, 1860-05-16

Assembling Of the Convention.
Tho Pennsylvania Delegation.
The Kentucky Reception nj
- 81. 81 the Richmond House.


;., I'D the Richmond House.
TuE MICHIGAN SOUTHERN EXCURSION
THE IFEH" JERSEY" UIsLEG.sTES.
The following is the formal announcement
Of the opening Of the Convention to-day:
ANNOUNCEMENT.
The Na1onal Republican Convention will comuepe.
tlis Wedue.daT. Hay 16 .1seo.
The doors viii be open Ut II o'clock.
J. Delos .te. only Il be admitted to ie platform ant
the entzsuce will be tr ,us tho Eas..n d znd by tick
stgned tT tie Clasrtaln Of tho Nations, Go1ug,ttee
= At rnats ce!reaes aud newspaper rrt%Etcrs will u
admitted tr tickets tbs srea in fst 9th. PLATFORM apt
he!s entrance Will be through tho IN tbs Not
sicc Of ths Lui*d ng.
SteuosVphic reporters will 1c admitted en- the plxt
fo ke. their satranee through lie East.rr
4fo-.
l. La"ie., sid gentlemen Accompanying them will b.
admitted 70 the Galleries through the West door On Ii.
Nor h a:de.
DyorIer ofths COMMITTEE.
The city swarms like bce-nive. Hotels are
full. Hult;tudes Of our private residences hare
their quota Of guests. aud On every side is in
progress the work Of President-making, fol
.ith judicious use Of is powers, the action o]
the Convention Will be no less.
Comparing the rush with that Of the National
FAIR, it is less by msny thousand, but Of few
different as whole. Tho rusi, from the country
will commence to-day, the half fare arrange.
meats on our roads leading north. west and
south. taking effect from yesterday aad to- day,
Dy Sunday last, d very considerable share Of
tie more prominent wiEe.workers and operators
inside and out Of tho bar Of the Convention.
hnd reached the city, and the delegations Lad
established their headquarters at the several
hotels. The rush Of the people hns occurred
since that time.
On the pittsburg. Fort Wayne l. Chicago
Road in the three last trains hare been brought
in thirty frt carloads Of passengers, all crowd.
ed. The delegation from Pennsylvania reached
the city yesterday morning. about five hundred
strong, accompanied by two fine bands. They
were received at the depot by our residents
from the Keystone State, and the procession
passed up South Clark street and down Ran
do'ph to The Briggs House, where portion of
tho delegates had rooms, mud thence there was
a general dispersal to quarters.
Yesterday there were thousands of arrivals.
In two trains OF sixteen cars in all the Illinois
Central brought in over u, 90 passengers. The
Michigan roads brought full cars yesterday.
On the Rock Island road train of ten cars ar
rived at r. N. This train left Davenport with
two cars, mud was made up in passing across
tue State. 4 large train as to leave Daren-
port this erening. On the Alton 4 St. Louis
road there was full truin Of seven cars yester-
day, and the trains to- day will be heavy. Over
the Milwaukee and Northwestern the trains to
arrive this morning arc very large, as nc learned
from the officers late last evening.
The Great Wiywa,a is the admiration aud
marvel cf all our visitors, and will do work in
tue coming campaign worth ten times its cost
The several delegations yesterday were busr
within themselves. We append the more net.
able features Of interest
RECEPTION OF THE KENTUCKY DELEGATION
At meeting Of the residents Of Chicago for
merry citizens Of slave States. at the Adams
uouse, committees were appointed to receive
the delegates aud see they were properly cared
for. Hon. ". p. Thoalasson was appointed
chairman of the committee for Kcntuckiars;
and it being thought proper aad advisable to
give the Kentucky delegates public reception,
they were f"r that purpose inyited into The par
lor Of the Richmond House, at O'Clock r. u,
where Mr. Thomassoo addressed them as fo1''
lows:
G<.tl<mea of th- E-otu.ku 1.,,,o,;o,. r.
h,a h..en ass;ynad III. ,,;oy.nrs;fs J.... r ~ he
.nr,;nv ro,, T., orr ropn,1 a.a s.'' 1".y VI "et-
When % rafect That tha i.sd;u,s H so"os eN5;
noI;t.c,an. ri Eantuctr .neaE Il f,a,,skn anu
and their priucIpJcs Iut 10 y,ll;fy md slandas
rLem re cannnt Inn hirhfr mn, aci,ta 4te.
menjy independence TIM has 1,rn,na.ea tuas
f,irnds Ia HI. here. f'''e" III
wv ar, ;nda.d wo,.or,oa ~ tho h:-,:..
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he orprwhelmed hv nm ;rv nr-tarrho, aui r.
the aslyepturer uu5u Mcunt Etna wI,n u ~ ~" 49, ~
stunt annrebeusion either HAL ,he ,l;n c,,,st
unon which |,.. stands nav 1;ra Wv an,, 10
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tle uuI,ru1invs Of the rnnunta;p NAV ssna ,';1'
tnnv II, thr ur but to fa hack n1o h,ra;na ntu.
crater. If such il unfortuna,rIv the cont;t;nst
nj ,nr nor,;,n nj onr ft1ov. .c;,;zcns cx;n.~ -
thr orraniz.tinn nf their soc;sty nd ,n.;s
domestic ins,itu1ipus. rest ass,,rc,l smrI "a na,
tie case With us: hefo every onc ia ~, - ~, ~
speak out boldly ,bs reasons of The hn,,o sv;th;u
him for bis rnlj-ion. nnl;tics or nni,l;r ~ 49,;
yats rc,uu,ny: 1ere indeed cnn rverr ma ~
unirr h;s o,yn vine md f;rtree ,.;ti;,a, T ho;. S.
mulrs,rd or mt in frnr Yom aTa as,.nn;a,I., -
ri.rd 10 look at our beautiful c;tv nnI cnm:,M
We ;hipE tner are unsurnasaed in sainhr;tv =
climate or irrtiI;tv ri sn,l ,ndaad ~ 49, ~
c,ie; coucern is that On vonr return b,r,a ".
nav rise fuii aud tair rsnort tn yomr f'1oa fur
.,;,;,tn. IF E.ptrcLv ,f ~ ,,'.i;,. 1eno"
The ali ahsorbnv nusst;on hefdya tho .et e.a'us:
!. Tho s;nn II neuro 1oror. ;r.a .ornas
tories. We believe tkat mon fhis s,h;act ,ra
occunv exactly The position Of our laihrSs oni
va tI!;n1s ,ha men ,rhn fnnsht r., .ha;. u a.a
nsndsnre End ,rho cet,hia a5ai tha ~" ene,r mae
underslo9d the rr;ncinie ,,non ,ri,;c,, ., :. .nn
dn,;n;.tared c,r tha Az t1,r..a f.,,..t - was
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na:.ce of l-s-' and hy tbe N;sso,,r; Nas r,s ou.~
n,s. that fhcr ti1cd limit. ~ no.,-, eJullo- .I,.
md ,hat ai,lo,nf, =, ,ra-- s.;.,et s'a'es3.
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mt ind c,.hrr the words s1erx ~ = 1,.1s' ns 10
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national, slayery ~ sect,onai ~ o" In.ai rhs Is
nower ri Concrass orer +ha T.rs;tar;o, Ane
rtu,n,ed hv 4ho r.nrht;rono .o.u. .. - -
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',.as paa4 ans n.n.stae3 nAss oec!area Con
are .aeu u 1 t eSe Snroms oa cnrt 1 snGee. ana We
S..t.s .taon; ~, NC Co".t .. !ne un.ed
~ Ho.G I: tseH ao., Posi1on 10 give
l,,a Chs,1ss,nr cpnxan,;a, p. ". ,h ~. a. !ae
-, 1ha n.n,ocrs"r ,+,,, ..;a11 ~ So9n '. VIE
C,,r"r,.s .hn'1d ~ 'm;sssous's & ueI'lasa.a 'nat
~. sao"lu ste ,ne!n cone o. LAWS Tor
the Pph;.r,;n, " 5aIs ~ ~ tns lesrttos1ee ano
~ 49, S"r,h aae ~. " 'as ! oeuocsalc LEADERS,
.sa h. ~ .ha 49, NV 'uat congress a,o rot
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