Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1828-01-24
From the kIcbuI ~ " Gag.
TEE rING OF THE CONVENT ON.

ZenS OF virginia uuIayOFaDle 10 the y
lection Of Andrew jackson TO the presi-
dency, met at 1 o'clock, in the ball of
the house Of delegates.
The convention was called to order by
Judge Archibald Stuart of Augusta.
On motion OF hr. Alfred H. Powell,
Francis T, Brooke, president of the
court of appeals,) was unanimously
appointed president OF the convention.
On motion of Judge Stuart, John II.
Peasants was unanimously appointed
secretary of the convention
Judge Brooke having taking the
chair, addressed the convention as fol-
lows:
Gentlemen--It would become me to
mako my acknowledgements for the
honor you have conferred on me, in
terms corresponding if possible with the
feelings with which IL has filled me, and
to address you on some of the inpor'
tsnt matters which will belong to your
deliberations, but the indisposition un'
der which am suffering intensely for
bids it. Indeed it would have bsen
more agreeable TO me therefore If some
other gentleman had been selected much
moro competent in every respect to dis
charge the duties assigned me, and |
certainly should have declined the per
formance of them but for the determin
alton formed when | came here 10
shrink from no duty assigned me, so
long as | was in any degree competent
10 perform them to the satisfaction o.
the convention.
The secretary then called the coun
ties in alphabetical order, which had
deputed members to the convention,
and the names of the members them
selves, when the following gentlemen
answered to their names:
amherst niamin Brown
.4lbemarls William Woods, Hardin
Massie and Robert s Brooke.
AUGUSTA rchibald Stuart, Charles
A Stuart.
Buckingham samuel Branch.
Bedford Samuel Hancock, Robert
CampbelI, John O'Leftwich, Pleasant
NJ. Goggin.
Brunswick Reuben Hicks.
Brooke Samuel Herdman.
Bath--Samuel Blackburn, Charles
L. Francisco.
Berkciey-David Holmes Conrad.
Thomas VI. Colston, Esqrs and Col,
Edward Colston.
Caolins-Wilson Allen, Capt James
Madison,
Computations. A. Holcoube, Pat
rick H. Cabeil, Samuel PanniD, George
w. Nelson, James Saunders.
Chesterfield = Benjamin Hatcher, Pc
ter f. Smith, Abraham s. Woodbridge.
Charles Chy-Benjamin Harrison,
Collier II. Minge.
Cuipepsr-John Shackelford, j. C.
Gibson.
Cumbsrland-Frs. B Deane.
ChariOtts-.Paul S. Darlington, WIN.
3. Green.
Dinwiddis-Captain Thomas Field,
Daniel G. Hatch, Col. Goodwin, Pc
terson Goodwin, Abner Adams, and
John p Crump.
Faaqairs-Robert Randolph, James
X. Marshall, Thomas Turner, and
Lloyd holland.
FairJar- Bushrod Washington, ir. c.
Calvert Stuart
Eederick-Major Seth Mason, Rich
ard w. Barton, Alfred Ii. Powell, Z. j. /
Smith.
Frdnkiin-Robert T, Woods.
Gloucesisr-W. L. Taliaferro, and A.
i. Dabnsy.
Gooch,and-Andrew Kear, Thos. NJ.
Randolph, Jas B.Ferguson, and John
s. Fleming, Esquires.
+. Greeabrier- Lewis Stuart, James
Mclaughlin, Cyrus Cary, John A,
North, Col. Samuel McClung, p b.
Wethered, Joseph Anderson.
Harrison Edwin S. Duncan, Phi
meas Chapin.
Hardy-Charles A. Turley, Wash
ington G. Williams, VIM. Seymour,
Leonard Nea, George C. Harness.
HaLifar General Darlington.
Hanoper-Capt. James Underwood,
Capt John Thornton, and Lewis Berk-
ley, ESQ
Hemrico VIM. B. Randolph, DR..
Samuel Peasants, Jesse Sneed, VIM.
Burton.
Hamphirs-Samuel Kercheval, jr.,
Th"s. Carskaden
james City-Richsrdson Henley, Ma
81 pioctt Turner