Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-08-07
TELE6RAMS. &c.

The Democratic City Convention me-, in
Baltimore yesterday 70 elect delegates 10 The
State Democratic Convention caIlea to select
e-Iegatfs TO the Philadelphia convention.
among tnose nominated as delegates at large
were ex-6oveTnor Pratt and BENJAMIN e..
HOWARD Mr.. Pratt was finally elecued. The
resoluuons adopted endorse President John.
sons poiicy, commend Governor Swsnn for
tbe impartial justice he has manifested in re-
gard TO the execution Of the registry law. and
oenounce that law as oppressive. unjust and
snfi-repubtcan- The resolutions also declare
thar the conservative convention which met on
the gsih ulL were Mary land patriots, aud tina.
good citizens Of every shade Of politics ought
20 be represented in the Philadeipnia con yen-
ton. ..
A telegram from Los Angelos says: A
special messenger has just arrived with dis.
patches from James X. Hardenburg, COM
manding AT Camp Daddy. which states that he
bad desperate fight with the Indians on the
2stn nIlmo, in which three men of his com
mand were killed and wounded. Thirty-six
Indians were engaged in the fight: their lose
was unknown. The number Of soldiers is not
stated.
The number OF deaths in New York last
week was 9l6, OF which SOS Were from cholera,
one.half in the public institutions The
disease Is now abatinc. Twenty cases and
four deaths were reported yesterday and in
Brooklyn eight cases and one death The
total number of deaths in Brooklyn last week
was 342, Of which seventy.two We're from
cholera. - =
The California State Supreme Court has de.
cided the case of Herr against the city of San
Francisco in favor of the city. which settles
the last six ctv slip suits pending in the courts
The points of the decision are that money
must come lawfully into the treasury and the
city must draw it lawfully.
The Board of Health of Philadelphia, yester
day, up TO noon, showed fourteen new cases of
cholera, three OF which were fatal. The re-
port is for Saturday and Sunday. The total
number of deaths from cholera during the
week ending Saturday was forty
The following completes the list of the
Georgia delegates 10 the Philadelphia con ven.
aon: Second district, Eli Warren and ]. L.
WTmber1y; third, Hiram Turner and f. H.
Worrell; at large, A. II. Stephens, II. V. Jehn-
son, A. A. Chappell, and ID. a. Walker
The s.eamer General Lyle blew mn near
Bethlehem yesterday. The passengers saw
she was racing when the explosion took place
Both boats were together, and the ST Charles
brought the dead and wounded 70 Madison.
Fifteen or eighteen persons are lost.
Kyle Il Terry, proprietors of the Oakland
plantation on Oyster creek, Texas, have sent
the first bale OF cotton to Galveston. Ii was
classed as strict middling, sold for forty cents
per pound in specie, and received the premium
OF a silver pitcher from Sissmuss Go.
During squall on the Hudson ut Yonkers
Sunday afternoon a pleasure boat containing
eight or ten persons was capsiZed, and one OF
the party, Miss Brooks. of West Farms, was
drowned. Her body has not vet been re-
covered.
Idaho dates of J July IL report that the politi.
cal contest was waxing warm. Mining pros
poets are reported bright