Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-04-14
Southern Commercial Convention.
[Ed toral Corresponds nee Of the baltimore patrie

l'N I"''A' correspondence I Inc baltimore Patriot
CHARLESTON, April 10, 1854
The Commercial Convention commences IFS
session IN this city to-day, and will lie beyond
DOUBT one OF the largest, and looking to the abli-
" aud public character Of many OF lho:e who will
take part i'll lis proceedings, one of the mos; inn
Portant Conventions ever held in this country.
portion Of tln. delegation from Baltimore
reached here yesterday, having taken the route by
the way OF the steamers 10 Norfolk, thence all the
way by railroad 10 Charleston. They left Bali
more On Friday evening and came down 10 Nor
liOlk III the really magnificent steamboat Mort Calo
Ilia' which IS commanded by that model OF noble
anu courteous captains Capt. Russell, and has for
It's Clerk, Mir. ;SpTeI, Ga gentleman in eycly use
OF 'tI'' wo:d) The North Carolina reached Nor
iolk early on Saturday morning, and the paSSen-
gers for points further South took the cars OF the
S"abo 'rd ana Roanoke Railroad 10 Weldon. There
they were transferred 10 the cars for Whining ton
anu OH reaching that city, were taken by steamboat
across the and pl cr in 10 by railroad
10 NuncheSlcr. There they were again transferred
10 the cars by the South Carolina road Tor CHARLES
ton, aud reached here about thItc O'Clock in the
eNeming-thnIly one hours after leaving lSa tinure
The delegates from Baltimore, who came by the
NofluIk I"ute. We're taken 10 The Mills Iiulel, n
new house That h.'S recently been opened in Ills
city. 1t is kept by Thomas 5. Nlckerson, Esq.,
formerly ole OF The CLERKS i'll BarnunI'S Hotel in
baltimore. repeat sentiments OF gentlemen, rho
are now stopping NJ This hotel (the MilPs Huuse,)
and whose repeated visits TO al the principal cities
OF the United States gives authority to their de-
cISIon, when say, that IN all respects, the ar
rangement of the building, the hting of it up, the
style and excellence oil the repasS that furn-
lShed a; every meal, and the tone of the gentle
man hich Is gwen 10 every department OF it 10y
The excellent host, slr. NickerSOn, place il among
the very Lest public houses in this country, and
few indeed, anywhere, that come up 10 il. The
taste and beauty which show themselves in the la
dies department, and charmingly in the parIcrs,
sp="k the praise &c the lady OF ,he host; and il
Will not, trust, be thought out of place. for me
To mention that The hostess is native OF Bali
more.
The Test Of the Baltimore delegation, besides
several who came on here early last week, arrived
yesterday in he steamer Palmetto, that lett Balti
more OH Friday morning.
The Convention meets this evening, but have
to send tins before they do SO, by the mail that
leaves here al seven O'clock.
Among the delegates 10 the Convention, are The
following distinguished gentlemen: Gov Wm G
Dawson, of Ca, PresIden: Of the two last Con-
vcntions; Gov Clay. of Huntsville, Ala; Gov
} Jones, OF Tenn, Gov " D Musely, His Excel
lency John Manning, Governor of tins State;
Lieut. Maury, OF the National Observatory, Wash
lngton; Lieut. lernden, Of Washington; Lieut.
Glbbon, of Was ingtum; Hon w 4 Colquitt, Of
Ga; Hon w Polk, of Tenn; lion B Whitner,
of florida; Judge Baxter, of Tenn; Gen Leslie
COMBS, of KY; and Gen " S Harding.
The Press in the Sou h is very generally repre-
scented. but do not find many from the North, but
several may yet be here.