The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-08-15
Republican Senatorial COnven.
ton.

Proceedings of the Republican Convention
composed of the Counties of Wayne, Lu-
cas- and Clark, held at Charlton, August
It'll, 1868.
The Convention was organized by elect
ing Judge James Rice, Of Clark County,
President, and H. w. Jay, of Lucas county,
Secretary. On motion, the Chair appointed
J. d. Wright, of Lucas, A. H. Burrows, of
Clark, and Z. w. Fullerton, of Wayne, q
committee on credentials. The committee
reported the counties represented as follows:
WAY Joshua Prugh, Greenwood
Wright, David Prachin, f. w. Fullerton,
Hugh Conklin, j FL Chapman, Jno Herbut.
LUCAs.-S. B. Chapman, Milton Keys,
VIM. Swank, F. Savacorl, g. w. Hopkins,
j. D. Wright, H. w. Jay.
CLARK.-Reuben Johnson, B. Burrows,
j. d. Newton, James Rice, A. II. Burrows,
j. r. Kennedy, S. P. Glenn.
On motion, the Convention proceeded to
ballot for Senator, with the following re-
suit:
J. D. Wright and A. H. Burrows, Tel
z. Brown, II; E. E. Edwards, 9.
Whole number of votes cast, 81; necesa-
ry to choice, IL. Mr.. Brown of Clark
County, having received majority, was
declared the unanimous choice of the Con-
vention.
On motion, Committee of three, consist
ing OF $. B. Chapman, E. w. Fullerton, and
capt. Glnen, were appointed to wait on Mr..
Brown and inform him of his nomination.
In the evening Mr.. Brown appeared before
very large audience at the Court House,
and in very able speech accepted the
nomination.
vention were ordered to be published in
the Daily HdWk-Eye, Charlton Patriot, and
Osceola Union Sentinel.
| On motion, the Convention adjourned.
JAMES RICE, President.
| INV. JAY, Secretary.
July, lS63.-On the LIST of July, General
Reynolds brought Lee to a stand before
gettysburg. On the I'd Meade fought the
rebel army, which he beat on the Sd. On
that day Pemberton made overtures to
Grant; and on the 4th Vicksburg surren-
dered; Marmaduke, at the head of fifteen
thousand men, was badly cut UP at Helena
losing twenty five hundred men, and John
Morgan was beaten at Green River Bridge,
| in Kentucky
On the 5th, Rosecrans took Winchester
and on the 7th Tullahoma, Bragg's army
flying before him. On the 9Th, Port Hud-
son surrendered. On the 9th, Buford and
Fitzpatrick defeated Stuart's famous caval-
| ry at Boonesboro. On the 10th, Gen, Gill
| more landed on Morris Island, and in the
most brilliant manner took all the forts and
| guns OF the enemy there, except Wagner
and Cummings Point; on the same day
Gen. Sherman drove Johnston out of Jack
son for the second time, and Gen. Blunt
beat rebel army near Fort Gibson. On
| the 18th, Lees rear guard was cut to pieces
at Falling Waters, and General Pettigrew
killed; Col. Hatch, of Iowa, defeated For
| rest in Tennessee; and Gen'l Heron CAP
tured Yazoo City with many prisoners and
stores. On the 18th, General Blunt again
beat the rebels near Fort Gibson. On the
18th General Stanley captured Huntsville.
On the 18th, ColonePs Powell and Tolland
surprised Wytheville, and cut the Virginia
and East Tennessee Railroad; Gen. Potter
left Newbern on a successful expedition
into North Carolina; and four hundred reb-
els were captured at Rienzi, in Mississippi.
On the Goth, fifteen hundred Of Morgan's
men were captured in Ohio; on the I'D,
Lees whole army was in retreat on Win
chester; on the 23d, Gen. Spinola defeated
q division of Longstreet after q brilliant
nght; on the oath, occurred another defeat
OF rebel detachment at Front ROYAL; on
the 18th, Morgan and the remainder of his
oand were captured; and, on the 10Th, Pc
gram, VINO had ventured into kentucky,
was met, and so badly beaten that his cam
paigh ended almost before it was fairly be-
gun.-Ne~ York Post.
| SnorI dresses are said TO be coming into
,ashioh, ana next winter nothing else will
! 10 seen In the GRAND sOEnns of Poris rs