The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1860-05-19

Here 10 enc Of many scenes trsnspiriux
at Charleston, during Convention week g
daguereotypedb By the correspondent of the
N. Y. Herald. @
Inaxins crowded bar-foom. Ahundred
people present. iiass bowls Of claRss
punch, brandy punch and other luxurious
connections Of the balmy South are leading
down the counters. About ten expert blacks
assist the white bar princes in turning eat
oooktails, sherry oohbiers, mint julips,
smashcs. and al sorts Of these things. The
weather is hot; the people are thirsty
Loud deelsmations, secret conclaves, soft
and hard whispsrings, rlottiuge and counter
plottings, stratagems, pipelaying, and all
other surroundings Of high blooded po-
litical convention, give sest to a social
drink that no other excitement can produce;
and yet the bright fragrant roses ron see
through yondsr window seem to weep and
bow their heads sorrowfully in the gentle
south wind - each drink is swallowed.--
There are drinkers from the North,
drinkers from the crafty East, drinkers
from the luxuriant Wess, drinkers from
6ery South-drinkers from syeryWhsrs.--
The conversation 10 heated, although
drinks are esoling. The psrspa para&ieAs spsels
from many q swarthy brow. "Douglas
will swcep the whole Northwest" !" cries one.
"Hs will set the prairies a-burning and
a-burning, and all hi can't put the Gre
out" s'Ile 10 true friend Of the South,
let the South say what they please" A
Californian appears. Dickinson Of New
York, is his man, and the man Of his dele.
CATION. A New Yorker appears-rathes
Seymourish. A penn.ylyanian enters
"Some Guthrie--some Breckenridge
some Douglas" More drinks. A fire-
eating Louisianian appears. lie curses
both loud and deep. He comes to Charles
ton to expose and deuounce Slideil and
Benjamin, q. $. Senators from his State.
From what he says they are brace Of very
wicked men. But behold! gray-bearded
defender of Slidell appears. According to
his account, Slidell is a good and true
man-trus to his friends as steel to the
magnet. More drinks. A Northerner's
orthodoxy is questioned. lie becomes
enraged and pronounces the statement a
damned lie! No chsllenge-no duel.
More drinks. Two Southern young bloods,
rich, with nothing to do but to spend mon
ey, get into quarrel. They are somewhat
elevated. Words grow warm. An epithet
is uttered, followed on the other eide BY
blow on the breast ! Hatchets and bowie
knives are talked Of. Friends interfere
Reconciliation. Shake hands. More drinks.
A Westerner says, if people will quarrel
about politics in bar rooms he will make
a speech. He speaks. More drinks. And
so it is for hours and hours. They talk
and talk jabber and jabber-bet and bet,
DRINK Fiva bupdrai doNora n .lor e..
drinks is one Of the items of receipts at the
Mills House. They tell me that the liquors
are good. As a general thing the views Of
the principal bar rooms are in favor Of
Douglas. 9aE
The great heat Of the weather here 90
degrees Of Fahrenheit not diminished
the ardor of the partizans Of the several
candidates; but, on the other hand, they
pitch into the business of buttonholing and
electioneering with ardor Of new recruits,
and refresh their zeal with the aid which, in
o warm climate, is to be obtained through
the most luxurious potations.