The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-05-04
NEW YORK.
The Greeley Brown Combination.
F EsG se
How it Strikes the People-The Evening
Post Declares the Convention Failure.

NEW YORK, May 3.-The bulletin boards
have been surrounded all day with crowds
anxious to learn the result of the Cincinnati
Convention. AS ballot after ballot was an
nounced the excitement increased, but it showed
itself only in anxious discussion. About the
Tribune Office the excitement was naturally in
tense. The friends of Greeley focked in to
congratulate him A number of leading poll
ticians were on hand and Greeley had his hands
full in receiving his friends. Amcng the crowd
outside the comments were various. Some de-
clared that the Convention made fzZle of it,
and had nominated by no means the strongest
man, while others, with more enthusiasm were
sure that if anybody could give the movement
assurance of success it was Greeley. 1t was
suggested that he could not hope for any large
portion of the Democratic vote on account of
his past record as au uncompromising foe of
that party, but his present position, his advo-
cacy of general amnesty and equality it is
thought would give him greater strength with
the Democrats and with the people of the
South than any other Republican would have.
When the nomination was made known to
MIR. Greeley, his presence was demanded by a
crowd. Mr.. Greeley came down from his room
up stairs and was greeted with cheers and both
hands were employed in shaking hands with
enthusiastic friends. They called for speech,
when he declared that "the speaker dosn't
speak at present"
Mr.. Greeley informed reporter that the re-
suit of the previous balloting had laid him
for Mr.. Adams plurality seemed to indicate
him as the coming man. Senator Fenton had
not expected the nomination of the strongest
man. If that was Adams it was well and good
but Davis was about the last in the race. Only
last night he had telegraghed to the New York
delegation to press the name of Greeley as the
strongest candidate.
A number of friends of the new candidate
got together in the park with a field piece and
fired salute in honor of the nomination. A
serenade will be given tonight and mass rati-
ficatiOn meeting next week.
What the Papers sny.
The Greeley nomination does not please the
Post, which heads the news thus:
'The grand failure. The cause of the reve-
nue. reform betray at Cincinnati. The polite
ians triumphant" The Post says that on the
reception of the news there was no enthusi-
the means of rectifying the abuses in the gov
eminent and of giving definite expression to
their feelings ON the subject of revenue oppres-
sion, as embodied in the original for the Con-
vention, confess their defeat"
The Express says, ''The nomination of
Greeley excites surprise and something of
amazement in this quarter, but "the old white
coat will take large portion of the rank and
file of his party with him and more than will
offset Gen. Grants military stock in trade
which is rather rusty. The next question is,
what will the Democrats do, upon which all
L.
roughly, especially all of us who were silver
grey Wings, Fillmore men, etc., but we are a
forgiving race of men and shall do what is best
for our country.
The Commercial Advertiser says of the NOM
inaton:
''This is an unexpected result and furnishes
good proof of the faulty of the men who COM
posed this Convention and who have taken up
with this new movement. Greeley has never
been formidable candidate and never will be.
FOL r, rl.4NIx, 30
will accept Greeley or whether they will trust
to presumed split in the Republican party
and act Independently They may 20 for Hor-
acc or not. 1t will not alter the case. The
prospects of the Republican party have bright
ened."
Horace makes n Little Speech.
New York, May 3-There was considerable
of a crowd in front of the Tribune Office this
afternoon to congratulate Greeley on his nomi-
nation. He appeared and made short speech.
Particulars of the Loss of Capt. Cross
man.
Panama papers contains the details of the
disaster to the boat of the United States steam
er Kansas, Capt. Hatfield, with the Nicaragua
canal surveying expedition. She arrived at
Greytown April Sd. On the 18th Capt. Cross
man, in command of the expedition, in coming
in over a bar in whale boat got capszed by
the breaking OF the steering oar and two other
boats sent to his assistance met the same fate.
Minute guns were fired from the vessel but no
aid could be given from the shore as the ship
lay six miles away and out of sight, and no one
knew what they meant. A steam launch had
already been sent up to meet the steamship
with the mails. The canoe arrived in time to
save Paymaster Bemis and one of the crew
and to tow in the cutter with sixteen men.
Others swan ashore and three came in on
an empty cask. Capt. Crossman, sailing mas.
ter Foray and four seamen were drowned
Only the body of one seaman was found. The
number of officers and men saued is twenty.
seven.