, 1866-10-24
1EKGCRk7lC G0hVEKTl1;!.
Tic Nominations for Congress, State
Senator, Representatives III the
General Assembly, and
County and Town
Officers.
The Conrtnlioa in Search Of a Melting
Eeusc~-a Collection Taken Up to
Pay for The Ust Of n HILL
Payment Requir d in
AdYan,e.
The Assessor of4nSernuI Etercuuc Norn-
limited Tor Congress.

The Assessor Of internal Esercuuc Nom-
limited Tor Con.r..s
The "DeMocratic' Convention for tnc selection
6ffa1ditates On the Drcadaud- -Dutteruut for
tho efises q Congzessman, State Senator, REPRE-
tentatsee In the statc Legislature, Sheriff, Coro.
ner. and Town oficers in Cook County, assembled
yesterday In the Old Board Of Trade Room. The
meeting was pislfu1 one, and the countcnanccs
Of The majority Of :he members Of that lcterosen-
o1s asseMblase showed plainly that They knew
the Convention wonld be great CIT without any
wool. They met, As many OF them pa.ronize tho
"his'.ey dec-tro:n hahh-"ihis and nothing
more They have been Used 10 nominating, and
they CO it uow, though they know tAsee
is about as much chance OF trels be-
irfs elected as there Is Of the treason
norge; going to l!eascu in The Company Of ioya1
mei'. Tor the same reason they will veic on clcc-
t1cn day. becanEe voting Is much matter OF
habit that once ot, tho saiat. day docs not a1waye
eatssfy. The minority looked mel ,nrto!y; bn:
Of later ase 20 om Il earasnst he news sos ol
so nearly allied TO the ydc1aa that they have
scarcely yet realized The fact that they have been
nhirpsl 50 many lime IN succession that their
tact tlat The organization has as many lives as
eat. and as many shapes as Pro,eus. Ye, every
| II more prominently exhibited than when trying
10 assume the gufte Of an angel Of ll%nt BY The
| 9ry of "peaee, forgiveness, amnesty, b:osacrly
! The others who lnokcd luenbs1ous1y pleasant
We! the old wifc-pnl1crs Of the party. Tley did
Is necessu:Y to keep The courage o! thc .nass fasm
ooztc oEt entirely. a. l. has already done in partr
especially ln fhe country owns, where The faith Is
on The delegate ticket, aid still harIer task 10
Sei item to c0Ec 10 tie Convention. II :.as some-
niaes been said :hs, + Chicago i C3ok cauaty. i
Chicago butter men ar the head body ana TAIL Of
'Ee dragon, and The outside Democracy ara no:n-
| in. more thnn few l!auttessiual scales On lie
| c.rcase.
The men who were pnt up as candidates for the
dsAoEer q! uominaiion on In. ticket are tho ,uost
bnt ia TIC terrible cersaiutY that they would. Il
were as mnch ID. ail 81 It d uacy would IL ot 4
be rads to allow Of tic p:calleeiion Tor tbe cop
resleae s:'teie* bein: crasitcd) 0: 'ncsc- for =
son-in Jaw" Ut on n,atare retec.ioa, nobody
1oy:,i masses wonld hsrd1c the isiN5t}a as esisC.
1uaily IS they did the bullet on the lcld Of battle
And so Tho nominations went begging. aud the
l0cr cAfhnsiasls III lad cause EuliEd tilat after
] gcaEs CT uuekl!ny TO The :icWa OF the south and
her Selltc1 nllics they had their reward In heing
placed IT the position OF Tau.alus-put within
range n1 the cnr, whose Cheering dsaaght may
The g,ca1 fault with tie Drcad.acd. Butter men
thy may lei along very vii In ri,t,slins for % it,
| Offices OF Postmaster atA Coss.ctor. aui when II
c~lnes TO the Offices within the Git oi the people
theS and 1hcir 1naeles wished that The peoplc had
t'nr ons ballot. and johnson TO cast #, a. Nero
wfshcd tlat Ills people Ind bnt one mack. In
pie destroyed At blow.
4 CHANCE OF VENUE.
The delegates Wc1e doomed 10 another Of those
dasappoin,inents wl!ch have nc nsls becsieM lie
party. Tic night before, they could no. get an
audience, Is aud yesterday shey came ne'r not hay
Which for 90 long has been fasori1e resort Lotl,
individually and collectively, had been announced
a. thu place or meeting, but 1t was wantcd for
ta The cold: -Af,er Lengthy consultation between
the learned doctors, III. Nickersham was called
on 10 prescribe remedy for the disorder which
!eigned supreme. Amer tedious mental ca1cu,
laticn on tic possibility Of collecting HIty cents
fom zach OF the le9egases to make up the cost u
renting the hnif. he uountea .he ssatrs and m.
nounccd thnt the Recorders Court having broken
ls'th with IL Gig supporters, they would adjourn
to- The old Eoard Of Trade rooms.
! lhlthcr the party wcndcd ia way, sratfcrlnslJ
there were enough persons in tic hall 10 wagruni
the magnatcs in commencing the work OF cullec:
Ing, which Was deemed neces saFy to Be done tlrst
cash alter having void. There vas Va @ aeh talhom
Ing OF empty pockets and good deal Of borrow
1S before ths required sun va, raissa, hut. likt
by the doctor who had furnished tie prescription
M vas esed q os'nss oedsr yeE by e'Ii D
Ter, and The oegcarty array of delegates sca,tesc
themselves on the chairs, leaving many Of then
unoecupled.
Mr.. Dillcr stated that Us Chairman OF the Cool
Comfy Central Committee, he wonIl call th,
meeting 10 order. ne nomtnated Colonel Danie
| OF lEe Convention. Theuomirltion wns approved
aud amid some little cheering The valiant Coloat
asssncr s =, ts s!n;d e. Ia:n: over TIC railing to
GEsTIE,drS OF TiE CooK Cous7y D1xocuA71,
cosysS11oN: otter mr. ti1an.s for the homo
temporarily over this Conscn:{on. As We i nste
large umount Of business to discharge this a'se:
noon, shal! ask your assistance Ii pressing !
TIC Chairman called tor seese:as1es, and II. II
to fill that office.
The Chail1nan appointed as Committee Of
Credeptials Dr. saayrc Wiekcrsham. ffom Ii
Snnth Division: Jo.eph Wilson, from tae Wcs
nis,sion sanrs, Msksy, a,on H. SoF.h VIZ, Wv
the country:
| The Chrir1nan announced that while The Com
mittcc on crcdcn'ial were preparing their repor'
General 4. ". Rogers assembled The pia:ie:n a"
On, very much 10 hi. own satisfaction, u ID:
1er TRADE agaILst the loyal men OF the North. an
az elaborate eaIogy OF t9c Dcmocracy-
: pointed Messrs. Hush Mahcr, Michael DnJie, !
L. Winkt1nsan, j. u. shieis, aud john Dcvlin. q
committee to scsecs County Central Co1ntni:te
] fot the ensniDg year.
TIE OFFICE uoLnEEs N COUNCIL.
While the committee was preparing its Fepo
The office holders thought They Ind good oppo
G an
Il. Peck, proposed thai Cigar Inspector Ososys
Eor be Invited to address The convention. II
e tene sppoBsn F 'aa
r l'sriprs piece OF bread anl butter il Ills eyc,
= rot in his mouth.
GENITAL COMMITTEE.
, The committee appointed for that purpose +
: ported tie following NJ The Central Coinnai!tt
for tae sGnsuns year. 1hs reRot "a: aaopssa
C.C Nes.ervc. James Ennis.
E George Kimberly. Michael Uoy!e.
S ll.c. lsatt9rman. qr c; Won tia.en.
JstSnfa 5ohn Sesisn. ii 'seS S,eSsel Saiaaa B1snd
nELEdA1Es.
G The Committee on Credentials submitted tho
t report Of delegates entitled 10 seals In the c.
1 yculfon. which wac adopted. We have alreaf
published the list Of those selected IN the cit
The following are thosc few who arrived 1:om
!, country; ten towns out Of twenty-eisht seadir
r Talos-J, B. Shields and u. Il. G.ycn.
: 1Hmont-paniel c. skelly and VIM. $. Bfow7
$ Wesiteld-Jos5 c-nmacL nm ss and Wm rs: s. Davis.
:. Evan=ton-Ds. F. Il, WeiiaT and J. Il. Dou!
Ctccro-Joht Deyl!n:.
t Bar, r,ngton-Daniel Benedict and u. B. Mcf'
: Skew Trier-John c. Garland and L. N. rhom
) Worth-Albest Rook and 4. johnson.
+ CnlEnet-Dr. Dorvillc ind Charles Belfast.
Nhee1lng-Colonel Daniel Cameron.
G TIE P1ArToEN.
;. Ieaac r. Diller said that he did not deem
|. necrssary 10 appoint Comaittee on Resolution
/, | He won1d more that the Convention tt1d0rse a.
u I tbF p1Affn g6fd I1oFr hY the Etn