Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1845-08-21
WING NOMINATIONS.

In pursuance of previous notice the de-
legates appointed by the several election
districts of Charles county, for. the purpose
of nominating three suitable persons to the
voters of the county as candidates to rep
resent them in the next House of Delegates
OF this State, met at the court house in Port
Tobacco. on Wednesday, the Goth instant,
when, on motion, Col. JNO. HUGHES was
appointed President, JAMES BRAWNER
and Major FRANCIS C. GREEN Vice
Presidents, and JAMES MCCORMICK Sc
cretary.
The following delegates were in attend
ance:
From Hill Iop-Francis E. Dunning-
ton, DR.. Jno. F. Price, Richard B. Posey,
Robert Gray, Walter A. Haislip, Joseph
Young, James L. Brawner, Benin Wech.
DIR. Jno. r. Ferguson, John M. Muschett
James Brawner, VIM. c. Barnes, VIM. Fer
gusson, George Huntington, E, R. Wheeler
Jos. Price, Allen B. Milstead, Rich'd Price,
J. H. Kimball, Stanislaus Ferrall.
From .fllen's Fresh-Geo Brent, E. w.
Day, James Mccormick, Peter Williams,
DR.. Robt. FERGUSON, Geo. Dent, Jno. Ware,
Charles Barnes, Thomas o. Daley, Thos.
A. Amery, Geo. T. Smoot, Thos. o. Bean,
Jos. Hutton, Thos. Lomax, Tiny A. Smith,
Jas. H. Morgan, Jas. Adams, Samuel Cox,
VIM. hewitt, Henry A. Neale.
From Coomes'-Francis G. Green, This.
R. HALEY, Basil D. Spalding, H. A. Moore,
John I. Rowe, Francis Robey, Hezekiah
Brawner, Pearson Chapman, Geo w. Robey,
Jno. B. Howard, Elisha Jones, Geo. P. Jen-
kins, Jno. w. Jenkins, Samuel H. Beall,
Luke Scroggin, Robert Simpson, Joseph
Coomes.
! From Bryantorn-John Hughes, II. H.
HaN kins, Josias Hawkins, Igs. W. Gardiner,
Aquilla Turner, Tho. S. Gardiner, Judson
Hunt, Samuel Smoot, Alex Middleton, Ri.
L. Burch, Peter Wood, John A. Dyer,
Hooper Goldsmith, Elijah Moran, Kelita
Suit, Walter Hardin, Alfred W. Gardiner,
Benz. Adams, DIR. w. F. Boarman.
On motion of GEO. BRENT, Esq, it was
Resolved, That the Convention proceed
to ballot for threw candidates to represent
this county in the next House of Delegates
The following gentlemen were then put in
nomination Jas. D. Carpinter, Jas. Fer
gusson, Robert S. Reeder, Robert Gray, E.
w. Gardiner, George Gardiner, Or. Jno. F.
Spalding, Tho. r. HALEY, Jno. d. Freeman.
GEO. BRENT, Esq. stated, that from the
frequent conversations he had had with
Mr. Freeman he felt confdent'that he could
not without the greatest Inconvenience
serve at this time in the Legislature. He
therefore took upon himself, in the absence
of Mr.. Freeman, the liberty Of withdraw
ing his name.
GEO. BRENT and BENZ. ADAMS, Esqrs.,
were appointed tellers.
The Convention then proceeded to bal
lot, when on counting the same, the result
was as follows:
Jas. D, Carpenter So Geo. Gardiner %
Jas. Ferguson 40 Robert Gray 20
Rt S. Reeder 43 Thos. r. HALEY z
Ed. w. Gardiner 35 DR.. J. F. Spalding 2
The tellers then reported the result to
the Convention, when the chair announced
that James d. Carpiuter, James Ferguson
and Robert S. Reeder, having received
majority of the whole number of votes, are
therefore duly declared to be the nominees
of this Convention.
On motion, w. A. HAIsLIP and GEORGE
BRENT, Esqrs., were requested to inform
the nominees of their nomination.
w. G. BARNES, Esq, presented the fol-
lowing resolution
Resozued, That each member of this
Convention pledge himself to use all homo
rable means to ensure the election of the
nominees of this Convention.
On motion, the proceedings of this meet
ing was ordered to be signed by the pre-
sident AID secretary and publishd in the
Port Tobacco Times.
The Convention then adjourned.
mo. HUGHES, President.
JAMES MCCoRMIcK SecreI1rM