The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-10-07
CITY INTELLIGENCE.

AMERICAN CONVENTION To NOMINATE CANDIDATES
FOR THE HOUSE OF DELEGATES body met last
night in Temperance Temple, and was organized by
electing DR.. b. II. d. Bull, of the 18th ward, tenn
porary Chairman, and J. G.. Hines, of the 9th ward
Secretary. A committee was appointed to exam
inc the credentials of the delegates and report on
the same, which done and full delegations from
all the wards present. A committee, consist
ing of one from each ward was appointed to select
permanent officers for the Convention The COM
mttee retired and in a few minutes returned and
reported the following officers: n. T. Dushane, of
the 18th ward, President; Joseph Holt, of the 3rd
and IL. Travers of the 18th ward, Vice Presidents;
j. C. Hines and S. NJ. Chappell, Secretaries, aud
Joseph Creamer Doorkeeper.
Jacob Miller moved that the Convention proceed
to nominate for State Senator. Carried.
The following gentleman were placed in nomina-
tion:-Coeman Yellott, VIM. Alexander and C. l..
j. Leary.
A motion was carried to exclude all persons ex-
cept delegates to the Convention. Carried
The names of Mr.. Alexander and Mr. Leary were
withdrawn.
Mr.. Yellott was then declared the nominee by a
unanimous vote.
A motion was carried to go into a nomination for
candidates for the House of Delegates.
About fifty names were placed in nomination,
when motion to close the nominations prevailed,
but Immediately motion of reconsideration was
carried, and several more names were placed in
nomination
A motion was made to proceed to ballot and
carried.
motion was then made to adjourn until next
Thursday night.
| motion to lay the motion to adjourn on the
| table prevailed.
Gregory Barrett said that he was opposed to
| hasty action, and many gentlemen had been
| placed in nomination who were not well known to
! the delegates, he therefore deemed it prudent
| that the Convention adjourn to Friday night and
! made motion to that effect.
A substitute offered that the Convention pro-
ceed to ballot, and on being put to the Conven-
f.,, - Last ht-o aofI 10
The motion to adjourn until Friday night was pu
| and carried q yeas to 40 nays.
The Convention will meet tomorrow night al
| half past seven O'Clock.
SHOOTING AFFnAY-BoY SHor.-Y ester dav af
| ternOon about four O'clock, boy named William
Office of Jnstce Wheat, Bel-Air Market and it il
feared fatally wounded. few minutes before the
shooting, George Kirby aud a man named William
| Wooden, between whom there has existed a feud
! had difficulty. Wooden was passing through tho
| Bel-Air market when Kirby threw potato at him
Officer Brown arrested Kirby. and at the same tim
Wooden drew pistol, and in reply to certain
threats of Kirby, told him he w0uldshOOt him. Off
Ger Bachelor came up and arrested Wooden ant
both he and Kirby were taken into Justice Wheat
| office. The quarrel of words between them con
tinued, and eventually Kirby made at Wooden
| when the latter drew an Allen revolver and dis
charged it at Kirby, but the balls missed their mari
and one of them struck negro named Reynold
and passed through the heshy part of the arm
Another ball struck the boy Lucas who was stand
ing in the door, on the temple, penetrating tn
SKULL and passing into the head lodged in the brain
The boy was picked up and taken to his home oi
MeAllisters alley, between Chew and Eager streets
After Wooden fired he struck Kirby over the head
with the pistol when Justice Wheat took tn
weapon from him. Both Wooden and Kirby wer
then committed to Jail by Justice Wheat. The DO
Lucas is in an unconscious condition, and it sur
posed the wound will prove fatal
JACKsON's AUTOMATIC BRAKE.-It will be percev
ed, by advertisement in another place, that
public trial, by order of the Government of tn
United States, will take place on Monday afterno0
at AZ p. NJ, on Saratoga Hill, for the purpose
testing the feasibility of attaching the improvement
to gun carriages. The high encomiums whic
those who have witnessed the performance OF tn
invention bestow upon it, fairly entitle it to tn
consideration of those whose employment is I'll
building and operation of vehicles of the heavi(
sort We should imagine that the of tt
! City Passenger Railway cars would find it to the
interest to give this Baltimore device test, tt
hilly character of their route renders the driver
berth, with his mandrake, sinecure.
A NOVEL CAvALCADE.-Last night, about seve
o'clock, a cavalcade of thirteen omnibuses, for
horses attached to each, passed along Baimol
+ street, route from Philadelphia 10 WashingtC
, city. They coaches which were formerly ri
o on several routes in Philadelphia but being su
planted by the passenger railways, have been pu
chased by Messrs. ID. I. Moore & Co., of Washin
g ton and are intended hereafter to run between I'll
= Capitol and Georgetown. The cavalcade left Phil
;, delphia at II o'clock NJ. on Monday, and expect
y arrive at Washington to night. They were d
layed about seven hours at the Susquehanna rive
being compelled to in the ferry boat at Hav
de Grace, account of the unsafe state of Il
bridge at Port Deposte.
!. VALUABLE HORSES DRowNED.-Y esterday evenil
John McSolder drove bis hack to the steambo
Y landing, foot of Camden street, for the purpose
l. carrying passengers from the steamboat Villa
r Selden, and when the steamer arrived he left
horses to 60 aboard the boat. They became frigl
ened and rushed into the dock. Every effort W
W made to rescue the animals, but without avail.