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Secretary OF State.


Mr.. Hoyt, of Greenville, nominated Gen. w
w. Humphreys, OF Anderson, tor Secretary o
state. which was seconded By Mr.. Clinkscales
Of Anderson.
Capt. Clarke, OF Kershaw, nominated Col
W. 2. Leitner, Of kershaw; (AppLause2 pIL Mr. Mr.
tion, rs did also Mr.. Kennedy, Of Chesterfield
A delegate from Lancaster arose and enthusi-
asticaliy seconded the nomination In behal
of Two thousand Democratic voters OF old
The nominations having been closed q bal.
lot was held which resulted In the nomina
tion OF Mr.. Letner by vote OF 2U1 TO 100.
Col. Leltner got The following solid delega
Fairfield s, Georgetown 6, Hampton 8. Horny
q, Kershaw s, Lancaster 6, Richland IL, VIII
iamsburg8.
In addition he received one vote from Able
Vile, (Senntor Maxwell,) 7 from Aiken, from
Barnwell, from Beaufort, 9 from Colleton, Is
from Charleston. IL from Colleton, from Oar.
lington, from Edgeheld, 2 from Laurens, :
from teXimgtSn from Marion N from MARI
from Spartanburg, from Sumter. 6 from Un-
ion, 8 from York.
Gen. Humphreys received ,plumpers from
Anderson 10, GrecnviiIe 10 and OrOnee 6.
On motion Of Col. ]. A. Hoyt, Of Greenville.
the nomination was made unanimous.
Comptroller General.
Mr.. w. f. Stoney was nominated for Comp
troler General by Col. J. Z. Hnskeli, Of Co
lumbia Mr.. NJ. l.. donaldson, of Greenytlle,
seconding the nomination.
There was no other nomination and. on mo.
ton of Mr.. Hayward, of Greenville. the Chair
the Convention for Mr.. Stoney. Applause
This was formally done, and the fight for At
torney General was entered upon.
Attorney General.
The fact thata pitched battle was pending
hot
the Convention.
Mr.. Henderson, of Aiken, nominated Mr.. G.
r. Miles. Faint appluusc.1
Mr.. Giland, Of Williamsburg, nominated
plause. principally In the galleries, ut also on
the floor OF the Convention.
Mr. Kelly, OF Barnwell, seconded Col. Earle's
nomination.. and Mr. Rutland, OF Fairtieid. arr 10.
announced that "Old Fairfield hurrahed for
Joe Earle, OF SUMTER"
From this time out 1t was apparent that the
friends of Col. Earle had organized for victo-
ry. The ballot resulted Earle ia. Miles III.
After the announcement OF the vote, the
cheering and applause, bot In the gallery and
on the floor, was so great that II was imposSi.
bic to get OH with the businass: When, how
eycr the lungs OF the cr4wd nna oeen ttu5 exnust,
the floor, and in graceful terms announced
that In behalf of the Charleston delegation IL
was his pleasure to move that the nomination
of Col. Earle he made unanimous, renewed
Sci
adopted.
State Treasurer.
For this Office Mr. T.. T. Iz'ar, OF Burnwell,
nominated Gen. I: $. BambeIg. Applause
tion. fRenewed applausc1
Mr.. Croft, of Aiken, nominated Col. J. P.
Thomas [Applause.l A delegate from Fair
Col. J. Q. Marshall, of tichland, nominated
Mr.. Richard Singleton. [AppIause] Mr.. st:
6. Sinklcr, of Berkeley, stated that Berkeley
couhty enthusiastically seconded the iast
nomination. [Renewed applause.
ballot, Gen. Bamberg receiving l9O, Col. Thom-
as 10 and Mr.. Singleton 50 votes.
Adjutunt and Inspector General.
For AdIutant and Inspector General, Mr..
Brooks. OF Eieefcd. nominated 1.-The hero Of
two wars" Gen. a. NJ. Manigault. lApplnnse
Seconded by Col. j. q. Marshall In behalf OF
the militia of South Carolina. tRcnewed up
MIR. Niockbee, OF Chester. nominated Col;
g. McKissicl. lAppluusc.] Secluded by Mr..
Culp, of Union.
Mr' Mumbert. Of Laurens, nominated Mr..
IT. T. Farley. fAppluuSe
The vote resulted on the first ballot, and be.
torc the result was announced: Manigault Ia
Farley III. McKiSsick I3. Then number OF
changes were made, and the hnal result was
announced: Manigu gua:t l56. Farley $50, McKis-
sick I, Gen. Manigault only lacking one vote
Of an election.
Before the second ballot was entered into
the name Of Col. MckiSsick was withdrawn
and Gen. Manigault was elected by vote of
162 TO l56.
The announcement was received with gen.
uine applause, and the nomination. on motion
of Mr. IIumbert, was made unanimous.
Superintendent of Education.
The last place on the ticket TO be filled was
that of superintendent Of Educallon, for
which only two candidates were In the field.
Gen James +. Izlar nominated Col. 4. Cow
ard. [.ApplauscI And Mr, Childs, Of Pickens