Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1870-07-10
JUDICIAL CONVENTION.
harmonious Action
Appointmens of Delegates, ETC.

Pursuant to announcement large num-
Der of the citizens of Nashville and David
son county met in Convention in the
Criminal Court room at the Courthouse at
IL O'Clock yesterday, for the purpose OF
appointing delegates to the Judicial Con-
vention on Monday next. The meeting
WAS composed of the first citizens and
most prominent attorneys of Nashville,
and though gotten up on short notice the
county was represented by those noted for
their intelligence and worth. The action
of the Convention was entirely harmoni-
GUS, and its proceedings of an interesting
character. Mr.. j. L. Spurlock explained
the object Of the meeting when Gen. Joel
A. Battie was called to the Chair and the
members of the press were requested to
act as Secretaries. Esquires Ewing and
Nance were appointed Vice Presidents.
Major Richard McCann moved that the
Chair appoint Committee of five to Sc
lect delegates from the several wards and
districts to the Judicial Convention on the
18th inst.
Some discussion arose as to the designa-
ton of the number cf delegates to be
appointed. This was finally settled by
the argument to select two delegates from
each ward of the city, and two from each
of the civil districts in the county. The
following gentlemen were appointed on
the Committee: r McCann, L Spur
lock, Thomas Claiborne, John Frizzell,
L F Beech, After retiring the Committee
reported the following delegates from the
wards and several county districts.
First Ward--Albert Akers, James Steele.
Second Ward-Gerge Kinney, j r Bruce.
Third Ward-Thomas Garrett, A G
Jones.
Fourth Ward-Player Martin, r s Pat
terson.
Fifth ward-John Marshall, Thoma:
Craighead.
Sixth ward-William Dews, John
McCann.
Seventh Ward-Henry Hight, A Il Hur-
ley.
Eighth ward-C K Winston, NJ G Cot
| ton.
Ninth Ward-C King, DR. B F Manlove,
| Jr.
Tenth Ward-W h Dillon, W W Wood
folk.
Second District-Ed D Whitworth, D.
| Buchanan.
Third District-H S Cotton, James Da
| Wis,
Fourth Distrlct-WJ Wade, Sam Wright
| Fifth District-M Dennison, Sam Buch
| anan.
| Sixth DISTINCT Briefly, VIM Moore.
Seventh District-James Stier, ALI Dunn
| Eighth District-Wm Holt, John Over
| ton. i
Ninth District-Felix Rains, Jas Patter
| son.
Tenth District-John G Burch, W n
Page.
Eleventh District-Jo Mullin, Charles
| Chickering.
Twelfth District-Wm Jordan, Sam Da.
| wilson, Jr
Thirteenth District-Maj VIM Glare
Maj John L Brown.
Fourteenth District-Wm L Demoss,
Ed Bradford.
Fifteenth District Michael Campbell;
Jno Cawley.
Sixteenth District-Jno Hurt, Esquire
Chandler.
Seventeenth District-Baxter Smith, W
3 Bate.
Eighteenth District-Wm Martin, Jo
Wade.
Nineteenth District-Sam Donelson,
K P Hamlin. o
Twentieth District-EnochC Cunningham,
A Milan.
Twenty-First District-Wm Bowers, I
P Sanders.
Twenty-Second District-Ab Shaw, Gil
bert Marshall
Twenty Third District-Dr. Jordan, VIM
Simkins.
Twenty-Fourth District-Wm Knight,
Ike Lanier.
Twenty-Fifth District Esquire Burch,
DR. Hampton.
In addition to the foregoing the attor-
neys and members of the bar with the
Chairman and Vice President and the COM
mittee, were added to thelis of delegates.
On motion of Mr.. Wade it was agreed to
allow those present in the convention on
Monday cast the vote for the county in the
absence of the regularly appointed dele
gates.
On motion of Mr. McCann it was agreed
that each of the delegations from the sew
eral wards and districts cast its vote by
itself In the convention. On motion the
convention adjourned