The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-07-11
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oS " ES"Ssts'A paihoe. AAcuuricko 10 Ve-
|'garded as the only probable man arnohg those
now id nomination. Politicians consider tiie
contcstto be between Hendricks aud Chase. .SSI
NEW York. Jaly 8.-On tho seventh ball
lot Indiana split, giving the minority Tor Hen.
bricks. Mississippi voted for Pendleton !;
Tennessee gave "a votes for Pcndleton
On the eighth ballot Louisiana voted for
Pendletoh,I and New .York for Hendricks;
The widest excitement prevailed, and amidst
cheers. and Kisses tho result of the ballot was
announced rs follows: Pcndleton 1861, Hem
bricks 75 votes
On the ninth ballot Pcpdleton- received ia
votes Hendricks sO3; Hancock 34a. The
balance Of tho votes being scattering
On the tenth and eleventh ballots thefne. Was Was
little or no change, except that on the eleventh
Chase received 4 votes. This produced great
applause and some liisscs. = %o'' 'sfi' ssisai3a
!, On the Twelfth ballot Pendleton received
1851 votes, Hancock 80, Hendricks 89 Chase
Mcclellan 1. At tho conclusion ol .l,iye ebsi Bal
lot there was great cheering. r., d,
The thirtccnthI ballotsllows very little change
from the last beyond the fact that McClcl.
an's name does not appear. Franklin Pierce
received one vote on this ballot s'iis 4e 2.f
On the 18th ballot Virginia voted for Han
cock. The lltli was unchanged. On, the 18th
ballet CONNECTICUT split giving majority for
Hancock. Nebraska voted for Hendricks.
Pennsylvania for Hancock. The result Of the
ballot was: Pcndlcton, 129, Hancock 794,
Hendricks S23. On the 18th ballot Arkansas,
Georgia and Louisiana voted for Hancock.
The result being Hancock 11G, Pcndleton 1O7,
Hendricks TO- On. the 17th ballot Illinois
split between Hendricks and Pendleton; Nc
braska voted for Hoffman,; Result, Hancock
l37, Pcndlcton 20, Hendricks 80, On tic
18th ballot New Jersey gives Hancock three
votes, Illinois voted solid for Hendricks. The
result, Pcndlcton SO, Hancock 144, Hendricks
81. - -
To-day's. ballot shows ,notking defnite.
lIancock's friends were confident of favora-
bic result on the eighteenth ballot, but ,thc
event dscournscs them very much, and they
reluctantly yield to adjournment. The coali-
tion between Hendricks and Pcndlc.on seems
hopeless, and it is thought that Hancock has
achieved his highest vote.
NEw York, July 9--3 p. SI-Thc Con-
vcntion assembled at 10 o'clock this morning,
when the chairman of the Ohio delegation an
n.pnccd the withdrawal of the name Of Mr..
Pcndlcion from the contest.
The nineteenth ballot WAS then taken, with
the fol"wing r.rult: llnnr,,ck 1854; Hen
bricks l07!. The rest scattering. Ohio cast
her vote for Packer and New York adhered
Tn lInnllricks.N Tennessee Yutc.l for Hancock;
California for Field, and Missour; for Blair +.
On the twentieth ballot Ohio gave Hancock
IL. and Chase lost the half vote that lie had
stc:dily received from California. Result:
Hancock 1921; Hendricks III; the rest
scattering. 81
Hancock, and Tennessee split, giving Presi,
dent .Juhnspn but 8 votes. Massachusetts
gave i votes for Chase. At this point several
Misses were drowned by tumul,uous applause
Result Hancock 1851; Hendricks 1872;
English 10; Chase I.
On the twcnty-sccpnd ballot Hendricks
gained heavily. Ohio declared for Seymour,
but Seymour positively dcclincd the nomina-
ton.
Vallandigham rose and insisted that Sey-
mour must yield to the demonstrations i'll his
behalf North Carolina, Ohio, kentucky,
Wisconsin and other States hastily chrnged.
their votes for Seymour. seymenr was then
formally put in nomination. Delegates all
over the hall rose cxcitedly with cries of
'clange our vote" The enthusiasm WAS con-
tagious.
State after State gave in it's adhesion to
Seymour; the excitement reached. the crowd
in tho street, and salvos Of artillery Selchod
forth the tidinss that the Hon, Horntio Sey-
mour, of New York, had been unanimously
nominated as the Democratic candidate. for
the Presidency.
The Convention then (aftcr recess Of one
hour for consultation) proceeded to the nom
ination Of candidate for the Vice Presidency,
and on the first ballot the choice of the Con-
vcntion fell upon tho Hon. Francis =. Blair,
of Missouri
The announcement of the tckct-Scynlour
and Blair-was received with the widest en-
thusiasm.
When Blair was prOposcl in the Convention