Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1860-05-10

| THE cassrirurioN Al ukIos kA1IoSsL coSVEN-
Tl0N.-fhs Baltimore Saa Of yesterday says
| the National Convention Of the constitutional
| Union party will assemble at II O'Clock to-day a.
| the building Mt tho corner Of fayeue aud North
streets formerly occupied ~ the First Prcsbyicrt
| m Church. Yesterday the committee oi mr.
rangcment- were bu-ily engaged in mixing The
| necessary preparations The b,dy OF the bnild-
ing will seat about 100 persons. and the galleries
about $40 more. II is said the business OF the
convention will require three Or fonr days for ITS
transact oa. a large number OF delegates had
arrived ii.t niyht. nnl il was expected that the
convention vail bc nearly full ut the hour Tor NEE
Ting 4 part 1T the preparations yesterday WAS
the erection of n stand in Mnnumen, slnHrc,
where a meeting will be held after the candidate
far President ami We President Of the thilc1
$ at"s ,hnl have been nominated.
Last night the delegations arrived rapidly until
all the hotels were filled to their utmost capaeiiy.
At Bnrnuus City Hotel the Mississippi, Missouri,
OHIO. Kentucky North Carolina New jersey,
Peunsy l,ania, Delaware. and 6eorgla Delegations
have taken rooms, ind light Ut those delegations
have pliiors for consultation. Among the pro'ni-
n.nt quests are Hon. Leslie Combs. Ky; Henry
NJ, Fuller and j. r. Ineer,oll. Pa; Gov. More
head. \. g: J. Scott Harrison, Ohio; W l.. Sh"r.
key, Miss: A. jackson Donaldson. Tenn; and
dos. C5mcgys. OF Delewaie. The arrivals ut
Bifuum's Yesterday numbered 462. The New
York delegation is Mt the Eutaw House. and sew
oral 81 the delegations ARE quhrfereu NJ PiI'"tc
boarding .aouses The Virginia delegation have
their headquarters ut corron Hall
The arrangement o the building for holding
the convention was com plctrt last night. The
galleries .ro iestronci with red, white and blue.
while the American standard deeoiatcs the niche
back Of the president chair aud owe hangs II
faii lea I'll portrait OF Wa-hAgon. Gas fixtures
ia,o nIso leen introduced in the event that the
convention may sit at night
The EIrhanpe Of the same date says:-Thc de
legations generally are very iul and II IL doubiei
whether Tie carncity Of tho old Presbyterian
hrrs If the Convention. Tho delegates were busy
last night IN discussing the prospects Il the ic-
rent candidates, and the probabilities oi snc"c,s
with any. Among the distinguished gentlemen
regi-trrcl ut the hotels. and stopnng at private
fesi lcucc-, arc tho i,liowng: Hon. y II. H.
stuart. Of Virginia, lex Secretary of tho lnterlor)
Hon. William l. Gpseln, 81 Virginia, Gate Gao
didttr ior toyernor;) Hon. a. 4. Bo,elrr, II ,n
Grrrgc W. Summers, tihcrt Rhlgway, (elinr Of
Richmond Nhg.) oi Virginia Hon. Gib4an Nal
lory. Hon. j j. Crllicndrn, of keatu ky Hon.
John Bell of Tennessee; Parson Brnwnlow. leii.
tor Of the knoxville Wh,: Hon. NJ. Z. Wiilrr.
=: MAsmchusetts; Hon. Geor.e ). lliliard. editor
Of the boston Courier Hon. Erastus Brooks Of
the New York Express Hon. Washington Hunt,
of New York; Hen. Wiinm G, Rivrs. OF Ersl.
un. and Judge Sharkev, Of Mi.ssrp The
lat lhrcc nau,el are spoken ot for temporary
chairman.