Yorkville Enquirer

N. C. State Republican Convention.

The North Carolina State Republican Convention assembled in Raleigh on the 17th instant, and was in session two days. Over five hundred delegates were present. On the first day Gov. Caldwell was nominated for re-election, he receiving on the first ballot 58 votes. Settle, who was the choice of the Grant administration, 28 votes, and General Dockery 14. On the second day of the session the ticket was completed by the following nominations:

For Lieut. Governor, Curtis H. Brogden; for Secretary of State, W. H. Howerton, of Rowan; for Treasurer, David A. Jenkins, present incumbent; for Attorney-General, T. R. Hargrove, of Granville; for Superintendent of Public Instruction, Rev. James Reid, of Franklin; for Superintendent of Public Works, Silas N. Burns, of Chatham; and for Auditor, John Reilly, of Cumberland.

Resolutions were adopted endorsing Grant and the administration of Caldwell, and declaring in favor of universal amnesty, and take a wide range in behalf of education. A plan of organization was adopted; and Judge Settle and Marcus Irwin, with seven assistants, were appointed electors for the State. Delegates to the Philadelphia convention were also appointed.

Resolutions were adopted endorsing Governor Holden, who is characterized as a martyr in exile at Washington, and the hope expressed that the time is not far distant when he shall return to his native State to battle for the Union.