|HCOTU» — — 'the democratic nominating convention for the office which he now occupies. The Judge ia a clever gentlemen ami a competent officer.fSf We are pained to learn through our exchanges that Jno. E. Lavkt. late Chicr Clerk of the Louisiana House of Representatives, died at Bladen Springs, Ala., in the early part of the present month. Mr. Lnyct was much esteemed for hi* many private virtues and amenity of manners; and was considered by all to have been one of the most competent officers that ever occupied the important trust of chief clerk