Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-23
THE CHARLESTON CONVENTION.
CHARLESTON. Saturday. April u.

CHARLESTON, saturday, April Il, 1860.
The candidate most spoken Of, and who creates
the most interest at present, Is Douglas. IL ID
nothing but Douglas-Douglas. The outside pres
sure for him Is immense; but as the delegations
come In and compare notes, his strength turns out
to be greatly reduced, and his friends becoming
scared and desperate. Among bis friends here
from New York 10 MIR. Belmont, of the house Of
Rothschild, who, il is said, has an interest In
Douglas OF a pecuniarv nature.
There will be a hard fight about Douglas, and
also a hard contest about the admission Of the
New York Mozart Hall delegation. The Regency
delegation will oppose to the last the admission
OF their opponents. They affect to consider the
matter settled in their own favor but the feeling
OF many of the Southern delegates is so strong In
1avor OF Mozart Hall, that II is probable half Of
that delegation and half of the other side will be
admitted, as was done AZ Cincinnati. The head
quarters Of the Regency delegation at the
NILS House and those Of the Wood delegation at
-. Andrews Hall. The latter organized TO-DAY,
fernando Wood In the chair Fifty-four del6 :
gates answered TO their nlmes and the balance Of
the seventy are expected on Monday.
Judge Smallev, the chairman and two other
members OF the National Democratic Committee
out OF four present, issued tickets last night for
Seits on the floor OF the Convention 10 one of the
New York delegations, namely 10 that headed
ny Dean Richmond. and refused them 70 the
Wood delegation pending the decision of the
convention on the contested seats which is of
course, regarded as high-handed measure by
tue Mozart Hall party, and prejudging their
case They attribute this act 10 the fact that Mr.
Snaliey Is strong partisan OF Douglas who was
born In the same State
Such was the feeling created nv this ,ct,on
among the Southern delegations that they held
meetings and passed resolutions denouncinp the
conduct OF MIR Smalley, and the members Of the
COMMITTEE deemed it advisable tn recopxide,
| their decision to-day; but. not having a ouorum
they Were unable to act, and adjourned over till
to-hl9ht. There Is every reason to believe that
the decision will be reversed
This coup d'etat Of the regency will inipre then,
and help Wood.
The anti Douglas delegates of Illinois have not
yet received their tickets
The New York delegation are very much d.
vided about Douglas, and so il will be found 10
be about other northern delegations which were
claimed for him. 1t was supposed that nearly all
the New England delegations and those Of the
Northwest. would go for him; but IL turns out
that Minnesota is divided, and so is Maine, for
which State Mr.. Farley will lead off the opposition
to him Paul X. George will do the same for
New Hampshire. and General Butler for Massa-
chusetts. Gen. Whitney, of Boston expects TO he
the leader of the maj ority of the delegation in the
convention. The contested election in the Fifth
Massachusetts district is likely 10 give rise to
much trouble.
Senator John Siidell, of Louisiana arrived this
morning, bringing a letter from Senator Davis,
Wlthufawlng his name as candidate for the
raes,aency ana Offering to support any one of
some SIX men whom he names Among them are
Hunter, Dickinson, and Guthrie. Senator Davis
says, In his communication, that in no case will
NJ mississippi support Douglas, and that it is his
Wigfall, of Texas has written a similar letter 10
the Texas delegation
The delegations from the several States, after
Organizing, have adjourned till Monday at nine
CLOCK, the object being to prevent their pro-
g'amme being known, and that they may go with
I ne Convention Immediately after the managers
lay their plans before them
The Pennsylvania delegation have lust ad-
lourned, after an exciting struggle about Douglas,
In which the Douglas men were defeated by a
large majority on every test question: and the del
e2aton resolved to cast their vote in the Conven-
ton as unit The Douglas minority protested
and declared they would appeal to the Conven-
tlon The indications are that the vote of the
Pennsy lvania delegation will be for Breckenridge.
IL is a fixed fact that the South will not have
Douglas under any circumstances. In fact. the
delegations of Florida, Georgia, Alabama Lou
Is ana, Mississippi. ard South Carolina with por-
lions of those of Illinois and Indiana, are already
organized for withdrawal in the event of Doug
las being nominated, and will take up Jefferson
Davis in opposition