The independent press. (Abbeville C.H., S.C.) 1853-1860, 1860-05-04
&. Observation-Disclosures WOE.

lteySo r. EsSsyySgSTse TeuSIhuB Cue CITY on w o0s
spssdsy and remaining during Thursday and
k Friday uPon,ihs train down wers Col. MAE,
hfr: sSaa'L Jonpas, aud others, from All,
Ebssllle, and we had Sthe pleasure sof meeting
during our stay, many OF the prominent eiti.
zenss of our District. We found the city much
less crowded thaniwe had anticipated and found
no difficulty in getting very excsllenttoad 8,
reasonable rates. The prospect Of exhorbitant
charges at tile Hotels. had kept away the
erowd. {. and instesd Of 10000 or $4,000, fsr
whom aeeommod a,ions had been provided, We
supi,ose that the number of visitors did not ex.
ceed 5000 or 1000. Tho principal Hotels had
gone to great expense in providing for the oc.
casion, and will no. doubt sustain great loss. !,
Soon after our arrinal we. sailed out to at,
tend one Of the mass meetings which were held
nightly before the principal Hotels. The grea.
body Of tho citizens who were excluded from
the Hall Of the Convention regaled themselves
by attending nightly before the Mills House
aud the Charleston Hotel, and calling out
prominent orators from different sections of
the Union. These speeches were generally of
a high order of ability, and were very enter
tanning. On the evening in question the
crowd had been entertained by speeches from
Mayor WooD, of New York, and Others, and
wore now proceeding 10 the Charleston Hotel
to call out WM. L. YAScr, Judge MEEK, and
others. After ca ling until they were hoarse,
apologies were made for those gentlemen, and
the assembly had to content themselves with
others. .GAuLpEs. of Georgia, made O strong
speech in behalf Of the slave trade. aud Hayes
Of Tennessee, an eloquent appeal in behalf of
Democratic harmony, and an able exposition of
the principles of the party. The next night.
the SAME scene was re.enactcd, with more of
popular tumult and disorder. WooD was call.
ell for without effect GAuLDKS gave a rehasl,
of his slave trade speech, and o. J. WISE, Of
Va, whilst indulgng in sorse distasteful re.
marks raiSed popular storm which made
Babel Of confusion for al hour. QEiet was Fl
nally restored. and Judge MEEK, and others.
made entertaining speeches. The Judge is a
fine speaker. enlivening dry disquisition with
humorous aud npt.lustrations. These outside
meetings fu rnished q scene of dramatic in, crest
and the speeches and the running commentary
were very amusing.
Whilst in the city we had the pleasure of
calling at the Office of the Charleston Courier,
and forming some agreeable acquaintance of
the city, press, and others To Mr.. WV. F.
DopcE. Of the Institute Hall, we in'' common
with the press generally, were very much in
dchted for the use of commoiious room, the
latest exchanges and facilities for writing; for
whch.lan other, attentions. he deserves the
thanks :of the fraternity ~
Owing to the small siz. of Che HILL of the
Convention only limited number of spectators
were admitted to its deliberations. There was
no admittance without a ticket, and these were
granted only to favored few. BY the kind.
ness of friends we managed to secure an en-.
try. tsThere Was avery full attendance and
from every State in the Union.
The Convention comprised many men of great
ability-CusHrSo, the President, YANcY, praH,
BUTLER, BuRNErr, and others. Many able
speeches were delivered, which however only
served 70, exhibit the discordant elements of
which the Con veEtion was composed. During
our stay it was still at sea as to platform and
nominee. The name iof DOUGLAS was conf
IDENTIFY pressed, but I'VE. saw. mo- reason to
change an opinion previously formed that he
could not secure the nomination. LANE, BnxoK.S
IsRDaE, >HuSTEn, and others had their strong:
bnekera:
Tie, htestinteiligence brings the news 81 tho
secession Of seysh of the Southern States. and
Delaware from lie Convention. and the sep.r.
ate action Of these Conventions The follow.
ing are the latest dispatches:
442s2 &g g4 CHARLESTON, May1 I.
/ Senator SBayard. Of Delaware has been cleo.
ted President3o of the Conventional Democratic
Cnnyegtion, and JAS Simons. of South Car,.,
lima, Nice. President. -1'E1s
Virginia. Tennessee and Kentucky have pre-
sented an ultimatum to the National Conven-
ton. and II is thought theysWillwi,hdraw.
Z The Douglas party is dropping.
-, SECOND pEsPxTcH.
The Douglas Convention has deferred the ac-
tion Of Virginia, Tennessee and Kentucky by
adhelipg to the two til irds rule in the electoral
vote on q nomination. This operates against
Douglas The Convention had several ballots
Douglas receiving one hundred and ffty, the
eat SCATTERING. :. Two. hundred and two aresre.
qpiEed for the election Of, nominee. ssss..
- - ~ TUESDAY,. :o'clocksA.;M.
BY private advices by the night train we
ienrntliat last evening, the Convention sfsjec-
ted tn. majority sepors,s and'adopse va simply
UpontRaspas Of the .rcsoiutions,f eight
States ret2 presented protesiA adssna
ths destonof ths sCoare,tion, aud tsss9kd Della.
'is.ippi. Asksnsss ioaisisna, Tesss: 1i Virainis %
md Georges vi,Adrsw for c6nsultatien, after
aai oEiI,ss Virginia delegation., They ..vill
most iksly follow fo isy, AID If Virrtais doess
Oregon aid California, win also witSdrav. 51s
The Conyen.iSissd ioarusd 'inmediatsly, afa,