonging to the 2d Corps. Ten soldiers died on the passage up of the State of Maine, which boat brought such a large number of wounded yesterday. It is safe to assume now that , there is* more or les3 fighting along our lino every day. The rebel prison ers say that Grant’s movements perplex and puzzle their officers, and if. this has been the case in the past, there is a probability that their surprise will bo considerably heightened before long. The Ocean Wave arrived here about 8 o’clock, 1 with a lot of condemned mules and horses. Her news has been anticipated. KILLED AND WOUNDED PENNSYLVANIANS. A brother of Col. McKben, of the 81st Pennsyl vania, left this morning for the White House to en deavor to s.ecnrc that young chief’s body.' : Sergeant W. J. Fairlamb, of. tho lTth Pennsyl vania Cavalry, - was killed in the' cavalry fight be fore reported. V • - T . It will be gratifying to the.frlends of the wounded Pennsylvania officers, here: to know that most of them have had furloughs granted them, and they will leave for homo this evening and to-morrow. THE WAR IN THE SOUTHWEST, GENEEAL. SHBEMAFS EEFOKT OF THE SITUATION.. TUB FiNEMY AT XOST MOUNTAIN, MT. STERLING, KY., CAPTURED BY THE Washington, Judo B—l 2 31. To Major General Dix, New l r ork: v, \ ‘ : A despatch from General Sherman, dated at Aek worth yesterday evening, at 6.30 o’clock, says: u I have been to Alatoona bridge, and find it very admirable for our purposes. It is the gap through the last or most eastern spur of the Alleghenies. It now becomes useful to us as it was to the enemy, bo . ing easily defended from either direction. Thoroads hence from Ackworth; into Georgia are. large aifd. .good, ancVtho country more open.” • Details of the position of our troopsjmd contem plated raovernents are given',' but are not needed for public information. The despatch further.; states that tho enemy is not in bur immediate - front, but . his signals are seen on Dost Mountain and ICenesand. • Despatches from Gen. Canby, dated June3d; have -been received, which report satisfactory progress in the organization of his coratpand. . v \CraciKKATi, Juno B.—A rebel force supposed to be under command of John : Morgan, made an en trance into Eastern Kentucky a few days ago, and this morping captured the. town of Mount Sterling, and also destroyed the bridges, tore up tho track of the Kentucky Railroad between Olntlila and Paris, and cut the telegraph -Another gang attacked; a passenger train on thbLouiaviUe andXesington road, near Smithfield, and burned passenger cars and a baggage ear, and robbed the express car. ; . . - • PARIS OCOUPIEP-DESTRUOTIONOFRAIL- June B.— Morgan’s forces, estimated at 2,600. beinga portion of his rebetcommand, took possession ofTaris this afternoon, and it is thought hare dcatroyed the extensive trestle-work near there. Two itnportant bridges are destroyed between Paris and Oynthiana. Part of the rebel forces are moving north on the -Kentucky-Qentral Railroad. - There has been no communication south of Bird’s Station since 3 o’clock P/M. THE LOWER! MISSISSIPPI. Catho, June 7.—The steamer Luminary, from New Orlcans on the 2d inst.Varrived ‘hero to-day. She has a moderate cargo of sugar andmolasscs. There is no news oj-importance In tho.papers brought fromtbafc-cityl The Luminary reports a rebel battery .is still 'at Columbia, though Hwas not:‘usod against her. Marhiaduke, in .i>ersori, had been thcro a day pre vious to her passing. :: :But little.cotton is offering at Now Orleans, ex cept' lots 'in second hand, which were hold at ad vanced rates. • Low Middlings 86c. j Middlings 92c. : There was but little doing in sugar and molassos, * Tho Belle, of St. Louis, from Memphis on tho 6th, has arrived with 200 bales of cotton, and a huh dred refugees. . . • The steamer Kate Harf, from the White rlvor, re ports the guerillas aotivo in the neighborhood of Pino and Duvall’s Bluffs. They had recently cap tured seven of our pickets and two hundred Govern ment mules at the latter place. Thogenoral opinion around Duvall’s Bluff was that the rcbeVGeneral Joe Shelby had started on a raid to Missouri. There was very little cotton coming into Little Rock. . llic military authorities at Cairo havomado a descent on a band of counterfeiters to-day. They had orossed the river from Missouri a few days ago. Two of them were fired at, and obo was killed and the other severely wounded. ARRIVALS FROST TIIE WHITE HOUSE. RAIDER MORGAN OFFIOIAD GAZETTE, Fdwin M. STANTON r Seeretary of War. ANOTHER RAID BY MORGAN. ROADS AND BRIDGES. THE BALTIMORE COMMTIOIV. President Lin coin Unanimously - Renominated. ANDREW JOHNSON, GOVERNOR OF TENNESSEE, FOR VICE PRESIDENT. A Radical Anti-Slavery Platform. GREAT ENTHUSIASM Of THE CONTENTION AND. TIIE PEOPLE. HENRY J- RAYMOND CHAIRMAN OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE. THE DEBATE ON CREDENTIALS. FULL REPORT OF THE PROCEEDINGS. .[Correspondence of tlie Associated Press. J . . BAI,TtMOItE, Juno 8,1801. Tbe Convention. rcaseomblcd at 10 o’clock, Presi dent Dennison in the chair. RKrOITF OP THE COMMITTEE ON OTVRPENTf ALS, Blr. King-, of New York, chairman of the Comrait tco on Credentials, reported that, after patiently in vestigatingthoclaimsof the Missouri delegates, they' ’decided upon the right of the “ Radical 5} wing to bo admitted; the Arkansas delegation to be admitted to seats, without permission to vote t also, the dele gates from the District of Columbia $ the South Carolina delegation not to be admitted. TMo minority icport- was presented -by Mr. Ste venson, of West Yirginia. ; It concurs in that of the majority so far ns that report excluded the dele, gates from Yirginia and Arkansas, and the Territo ries of Colorado, Nevada, and Nebraska from, the right of voting. That portion Of the majority report; so far as re lated to the uncontcstcd delegates, was adopted. Mr. King, chairman of tho committee, moved to amend the report so far as tt related to the Missouri delegation, that the delegates known as the-Uncoil-. .XJnien delegation ho admitted with the together cast the vote of the State/ fe do not agree tho State should not vote. An exciting debate ensued on this amendment. : Mr. Breckinridge moved to amend the amend mens, so that instead of silencing the vote of -Mis-' - souri, when the two delegations arc unable to agree, 'that the vote of the State be divided. Ho proceeded - to address the House on his motion. Mr. Custis. ofNew York, earnestly advocated the majority report, and asked the Convention to settle once for all the Missouri question by admitting the Radical delegation. After further debate the pre vious question was called for and the House pro ceeded to .vole on the amendment offered by Dr. Breckinridge, to admit the delegations and to divide the vote of the Stale between them.; The amendment was rejected. The House then’ voted on tho main question, Mr. King’s amendment, to admit both delegations with authority to vote where they can agree, and where*they cannot agree the vote of the State not to be counted, was also rejected. The question now recurred on the adoption of the majority report. THE MISSOURI. BApiCALS ADMITTED, A call for a vote by States was.made, and resulted unanimously in favor of the admission of the Radi ’ cals, only four negative Totes being given, namely, from Pennsylvania three,.and one from Kentucky— yeas 440, nays 4, # SOUTHERN DELEGATIONS ADMITTED. The remaimn g proposition, offered as an amendment by Mr. King, 'that the delegates from Tennessee. Vir ginia, Florida. Louisiana, Arkansas, and all Terri tories, which the majority report proposed to admit to seats, without the right to vote, should have the right to vote, was put to the House. . Air. Lane asked for a division on the question to vote os to the States first, and then on the Territories. A second division was asked for, and ihe asked to vote first as to Tennessee having the right to vote. A call for a vote by States was made, and the House voted—ayes3lo, nays 151—as follows: . Yeas.—Maine, 3; Vermont, 2; Rhode Island, 2; Con necticut,TO; New- York, 66; Xew Jersey , 14; Pennsyl vania, 31; Delaware, 1; Maryland, 1; Missouri, 19; Kentucky, 4; Ohioi 42; Indiana, 24; Illinois,32; Sfichi gan,: 2, Wisconsin, 15;' lowa,-. 9; Minnesota, 1; Cali iornia, 10; Oregon, 6: West Virginia, 10; Kansas, £3 Nats.—Maine, 11; New Hampshire, 10; Vermont, 8; Massachusetts, 24; Rhode Island, 6; Connecticut, 2; Pepnsylvania, 21; Delaware, 4; Maryland, 13; Mis souri, 3; Indiana,2; Michigan,l4; Wisconsin, 1; lowa, 7; Minnesota, 7. The House.then voted on the admission of Arkansas and Louisiana with ihe right to vote. The vote was announced—ayes 307, nays 167. The report of the Committee on Credentials was then adopted as amended. THE RESOLUTIONS. Mr. Raymond, of New York, from the Committee on Rf solutions, reported the following: Resolved,,- That it is-the higbest duty of every Ameri can citizen to maintain against all tkeir'enemles the in tegrity of the Union and the permanent authority of the ;Constitution : and laws of the United States; and that, laying aside all differences and political opinions, we pledge ourselves as Union men, animated by a common sentiment and aiming at a common object, to do every thing in our power to aid the Government in quelling, by force of arms, the rebellion now raging asainsi its authority, and in bringing to the punishment due to their crimes the rebels and traitors arrayed against it. [Prolonged applause. 1 NO COMPROMISE WITH THE REBELLION. Resofwd, That we approve the determination of the Government of the United States, not io compromise with rebels, or to offer any terms of peace, except such as may he based upon an unconditional surrender of their hostility, and a - return to their .fast allegiance to tho: Constitution and laws of the United States, and that, we call upon the Government to maintain tills position, ; ana to prosecute the war with the utrnosi fossible vigor, to tbe complete suppression of the re elliOD, in Tull reliance upon tho self-sacrifices, patriot ism, heroic valor, and undying devotion of the Ame rican people to their country and its free institutions. [Applause. 3 EXTIRPATION OP SLAVERY. Resolved, That as slaverywas the cause and now constitutes the strength of this rebellion; and as it must be always and every where hostile to the principles of republican government and justice, and the : national safety demands its utter and compieto extirpation from the soil of tho Republic [applause], and that while we uphold and maintain the acts and proclam »tions by which the Government in its own defence has aimed a death blow at the gigantic evil, we are in favor further more of.such amendment to the Constitution, to be made by the people in conformity with its provisions, as shall terminate and forever prohibit the existence r of slavery within the limits or the jurisdiction of the v United States. [Applause.] THANKS TO THE ARMY. AND. NAVY. Resolved, That the thanks of the American people are dui- to the soldiers and eailors of the army and navy, .Tapplause,3 who have perilled their lives in de fence of their country, and in vindication of the honor of the flag; that the nation owes to them some perma nent recognition of their pauiotism and their valor, and ample and permanent provision for those of thtir sur vivors who have, received disabling and honorable wounds, in the service of their country, and that the memories of those who have fallen in its defence shall be held in grateful and everlasting remembrance. [Load applause.} - ? THANKS TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN, That we approve and applaud the practical .wisdom, tieunselfishpatriotism, aud the unswerving fidelity to the Constitution and the principles of Ameri can liberty with which Abraham Lincoln has dis charged,under circumstances of unparalleled difficulty, tho great duties andresponsibilities of the Presidential office. That we approve and endorse ag, demanded by the emergency anti essential to the preservation of the nation and as within the provisions of the Constitution, the measures and acts which he has adopted to defend the nation against its open and secret foes: That we ap prove especially the Proclamation orEraancipation and the employment as Union soldiers of men heretofore held m slavery [applause], and that we have fall confi dence in his determination to carry these and all other constitutional iueasu.res.e*sential to the salvation of the country into full and complete effect. HARMONY IN THE NATIONAL COUNCILS. Resolved, That we deem it essential to the general welfare that harmony Should prevail in the national council, and we regard as worthy of public.confidence and official trust those only who cordially endorse the principles proclaimed in these resolutions, and which should characterize the administration of the Govern ment. [Applause. 3 . PROTECTION TO OUR SOLDIERS, BLACK AND WIITTE. - Resolved, That the Government owes to all men em ployed in its armies, without regard to distinction of color,' the Full protection of the laws of war [applause], and that any violation of these lawe or theusages of civihzpd nations in timeof war, by ihe rebelsnowin arms, should be made the subject of prompt and Mi redress.. [Prolonged applause. J POREION ISIMIG RATION. Resolved, That foreign immigration, which in the past has added so much to the wealth, development of resources, and increase of power to this nation, the asylum of tlie oppressed of all nations, should be fos tered and encouraged by a liberal and just policy. TIIE PACIEIC RAILROAD. Rmlvcd, That we are in favor of the speedy conatruo tiou of the Pacific Railroad. v ' \ REDEMPTION OP THE‘PUBLIC DEBT. Resofvec?, That tlie natiQnaLvfaitli pledged for thi re demption, of the public debt muaf be kept Inviolate, aud that for/thi/? purpo e re'ci»mmeml economy aud rigid rcsponsibiJity in tlie public expenditures; and a vigor ous and justjsyMera of taxation; that it is the duty of every loyal Stato to sustain the credit and promote the use of the national currency. [Applause 3 THE MONROE DOCTRINE. . Resolved, That we approve the position taken by the .Goyevnment, that tho: people of the United-States can - never , regard with , indifference the attempt of any ’European Power to overthrow by,force, or to supplant , by fraud, the institutions of any republfcan Govern ;inentbu the western continent [prolonged applause]; .aud that they will view with extreme jealousy and : au menacing the peace and independence of their own J -country tho efforts of any such Power to obtain now foothold for monarchical goveraments, sustained by foreign mllitaiy force, in near proximity to the United States. [Long-continued applause.] ENTIIUSIASiI .OVER THE RESOLUTIONS. The reading of the-resolutions elicited the wildest out bursts of enthusiasm, : . . -r- \ The mention of tho name of. Abraham Lincoln was re ceived y ith? tremendous cheering, the whole house rising, with uplifted hats and handkerchiefs waving. The resolution endorsing the Monroe doctrine was also received with great applause, ' On: motion of Mr. Buslmell, the resolutions of the committee were adopted by acclamation. ’ motion to nominate president and vice pre* Mr, Delano, of. Ohio. I move that this Convention now proceed to the nomination of candidates for Presi dent and Vice President of the United States. ; The ch&irmau stated ihe motion.. Mr. CaDiorou/oflVnnsylvania. I move the following as a substitute for tho motion of tlie gentleman from Ohio: - That Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, he de clared the choice of the Union party for President [ap* plauseD, and Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, be the candi date fpi T Vicc President of the same.party. .[Cries of A Yoke. Divide the resolution; Mr. Maryland. I callfor a division. Mr. Stone, of lowa. Task if I can make an amend ment to Uieresblntion;* ;-V. ; . The chairman said the resolution of Mr. Camoron was' now the question before the Convention. ‘ Mr. Htone.of lowa. I move to lay it on the table. Carried. ■ ? DEBATE ON'THB • QUBSTION.'OP NOMINATING BT ' ACCLAMATION. r • - ; v> Mr. Stone, of lowa. I now more that Abraliam Lin coln be the unanimous nominee of this Convention. [Cries of question, aud great confusion. I The Chairman. Will gentlemen listen for ono mo ment. : Thekentleman from lowa moved that a resolu tion offered by the gentleman from’ Pennsylvania (Mr. Cameron) belaid on the table, and it has been carried. The Chair then recognized Mr. Cooke, of Illinois, as having the door. Mr. Stevens, of-Pennsylvania, called fora vote by Stales before the vote was declared to.the house. : ; : Mr. Stone; of lowa, claimed the door. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, I have not yetylelded Urn floor.. ; The Chair. Does tho gentleman from Penneyl vania in sist upon a call of States, upon the motion to lay on the table tho resolutionfor Mr. Camoron? -Many Yokes. Statethequestlon,* The Chair. The gentleman from lowa moved to lay upon the table.the substitute offered by Con. Cameron,. of Pennsylvania,and. Mr. Stevens informs the Chair that, beforethat motion was put to the Convention; ho moved a call of the States.. undor the rules,-before the announcement of its vote, a. delegate has the right to move a call for States. .. That being so, the Convention will now come totbe question oflayingon the table tho substitute oilered by Mr. Cameron. Upon that the States have been called. Mr. Cresswell, of Maryland. I call for a dUvsion of the question. : . • Mr. Goldsborough, of Maryland, also called for a division. The Chairman. The question is shall tho resolution offered by General Cameron, as a substitute, be laid upon the table? The .secretary will proceed with the call. ; ;• Mr. Sievtntoh, of Indiana. I desire to know what has bccomeof the vote to lay the substitute of General Cam eron oh the table. The Chairman. That is now before the Convention. The Secretary will call tho relief the States for the pur pose ofkuowing whether it willba laid on the tablo, Mr. Lane,,of Kansas. I appeal to the gentleman from-Pennsylvania;••■with the oonseut of the con vention to' hi? - resolution. It places us in a very, awkward predicament I hope General (jamerout consulting ttof best wishes of the country, will withdraw his resolution, hot us vote upon the motion put by the gentleman t.”pm lowa. Mr. Stone, of lowa. Hurrah for Lincoln { . Mr. Csimeion. To nave all the iroublo to the gontlo meu wlio seem lowbli to show tholr hands hero, l will withdrawn. (Applause,i Mr. Chairman. Mr. Cook, oflUiaoißi-hsailiedoor. Mr. Cameron, of Pommy] vaniau I will Withdraw or amend by moving that this Convention nomiuate, by acchimntion, Abraham Lincoln for a wjoond term. Mr. Stone, of lowa Tho geiitlHnmii is cheating me out of my motion. I object. (Langhter and cries of Order ! Order! Question ! Question !) Mr. Lane, if Kansas. Hurrah for Stone! The Chairman. Mr, Cameron's motion to amend in not in order. It must he an absolute withdrawal, or uonbatall. Dock bo withdraw hie declamation '! Mr. Cameron. I will modify tho resolution to inakolt nominate Abraham Lincoln by uoruinatiou. Mr. Slone, of low?*. That won 't do—you must with draw. the Chairman. The gentleman from Pennsylvania haHuot answered the question of the Chair. Has the resolution been withdrawn ornot? Mr. Cameron. I want to modify. The Chairman, That is not a definite answer, and cannot be recognized as such by the Chair. The question before tbe Convention is upon the resolution offered by Mr; Cameron. A call for States isderanmled. Mr. Raymond, of New York. I understand that the Suoatlon before tb« Convention is a substitute offered by eneial Cameron for one which be offered ,and a'ter wards withdrew, and Hint the motion now is, that Abraham Lincoln bo nominated for the Presidency. I .desire to say one word upon the manner in which it is proposed to bo done. I believe that there is no man in this Convention, no matter froiti what State bo may come, who will not; howevor the vote may be, give his vote in j ust one way. It, therefore, can be from no ivp preht nslon of the result of ibo vole that this narticuiar way of taking i! should be .proposed. Therefore, we rnayas well look to other considerations in directing how we will take it. It is very well known that attempts have been made, though with no great success, to create the impression that the nomination of Abraham Lincoln has to hevusUed through this Convention by some demon stration that will not look to the exercise of individual hiliuence. Is it well under these circumstances to make a vote by acclamation ? Jt cannot possibly change the result. Jt can add no weight whatever, to its earnestness, and it may give rise to false impres sions.. I suggest and .will move as a substitute a resolution. embodying niy view. I suggest that tho wisest course wonld be ;to allow the roll of tho States represented in litis Convention to be -Railed, and let every deieeation declare its vote. F believe there will bo a unanimous vote from every delegation precisely to the lamooffect, I think the efFectofthat ‘vote will bo greater than one taken by acclamation. It can be reinforced, as it will be reinforced, by'lhis Con vention, and throughout tho country by. the loud accla mations ortho American people. And itow 1.-move, as a substitute for the motion of the gentleman from Penn sylvania, that tho roll of the States be called, and that each delegation be called upon to record its vote. (Ap plause.! Mr. Cameron. I desire to accept the modificatioß of the gentleman from New York. [Cries of “lioll! roll! question, " etc.] The Chairman. The gentleman from Ohio moved that this Convention proceed to the nomination of candidates for President and Vice President. Upon that, a reso lution was offered by General Cameron that has been discussed. Upon that, the gentleman fromNewYork (Mr. Raymond) moved that we proceed to the nomi nation of a candidate for President alone, I ask the gentleman from Ohio whether he accepts that as a sub stitute for his motion ? Air. IHlanOj Of Ohio. It. was in full comprehension of the necessity of. having an individual expression of opinion in favor of Abraham. Idncoln . that I mado my •mftSien, that there should he no misapprehension, ‘ that public"ien flhi&?v nominated by clamor-- the nomination, as indicated by -1 desired man desires his nomination nioro-tu«- :• fo . r 00 coptthe resolution offered by the geutlemaafrbm York as a substitute for my own. _ The Chair stated that the question was to proceed to the nomination of President by the call of the State*. . After further debate and great confusion the question was put on Mr.. Raymond’s substitute, and the Conven tion adopted it. THE BALLOT FOR TKESrDKXT—ABRAHAM LiycOLM kenominated. , The Convention tlien proceeded to a ballot for Presi dent, which resulted as follows: FOR IrITfCOLJf. ♦ 14 Louisiana.. lO Arkansas... • •••■ 10 Teanespeoi. 24 Kentucky.. S 0hi0........ 12 Indiana ...• O6 Illinois*.... ■ 24 Michigan... ..... 52 0reg0n..... 6 Kftusas..... ..... lOOiloratlo... ..... lOAVisconsin . ..... 6;Minnesota.. ..... 6; ..... 16 T0ta1.... l4l FOR CRTTERAL GRAifT. Maine............ New Hampshire Vermont ... Rhode Connecticut...... New Y0rk....... New Jersey...... Pennsylvania.... Delaware California........ "West Virginia. • • Nebraska.... .... Nevada.......... 10wa...... ....... Maryland Mi550uri.............. ...............22 THE : VOTE DECLARED . UNANIMOUS— GREAT EX- THUSIASM. On motion of M# Home, of Missouri, the Tote was declared unanimous. The enthusiasm excited by this announcement is per fectly indescribable.-. The whole Convention wore on their feet,, dieeriog and shouting, the band in the mean timeplaying * 1 Hail Columbia.” . • ■ ■ DESPATCH PP.OM THE SECRETARY OP W AR, After the nomination the chairman road a despatch from the .Secretary of War, giving good news from General Hunter, which was received with great cheers. THE VICE PRESTDENCY. - The Convention then proceeded to vote for a candi date for Vice President. . The following names were presented: Mr. Daniel Mace of Indiana, proposed the name of Andrew Johnson, of Tennessee. Mr. Stone, of lowa, seconded the motion. 1 . Mr.: Cameron, of Pennsylvania, offered the name of Hannibal Hamlin. Mr. Tremaine, of hew York, on behalf of a portion of the delegation from that State, presented D. S. Dick inson. .. Mr. Maynard, of Tennessee, advocated theclaims of Andrew Johnson. •Mr. Tremaine, of New . York, made an eloquent ap peal in favor of the nomination of Daniel 3. Dickinson. His lemarks were received with great enthusiasm. Great impatience was manifested to proceed to a vote BALLOT FOE .VICE PRESIDENT-—ANDREW JOHNSON 'nominated. The President announced tho following names aslieing before the Convention, viz : Andrew Johnson, of Ten nessee: Hannibal Bamlin, of Maine: Gen. Rosscau, of Kentucky; Daniel S. Dickinson, of New York, . The Convention then proceeded to a ballot. - As tbe vote proceeded It was soon apparent that John son, of Tennessee, was to be the nominee, and before tho vote was announced the various States, whose votes had been divided, commenced changing thorn, and weut unanimously for Johnson, amid great en thusiasm. Andrew Johnson was nominated as candidate for Vice Presidenton the first ballot. The following was the vote for Vice President: Maine, New Hampshire,:Vermont, Connecticut, New York, New Delaware, Mary land, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Kentuckv, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, lowa, California, Oregon, West Virginia ,:Kansas, Nebraska, Colorado, and Neva da voted entire for Andrew Johnson. Massachusetts voted: for'Johnson, 21; Dickinson, 3." Rhode 'lsland—-Johnson 7, Dickinson!; Wisconsin— Johnson 2, Dickinson 10, Hamlin 4: Minnesota—Dickin son 3, Hamlin 5. The-total vote for Johnson was Dickinson 17, and Hamlin 9. Previous to the vote being announced Johnson had 200, Dickinson 113, Hamlin 145, Butler 2S, Roseau 21, Burnside 2, Colfax 6, Holt 2, Tod 2, King 1; but the Staies changed their before the announcement was made. . , - MAJORITY REPORT:ON : CREDENTIALS. Mr. Preston King, of New York, said the Committee on Credentials, after a very patient hearing of the re presentations made by gentlemen who have appeared as delegates to this Convention,.wherever there has been a question of their right to a seat here, from what ever cause that question may have arisen, have corao to conclusions which they report as the report of the com mittee, upon ihe main questions of which there has been entire unanimity, but upon some points there will be a minority report, to which tie assent of the committee and the Convention is asked by the member from West Vir ginia for himself aud such others as may have joined with him. There will also be two or three points upon which I differ from the report, but desiring that it should be regarded as the report of the committee, I concluded to agree to. it as such, but io move to amend the report on my individual responsibility as a member of the Convention. The report of the majority of the committee was in substance as follows: That the delegations from the States of Maine, New HaiapsMr.e, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Con necticut; Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Pennsyl vania, Delaware, Maryland, Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, lowa, Minnesota, Oregon, California, Kansas, and West Virginia were all regular, and arc admitted to seats with all the rights and privileges of members, except in one district of Pennsylvania, • which had . elected four instead of two members. - The committee admit the two who received the largest number of votes as delegates, and the other two as alternates.' .• • * ' Second. That there, being iwo delegations from the State of Missouri claiming seats, the, committee recom . mend that those styling themselves the Union Radical delegation he awarded theseats. [Applause and cheers. 3 . Third. That tho delegates from Virginia,Tennessee, Louisiana, and Arkansas be adraitted to all the privi legefa of the fioor except that of voting. . Fourth. That the persons presenting themselves as delegates from the State of South Carolina are uot en titled to the right.of delegates on the floor. .: Mr, King then asked that the Convention receive4he report of the committee, after which, he would make his motion to amend the report. - Mr. Stevenson, of West Virginia,desired to 3tate that the minority report was prepared verv hurriedly this •morning.; The committee deliberated till long after midnight, and I have not been able to obtain the signa tures to the report that I expected to obtain. The minority report was read, as follows: The undersigned concur in.tho report of the majority of the'Committee on Credentials, except that portion .which proposes to exclude from the privilege of voting in |the Convention the delegates from the State of Vir ginia, Louisiana, Arkansas,’Tennessee and Florida, aud from the Territories of Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Dakotah, and Montana. Therefore, the undersigned recommend that the delegates from the said States and. Territories be entitled to vote on all questions brought before the Convention.' AU of which is respectfully submitted. W. .E. StevensoSY West Ya, Hiram Smith, Oregon. Mr. Preston King paid: I aibinformed that the mi nority were uot entirely agreed, but that the member from Kansas desires also to submit a minority report. I ask that he be allowed, also, to submit that report. : Mr. A. H Insley, of Kansas, presented the/ollowing minority report: : The undersigned respectfully desires to present a mi nority report from. the Committee on Credentials, of which he is a member, In relation to the admission of the delegates from the Territories of Nebraska, Colo rado} aud Nevada, to .seats and voies in this Con vention. Differing with the majority of the committee, only on this point, it i* fitting that I present my reasons for the course'heroin urged. .First and foremost is the fact that the three Territories named are about to pass from the territorial condition of dependence on the General Government to that of State sovereignties, sub ordinate only to the supreme law and necessities of the nation, the present. Congress having passed enabling acts whereby these: Territories receive aplodge of ad mission' into the Federal Union,-provided only they come clothed in the robes of freedom; and tho people of those Territories,; having gladly accepted the supreme condition, are even how engaged in the work of State .organization with a fair .prospect of ; completing the same in time to wheel into line with the other .loyal States, and by votiug for tbe nominees of the Union- party aid politically, as they : have already “done materially and by: arms, in the establishment of the national authority and securing the perpetuity of : the Union. ■ Secondly, the recognition of the delegates from these Territories by the Convention will very materially aid the party of nationality and freedom in those com munities, >Gur interests lie with the movements now being made upder the authority of Congress for their organization and admission; it is our duty, both as loyal men seeking the supreme good of the nation, and as members of a great party hating that end for its primary purpose, to give all the aid and strength we legitimately may. for the furtherance of that object, : *. Itisbelieved that the, recognition; of these delegates; will materially benefit our cause as well as the state movements The loyalty of these Terri tories none can question. Nebraska has;sent her citi zens to the field, and;from Donelson to Chattanooga their courage and sacrifices have been freely offered. Colorado makes the proud boast of never having had a Copperhead in her Territorial Legislature, v She has proudtr boast than this, that of the New Mexican cam paign, where bar yolunteers won such imperishable honors, saving tlipreby the . immousely Important mbuhtam Territories of the far. West from being overrun by the 'Texan rebels, and securing unin terrupted ‘ our communications . with- the - Pacific. For Nevada, let the treasury of the Sanitary Coramis sion speak iu praise. Under the wise rule of Gov. Nyd that distant Territoiy is emerging as not only one of the richest, hut one of the most loyal ofSiates. The gentle man urged his'point at length, and moved to amend the report, and substitute forihe proposition of the majo rity report," “That tlie'delegation known as the un conditional Union delegation from Missouri b’e admit ted us delegates with the radical Union delegates from that State, -v >. •• >■ •. -:v ; ■: “That when the delegates agree, they cast the vote to which tho State is entitled, and where they donotagrae. The vote of the St ate shftll not be cast. ” The majority report, he said, proposes to admit dele gates.withoht voting, aud In my amendment 1 propose also to give to ail tbe delegates;admitted tho rights and privileges of delegates, without any exception, hut that tho District of Columbia and the Territories be en titled to two votes only; and that no State be allowed to cast more votes than they have delegates present in tho Convention,-or in any case more than they are .entitled to under the rules of tho Convention. I move this proposition as a substitute for the report of tho committee on this subject. ; : A member requested that t!*e amendment should, bo .divided so as to take amotion upon the different propo sitions separately,- : Mr. King. I prefer that they should be taken together; but any member of the Convention has a right to call for a division. -- - ~ 1 . Mr. Scholes, of Wisconsin, said: .In order that wo may have a properly-constitufod Convention, I would suggest, before we proceed to vote,upon these disputed questions, that that portiou of tho report of the commit teo which is unanimously presented be adopted by this Convention.; - It will admit as delegates all who come here without question, and will give us the power to vote upon any question that may .arise, v Tho President stated that there was a pending ques tion, which heruled to be susceptible of a division. Mr. Boeder, of Pennsylvania. • I suggest to the chair man of the committee to. withdraw His motion, to al low the report of the majority,-as ftir as" unani mous, tobe adopted, so that the delegates from nncoh tasted States may bo admitted, and we may know who shall be entitled to a vote, should there be a call of the States. "\.V . Mr. King. I prefer not to withdraw this.motion, but I will modify my own motion so as to ; make .that the first clause of myamendment. The: majority report, so far as it related to un contested States, was adopted by. the Convenl ion. -Mr. King. The second portion of my amendment is to the portion of the report»elating to H*» State of Missouri, which .determines that.the Radical Union dologutiou from that State shall be admitted,-aud, they only as the delegation from that State. My motion is tosubstitute for the original report; * 1 That the delegation from Mis souri Te admitted with the delegates of the National Union Convention* and that where the.delegations agree thoy shall cast the vote of the State, 1 and whore they do not agree, the vote of.theState ahali not bo cast./Ithink tlio suggestion of this proposition isall that is required by this Convention, •Unless thissuggestionissuchaa meets thoir approbation, toarguxaeavcould'carry it'through, i make the motfw In the apirit of brotherhood, union, Hud harmony, #t»<l in the common determination tn strike iiuwn (sYQty ComtSioa enemy* and to strike down nobrdv else. I snpp<wifrit was wisest and beat to admit the»e delegates as Brethren. 1 would notTiave offered ihi* proposition that Uiaye made in ordinary times. 1 do not propose that it shall he a precedent. I hope we shall never he in a condition of affair* in this country, and I do not htdiove wo ever shall be, when our action coir may'be quoted as-a precedent. This 1s my proposition, and I wilt trot debate it. There i» a right and it wrong in. that case. There is a jleloffation here* duly accredited and there Is but oue, and it is tlie duty of the Conven tion to ascertain wlich of these conte-fting delegates is that duly accredited delegation hnfdinji? credentials from an organized party associated i» that State. 1 aver, from facts which no ono will dispute, that the radirai delegation is the only true delegation here, ami that the uncomlition Union iras no con stituency in that State. The radical delegation repre sent the only Republican organization which existed at the time the Convention was culled to send delegate* to this National Convention. There was no otberorgani zation, except a rebel organization. existing <u the State of Missouri. - . ; Mr. firockinndgo paid, I wish to move an amendment to the amendment to suit both parties, that the rule be that they shall divide. I move to amend the amend ment offered by the gentleman from New York, to the effect that, instead of silencing both parties from Mis souri when they cannot agree, that they may thou di videthevote. . Voices, ‘‘Question,” Question. , Mr. Breckinridge said the gentleman from Connecticut has made a statement of. facts at second hand, and he has no persona! knowledge of them, except as they wore told to the committee of which he was a members. I also live remotely from Missouri, but Kentucky, is a great detii nearer to Missouri than Coiffiecticut, and l suppose he will admit that Missouri and Kentucky, though not exactly alike, are more alike than Missouri and Connecticut. I therefore suppose that my know ledge 1s as good as his. With the greatest possible respect, both for his state ment of l'ncts, and his statement of inference, S have nor a particle of doubt, hut say to you to-day, if f wore 'in the profession of the law, l would risk my head upon making twelve of you find that everything lie has stated Is either, unfounded or wrongly considered/ If von pursuethecourseundertakHiitoberecommondedby that gentleman, you will get mo into a condition, if possible, worse than. It has already been in. Butfor comprise sake admit, if you choose to admit, both delo- Sations, without entering any precedent as to whether iis or that is radical, then it appears to me that H is perfectly certain that one or thootner is en titled to vote. It ip absurd in us to undertake to silence a State that ia truly represented hereby somebody, and Ihe proper course would be for them, ir they will agree, to take half of the vote of the State from each delega tion. I think this is the only way to do under the cir cumstances. My object is, if vou let both in, not to si lence, both, but to Jet them divide this vote so that wo can get the vote of the State; for u ndoubtcdly the State is entitled to a representation here by somebody. . * : Mr. Borsev, of Obionaid: I would simply call atten tion to thefactirbat this Convention, heldfor thepurpoae of deciding questions which could not bo decided in mass convention, appointed a Committee on Crcdea tirUs, because they knew they could better Judge'of the facts which would be presented by a small, number of men to such a committee than a mass meeting could judse of the same facts. 'Underthe lead of its excellent chairman, the gentle man from New York, that committee had prolonged Us session many hours, and had brought before U gentle men representing both sides of the contest, in the State of Missouri; and, with, great deliberation, they had weighed the arguments of both contesting?>artfes. The. Convention has received the report resulting front the deliberation of that committee, based upon the state* meets of the contesting parties. . . ' . ,1 beg leave to pay to this Cofiver tion, with all respect for the honorable chairman and without violation of any - aLLheiyoprieties of the rules of that committee, that the \ ery saner-r—-r—«u»ftn prosenw;d th*. here this morning waspTCFemeu iitafc committee ami voted down. Why so? Js it proper then topresent the same question to the Convention? The question having been decided in the committee, ought not to be brought here/; The committee voted down the very proposition whjch the honorable Chairman now proposes to the Convention., . Mr, Breckinridge, ofMis3ouri, was announced as having the iloor. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, said; "Who is Mr. Breckinridge* of Mbsouri? • Voices replied, “He is not a delegate. ” Mr. Breck inridge was oue of the excluded delegates. Mr. Curtis, of New York, said;! submit that this Convention is at present composed of only those dele gates who are here without any coutest. The Chair said that the gentleman from New York wa» correct. •. u ........... 15 ........... 22 ........... 42 2G S2 .lB .......... 6 6 6 ....16 Mr. Curtis said the Missouri question was no new question, eitherin this. Convention er to the country. It is a question which is al most coeval with that «f the Republic itself. ’ It is a question, .with the roost orofottnd reveernce fbpour eminent friend from Kentucky, Mr. Breckinridge, which is well known and understood all overthe country. Tie Missouri question ia a question which must be met and must be settled, anil nowhere else can it be so well met and so conclusively settled as in this National Convention of Union men. . [Ap plause.!- We yesterday appointed a committee, as the gentle man from Ohio has so well stated, for the purpose of making these inquiries of detail, which it was impos sible for this Convention to make: Wo have the report of that committee, which is nnanimou’?, with the ex ception of my honored friend from New York, that the radical delegates from Missouri shall be admitted, with the privilege of voting. This has been settled and re potted on by the committee. -Why should we admit the radical delegation? I take my words from the month of my most honored friend from New York who here introduced this question. It is because we wish to strengthen the” Union sentiment: of the couniry. [Appfanse.3 It is because wehavestood firm since the outbreak of this war, it is for that reason I implore' you to give pA uncertain sound, but letting out to Missouri, nut to the Territories, back again to Maine, and to the North, where, as my most eminent friend savs, Are have also been true, where* as I freely confess, we have not bad the bitter suffering they have had in the Border States, but ihat we may be strengthened at Lome, that the army all along the lines with Sherman and Grant may hear of no uncertain from us at the rear, because as it practical contest, there is no man In this Convention who does not know that the admis sion of the radical delegates from Missouri is the practi cal settlement of this question, the practical adhesion of this great national party of this country to the policy and measures which will save the country Mr. Mace, of Indiana, moved that the proposed amendment be laid on the table. Mr. Smithers, of Delaware, called for the previous .question. Sir. Stevens, of Pennsylvania. Do I understand the previous question to he called upon the whole proposi tion, or only on the amendment. '[Voices, only on the amendment,] . Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania.' Then Pennsylvania seconds the motion; • [Voices—Head the amendment. ] Tbechainuan said the amendment is that where two sets of delegates from Missouri cannot agree, that,''in stead of not voting at all, they shall divide the vote.' The question on the amendment to the report was lost. . ‘ . The chairman said the question now is on adopting the report of the majority on the Missouri question. - After further debate Mr. Brandagee moved the previ ous question on the Missouri case: Yeas—Maine, M; Sew Hampshire, 10; Vermont, 10; Massachusetts, 24; Rhode .Island, S; Connecticut, I*2; New York, 66; New Jersey, 14: Pennsylvania 49, and 8 nays; Delaware, 6 yeas; Maryland, 14; Kentucky, 21, and 1 nay; Ohio, 42: Indiana, -26; Illinois. 32; Michi* can, 16; Wisconsin, 36; lowa, 16; Minnesota, S; Gati ■ fornia,: 30; Oregon, 6; West Virginia, 10; Kansas, 6. Total, yeas 440, nays 4. The chairman said; The radical delegates of Missouri are admitted as full delegates to. this Convention, and the question is now upon the second: clause of the amendment. . ■ Mr. King said tho 'second clause is that the delegates admitted to this Convention from Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Florida, and Arkansas, and from ail the Territories, and the District of Columbia, who shall be • admitted to this-Convention, shall be allowed all the privileges of delegates, including that of voting, hut that the Territories and the District of Columbia, shall be allowed two votes, and that no State shall be allow ed to cast more votes than it has delegates here, or more than it is entitled to under the rules of the Convention. Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, moved the previous question, and the main question was ordered to be taken. : ' ' } .Mr. King said the remainder of the ’ reporf,- which has not been adopted, is as follows; That the delegation from Virginia, Tennessee, Loui siana, Florida, and Arkansas, be admitted with all the rights and privileges of delegates to this Convention, except that'of voting; that the delegation asking ad mission from South Carolina be not admitted to ike Convention; that the delegates from the organized Territories and the District of Columbia he admitted to the Convention, with all the rights and privileges of delegates, except that of voting. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, asked for a division of the ques tion so as to. take the vote especially upon Tennessee, Arkansas,.Louisiana, Nebraska, Colorado, and Nevada, - Subsequently he modified his demand for a division, so .that the question should first be taken upon the three Louisiana, and Arkansas. Mr. Elder, nf Indiana, demanded a,further division so as to take the vote upon Tennessee separately. The question was then stated upon adinitiingtke dele gation from Tennessee. Mr. Lane, of Kansas, now moved that Arkansas and Louisianabe admitted by acclamation. ; • Mr. Stevens, of Pennsylvania, objected. Ihe question was then stated upon admitting the delegates from Arkansas and Louisiana, with the right of voting. , : Mr. Stevens demanded that the vote be taken by States and the demand was seconded. Yeas, 307; nays, 167. The question was then taken upon that portion of the report as amended, and it was agreed to. . The question was stated upon admitting the delegates of llie Territories of Colorado, Nevada, and Nebraska. ■Mr. Scammon, of Illinois, asked: What .is to be done With Virginia, South Carolina, and Florida? . . Mr. Preston King. The only portion of the report which remains is that which relates to admitting the delegates from Virginia and Florida without the right of voting. The remainder of the report was agreed to amid great applause. AFTOINTMEN T 05* THE N ATI OS AX. COMMITTEE. The Chair announced that the next business in order was the selection of a National Committee, aud the States were called to name the same, with the following result: ■ . > - _Maine, SamuelF. Henry; New Hampshire, John B. Clarke; \ermont, Abraham B. Gardner;- Massachu setts,, Wm. M.Clappton: Ehode Island, Thomas S. Turner; . Connecticut, N. J. Sperry;New York, H. J. Raymond; New Jersey, Marcus. L. Ward; Pennsylva nia (not yet appointed); Delaware,;- N. S. Smithers; Maryland* 31. W. Hoffman; Virginia, W. H. Wallace; Florida, Calvin S. Robinson; Louisiana, Cathbertßullit; Arkansas, James S. Johnson; Missouri, S. H. Boyd; Tennessee, Joseph S. Fowler; Kentucky, K..K. Wil liams; Ohio, O. V. Sen ter: Indiana, J. D. Defvees; Il linois, Burt C. Cook; Michigan. R. Giddings; Wiscon sin, S. ; Judd: lowa, D.B. Stubbs; Minnesota, Thomas California, not named; Oregon. ErasmusL. Shattuck; West Virginia, A. W. Campbell: Kansas,. James H. Lane; Colorado, JamesP. Taylor; Nebraska, W. 11. H. Waters; Nevada, H. D. Morgan; DacOtak, S hi. Binney; New Mexico, John W. Kerr; Montana, N. P. Lankford; Washington, W. H, Wallace; Arizo na, James S. Turner; District of Columbia, Jam.es T. Combs. RESOLUTIONS OF THANKS. .„ Mr. King, of INew York, offered absolution return' mg thanks to the president and officers of the Conven tion for the able and satisfactory manner in which, they had performed the duties assigned them. The resolu tion was adopted. A resolution was also adopted returning thanks to the Mayor and City Councils, of Baltimore for . the excellent arrangements they had made for the accommodation of the Convention. « On a motiou for a final adjournment being made, the president, in a few hut eloquent remarks, congratu lated the Convention on the happy conclusion of their labors, and returned his thanks tor the complimentary resolutions that had’been passed. i The Convention then adjourned sinedie. THE NATIONAL UNION COMMITTEE. Baltimore, June S.—The .National Union Com mittee met at Baroum’s Hotel this evening-. . On motion of General Lane, of Kansas, Henry T. Raymond, of New York, was elected Chairman and E. McPliorson, of Pennsylvania, secretary. * The committee adjourned to meet in 'Wushmgton on Friday next . ; • . v. - : WASHINGTON. AY ashington, Junes, 18te. rroposed Krpcnl of tlie §3OO Excm|>tion Clnusc-Mcssnge from the President and the Jfnr ncpiirtiueiit. Tho following was laid by the Speaker bofore tho House to-day, and referred to the Committee on Military Affairs: To (he Senate and House of Representatives: I hare the honor to submit for the consideration of Congress a letter and enclosure from the Score-' tary of War, with my concurrence in the recom mendation therein mado. Abraham Lincoln. ~ W AsHijrGTo2r,'D.*d.,'June Bth, 1804.. - War Department, ’ Washington City, Juno 7th, 1804, To the President: . Sir: I beg leave to submit to you a report made to me by the Provost Marshal General, sjiowing-ike result jof the draft how going on to fill the de ficiency In the quotas of certain States, and : rccom mentling'a ropcal of the clause in the enrolment aet, commonly known as the “three hundred dol lar clause.” The recommendation of the Provost Marshal G eneral ..is approved by this Department, and I trust that it will be^rocommondetl by you to Congress, The recent successes that have attended our arms lead to the hope that by maintaining our military strength, and giving it such increase as the extended field of operations may: require, an early termina tion of the war may be attained, but to accomplish this, it is absolutely'necessary that efficient means be taken with vigor and promptness to keep the army up to ils strength, and supply the deficiencies occasioned by-tho losses sustained in the field. To that end resort must be had to a draft, but ample ex perience has now shown that the peculiar exemption from service frustrates the olfieot of the enrolment law, by furnishing money instead of men. • ,An additional reason for repoaling tlio three-hun dred-dollar clauso is, that it is contemplated to mako the draft for a comparatively short term. The bur den of military service will, therefore, be but its certainty of furnishing troops is an absolute essential to success. : I have the honor to be your obedient servant, Edwin M. Secretary of War. , War Department, Provost Marshal GBNKKAL’s'OfrioR, • Washington, D. 0., Junajp, 1804. ■To-lion. t\ M. Slant on t Secretary o/War: ■ Sir : In accordance with tho amended enrolment act,'approved February 3*, 18G4, and your orders OB the subject, I am now conducting a draft in va rious sub-districts for their respective deftclencieson thequotas of troops heretoforeasslgned. The results of this draft so far, as shown by reports to this date* are worthy of attention. sre briefly as fob lows: Number of drafted men examined.,.,,15,741 Number exempted for physical debility... ► 4,374 Number exempted for all other causes 2,632 Total number exempted,. 7,01® Number paid commutation money... 5,050 Number who have furnished substitutes...... 1,416 Number held for personal service 1,250 [This last includes some who may,yet pay. " commutation money, j Total not exempted. 7,7^ These reports come from sub-districts in eight different States. I invite your attention to the small proportion of soldiers being obtained under the existing law. I see no reason’.to believe that the army can be materially strengthened by draft so long as the thrce-hundrcd-doHar clause is in force; nor do I think it‘safe to assume that the commutation paid by a drafted man will enable the Government to procure a-volunteer or substitute In bis place. I do not think that large bounties by the United States should be again resorted to for raising troops. I recommend that 'thcthrce-hundred-doliar clause, ns it Is known, berepealed. I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant, .Tas. B. Fr.v, Provost Marshal General* U. S. SANITARY COMMISSION. The steamboat Pfipley, chartered by the Sanitary Commission, came from the White House lastnight and is loading with stores. ’Another steamboat will be loaded this afternoon for the White House. Thirty relief agents went down yesterday. Twenty more go down to-day; about half- of these came up as nurses with the wounded on the transport boats. Over one hundred relief agents are at the White House distributing large amounts of stores, feed ing the wounded as they arrive at the landing from the front. War Department, AD.TUT.ATfT GENERA L’S Ob-KIOB, Washington, 1). 0., .Tune 6,1864. The following-named officers, charged with of fence?, and heretofore published, are exempt from, being dismissed the service of the United States, the militaij commission Instituted by special orders No. 53, series of 1863, from War Department, having reported that satisfactory defence has been made ia their respective cases, viz.: Major St. Clair Mulholland, 116th. Pennsylvania Volunteers. - - * Assistant Surgeon J. K. Mason, United States army, E. D, Townsexp, Assistant Adjutant General. IllVHlth CONGUESS—Ist Session. . SENATE. ittrrtOlt BILL?. HAHLAN, of low,, called np His bill'to enabta the trustees of the Blue Mount College to perfect the ti tle to their lauds, and it was passed. Mr. ANTHONY, of Rhode Island, from the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported favorably on the bill to au thorize the Secretary of the Treasury to sell the hospital grounds at Chicago and purchase a new site. CEXEKAX. JJUThEIi AXD SIE. GABRETT DAVIS. ’ Mr. DAVIS, 'of Kentucky, rose to a question of privi lege, and read a letter from Benjamin P. Butler, ad dressed lo himself, dated Headquarters in the Field. JuneS. ISG4. ! Mr. DA Vie said this letter was in terms such as any man conscious of his innocence would use. The terms or the letter Were calculated to increase his estimation of General Butler, as they make an appearance of prims, facie evidence in his favor. Genera! Butler mav be in nocent of the charge contained in hia (Sir. Davis’) reso lution. He had no personal prejudice against that general, aiuHfhe was innocent he would be gratified to find it so, as he would of any one else, and be thought every man should have the opportunity to prove his in nocence. General Butler has, of course, read the reso lution, and writes hU letter in view of its character The resolution calls for a committee of three to be ap pointed by the Chair to invesUgate and with power to send for persons and papers. He understood General Butler to have accepted the gage just in the form it had been iendered. As a Senator and a man he felt perfectly coir potent to do General Butler justice according to the trmlrof his case. He, therefore, hoped the Senate would at oh ce pass the resblution without debate, and authorize pioceedings in the matter in the manner de signated. At the request of Mr. Harris, of New York, Mr. Davis refrained from pressing his resolution at the moment, and Mr; HARRIS called up the House bill to amend an act concerning certain private laud claims la New Mexico, and the bill was passed. CONSUL Alt MARINE JURISDICTION. Mr. SUMRER called up the bill to provide for the cnnciusion'of treaties, between the United States and foreign nations, respecting consular jurisdiction over the crews of vessels of foreign nations in the waters and ports of the United States, which was passed. MILITARY INTERFERENCE IN ELECTIONS. Mr. POWELL.of Kentucky, moved to take up his bill prohibiting military interference in elections. The mo tiQn.was rejected. THE EREEDMEN’S BUREAU. , Mr. Sl/MNER called up the House billto establish a bureau of freedmen’s affairs, as amended by the select committee on slavery and freedmen, of which ha is chairman. He said it was at once the authority and duty of Congress to provide for the large numbers of slaves which in-the progress of the war suddenly be came free. He argued at considerable length in favor of placing this bureau under the control of the Trea -Bary-i«*tead of the War Department, according to the amendments of the Senate committee. . .M of. Illinois, was opposed to tha bill and amendments, and said we should not be called upon to take care of persons whom our armies in the progress of their march over rebellion coaid not take care of. Both the bill and the amendment confess that these negroes are incapable of taking care of themselves, and this was a hill to care for them at tha expense of the white people of the nation ; After further remarks by Mr. Richardson, the further consideration of the bill was postponed nntll to-morrow. PROPOSED REPEAL OP THE -DRAFT EXEMPTION Mr. WILSON, of Massachusetts, called up the Sonata bill to prohibit the discharge of persons from liability to military duty by reason of the pavment of money. He ; caused to be read a letter from the Provost Marshal General recommending the repeal of the commutatioa clause. ' •; A letter from the Secretary of War was also read,-en dorsmethe views of the Provost Marshal General. . Mr. WILSON offered an amendment, asfollows; That the President of the United States be authorized, after the passage of this act, to call out for a period not exceeding one year such number of men as the exi gencies ot the service may require. The amendment also repeals the commutation clause exempting persons from drafton the payment of money. . CONFESS, of California, opposed the amendment Of Mr. Wilson, spying, that at this time there should be no timid t counsels, ana that every man owed such ser vice to the country as the Government demanded, and he would not limirthe time for which the country could call for their service. THE DEMAND TO REINFORCE THE AKJIT. •' Mr. WILSON said that the demand for men now was immediate, and it was proposed to shorten the time, ; because we can obtain, tbe men, and we need them now to strengthen the armies of Gen. Grant and Gen. Sher man. . We could'get the men for the time proposed in his .amendment, as had been shown by the alacrity with which the men of Indiana and Ohiornshed to our cause. Be believed that the men of the nation would rush, glaaly to the rescue for the period of one year. Mr. GRIMES, of lowa, thought if the bill was adopted it would in* its provisions operate an equally, as many States that had not furnished their quota under the three* years call would claim an exemption under tins amendment. He did not see the justice of this. Mr. .LAN E, of Indiana, was for the repeal of the com mutation clause,. as'he was at tbe beginning of the ses sion , and also for the right of substitution, and for the last man to he used in the suppression of the rebellion, and then, when men could no longer be obtained, for handing it over to the women; Mr.. JOHNSON, of Maryland, asked Mr. Wilson if, as chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, he could give the number of the men in the field at the pre sent lime, .. Mr. WILSON said if he could he would not, though, their number, was large. Mr. Stanten would like to have a similar question answered in regard to the strength of the rebel army. ‘ At 5 o’clock the Senate adjourned. HOUSE. SHIP CANAL AROUND NIAGARA. On-motion, the : consideration of the* bill for a 6hip caual arouud the Falls of Niagara was postponed tUI the 2d of December. - . - ADMISSION OF EX-3CEMBEKS TO THE FLOOR, Mr.: CQX, of Ohio, from the select committee on the rule?, reported an amendment to the same, namely, to admit ex-members of Congress to the floor, provided that such members subscribe to a statement, to be filed by the Speaker, that they have no interest, directly or indirectly, in the prosecution of claims or bills before Congress, and that they wiil not use the privilege of admission to forward the interest of any one before Congress. .Mr. PENDLETON moved to strike out the proviso. Mr. EOX hoped not. Seven years ago, when ha came to Congress, it was a crying sin that ex-members occupied mir seats here, writing letters and prosecuting claims. When we came to this new hall, we made a rule to keep tnem out. , Mr. MORRILL, of Vermont, remarked that when he introduced a bill setting apart the old Hal! for statuary* the gentleman from Ohio objected, because the statues of Southern rebels could not be admitted. - H r * COX replied that he was in favor of that bill. Mr - .MORRILL admitted that, bat the gentleman wanted it amended. replied that, if the gentleman’s party suc ceed, there wilLbe no danger of admitting such statues. Mr. MORRILL thought the pending amend mens to the roles ought to be amended so as to require suchex meinbers to subscribe to tbe oath of allegiance. Mr. COX bad no objection, but he thought thegentle rnao sobject was to break down the proposed rule. W ith the aid of Grant and. Hancock, who are now fight ing the rebels, there was no danger ofex-members of Congress now in rebellion coming here and availing: themselves of the privileges of the floor. Mr. MORRILL asked—Would not the rule admit tha gentleman slate colleague (Mr. Vallandigham), who is now soionrmngin Canada? Mr. COX; replied that the gentleman from Vermont would be the first to welcome Tallandigham, who did not believe in disunion., The President had said that Valla mhgham was not guilty of anything, bnt he feared the time would come when he might be guilty of some thing. . Mr. ELDRIBGE, of Wisconsin, was opposed to Mr. Morrill’s amendment.- way to catch Jeff Davis and hang him was to leave nil onr doors open. Mr.-W ASH BBhhE, of Illinois, opposed the proposed rule. /The present rulei were adopted after mata-e de liberation, and worked well. He was not in favor of giving ex-members such exclusive privileges. The House agreed to Mr, Morrill’s amendment, re quiring ex-merubeta to subscribe to -4h% oath of alle giance, and then, on motion of Mr. PENDLETON,struck out the provisoiu the original proposition, together with. Mr. Morrill’s amendment, t On motion of Mr. CRAVENS, the whole subject was laid on ihe table. . _ The Senate’s amendments to the Internal Revenue -Dili were ordered »o he printed, and recommitted to the Con nmtee of Ways and Means, with power to report at any time. WASHINGTON TO ItRtTORY, The Senate hill, conferring the veto power on the Go vernor of Washington Territory, was passed—yeas 7S fc nays 44, the bankhuftcy bill. Tho House then resumed the consideration of tho bankrupt bill. ■ , ; After some further discussion, on motion of Mr- FRAhK, ofNew York; an amendment was made so that no.one can avail himself of the privilege of bank ruptcy whose liabilities are less than $5OO, the amount in the original bill being $250. ' .Mr. DHIGGS, of Michigan, said his own State was largelyin favor of tho passage of tie bill. Mr. JENCKES.of Rhode Island,said if thebill should, be found imperfect it could bo amended ao that a uni form rule of proceed mgr might be secured. Mr. STEELE, of New Jersey, moved to lay the bill On the table, which was not agreed to—yeas 4:1, nays 65. No vote was taken on the passage of the bill, because it had not yet been engrossed, - The remainder of tho session was devoted ta business •relating; to the District of Columbia. . The House then adjourned. Tho Christian Commission. Schenectady, N. Y., June B.— By- invitation, George H. Stuart, president of the Christian Com mission, addressed tlio General Assembly of tha Dutch Reformed Synod in this city on tho work of tho organization with which ho is connected. Tho large concourse of citizens, os well as the members of the Synod, listened to his address forunore than -an hour and a half with the deepest interest. On motion of Rev. Dr. Rodgers, seconded by Rev. Dr. \ ermilye, strong resolutions were passed warmly commending the Commission to the Ohurchos under their cure. liAITOK ATTKACTIVE iMrOKTA'NT FOSITIVB Sale of Dry Goods; Oahpets, Mattings, IJMnr.KLLAS, Straw Goods, &o. The early attention of dealers is requested to the valuable and; choice ’assortment of .British, French, Swiss, German, and American dry goods, umbrellas, straw goods, carpets, matting, &c., So., em bracing CSI packages and lots of staple and fancy articles, in cottons, linens, silks, worsted,, and woolens; to be peremptorily sold by catalogue, on four months’ credit, and part- for cash, com mencing this (Thursday) morning at precisely ten o’clock (with carpets and mattings); to bo continued all day, without intermission, by John B. Myers St Co., auctioneers, Nos. 233 and 234 Market street. Auction Notice—Sale of Boots and Shoes— Wo would call the attention of buyers to the largo and attractive 'sale of 3,000 eases boots, shoes, bro gans, balmorals, gaiters,- Oxford ties, slippers, Con gress boots, cavalry boots, Jio.j to bo sold by cata logue, for cash, this' (Thursday) morning, com mencing; at. 30 .o'clock precisely, by FhitipFord& Co., auctioneers, at their store, NOS. 339 Market and K 3 Commetee street.’
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