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COOK COUNTY suNDAY-sCI1oOLs.
The Cook County Sunday. y.school Convention,
consisting OF delegates from all the evangelical
sclsools In the city mud county, commenced work
yesterday morning In Lower Farwoil Hall. About
ESQ delegates were present. and, In tho temporary
ahscneo Ut tho Presidrut Of the County sunday.
rchoul Aseociatlon Mr. j. +. Jacoba WAS called In
the chair. bf!et sung 'acryice, followed by tho
Responsive reading Of tho l:0th and 23d Psalms
camc next, and II was then announced that
change In tho programme had htcome necessary
owing to tiomcetlc afIllctton which had beiallcn
one of tho advertised speakers.
Mr. Jarobs pointed out that PRESIDENT -elcct
Hayes, on leaving h!s native town to afsume the
ligh dnslcs Of iis new puslton, had requested tho
prayers Of hi. t0wnsmen on his hthalg. President
Lincoln did The sau,d sixteen yesrs ago. and tlr4o
htgh examples wcro well worthy Ut imitation. An.
other notable point Was that Al Hoy. Nayea' fare-
wrl1 reception the children Of tho Columbus Kin
tergartet sung "ltUld tho Fort" lie proposed
that they should DO tho sare.
AZ tltA point Mr. Lulo arrived and took tho chair.
aiesrrs. q. +. jucnbs, tieorso Anderson, J. d.
Iiuits, G. Clark, ami Il. H.haiawtD wcrn appoint
rd Committee on Nomination Of Obcers, aud re-.
Tired for dullheration.
MI. Ii. i. Ta.l, SECRETARY OF tho Cook County
Suplay. School AasoCiAtlunt presented h!s tapnrt,
showing lf!e progress Vi tte Sunday schools during
Tho pas. 3enf md ltefr preaeut status. Following
ia All abstract Ut tho lcpUst:
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ALL SERENE.


tGfutHHe1 1f0m tito fFc1nu IAEfsI
yrarF. Thla very proposition was an sbominAtion
and hltJfacc tn lfte n:c.
~. Field srpIc't n the Arguments m the other
s,as, ana u ds,nied @ tho psesoaa aae'sIon @" the
The rrar!naa question VA, trcnnAc'l. and the
bill va. tr}ectcd ~yens, CT. nsys. m.
:. Mr. Holman. frum tho conference Committee on
.ns 3 a. as a ots ss ssr 5
agreed nrnn most 1T thr amendments. r1tnrsom!&-
Ing on reduction Ut The amounts proposed ~
The Senate. but a. Ia four ut the Amcnt!mrnts the
The fri mna TIM fnrrea.c bf Sf0 I'm In tho nanro
nf EnbstdTtn thr r4fltoa1 companies for thc tfan*
pnrtatlon pf tho nails Tho efcnnd waH In regard
to The appropriation for l'ortnt Communication
proposed .ub,i,et 81 sNo ooO "sel inr tnai tran..
toHatlan from san Franciscu to ChAn nn,t Japan,
and frnm New DrIcanH Il, 1Irh.If. The House ion.
frt'nen had persisted IN THAR opiwaston to any
Thu report wns n,ioptci in respect 10 Mi polnts
on which cDncnrrFice l,h< bccn Reached. AMI
new conference as;rt on other t'ontr, ,1cstrt;
confeIccs in tho part 0f The iiDuse.
Mr 'Cohtcr moved to 3ust,cnd tho rules and
adopt rcrolutfnn dffcharsng from custody mem:
bess II the iH"l:tsNa Netn!niA1 atnara. a'cfeateA
yeas. ~; nass. Tt-not 4 two.thlrls vote in The
Affirmative.
Mir. Lamar mnsed to suspend ille rules to enable
hin 70 Tsp?rt Isek the scnase hll grant!ug si.lt &
Tsa,s adft al tire sor the completion OF the
nlnl!un 10 suspend tno rules was .!cfcatet-
ytass p1; naya.72 hot twotf,frls In The al1rn1a'
NJ. Coz morrd tn rnenenh the snes and pass tho
hlf removing hll political disabilities imposed and
ttmAtn nr on any pers0H under tho Fourteenth
tfMcMfneht Of tho Constitution. Agreed tu--l1n
: All h,,.s on The sreasr.s tab1o 10 which no oh.
Jection* WEIR offered were passed, and 4 stctss
taken I'LL ~ o'clock Tomorrow.
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The noon prayer meeting Il, Farwcfi iIa1l waa ut.
tended By number Of the delegatcs tu tue Sunday
SCHOOL Convention. The services commenced with
the a,nrtns Of tho fortlcth hymn. ~ hear Thy
precious yolce." The lscy. E. Il. Davis then rcau
largs number Of sequests for prayer. Among
these was special tcqucft for al elftor III this
city fur whom many prayers arc Just now hcing Of
fcred. The remainder Of the rettttous weFe most
u for lcrlvc,ancr from tho dcu,on Of strong drink
the meeting. u. usual Gu Frdaya, being temper.
% Mr ehsrls. it. Morton led y prayer 10, tho sub
tsft. # hs fsaSe' gs1 was tG
Mr. siortnn read from the fourth chnptcr Of
b"tng liz stTy u tha Two yum; .nen. one r'oi Of
whoin told hts father that hu would 70 to work bnt
didn't go while tho other ut rst refused to do his
young snun represented pcople, IN general, while
The father vas typa Ut God. The day haa eo,nc.
asn y h' be 'sa woss 4. peGns ea & y" hsa city
csiye4 the sles!cet good Al The refssaf mceisnes in
philadelphia. New i1rk. and Chicago, were tho'e
a s :" s4d I'D s axs s
Of lhs nscn who wure dolng tho most good tor Christ
were tscent converts w:!a had been Czousht ouI of
' e ii ~ .a
what God could mud would save them II they came
Mr. It'll, ons Of the recently reclaimed. favored
the audience with his autobiography. llo was
t!ITD,yed" :" uuun the world ri IN snfEy are AID
.nryuT received no rJucaiuu," liz s,a1,rA out
'.to make 4 livelihood IN urdeI to geta lir!ng."
hui }cli au,e,,g evil companions who Induced lin
sayaral Yrafs in ptisojl. ali through Ir.uk, Wills
IL priton h. reid ths Bible snd. received much
Roud thsruffon. When he had hccn drinking
Itst.hurs anJ he itj,s sptskcri sicnrJ he pledge
Frnn tbat t'sY lie had nvyer fcit Tic .rLl.,t anus.
snoutJ wsnt sny 1t il asaln.
ttlIs1lelu}nh! 'ts dltno " Wa next suftR by Tho
eon.rrcstinf. after which Nr. Paisley. formerly
.IfrIsdieal drinkcf." narrated hls experirnces.
gobcr II most tu,es he used ~ break oil throe or
, 1877-03-03

no MORE COLF1ht
CnicAoo Marcl, 2.-Your Timely articles CALI
t,r attention IN thc o,av. ,,an0cr ,sbit, thrcot.
nns ,,,o ra.,, IN ,hn ,ns.,tta .s.nta,,t,.' ~ ~
S'' :. NV ~ :" ''i' posoe e.ee'"" -, ~.
Mayor colv'n hase dono good service In direct
must rcrarl as Nh ippepdjn4 calamity, The
o,.,t,v .s,,t,,, ,s,,v ,,,nv f,t,o ,,,n ts,.t,,t.
.'t.,t,,a.t t ~, '.,,''a, ~. ,,s,n1i.',
t1''.,caa assah 10 WHICH VIC nave Men subjected
ColvIn Just the Opportunity he desires. And
,ct Il .c,,n. 10 mn th.t n thr nconlr win iay,,
s,,rr,,1 a.. .svn-o,. tr,,,, f.tr,t. in,t A,,tnt.
euu.'eo ~ so'e.e5 '.u. ~''" NAV |,u."'t,'h3 ~.
tfatlon were only fs'anc aware ol tne als-
reputable meana to wlliIl, lie Is resort-
Ing IN effect his purpose they
wnu,d orf.c ,nd,rnan,tv on1 aamtnT,trr
.'.. ,'., a., ,.,..s 49,, H. ,s..~.,. ~ ,...ss..
yult1res a. would put qnet1s on them tor
the future. For severn! weeks past ColVln,
Mnrr1s Martin, A. =. Tr1ide; cx-All. Hildreff,
una otllrrs of that Tx. have been visiting some
of the lowest dives III Tue cilY' drinking and
make thosc places their nightly fa4nts. At
curtain masquerade on tlsc: North Side few
nights aEo certain OF tl1s nbove.,lamed persons,
Of sSarta te cS9 1dH san ,perssi ss
distributing indiscritnlnatoiy some twenty bot
ties Of wine, thus spendii'g some $40 Or 40 In
few hours. THIS was on thc West
Sitlc. a fcT nights previously a. 1lkr
scene tock placc on the North Side. And 50 u
gors evury night. 1t becomes the dutyr Of re-
sptetal,lc pcopie tu set thcir faces agatnst the
midnight revtfeFs who are thus appealing to the
hatc pnsa!ons Of the very SUM Of society to
capture once noro tue City treasury aud plum
earnings. 1t IL said TINT the United statcs Ex-
press Cos!,pany l'ayc notified Colrln that Il no
ls elected Mayor bc must resign from their
service, md tl!at he Is prepared to 10 30.
kxttIj$< f30nn faA} ali
Sun In wl,tcl, llr must receive saary nrarly, II
not quite. equal to tic Mayors SALARY. which lia
could only receive for twG years. There, must
be soluc powerful tndUeement TO persuade him
, 1877-03-03

s",hnd Epatie Hf Peter.
The Ri NJ Williamson IN ths sh'cHen .Et ot s i',s
Convention on tl,e bert method Of teaching SIM.
gay. ;c'ooi fra<on. II ksd adopted twelsc Inle.
nn1cr.iau thr Irs4nn: the teacher mn'tf fully fcfcse
=: TEACH .h !etsan let teacher snd c1a'. togrthrt
hrrl ark t;nd to Aid thcm: read the set,nn tn!cthtt
thrice; commit to memory 1t least one Important
aue.tIons BY ,he class; let tle.e recorded gncs-
and approved an+vtr4 be- by lin recorded; lei an
renee II tss seashtr II TIC eia.s say sn ths ~
rass thi' r.rtenisr lc..ou:' III ihe ttseicr odsf
lts tna't effective spfltaal eonciu.'ons from the
le.son, and n ro..'ble .urnish each pnp;l With :
n al;ng the acerctAry'R rccsrd Of It.
NJ, Williamson commented upon h. sp1es =, he
found from ,,slr adoption i va. necc.rary ,hat
the tcaehtt Mnst t@tth understand and le'scse what
he taught. The te.ton rnonli lo strictly confined
niwxss be asked nipn the day work. In order to
Eft tho fnlt 1cncEt of the rsaoH. i WA e,tfctncy
t. "a o.c, IT sa' tsrse s A.
Ing tle giutttons a.ked and The anAwerF gltcn had
The .blljeri va then thrown open for d'tcus''on.
Mr. 'acnhs thought that with an ordinary eeass
the quantity Of Scripture to be nemortxc! hsu
tx yttrc4 ~ ont, md he favored systsm Of KraA.
Ing. fon,ewat si.n'lar ia that used In the pnb!Ie
tchnot.: n oshrr ~ tnnec tho aesin'AFs 70 woik.
Nj. Miller thought theft wcfe too flany piane.
r. HI ct he se;g s
IN t'n %ay IL as sas II h: .oay sss a"s
Mt. Pilgrim DID nut app1o.e u the arrangement
for c'a.r secretary to recr!sc qne.tlons and A.
The subject Of .'lfow 10 rtut.y Sunday .sehool
Lesson: on which nn address ~ to have bteG
fur discussion bT Mr.. u. r. Jacobs. Fftft, he
, 1877-03-03

The Democrats Of the Tenth Ward held rrc-
lI1ntnary meeting 10 organize for the eprinE
campaign at No. ITO North 1la1s,e1 street LIST
evening, at wEic', about fiftJ we1s present.
Charles King was called 10 The chaif and Jamcs
Dwyes acted as Secretary. 4 committee IN
permanent organization, consisting of Ja1nes
Harris, Michael Ford, John Connc1l, Patrick
Carrahcr, md N. ". Ryan, WAS appointed, with
instructions to report next Friday evening, to
which time tho meeting adjourned.
aEvENTEEHTn WARD.
The Young Democracy Of tho Seventeenth
Ward attempted to hold meeting last evening
nt Carnody'B saloon on tho corner Of Chicago
avenue md Franklin street, but the attempt
WIS failure.
, 1877-03-03
KASKA1SEE. IT.1..

Ha<siat Dtspatcb 10 M Tribune.
KA1EAkEE, ILL.,. March Z. --Thc religions revival
In Kankakcc ia ftill holding TIC attcntion of the
community. and the re.nlts are considered very
eattefsctory. The nightly preaching teEviceh and
daily morning prarer.meetlnsa are continued to
full houses. Tho Inqnircr number afty and
over every night Se,tral reIf.4nown business
men have accepted the saylos and viii, their fam
hare lecn 9nIckenoJ In their zeal and fidelity. md
will undoubtedly cxorcfac m1fe f1lntary tnhu-
tncs In tho community hereafter than they have In
the paAt.
Mf. Marion snl Btr. and Mrs. Wllton will bsQtn
meetings at Paxton ne3t Sunday.
, 1877-03-03
SPRINGFIELD.
TOLEDO, WABASH I WESTERLY,

o9AtNH IF1t01e2 70 1Ne THIRD
,"S.slEtp. ILL.,, Atascll a-Yhx officials Of
wss' w. ue4 eosah Railroad, formerly the Tolelo,
,,ss,, msv.n Western railroad, arrived hero by
49, hrisis .fa'n last night, aud left thta morning
wsh Ne .ue pspers In tbs caae Of Harding ".
'An tsaIroad could DC served on them Is
sp4ea r",p oy the cosnplaluspts, but the papers
ts,s s'ss,sa to-day on the agents of The roal
tnat, W ~ aes1o en las eth
L., d. / Y.
sppnca&aon tor tha appointment of
, 1877-03-03

HpAetal EhFTttpoR36aft " 5As Tf76WHf.
GALxkA, March 1.-Ketisal meetings haye been
In psozsess At tho Eirst M. 4. Church la thA city
during The past two weeks. and very many sipasEs
have been brought to the feet Of lesut, willis tho
deepest tnte1cat ID m1u!faated BY the
cd, who ali tbs church atghtjy. The meetings are
Conducted BY thu paatos, The Rev. James baume,
q succctsful scyiyalist aud faithful labosst In
ChrtsEs vineyard. Ths good work hls not extend.
Cd 10 the othss chnEchss In tho city. The Actho-
dat people 4cenl determined 70 =. Hold the Fort "
(qt &oMt Aua0 10 Come.
, 1877-03-03
THE PACIFIC CnAcT.

sAF FRANCISCO, March 2.-The race between
Octttent nMl botlluc, 10 hare come of at sacra.
nrnto tomorrow, Is postponcl TIL the oth on
Act,ouht OF rain.
A Portland tlfsrntci says the crop prospect is
unusually hattcring throughout thr State, The
area sown IL greatly Increased over auy pteyious
year.
, 1877-03-03

climbing inward, Erccntiy nm elght.tlnys' mrrt-
luz VA. carried on with great sHercrs. Tn Sunday
the co'crtIans amounted to s47D. 10 be applied 10
The debt on tin church. In these mct,!nG> The
thspIn. the Rev. Mr. Lang, nnd the ney. Ifr.
EaIch. 1Ir. Ith1ch il tn preach to. ntrht at the
church. The EntserAatistd freI hopeful and en-.
eQufaged
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TELcGRhPHic NOTES,

Sbecfal D4fpoteA 10 me IItbuHe.
KE*nsHA, Wis. Afarrh 2.-Snow fell here last
night to the depth Of six inches. To-day the
wind l'as vcered around to the northwest, and
the weather Is fast growing colder. II is feared
this cpi1 snap will Increase the rayagca Of the
se7lrtct fever, that has been ragiuB tuTlng the
laRt Few weeks Ms nt epidemic.
, 1877-03-03
PARK RfnEF

The residence OF J. r. Matthews, Of this rlacc,
eaught Ore st7 O'Clock p m. Thursday and va.
totally consumcd. with most Of the furniture
Owing to tic acarcty Ut watur I. was Impossible to
aubduc tho flames, although lie ffc had not nadc
much hehdNav when discosesah. An uvcrbeate,l
storc r. supposed 10 he the canst. The loss II
st,ont 81. 0oU. The property was insured for
81. 600,
, 1877-03-03

According to Shakespeare: ''To bc ltonest. as
this world goes. II to he man picked bt OF ten
ttonsand." !" iare - honesty r.. yGu maY believe in
The clasin. nade In behalf 1f H. r. nabdittt Toilet
Snap. that +. The nbsoluteIy hf.hct possibility in
toilet fual Made 0f tile p1,fea and hest elements.
and exceedingly ayteeablr to the ttnse, 1t niIa ali
renu.Fen'cnt'. not only far babLes. bus for those
thAt bcgct theta.
, 1877-03-03
k1ORitlENX.

Sp<cfal Ep1sspoad<ncs " T< T1ttase.
Mo'I.isox, H.. March l.-Thu CnissrssNst
Church. ol thls plaee. under tho lcade..hip Of its
young pastor, the Rev. l.. !. Diusmoso, hAa been
greatly psospeted- Starring yoar ago from sks
tsry depths ul Reorganization. II h1s been steadlJy
, 1877-03-03

OCEAN STEAMSHIP NEWS.
ANTWERP, Marell Arrived. steamship Va
tferlard, from PHILADELPHIA
, 1877-03-03
PrTnBuRo. FL WAYNE L CHICAGO RAILWAY


Malt and s:tsiA n, Il 7on n n,
@ sr,nf r. a:l1 III. 7 7tfna.
kAtllHC fA.fflh.
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COLLISION IN ENGLISH CHANNEL
SO LIVES LOST
SURRENDER OF HOSTILE SIOUX,
SHOOTING AT CREEDMOoR
TIL r STRUGGLE IN THE EAST.
The Capture of Pieyna Denied-Thr
Bonn ba rdmenl AtiII Gazing nu

LONDON, Sept. l2--The following Russian
bulletins effectually dispose OF the wild
stories about the capture of Pleyna aiiost in
Vienna and Bucharest since SATURDAY:
RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS PoREDrS
Sept. 10, 1910 a. m.-Our batteries cannon
AIDED Plevna all Sunday. The Turks made
a considerable sortle against our left wing
but were repulsed, losing heavily. The Rou.
maniaLs made a bold Reconnaissance of me
eEemys doubts, which opened "A heavy
hre, tut Nele sjiencsd by a Concentrated IRE
from our batteries. The position of one OF
our siege batteries was changed on Sunday
even1I Z, 10 enable II 10 cannonade the for
Tined Turkish enCanpfnent- Heavy cannon.
adIng Continued through the night, aud has
increased in exten, and activity from i've
O'Clock this morning. Ali is quiet a. the
other points OF the theater OF war Atthe
capture OF LovatZ We TOOK two Turkish
Standards and a quantity of arms ana am.
intuition. We buried 2,200 Tu,k ish dead
Large Numbers We're sabred by our ca airy
during the pursuit. Our loss was l.OJS.
RUSSIAN HEADQUARTERS. PoRFDIN
sept. ii, DO a. m.-Our siege batteries can
nonaded Plevna all Monday aud until late
IN The night. The left wing under Gen. sho-
Delen captured another OF The neIghboripg
heights, which VIII enable US TO lombard
the enemy positions and the town of Plevna
Itself. The enemy opposed Gen. Shobelef
very leebly. Our cavalry on the Sophia road
bas defeated detachment of Circassiaus
from PIevna. Our losses to the present time
al insignificant.
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The M arketa-

BALTIMORE, Sept. l2;-virginis skies, deferred A.,
81; do consolidated GA; do. .-erfe- as bid
10 ay. Sugar 81. aty aud nrm, lO%s lOA.
BALTIMORE, Sept R.-Corton steady-middling e.
Flour dull, steady and unchanged. wne.t
dull and lover-southern red, good 10 prime, Ala
rs, co. amber, lS5sl 60: western, stesmer, ~:
60. No. winter red, spot, 20, September, 96'z
october aid November, 81 Corn, southern scarce
and higher, western oil aud e..ier-sou.hern white
g; DO. yellow, s.; Western mixet, spot aud Sep
nber. 3oh October, 5sn; steamer, nominally ~.
Oats aui aud frm-southern, S3Al; western white,
IS; do. mixed, 80 .sS. Bye STEADY, 6sass. Hay ua-
Tnai geo. frvNlsl rs str@ng. buoyAut and higher.
Pork, AS Bulk nleats, loJse-shouders. Ga clear
rib sizes, ~, gacsed ssss BscOn-shoulders, Z;
clear rib sides: ga. Hams, 2sl21s. Lard-redned,
Buit.r-ehoi:e western scsrce and firm. Petr.
leum hrmer-cruce. ~; refined, l4ts. CJffe ,teaiy
M firm, tendency upward-Rio Cargo, l-a2Osi
JobbiDg, Hs2 " hisky quiet, l9 Recipe Flour,
i,HU, wheat e2UO; corn. 220 q; osts. 2.oJ0; rye,
600 ShiI ment-M heat, 500; corn, y so.
NEW foRk,sept l2.-ctocks O,eLea higher after
ward declined, and since partially r,cJyeryd
Money, 81. Gold, l03z. Exchange, long, xss1s
stof. 81. Governments weak.
NEW YORK, Sept. H.-Ylour quiet. Wheat duii
and n ano cent lower. Corn y cent lower
LONDON, eePt IL. 1873 Q. m.-E,ie NJ; d.. prs
erred, 2lx. New York Central l02 Illinois Cen
tral. 20.
PARIS, Sept. II, 1 70 .. m.-Five perlcent routes
lU6 francs 10 confines for the account.
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THE OLD DEFENDERS.
Celebrating the Battle or North

BALTIMORE, Sept l2-To-day being the
Anniversary of the battle of North Point. All
in observance OF the event and the national
nag is displayed from the public and mauy
other buildings. The association of Old De-
lenders 10 the number of seventeen went TO
Annapolis TO celebrate the day with their
annual Grafton aud dinner, Governor Car
roll and other state officials being their
guests. \ heavy rain storm prevailed from
early this morning 10 noon, when IL cleared
Off.
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Decline I'm Goa, Railroad share.

INV YORK, Sept l2.-Some excitement
was caused in Wall street this morning by
q sudden break down in the price OF the coal
foad shares Delaware and Hudson fell
rom 81 10 u Delaware and Lackawanns
from % TO 80, and Morris and Essex from
"a 10 IS. The decline was owing, in a great
eAtent, 10 reports that work had been re-
sumed al The collieries i'm the Wilkes barre
Ieeloh, inquiries al the different Offices IN
this city elieited the fact thas no generaI
resumption had taken place In any OF the
dlssffected regions whatever, the only cases
OF miners going 10 work being in two col
llerles situated about twenty five miles from
Wilkesbsrre, and on the outskirts OF the
region In strike. No coal is sold or
mined by the Pennsylvania coal company.
and the Reading Coal and Iron Co. Stil
m aintains The advanced rates established
last week. Later Oh, when the unimpOrtsnce
OF the rssuming collieries was discovered.
the stock exchange prices recovered I per
Centum from the lowest figures.
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The Relief Problem

Editor SCr-In the midst OF the great cry
nom the "a employed for bread, L would ike
to give You my experience in the effort TO ob-
tain help this summer. / was DESTROYS OF
procuring a cook 10 go TO my place in the
country, which is within three hours ride of
Of Baltimore. was willing TO pay just as
high wages as are paid in the city, but neither
IN Baltimore nor Washington could l sue
coed. found plenty OF colored ladies who
were out OF employ ment, bat they all turned
up their noses at the bare mention OF going
10 the country. / have no doubt they will
all be punctually on hand TO receive the
aims which may he donated by the charit-
able or voted by Congress. There is employ
ment now ia the rural districts OF Mary land
Tor every Idle negro man and woman In this
District, but they will not take the work that
is offered them, SO long rs they can beg and
PICK up things, and mistaken charity is e1-
tended to them. A friend, who has been out
OF town all summer, informs me that his
for mer cook, TO whom he paid $40 q month
and who is now unemployed, refuses to re-
turn to him unless he will give her els. II
Congress, instead of voting every year thou
sasds OF dollars to the Migrants to encourage
the M in idleness, would pass q vagrant Law
similar TO that OF Texas, the labor problem
would be very much simplified for this COM
munfty. The law OF Texas does not permit
any able bodied person OF this class to re-
main idle longer than three days 1t any one
period who cannot show that he or she has
some visible means OF support. III IL is as
serted that they cannot obtain employment
provision is made for hiring them out TO the
secured TO them. The farmers OF Maryland
would welcome Q law which would enable
them to cultivate their lands now lying
waste. F. A. X.
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The Bankers in Conyentio,

NAV YORK, Sept. l2.-Tne third annual
convention of the American Bankers A $50
citation begun at Association hall to day
about one hundred members being present
Charles p. Hall, OF Boston, called tle con-
vention TO order. He spoke OF the time OF tue
panic, which had depresstd business inter
esis and caused great shrinkage in values
He thought the dark period was past and
that with splendid crops and a large surplus
which Will be wanted by Europe, that the
country was again ON an inclined plane ~
prosperity. The time had come when some
legislation was required; when the burdens
with which the banking business was tram
meled should be dispensed with forever. The
executive council reported q total CORE
spOnoence OF 5000 letters during the past
year; 2U2,C newspaper slips were circulated
ana 5000 newspapers and pamphlets dis
prepared last February for the repeal OF the
bank lax, and copy sent 10 every member
OF Congress, and that the assistant secretary
mad visited various points in the west to pro-
mole unity OF action. II was resolved to ex-
tend the membership OF the executive COM
mittee from 10 q, SO as to have q quorum
Al ali time. Tie treasurer reported dues re-
ce1ved OF members SIT 900; expenses, SIG 900.
The following officers were chosen for the
ensuing year: President, Hon. Charles r
Hall OF Boston National Bank, Boston: ex-
t ,aII,,e. council, George s: Coe, president
YORK; James Buell., president I'm porters AID
Traders National Bank, New York; Thos
Coleman, president Firs: National Bank,
First National Bank, Philadelphia; j. s.
Norris, presidsnt First National Bank, Bal
timore; Edward Tyler, cashier Suffolk Ma
uonal Bank, Boston; J: w. Lockwood, CASH
Ter National Bank of Virginia, Richmoad.
Va; J: d. Hayes, vice president Merchants
and Manufacturers Bank, Detroit; u. 4.
Sage, cashier First National Bank, Chicago;
r. Baker, cashier First National Bank. New
York. FIX Lieut.. Gov. Woodford who was
expected TO be present, did not attend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1877-09-12
LETTERS FROM THE PEOPLE.
Necessity for Some Node or Expedit.
Ing Business I'm the District Suprenle

Editor Ndr:-Ought not the District Su-
preme Court TO be reconstructed, with view
10 expediting business? While the EQUITY
Court is abreast with its calendar, the Cir
cult Court is two years behind, and the
Criminal Court docket is so burdened with
old cases and new that il would take three
years OF steady work, with daily sessions,
summer and winter, 10 dispose OF all OF them
by trial. AS the United States cases have
pI ecedence, the Distric; cases cannot be dis
posed of in the short intervals when no
United States cases are ready. This state OF
things is very unsatisfactory TO suitors, and
TO those interested In the enforcement OF the
criminal and municipal laws. Cases are lost
because witnesses die, forget, or move away
before The cases are reached for trial. Every
case, both civil and criminal, ought TO be
tried within three months in the court in
which 1t is brought. Justice gains nothing
by the delay. st