The weekly Mississippian. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-06

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SIS Up: IN county is entitled to as Insny
tses d the pbuisr brsss ~ 's ~ 60 -
ls.s,aEs unae NE last apportienment
Ne Zone 2 Lawrence, offered the blow
ias Lsseas1 n. y which was adopted, and The
! ea'a,5 s Ky. on the committee, Aessrs.
Stone. ftsof aad Roy:
Resolrs7, iat a cammittaa ~ tl,... l.e an
/ pein.eu 9y kas chairman Tor the purpose Of
waiting on ssneors Brown and DAVIS, Rep
resentallf esIe.lsi eton, Barksdale and hcRae,
and requestfs ITEM to address the convention
/ At sqcn TING q may suit their conyenieIlce.
he toilcf resolution Of Mr.. Gray, Of
lalooasha = q mo6on adopted, and the
ehalr appoiaEe aessrs Gray, of Yall0busha.
I Dickson ana i,arsows, Of Kinds said commit
Resided, knta committee Of three Be APP
/ pointed b #he chair to wait en- The Hon. H.
/ i. Blytfn md request him TO address this
/ convention 5n he importance of ne acouisii-
] lion of ths Island of Cuba. and the mode and
/ means 81 which Che same can be acquired.
The 8olioNI,ag resolution Offered by Mr.
Baflsdde, of Hlilsls, was. on motion. adopt
/ ed, and the following committee appoint
ed AB DilNorti, a Peterson i K Biiythe.
4 D B1d5ord Sharp, Dr. Walden, E Banks
dale, Il 8 Van Aatoa Phillip Catchings, Jos
/ r DAVIS
Rsselxel, That q aommittee of ten, consist
1 of two nom Ach 1mgressional District, be-
appointed to report solutions for the consid-
tratoh Of the Convention, and that all resolu-
tons b relati0n q theereed or platform Of the
Dem sratic parkg, shall be referred on pre-
ssnt ;an without debate.
lie following resolution offered by
] McRse was on motion adopted, and
the following committee appointed II s.
Van Eaton, 4 0rr,gT { Sharp. G S Mcaiil-
hsnE and Z Labauye.
Resoftsi, That cpmseittee Of five on cre-
dehhals Be- appointed, loF he county of Har.
rison.
On moEisn Of q. ". Fbnrnoy. Of Pontotoc,
the Convention proceeded to ballot for can
dllate for Governor, and nom Dations being
declass il order, the 1Ilen sxsss ,s.Is: :
]. I. Gushman, nominated Claiborne,
county.
John j. Pettus. nominated By Cl&k County.
Ak. Blythe, nominated by jude Wilkin-
son Of AGO county.
Before proceeding TO hllot the name Of A.
~ Glllllb Hdc NIt4ttfdA AIcAil
The Convention then proceeded to hllot by
counties for Governor, with the following re-
suit
FIRST Ballot-cushman %; Hudson %;
Pettus 35 Fall g..
Second Ballot-cushman 26; Hudson "a;
Pettns 40; Fall 8; Blythe !.
On motion. the Convention adjourned I'll
s O'Clock.
Z 8 O'CLOCK, p 8
The Convention met.
The Hon A. K. Blythe, Of Yallobusha, adj
dressed the Convention at length IN an able
manner upon the practicabiity Of the acqusi-
ron Of the Island of Cuba.
At the close Of the remarks OF Mf. Blythe,
the Hon. A.G. Brown addressed the conyen-
ton in brief but pertinent manner.
On motion the Convention adjourned until
Tuesday morning at 8 O'Clock.
Tuesday MoRSISG, 8 OcLocx.
Convention met pursuant to adjournment.
Mr. II. S. Van Eaton made the following
report, which was. on motion, received and
adopted:
The committee to whom was referred the
credentials Of Messrs Saffold and McIlae con-
testing delegates from the county Of Harrison,
ask leave TO report the following resolution:
Rssolged. That z. C. Saffold IS entitled to
bis seat as delegate, and that }. B. MeRae
has not such an appointment as entities him
to bea delegate under Democratic usage.
concur in the above for the following rea-
soa: Itappears that Mr.. McRae was not ap-
pointed BY the county Convention as a dele
ate, but he came here as proxy Of other
delegates they not having authority from the
county Convention to transfer their appoint
ments. G. S. MCMILLAN.
Before proceeding to haIloting. the name Of
Thos T. hudson was withdrawn fof Cover
nor.
B. Walton, Of Carroll and c. A. Paterson,
Of Tallahatche county, appeared and took
their seats in the Convention.
Col. G. R. Fall, with an appropriate address
to the Convention, withdrew his name as a
candidate for Governor.
Hon. j. B. Chrisnlan and s. Gwin dele.
gates frem the county Of Lawrence, appeared
and took their seats.
Goyington County put in nomination for
.>..Ssracr, Hon. Madison IL McAffee, and the
E<oa put % nomination Hon. A.
= siOcss Ss-esun-
Pettas a eastman 81 Blythe IL 4
McAffee Is; Hudson l. Total 96-necessary
to aehoice 49, y 0 election
Fourth ballot Pettus A; Cushman %
Blythe 10; MeAifee 15-no election.
John Lehr, Willis Hall and Robert Fisher.
delegates rom Tazoo, appeared and took their
seats.
Fifth hzllot-Pettus As; Cushman 80;
Blythe 8 AcAfee l6. No election.
fazoo canty withdrew the name of A. K.
Blythe.
The coqzshtien proceeded with the call of
the sixth ballot and after the call of several
counties the 1lme of Madison McAffee was
Withdrawn b. E Barksdale, at his request
Alter theeallof counties, and before the
result vas sznoalnced. On motion Of w. 81. II.
lison, the Hoa. u. j. Pettus was unanimously
nominated b Exclamation rs candidate for
Governor.
Ntxt IN order was the nomination of can
didate for Secretary of State, when the fol-
loving nomina6ons were made
hon 3. B Webb, Of Pontotoc, by Mr.. tt
son, Of Iiauamba; T. S. Anderson, by the
county Of Warren H. II. Smyth, by Kinds
county; jackson Milsaps, by Franklin coun-
eloe Of COUNTS, on motion,
hon. B. B. Webh. Of Pentofoc, was unani-
nously nominated by reclamation as the can
a'tisse ioF acretary of State.
Hsssiss3 That the Convention proceed to
nominate candidate for Auditor Of Public |
accounts.
Hon P. r LddelI of Carroll, put in no.
allnston bepre the Convention the name Of |
z i. Burt d Noxubee.
d. McElrath, of Kinds, nominated Rich'd |
Griffith Of binds.
u A. On. Of Chickasaw. put in nomination |
". A. Rayburn, of Yalabasba.
Isl hllot-Burt As; Griffith, AZ; Ray |
burn l0-no election.
aEburn Withdrawn.
End bsllot-before the result was announc- |
I, On motion Of H. II. Smyth, of Kinds, E. |
Burt was unanimously nominated by ae-
'lspation Is candidate for Auditor
Joseph Bennett, Of Rankin, was put In no |
lination for Treasurer.
d. D. HAYNES, of Yazoo, also put in nomi- |
alton b. Ct R. Jordan, of 0ktibteha.
Robert Josselyn, Of Marshall. put in nomi- |
la6on by DeSoto county.
1t ballot-Haynes, go; Bennett, %; Josse-
IN, IL
Haynes was declared the nominee unani-
neusly by acc,amation.
ca motion Of c. r. Jordan,
Res0trsa, That committee Of three be APP
oin5ei 10 inform the nominees Of their nofni- |
7sI0n4 I'D requsss sllss .-sasy lssst,. .i.-
HsSte. R. Jordan, Of oktibbeha, ]. I. simns, |
/ cahoma, and II. ]. Thomas, Of Yazoo,