Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1872-08-28
Political Notes.

4 1lc republican conference onnn.tfeeS OF tn
| heretofore opposing wings of the party in Ne Y
| Orleans yesterday agreed upon ticket, heade
by Kellogg for Governor.
The Springfield Republican insists that Graft
| Brown shall he dropped. That would be taking
all the spirit out OF the ticket.-CiECiEygii Ga
| zeftC.
1t Is the respectable Hartford Couraut which
remarks: 'BaTnum has once more given eyi-
| dcnce of his wonderful ability as a Judge Or
| humbuGs, by going for Greeley
| A mass meeting of soldiers and sailors in sun
| port of tie Grant and Wilson tcke; was held a.
Portland, Me., yesterday. Generals BUrnsi le
| ard Butler were the orators OF the occasion.
| II il reIOrted that Colonel y. Il. Ordwav, the
| sergeant -at-arms OF the national House Of Rep
resentatives, has declared for Greeley, and via
| canvass his state, New HampShire.-As,c York
Post.
The Maine correspondent OF the New York
| Herald, writing with Greeley sympathies saws
| that the liberal rally in Portland 10 hear Sent-
| tor Trumbull was large in numbers, "but the
enthusiasm was not 50 full and hearty as his
| ing position"
Tie New York republican state committee
| met at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday, and
elected the following officers:-A Il. Cornell,
Chairman; j. y. Knapp, secretary; Henry
CleWs, treasurer. An executive committee was
| appointed.
1t was reported in New York yesterday tha,
leading democrats have agreed TO propose On A..
| O'COnnor as a candidate for governor of the
state at the approaching democratic convention
at Syracuse.
A special telegram to the baltimore Gazette
from Parkersburg, West Virginia, announces
the adoption of the new constitution by a ma
jority of $500, and the election of Jacobs indie
jority.
Delegates in favor of Mr. Carman were elected
| from Baltimore county yesterday to the Con-
gressional nominating convention of the second
| district; but, the American says, Hon. Steven
son archer Is sure TO be renominated by the
votes of the other counties.
The "straight-out" democrats of Kansas as
sembled at Topeka yesterday, and passed reso-
buttons repudiatlng Greeley, reattirmiEg demo
cratic principles. and endorsing Chas 0'Conor
for President. -Four delegates were elected to
the Louisville convention.
The South Carolina state democratic COM
mittee yesterday adopted resolutions advising
no democratic state ticket, denouncing fraul
ard CORRUPTION in the state government, de-
manding the republicans to fulfil their pledge
of reform, and advising perfect county organ
ization for local purposes.
The Arkansas convention of democratic, lib
eral and reform central committees was closed
on Monday evening, and the result is the adOp-
ton OF the reform ticket with two changes.
Democrats were placed on the ticket for Su
Ireme Court Judge and Attorney General. The
electoral ticket was satisfactorily changed %
suit all the committees. Liberal republican.
were not accorded a representation upon the
ticket, but expressed 10 complaint at the exclu-
sion.
Plantamour's comet was failure; but no more
of failure than the "Greeley deluge," the
"Tidal Wave the Grand Uprising" which
were predicted by the organs. The fountain.
of the great deep were to be broken up, and such
an other popular revolution sweep over the Land
as had never before been seen. We have watched
very narrowly and do not see the beginnings OF
it yet There has been a good deal of thunder
and lightning in the skies, but on the earth
only-wind-N. Y. Post.
THE STEVENS BATTERY-A Star reporter
who visited this ship at Hoboken, on SATURDAY,
found that she is Tar from being finished; IL Is
estimated that to complete her would cost
500, 600 more. She has already cost S20D0 on
andwhen finished would not bring over 1 ,0aD 1t1
at the outside, so she is an expensive experim ent
If not complete failure. During the Franco
Prussian war, Overtures were m lde by the Prus-
sian government to purchase this vessel, and
pc pers were actually drawn up, the stipulared
price was 81 200 Coo but tor some reason other
the negotiations fell through, fortunately per
haps for Prussia, for the ship would never he
able TO get one hundred miles from Sandy Ho lk.
ne possible use TO which sac can be put, Is Tor
harbor defense, and even then she would be
almost p0weIless against two or three vessels.
for il one should strike her within twenty feet
from her stern, il would completely disable the
machil cry, and leaves her at the mercy OF her
enemies. She is furnished with two propellsrs,
the shaft OF which leave the vessel about forty
feet from the stern, where it begins to mario
down almost to a point. The ship is almost sharu
at both ends, so should a ram or even an ord
nary vessel strike with force in this part Size
must be disabled-N 7. Star.
A Boy Picks UPA SIS, OO0, 600 DIAMoND-Dr.
III. p. Swein and family, from Santa Cruz. Ca
norma, were in the city yesterday, and left for
the east on the Vandsia road. The doctor had
in his possession a large diamond, supposed -
be OF the first water, which he claims TO lt
worth over s., eco ,OO0. 1t was found by his DO.
at the mouth OF gulch in Santa Cruz county
over six years ago. The specimen is iTreg.i-
,aTly rounded pebble, about the size OF large
horse chestnut, covered with thin, bToHns.I.
Opaque crust, and the weight is 81 ounces
Two or three facets made by grinding OFF Tho
outside coat exhibit brilliant transparency,
which, 10 the unprofessiOnal eye looked like
rock crystal. Ii has been eKa mined in San Fran
cisco, where an offer OF $4,000 was made to tn
OWNER. Mr.. l.. B. Hopkins compared it with
the other diamonds, and pronounced it the reg
ular simon pure stuff. The doctor goes to BoS-
ton to have il tested by the most skiilfuI lapila
ries OF that city. Explorations have since been
made III the canon where the specimen was dis
covered, but the search has NOT been rewarded
| with success Louis Republican, 23i.
| THE VIRGINIA ELoPEMENr.-The ALLEGED
/ elOpement Of James +. Clark, late editor of IN,
Manassas (Va.) Gazette, with Miss Fanny F.
well, daughter OF the depot agent at that place.
their journey West, their return, and the arrest
OF Clark for abduction have been reported
already. Clark was arrested at the residence
OF VIM Lee, his fsther.in-law, hear Frederick
burg, where his wife and children had been re-
naming during his absence. The counsel for
Clark were Mes5Ts. j. l.. Mayre JT., and Charles
HefnCon. Clark pleaded entire innocence Of the
charge and ignorance OF the circumstances ur-
til within a few days ago. he said that he had
| gone to the west to look out for business. when
he learned by the papers tn AZ he was charge
with running away with Miss Jewell, and re
turned to deny the charge. The fact that Ms-
Jewell got back home about the same time and
told the whole story as it had before been told IN
the papers, made against the plea OF the pris
oner. The matter is to be thoroughly invasti-
gated, however, and he will have the benefit II
all the testimony that can be produced in his
favor.
| The RIGHT KIND OF A JURY-SOmsb01y %
Blcme-The coroner's jury empannelled to in
quire into the cause of the death of Reuben
Deal, Mary SNYDER, Ella Freeberger, George
Mulock, and Patrick Porter, the ostler. who
were killed at Tacony on Monday evening by
| the running into their carriage of a railro ad
| train, find from the evidence presented that the
reckless and criminal speed of the Cincinnati ex
press train from New York was such in this
| case coupled with the fact of having no fagman
| stationed at Tacony station, as to cause the
death OF the aboye-named citizens. 1t is highly
necessary that the proper authorities shall in
dict and bring to conviction the company and
Its agents, that the travelling community may be
| protected.
i RAILROAD nj Alters on THE PACIFIC SCOPE.