Zit txittboienlext. THURSDAY, -JUNE 20rn, 1867:..t FOR SUPREME JUDGE, lion. George Sharswood, oFTHI LADELPIUA Trim report of the proceedings of the State Convention will he found in another part of this week's paper. It contains a number of facts not given in ,most of the reports that have peen printed, and will be found worthy of perusal, even by those who have readoth er sketches of the proceedings. From some cause the editor's account of the action of the Vonvention, sent on from Harrisburg, failed to reach the office in time for last week's pa per. OIIR CA.FDIDATE. The Democratic State Convention at Harris burg. last week,with a unanimity seldom wit nessed, and, in a spirit equal to the best days of the Republic, presented to the people of Pennsylvania - as their nominee for the posi tion on the Supreme bench which will be vacated by Geo. W. liTondward in Decent her next. the name of lion. George Sitars wood. of Philadelphia. 0r the pre-emluent titne. , ; of this selection, no person who is in the remotest degree acquainted with the jurisprudence of the Conummwealth, will for a moment question. The di.tinguished talents of Judge Sharswood have given hint a reputation as wide as the continent, and among the -members of his profession he is universally regarded us balding a place in the front rank of American jurists. The library. of every lawyer in the State tells the story of hhi - great 'industry, his sound judg ment,l his scholarly acquirements, his deep /research, and his consummate skill ns an in terpreter of the law.. Prom a long and well prepared blograph kid sketch in the Philadelphia Age, we leiirn that Judge Shirrswood was born .on the ;th oiJuly, 1810, and he. is' consequently in his 55th year. - On the 31st of July, 1828, he militated at the University of Pennsylvania, with the highest honors, delivering the Greek salutatory' oration. Ile studied law with the Hon. Joseph R. Ingersoll, and was admitted to practice on the sth of Septem ber, 1831. Five years after his admission to the liar, he was elected from the city of Philadelphia to the Legislature of his native Stat'e, in which he served thee sessions, winning an enviable reputation for ability and- integrity. The high character he bore in that body recommended him to the conft denee of Goy. Shunkrwho, in 1845; selected him, from among the many gifted members of the Philadelphia bar, as one of the Judges of the District Court for that city. When the Constitution was changed, in 1831, and the Judiciary became elective, and again in mt opposing candidate, the p unoutl bon - or - of a noinination by both of dif,great political parties loering been ,conferred *upon him. For over twenty-two years '-.Ttutge 'Shit:wood 'has been a member of, mi l l for nearly twenty years presided over, thTusiest court in that large city. "It is not' o much," the Age says, "to add that no' judge who ever sat in this county fins commanded so great a de- ' gree of respect and 'confidence, ad,.if we except Judge Bushrod Washington, the affection of the pmfession, as Judge Sitars wood. If it were possible to estimate the value in money which such a judge has been to this community during the long period of his official services, the sum would seem ex aggerated to any not familiar with laic worth: His systemization of the business of the Court has prevented costly delays, and his opinions- have such weight that few lawyeri care to risk the expense of a writ of error - from his judgments. He has constructed the practice of his court, and almost created the local law of the community. Poring all this time, he has been, if not a prolific, an habitu al and most careful legal - writer and. author. His edition of Blackstone, of Bytes on Bills,. his annotations to English remits, his Pro: feSsional Ethics and Lectures, have given him a national reputation as wide 'as it is well founded: l ' All over the tnited States he regarded as foremost as a jurist, a lawyer, and d scholai-. No new testimonials can add to his reputation. The' people , of the State of•Pennsylvariia while conferring upon Judge SharswOod the additional honor of electing -bait to the Judgeship of the Supr eine Court, will extend the credit and diimity of that tribunal, and enlarge the character of the Commonwealth itself." THE INDIAN WAIL. The Indian troubles arc on the increase, and Gen. Sherman is likely to have his bands full for some time to come. According to Gor. Hunt of Colorado, the war has at tained to formidable proportions, for in a dis palelL W