The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1853-05-06

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Pursuant % notice. large and enthusiastic
meeting o. the Wing party 81 Yazoo county
assembled 1t TIE Court House, and organized
by calling Dr. ]. w BARNETT % the Chair,
and appointing r w. BArrA1Ln. Secretary.
The object Of the meeting W. briefly stated
~ The chat nan Whereupon q w. Dopohtfty,
Esq, offered tie following resolution.
Res0lpaa, That she chairman 81 The meeting
appoint six dslseates from each Best ii Tie
county 70 attend the wing state convention,
TO Be held at Jackson % The 9Th az q June
next.
Which resolution was unanimously adopted.
The chair then proceeded y appoint the FOL
lowing delegates, to-wit:
BError-W r. D. Phipps, Chew, VS..
Grnyson, Richard Swayze, W. w Hendricks,
Wm Pickett.
YAzoo CirT-G. w, Dougharty. ]. z. Bur-
rus. 8. 3. Nye. n. T. Pugh, B. B. Powell, 2.
w Fuqua.
DEAsoa's EronE Or. - Pearson, s. Z.
James, ]. T. Ellison Df. Y. H. Fugate, Geo.
Gerald, w. q. Greer.
sATARr1A--M w. Ewing, Robert Wilson
NJ. HOoter, A. 2. Smith, u. D. w. Finucane,
R. 4. Carpenter
SILVER CREE1-J. H Voolfolk, WIN. G.
Harris. J. J. Hughes, ]. > Paul, ]. J.B. White,
Joseph Andrews.
s. E. Nye offered the following resolution
which was adopted:
Resolved, That the chairman Of the meeting
appoint committee Of ten to nominate candi-
dates for the next Legislature. The chair ap
pointed the following gentlemen, to-Wit:
$. e. Nye, G. W DOugharty, DR.. w. Mills,
J. H. Voolfolk, George Gerald, A. p. Smith,
A. Chew, w. r D. PhipPs, s. G. Chambers,
Henry Hogan
The committee after retiring and consulting
for few moments, by their chairman, s. E.
Nye, recommended, as candidates for the Leg
islature, Messrs. ]. R. BURRUSs and VIM. C.
HARRIS. The report Of the committee was
adopted.
On motion Of G. W. DOugharty. the chsir
appointeda committee 81 three TO wait on the
nominees and and inform them of their nomi-
'nation. The chair appointed Messrs. g. w.
Dougharty, s. E. Me- and ]. Fl, Voolfolk, said
committee.
The nominees appeared before the meeting
and were enthusiastically received. They made
very appropriate addresses.
The following resolution was offered BY N.
g. Nye, Esq, and unanimously adopted:
Resolped, That the wings Of Yazoo are well
pleased with the able and faithful manner in
which DANIEL r. RUSSELL has discharged the
duties Of Auditor Of Public Accounts, and that
the delegates from this county are hereby in
structedto urge his claims for noninston be-
fore the Wing State Convention,
6. w. Dougharty introduced the followir g
rec Tuition, which was unanimously adopted:
Res1luad, THAT cor delegates in the Wing
State Convention, be instructed to vote for the
nomination of the Hon. Amos r. JOHNSTON, of
Kinds county, for Congress for this District.
On motion Of G. w. Dougharty il was
RESOLVED, That the chair appoint committee
of ten, two from each beat, to be called the
Wing Executive Committee.
The chair appointed the following gentle
men on said comlnttee-G W Dougharty,
s. r. Nye, a. Chew. Richard Swayze. A.
Cody. Robert Wilson, J. H. Voolfolk, DR..
w. Finny, S. L. James and I. A. Cason.
On motion Of S. E. .Nye, it was
ResoIued, That the proceedings Of this
meeting be signed by the Chairman and
Secretary and published in the Yazoo City
Wing AMI Flag of the Union.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
=. w. BARNETT, Chm'n.
f. w. BATTAILE, Sec'ty.