Weekly North Carolina standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1850-1858, 1856-06-11
NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY, JUNE Il, 1856.

y The CoNvENTIoN.-The President of the Cincin-
natl Convention, Gen. John E. Ward, of Georgia, is
said to be Buchanan man. He was formerly Speak.
of one of the Houses of the Georgia Legislature.
He delivered an able and eloquent address on taking
the chair.
A motion was made to admit members of Con.
gress to seats the foor [Cries of "No-no, 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 aud the excitement
TIE CRowp AT CIScNsArr1.-The Cincinnati papers of
Monday moaaing all concur in stating that immense
tbrong Of were in that city on Saturday last The
On entering the city yesterday Sunday morn
ing after breakfast the first observed shadow before
by coming events was the crowded streets. There
pecuarty about the crowds-they composed almost
exclusively of pettcoas that of
analogy established for the between Cincinnati
up in harems During Saturday. every to the city
poured in its streamhe evening train the Little Miami
railroad alone consisted of thirteen crowed with pas
sengers. The various hotels overaowng; room
not bedIsorry sir but it can't be done.were words
list of fifteen hotels gwen at which
yas from Saturday morning to Sunday morning ranged
from ~ 10 o2 among the strangers were 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
helo Mr. Brooks of South Carolina and various Others
including Capt. Rynders and Thos Hyer The Columbian
says:
'rhe Burnet House is the grand focus of Democratic
sleeping eating and caucussng-we were going to say
drinking, but on looking into the saloon in the afternoon
our opinion of the delegation was much heightened by find
ing it almost deserted.
Here posted notices of the headquarters of the
different States in in the house. and at
locations in other hotes-Staes, free and slave Western
and Northern Southern and Eastern, jumbed up
pcated antgeographica 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
delegate in South Caplina.' New York has two apart
ments-one, ground ', bears notice to the effect
that the Hards can b. at 81, up stairs
The Cincinnati Times -.
There could have been less than fifteen twenty
thousand strangers the Sunday. They crowd
ed into the hotels "crossways, and have filled up many
private boarding houses Beside these hundreds enjoy
ing the hosptaites of our citizens.
The delegation from South Carolina held meeting Sat
urday evening They resolved to vote unit for Mr..
Pierce for one hundred bulots provided New Hampshire
sticks to them unwaverngly al that time Should New
Hampshire desert him. should he be withdrawn before
the hundredh ballot they will then go to Douglas
the Southern candidate whose chances appear most
favorable"