Semi-weekly North-Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1852-1853, 1852-06-26
INCIDENTS OF THE co>,u

'ne most prominent man in the late WV. WIN.
'n'ioh was The somewhat notorious Joh Con-
Do"s' and the Seward presses award - L. Minor
great credit for his efforts, in securing ,b Very
of Gen. Scott 'ne Nomination
In reading Gen. SCOTS letter to NJ
member of the Convention,} in which Archer Archer "a
@colt said he had decided not to write g., "ef Gen.
c'dHal member - of the Convention ~ any "tndi.
great deal about letters BEING in L, botts said
&c.-said this, to Mr.. Archer he too,, pockets,
Pocke'' and he was inquired of verv sinn us coat
y ni. Eaoeii Of Florida whether he did na.'y
another letter in his pest pocket? "0' have
There were great entertainments r;r.
friends of Scott, Fillmore, and Webster ~, Oy The
Pectlve headquarters, and, it seems. nm, s res.
incurred, for champagne, iulips and tbe H. Expense
mote the PROJECTS of the several candid pro.
New York Express, Fillmore paper has, Ihe
lowing from its Editor: lids The fol.
d" [ visited Websters head-ouar,o,.,
Barnums Hotel. Mr.. Webster's fie e1ss eTenng at
largest and most elegant parlor in the nus have The
bmndEgd room large enough to seat seveny6Ts and
dispense most liberal hospitality Dc lot all, and
the Massachusetts Delegation have ~. besides this
public halls in the city. The Scott The largest
also. A0eP open house
Mr.. Fillmore's friends, excent in Il,
of Carroll Hall, have their forces .e engagement
have, however, private house ON Ri,iIu' They
and several public parlors." Oo''ln're street,
! The New York Tribune, Seward n.
following items, whilst there was great dnn, he
hanging the result: '' 0Sef'
| "The only serious difficulty annroho-,
contested seats, and the Southern pIatfn"a IS the
| the members from those States insist rn winch
ing and voting thereon previous to the bso, H.Oau
Inc scott men do not like the latter arranaoI-.
and will do all they to defeat it "ssenent
Gov. Johnston this morning considers so,,.,-
ination certain, beyond doubt Remaindor ~ nOn
tlon are, however, not SO sanguine Jobnsou
with Bolts last night, and is closeted with hin 81
morning." -" "'H his
Bolts seems to have quite passion for slpe,i,.
with people, If We mistake not, he boosted If .Io.F
ing with President Tyler once; but his Sor,L.F-
friends will hardly commend him now, for anv i'm
provement in the character of his bed-feIows-R,n.
and the Abolitionist, Johnston!
On the fourth day, Mr.. Duncan, of Iou;sian, tb,.-
the following little bomb she'll into the COpveDtor
The charge and the denial speak for themselves.
but until further revelations, we abstain Grom Ill
comment:
" Mr.. Duncan, of Louisiana, read to the coDveD.
ITO GEN. JAMES WATSON WEBB,
/ (Care of M. H. Grinnell, ESQ.,
Raymond has telegraphed to and published in
his paper, the New York Daily Times, that the N,
York delegation were indignant at the rejection o(
his claim and if Scott is defeated by it, they would
protest against the nomination of the convention and
disauow its binding orce-these were the exact words
of the despatch-and that northern aUhigs care urv
on the platform with the understanding that southern
1UhigS lCere 10 go OCer to Scott.
Mr.. Duncan of Louisiana demanded that the au.
thor of such charges against the convention be ex
PEELED from the convention.
MIR. Draper of New York pronounced il false.
Mr.. Raymond was called for, but could not get the
floor, amid cries of Turn him out
The chairman of the committee declared that al.
though Mr.. Raymond had been admitted, he no
more entitled to seat in the convention than 10
seat in the Legislature of California. D."
Soon after the nomination of Gen. Scott, Mr. Jones
of Tennessee, rose and read the following letter Of
acceptance, sent by Telegraph:
"WAsHINGToN, June 81, 1852
Having the honor of being the nominee for Presi.
dent by the Wing National Convention, | shall &C.
cept the same, with the platform Of principles which
the Convention has laid down. Please show this to
G. B. Duncan. With respects to friends.
WINFIELD ScoTT
The General did not say " in haste, as he usually
does at the end of his epistles, for he thought that
would be understood, as he had written by light
ming.
On Monday night last, Gen. Scott, Senator Man
gum, Mr.. Graham, Mr.. Webster, Mr.. Fillmore and
others, were waited on by the crowd in Washington
and speeches were drawn from them. Senator Man
gum pledged North Carolina to Gen. Scott-SenatOr
Mangum, who, but few months siLce, was rePno
ated by almost every Wing press in this State FOL
his Scott and Seward tendencies! Mr.. Webste
made characteristic speech, but did not say how hi
should vote.