Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1859-06-09

Governor, and on third 'ballot Hon. r. c
Kirk, of Knox. county was. nominated, re-
ceiving 195 votes, 10 Hon: Wh Slade,.
LAG and Hon. N. H. v Vorhes 10. Mr.
Kirk was unanimopsly confirmed.
The exciting scene Of tie day now
came on-tbel voting for Judge of the Su
preine Court.AI v oaid be the heighth q
folly 10 deny thatintense interest was cen.
tured in this yote and that the excitement
fran=higa.-Jeseph r. Swanef Columbus
was named and VIM. X. Gholson of Gin,
i cinnati.@ On announcing fhe vote it stood
as follows: =Gholson 2Iz-Swan=l40 and
Blanks. The nemination-of Judge Ghol
4 son isNenesof the best that could be made
The location is right; Hamilton county
BY its size and the amount of law business
is eptitle1 to one Of the five Judges. Be
sides Judge Gholson is known to be in the
front rank of lawyers, and his nomination
will give enthusiastic satisfaction. in the
South West part Of the State, while, undel
all the late exciteinents on the Reserve, bis
nomination viii ensure him the full Repub-
lican vote of the North. .-'-
:. In this connection it may not be amiss
to state that Judge Gnolson is Missip.
plan, was large Slave holder, but emanci;
pated all his slaves and came to the Free
State of Ohio to nd himself of slavery and
its communicating associations. - .
On the second ballot for Auditor .oi
State r. w, Taylor, of Mahoning, was de
clared nominated, and the nomintion was
confirmed by acclamation. 1..9,'''.5 =
On the first ballot A. P. Stone, Of
Franklin, the present Incumbent, was nom
mated as Treasurer Of State, which by ac-
elamation was made unanimous. = -o-'ss-
Among the names presented for Seere-
tary, A. P. Russell, Of Clinton, John S.
Herrick, of Portage, Moses. Kirby, Wyan-
dotte. The two latter, however, withdrew
their names. and MFR. Herrick moved that
Mr.. Russell be nominated by acclamation.
This was done, and the hearty unanimous
,cheershowed that the present able Secreta-
/ ry of State is appreciated for his honesty,
faithfulness and courtesy. $50 'l. So
| Four ballots were taken for candidate
for Board of Public Works, resulting in the
choice Of John B. Gregory, of Scioto.
The last office. balioted for was that toi
Commissioner of Common Schools, and
THE choice fell upon the present able, and
faithful incumbent-Anson Smyth, Of Lu-
cas-. The compliment of the re-nomina.
ton was welf deserved by Mr.. Smyth, who
has served the State with unswerying de-
votion to the great and delicate interests
committed to.his hands. 90 S''s - ,'ss.-
The baflotings we're not concluded until
after eight o'clock IN the evening, and the
delegates patiently Stuck by to the end,
/ finishing the ballotiogs, as ,they began
them, in the best spirits. and. with a perfecI
confidence that their labors had been well
performed, and that Ohio, in The autumn,
will endorse their labors BY electing the
candidates presented blythe Convention. /.
:. Hon. Mr.. Bingham, then from the Com
mittee on Resolutions, presented the plat
/ form to which We refer with great 'sa.isfac-
Etion and which carries whit its own com
ments.4 80 'ss'7't@ 9''s AZ ts@, '-ss.
4 s8fter the labors were concluded, 4riif 4vociifer-
tous calls brought Tom Corwin to the stand,
and after him, Mr.. Dennison,, but the late
ness of the hour precludes any synopsis Of
the speeches. As we-write, at ten O'Clock,
the Armery where the Convention was
held, is jammed full Of enthusiastic Repub-
lieans who make the welkinring with their
Never, in the history of political eonvep-
tions has there been one as fully attended
as this. Every county in the State is re-
presented, and all day long threw its full
vote. In this respect it is in broad con-
trast to the thin and spiritlsss gathering Of
the Democrats, few, days since, in the
same hall. Amy one who expected a ,tur-
bulcnt scene has been woefully disappoint- I
ed, for the only disturbance has been from
the enthusiasm which found vent from time
to time: The Republicans of Ohio have
never, in Convention, been in better spirits,
and never had a better prospect fora gloj
.rious victory than to-day. Locofocoism
has stood aghast at thesfrmness, magpa-
nimity, and sacrifice of personal prejndices
exhibited to-day, and their hopes that late
exciting subjects would rend the Republi!
can party, have been, blasted. If this
Convention can be taken as an. augury,
Ohio will roll up the steepest Republican
majority that ever yet perehed upon the
banner of Northern rights in the Buckeye
State .t.sis,z ,iess.s cA Y. A. b. p. 4