Columbia Democrat and Bloomsburg general advertiser. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1850-1866, 1863-01-17

paign. The great contest of"Antictam"
was yet to como
Early on Tuesday morning the House
began 10 fill, and when tho hour came for
calling to order, and cal of the House
was had, every Democrat was in his place.
No business was done. All sat in
anticipation of the grand contest which
was to open at twelve o'c 'clocl-noon.-
Half after eleven came, and not single
opposition member was in his seat, but
just then their caucus, which had been
sitting for some hours, having nominated
Cameron, adjourned, and they began to
file in shrough the crowd and take their
places. At fifteen minutes to twelve, Mr.
Kaine moved a call of the House, when
every member on both sides, answered to
his name. An expression of satisfaction
and confidence passed over the faces of
the Democrats.
Mr.. Mccullough moved a committee of
two, to wait upon the Senate, and inform
it that the House was ready TO assemble in
convention to proceed to the election of
an United States Senator. Just as the
minute hand of the clock reached the mark
Of All, the committee rose and passed out
OF the Hall, the Sergeant. lat. Arms closing
the door behind them. We sat in breath
less silence for two minutes-thcn the doors
were flung open, and the committee enter
ed and announced "Tho Speaker and
members Of the Senate" The members
of the House arose to their feet, and re.
mained standing, until the Senator'S had
taken their seats.
The speaker of the Senate is, er- 0Scao,
the President of the convention and as
such occupied the Speakers chair The
President then announced tho object for
which the convention had assembled, re.
/ quested the vast audience to preserve strict
order; and directed the clerk of the
Senate to call the names of Senator'S
The first Senator called, voted for "Gen.
Simon Cameron. At this point some
slight applause was manifested, which
was promptly checked-o itself-and q
little confusion was created by reason of a
drunken man forcing his way into the
Hall. The Seargent at>Arms speedily dis
posed Of him, and the President ordered the
doors to be closed.
The balloting then proceeded in o sic
lence only broken by the voice of the
actors. When the first Democratic Sena
tor was called, he pronounced the name of
"Charlcs r. Buckalew,' which was ech-
oed by tho Tellers at the clerks desk
Steadily the vote progressed in solid mass
es for the caucus candidates, until the Sem
ators were all called. The President then
directed the clerk of the House to call the
members thereof.
, When the name of Bartholomew La-
porte was called, ho voted for "Wi!liam
d. Kelly" For one moment, business
seemed to stand still, and all eyes turned
to tho scat of the member form Bradford.
llewas republican boiler from tho nom
inaiion of Cameron. The Tcllcrs entered
the vote, repeated the name, and the bal
lot proceeded.
When the name of"Schofeld, of Phil.
adelphia was called, he rose and said:-
"Mr. President, the offer of one hundred
thousand dollars is as nothing, compared
with my own integrity and the success of
the Democratic party, vote for CuAs
Il. BUCKALEw.'
Loud applause followed the vote, which
was promptly checked, and the call pro-
ceeded. There is no truth in tho story in
the Mquirer, that when Mr.. Schofeld
arose, a staIwart stranger stepped
to his side, and remained thore until he
voted Nothing of the sort occurred
We we're in full view of Mr.. ScLoGold at
the time.
Hundreds of men were keeping tally,
when the last name was called and Buck
alew had G7, and the Democratic success
was placed beyond doubt, the widest
cheering shook the Hall. The Sergeant
alarms threw open the doors and the
joyous crowd rushed forth, We glanced
over the Hall-Democrats were shaking
each other by the hand, and tears of Joy
were coursing down more than one bronzed
check.
The President Nnnounced that tho Tell.
ers agreed in their tally, and that Charles
r. Buckalew was duly and legally elected
United States Senator, for six years from
the 4th of March, 1868. Again cheer
after cheer went up from the assembled
multitude in and outside of the House