The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1872-10-04

about ten O'Clock some sensible delegate
moved an adjournment until ten o'clock to-
day. This motion was put by the chairman,
and was answered BY vociferous yells both In
the aflrmste and negative, but 1t was decided
carried, and the chairman having thrown
down bis gavel and left the hall, the j%ainitor,
with well-timed economy, turned Of the gas,
and the struggling mass of delegates finally
vacated the building.
The Ticket,
as far as nominated, now stands as follows:
For Sheriff.. W. N. Mackey.
For Clerk. OF C~ourt-Jacob whitman.
For Probate J~udge-George Buist.
For Coroner-John A. Washington, colored.
For School COMMISSIONER. P. Hedges,
colored.
For County CommlssIoners-George I. Gun
ningham and Louis Dunneman, white, and
William q. Fields, colored.
For State Senator-Wiliam N. Taft.
For Representatives George Cannon and
8. D. Russell, white, and ". G. P~lnckney,
Abram Smith, Stephen Brown, John E. Clyde,
Amos Blizen, Robert slmons and Robert ".
Brown.
The past political and personal record of the
county nominees, as far as they are known In
this State, Is as follows:
EDMUND WI NAcKEY
was born In this city about twenty-slx years
age, and has always been a resident of Charles
ton. During the war he was the agent of
Messrs. Horlbeck's extensive salt-works in
Christ Church Parish. Soon after the war he
was commissioned by President Johnson a
United States assessor Of cotton, and held that
office until 1858. Embarking on the turbid
sea Of Radical politics, with the incoming Of
the Plllsbury administration, Mr.. Mackey wan
elected an alderman from Ward 2, but resign
ed in disgust before the end Of his term. In
1858 he was q member Of the Constitutional
Convention, and in the same year he was
elected sheriff Of Charleston County, which
Office he now holds.
JACOB WILLIAM
Is a Conservative gentleman, and q member OF
an old and respectable South Carolina family.
he was born 10 Charleston, and Is about forty
eight years of age. He studied law In the
office of Messra. Walker d King, and after his
graduation he practlced his profession for a
few years in this city. In 1852 he was ap-
pointed a deputy under the late Thomas J.
CAN'T, Esq then registrar 10 equity, and was
retained In the sam capacity In the office Of
James L. CAN'T, Esq. This position he held
until after the war, when he was appointed a
deputy CLERK under J. W. B%rown6eld, then
clerk of court, and was afterward appointed
to a similar position under A. @. Richmond,
the present clerk. Mr.. Whitman has therefore
been 10 charge OF the records of the county
courthouse uninterruptedly for the pasttwenty
years, and he Is low Without doubt more ia.
mIlIar with those records and with the duties
of the clerks office than any other person In
the county.
GEORGE BUST, ESQ.,,
the nominee to the office Of probate Judge, OF
which he Is now the incumbent, Is an old and
highly respected citizen OF Charleston. he
has received the unanimous denomination by
both wings ofthe Republican party, the argu.
ment which was used In both conventions
being that Mr.. BuIst had, Blk years ago, &C.
copied the office of probate Judge at the hands
of the Republicans when they had no one in
their own ranks who was both competent and
willing to take 1t, and that he was, therefore.
entitled to their gratitude and to q renomlna-
ton. There ls, OF course, no doubt of his re-
election.
JOHN A. HUNTINGTON,
the nominee for coroner. Ia q light mulatto,
and an intelligent andS0urteous young man.
He was born In Charleston In 1874 Of a re-
spectacle free family, and has lived here all
his lie. In 1857 he was q school teacher
under the F%reedman's Bureau at Florence, 8.
G. In 1868 he took an active part In the
county campaign Of that year, and upon the
success of the Mackey ticket be was rewarded
with an appointment as deputy under Sheriff
Mackey, which position he now occupies.
He is a married man, q property-owner n a
taxpayer.
P. P. HEDGES,
the nominee for school commissioner for the
country parishes, is a black man, and was
born in the City of Newark, N. J. He was
educated In Ashmun College, (now Lincoln
University at Oxford, Chester County,
Penn, where he graduated In 1854. He was
commissioned as a preacher by the New
Brunswick Presbytery Of New, Jersey, and
came to this State In 1866 as a preacher and
school teacher under the auspices OF the
freedmen's committee Of the Presbyterian
General Assembly. he was appointed a mag
istrate In 1869, and was afterwards appointed
q trial justice by Governor Scott. In 1870 he
was elected to the Legislature FROM Edlsto
Island.
GEORGE I. CUNNINGHAM,
the nominee for county commissioner, 10 9
white man and q native OF Kentucky. He
came to this city while quite young, and has
since been very successfully engaged In ousl-
ness as a butcher. During the war, he had
extensive contracts for beef and other sup.
plies for both the Confederate and Federal
forces. he was a member of the City Coun.
ell under the Plllsbury administration, and has
always been considered q philosophical, In.
telllgent and liberal man.
LOUIS DuNNEMAN,
the second nominee for county commissioner,
Ia one of our we'll known German citizens.
He was bora In Europe in ls43, but came to
Charleston at the age OF thirteen, and has
sInce resided here. he is now engaged In
planting rice and vegetables, and owns a farm