The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1850-06-18

VI ouA SSouSio-~snc oucJSSs A'oS' S"n"oe
easily be exhausted.
The Nashville Convention.
A friend has handed US the following de-
spatch from prominent member of the
Nashville Convention, which confirms that
published in our paper Of yesterday.
The Convention has adjourned, after
adopting the Missouri Compromise as ex-
IRENE concession, unanimously The Adj
dress, after some amendments, was adopted
by all the States unanimously.
The Convention adjourned with the ut
most harmony among its members, and
with determined purpose.
From the Charleston Mercury, Of Satur-
day, we extract the following correspondence
relating to the same subject.
Correspondence Of the Mercury
NAsHyrLLE, june 10, 1850.
GENrLEMEN I'll sept you by yesterday mail,
an uncorrected copy Of the address as reported by
Gen. Gordon's committee and ordered by the
Convention to be printed. herewith enclose a
which also sent, were taken up this morning, and
the previous question being moved by Gov. Chap
man, Of Alabama, the main question was put and
the resolutions went through by unanimous vote.
The Tennessee Delegation, to the surprise and
qualification of all, through their organ, Gen.
Pillow, voted to a man in the affirmative. The
Importance Of this vote will be seen on examining
the eleventh resolution, which adopts the Mis-
souri, line :" an srtre,ns concession upon corsid-
GRAFTON Of ,Ohat is due to the stability Of our inst
hosls.'
The Address then came UP for consideration
and Gen. Pillow addressed the Convention,
preliminary to moving certain amendments which
if adopted, he said, he was authorised to state
would ensure the vote of Tennessee in favor
of the Address, and remove all objections from
other quarters. The amendments, he said, did
not express his own opinions, for he was sat
isfed with the Address as it stood, and was pre-
pared to follow up its principles into action. But
unanimity was necessary to strength and he sub
mitted these amendments in difference TO others
who were less thorough than himself The Gem
eral spoke remarkably well, and much assure
you, to the qualification Of those who received the
cold shoulder all the way from the Tennessee
river to this city, only week since. He was
followed by an old man, who said he wanted no
amendments; that the Address met his views in
every respect, both as to temper and sentiment;
that he left Virginia for Tennessee in 1873, bring
ing with him the heart and principles Of son Of
the Old Dominion, and it would be his fault if his
children suffered through his pusilanmity in de-
fence Of their hereditary rights. Gen. Pillows s
amendments will probably be adopted They do
not affect the Address in substance and are most
ly either verbal or in qualification of few strong
expressions.
There were some other amendments offered by
other members, which with Gen. Pillows s. prop
ositions were referred to the committee, to which
the Address was at the same time recommtted,
,pithout Instructions. The Address, with the COM
mittees amendments, will be reported tomorrow
morning, when the previous question will be
moved, and the vote taken. The vote, by States,
VII be unanimous. But there will be some dis
senting Wings from Alabama, and elsewhere;
although it is questionable whether they will ven
ture to express their dissent i'm writing Some of
these gentlemen have come here in very bad tenn
per, which they are at small pains to conceal
They look upon every movement in the Conven-
ton Indicative Of spirit, Democratic plot to
subvet their influence; and having more strength
in the Alabama delegation than in any other,
they are perpetually getting it into a smarl. So
hard it is to forget party even in the pursuit Of
principle They have been fighting their col
leagues at home all their lives and theycan con-
slider themselves safe in their company abroad,
unless they stand facing them with drawn weap-
ons. The Wing gentlemen in the other deega-
tons are generally firm and Ingenious, and some
Of the Georgians are noble fellows. If / have the
leisure | will furnish you personal sketches of
some Of the leadiag members But it is likely
this will be my last letter.
Trouble with the Authorities Of Cuba.
THE coNToY PRIsoNERs--ouR RELATIONS WITH
SPAIN.
The special correspondent of the Philadelphia
North American, writes as follows, under date of
Washington, June l4th:
In my telegraphic dispatch of Wednesday, the
10Th instant, stated that unless the information
brought by the Isabel should differ from that al
ready received all apprehensions of difficulty with
Spain might safely be dismissed That informa-
ton has now reached here, and, Fam sorry to
say, very materially alters the condition of things
from what it was reported to be at the time of the
sailing of the Saranac.
Advices, under date of the 9Th instant have
arrived from Gen. Campbell, our Consul ut Ha-
yana. From the tenor Of these, there is reason to
fear that the difficulty between the two Govern
ments is by no means at an end. Gen. Campbell
expresses the opinion--an opinion generally shared
by the American residents and shipmasters at Ha-
vana--that the captains of the Georgiana and the
Sarah Loud would be executed, unless our Govern
ment Immediately and peremptory interfered to
prevent It. he therefore asks for prompt and posi-
tive instructions to demand the prisoners, as no
Intervention short of this will probably prove eff
fcacious. This requrt, under the peculiar crcum-
stances, makes it obvious that the stern and UNI
mistakable letter of Mr.. Clayton, of the LIST in
slant, In which Gen. Campbell was directed to
warn the Captain General that if he hurt hair of
the head Of any innocent American citizens, it
might lead to sanguinary war, had not then
reached it's destination.
The trials Of the prisoners were to be conducted
according to the strict form of Spanish law, which
require the proceedings on preliminary examine
tons to be secret. As these summary proceed
ings had not closed at the date Of the Consul s
dispatches it is to be hoped that Mr.. Clayton s
announcement of the LIST instant may arrive in
time to prevent any hasty action on the part of
the Cuban authorities
From all the facts which have come tonight,
it is believed that the prisoners taken at Contoy
had shipped for California via Chagres Such
was the general purport of the testimony adduced
before Judge Marvin, at Key West, before whom
r. was established, that when the real expedi-
tonfsts went on board the Creole the others aban-
doned them. Under this state of things, any vio-
lence offered to them may involve serious compIi-
cation.
Gen. Campbell states that although he has not