The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1872-08-30
Of GrantIas essential to the bess
interhAik oE lie country.

interests OF The country.
A meeting Of 47 straight-out
Democrats was organized At Clin-
ton. Mo-, on the sd. lsisolu'ions
were passed fayoring tlie'Louissille
Convention.
The staight Democratic Club
Of the District Of Columbia ap-
pointed two delegates to the Louis
vile Convention on the 23d.
Senator Wilson addressed a mas
meeting at Hudson, n. y, on the
night Of the 23d, saying he had
no doubt the Republicans would
carry twenty ont Of twenty-one fisr
States. lie eulogize'l General Dix,
and said the question was not
whether Grant or Greeley would
be President, la,t whether the Re
publican party, which lad tave'l
the country and ma'le il free, shouII
20 to ruin with tic help Of Q band
Of forty or fifty thousand disatfectett
Republicans and he made to abdl-
cate and let the Democratic party
90 into power. lie had no unkind
words to say Of Greeley and Brown
lie regretted the position they had
taken, but their success would ba
irregularly a Democratic triumph,
and the voice of the rebellion wouil
be heard in such an eyent-this
time in Washington. lie urged
| New York to come out from among
the doubtful States, for although It's
position won'd not affect the result
Of the election in the country, tie
Republicans wanted the Empln.
State to occupy the place in tht
4 Union which was intended for it.
state Senator O'Brien, Of New
Jersey, has pronounced for the
Louisville Convention and Charles
O'Conor.
Over twenty cases of s,m-strokp
occurred in st. Louis within the
three weeks ending August 2.ith,
the majority Of which were fatal.
The Tribune says ex-Controller
Connolly has not been further
than fifty miles from New York
City, and most of tie time in
Westchcster county that he will
turu States evidence, and lis testi-
mony will convict J, Tweed and
twenty other officials, whose names-
so far, have not been published.
lie will first appear to testify
against voucher thieves, under At
torney General Harlow's instruc-
tions.
At n picnic on tile 9th inst, at
Jones' Wood, n. r., Greeley made
speech, but so much confusion and
uproar was made by parties calling
for cheers for Grant that he could
not be heard. After o few remarks
on the subject of labor he retired.
At Fort Wayne, md, and I,on-
don, Ohio, immense Republican
meetings were held on the night q
the 9th inst.
James +. Clark, late editor o.
: the Manassas Gazette, has been ar
rested and admitted to bail al
Richmond, Va, for dcscrting hi
family and ahlucting Miss l'anni,
Scwell.
Tn st. Louis, on tie a5th inst.
) the thermometer indicated from o.
to 100 in the shade, and at 5 O'CLOCK
at night it was 95.
/ Eight cases of suns.roke occurred
at Memphis, Tenn, ON the 25tL
inst, TOUR fatal.
Professor Peters. of Hamilton
College, n. y, reports another
planet discovered on the night Of
the 24th inst. 1t is l24th of q
group Of asteroids, and is bright
and shining as q star Of the tenth
magnitude. disposition is - hours,
II minutes and % seconds Of right
ascension, and I degrees, is min
utes and 30 seconds of south de-
clination.
Rev. II. $ Brown, a noted Zap.
tist preacher OF Liverpool, has az
rived in New York, and preached
to an immense audience III Brook
lyn on the cyenil 6 uf the 18th
inst.
Secretary Delano has recovered
from his recent illness, and is able
to transact official business.
Ralph ]. lngersoIl, Minister IL
Russia under President Polk, died
on the Goth, aged 81.