The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-07-29
CLEANINCS s..

Edward T. Foster, editor of Boston
Dramatic Ne,cs, died Saturday evening of
heart disease. 500
The Republican Convention held at
McConnellsburg, Pa, on Saturday renom-
mated the Hon. John Cessna for Congress.
The Democratic Convention of Utah on
Saturday nominated as delegate to Congress
George O'Conner, a prominent polygamist
and apostle of the Mormon church.
The Walter Scott monument is not ex-
pected to arrive at New York in time to
be erected, August 10, and the ceremonies
will be postponed until November 30.
w. d. Sawyer, James L. Crittenden,
and Joseph Hendley, all prominent Califor-
MIA Democrats, have pronounced against
Greeley. The two latter will support
Grant.
"A late telegram from San Francisco
says: captain Charles f.. Deane, editor
of the Los Angeles Ne,cs, is dying. It is
supposed he committed suicide by poison
ing"
The Camden (Ala.) Ne,os and Paciti-
Gator, Democratic paper, refuses TO sup
port Greeley. The Prairie du Chen (Wis.)
Courier, also Democratic. refuses to ad,o-
cate the election Of Greeley.
Hon. A. P. Edgerton, of Indiana, and
Hon. William Sirwell, of Pennsylvania,
both Democrats. have declared in favor Of
Grant and against Greeley. So has Hon.
Henry r. Selden, of New York. @
MIR. Greeley gave his last reception at
Chappaqua Saturday. In some brief re-
marks to bis friends he said he would prob
ablp not speak in public for some months,
but he hoped again to welcome all to his
home after the election was over.
Mr.. Frederick Douglass, in an article
on the Presidential campaign, says that
wherever else Mr.. Greeley may have
been in other days, wherever be may be
to-day, to his inner consciousness he is
practically with the political enemies of
the black mans liberty"
Henry Wilson stated to correspond
ent recently that during thirty-two years
of political life he had made about thirteen
hundred speeches which had appeared in
print, and, so far as his memory extended,
had uttered but one sentence that he re-
GREETED, and that because it was misappre-
hendcd.
The Buffalo Presbytery on Saturday
deposed Rev. NJ. L. p. Thompson, who is
charged with adultery at Jamestown, from
the ministry, and indefinitely suspended
him from communion. Thompson was
suspended some years ago for similar Of
fence in Cincinnati, and on recommendation
of the Buffalo brethren that he had heartily
repented of his sin, was reinstated.
The Washington Republican says !:
6 Hon. Henry d. Moore, formerly State
treasurer under Governor Curtin, and now
in st. Petersburg, writes to friend in this
city denying, in the most emphatic manner,
that Curtin will support Greeley. lie de-
sires the reelection of President Grant, and
will do all in his power to aid the cam
paign to that end. 1t is not known when
he will return to the United States"
The Commissioner of Education Satur-
day received lengthy and interesting letter
from Miss Mary Pruyn, now in Yokohama,
Japan, but formerly of Albany, N. ", in
which full and complete statement is given
of educational matters in Japan. She is the
head OF an educational institution established
by the Women's Union Missien of New
York, and reports that the houses which
are now occupied by them are SO small
that they have to turn away daily pupils,
male and female. She found the japanese
and Eurasion children in total ignorance, and
in many cases in destitute circumstances.
She had hoped that the Japanese govern
ment would buy large lot for them and
establish the necessary schools, but they
do not appear to take much interest in the
matter. She describes the place as good
field for missionaries.