The" Liberal Republicans," who have seceded from the party "which
supports General Grant, have held their Convention at Cincinnati, and greatly to the surprise of most Americans, have -accepted Mr. Horace Greeley as their candidate for the Presidency. Six ballots were needed before an absolute majority could be oh- tamed, but but at last the West went for Mr. Greeley in preference to Mr. Adams, and he was nominated by 482 to 187. Mr. Gratz Brown, a strong Free Trader, was also accepted as Vice-President. The Convention adopted amnesty to the South, civil service reform, and equal and universal suffrage as the distinctive doc- trines of its candidates, and left Free Trade an open question, to be decided by the representatives " without Executive inter- lerence." The regular Convention of the party meets at Phila- delphia on the 5th June, and will, it is believed, nominate General Grant. The Democrats have not yet decided whether to run a candidate or not, but if they do, they will probably select Mr. Adams, who, though nominally a Republican, is really, now that the slavery issue is ended, a War Democrat.
