New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-08-26
Especial Correspondence OF the Republican II
CENTENNIAL NOTES.

Tspecia, Correspondence of the Republican,
CENTENNIAL NOTES.
PHILADELPHIA. August q, 1876.
Foreigners, especially Europeans. are
lavish in their praise for the systematif
manner in which the workings of the gov
ernment buildings are carried on, and that
too. il done in this year of retrenchmen'
and economy on scale very inadequate te
q proper display of the many thousanc
exhibits under it's roof But there is moth
ing to do but make the best of the meant
at the disposal of those in charge.
The International Congress is still hold
ing its sessions. and technical education
particularly that branch of it relating tt
philology, or the art of spelling, is being
vigorously and eloquently discussed. The
newspapers are taking a great interest ir
these deb ates, and if q new departure ii
decided on it will effect them more nearly
than any other class of society of industrial
pursuit. Leading journals are taking sides
on the question, and some contend that the
adoption of the oAant and the umlan1
marks used by the French and Germans
would do away with the necessity for
change. The Press says:
Sound, within the last twenty five years
has been more extensively employed to
record mems thoughts and to distribute
them, than in all preceding time. Now
stenography has given place to phono
graphy. Reporters use their eals and have
symbols under the latter system to repro
sent sounds, not letters or syllables. Tele.
graphers no longer decipher the punctures
lines, dots and symb 'ls apr ealing to the
Four-fifths OF all the politics. news and
commerce of the world are now first re
corded and received by the ear, and not by
the eye. Why, then, in this pbilosophic
age, should not our spelling be by pho
netic systemf It ls no answer to say that
the change from old forms, from custom
would create confusion. A report of FRI
days proceedings gives the following &C
count of it:
Warner was introduced. She red a seleck.
shun from Victor Hugo's ritins. She was
foloed by DR.. Atkinson. of Amsterdam. The
president sed, in introducin' him, that he
was the greatest man Nv the age in q flo.
logical cents. He sed he kud speke fifteen
different languages, and wud let himself
out on that ockashun. On takin the plat
form the dOktOr said: Ladies and shentle-
mens-Ze most important nv de fOnetic
principals il ze konsiderasbun Of de origin
off de languages of ze erth. You will ex.
kuse me off l dond speke ze English tung
so ash you comprehend me- Ihe presl
dent (interrupting)-'You speke eksellentlv
we'll, dOktor; prOsede.' The dokter-'Vell,
dot vosh go0t Ze first languages v0t we
nose about vosh de Fin; den KUN ze Hun
garian; den ze Slavic; den ze languages of
Turky: den ze Arabic; den ze Latin, Ital
yan, Sherman und Spanish. Ze last for
slangwages make Won altowgeter. l will
now goff yu q sample off ze Fin tung: Cbitz
wunklubgxy. Dot wash meme Pater most r,
que est in salio.' The speker then proposed tn
Civ seres ov illustrashuns ov the different
tungs spoken in Eurup and the kuntries ov
the Yeast, and ventura the predickshun
that the da was not far distant when tha
wud be kombind in wun. His illustra
shuns ov the Arabik wer very butiful and
brot down the hous. Here is wun of them.
which menee: "What IL w hav to take!'
The dokter gave sum splendid specimens
nv the Irish language; which wur reseved
with CRATE applaws. He wr0t on the blak-
bord the afectin Inns: "Arrah. fotinthedev.
MISUNDERSTANDING" and was very lucid
in his explanashuns nv it's menin. The
metin' then brck up, and will be koiled tn
gether tn da.
The International regatta is exciting great
interest. and both foreign and home crew
may be seen daily taking exercise on tn.
Schuylkill. Large audiences who are a
the exposition leave in time to witness tn.
rowing, which is between five and seven il
the evening. Half of the necessary funi
has been NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is tt
90 to defray expenses. The ball will b,
started by the National Association o
Amateur Oarsmen tomorrow, and the rae
the seventh of September. The Dublin crew
| is here, and the Cambridge has commenced
training. On Monday, the twenty eighth
the International contest will begin. tn,
single scull race will come off first will
thirty nine entries. Six races will be hai
each day, with three boats to heat. Tn,
positions in all the International races ar
to be drawn next Thursday, when the pro
gramme is to be arranged. The interna
tional pair cared races will begin on Wed
nesday, the thirtieth instant, with ten en-
tries and will last two days. The doubl
scull races, with eleven crews, will end tn
second weeks sport. ANXIOUS.
How Governor morEan's Nomination
Received in New York.
A dispatch of the American Press Asso
citation from New York, August "a, says:
The nomination of Ex-Governor Morgan
ventiOn, at Saratoga yesterday, gives gen
eral satisfaction to the Republicans here
and the ticket is considered q very stronI
one.
The Herald says that whether the ticke
be deemed strong or weak, it is at leas
certain that it will thoroughly unite an(
harmonic the party. Whatever chance
the Republicans may have had for carrying
the Empire State, and the election of the
next President, they have not impairel
them by anything they have done at Sara
toga. The nomination of Morgan is q stronf
one in itself. The real strength of AM
Republican nomination in this State il
this juncture, lies in its fitness to secur,
party unity; and from this point of view
even if from no other, Morgan is q we'll se
lected leader in the State canvass. Th'
nomination of Rogers for the second plac
is one of the best that could have beel
made. and the ticket, a. Q whole, will be
very hard one to beat. Saratoga has mad
itself the echo of Cincinnati. It is clea
that no man who is not presented as q can
didate of the reform element in the Repub
lican party can secure nomination.
The World does not consider the nomina
tion of Morgan . strong one, but sayi
he is an acceptable offering for losing
campaign.
The Times and Tribune warmly indors
| the action of the convention, both as II
nominations and platform.