Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-01-11


--HreH GsAHAn. = citizen Of Dearborn eoun-
~. 10 attempting 70 cross tie Whtewater at
DAsrL LAKk's Foam. on horseback. few days
ago, got into deep water. fell Oh Bis horse and
VS. drowned.
-Inad, erenuy we stated ia an editorial no
tee Of the Congressional couyenliop IN The sat
urdas's I..ue ~ the Sentinel. that souruE Vas
Pslr. Of shelbs county. one OF the contin
gent delegates. Hon W II JrSSiSes Of Shelby.
and B W Coorus OF Hancock. are The allcrnaies
selected by the convention
-Fornrn Disrarer Ccsosrs-ioSsL coSvKS-
rioS-The convention assembled At Columbus +
on the s,h inst and vas organized by the appaint-
msnt Of Bon THOMAS X coBn, Of lawrence
county. a. President aud W l. Bats, Of Bar
tholonsw, and T. CULLHY. Of Brown. a. Secre- +
taries WILLIAM MoCrNr, Of Bartholomew,
and n W SHIELDS of jackson. we're unani-
mou.ly elected rs delegates; and THOMAS Aas
STRONG. Of Swiizerland. add EsESEzn NAN
VILE. of Brown were elected as contingent del
egaies 10 the NATIONAL Democratic Convention.
No platform was adopted or instructions given.
resolution was adopted urging the Democratic
! National Committee 10 call the National Demo
cratic Convention in the early part Of May. and
designating Albany. New York. ~ the place
J Tue action of the convention was entirely bar
mouous. and the best OF feeling prevailed.
--Eiourn DisrKior CONGRESSIONAL CoNvrS
rioS The Democracy of this district met IN
convention on the sth inst ut Lafayette. Hon
~ N .I..ht ala ad a.
dent, and TnoMAs b WAnp and X 5 HASTINGS,
Secretaries
Col SAMUEL q. wlLlsoS. Of Montgomery
county. and Col + + LrcAs. of Warren county.
we're selected delegates To the National Demo
cratic Convention, and WILLIAM a SANesrnn,
i OF Fountain. and Hon. j q. ArrLlGArr. OF Car
roll. alternate.
A resolution wts unanimously adopted recon
I mcndine Hon JonN Pnrrtr = the State Central
Committee Tor appoinme a. one of the State
delegates to the National Convention
Speeches were made by Hon joins Pfrrr,
e Col SAMUEL & WILSON and Hon. TnoMAs Il.
, WARD. All the counties in the district were
/, full, represented. and the convention WAS enthu-
9 siasuc aud harmonious No Instructions were
passed aud the delegates we're left free 10 act a
J they might deem best for the interests OF the
n party and the country
WILLIAM G. VANcE, Esq, OF Montgomery
d county, was unanimously recommended To lh,
{, State Convention for the nomination Of Clerk 81
!, the Supreme Court
a -SnvfNrn DlsrRIcr CONGRESSIONAL CONVEX
= rioS-rhe Democracy OF this District ASSEMBLED
Il in convention at Tcre Haute on the stl instant
:. Judged X EcKLEs. oi Putnam, presided, ans
- Jos II BLAKE OF Vigo, and SAMUEL X HAaILl
70 of Sullivan we're appointed secretaries. Ever
re county in the district was represented. hon
AEomIBALp JouNsoN. of Putnam, was recon-
- mended tor the appointment OF Elector OF tn
i district
I'd Hon. Joux G DAVIS and Hon. ANDY Hun
20 rnREys were selected delegates TO the Natioua
= Convention, and Hon. s. q, BURTON, OF Sullivan
er aud NJ MCKEE of Putnam for contingents.
III -FouR1n DlsrRIcr CONGRESSIONAL CoSvsN
= rioS The Democracy Of the Fourth Conere'
sional District assembled in convention ut Green,
~ burg on Friday. January d le6l, pursuant t
nc the call OF the Central Committee
On motion. Dr. Bowers, OF Dearborn, wa
u chosen President. and on motion OF Sdmu'
Jones' Henry C. Hanna. of Franklin, aud J. '
'e Bemusd ,fter. of Decatur. we're choien Secreta
:. ries.
/" On motion Of John DeA Almond. the votes {
- all counties not represented ia the eonyenlio
were counted as negative on all propositlsns beio'
~ the convention
ne Cortez Ewing moved that the convention az
~ ourn until the second Tuesday IN April, vine
did not prevail
~ After ballot The following result was announce
and made unanimous, via;
= E'eclor Tor the Dstrci-Btrton W. Wilsoi
IN OF Decatur. Contingent Elector-E. L. Fern
l., ot Ripley
ne Delegates to the National Conven ion-Marc,
=" Levy. of Dearborn: John ). Campbell, OF Rus
W Contingent Deegates-M. Dodd, OF Oh'
~ James Il Foley. OF Decatur
no o. motion il was ordered that the proceeding
~ OF this meeting he published in the State Sent
mel and the Democratic papers in the District
" Alter an able speech, by special request oi IL
u convention, from Dr. Bowers. the convention a.
ourned HENRY BOW bko' Tres l.
II G HANNA. Se.,..,r;es
y j. V. BEauspAfFtRS