Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1856-03-28
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eohrentionsp
sd pbislbodyt; ~ NJ tHS. 66Yt "a d 66
Il av s aFE;sIn5o sm for sitb e eursose
az Enonoin ATTN ating district others and an,
noip,ina .dslenates To the Comfy Con.
vent;on1lg b;sb !, ;l,,5seet to.n5orrow5 al, Il
1aiTbsg mSias1tf16g was In numbers rather
ffessps;gcttablets. Tie Whole, Know. Nothing
force,of the, district, being present. and
but .yerv, fe wnoatsfde of that The Con.
vention was topeHed By DR.. gao. G. Low:
iher assuming the chair, and declaring
"the Council now open for the dispatch
of business He vas then nominated
for President of the Convention. but de-
clined. Several other attempts were
made to procure an officer to preside over
the deliberations of, the body, but. they
all proved abortiye. After all. attempts
to elect President had proved gunsuceesst
full. Capt. E. ovens. took the chair, n6ns; /
ne Z ctontra,liceate, Secretary was appointed,
after some squabbliog, and The ,eonven-
tionsproceeded to the dispatch of the busiS
ness before it. A motion was made to
vote be- ballot for all officers. but il was
voted down inslanter. There was a fee.
bic ATTEMPT made TO reconsider. but it w as
entirely drownedting the tumuIt that pre-.
vailed. FINALLY, az the instance of some
sage in the meeting, who il was thought
/" knew a thing or two" they resolved
by the solemn act of.@holdins up hands. p
or F." COUNTING noses, ~ 10 vote y;ya poce for
all officers from MAGISTRATE down-Tepu
dating the anti. Republican way Of voting
bv ballot. as extremely, DANGEROUS in The
ss1ee,;ou of.coo5;9otee FIR GonstoIJe , Nc.
The business was conducted in such q
weird and mn,,vst;c manner "a 70 he almost
nn;ntell;o;b,e to cuts;de1s-a goodIy nor.
ton being nerformed by wibks and mods.
asiis the c,,ston, in 6onclav.s aof ,fon,nad.
and other n;c.bt Ioy;n1o1 gently. Several
victims nave we're Inundated unop The. aI,a1 q
sectional siealousies and rivalry and 4,
apneared, as II, the whole ,thin.i had ,bee r
caref1lIv stnd;ed and 4verv man assigned
his part. before the Convention assembled,
This being tho case, all would have wen,
well, but for. the confusion incident to the
organization. Not being accustomed to
public performance. tile unwieldy BODY
got its limbs SO entangled and interlock.
cd, that several times during the pat,to,
mime it came near losing it's balance I'm,
by delicate smandeuvring on the part Of
those who worked the wires. its eoui,i.
brium was restored. The nomination.
had virtually been made prior.to the mee.
ting Of the q Convention, an was made
manifest by the fact that when membe,
was put in nomination for Magistrate. /
voice called out: Hold on. there, N no,
quite so fast-he's, for. Constable, p : AS
the owner Of the voice seemed, to, know