Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-07-03

AhC OCIiIOCtdllC spit III baltimore IN
1850. resulting in the placing Of two
presidential tickets
Uem0crat1c in the field, caused
n.r.n.&-.x: a political sensa-
ton without par
allel at that time in the history Of the
United States. The news columns of
The Star of the period are filled with
indications of the strain under which
the people were laboring In the issue
of June %. 1860, are several Geographic
dispatches bearing upon the manner in
which the nominations were received:
"St. Louis.-The seceders are hold
ing a grand mass meeting here tonight
to ratify the nomination at Baltimore
Of Breckenridge and Lane The Bulletin
Office is brilliantly lighted up and COW
cred with flags. banners and trans
parencies A salute Of los guns is be-
ing fired in Lucas Park, and Col Pres
ton, United States minister to Spain.
will be serenaded at the Planters House
this evening, and called out to make a
speech in favor Of the nominees. The
enthusiasm is fully up to that of the
Douglasites.
"Albany.-The friends of Breckin-
ridge and Lane in this city are having
great jubilee tonight. One hundred
and five guns have been fired, one for
every vote that Breckenridge and Lane
received in the convention. The Standard
newspaper Office is brilliantly illuminat-
ed, and State street and Broadway are
in a perfect blaze with bonfires of tar.
A procee sion, headed by band of
music, is parading the streets. and the
streets themselves are filled with people.
cheering Justify for Breckenridge and
Lane. The demonstration is equal in
every respect to the Douglas celebra-
ton Saturday night.
Gratis of this city received the nomina-
ton of Breckenridge and Lane with the
greatest enthusiasm, and salute was
fired in honor Of the event
pronounces the nomination of Douglas
a sectional one. The secession of the
Boston Post creates quito stir among
the old political stagers here o.
"Newark-Separate salutes OF 100
guns each were fired here last evening py
the friends of both democratic nominees.
Douglas and Breckenridge"
Half a century ago the Smithsonian
Institution was the chief item of attrac-
ton to tourists in Wash
Smithsonian ington In The Star Of
r4:4.A:. June 49, 1850. Is the FOL
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS paragraph regard
ing that institution:
1.-The number of visitors has been very
large during the past month. The ex-
cellent management and energetic efforts
of Prof Henry, secretary. and Prof.
Baird, assistant secretary, with the corps
Of scientific assistants, continue to add
daily to the already very extensive col
lection of the institution. The operations
of the institution are not confined to- our
own country and continent but extend
throughout the world, wherever it is pos
sible to obtain a foOthold for the diff
fusion of knowledge among men. The
institution has it's agents accompanying
various expeditions now out and about
to leave. We learn that Mr.. William A.
Henry, son of the secretary. has been
detailed to accompany Col Alexander IN
his expedition to make observations OF
the eclipse of the sun in July. Mr.. Elliot
Cowes. son of the able examiner of pat
ents. accompanies the private expedition
of the Boston Academy Of Science. Mr..
c. Drexler, the skillful taxidermist. ac-
companies an expedition to the Hudson's
bay region. Interesting specimens of
natural history are now being received
from John Xantes and r. Kennicut, two
talented collectors connected with the in
stitution the one in Lower California and
the other in the Hudson's bay region. The
arrangement of the extensive and beauti-
and attracts much attention. The ar
rangement Of skulls of animals is now
being made and is progressing rapidly.
and when finished this collection will be
and will comprise specimens from the
largest to the most diminutive OF all
kinds of animals"
The Great Eastern arrived at New York
on the 2Sth of June. 1880, and in The
Star of the day following
Mammoth was this description of
the vessel and her voy-
oIedmeT. age across the Atlantic:
"The mammoth steamship Great East
ern. from Southampton on the evening
of the 18th, arrived off the lightship be-
low Sandy Hook this morning, having
made the trip in about eleven and one
half days. The voyage was full of in
terest and demonstrated her superiority
as seagoing vessel and the reliability
and excellence of her machinery. In
making this. her first ocean voyage, her
engineer did not feel authorized to put
her speed to the test, and no effort was
made to reach New York in any given
space of time. The distance steamed
from Southampton to New York is easily
about 3,19O miles, but the Great Eastern
went far to the south Of the usual track
to avoid danger from floating icebergs,
thus considerably increasing that dis
lance The highest speed she attained on
the trip was fourteen and one-half knots,
but her bottom was very foul. and two
knots per hour should be allowed for this
defect. The Great Eastern left the
Needles at 10 am. of the 18th and reach
ed the lightship at 1870 this morning
The weather was fine with the exception
of two days She brings forty-two pas
sengers. The engines were not stopped
after she. left the Needles till she arrived
off Georges shoals for sounding. She
was saluted at the lightship by the colors
being dipped and all the vessels in sight
displayed their buntings. She will cross
the bar this afternoon The Great East
ern draws twenty-seven feet aft, but will
be trimmed to an even keel before cross
ing
The great ship crossed the bar later in
the afternoon of the 18th, having no
difficulty in making her way up the har-
Dor. She was greeted with immense en-
thusiasm by crowds of people on the
piers.
The H0P-TOAD.