Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1856-06-07

~ The CosvENT1oN-The President of the Cincin-
nsh Convention, Gen. John E. Ward, Of Georgia, is;
said to be a Buchanan man. He was formerly Spsak.
or Of one Of the Houses of the Georgia Legislators
He deliver ed an able and eloquent address on taking
the chair. - 8
A motion was made to admit members Of Con.
gress to seats the floor. fCries of Mono, don't
want them. The resolution, after some debate was
laid on the table the motion of Mr. Avery of this
State.
All kinds Of rumors as to the calculations of the
friends of Pierce, Buchanan, and Douglas were in
circulation. An immense throng Of persons was in
attendance. The following will give some idea of
the crowd and the excitement =
The Crowd CINc1NNArrI-The Cincinnati papers of
Monday morning all concur in stating that immense
hron OF strangers were in that city on Saturday last The
"on entering the city streets yesterday Sunday
ing after breakfast the first observed shadow cast before
by coming events was the crowded streets. There
popularity about the crowds-they composed almost
analogy was established for the moment between Cincinnati
and Constantnope where the women generally locked
up in harems During Saturday every avenue to the city
poured in its sreamthe evening train the Little Miami
railroad alone consisted of thirteen crowed with pas
sengers The various hotels were OVERLOOKING; no room
terated and reiterated by the clerks of of the hotels
list OF some fifteen hotels is gven, at which the arr
vans from saturday morning TO SUNDAY morning ranged
from SO to 32 Among the strangers COL Benton Of
Mo-. Hon. John Appleton, of Me-. the secretary of Mr.
buchanan at London Col Parker H. French the rejected
Minister from Nicaragua, Col Ben Mccullough the Texan
heio Mr. Brooks of South Carolina and various others,
including Capt Rynders and Thos. Hyer The Columbian
says;
"The Burnet House is the grand focus of Democratic
sleeping eating and caucussng-we were going to say
drinking but looking into the saloon in the afternoon
opinion of the delegation much heightened by find
ing it almost deserted
posted us notices the headquarters of the
mi in in he hOnSp an0SO Mt
locations in other hoesSates free and slave, Western
and Northern Southern and Eastern umbed
pcated ant-geographical principles within wonderfully
small space. gentleman pokes his out of Illinois
and cracks joke with another gentleman in California
and thirsty individual in Maine offers to liquor with
delegatein South Carolina New York has two apart
mentsone, ground floor, bears notice to the effect
that the Hards' can be found at 81, up stairs"
The Cincinnati Times says:
"There could not have been less than fifteen twenty
thousand strangers in the city Sunday They crowd
ed into the hotels "cross-ways and have filled up many
private boarding houses Beside these hundreds
ing the Inequalities of our citizens.
1.-THE delegation from South Carolina held meeting Sat
urday evening They resolved to vote unit for Mr.
Pierce for hundred ballots! provided New Hampshire
sticks to them unwaveringly all that time Should New
Hampshire desert him, should he be Withdrawn before
the hundredth ballot they will then to Douglas
to the Southern candidate whose chances appear mos
favorable"