, 1877-09-07
Particularly One upon The Effect Of
Ignorance on Our Political
Progress.
Proceedings Of the National Board OF
steam Navigation at Pittshurg.
Closing Business Of the Fire Engineers
Convention at Nashville.


this lepEthcning would bc disastrous 10 schools
III urged ott-graduato course. .Dard Dudley
F,cld favored lengthcnEng the doursc. Chan
re11or hammond, Ut tho lows Ut,lsersft5, IA.
vo,ed tho law schools, and postgraduate
.our4c fos sucl, "A could follow II. Prof. Wells.
~ Ann Arbor, Mich, thought postgraduate
roursc ndvtaablc.
At tho upculng Of tho Bocia1 Science Associa-
linn, Or. Elisha Harris. Of New York, read a ro-
rort on - 'HcGstratlnu Of vital statistics In tho
fuitc,i states, with plan fur basis Q! unl-
iotmitv both national and International" llo
iii particular stress unnn the great Importance
of iul aHd cnlnptele rccort! OF marriages,
births, and deaths, and. In conclusion, to gtvu
suitable direction 10 efforts rrnooscd, AMI sub
mttcd the following resolutions;
Of the American snesal se'nca Association he ~.
noIn,cd to c.tnfcr with tho superintendent Of thr
nulh national eonsut, and fcrtese nstlxcs who may
esn iub'ic Health ntsuclns'ot. tho atale I'oatts Of
Teslth, tue medical department Of tho limited
1cc. and other expcft vital l*tatistlcanr whom snl
representatives small cali Into their eourcts. with
TO nn;SSn, s19 u
br,hs, marriages, and hcaths. anl cansca Of NOR.
taity in n!l Sta.cs IN ihs Union.
jItsoireH, That the Registrar General OF En-
gland, ur. William Far. nr: Ensol,of thc officers
& tho head u tho vital registration In tl.c ncna1t.
ent II stat!ses whish s isesss IN @ tn H's; Of
a. of ihc ucri,au Associat,on ii PUBLIC Health.
san be consulted In regard to thts wosk.
Tic Committee appointed consists Of Dr.. z.
Harris Of Now York. and Dr: H; u. Baker, Sec
retarY Of tho alichlEan htato boafd ot Ghaf1'
Carroll .. Wright, of Reading, Nlass., rena a
paper on ''Thc massachusetts Census Of TO,
Nathan Allen, N. D., Of Lowell, hiass., read
an elaborate paper OH "Chanscs In New En-
gland Populatton." a.,
T5ensol% s1a Of ,s soqs G:rne ra edg sesd
tn papsfi of The n Southern states.'
]. Randolph Tucker, nc1nhcr OF Congress
from Vlrglnia, road d paper M " Tic Kclalint1s
Of tho United States tu Eacl, Other % Modified
By TIC War md tic Constitutional Amend
n;cnts," showing tho strong state's Rights doc
tribes held by tlc Southern States anu sustained
by ts,e courts before the Wnr. Ie closed by
Announcing TINT the South accepts nll tho
amendments adopted - binding, protesting
They increase the powcrs OF the Ucnesal Gov
crnlncnt, and put Limitations on Statea power.
but 10 nut organcal!y change tho relations Ut
Thc jIcalti, Ucpartment held its first ecsston
this morning, Dr. Ncbingrr, Of Philadelphia,
paper by DR.. E. G. Lorlng, Of B!ston, was
entitled ais thc intellectual World Detaning
hear-s!g:.tcd," and showing that co1'stant study
created lcar.sfghtetlnesy.
THIS was followed By papers on "school.Veu-
st9 ie a .,t .nS " hn e on chares
Wlitlain +. Letehworth, 0t RuffnlD, read paper
on "Dcpcndent and Delinquent Chldrc1."
Efforts mule in tho lust fifteen years In New
to dccrcasc Over SU, ,0oO hayo l,rc1, sent out Ii
Tho cty, aINl arc nov BUILDING up good homes
"A papci was read bY R. /. DuGials, Of Now
fofk ~ THE MSrsalsas3 Isnns',st.o an o. wee
N.Y. Wnnr1.E 1snI, ~ n t;aIa .9t = Fr Wa,lsnd an
~ -, I Fl n.,o III au tva.iann ,.,a, ~ ~
""t1 j., ~ IN s,,t''act III raf",n3
r. III NV VIII A. As,emnjy jast wlntcr by iiatn.
~ thG ~" 49,, tt H.. ,5l tH's o. 'ih an.n.
ts Es Il a eyst ~ as. pap'E
nv !"'.n"s ~. LIZ ,.,t..e,. "e'e a'p''<s" ~
"po', o ,N -. .4o "I.s -, =, .sass.,, x,,,,.a, n,
Mn IN 4nsant-pp pa,,.xi:,1 T. ad I,r ccd IT.
sensn Tes ntafs II. psers Eas ae.acS.eti. M eIa' d.
Il. + %.l6uT. ~ NoW York; iicnry n. Lord, Miehi:
IN: " F5cu II. Wasiec. lIlnois. '''~'''
in puLl,e ENIi,inas--ljr. il. q. Wylle, New
York; Ii. II: untes. Wi.c,nssn: ). n: MeCossi.
1!'.nols; F. y: sanborn, Massachusetts; Fred Law
olnstcaa. hew York. ,.. ,,.,,,.
IN ncpendent "na De!inat'eGama eaa,. Chi'dfen-ino Il
Mes; H. =. a"soaA "'sco"sa"' a..,,, ,s.c",t
ths,s, H. aeH ft,src Scv vYorE: Thnmns fa@rc.hsii
Gisdc lsland. i'd N'0'' ''~'''"'
On Penal and Prison Dfecpllnc--Thu Noy n,
ntockwaY, New York; tho itev. Il. +. lialc, Mas-
sachuseita; tho lies. Ur. MIlItktn. rcnnsyivania;
lo.eph fsrksfs; F. 9ho; c,.tlet H. liaski!.. W..
land, tonncettcut. ,..,. ,..
on eiatistica an1 Legis!at,onI1nf+ q: =. oa;s,
W,inst Mn..,ctrsc,t.. ~ NJ - Ih3 pcv ~ rnrcr
ohlS: oa Z. ). ~ coau' iniiuna; M ths i i,oY. 4. WooI
Ua AeIfcnl Charities and Outdoor Relief iiow.
ua Futter. Nav York: liz. E.thln Allen, Maeva.
ehdoutiY; e, j, Walker, MtchsRn; ut. y. ".
Mitchell. 1,ennsylynnla;. a!ursay shiplc} Oh,o;
Ian. New York.
~ Wae sesolyed tnat Hacn tney aulourn 70 ao {,