Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-01
Political Notes,

IL is stated on good authority that A. T. Stew
for carrying North Carolina, and it is said the
money Is doing very effective service.
Hon. Charles Foster has been renominated as
10th district of Ohio. General Garfield was YES.
terday renominated in the 10Th district Of that
state. In the 10th district Lorenzo Z. Danford
was nominated by the republicans to succeed
The republicans of the 18th district of Illinois
have nominated A. q. Matthews for Congress.
The Apollo Hall democracy in New York last
night laid on the table an invitation from Tam
many to join in a mass meeting to ratify the
Baltimore nomination. Senator James O'Brien
charged Wickham, the chairman OF the Apollo
zation to TammaRy. Wickham denied the
charges and withdrew from the organization.
Senator Wilson arrived in Philadelphia yes
terday. He will attend the folders and sailors
convention at Pittsburg, Pa, on the 18th of
September.
"A friend of the Christian Register writes
Clergyman that he has got so far as TO hurrah
for Or, but doesn't know whether to end with
ant or eeley. The clergyman replies by refer
ring him to Proverbs vi 600 to the ant, thou
The Springfield Republican, a Creelev paper.
does not hesitate to say that the "evidence is
conclusive of Gratz Browns drunkenness at
New Haven on commencement week." and
declares that " If Brown does not back out or is
not kicked out, Greeley will lose thousands OF
votes in consequence of his associates disgrace
full condition at New Haven"
Inc SieNelanu LeQuer makes q OlStreSSnQly
funny story out of a family affair in that city
The wife purchased one of the Greeley fans, and
TOOK II home, where she happened to leave il on
her husbands pillow, when she dropped to sleep.
The poor fellow came home from his cups and
saw by the side of his wife "the features of a
bald headed, gray-haired man, whose flushed
face betokened guilt and poor liquor" Angered
fired two shots through the thing, when his wife
woke up in terror, and he, seeing his ridiculous
situation, endeavored to make her believe that
he understood 1t at first. But there was a sew
ing-circle the next day.
John Bowles, surveyor of the port of Savan.
nah, Georgia, has rendered bis resignation ami
The democrats Of Utah generally refuse to ac-
cept George Q. Cannon as the nominee of their
convention as Delegate to Congress.
An old time democrat of Washington and one
OF our most respected citizens and business men,
sends us the following from the New York Ece,.-
ing Post as afording matter "fOr democrats to
read and ponder upon"
the Erening Post:-I never supposed that the
great and good Doctor Greeley would lay
claim to being prophet, besides being "philos-
opher" But during the great democratic con-
ventfon in this city in 1868, when HOratio Soy
mour shed tears because the "gray coats' could
not get Pendeton as their standard bearer and
finally accepted "Seemer," as "Doctor Greeley"
used to call him, Mr.. Greeley penned the fol-
lowing, which appeared in the Tribune at that
time: "The democratic leaders just now are in
the anxious and hopeful condition OF that his
pray. They want candidate-she wanted a
husband. CroOking her aged and stiffenins
knees at the foot OF hemlock tree, she prayed
long and earnestly that heaven would send her
man. A sleepy owl in the branches above Just
then cried out, Hoo! hoo! hoo,' ANYBODY,
good Lord, responded the anxious virgin. And
party"
II the above did not clearly foreshadow the
present decentralization of the democratic party
and their late action at Baltimore, then am
Lot . judge of "deep ploughing." esd.