The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-09-21
STATE POLITICS.

The New York Republican state Convention assembled
In Syracuse yesterday and large and spirited gath
sring State Senator Charles Folger chosen tenn
porary chairman and Hon. Chauncey NJ De-
pow permanent presiding officer. Each gen.
leman taking the chair addressed the
assemblage. After the transaction of consider
able preliminary business, the nomination Of candi-
dates for State Offices proceeded with, and resulted
In the choice Of General Francis c. Barlow Of this city,
for Secretary of State Thomas H bousc Of Ontario
county, for Comptroller Colonel Rowland Of Duchess
for State Treasurer General John yartndale for At
torney General J. Patt Goodsel of Oneida for statc
Engineer; Robert E. Dorm, of Schenectady, for Canal
Commissioner; General Barnum, of Onondaga for State
Prison Inspector; Ward Hunt, OF Oneida and John X.
Porter, of Albany for Judges Of the Court Of APP
psals. and Henry Jones, OF Cataraugus, for
Court Of App-als Clerk. All the nominations
were made unanimous, and many o: them by acclama-
tion and after they got fairly started their work
the members of the convention moved together harmo
uously and enthusiastically. It will be that the
republicans have made advance in the military ce
mont Of their ticket that OF the democrats, tng
nomination four army officers against the democrats
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and the reading OF which r quently interrupted by
applause congratulate the country the preservation
If the Union and the destruction of slavery express
the most complete confidence In President johnson
and Perfect approval of his reconstr ction policy,
and pledge him most hearty and cordial support;
insist that the Southern States shall grant TO their
coored population the privilege of the elective franchise
maintain that the entire national debt must be held
scrcd obligation but that not cent OF the liabilities
incurred in any in behalf Of the rebellion
must be recognized express confidence in tn, foreign
policy Of the administration, and tender to secreary
Seward congratulations for hs escape from the ms
knife and thanks for his distinguished services The
convention concluded its business and reached final
adjournment
As the result Of the Democratic Conventions nomnn-
tions at Albany tho 7th instant and those of the
puDlcans yesterday, the following the two tickets
now before the people of this state;-
0Gces Dem cratic Republican,
Comptroller .Lrcius Rob nson. II. II. Hhonse.
Attorney General John Van Buren, Gen j. Martindae
Canal Com ......C W. Armstrong Robert 4. Dorm.
Treasurer. ....... Gen NJ r. Patrick Colonel Rowland
Ina State Prisons. A. J. McNett General Barnum.
State Engineer. g H Sweet: ......J Piaii Goodsel
Judges Court App Martin Gpoysr john john K Porter
Clerk Court APP. e. o. Perrin. Henry Jones.
TRIAL OF VIIsZ.
Nothing Of grave importance elected in the wirz
trial yesterday. Witnesses for the prosecution still
oeng examined. DIR. A. Thornbury, rebel surgeon who
duty ut Andersonvlle, testified TO the terrible
condition OF the prison. and read Of his reports going
show that surgeons pro ided with the
Of working, with medicines; that prisoners In the
hospital compelled TO lie the ground without
blankets bod, and that the ra,ions OF The
not OF the proper kind proper quantity. The days
evidence fully conrmatory Of the horrible tales Of
h nj he thc in of
their jalors heretofore narrated One witness testified
10 having heard wrx say that he had been orderly
sergeant In an Illinois regiment, and had been In Gen
srai sigsls command
EUR OF Il.
Two days later European int liscncc brought by
the steamship Australasia, which arrived mere ycser-
day, from Queenstown on the 10th inst
II was reported that the English government had
ordered the sationing OF two men-oewar and number
Of gunboas or Bantry Bay and adjoining station on
che Irish coast.
Further par cuars are furnished of the great re in
5tanboul, Turkey, the 9Th nst heretofore br'eny
noticed The number OF buildings destroyed Is est,
mated 81 twenty gh hundred and some accounts mako
It high twelve thousand Nearly twcnty-thrcc
tho sand OF the people rendered hcuscess II was
osed though not positively ascertaincd that many
I killed How the FIRE originated Ii not
explained but the fearful extent Of its ravages
wing 70 the houses being principally constructed
sod and 10 an insufficient supply Of water.
era had almost disappeared from Consta ntnople.
European harvests generally reported as album
wives Of Kossuth, ex- Dictator of Hungary, and Of
. ioorc, the Irish poet, died recently.
I'd States hve-twenty bonds stood at 6sH 8sk In
adon market the 9th instant Consols were
- sts ot Sek s9T. In the Liverpool markets there
.I4-l
y. .nons and produce dull but steady
THE NEWS.
Row Orleans despatch states that President johnson
in appointed James NJ Wells Provisional Governor Of
Ia. lana. Mr. Wells chosen Governor In an cleo.
toa hsd by the pc pie time ago and has been for
& ssy.esble while acting In that capacity II would
s.cn owcver from the despatch all dcd TO- that the