Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-04-24

All are present NEC Altts' -Aeaslss NIL
IIGAN, NEWMAN, BURFoRD and DR.. MOORE. General
QUARLEs' place is filled by Col JNO X. HOWARD, al
ternate. Gen. MHuGAN is expected this evening.
Our delegates have not yet determined what they
will do in relation to the vacancies OccasiOned by
the absence of Mr.. BURFoED and Dr. Moore and their
regularly appointed alternates. ALEX. MOORE, Of
Williamson. S MCCLANAHAN, Jr. Of Madison, J. KNOX
WALKER, of Shelby H. +. COOPER, of Hamilton W
c. WHHrHoRNE, of Maury, Dr. d. WESTON RANDALL
W.MCGAvoCK, and your humble servant of David
son. are among the outsiders from Tennessee pres
ent in the city The only members of Congress that
Ihave seen, are JOIN CoCHEANE of New York Lo-
GAN and MORRISON of Illinois, and BURNETT, Of Ken
lucky.
The Charleston hotels are receiving the most en-
phauc denunciations of the delegates generally Our
delegation are quartered at the Mills House. They
have to pay s. per day. each, for board from the
18th of April until the close of the Convention and
$50 dollars per day for a consultation room during
the same time So that if the Convention should
continue in session six days their hotel bill will
amount to S22IO. They are crowded into bed rooms
as close as it is possible to pack t3em Their con
sutaton room is very poorly furnished with round
table and about twenty four very common chairs,
carpet on it. The merchants and citizens to a con-
siderable extent express their disapprobaton Of this
cxtoron. But it is insisted that they have but very
little influence if they could not control the action
of two hotel keepers. If the prOpuetors of the
Charleston Hotel and Mills House had not determin-
ed upon the policy they now pursuing, the!other
hotels could never have established such rates. In
deed learn that they are the only hotels in the city
that make such exhorbitant charges. At the Pa
vihon, which is an excellent hotel and conveniently
located, they continue their ordinary price until
MONDAY. avn informed. Icommend that house to any
Teunessecan who may hereafter be compelled to
visit Charleston.
A negro funeral yesterday was the theme Of con-
versatiou among the Northern delegates. The
hearse, driven along the middle of the street. con-
veyed the corpse to its last restingplace. 1t was
followed by about ole hundred negroes walking
along the pavement, two abreast In front of the
escort were eight negro women wearing white
dresses and black mantles-I presume the deceas-
ell was a femae-then followed eight negro men,
dressed in black, with long pieces of Grape around
their hats. The next of the escort was composed
very nearly equally Of men and women, all dressed
iii deep black, walking two together, each man hav
ing the arm OF his female companion resting upon
his arm. Our Northern friends say that neither
dead nor liv, ones receive so much respectful at
tention in the free States.
/ will forward tins by the Adams Express Com
pany. Its officers are bestowing every possible at
tention upon the visitors and are extending every
facility to the members of the press to enable them
to forward their communications ahead of the
mails j. c. B.
The following dispatches from the New York
Tribune although not late as our editorial letter
are given for what they may be considered worth:
Special Dispatch to the New York Tribune.
CHARLESTON, April lS.-Very few delegates and
strangers have yet arrived, and the impression is
there viii be such crowd anticipated.
The hotels have prepared abundant accommodation
for six or eight thousand and private houses can
entertain One-third more.
The New York delegates viii be established at
the Mills House. Messrs. Corning Ludlow Cros-
we'll Bart0. DevOuX, Stryker, and Others are here
already They express no arbitrary preference,
but a readiness to adopt the most available Candi-
date whom they are are anXOusy seeking. The
delegation will meet on Saturday nlghtto determine
their course.
The purpose Is 10 cast no complimentary votes
whatever but to make every one tell his preference
by his vote which viii indicate who Is supposed to
be the most available candidate and If he fails II
viii DE an error of judgment.
The National Committee have adopted a rcsolu-
lion TO admit delegates representing regular Demo
cratic organizations only. This decision will eT-
cude Wood and his followers, and " Ike Cook and
his set of claimants
Judge Smalley. chairman Of the committee, will
issue tickets OF admission 10 the Hall under this
RUE. winch, primo fUcie, determines the right TO
seats Ike the Governors certificates in the House
Of Representatives
u Is said that Mr.. Wood offered to compromise
with The the Albany regency by having himself ap-
pointed one of the delegates at large and dividing
ne city delegation But the overture WAS de-
clncd, doubtless with 4 full conviction tb,t his
pretensluns would not be tolerated bv the Con
YpntIUn.
The South Carolina delegates. elected weston
day, are deadly hostile to Mr.. Douglas and tbeir
resolutions condemn sguattcr sovereignty cnlpbgt-
ically P''E
Mr. Guthrie is TO be pressed earnestly by his
friends, W no regard Mr.. Brcckuridgc's can IiIar,
as breach of faith after the action of their conyc
uon and ms election 10 the Senate.
The Indications are the same here as m Wash
lngt9n. II the South unitos against Mr. Douglas
his defeat is inevitable. If divided the N1rfl,
Will probably concentrate. and thus compaI his
nomination, His supporters are clamorOus and
claim everything bur the result will turn entirely
on the front exhibited by the south and thar NAV
b. largely effected by developments in the Coryen