The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-04-20
The CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
EFFORTS OF DOUGLAS FRIENDS
INTENTIONS IN REGARD TO HUNTER.
THE PRESIDENT DECLINES A DENOMINATION.
Probable Exclusion Of the Wood Delegates
from the Convention.

from the Convention.
THE CROWDS POURING INTO CHARLESTON,
Our Special Charleston Despatch.
ARRIVAL OF THE DEMOCRATIC Hosrs--CoNFIDENCE
OF THE DOUGLAS MMS-HUNrER's CHANCES-M
BUCHANAN DECLINES NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
EXCLUSION OF THE NEW YORK NATIONAL DEMO-
GRATIS FROM THE CoNvENTION-THE TEMPORARY
GUARDIANSHIP, ETC, ETC.
CHARLESTON, April 10, 1880.
Delegates and outsiders arriving by the thousand,
and all in hustle and excitement.
Douglas has the largest outside pressure bis friends
talk confidently but this confidence is believed 70 be
affected.
tbs believed Hunter will have nearly the combined
vote of the South but attempts to predict the
final result Hunters friends want the nomination first,
and platform afterwards but the Convention will
stand this Tho platform win be constructed and the
candidate put upon II.
Both delegations from New York arrived this evening
Mayor Wood marshals his forces The sofs marshal
cd at present by Croswe Corning and Jewe The latter
perfectly sanguine Of their entire admission the
cuson Woods delegates They have stocked tho
The Chairman has, tits said, issued tickets Of admission
to the sofs and has refused them to Woods delega-
ton This will produce trouble, for is in direct viola
ton OF an understanding between Mr.. Smally, the
Chairman, and Mayor Wood.
Mr.. Bocock, Of Virginia, will, il is understood, be
permanently Chairman Of the Convention. He % =
strong Hunter
President Buchanan has written q letter, which Is
now in the hands Of q delegate from Pennsylvana,
positively and peremptoriy declining the Of his
name for denomination.
Douglas friends are circulating report that the let
ter contains fling at the Little Giant" but there
not word of truth in il.
On Saturday quite number Of Northern delegates
meet to confer in regar the they intend TO
pursue
Pennsylvania and New York will vote y unit
Our Charleston Correspon denee.
CHARLESTON, 8. c., April 16, 1860.
Preparations for the Antcipations Of the Hotel
keepers, Boarding House Keepers RuMeuers, and Fruit
ers-Headquaytos of the fdmmany Haul Delegation and
Mayor Wood--Hotel Facslihes-Ye Artists at Work
Sketcaimg Scenes Connected Wih the Conusti's-Roge
.Galiry-Ertra Police Force Engaged 10 Keep the Delegates
in Orcr, dc.
The Convention great topic Of conversation in this
city at the present time and everybody from the hotels
to fruit and cake Shops from the occupant Of house
with spare room, to the proprietor Of the largest
boarding house. from the drinking saloon chriseaed
Hall ~
the degraded that deals out whskey to xii
at forty rods is calculating make enough out the
Democratic National Convention Of 1860 TO retire from
business.
The hotels have made most extensive arrangements
for feeding lodging the mutudes that expected to
upon this city like the ocusts Of Egypt but
yet the public have been slow to come forward and
thorze their TO be entered in the hotel books
secure rooms and board
The Mills House, with . capacity the accommoda
Of fifteen hundred persons thus far only certain
OF the Tammany Hall delegation committee rooms for
the Kentucky delegation and members from Tennessee
Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Maine Mayor Wood
has taken apartments at that The proprietors
wing leased Hibernian Hall building have put upwards
Of hundred cot beds into the upper hall, and have
rented hall to of the Illinois delegations for
committee The Mills has three other outside build
ngs Of which takes hun dred and ten single beds
The Charleston Hotel provide for twelve hundred,
but they pack away three hundred Of these into one hall
on Hayne street. 1t will be delightful lodging room,
particularly If the weather should In heat be-
cause there ventilation can be permitted, and
will be needed. The North Caroina delega-
ton has taken quarters and a committee room
at the Charleston and Nabama, Tennessee, Ken
lucky and Michigan delegates have secured the comforts
OF that house.
ntopta
Hotel 5o0 and the American 500 Neither Of these houses
has any engagement thus far.
Old boardcrs at the MD, the Charleston and the Plan
ters have chosen go into private boarding houses
rather than succumb the demand Of IS per day till the
Convention closes.
The Pavilion, which has i've outside houses under
lease for lodging rooms and the American which has put
beds into Odd Fellows Hall and another building have
alone retained their regular borders At old prices The
latter house egbly situated King street, and your
readers been appraised of M terms Of board through
the advertising columns Of the HERALD.
Artists from New York pictorial newspapers are
sketcbng the various objects Of interest connected with
the Convention, including the lodging rooms with
from one to three hundred beds therein. II
they could, sketch the dodgers when they get
up in the morning and search in vain for their own
eoass and pants Is many Of them viii, their life
would possess peculiar interest These articles will get
mixed up particularly in crowd of three hundred, and
many quits viii be likely TO change wearers-through
mistake Of course.
The Mercury still disncined 10 welcome the Conven
ton, and would prefer dsanion TO the nomination OF
Douglas
The .rogues gallery" Of dagucrreoypes at the lower
guardhouse will enable the detectives to embrace few
Of the careless An extra police force Of City
has been detailed for the convention term, and viii assist
the ordinary hundred and ny officers preserve order
Very opportuney fellow was sentenced last Saturday
to be hung for highway robbery in this city Lat other
thieves take war ming.
Our Special Washington Despatch.
PROSPECTS OF DOUGLAS-GAINS CLAIMED BY BIS
FRIENDS THE ILLINOIS DELEGATION UNiT-THE
REPUBLICANS TO ACCEPT THE BALTIMORE NOMINEE
IF DOUGLAS RECEIVES THE NOMINATfoN-LErTsR