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Wfcig Meeting in l«nM,A meeting of the Whig* of Jones county waa litil I st Trenton on i'tteaday the 87th of March.On motion Calviu Eoonce, E*q.t was called to the chair and Bcuj. Brock. Esq., was requested to act alt; Secretary.On motion of James T. Dillahunt a committeeof three was appointed to draft resolutions for the action of the meeting. The chairman appointed .Messrs. James T. Dillahuut. F. O. Siinoions and Dr. Stiackelfurd on said com nittee.The conimirtee retired and after an absence of a few minutes returned and reported the following resolutions which were uuauhoously adopted./•’efo/ttrf, That we ratify the pr«*eeedilt;!*^ of the Whig Cuuvemioti recently easembied at Kaieigb and heartily endure to the DOmixniiott of John Pool, eta our candidate for Governor.IZc oleei. Tii it i^jp o /e the proposition to holda Dilrict Convention nt Kcwbt-m «,n the 18 h oi April, to appoint u dcLgte to the National Convention. to be held at Baltimore on the ytn of May, and co nominate acandidule for Elector.RctoUed, T.iat the cbainmwi of rlii« meeting appoint thirty delegates to attend said District Convention.lu compliance with the last resolution the chairman appointed the following delegates, to-wit:District ist.—Thomas C Parsons. L L Eubank. Francis M Young, R Bel), Thus Gillert.2nd. — Win Foy. F G Simmons, F Merritt, G W Simmons, E Pritchett.3rd —Dr John Shackelford, F McDaniel, Jos K Smith, Jas T Dillahuut, .Jacob F Scott.Ath—AirmsJ K oof ice, John H Jones, John S Ko nice, Lafayette Dillahuut, A F Hammond*btA. — A ref a-. Williams, J nu^mith, Cyrus Brown,Jas A Kincey, A J Ford ham.6th.—Nat ban McDaniel, Tlios T Goodintr, Euoch Noble, Lewis H. Ha.-kins and B«nj F S auly.On motion of Dr Shackelford the chairman aud ' secretary were added to the list of delegates.On motion all Whigs of this county who may attend said Convention are requested to act as ' delegates IIt was ordered that the procoedings of this meet- | ing be published in the American Advocate, andNewbern Progress.( Dr. John Shackelford being called on to address i the meeting, arose and made a few very appropriate remarks, after which the meeting adjourned. CALVIN KOONCE, Chin n.13esj. Brock, Sec’y.
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Newbern Weekly Progress
New Bern, North Carolina, US
Tue, Apr 03, 1860
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