EVENING SESSION.
The Convention was called to order by the President, when, on motion of Mr. Slack, of Livingston, the resolution offered by Mr. Moss, of Clay, together with the amendment offered by Mr. Peabody, which was pending when the Convention adjourned, was laid on the table.
On motion of Mr. Field, of Lafayette, Major M. Oliver was requested to address the Convention, and to give his views on the different subjects now agitating this country, and which would be brought before this Convention; which he was proceeding to do, when the committee on resolutions, &c., asked leave to make their report, which was granted.
The committee then, through their Chairman, Hon. A. A. King, submitted the following report:
The Committee to whom was assigned the duty of designating permanent officers for this Convention, beg leave to report the following:
For President, Hon. W. G. Wood, of Lafayette county.
For Vice Presidents, Hon. J. T. V. Thompson, of Clay Co.
Hon. John J. Lowry, of Howard "
Secretaries, Hon. Samuel A. Lowe, of Pettis county,
L. A. Wisely, of Platte "
For Committee on Resolutions,
Major Bradley, of Cooper county,
Dr. Bayless, of Platte "
B. F. Willis, of Clinton "
S. A. Young, of Boone "
Wade M. Jackson, of Howard "
Martin Slaughter, of Lafayette "
Stephen Stafford, of Carroll "
W. B. Napton, of Saline "
W. S. Pollard, of Caldwell "
W. Y. Slack, of Livingston "
J. S. Williams, of Linn "
G. D. Hansbrough, of Cass "
Sam. H. Woodson, of Jackson "
James H. Moss, of Clay "
M. Oliver, of Ray "
D. C. Stone, of Henry "
Robert Wilson, of Andrew "
B. W. Grover, of Johnson "
John S. Jones, of Pettis "
John A. Leppard, of Daviess "
A. G. Blakey, of Benton "
John Head, of Randolph "
W. H. Buffington, of Cole "
The committee also offered the following resolution, which was adopted by the Convention:
Resolved, That to ascertain the sense of this Convention on all propositions submitted for its action, each county represented shall be permitted to cast the same number of votes that it is entitled to cast in the Lower House of the General Assembly of this State.
On motion of Col. Young, of Boone, a committee, consisting of Messrs. Young, of Boone, Napton, of Saline, and Russell, of Cass, was appointed to wait on the President, Hon. W. T. Wood, and escort him to the chair.
On motion of Dr. McCabe, of Cooper, the Convention took a recess for one hour.
The Convention was again called to order by the President, Hon. W. T. Wood, when the following gentlemen appeared as delegates, and took their seats:
Andrew Co.—Robert Wilson and Edwin Toole.
Benton Co.—A. G. Blakey.
Boone Co.—Saml. A. Young, Dr. Peabody, Dr. Thomas, Col. G. H. C. Melody, Sterling Price, Jr., and James Shannon.
Caldwell Co.—W. S. Pollard, David Thomson, Wm. Griffey, Albert G. Davis.
Carroll Co.—S. Barker, S. Stafford, W. J. Poindexter, R. H. Courts, C. Haskins, H. Wilcoxen, Judge Thomas, Hyram Willson.
Cass Co.—Wm. Palmer, J. F. Callaway, F. R. Martin, J. G. Martin, T. Railey, J. T. Thornton, C. T. Worley, W. H. Russell, S. R. Crockett, T. F. Freeman, C. Vanhoy, G. D. Hansbrough, S. G. Allen, H. D. Russell, J. T. Martin.
Clay Co.—J. T. V. Thompson, John Dougherty, A. W. Doniphan, J. G. Price, D. J. Adkins, W. E. Price, W. McNealy, J. H. Moss, J. H. Adams, G. W. Withers, T. McCarty, E. P. Moore, J. M. Jones, L. A. Talbott, R. J. Lamb, J. Lincoln, W. D. Hubble, T. M. Dawson, H. L. Rout, R. H. Miller, J. A. Poague, L. W. Burris, S. R. Shrader, G. Elgin, H. Corwine.
Cooper Co.—J. W. Torbert, J. K. Ragland, Wm. Bradly, H. E. Moore, Geo. S. Cockrell, Thomas S. Cockrell, Horace W. Ferguson, R. Ellis, J. K. McCabe, Jacob Alstadt, H. Tracy.
Clinton Co.—John Reed, B. F. Williss, C. C. Birch, M. Summers, T. E. Birch, J. T. Hughes.
Cole Co.—W. H. Buffington, R. R. Jefferson, J. C. Rogers, C. Eckler.
Chariton Co.—W. S. Hyde, S. J. Cortes, L. Salisbury.
Daviess Co.—B. Weldon, J. A. Leppard.
Howard Co.—J. J. Lowry, S. Graves, W. Payne, R. Basket, M. Taylor, B. W. Lewis, H. Cooper, J. B. Clark, R. Patterson.
Henry Co.—D. A. Gillespie, Jo. Davis, D. C. Stone, R. T. Lindsay, H. Lewis.
Jackson Co.—S. H. Woodson, W. M. F. Magraw, W. F. Robinson, W. Easley, E. C. McCarty, N. R. McMurry, J. A. Winn, T. M. Adams, N. M. Miller, W. Ellis, E. McClanahan, John McCarty, J. M. Ridge, J. R. Henry, Col. J. M. Cogswell, Jno. Hambright.
Johnson Co.—Hy. Ousley, S. Craig, N. W. Perry, W. Marr, W. L. Wood, W. L. Barksdale, C. F. Chamblin, J. M. Fulkerson, Reuben Fulkerson, W. P. Tucker, P. Manion, W. Kirkpatrick, B. W. Grover.
Lafayette Co.—F. C. Sharp, W. K. Trigg, O. Anderson, S. L. Sawyer, A. Jones, R. N. Smith, W. T. Field, W. M. Smallwood, Dr. G. A. Rucker, (a Committee to cast the vote.)
Livingston Co.—A. T. Kirtly, A. Craig, W. Hudgins, W. Y. Slack, W. F. Miller, W. O. Jennings, J. D. Hoy.
Linn Co.—J. S. Williams.
Morgan Co.—D. H. Chism.
Pettis Co.—J. S. Jones, Saml. A. Lowe, A. M. Forbes, G. W. Rothwell, Geo. Anderson, T. E. Staples.
Platte Co.—D. R. Atchison, Jo. Walker, G. W. Bayless, T. Beaumont, D. P. Wallingford, Hy. Coleman, E. P. Duncan, Jesse Morin, P. Ellington, Sr., Jesse Summers, A. B. Stoddard, Thomas H. Starnes, J. C. Hughes, Jno. H. Dorriss, F. P. Davidson, L. A. Wisely, H. B. Ladd.
Randolph Co.—Judge Head.
Ray Co.——A. A. King, B. J. Brown, Col. Bohannan, M. Oliver, Major Boyce, Judge Branstetter, Dr. Chew, W. Warriner, D. P. Whitmer, Dr. Woodward, S. A. Richardson, Major Shaw, Dr. Garner, A. Oliphant, T. A. H. Smith, G. J. Wasson, Judge Carter, J. E. Couch, G. L. Benton, J. P. Quisenberry, S. J. Brown, J. S. Shoop, J. S. Hughes, D. D. Bullock, Dr. Stone, Judge Price, W. Hughes, C. T. Brown, O. Taylor, M. C. Nuckolls, J. H. Taylor, R. Winsett, J. P. Taylor, D. Harbison, Dr. Buchanan, W. M. Jacobs, Wm. Murry, Col. Smith.
Saline Co.—W. B. Sappington, C. F. Jackson, O. B. Pearson, T. R. E. Harvey, J. H. Irvine, L. B. Harwood, V. Marmaduke, M. Marmaduke, J. H. Grove, Robert Grove, A. M. Davison, W. B. Napton, J. W. Bryant, T. W. B. Crews, F. A. Combs, M. W. O'Banon, Jas. Coombs, H. C. Simmons.
Mr. Withers, of Clay, offered a series of resolutions, which he asked might be read and acted on by the Convention.
Mr. Jackson, of Saline, objected to the reading and moved their reference to the Committee on Resolutions.
Previous to the vote on said motion, Mr. Withers withdrew the resolutions, and then, by leave of the Convention, the resolutions were handed over to the Committee.
The President being notified of the presence of Gov. Sterling Price, in the house, on motion of Dr. Lowry, of Howard, appointed Messrs. Lowry, of Howard, and Shewalter, of Lafayette, a committee to wait upon him and invite him to a seat within the bar.
Mr. C. T. Worley offered the following resolutions:
Resolved, That it is the sense of this Convention, that no valuable purpose whatever will be subserved by debate, but on the other hand, will most certainly lead to heated and unprofitable excitement; therefore,
Resolved, That from henceforward, we will proceed on all propositions submitted to a direct vote.
Mr. Jackson, of Saline, moved to lay the resolutions on the table, which motion was carried.
On motion of Mr. King, of Ray, the Convention adjourned till to-morrow morning at eight o'clock.