The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-24
&itbnlona 9ispatrt.
TUESDAY MORNING. APRIL e. iseo.
rHg CHARLESTON C0NveNfl0N.

"A correspondent Of the Baltimore Ameri.
can, writing from Charleston on Friday last,
says there will not Be- 1000 straneers in that
city daring the Convention. indepsndent of
those who lodge ON the steamers. He adds
The hotel. keepers are greatly disappointed
at the meaSre attendance. and aseers that
tneir chargss are not - high % those paid =
m0dattons Of Char lest0a not BEING - sreaf -
those Of Oiacinnati, shey have bosa compelled
to make large outside aTranGemeuts, In expcc.
tation OF an immense access Of visitors, and
borhood with cots. The Mills House has the
HiberUian Hall. next door 10 il. furnished
with one hundred and tWen ty.fOur cots. and
with other ouildings is capable Of accommo-
dating seventeen hundred gnests The
Charleston Hotel has Increased its accommo.
datiOns TO twelve undred, aud 90 Ear neither
Of them has more than two hundred names
recorded.
The Louisiana delegation have furnished
house, with caterer provided for their ac-
commodation at one hundred dollars per day
The Wood delegation, from New York, have
engaged 81. Andrews Hall, where they eat.
drink drink, and sleep, and keep open house for ali
never conGregated, and they seem 10 le deter.
mined on having their seats In the Convention.
or at least not 70 yield their claim without
a. TO their Presidential preferences but In con.
versatiOn with some Of them ON the cars am
satisfied they will 90 unanimously for Dou.
glas II they should obtain their seats. They
say that II II Douglas and victory, or certain
defeat with any other candidate. I was also
In conversation with some of the New YORK
dagger delegates, or "sOfis." They appear to
m 6e opposed 70 Douglas, but not very strongly.
They say that the SOuih must name the candi.
date, as 1t cannot be expected that delegates
from States that will not give AN electoral
vote for fhe nominee, let him be whom he may.
viii De allowed to force man on the South
ern States.
There is one thing that seems apparent at
the time of this writing, that Douglas is hour.
ly becoming less Objectionable to the South
iersonai objections are giving away to avail.
as the main point in making the selection.-
There are but few of the Southern deleentes
now here; but Mr.. Orr, Of South Carolina,
seems to speak as II "by authority" and he
will be unacceptable to the South. 1t Is said
that the friends of Douglas name him (Mr.
ORR ms their candidate for the Vice. -Presiden.
cy. and this may be the cause that induces him
to favor Douglas. There are several delegates
here fDom Kentucky, and their first choice is
Guthrie; but as he does not stand any chance
except for the Vice-Presidency, they will 20
for any candidate for the first office that will
secure the second to their nominee. The Flor.
ida delegation have arrived. and are bitterly
opposed to Douglas. as are those Of Georgia
and Alabama. The friends OF Douglas are
mere, however, ia great force. and with
Gov. Richardson al their head, are taking the
Southern delegates in detail as fast as they ar.
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Scn1vn Sn.1 ~ VII plcssht nc nomsnAuon 0t
nominee VINO can possibly be elected. They
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Chicago Convention ii he is not nominated.
The moderate Southern men are now set.
tling on Dickinson, of New York. and 1t is said
tnat ne Will oe Drougnt forward as the Admin
rS ar.lauon cahui9ate IN opposition 10 Dong!as.
AHT A.lenus "a Oousias; as tneir second cnolce.
VIII, It Is SAID, rally on Breckinridse, and were
~ ~ not tnat nis own otaIe mas gone against nim,
.ney "1Eu. suSceeo an Rivihg nrm tne nominal
.tsn; .ou. ane.s oSJeca IN tAklne breckinr1Gge as
e.n MnI, Is W secure tne succession In 1904 LOT
Dougias.
II IL my present impression that Dickinson,
OF New York, will receive the nomination. L
pledged to him al their second choice, aud
that, with such strength, he will have no
difficulty in securing two.fhirds of the whole
Convention. His strength will not be devel-
oped until the fight between Douglas and Hun
ter 10 disposed Of, and should they both be
abandoned, then the contest will lie between
Dickinson and Breckinridge. There are ahost
Of tho friends Of Dickinson here from New
Yorx. WORKING 70 secure pledges for him -
second choice, and have seen letters from
NUMBER OF prominent southern politicians
urging his nomination in case Southern nom
Having no personal preferences myself, and
viewing tne cnances OF all the candidates,
cannot but consider those OF Mr.. Dickinson as
oecioeoiy the pest.
Fernando Wood is at present the lion Of the
goes. His headquarters, St. Andrews Hall,
10 the great political centre Of the city, and he
has most wonderful tact of making himself
agreeable to AL who cross ITS threshold. He
Processes to have come here to secure the