New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-23
BITTER EXCITEMENT AHEAD.

mept runs high. The thIoDg has increased, bat moi
what wss expected. The North. eastern and S,ath
erp members of Congress are here in large mum
ber. Much interest and feeling were excited yes.
terday by unsxpectec movements in the National
Committee, involving partially the contested seats
ofthe Newly and Illinois delegations. had been
resolved at Washington, that the Executive duty Of
issuing tickets Of admission for members Of the
Convention, and the like, sboun be ceDfded to o
Sub Committee, consisting of Messre smsliey, VAL
lsndighap, Hesse, and Paul z George, But after
the adoption of This resolution, Mr. Augustus Schen
blunderiDgy moved an adjournment of Sae whole
committee to this place, which was adopted. Upon
meeting here, Barksdale and Others upon discover
iog that there was thin attendance Of the nom
| bers Of the Convention, and that the South had
nearly, if not quite majority commended that the
resolution gave the Committee supervisory power
over the initiatOry proceedings.
| The first test in the Committee was upon Hing
| II II. Sbley of Minnesota, Douglas man, as a
member of the Committee from that State Min
nesota having been Territory in 1856, conse-
| quenty was not represented in the Committee
This proposition was defeated by decided ma
jority.
Hereupon the Douglas men moved an adjourn
ment TIL night, which was fuaIy carried by ma
jority of one, the whole number voting being If
teen OF two less than q quorum.
Before resssembliDg, two additional members
arrived, who turned the scale st night. The Com
mittee then formally continued the power in the
hands Of the Sub Committee, by vote Of nine to
eight and then adjourned sine die, thus securing
admission tickets to the regulars from New-YOrk
and Illinois.
Upon reaching here Fernando Wood had no
show whatever, but by dint of personal effort and
labor be succeeded in manipulating the extreme
South by circulating bis speeches in Connecticut
and BY protesting the most ardent devotion to
Slavery He proposed either to admit or exclude
both the New-York delegations, and made other
offers, but all his efforts failed. The attempt may
be made to distract the Convention on this score,
but with no probability of success.
The New-YoIk soits have organized formally By
electing Dean Richmond, Chairman, and Peter
| Cagger and James @. Spencer Of 81. Lawrence Co.,
as Secretaries. The three seats claimed By John
Clancy, August Belmont and johnson, to gil va
cancies in the New-Yoik Gity delegation, and ons
vacancy in the place of Sidney Lawrence OfFrank-
lin Co., were referred to q committee, consist
ing of Isaac Fowler, Edwin CrOswell. Sanford E.
Church, Lemuel Stetson and VIM. f. Russell, who
will report tomorrow morning at o'clock.
Tbs Pennsy lyanis delegation held meeting last
night with view Of organizing ard casting the vote
of the State solid. Senator Bieler was elected
Chairman over ex-senator Brodhead by vote Of
% TO %, there being three absentees. This was
only an expression of personal preference, and no
practical test of the procliyies of the delegation
Messs. Glosbrenner and Cassidy were chosen ssc-
retariep, and Mr.. Dawson spokesman. Az iu-
portant point was resolution offered by Mr.. Phil
lips that the delegation should vote as unit in tao
Convention. This movement, though not unex-
pscted, was denounced BY Mr.. Congressman Mont
gomery az q surprise. He said he would not permit
his vote to be cast by another and threatened to
talk till 1870 before permitting the adoption Of the
resolution He finally left the meeting in passion.
but was not followed by Others. The delegation
will meet to- morrow, and will carry Phiuipss prop
osition by nearly twothirds thus excluding eight o.
ten votes for Douglas.
The Baltimore Convention in 1852 adopted .
resolution authorizing the States to decide upon
the mode in which they will cast their votes, and
the Cincinnati Convention con6rmedit Hence the
power Of majority of the Pennsylvania delegation
to cast the whole vote of the State solid is IN
questionable.
Pennsylvania is divided between Breckenridge
and Guthrie with preponderance in favor OF the
former who viii probably get the vote OF the sta'e-
The South is vsiby closing its ranks since they
have compared opinions and since members OF Con-
gress and ether influential persons have arrived.
The delegates Of Alabama, Mississippi, Lousi-
ana. Arkansas Texas and Florida have held con-
fsrence. presided o7er by Governor Mouson, at
which they have resolved to stand by the Alsbama
in farms unless the candidate is perfectly
acceptable.
North Carolina aud other States which are more
tolerant toward Douglas concur iu this principle.
Douglass strength in the South has declined con-
siderably. North Carolina has nearly cayed 10,
where half of the delegation was claimed for the Lit
lie Giant. Kentucky repudiates the idea of ever
going over to him, and Tennessee will not give over
two votes for him when johnson is abandoned.
One majority of the Missouri delegation aud part of
Maryland alone adhere to him, with perhaps few
scattering votes from other quarters.
His friends from the North. West and elsewhere
met at their headquarters last night, and proclaimed
the alternative of his nomination or the defeat Of
the party There is very strong seatimost for
retaliation against the South il Douglas be rejected
by the Convention, as il is now fesied hs will b.