, 1860-03-08
Maritime Expedition to The Charles.
ton Convention.
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Intense excitement prevails amonp Tho aris.
tocracy Of Democratic shoulder hitters, ganl-
biers, gongers, manners, burglars. keepers and
owners Of dens Of prostitution, outcast crimi.
nals from BlackTelPs Island aud Sing Sing, and
that po!house. olscouring Of the Community,
Eenefally. which accepts p'under as the "diviEe
night essence Of all free government. with re-
gard to the mems Of conveyance to Charleston.
TO the approaching National Convention. ."Out
OF the abundance Of the heart the mouth speak.
eth ); and, down in the depths Of tl,e renal
souls OF these children Of pad foot Mammou,
rom @ onr 4nv'stuous metropolis. lies, Of and be-
lore az things, the ecstatic idea Of q corrupt
executive and leaky national treasury, from
mcich they may gather the drippinss. This IS
their thought By day and their dream BIZ pipht.
Around It reVolTe Ill their instincts and aspir3-
tons. Demosthenes was rot more true to his
rue OF action, action, action, than they are to
the iunaaaaental principle Of their lises- steal,
logical Law which governs their existence.
Therefore, most logical sequitor, they all
want to have finger in the pie at Charleston.
1heT, without exception, feel the necessity Of
having been the bona 5ds individuals who, book
or By crook. secured the nomination Of the
ions Of marshalships, surseyorshi2s. collector
ships, aud all other kinds Of ahips, 1oat before
Tie eyes Of the rowdy gang Of pIunderer5 in
connection with the Charleston Convention.
Commodore Vanderbilt, we rejoice to say,
has had compassion upon this vast amount ot
human misery. lie has even, 10 the abysses Of
his benevolent heart, fathomed the depths OF
trouble which might be occas:oned By the diyis-
1ons OF the Democratic party in the State, aud,
with true regard to the principles of some chan.
ter or other in one Of the books Of Corinthians,
has resolved that all belligereat elements shall
be kept apast during the transit from New York
t. the great focus Of nominating excitement.
The ~ f,rp ho~
OF less publicly, to the world, that he will des-
patch from this port, On the 9th or 10th day Of
April next, two steamers, one in the interest Of
the Judas lscariot Regency, who, "haring the
bag" and being able to pay well, come first in
order, and the other under the control Of Fer
nando, with many subordtnaies aud assistants,
but without any company. The Regency steamer
will be commanded By Captain Cagger, whose
lag will wave to the brcezes Of the Gulf Stream,
painted with Wise letter in the middle. sur
rounded by twenty stars, significant Of the
twenty pieces Of silver for which they sold the
Aforesaid celebrated document Fernando
Wood;s flag will represent Cassidy, the butcher
boy, burning in efligy, and some score or two of
fat cattle tit for the Market
So the hostile fleets will navigate to the same
port-both propelled by the steam Of the same
owner. lis must understand his business tho
roughly. But, meanwhile, anxiety and tr,bula-
ton prevail among the henchmen Of the De-
Hectors and Achilles Of the party. Where is
the Beneeia poy-the muscular, courteous and
chivalrous Heenan? What can the country do
without him, and without the draft of pu2ilis-
tic notorieties whom the impending prize tight
with Sayers has carried off to England: The
eolors Of Mozart Hall dragg!e upon the
ground, and Tammany trembles and cowers in
view Of prospective defeat. The Regency
steamer will carry of two-thirds Of th, loafefs
in the State, and the remainder will embark
under the auspices Of our i!lustrous Mayor;
bur, alas, alas, no such exhibition can rejoice
the ears and eyes Of the population Of the Pal
metto City as was witnessed, last September, a.
Syracuse.
All honor to Commodore Vanderbilt. Nheth-
er he intends to have both steamers scuttled on
the way to the port Of destination, We do not
know. It would, perhaps, be too much to count
on such an exuberance Of patriotism, In any
case we trust he does not know French enough
to understand the impossibillsy Of any New
Workers. ever uttering the words, *6;en rtrenu''
if they should come back again. If he serves
them all. however. as the Charleston Conven-
tion is likely to treat both sets Of delegates, we
fear they will fare worse than the passengers do
between here aud Panama