Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1858 — MASS CONVENTION. [ARTICLE]

MASS CONVENTION.

Thsre will be a Republican Mass Convention held at Rensselaer on Saturday, June 19, for the purpose of appointing Delegates to thd Congressional, Senatorial and Representative Conventions. Let there be a general attendance. By order of the Central Committee.

I. M. STACKHOUSE,

Secretary pro tern. ~~ / Rev. Mr. Post informs us that he saw frost on. the ground last Sunday morning. ,• forget the County Convention next Saturday, all you who can conveniently attend. ,fe s - Democratic Congressional Convention will probably meet at Bradford on the Irto f J uly£ * VV. Spitler authorized us-toS say that he positively declines being a can-S didate for State Senator. .■ ated for Congress by the Republicans of the Rushville District. ■ _ l - r CtZWe learn through a private source! that the„ Supreme Court has laid over the new county case until the next term. __ Hughes of this State, some days ago challenged Harris of Illinois; but, through the intervention of friends, there was no blood spilt. challenge passed, last week between Senators Benjamin of Louisiana, and Davis of Missippi, in consequence of offensive language used in debnte; but it ended in smoke. (£yWm. McKee Dunn, of Madson, has been nominated for Congress by the Republicans of the third district; and Hon. James Hughes, the present member, is the Democratic'candidate* BiyThe Buchanan State Convention met at Springfield, HI., last Wednesday, and nominated a State ticket, in opposition. to the Douglas ticket nominated some tiine ago. Only about half of the counties in the State were represented. ctrwe have tead no mails here since lastl Thursday, until last night, in consequence of the damage to? the railroads by the late heavy rains, But the mail that was brought last night contained no papers of a late date> and we have notjseen any statement of the present condition of the railroads. J. W. & S. O. Duvall have become proprietorsM the Indiana House at Bradford, and are--conducting it in connection with their hack line. From their known anxiety to always accommodate the traveling public, we have doubt but that they will be appreciated jfi the hotel line. Read their,advertisement in another column, and “put up” at the Indiana House when you go to Bradford. 3