The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-04-25
~rnNESpAY MORNING.. APRIL IS. iss0
x,r,oy,L DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

Ati
>, ,he National Democratic Conven ton
....ssv afternoon, the reception Of Fernando
- As letter WAS made the subject of an ap'
:, s,om the decision of the Chair 10 ths
,,selt The Chairs decision, ruling the
80 out. was sustained, "amid immenss
u,t.e~ The following is q copy Of tbs
,,.,sr seurh, to be presented:
ST. ANDREWS HOTEL,
CHARLESTON. April u. ls60.
ri, rbni,faan Of the National Con r.mfioa
S,r The undersigned, Chairman and Sc
,.-j.s OF the delegation from the State O
xsw York, representing the organization o.
-. n.maeratic party in said State. have beer
ss'..+,.a hy the delegatton To represeI to tho
e",sntion over which you preside, that, by
,.s.srtion of Mr. Smailey, Chairman Of the lat,
y.,,onal Committee. they have been excluded
w., the Hall in which the Convention ha.
semh,ed and persons in no way entitled
~ been allowed TO occupy their places
Ths,efor., in behalf OF the delegation from
.hs STATE Of New York, we protest agains,
.s.,r exclusion whilst the persons referred to
,[hc sprrar here as contestants TO our rights
- r.rfniiies! to occupy our seats in advance
~ an investigation by the Convention; and
whist We claim no advantage over our oppo-
nsnis. We shall not submit TO any advan tags
wrongfuliy obtained over us.
Very respec fully,
IoUr obeGient servants.
FERNANDO WOOD. Chairman.
H. FoLLETr, S.cr.,.r;ss
SJ. TUCKER, Secretaries.
The vote on excluding the New York and
Illinois delegations from the Committee on
CREDENTIALS was adopted, with the !oilowins
fefsliye votes Maryland |. Virginia Is
Georgia IL; Alabama 3. Louisiana q; Nj isis
,p-i :; Texas 4; California;. The balance al
10 .h- Affirmative. Aves pa; nays 81 On IN.
m0ton to request them not TO participate in
the organization, the vote WAS nearly the
ssnp, except that Virginia voted in the ailir-
ma I'VE and Arkansas IN the negative.
over 600 passengers in :our steamships AT.
rived ri Charleston Saturday evening. The
Charleston correspondent of the Baltimore
American. who is the agent Of the associated
p,ss and more reliable than the majority 0,
,he letter writers, in letter written Satur-
dAy says:
The greatest harmony and good feeling pre-.
vail TO all outward appearances. even be-
ty,en the lwo sets of New York delegates. bu I
II j. plain 10 perceive that their opposition is
al tha IN ost EN- Uttered character which will
dp,elep Itself on the Assem- bling of the Con-
,,niIan. The " ood delegates are distribu ting
,his morning circulars and documents con-
tanning ex racts from speeches made by each
Of the leading men of the oppos in & delegation
showing them 10 be not only free -soilers but
downright; ahJiitionists. The sentiments at
truuted TO them by Wood would, if uttered
bsIe insure for each a coat of tar and feath-
sr. and i ride upon 4 rail.
The New York "Sottn delegates have their
hetGGuarters AT the Mills House, where Mayor
Weed had also taken parlor aud chamber.
independent of his main headquarters at ST.
Andrews Hall. where the balance of the del.
esa,ion are stopping. They complain great.
" Of thu charges, not only on account of
he money demanded but for the reason that
II has prevented thousands of their friends
tron New York city from accom- panying them
Mr. Wood pays. for small parlor and cham
br on the second floor, seventy-five dollars
per day, commencing on the 18th, four days
t-iore hs arrival here, and closing on the Ist
OF May two or three days after he will leave
For 81 Andrews Hall they pay one hundred
dollars per day, independent OF their eating
and drinking which, at hotel prices, is 81 so
Tor dinner, and 81 each for breakfast and sup
pet. These are the prices a the two principal
ho,e!s bur excellent board can now he OBJ.
'sned III private boarding houses at from ST
iosa per day, without the crowding process
that vas eXpec led al the hotels. The smaller
hotels are charging three dollars per day. and
up 10 Saturday evening, ri which time write
ihe'eit not a public house in the city that
could hot accommodate three times as many
guests a. they now have booked.
The Mills House Is, however, the hpaduuar.
'ers oi The politicians, and all the strangers in
The city throng Its halls. It's close proximity
% the Hall IN which the Convention is to be
held VIII continue to give it this great advau-
lage over its rival establishment, es the Charles.
i0a Hotel. They are consequently doing an
immense business at the bar, and will probably
hayefully one-half OF their seventeen hundred
beds and cots filled by Monday. In conversa-
lion with a number of delegates, find there
slavery general determination expressed to
l-et In lejl at Baltimore.
Ihe pressure for the nomination of Douglas
nyery strong, and Gov. Richardson has open.
tu hls hp9uuuart1rx Hiharnian Han I'D
joining The Mills House, with an abundant
tlpply OF documents and good liq uors TO prove
Ire Democracy OF the {" Little Giant" The
S1ulhern opposition to Douglas is, however.
very Intense, and threats are made that if he is
Nominated the delegH .cs from Alabama, Geor-
sa, LOUISIANA, Florida, and probably Virginia,
viii Withdraw aud concentrate on the Ealti-
more Union Convention in the hope Of procur.
ihs The nomination of Cobb or Stevens as the
uGon candidate. They claim that with either
.. 1hese nominees they can carry fully One-half
., lhs Southern States, including Virginia,
A-niucky, Tennessee and Maryland, with
hroog hopes Of Pennsylvania, New Jersey
and Delaware. This would make an interest
Ing light. and probably throw The election Into
u'agress, where, by shrewd political manage.
aeht, he South would hope either to succeed
u placing Cobb or Stevens in the Presidential
sGs!f, or, by preventing any choice until the
!1a!sh OF March, make Mr. Orr. who has been
spoken OF fer the Vice. e-Presidency ut Charles
III.
ihe New York delegations are expressing
10 preferences as To The nominee, not intend
ls 10 show their hands until The right to
aeir sealsis settled. They all profess in pub
ls To be IN favor of the choice OF the South,
Whoever he may be, and are courting South
na , laVOr TO secure their seats. 1t is said that
Noou Will favor Rreckinridge or anv other
a'aiabie Southern candidate, in the hope OF
,ns'ufing TO himself the nomination for Vice.
iIetideht The Douglas men are also very
su'e'' out the Southern delegates are com bin
hs LOT vigorous resistance OF his noinina.
"'l aha II an attempt is made TO force him
va NE south, agains, the will Of any consider
wac pofuon OF II, there will be scenes enac ted
h., Lo, sci ' down in the programme. Open rebel
.vu ss proc claimed to-day, aud the spirit is in
s"@ ling he Us The Southern delegations Assem- BILE |
49, @a na'f iime for consulting together. Alto
lue. F's' W ~
,.1,l "a meeting Of Southern delegates, an at
,of -p, was made to uni ie the South in q de-
DID, ri'u lof The Slave Code clause. The attempt |
LSn;.ts' "o' succeed Alabama, Mississippi aud |
staaha VIII insist upon its immedia te |
vrrr'.ph- II unsuccessful, they threaten to |
Na,tG1" from the Convention. Virginia aud |
Inn, "atsiiaa Will be content with re-af- |
rIhaiah r,Ihas.a,h OF The Cincinnati platform; but |
n. ~. man nave any Southern disafiection in |
snd ~. fehton, they will join the other States |
On ,saao To form one harmonious whole |
~ .'e above clause
,o.a,,,i enesyirania delegation held meeting |
IL, s"s ~ w1'h view of organizing and cast
Ter w.. vote VI the Stale solid. Senator Big |
brosts eiecied Chairman over ex-senator |
tLr,s ',N oy a vote Of - to 23, there being
fe.oln,.ee htees An important point WAS n
d.ls,s,t.oon offered by Mr.. Phillips that the
,su,lon s0h shouid vote as n unit Ia the Con-
p-e.-d ... us movement, though not unex-
Noa,,oras denounced by Mr.. Congressman
10, nsr,.y as asurprise. He said he would |
arestsn.a ais vote To be cast by another, and
ae Sdo1,t " talk till 1870 before permitting
vii M. ol The resolution. The delegation
carry p,,no n.o-morrow, and II is thought will
bird. IN proposition by nearly two
Dourlss uY T excluding eight or ten votes for |
hoptsd , ahe baltimore Convention in 1852
d-cide naor resolution authorizing the States to
,l,,r ,.,o poh The mode in which they will cast
,ots', and the Cincinnati Convention
v de p ~, Hence the power VI a majority
saol. xa,a .ansyi' i'ania delegation to cast lhs
sbis psss.oi w the State solid IL unQ uestiop.