Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-02-14

porting. Attention is breathless Mr.. Scott, a
fine looking, truly intellectual appearing gentle
man, is inclined to keep expectation on tip.loe
little biz So he advances it as his opinion
that all true Wings are Americans aud that all
true Americans are Wings He next states that
he viii report only so as the committee has
decided, aud that they will ask permission TO
sit again. After this little tantali2ing circumlo.
cutiOn Mr.. 5. swoOps down, smiling and lOrSee-
| ing an outburst, and announces that the COM
mittee (of 52) have unanimously selected Wm.
L. Goggin, Of Bedford, as their candidate for
Governor. And here l have had to stop. for
such cheers and yells, such hoops, such swing
ing of hats, clappiDg of hands, stamping of
feet never heard before. 1t is evident that the
committee have hit the nail fair and square on
the head. The noise having subsidized, Mr.
Waller II. Staples, of Montgomery, has been
called te the stand He is now clarifying gene
rally. He assures his brethren of the East that
they need not fear Western Virginia on the Mig
ger question. She is sound, not only sound,
but eminently so. No part of the State more
so. She will go as far as they who will go far
thest, to promote and uphold the institution
So much for Mr.. Staples, after which came an
adjournment for supper.
NIGHT SESSION.
came early, nearly three-quarters Of an
hour before the hour, (eighD yet could hard,
ly get to the table. The galleries are filled with
6evies of the fair ladies of the country and
city, their faces beaming and radiant like May
mornings Some gentleman, whose name /
could not learn, led off after the house came to
order, with i've minutes 4th Of July Grafton.
Then came the reading of letter from Geo. w,
Summer, of Kanawha, which was received with
cheers Mr.. Summers promised his heart and
hand forever to the cause. Never surrender is
his advice. The letter is read. A cry has risen
for a Mr.. johnson, whose praenomen learn to
be Marmaduke. Mr.. Marmaduke johnson, At
torney for the city, also learn. Mr. johnson
not setting the world on fire in his speech. He
is on the nisgers. He prnounces it to be the
paramount issue of the State and that all candi-
dates ought and must be measured by their
record oil the subject. Mr.. johnson is rather
inpious in some Of his illustrations and is rath
er small potatoes.
aAfter him comes cry upon cry for Robert E.
Scott of Montgomery. Mr.. Scott is on the
stand and is making one of the soundest and
ablest speeches have heard for many day.
He speaks solidly, broadly and earnestly aud
never stoops to little matters that he feels are
not properly before the convention. After him
succeeded Mr.. Litueton Tazewell of Richmond,
who opens up with the apostrophe of Hamlet
to the ghost (Which brings down the ghost here
resurrected) After him has come MIR. Martin.
of Henry. After him Mr.. Pinkney of Mary
land, who has occupied the stand for half an
hour with an infinite variety of antics. Ridge.
way reads dispatch from Little Petersburgh,'
sending their greetings for the nominees for
Governor, after the reading of which the con-
yention has adjourned until tomorrow ut 10
A. NJ. e.