New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1861-04-02
THE CONVENTION AGAIN.


After closing my letter yesterday again
stolled into the Convention. know not whether
my friend the Deputy. Doorkeeper imagines me
t be q member of the body, but he certainly
has each day been most polite, in giving me
seat upon the foor of the house. The principal
Doorkeeper is the inevitable ShoebOe, who has
been immortalized by Mrs. Bottsford, as well as
By one of my colleagues here. This character
deserves special notice. A more obscene looking
lump of vulgarity and low breeding it would be
difficult to find. His habits are irrevocably
tamped upon his physiognomy his face being
hoated and covered with the blossoms OF bad
whisky. He is said to have saved some money,
most of which has been derived from his occupa-
ton of common informer. Many poor German
lns been fined and imprisoned for giving negro
q drink, through this man Shoeboe. He is what
you may safely denomiDate q beastly specimen
o. humanity, just the sort of man who makes
you anxious to deny the unity Of the race.
ought, perhaps, to speak more kindly OF
Saoeboe; for, although he is the special agent
Of the Vigilance Committee, and their most
sieaking and abject tool, he has not, to this
date, troubled me, and i have no reason to be-
lieve be even knows me. A prolonged residence
in Charleston, in years gone by, may have so
id.ntifed me with the people. that l should
scarcely be detected as q strangers but, nom
what hear, poor Shoeboe has been sadly eIer.
cis.d about THE TRIBUNE correspondent. NO
end of dollars have been promised bum at head
quarters il he can discover the rascals where
abo,ts. So anxious has he been to make the
arrest, that not less than half dozen
poor unfortunates, who are 10 IN
nocen az newborn babes have been
frightened half to death by the redoubtable
Shoeb.e. cannot refrain from expressing my
deep Drrow that innocent men should have re-
ceiyed so much annoyance on my account. But
the interests of truth and justice, however, still
require my presence in Charleston, and cannot
think of making move at present. When
leave, however, viii apprise the Vigilance Com
mittee minute men, and Shoeboe Of my inten-
ton. l now recur TO the proceedings of the
Convection. One Of the most amusing and at
the sane time disgusting exhibitions it has been
my misfortune TO witness for some time took
place about halfpast 9. Mr.. Chancellor Ward.
law rose, and with the assistance Of chair stood
on his legs. He begged (hiccup) to move (hic.
cup) the following (hiccup) resoluo-oo- oo-tioDs:
R,.,sl Tia, Of tho delesses Of South Csfon.
The sSu,sB csaTs. ss.eTTs q. sseSn
IN .unns 20 Asn..ls. psrm:n.n. .s ..idm.
and dangerous q po-el hos conferred By This Con-
vendon q The we'. eon'eqo.e. 70 s
-. W.. o TR ss o motive. of harmony andheup
ps,y We a snGs ana 10 s.s,uie onr DELEGATE. '
Atsd That We r,e.n our ss' 9, 10 SMS.,I ns
. the STATE, and d.rs'o from each Congregational Dis
Now. although there may be a great deal of
Good sense in the principle contained in these
ie'oiations' yet the absurd working OF tneui, ana
the certain fact that no man present. the onan-
cellor not excepted, ympathzed Win them' did'
Is you may imagine, create great conformation
Hall dozen men, headed by Rhett, called in.
metiately for the yeas and nays They were
ordered; everybody said No; the teller called ID.
+. "ardlAw at last but the Aye was not forth
coming, even 'nere' An eyes "ois .urneu 10
warn Inc oAan0eno'' 'u' "a.1'o ""1 s''" way
he WIS AAioeP ~ Ills .nA' N'A' ~" "'o o''n!
overcome N 'nc' uinA '"'' 'uos' "na'
Jaw appeared 70 No D0nms o'o, VA" ,'s'' he
nneo ~ m"a'n WIN n'' nAauAe''n,''' ana iusnea
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