A New method of giving out Offices.
We learn from the Cincinnati Enquirer, that the
Republican Electoral College of
Ohio, which gave its twenty-three electoral votes to
Lincoln and
Hamlin, was besieged with a large number of candidates for the honor and profit of bearing the vote of that State to
Washington as messenger.
In this extremity the college resorted to a very novel political method of designating the successful aspirant.
It adopted a system of gambling by placing a number of tickets in a hat after the style of drawing a lottery.
The lucky number was drawn by
Mr. J. Ankemny, of
Holmes county, who was thereby entitled to about $250 for his patriotic services.
It is said that
Judge Bates will call the attention of the
Grand Jury to this extraordinary proceeding.