New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-08-18
POLITICAL NOTES.

Carl Schurz has been invited by many citi-
gems of Nashville Tenn to deliver address in that
city.
The Olneu Journal and The ShelbyriHe Union
advocate the nomination of the Hon. S. w Moulton az
the Republican candidate for CongressmanatLarGe
from Illinois
September Conventions will be held as fol-
lows: On the It'll Republican Of NewJersey; 1ih. Dem
ocratc Of Massachusetts,; 2Oh Republican OF Illinois,
and OF Minnesota 27th, Republican OF Massachusetts
The canvass in Pennsylvania il carried on
mostly by means of campaign documents" aud per-
sonal electioneerng In parts OF the state IL
very lively but generally 1t is dull III Is said that more
political tracts newspapers ana speeches are cCdtCu
this year than ever before.
The John II. Briggs, President of the New
York Granite Company to whom the contract for FUR
nshng the stone for the Capitol at Albany has been
awarded is the Briggs who furnished the Sheffield
marble for the Court House the Granite company
includes some other gentlemen who were Superysors al
the time that Briggs held that ONCE Dut VINO nave
as yet made progress toward ooscurliy'
What The Macon Telegraph objects to In the
remarks of the Hon. Ben ~ Hill, is this declaration. in
his address at the recent commencement OF the Uni
versty Of Georgia: "The primal cause OF our failure
as a people is the fact that our system OF labor was
slavery From this, from disturbed den OF Vlpers
have craWlcd ont the innumerable and poisonous evils
that have famed energies and polluted our blood
This reads very much Ike Garrison Ill INC ua9s Vi INC
Liberator.
The following from The Ohio State JournaL
relates the alleged false counting in the ONO Demo
cratic State Convention: "The Cleveland papers note
the same REGULARITY spoken of by The Slate Journal in
The manner OF Ewng's disclaimer OF any connection
with the Connel letter And that u, that ne avoids
ranydnent nomination of MeCook We have evidence at
hand which would make Il rather uinieult lor uen
Ewing to deny the truth OF these statements
Col John NJ. Council, brother-in-law OF Gen.
Thomas wing IT,, has written another long letter in
which he repeats his former statement that Ewing was
fairly nominated by the Democrats Of Ohio as their
candidate for Governor, and McCoOk not nominated at
ALL He refuses to support McCook and rejects the New
DPaTIrie s TO an !. devoted The following the Closing
sentence of his letter: MAY the old banner the Oh
and he sounded front, cheering the heart of
the where now only hG and onrage befoSe the
stunned but undaunted and unrecantihs hoS's oi INC
Democracy" . u
letter from Wilmington, n. Co. to The
Bufaro Erpress says We have lately had one OF the
most heated and bitter campaigns in this State that
ever had the fun of witnessing the issue being Conven-
,on or no Convention Colored orators were IN the field
i'm Abundance and having been sal.heu as 10 he
ability of the negro to occupy te s.aeT hit Of phe
osity attended OF their NEE Vi io
nrincnal eaker MADISON who has the nonor OF DenR
ne d ds1 WAS really surprised at his chain OF
logical argument. But meeting ing, bnndage mnst
necessarily present many ludicrous points anu mere 70
one OF them: Allan Denton (coloredl omsla.eu ~
man and the man who had the floor, after long ana
aowery appeal was winding up as follows; And say,
my felowcitzens, dat eberytlng are changeu uat we IS
better men and we is spedt0uS what, what uat
Won say interrupted the Chairman, VINO compIehehdcd
The dignity aud duties OF his position what aat W1t
Won say q 'spedlous ia de word eIedn ish
Mr. CharmanP 'Oh. spedious, spedlOus! yes uats an
correct Please prohibit TO finish your reiarAs' Whon
he dill with the evident consciousness OF having ani
| hilated the presiding oilicer.'
LOCAL.
Lawrence G.. Goulding is warmly supported
as an ndependent anti Tammany candidate lof the SELL
atoria nomination in the lVth Dstrlc'
The lid Assembly District Custom House
Association appointed evening. the usual Standing
Committees for the year Resolutions were passed I'M
posing tar Of per cent on the salaries OF those who
hold ofces through the influence OF the ia assembly
Distrcf Cn.io House Association. The regular meet
ngs OF this Association Will be heiu Oh 'no '''o i1'
day OF each month.
The Twenty-frst Assembly District Union
Republican Association met last evening III Union nan
Harlem. VIM. " DeCamp, President III tho 'n'ii i"'
following unanimously ndOpted; ,-..t q, A. l.. =,
HssolreI That hearth. approve the rtonls a..
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