Richmond Enquirer

NOMINATION OF ELECTORS.
On Thursday Evening, agreeably to adjournment, the members of both branches of the General Assembly assembled in the Capitol for the purpose of nominating persons to serve as electors of President and Vice President of the U. States.-
The lobby and gallery were filled with a crowd of citizens.
Linn Banks, Speaker of the H. of D. in the chair—William Mugford, Clerk of the H. of D. was secretary to the meeting.
On motion, the roll of the Senators and Delegates was called over, and the following gentlemen respectively answered to their names:
MEMBERS OF THE SENATE.—From the District of Amelia, James Robertson, Jr.—Rockingham, Daniel Bryan—Augusta, Chapman Johnson—Botetourt, Andrew Hamilton—Sussex, John Cargill—Southampton, Benjamin W. Johnson—Charlotte, Howson Clarke—Spotsylvania, Lawrence T. Dude—Hampshire, Warner Throckmorton—Washington, Francis Preston—Caroline, Armistead C. Holmes—Ohio, George D. Harrison—Prince William, Redman Foster—Princess Anne, William C. Holt—Campbell, Edward Watts—Franklin, George Hairston Jr.—Albemarle, Joseph C. Cabell—King George, John Taliaferro—Mathews, John Patterson—19.
Members of the House of Delegates—Thomas M. Bayly, John P. Drummond, William F. Gordon, Charles Everett, Rodophil Jeter, David S. Garland, Charles P. Taliaferro, Briscoe G. Baldwin, Andrew Anderson, John Brown, jr. William Cackley, William Campbell, John P. Gray, Joel Waid, John Porterfield, James Breckenridge, Charles Yancey, John T. Bocock, Edmond McGinnis, William R. Roane, Archibald Stewart, Hay Battaile, William Dickinson, John Armistead, Christopher S. Roane, James Wills, Edward H. Boisseau, Frederick Clarke, Ambrose P. Hill, George Ficklin, Edward L. Pegram, Borwell Goodwin, Charles M. Collier, James Hunter, John M. Garnett, Robert T. Thompson, John P. Smith, Thomas Brown, Joseph Harden, Gideon A. Strange, Thomas B. Greer, Robert T. Woods, Archibald Magill, Joseph Sexton, David Johnson, Christian Snidow, James Wyatt, Richard G. Morris, Tarlton Woodson, James B. Ferguson, William Smith, James McLaughlin, Robert B. Stark, William S. Jeffries, Edward C. Carrington, Richard Logan, William Armstrong, jr. Reuben Meredith, Jethro Nevill, Joseph Johnson, Humphrey Faris, William B. Chamberlayne, William Selden, Joseph Martin, Benjamin Dyer, Arthur Smith, John Clocker, Burwell Bassett, Bennett Korby, Braxton Davenport, Edward Lucas, jr. Joseph Lovell, Claudius Buster, Humphrey Walker, John Hooe, James G. Taliaferro, Philip A. Lett, Thomas Hill, Geo. W. Downman, Armistead Currie, Gabriel Chrisman, Andrew McMillan, John Haymond, Frederick Harris, Peter Winston, Joseph J. DeGraffenreidt, Linn Banks, Robert Hill, John Cantrill, John Henderson, Thomas James, jr. James H. Roy, David Shelton, Zachariah U. Crittenden, George D. Nicholson, Alpheus P. Wilson, William Vass, Michael Erskine, Thomas Bowyer, William B. Christian, Edward Rion, William Hamilton, Thomas Borland, Richard Graves, John H. Christian, Mordecai Cook, John Hodges, William Dunton, John L. Chinn, John Middleton, James N. Fletcher, John H. Knight, William C. Rives, Joseph Shelton, William Irwin, Isaac Davis, jr. William Morton, jr. John Fairfax, Madison R. Hughes, Abraham Staples, Thomas H. Wooding, William Swanson, jr. Branch T. Archer, Thomas Miller, Henry E. Watkins, Caleb Ward, sen. Bernard Hooe, jr. John Fox, Nathaniel Colley, Richard B. Batte, Isaac Booth, Richard Sweet, Vincent Branham, John Bowyer, Andrew Alexander, Daniel Mathews, John Herring, James Dickinson, John Jesse, Thomas Rogers, James Albert, John Colville, Joseph S. Spengler, Carr Bowners, John Quarles, Waller Holloway, Benjamin Ficklin, George Waller, John Velvin, John Huson, William P. Wyche, Thomas Perry, Thomas Pendleton, Nathaniel Dryden, Peter Mayo, George Glascock, William Middleton, Hezekiah Bukey, Granville Henderson, Tho's Griffin, William McCandlish, George Loyall, Andrew Stevenson, and Samuel Travis—166.
On motion, and the questions being taken on each, the following persons were recommended as Electors for President and Vice President of the U. States—viz:
1. Wm. C. Holt (Norfolk District.)
2. Dr. Ch's H. Graves (Surry.)
3. John Pegram (Dinwiddie.)
4. Robert B. Stark (Greensville.)
5. John Purnall (Prince Edward.)
6. Dr. Branch T. Archer (Powhatan.)
7. Wm. C. Rives (Nelson.)
8. Charles Yancey (Buckingham.)
9. Joseph Martin (Henry.)
10. Wm. Brockenbrough (City of Rich'd.)
11. Armstead Holmes (Caroline.)
12. James Hunter (Essex.)
13. Robert Taylor (Orange.)
14. Isaac Foster (of Fauquier)
15. Rob't Shields, sen. (of York county)
16. Col. Wm. Jones (Gloucester.)
17. John Taliaferro (King George.)
18. John T. Brooke (of Stafford.)
19. Hugh Holmes (Frederick.)
20. Wm. Armstrong, jr. (Hampshire.)
21. Arch'd Rutherford (Rockingham.)
22. Archibald Stuart (Augusta.)
23. Andrew Russell (Washington.)
24. Charles Taylor (Montgomery.)
25. John Edie (Brooke.)
On motion, the following persons were appointed the Central Corresponding Committee; viz: Spencer Roane, Andrew Stevenson, John Robertson, Philip N. Nicholas, Peter V. Daniel, Francis T. Brooke, Jerman Baker, John Coalter, William Munford, Thomas Ritchie.
On motion, the meeting adjourned till Friday evening, 6 o'clock.
FRIDAY. (LAST EVENING.)
The meeting was held according to adjournment; but very little more was done, except appointing the county corresponding committees. This list will be published on Tuesday next.
No resolutions of a general description were proposed during the meetings.
Adjourned.