Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-10
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o. The hot summer summer days find or make
Charleston dull city, But wenguEss
we are, in this, invery goodly company,
Judging from the reports which come to
us from other cities, near and far away.
And as for the, heat, even it would seem
that this .tcity. by the sea- has been
fully as comfortable as some of the peo-
pie farther to the North. Yesterday the
thermometer ranged as follows: AT
O'clock A. NJ. "a; "a. M. 81; f2iMa9l;
g p. NJ 90;o and at 6 d. M. 86.l9n11s sagit
sIGeneral trade is, of course, in rather
Sleepy mood. The cotton market is
very quiet, and the stock on hand is very
light. During Last week thenastaple
steadily declined to a lower point than
Should have been anticipated thus, early
in the season. This is very noteworthy
in view of the exhausted condition of
the stock, andu ingo Fiewaof possible
mageitozthel present crop. The sys-
temnow practiced I'M News York of sell
ing for future delivery ont of til grow
ing crop, at figures below the prevailing,
rates. and the exaggerated statements
inaregard to the probable yield, doubt.
less have adepressing effect upon, prices,
The market is frmer now, however, but
the demand is quite limited, and buyers
show little disposition to purchase.
Late reports from various sections of
the State give mention of bountiful rains
and their reviving influence upon the
crops. The planters have Abrig ghtened
up with the crops. Promise is given of
a fair cotton crop, and corn and other
crops generally lock wellss7nyy ETsyuos
General Made Hampton, Chairman
of the Democratic Central Committee,
several days ago caused to be published
a call for Convention off, the
Democratic party Of, the State of
South Carolina, to meet at Columbia on
tbesnight of Thursday, August 6th,s for
the nomination. of electors for President;
and Vice President Of the United States,
and for other purposes. On Saturday,
the various committees appointed by the.
wards. of, the city, held meeting for the
election IN Of delegates General JohnsA.o
Wagener presided. The following named
gentlemen were chosen delegates: Gen..
John A. WAGNER, S. Y. Tupper, GEN.
JamesG Conner, Colonel q. III. Simonton,
JIM. Carson, %. T, Lowndes, !. M. Ea-
son, j. M. Mulvaney, W. Lebby,. Joseph
d. Aiken, John Hanchel, W. 4. Kelly,
II. G.. Barker, WI. Gayer, Hugh Fer
guson, j ohm F. 9o'Neill, F..W. Dawson.
W. A., Pringle, R. B. Rhett, N. NJ, Por-
ter. Political affairs are, in general
quite lively. agi ps'a'es ssA''''-
JtFhe Legislature is very, busy. On.
Thursday of last week that body elected
A. j. Willard and S. L. Hoge as Asso-
ciate Justices of the Supreme Court of
this State. .Ammiel ]. Willard was born
in ALBANY, N. Y, in 1922. He COM
menced the study of the law in that city
in 1s42, under the Hon. Willis Hall, At
torney General of the State, and was ad-
mitted to the bar in 1S45, in the city of
New Y ork.l In 164S he was appointed
Assistant Counsel to the corporation of
the city of New York, remaining in that
positions four years. He was afterward
a partner of Peter B. Sweeney, now
Chamberlin of the city Of New Y York.-
He was for several years engaged in
business with Judge Morrell, of the Su-
perior Court of New York, and with
Judge Howe, appointed by Gen. Shsri-
dan Judge of the District Court of New
Orleans Judge Willard entered the
Federal army in 1864 as Lieut. Col. of
the 35th regiment United States colored
troops, and, after Hardee's evacuation
of this city, had charge of the military I I
courts here until the fall of 1865, when
he was placed in command Of George Z
town. He was subsequently, Judgd Ad- !
vocate General Of this military depart
ment and in July, 1867, he took charge
of the Bureau of civil affairs, acting in q
this capacity until the recent removal of
the military. Brevet Major Solomon
Lafayette Hoge, the Associate Judge