New-York tribune., 1868-07-01
POLITICAL.
THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
ARRIVAL OF DELEGArEs-wHAr is SEEN. SAIL

AND HEARD-GossIP ABOUT THE cAsDI.
DATES AND THEIR PROSPECTS.
All day yesterday the wOrkmen engaged
in completing the Tammany Hall building
and rendering i for the reception the vast crowd
which TO occupy 10 on the FOURTH were hard at work:
and from morning till night the thump of hammers
mallets 81 shIring of planes, and the screeching
Of could bel heard within almost any
reasonable distance OF the sacred edi-
flee. The tIumphal arch, which in its
half finished state merely eyesorc TO the
wayfarer Fourteenth-st, and bugbear the horses
remained it the day before, giving no more
promise Of being perfect arch than the day when
the cartoad OF pine and cedar was first hung upon the
awkward frame under which the various representatives
OF the dubious Democracy are expected to pass ON
Independence Day
Since our last report but few Of the delegates have
reached the cy but hundreds Of curious strangers have
roOped in TO secure shelter during the session OF the
Convention, aud the hearts OF the landlords made
glad thereby Nearly every hotel is full the boarding
who offer to take the stranger in aud 10 for
the varied sounds Of unaeeusomed voices The streets
thronged with people from all sections OF che eonn.
try and present an interesting spectacle 70 ,her t1s
is unusual hustle, particularly in the direction Of the
bars They being retocked with the best approved
Democratic beverages and for many days to come VIII
spiritual regions, and most deecta1e to the visitors
thereto. The various drinking shops in the vi
clnty of Tammany Hall-and. in fact all over
the cy-,have put on an unusual appearance M OF OK
saloons have been Americanized, and bear on
their fronts unmlsakable evidences Of being the most most
dents bsiWck Ia short high and low, rich and poor
all TRS qsa e moTe e a han little by much too much
have supplied themselves Win an aU9hSsHce;
the people whom a Democratic Convention calls
together, and being well aware that the pLont
labor and their risk large humber Of the delegates
from distant states are expected today Inc SeegIss h
win be found scattered az IN he aS case Oh
gagged quarters at dozen places
,o, .i,s iit,la q, "a ho oro anoa cod roop,z
at the Astor House, but To late hour last night none
Of them had arrived It Is understood that They Will
PendletOn English and that as the eyes Of Delaware
are upon Them they Will be most crcnmspect In casting
their ballots in the right direction. The commonwealth
whose optics will be steadily fixed upon the chosen
will be represented at Tammany Hall by the Hon James
A. Bayard, Charles Beasten Gen. w Cnnmihs L. b.
Bradford Jas W. Ponder; and and G GUSTS wright
The Georgia delegation composed OF ls members, will
be quartered the Cbanler House. IN Fourteenthst OF
these only two have arrived-J L. Mustian ana W. L.
Thompson. The others were expected last night ma
joty of this delegation supposed to favor the claims
of ChiefJustice Chase
LOUISIANA.
This State ia represented by ten delegates. among
whom Scott Duncan and O. = Kennar OF the I,Ld
District They are divided between @ an anu
mer whose course Military Governor OF the Vh Dis
trct gave unbounded satisfaction TO the friends OF My
Policy" Their headquarters will be at the New-fork
Hotel
have aTrved-Erastus Wells Of the Ist District Carl
Daenzer Of the IId aud Chas H. Mansur Of the With.
NEVADA AND OREGON.
The delegates from Nevada already arrived are N @,
Monroe dhe only Democratic member Of the Senate Of
that state), George G. Berry ID L. Buell., L. L. Drexer
osh Sinclair e sb George Wizard reached yss
terday, and will occupy seats IN the Convention They
and at No. IS Bondst They are supposed Judgs
stephen j. Field of the Supreme Court Their second
choice is Pendleton v,ss, ,cursrrrs
This State will be represented by l6 delegates who viii
make the Fifthaye Hotel their headquarters Although
the Pendleton TO be in the majority at this inn.
the Massachusetts, delegates are supposed 70 prefe.
Chase, although but little known definitely in regard
their choice No arrivals of this delegation have been
reported.
The chosen headquarters of this delegation have not
3een blessed 0y the SHADOW % one veret o tfe ana
the regular porchlOungers Of the NewYork Hotel look
bs RS geo a because also BsrSdae and
the other IA still withhold the light OF their eouhtehance'
Neither have all of the New-Jersey delegates arrived
squankum is not represented, nor the country round
have swollen Toms River aud rendered navigation dan
Pany have switched sOme Of the absehees frCm their
track that other unforeseen accident has hap
pened to prevent their appearance
None of the Arkansas delegates have arrived. Their
headquarters, stated yesterday to be at the
HOTEL also those Of the delegation from
Among the delegates from this state are esGov Lewis
T. Parsons exGoy. A. Winston c. q: Iangdon, whiom
editor Of The Mobile Advertiser, Samuel Rutn, formerly
OF Virginia. The vote OF this delegation will be cast os
| Hancock first, Chase second
The Connecticut delegation will put up at the Canlsr
House, and will vote for Chase Pendleton English and
| Seymour None OF the delegates have arrived
RHODE ISLAND.
This little State will be represented by eight faithful
followers OF the modern Democratic prophet whoever he
may be- These will for the prophet and be duly
warded in the event OF Democratic victory which mI
the gods forfendl Their headquarters will be al the
| Hoffman House
The Keystone State will be represented by 60 delegates
among whom are many individuals already known e e
fame. EXGOv. Asa Packer Samuel j. Randall zone OF
the Randall family Geo W. WOODWARD (SOn or WOuluDo
! GOV woodward ExGov VIM. Bigler, and Jerry Black
late Presidential adviser, delegates at large. From
the Ist District Alderman Bill McMulen, whose
soldier, patriot shoulder hitter, &c. &c. re-
quires special chronicle at this time, and Lewis Z.
travelling in Europe From the d VIM Patterson
nearly related to the General Of that name. as also
Vim VIZ comss ss john 5n"' stiles. once member
John H. Brnton; from the With Hester Clymer,
state Senator aud defeated in the ubeatoal contest
Ss6es GS9 SeS Nome Iae hese hs Of
have yet reached New-York except ex-Goy Biger and
Alderman MoMuden arrives thought that his atten
ton viii be divided between pusisn and politics as
G. HeeHan to enter into, an amicable arrange.
in prospects,, for little mil in which each shall risk
$4,000 The mill to take place In Canada within three
months after the articles are signed squad OF tho
Pendeton Escort Of Pittsburgh is expected 10 arrive
to-day and from various other cities and towns OF Penn
syyania, squads and squadrons Of gallant Lobbyists
respective favortes who IN the aggregate make goody
show.
The Mchiganders will hold forth at the ST. Nicholas.
and are expected to stand firm for Pendeton, although
| 1t is said that few Of the delegates favor Chase
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS.
The delegates from these states will make the Fifth ave.
letter received yesterday by prominent politician
states that the Indiana delegation eunuch for PEN
dates friends by surprise. NJ S, Turner, b. W. Hanna,
and A. WooIf OF the Indiana delegation have arrived