Dallas herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1849-1873, 1860-05-16
TAs Charleston Convention.


on Wednesday last Tho two conventions appei
TO be as far from settlement Of their diiienlti,
a. ever SONS Of tho delegatIins have left 4
home Mr. Douglas has no chance under the tw,
thirds rule, the seeding delegates. platform doe
not still .atsiy some Of the Alabama delegates
Mr., Guthrie, Of Kentucky. ii evedently gainin
ground for the candidacy aud there Is likel
hood Of the convention adlnurning 10 meet in M
/. other elty, In June next. We eondense the III,
ayune's dispatches
i PROCEEDINGS " WEDNESDAY.
CnARLEsToN, May I'm the regular or old con
vention balloiing was resumed.
On the first ballot to-day, Douglas receive,
li91 votes out of the 253 east, On the lIth bal
lot he had $50 votes-l5ih. Douglas 1850: Lane
2oA rest scattering for Guthrie. Dickinson
Johnson, etc, Ten more ballots showed n,
marked change, On the 26th hallt, North Caro-
lima changed from Hunter to Dickinson Virgin
"a gave one one vote 10 Douglas, who received
1924, On the next five ballots. ho fell OF On
the S2i ballot, he gained one vote more. which he
held up to the Sith and last ballot of tho morn,
ing session. Ii stood as follows Douglas
l5S! Guthrie, 47i Hunter, 22i Lane, lot
Dickinson. 5. The rest OF the votes scattered be-
tween johnson, Davis, etc.
The convention adjourned to 5 o'clock.
In the afternoon session, twenty.three ballots
were had On the 37th, Mr. johnson. of Tenn.
had his name withdrawn DUNG the last ten
ballots, the only change was in the advance OF
Guthrie The 57th ballot stood thus: Douglas
1924, Guthrie G5i. Hunter IL, Lane IL, Dickin-
son !, Jefferson Davis /.
No definite result appearing probable, the con-
vention adjoured to Thursday morning.
OUTSIDE sPgcrLATIoNs.
The Picayune's dispatch says The current
gossip is, that If no nomination is made, an ad.
iournment will take place on Saturday next, to
meet in Baltimore in June next.
A special despatch of the % inst. from Wash.
ington, to the Picayune, says The result of the
first days ballotting Mt Charleston. 50 uninvora-
BILE to Douglas, has caused but little surprise
here. Ii was we'll known in the best informed
circles that he uld not be nominated under the
two-thirds rule, and but few beloved he could
get n majority of the convention.
Who will DO the nominee. no one can tell. A
dispatch from the Georgia delegation, to-day, to
Secretary Cobb, however, would indicate TINT
Guthrie is the man.
AS to the platform, that submitted by Mr..
Wall, of Tenn, re affirming the Cincinnati plat
form, the Dred Scott decision, and the equal
rights of slave holders in the Territories, would
be perfectly acceptable to the Democratic party
here.
The special Charleston despatch Of New Or
eans Delta says: The DouglasItes say they an
,icipate the adhesion # the llunterites to-mor-
'ow. 1t is denied that they have good foundation
or such an expectation.
The seeding delegates will await the action of
,he Rump Convention. The Douglasites are
striving to effect an adjournment of the conyeu-
Gn to another city, but there is little doubt that
hey will fail in the attempt.
Numbers of persons who came to witness tn"
here, have been wearied out, and
rowds are constantly leaving.
A significant sign of the times is, that tho Ia
lies have quit the original convention, and are
low attending the sittngs of the Southern dele
,ates.
TIE SOUTHERN CONVENTION.
CHARLESTON, May 2-The Southern Constitu
ionul Convention, Senator Bayard presiding met
his evening.
The Committee on Platform, appointed yester-
ny, reported the majority report of the regular
onvention, with the substitution Of the word
constitution" for the word national" where
yer it occurs.
The report of the committee was adopted near
y unanimously.
Some of the Alabama delegates however,
hought the resolutions should he stronger on the
uhiect of slavery and of them Mr.. Winston
withdrew from the convention in consequence
le denounced the new platform as a humhug.-
others councelled moderation for fear OF alienat-
ng the Northern democracy The general opin-
on is that an amicable arrangement can be effect
d.
After the adoption of the platform, the conven-
ion adjourned to 8 o'clock this evening, when
hey will proceed to nomination.
1t is now believed that Jefferson Davis, OF Mis-
issippi, will be nominated for President. and
)harles O'Connor, of New York, for Vice Presi-
ent
Nor EXACTLY The Galveston Civilian pub
ishes grandilcquent manifesto on politces ny
srnel B. Bigeow, of Brownsville, who thinks
hat ifthe Charleston Conventiondoes not nominate
tephen A. Douglas or Sam. Houston for Pres
dent of course the nominee must he some ultra
nan. The Civilian heads Bgelow's pronuncia-
nento with the worlds "more bolting" and