The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-07-19
NEW YORK.
Meeting OF the Republican National Com
mittee,

nittee.
New York, July 1S-The Republican Ma
tion Executive Committee held meeting yes
terday afternoon which was executive in char
acter and for the most part secret. Measures
were discussed for forwarding the canvass in
Pennsylvania, Indiana, North Carolina and
West Virginia. Ex-senator Abbott made a
cheering report of the canvass in North Caro-
INA. Col Errett, chairman of the Republican
state Central Committee, appeared from Penn
sylvania in place of W. ii. Kemble, who is
very III: A suggestion was considered from
West Virginia looking to the utilization of all
the elements of the opposition to the Demo
cratic liberalism of that State. The details OF
the campaign are to be organized within few
days at the headquarters here, which will be at
the Fifth Avenue Hotel A secret session of
the Executive Council of the Union League of
America was also held in the afternoon, at
which it was resolved to cooperate with the
National Committee
Bismarck's Attempt to Stop Emmiara-
ton.
A prominent member of the German House
OF Representatives writes here confirming the
news that Bismarck is to try to stop by legisla-
ton the great flow of emigration from the en-
pire to this country, and characterizes the
movement as stupid, saying the only way to
prevent emigration is to afford the people the
same advantages that they have here.
Republican Headquarters.
The Grant and Wilson Republican headquar-
tiers were thrown open at the Fifth Avenue
Hotel to-day.
South Carolina Bonds.
AT q meeting of the South Carolina bond
holders to-day the committee reported little
progress in the collection of subscriptions for
the prosecution of their claims against the
State, and a resolution was adopted requesting
all the holders to contribute one per cent of the
par value of the bonds for use in the contem-
plated suits.
Et Ccfcra.
A dividend of twenty-five per cent. amount
ing to SIZE, 900, has been ordered To be paid the
creditors Of the Bowling Green Savings Bank.
William V. Smith has applied TO Judge Pratt
for a mandamus 10 compel Comptroller Green
TO pay claim of $1,000 for surveying, which
had been approved by the Board of Credit.
The case is postponed TO allow Green to examine
the validity of the claim.
Thomas Connerton was to-day sentenced TO a
light fine in Brooklyn for selling Sundays. The
Judge announced that the law hereafter would
be rigidly enforced and the severest punishment
meeted to offenders.
The weather continues hot The thermome-
ter reached 80. There were many cases of sun
stroke.
Tammnny Ratifes.
The Tammany General Committee tonight
ratified the nomination of Greeley and Brown
and appointed a committee to arrange for a
mass ratification meeting.
Call for the State Convention.
Alonzo b. Cornell, chairman of the Republi-
can State Committee, has issued a call for the
State Convention to be held at Utica, Wednes-
day, Aug. 21st for the nomination of State
officers, representatives at large in Congress
and Presidential electors.
The President Interviewed.
The Herald correspondent reports an inter-
view with President Grant at Long Branch yes
terday. The President announced his inten-
ton to visit the Canadian borders the last of
the week. He will go down the st. Lawrence,
visit the Thousand Islands and other points
along the border In reference to the indirect
claims the President thought that America had
gained great triumph over Great Britain.
Arrival Of the French Minister.
The Marquis De Noailles, the new French
minister, arrived this evening with his family
in the steamer st. Laurent and is stopping at
the Brevoort House. He was met down the bay
by Deputy Collector Desanges and the French
consuls at this port and New Orleans and con-
veyed to the city by the revenue cutter Gen.
Grant. He intends leaving his family at New
port before proceeding to Washington.
What Mr.. Fenton knows about Finances.
ALBANY, July 1S.-Tweedle Hall was well
filled tonight to hear Senator Fenton on the
national finances. Ex-senator Ira Harris was
selected as President. DR.. Swinburne, how
ever, stated that owing to the illness of Harris
he was detained at home, though he heartily
sympathized with the movement.
Senator Fenton was loudly called for and
came forward amid enthusiastic cheering. He
proceeded to discuss the principles of debt and
toxation and said the truth was the admins
tration was at fault and upon it must largely
rest the responsibility of continued unsound
monetary condition. 1t had had no Financial
policy except to collect taxes under the laws of
Congress, hoard gold blockade Wall street and
pay the debt We are, he said, clearly without
a safe governmental guide row. The speaker
then at length detailed the baneful effects of a
of paper money. He referred
to the great credit given to Gen. Grant and his
for paying so much of the public
debt and said all the credit belonged to the peo-
pie, who, through their representatives in Con-
gress suffered themselves to be taxed to raise
the money. .--t
He discussed this point at length and showed
that during the administration of Andrew
J0hncon more was paid than has been since
The truth is he said. we have but little in the
past as rule as a administration equal to the
present in the careless and lavish manner of
handling and ufing tho nublic money