Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1870-10-08
The Solar EcIiDSe ,
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Professors VIM. Hardness, Asaph Hall, and
John X. Eastman, of the Naval Observatory in
this city, will sail from New York on the Cunard
steamer China on the % Of November for Liver
pool, and thence to Malta by the PeninsuIar and
Oriental line of steamers, and then to Syracuse
Sicily, where they will make observations of the
total eclipse of the sun which occurs on the p
OF Decembef, between 1880 and $50 p m, aud
IL visible In the Mediterranean sea, and the
northern part OF Africa. The party will be in
charge OF Prot. HarknesS, and will take out a
complete set of Instruments Their observa.
ions VIII be on the tine OF apparent contact OF
the sun and moon, the physical constitution of
the corona, observations with the spectroscope
and palariscope, and photometrical, ma gnetic
and meteorological observations &c The time
Or totali'y viii be about2 p. IN, and should the
day be clear 1t Is expected that number OF
valuable observations will be made. The party
en- route hume will visit the principal European
Obseryatories to examine their methods with
view TO adopting anything which may be found
Prof. Simon Newcomb with another partv
VIII also sail about the same time for Gibraltar,
or the northern part of Africa to make observa-
'ions OF the eclipse in that locality.
PoLITIcAL.-The nominating convention OF
The Christi republican party met in New Or
leans Thursday, and adopted resolutions de-
clariDs determination to expunge from the
statute books of the State all oppressive and
oCiOus laws that were enacted to the injury of
he people; favOring only honest men and true
republicans for Office. -. A Dumas, colered
was nominated for mayor of New Orleans and
). A. Walsh for Congress from the second dis
trict of Louisiana.
The republicans of the twenty-eighth district
Cf New York have nominated Freeman ClaI ke
Tor the Forty-secOnd Congress, and Charles H.
Holmes TO I'LL the unexpired term Of Noah Davis
MI. Clarke was member OF the Thirty-eigh
congress, and held after ward the osiceof Comp
tTollor OF the Currency. His election 10 assured
from the uniform and large republican m iior-
tiles OF his district.
Hon. John Critcher was nominated for Con-
gress IN the first district Of Virginia by the CON
servatiye convention which met at Matthews
Court House, Thursday.
Anton Klaus declined the democratic nomi-
nation for Congress in the fifth Wisconsin dis
trict, and Joseph Stringham, of Oshkosh has
been nominated in his place.
The republican convention, Maysyille. New
York, split. Messrs. w. l.. Sessions and Nor
man Allen were separately nominated for Con-
gress.
Hon. Joseph Segar, Of Virginia. is again a
candidate for Congress tor the state at large"
THK CoLoRKD DD-FELL6ws.-The twenty
sixth annual meeting OF the ColOred Grand
Lodge OF odd Fellows for the United States was
opened at Wilmington, Del, on Wednesday by
the Most Worshipful Grand Master John G..
flowers, OF Pennsylvania, and ID. Bowser,
Grand Secretary. Delegates present from MaryZ
land, Virginia, District OF Columbia, Pennsyi-
vania, New York, and other States. The fol-
lowing ofhcers were elected: s. w. Chase, of
baltimore, Nd, president; vice-presdent.
James II. Lewis, of New York; secretary
Isaac ). Mullen. Portsmouth, Va; Chaplain
Rev. Noble Watkins, of Annapolis, Md; tyler.
Henry johnson, of Petersburg, V; committee
on credentials, Robt. Jones, Pa; Zacharlah
Sharper, Md James II. Lewis, y. Y.
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