Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-06-11

Mr.. Church was in favor of nominating
Mr.. Brady, as he was as good an American
as could be found, and in every way cempe
tent.
The Allegheny DELEGATE said this was del
icate question, and he did not wish to go intC
particulars; but it was sufficient to know thai
IN Allegheny county he could net get twenty
five vetes; and the Allegheny delegation would
feel bound ''to put their FOOT upon his noml
nation, although they had ne doubts of the
soundness of his American principles.
The policy of the nomination of Mr.. Brady
called forth considerable discussion, in which
a number Of 'sharp shots" were exchanged
between the Allegheny delegation, and Mr..
Thomas of York, Mr.. Carter, Mr.. Swope, and
others, in which Il great variety of opinions
and insinuations were thrown out IN regard
to the availability of Mr. Brady and the mo-
tives of the Allegheny delegation.
The yeas and nays on the nomination of
Mr.. Brady were finally called for, and result
ed as follows:-Yeas 48, nays 8.
A motion was made to declare the nomina-
/ ton unanimous, which was opposed by Mr.
I Stemm, of Northampton, who said that the
rights and feelings Of the minority ought to
/ be respected by the majority. He had his
own convictions in regard to this question,
/ he would speak them through the columns
he controlled without regard to this vote, and
If ten thousand voted against him on the
| question just decided he would still let his
vote stand among the mays" and shape his
acts accordingly. Let the Convention go on
in this way and it would be severed to frag-
! ments. lie was opposed to making the elec-
| ton OF judges party test, and he would ex-
ercise his constitutional convictions by voting
in accordance with his sense of right.
The molten to make the nomination unan-
imOus was Withdrawn, and the Convention
proceeded to make general nominations for
Canal Commissioner, when Gen. E. C. Will
Ilams of Dauphin, Kimber Cleaver of Nor
thumberlanG, Daniel McCurdy of Allegheny,
and John f, Linderman of Berks, We're nam
ed, but all subsequently withdrawn except
that Of Mr.. Linderman.
Pending a motion to nominate Mr.. Linder-
man by accIamation, a delegate wished to
know who Mr. Linderman was, as a man
might be "a good American" and yet not
qualified to fill the office. lie had lived in
BerkS, but never heard Of Mr. L.
y delegate from Berks answered that Mr.
Linderman had been 4 member Of the Legis-
lature from Berks.
He was then nominated cjca rocs as the
candidate for Canal Commissioner.
Mr.. Swope renewed the motion to re CON
slider the nominations for Supreme judges,
for the purpose of, as he stated, again offer
ing the resolution declaring such nominations
ineXpedent. On this motion, the yeas and
nays were called, which resulted rs follows:
Yeas %, Nays $50 the motion to re-consid-
er was lost
Mr.. killian thought that as the dogs tail
had been cut off the Convention might as
we'll cut off the head also!
Another delegate csncurred, and expressed
h
was to seccde
Mr.. Swope again renewed his motion to
make the nominations unanimous-as it was
an insult to the candidates to send them forth
without 4 unanimous endorsement.
\ delegate remarked that it was impolitic
to offer such a resolution, when the Conyen-
ton was on the point Of breaking up in dis
order.
Mr.. Swopo remarked that ''no harm had
been DONE" and offered his resolution, max
ing the nominations unanimous, naming each
candidate, which was carried By acclamatiOn.
Mr.. SWope, Chairman Of the committee on
resolutions, made lengthy report, which was
adopted, and the Convention adjourned sH1e
die with three cheers for the nominees Of the
Convention.
d. Forty houses, the foundry, machine
shops, saw mills, &c. in the town Of Brashcr
Iron Works, New York, were lately consum-
ed by a fire which was driven on the houses
Ly wind from the burning woods.
Gel2~3Irs. Ann Trauger, of Pleasant Unity,
Westmoreland county, Pa, was burned to
death Oh the % inst, her clothes having
caught at the fire place. She leaves a hus-
band and seven or eight children.
gay~A young man named Cyrus Harnes
was caught in the machinery of the Eden
Paper Mil, near Lancaster, on Wednesday
afternoon of last week, and was so shocking
" nangled that he died about midnight
G=a5~A At Madison, Wis, on Saturday last,
an entire block Of buildings, known as the
"Dane County Block" was destroyed by fire.
The loss is estimated at $4,000, mostly in
sured.
B<5~Gco. Beatty, of Altoona, in company
with some others, went fishing on Saturday
evening a week, and after walking some miles
went into the water while perspiring, chilling
his system so that he died on the following
day.
gsA~Sanders0n & Flanagan of the Daily
News have brought suits against several edi-
tors for libel, in charging them with bribery
in the last campaign. If the tables should
be turned and the News sued for every libel
1t has uttered for some years, there will be a
rich time Of it.
ReIArWm. }. Clark and Mrs. Mary Twiggs
have been committed for trial at DanyiIIe Pa
Tor the murder, by poison, of Catharine Ann
Clark and David Twiggs, the wife and hus-
band OF the parties. The evidence that both
died by arsenic administered by the commit
ted parties is very strong. The trial will take
place in September.