, 1869-05-18

The Southern Commercial Convcu-
efop int Memph6s-Axrivnlo Of Dcle-
Eutcb-Sublecta 10 be Coustderetl-
Politics Studicu.ly Ignored =
~rrnguc on Hand - Republican
Stnsc Convention.
s7tca. Despatch 10 The Chicago Tribune.
AEHrHl, Aayl.,
TIT southern Commercial Convention assem.
liz. here to-,aoErow. Memphis feels her lcpor-
tancc tonight anti TEE people, by the thousand,
are stEuttipg and swelling through the streets.
They have reason to teel tlg. Delegates
aud rtAitoEs from ali parts of the
South have been pouring iato tho
uiy By every traio. South carul!na and Louisiana
de1sng npon he Tcnnessec. C." VI Vtrmnia hss nepri1 All
two score Of Delegates present. The represents
ttves Of Cincinnati and other northern points
nisht Of ea1ly to-@os9ow. ;. The H. e is1se * &
lion Of cs1nt1y w1osc interests Are Immediately or
enSesrea ,.9 - ~ aph,s saess =
municipal, thAt has not sent one or uaore dele
gatea. Nearly 40 Of the at.er have already rcg.s-
tesed, and Is safe 70 -! that n tue asseInsagc
appointed deltgs1eA
The Arrangements IRE vesy complete Active
thing. There ls special headquaI1cfs for mem
bers Of the pfcks truu abroad, and soon a. they
arrive they are met by the Representatives OF the
feature Of the ami Is thar politics seem 70 Be
wholly ignored Republicans and Democrats,
Radicals and Rebels, hare laid aside their mnt4
AptmoaaueA, anil are coriialI{ exchanging FeN&
~ to the ftst modes Of auudtng up thu property
Of Tho South and West Among the ihron2a
eznund Oye1ton Hotel THIS evening, have not
henri single political topic started, and atn ~.
sured TINT the convention wlI bc equally uodtr-
ate And wise.
Sen stor srraRue, OF Rhode lsiacd, has a,11ved,
and viii b. as he Intended, one Of the lions. He
u staying At private honse. II il 11mored about
that be wants the convention to nominate him a
the ne1t President OF The United StateA Forest
sad FoNer form patt of the crowd Various
r5Rd PTrsidenfa md Superusendeuts arc here
the Nashsille r Chnttanooca Roal: nurlbart, o!
the Western Atlantic: Jones, Q! the Memphis l.
Ohio, aud Late, OF the Memphis Il Charleston, arc
conspicuous among them. 1t WAS hoped that
Governor sen.eF, of Tennessee, would be- present,
bu, the Republican State Convention At Nashville
on Thureda, will probably peerent
The tupics discussed III convention will rrtncl-
ra!1y It Et1, W.T. Direct southern Trade with
Eufpre:' +'The Southern Pacific Ra'lroah; -
The Mississippi Lesets:'' .'T The Culture Of Cot
nrction with The Latter, The Bes, Modes Of pro
rnring and Sustaining Lasor.'
Delegates TO the Republican State lonrentio1
viii Afeas -thts city. for Nashville. on "Wednesday
the s3tt- From this county three will probably
support stokes Us the Republican candidate for
GoEerpot: The rest arc for Senier. tH the other
Counties IN this Congressional Distnct, some are
for senrer and *one for Hon. David 4. Annn.
Much interest ts ielt in the IeBuls Of Thursday q
convention. The light will be between serscr and
former.
NASHVILLE, May i'll. F. Felta, Of the nsna Of
Fet+A ShAIplesa. oo0t makers, cotnruttted sui
rice thts morning BY shooting himself In the heat
ahaved. nll hlaeIcd his ,oots. Cause, pecuniaiT
t{pnlLES apr Intcmtey ancS.