The mountain sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1844-1853, 1850-06-06

Z. WiLSON, OF huntington, was unanl-
mously chosen President pro tenn, and
Wm. JACK, of Westnoreland, WIN II. IA
GAN, of Philadelphia county, and +. w.
GRAYsoN of Washington were appointed
Secretaries. A list was then prepared
from the credentials of the delegates, when
some debate ensued upon the subject OF
the disputed seats, but before the question
was determined, the Convention adjourned
until half past O'Clock.
AFTERNOON SESSION.
A motion to admit both sets of delegates
from Blair county, was made and after
some discussion was indefinitely postponed
A resolution was then adopted, requiring
the delegates from the several Senatorial
Districts to choose committee equal to
the number of Senators allowed, for the
purpose of selecting officers for the per-
maneEt organization of the Convention;
for which purpose the convention took a
recess of half an hour.
The committee to nominate officers,
upon the re-assembling of the Convent on,
was announced as follows:
Messrs. w. Alexander. Black, Buch
anan, Burns, Garfield, Carlton, Carmony.
Carpenter, Cutler, Danner, Davis, Don
aldson, J. e. Dunlap, Garvin. Green, Hav
Hand, Hickman, Houston, James, Koons,
Laporte, Lentz, McA llister, McCord. Nc
Caslin. Meylert, Phelps, Schoonover, G
Smith, Snodgrass, Tippin, Ward. Wright.
Mr.. CALEB E. WRIGHT, Chairman OF
the committee to select officers, reported
as follows:
President-HENRY S. MAGRAW,
of A llegheny.
Vice Presideas-JohuF Fausold, James
Keenan,, WIN. G. Ward, Joseph Baily,
Solomon Fogie, James NJ. Anderson. VIM.
L. Dewart David Boles, Geo. w. Jacoby
DR.. VIM. r. Stewart. John S. Donahue,
P. Linton. Wesley Frost. MAJOR M'Veagh.
VIM. H. Blair, oseph Filler, DR.. I. J.
p. Stokes, DR.. VIM. Penn Lambert, Ben
jamintTyson, VIM. II. Butler, John Coyle
]. S. FulImer, VIM. p. Cooper, Arnold
Plumer, J. Gabrath, John l.. Gillis, Col.
IS. Dickerson, Noah Shull, John Moore,
Cyrus Zimmerman, Samuel Woodburn.
SecretarieS-Wm Jack, A. n. Mey
ert, R. E. James, Geo. w. Brewer, c.
NJ. Johnston, Charles Barnett, Robert,
IGemmill, VIM. Il. Pagan, Geo. S. Carter,
Joel Ritter, Spencer Shoemaker, T. w.
Grayson, Thomas B. M'Cord.
The Convention then proceeded to vote
for candidates for Canal ComissIoner, as
follows:
First Ballot.
Messrs. Anderson, Boies, Brewer, Bu
chanan, Garfield, Davis, Dewart, ]. c.
Dunlap, Durbin, Filler, Frailey, Fogle,
Fronk, Frost, w. Fullmer, Gemmill,
4
Linton, NJ Cord, Maynard, Power, Ritter,
George Smith, Sallade, Stewart, Tyson,
Weaver, Watson, Woodburn.-33 votes
for EDWARD B HUXLEY.
Messrs. Bailey, Barnett, Black, Blatten-
berger, Bullman, Carmony, Coyle, Dan
ner, Fausold, Gere, Goodrich, Hickman,
Jack, keenan,. Kaine, Rooms, Laporte,
Lynch, M'Laughlin, Veagh, Magraw,
Morris, OverfeId, Pierce, Porter, Sey bert,
Snodgrass, Ward, W orthington, Zimmer-
man.-3O voted for NIMRoD STRICKLAND.
Messrs. Abraham, Joseph Alexander,
Burns, Butler, Carpenter, Cullan, Donald
son, Pagan, Flitcraft, Grayson Haviland,
Henwood, Lambert, Lamont, NJ Nenny.
MAllister, ]. Moore, Scott, Shull, Stokes,
U Der. Wright.-23 voted for FRANKLIN
VANzANT.
Messrs. w. It. Alexander. Blair, Carl
ton, Cutler, Garvin, Galbrai,h, Gillis,
Hastings, Hoge, Lyman, d. w. Moore,
Nc G ufiin, Pumer, Phelps, Thompson
l 5 voted for SETH CLOVER.
Messrs. Applebaugh, Dickerson, Evans,
]. S. Fullmer, Jacoby, Meylert, Roat,
Shoemaker, ]. G. Smith, A. IL. Tippin.-
10 voted for WIN. Il. MORRISON.
Messrs. Amwake, Boon, ]. NJ Dunlap,
Frazer, Houston, Johnston.-6 voted for
PETER MARTIN.
Messrs. Brenner, Donahue, Green.-3
voted for WIN. S. HALLowELL.
Messrs. Coolbaugh, Hutter, James Sle'
tor, Schoonover, Spering.-6 voted foI
JOHN FL. BRoDHEAD.
! Messrs. Campbell, Wilson, voted
| for JOHN CREswELL.
Messrs. Crawford and Cooper.-2 vo'
ted for EvERARD OLEs.
Ballots, I'd Sd 4th.
| Hubley, SO AZ IA
Strickland, 80 80 80
Vansant, % % %
Glover, II 7
| Morrison, 9 6 9
! Martin, 6
Hallowell, 4
Creswell,
Oles, 2 2 2
Brodhead, 6 2
After the 4th ballot had been announced