Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-06

mail car constructed In
Flint Eastern this part Of the coun-
Mail r., try. of interest In con-
nection with the infos-
NAL celebration by the postal authorities
OF the semi-centennial Of this important
Improvement:
Hon A. n. Zsvsly. third assistant
Postmaster general some time ago con.
ceived the idea Of facilitating the trans
mission and prompt delivery Of letters.
newspapers and mail matters generally
between this city and New York and In
termedfats points BY . system Of rail car
distributing post Offices, whereby the work
Of stamping. asserting and distributing
mail matter viii be done In . car prepared
for the purpose while the train 10 In mo-
ton. One Of the new earn for the pur-
pose was at the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road depot last night.
The car was constructed 1t the car
works OF the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company at Mount Claire and was
completed Saturday last and 10 now be-
ing run over the road 70 wear OF the
roughness In the inside arc two cases.
each containing no pieeonhoies and
forty boxes. so arranged that the matter
placed IN them cannot be POSTED out by
the motion Of the car.
"As soon a. the train starts the clerks
assigned to duty IN this novel post ONCE
will commence the distribution Of all mat
ter into boxes for the several localities to
which the mail 10 directed. The way
mails will be made up first and at each
station mail matter intended for tho par.
ticuiar locality will be put OF and matter
for other points on the route received
The great advantage Of this system is
that correspondents can mail their latters
at the last moment and even when the
car may be moving of.
This is an entirely new Arrangement in
this part Of the country although on
some of the western roads smaller cars
are running and the system has been
found very successful there. Last spring
an experimental trip was made in one Of
the ordinary cars Of the road between
this city and New York. Notwithstand-
Ing the novelty and the fact that the
clerks worked under disadvantages from
the motion Of the car. the experiment
was very successful. over 5000 letters be-
Ing distributed each trip; and this, too.
when they had not one-eighth Of the con-
venience to be afforded by the new car"
-.
George b. Mcclellan was nominated for
President by the democratic party at
Chicago August 81, 1884
Democratic The Star OF the next day
r..a;a.4.. thus discusses the ticket:
o"A"seo' Our telegraphic dis
patches last evening announced the nomi-
nation by the democratic national con-
vention Of Gen. George B. Mcclellan for
President and Hon. George H. Pendleton
Of Ohio for Vice President Of the United
States
Personally the ticket win be conceded
to be strong one Concerning Gen. Nc
clellan the public is already well in
formed. and any iteration Of his history
here would be superfiuous Mr. Pendle-
ton. like Gen. Mcclellan. stands high In
private life and has made a fair public
record as debater and legislator. Gen
Mcclellan was put forward by the war
democracy and Mr.. Pendleton by the
peace democracy. and by their nominal
ton upon the same ticket and upon
non.committal platform the managing
minds Of the convention seem to imagine
they have successfully bridged over the
chasm between the two wings Of the
democratic party.
This belief. we think IA a sinsularlv
mistaken one: IN fact by the nomination
Of Gen. Mcclellan the party has ef-
fectually spiked all the big guns it has
depended upon for execution in the COM
Ing campaign. Thus they. clamortne
against the war. have selected for candi-
date general whose sole availability is
his service In carrying on the war and
who proposes to push 1t until the mill
tary power Of the rebellion Is utterly
Frustrated. wide his letter to Judge
Woodward). Thus. disclaiming against
arbitrary arrests. they have selected as
their leader the man who arrested and
imprisoned an entire state legislature
that Of Maryland. Vociferous against the
draft and all enforced means Of raising
troops. they have taken as their standard
bearer the very author and originator Of
the draft system. who. as long ago as
1881. made an urgent request for an Inn
mediate draft These and other incon-
gruities will prove so perplexing to the
fusion party that 1t will not be matter
Of surprise If the peace wing thereof
shall slough of within four weeks and
put up a straight-out peace candidate
with q platform which shall not ignore
the negro and by implication sustain the
war"
Cen Sherman occupied Atlanta on the
I'd Of September. 1864. and the news of
this achievement was the
Atlanta cause Of great rejoicing
r.L., In the north. In The
Star Of the next day.
September 8. is the following text of
bulletin sent by Secretary Stanton to
Maj. Gen. Dix in New York, dated 8
pm. on the I'd:
This department has received intelN-
gence this evening that Gen. Sherman's
advance entered Atlanta about noon to-
day. The particulars have not yet been
received. but telegraphic communication
during the night with Atlanta direct is
expected.
q.