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KEAHNEY IN BOSTON.
| HIS FORMAL RECEPTI0N~-HE EUL1GIZES BUTLER
AND MAKES A CASTANKERors SPEECH

HIS FORMAL RECEPTION~-HEE UL1GIZES BUTLER
AND MAKES cANTANKERoUs SPEECH.
BosToN, Aug. dennis kearney was
formally received at Faneuil ball this eve
ming By very large gathering. Not one
fourth of the crowd could gain entrance,
and during the proceeding an overflow
meeting of immense proportions was in pro-
gress in the square. +. NJ Chamberlain
presided. and said the gubernatorial Office
was with the grasp of the laborine
men. Some one cried out But
leri" when there was loud outburst
and three cheers for Butler given with great
enthusiasm. Mr.. Chamberlain requested
the audience to shout again the name of
Butler, when still loudsr applause ems ued,
He then introduced Kearney, who was re-
ceived with uproarous applause. kearney,
after thanking the assembly, referred to
Butler. He said We bid him take heart
and hope that he will receive the reward
from the workingmen of Massachusetts he
50 Justly merits for his bold ard outspoken
action in behalf of downtrOdden humanity.
Applause
Continuing he said | am sorry, friendz,
We are not rich enough to be able to hire
Beecher to knock the bottom out of hell.
Laughter. kearney said this great upris-
ing of the people means death to the rail-
road robber and the lecherOus, thieviuC
bondholder, and political oblivion to ran
corous, yillainous political hummer. lie
denounced the press in the most viruleut
language, saying among other things
Newspapers from the earliest days OF print
ing have been in the interest OF cut throats.
political bilks, daylight thieves, and
midnight assassins. Great applause and
laug hter.
He advised the working men to poll all
their issues, and get together for bread and
butter. At his request the audience unan-
inously indicated the intention to take his
advice. hearney advised the working men
to cut loose from all political parties. a. ali
are unreliable. and take charge OF their own
affairs. He concluded We have got the
power to do with this government as we
please. We propose to take the advantage
day forth. ! know the workingmen Of
will succeed. walk the
earth at midday and find a vast expanse
OF blue heavens unrelieyed by sparkle ota
single star, but know that Mars still holds
his course, that Venus stills wheels through
space, that Jupiter and Uranus are
flashing in the heavens, that the blazing
belt of Orion and the bright and guiding
9 lean of the North Star are all there ami
tits thus with a movement of this kind We
know the workingmen are as true a. the
stars in the heavens, and will, when called
upon, exhibit themselves in beauty, in ma
iesty and in power. Tremendous sp-
plause.
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NEW ENGLAND NEWS,
MR. BLAINE ON FINANCE.

can mass meeting, this afternoon, Mr.
Blaine'I speech was entirely devoted to the
financial question. OF his connection with
the legal tender acts. he said no one in or
out of Congress thought thew were
MAKING money bv aptboriz;ns ;ssues
Of government notes Tbe oovern-
ment needed money. e,uld nat Get
enough. and did as all men did wben thew
owe and cannot pay-paye its notes and
made them legal tspds, that all mich,
fara alba Us snoLa of,bo nIodoa mad. h.,
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THE LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS.

THEIR DECLARATIONS, ETC, IN CONVENTION.
BATON ROUGE, Aug. 6.-The democratic
stste-convention platform recommends the
levee system calls for aid to the Pacific
railroad and Brazilian steamship line; en-
dorses the Nichols government endorses
the state fanding laws and approves the
fraud investigation By the federal House.
The financial resolutions were as follows ::
Resolved, that the Louisiana democracy de-
mands that the national banking system be
abolished and national bank notes redeemed
and in lieu thereof that the government of
the United States should issue an equal
amount OF treasury notes. commonly known
as greenbacks and VIC al,o demand the I'M
conditional repeal of the law imposing
tax upon the circulation OF state banks;
We also demand the Immediate and uncon-
ditional repeal of the resumption act, and
are u1alterably opposed to the ruinous
policy pursued by the republican party,
whereby the volume of currency has
been contracted far below the busi-
ness requirements OF the country,
and failures. depression OF business,
scarcity of labor and pauper wages
have been entailed and it is the sense of
this convention that all bends and obliga-
tons OF the national government should be
paid in legal-tender gresnback notes of the
United States, except where it is otherwise
provided in the original law, under which
repeal of all the laws passed subsequent to
the original law creating the public debt,
BY which the obligations OF the contract
have been made more onerous
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From our Special Correspondent.
Our Boston Letter,

BosroS, August ., 1873.

| SYNPATHIZERs - KEARSEY THE KOMMuN-
IsT-THE DEFAuLTER TAPPAN.
BosToS, August ., 1873.
When the Park street church meeting was
held, on Anniversary week, to see what
could be done in Boston for the suppression
OF vice, it will be remembered that Anthony
Comstock, Of New York. did not secure
unanimous assent to his methods of proceed
ure. To detect those spreading obscene
literature broadcast through the land, he
habitually uses a fictitious name to obtain
copy Of the book, pamphlet. or picture (as
the case may be) that gives offence. A Ger
tain Ezra II. lioywood was detected by him,
in this manner, in the act of sending
through the United States mail an exposi-
ton of said lleywoods views of the marriage
relation, entitled "Cupid's Yokes." 1t was
Of SO vile and obscene a nature that Mr..
Comstock succeeded in having him arrested
and brought to justice and he is now serv-
ing ont a two years term in ielon's garb
at Dedham jiil.
An enthusiastic Indignation meeting was
held last night in the sacred and historic
Faneuil Hall, to protest against the injury
done the freedom of the Press. 1t
was queer sight to see that
hall, where John Hancock AMI Samuel
and John Adams had fought ,as few men can
fight, for the establishment of political free
dom, and where, in the later days, Otis and
Webster and Sumner had battled for the
publication and perfection of oar civil codes,
offered by the city fathers to the enemies of
chastity for the PRONUNCIATION of their sedi-
tons. Many were aStonished at the ill-ad-
vised act, only few anticipated that the
ball would be more than third filled. But
it was crowded full Of sympathizers and non
sympathizers, radicals, free-religlonists, rab-
id woman sufiragists, and ayowed free-lov-
ers. There were hundred females (per-
haps | might say ladies) in the galleries.
The aged and infrm Elizur Wright presided.
His argument in behalf of Mr.. Haywood was
the burden Of the speeches of all those that
followed him, viz: that the book was in
tended for instruction, and that it simply
gave expression to what Mr.. Haywood con-
scientiously believed to be true; that mas
much as Mr.. Haywood fully believed it was
his duty to publish his views in regard to
the marital relations, he ought not to
be punished for 50 doing. Judge Clarke and
Judge Clifford were severely censurcd for
charging the jury how they should find
and Mr.. COmstock, to whose untiring and
fearless endeavors Haywood 'sarrest and sub
sequent imprisonment is chiefly due, was
soundly cursed and the hope was more than
once expressed that if there was an endless
hell ComstOck might be subjected to its tor
lures. But when, after reciring the incon-
veniences, humiliations and punishments to
which Mr.. Haywood had been subjected By
the United States Government, Moses Hull,
of iree-love lame, declared that his prayer
should BIO not " Tod save the Union but
" God d-m the United States" the crowd,
which, even then, was half ready to sp-
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said that of l ASP JAG shares in bank stock
IN the state of New YorF, la,754 persons
own less than 10 shares each 1868 own
~ shares OF less, and the whole number OF
shareholders is "a. ISL, with an average Of
AZ shares to each. In the whole United
States only 767 out Of POS ,466 share holders
own over 500 shares each. Regarding
bank loans and interest, he said the banks
had two hundred and fifty per cent more
loaned, averaging less than t per cent, IN
1877, than was loaned in 1860; and
millions were now waiting for investment.
Tell Us how to invest from one dollar to
fifty millions. that will pay expenses and
bring back five per cent. and money stands
waiting ready and anxious to step into
business There are over s. 5000 900
Of railroad bonds and stocks which pay
the owners nothing there are $50. 900, 900
in iron furnaces and manufacturing estab-
lishments idle, and $4,000 900 in ship
power Of money is about three times as
much as in times OF imitation. More irre-
deemable money would not ihtlp us out.
We have no greater proportion of poor
men than other countries. Let US as a
nation be honest with ourselves and our
creditors and the hard times will Gradual
ly disappear.
George Walker read history OF Tank
Al
all others in this country, and European
countries. showing tbs advantage of our
own system.
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THE CHINESE PROBLEM.

SOMETHING LOOKING TOWARDS A SOLUTION.
New YORK, Aug. 1T is stated that at
the cabinet meeting yesterday the Chinese
question was discussed. Mr.. Evarts stated
that the embassy would reach Washington
in September. An endeayor will be made
to modify the existing agreements with
China. especially relating to the immigra-
ton of Chinese lsborers The main pro-
position ccntemplates a speedy abrogstion
of 80 much of the existing treaties as
allows free immigration and proposes to
restrict relations to those strictly of COM
mercial character. The government, on
the other hand. is to protect the Chinese
lsborer already in the country so long as
he may choose TO remain. 1t is expected that
the new minister comes fully prepared
to treat upon this important question, and
the understanding is that the Chinese gov
eminent will cheerfully acceds to our ex-
pressed wish to cut off further demand for
cheap labor from the Celestial Empire On
the other hand, it is also expected that the
Chinese government will as graciously ac-
cede to the suggestion of improved CONNER
cial relations between the United States and
China. Whatever may be the demands made
upon us. the President is resolved to make
the first demand upon the Chinese govern
ment for the discontnuance OF Chinese emil
grafton to this county.
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REPREsENTATIV FOSTERS OF
OHIO RECENT SPEECH.

WHY He SUSTAINED THE PRESIDENTS COURSE
THE ATTITUDE OF THE soUTH-THERE
CAN BE NO PEACE-wHaT 4 SOLID SOUTH
MEANS, ETC, ETC.
BosroN, Aug. 5.-Representatiye Foster,
OF Ohio, in his recent speech which has
been received here, claims that he sustained
the Presidents course, because he thought
1t wise and right. lie laments, however,
that it has not been attended with that sur
cess which was hoped. By pursuing it the
President has lost the support of many
party associates. and the southern leaders
have signally failed to respond to the con-
Citation and kindness rendered them by the
President. To show the spirit with which
southern leaders and journals meet this
hearty good will of the President, Mr..
Foster calls attention to the secession
speech of JEFF Davis, and the quite
general hearty response of the southern
press to his sentiments. their indifference
or opposition to the collection of the reyen-
ues. and that spirit Of hostility to federal
authority which the courts of South Caro-
lima have evinced by refusing to allow the
imprisoned revenue officers to carry their
cases to the United States courts. Respect
ing the question Of national peace Mr.. Fos-
ter says: "A solid democratic south means
the control OF the country by the spirit and
the men who sought its destruction. My
own opinion is that there can be no peace
This question will not down until tke menace
OF the solid South is Withdrawn. | had
hoped that the policy o. President Hayes
would lead to the assertion bS a very con-
siderable portion of the South Of their al
tsgonism to Bourbon democracy. | confess
to degree of disappointment in this.
though think | see signs of a breaking
up Of the solid South in the Independent
movement that seems to be gaining 4 foot
hold in all sections of the country. But
the effective way TO aid these independent
movements in breaking up the solid Sonth
is for the North to present itself united
against the solid South. A solid South I'M
der the control of the democratic party
means the control OF the party By this eIe-
ment. 1t means the repeal OF the constiru-
tionsl amendments, if not in form in spirit:
it means the payment OF hundreds of rebel
claims; it means the payment of pensions
to rebel soldiers; it means the payment for
slaves lost in the rebellion it means the
abro9stion of that provision of the constitu-
ton which declares that the citizen of one
state shall have all rights, privileges and
lmmunities OF the citizons of other states.
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everybody and pay everybody. In contrast
with his conclusions, were those of F. Bru-
ner, tailor, who urged the abolition of the
executive, Judicial, ministerial, Legislative,
and all other branches of Government, and
asked that "the people be left to work out
their own salvation"
Of course. all the remedies for the hard
times proposed by these theorists were hot
quite as absurd Us these But as mass the
statements and opinions presented to the
committee have been thus far marked by
dense ignorance and utter want of common
sense. The Tribune says, as much practical
wisdom would have been evolved, if the
committee had called before them so many
inmates Of the Bloomingdale Insane Asylum;
and 1t is about so. These petty demagogues
and communists are potent to stir up discon-
tent and disorder; but when it comes to
proposing remedies. they have none better
than that of the old " ne er dO-well" who
wanted everybody who had something to
be made to divide with those who had
nothing and when the lazy and shiftless
had spent their shire d" then divide again"
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EUROPEAN NEWS.



THE GREAT INTERNATIONAL SHOOTING NATcE
CAPT. BoGARDUs wISs-pET.ILs OF TIKI
TRIAL-AN EXCITING MATCH.
LONDON, Aug. &. The great international
shooting match, between Capt. Bogardus.
American champion. and Aubrey Coventry.
came off day at the grounds of the inter
national gun and polo club, and excited
enormous interest. The betting was very
heavy, and Yesterday Coventry was slightly
the fayorite The match was for 900
pounds side, each to shoot at 100 birds
80 yards rise. Bogardus was the winner
by one bird. The score was BoSsrdus
70. Coventry rs. The betting was slightly
in favor OF Bogardus before the match.
The weather was fms and the wind
very light. For the first - birds,
both men shot badly, Bogsrdus
killing II and Coventry 1t. The shooting
now began to improve. and at the end of
the second - the score was 81 each b.
gardus had had hard luck. three Of his
birds falling dead Just beyond the line At
ms 18th shot, BOgardus missed and COYen-
Try led. Bogardns missed his 51th bird
but Coventry missed the 59th At the end
of the third Is birds Coventry had killed SIS
and Bogardus 81. Coventry missed the
10Th bird, but BOgardus lost the SEA. Gov
entry then led until the sch, when the
scores were again even. Bogardus missed
the 9lst bird. and Coventry once more led.
but missed the 96th and 9th birds, while
Bogardus missed no more, ending the fourth
~ birds by score Of - to Coventry ; 20.
Inc excitement was intense during the last
% birds. for it was not till the very last
shot which was fired by Bogardus that it
was decided whether the latter had won or
made the match tie. Bogsrdus was much
cheCrel at the end
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THE BANNERS INVOCATION.

MEETING AT sARArGGA-s0AE FACTS AND FIG
UREs WORTH CONSIDERING.
SARATOGA, Aug. The bankers ascot
alton began its annual session with hriei
address by the president, The business
committee reported that during the year
10 900 sealed letters and $40, 900 circulars
and printed papers had been sent ont. Let
tiers were read from Secretary Sherman, the
the Commissioner of Internal Revenue, and
tho Director of the Mint D. c. Hale, of
Kcokuk. read paper on subsidiary sill
yer coinage, fayoring tho redemption
of Subsidiary in legal tender coin. J. W.
Hays, of Detroit, read a paper on hard
times. Speaking OF the cutlery against
monopolies and bank stock holders, he
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News by Telegraph.
FROM WASHINGTON.
nos. cHAs. FOSTER ON THE POLITICAL sIrUA-

HoS. cHAs. FOSTER ON THE POLITICAL sITUA-
TON.
WASHINGTON, Aug. IAN interview with
Hon. Charles Foster, of Ohio, is published
this afternoon Mr. Foster is at present,
in the absence of Secretary Gorham, per-
forming duties in the republican campaign
committee. Mr. Foster said he had been
somewhat misreprescnted on the subject
OF the Presidents southern policy. lie had
said that the measures Of Cancellation adopt
cd by the President were not so successful
as he had hoped they would be. lie does
see some progress in the independent move
ment which seems to be springing
up in the south. but does not,
however. see any great amount OF
faith in Cancellation down there. Mr..
Foster remarked that he still believed there
was solid South. He said of course the
President has friends in Ohio. The mass OF
the party are not in accord with him there.
though. This is the result as much
OF disappointment at the manner that he
has distributed the puplic patronage as
of disagreement with his southern and civil
service policies. Notwithstanding his
course the great mass OF our people believe
in his honesty OF character and political
soundness. 10 answer to the inquiry, What
has been the effects of the gerrymanding in
Ohio? Foster said it remains to he told
after the elections. 1t Is. as it was
intended to be, somewhat. disastrous to the
republican party. 1t is not acceptable
even to the democrats themselves. The
result has been long protracted and
bitter controversy 1t has engendered q
good deal OF bad feeling on all sides. He
further said that the oficehodsrs were re-
spending to political assessments
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THE INDIANS
A TOWN THREATENED.

SAN Francisco, Aug. There is consid-
cradle excitem ent at Yuma, Arizona, over a
threatened raid by Indians. who have re-
Gently gathered in some numbers in the vi
entity of the town. encouraged BY the al
seace of troops, which have been sent to
Idaho, and infiamed with whiskey surrep-
titiously furnished them. The citizens are
guarding approaches to the town.
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FRANCIS MURPHY AT ROUND LAKE
AN ENTHUSIASTIC GATHERING.

ROUND LAKE. Aug. 6.-The great camp
meeting OF the national Christian temper
snce association under the leadership Of
Francis Murphy commenced to day. To-
night the enthusiasm is immense Judge
Grifhths, of Troy, signed the pledge and
donned Il blue ribbon amid great excite
ment perfect rash ensued and the Sec
retaries were unable to record one-tenth of
the names of the signara
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1878-08-09

Mr.. 5. Beattie, OF Amman, Scotland, took
out in the Polyresian, Quebec, last Satur
day, the following blooded cattle Airdrc
Duchess Third. her cali AirIrie Duchess
Ninth, Twenty-scyenth Duke of Airdrie,
bred in Kentucky, and many other titled
bovine personages from other States and
Canada, with some imported stock. Thirty
thousand dollars are said to have been re
fused for the first two of the cattle named
above.
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THE DErAuLTER TAPPAN.

There are, as yet, no essential revelations
in the case of defaulter John 6. Tappan but
those of which the readers Of the FREE
PRESS have been informed. A mysterious veil
surrounds that more mysterious tripartitc
agreement between Mr.. Tappan, Mr.. Chee-
yer and Henry F. Durant. Mr.. Durant is
the founder Of Wellesley College, and one
whose character has been considered above
reproach. The letters already published,
however, show him to have been guilty Of
great mistakes, at least What further rev.
Citations and who else will be implicated by
the examinations now going on under the d.
reetion of the Boston Betting Company. no
one can predict with certainty. Perhaps
one would not predict if he could. a dark
cloud is floating about the inner walls of the
city, and not many weeks will pass, We fear,
before another honored name will be added
to the long list of defaulters. II. S. B.
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LOUISVILLE, ny, Aug. IA body, with
marks of violence was taken from the river
Yesterday. believed to be that of John
Whipple, son of the Episcopal Bishop of
Minnesota. He had been on long spree
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SOUTHERN NEWS.


COLUMBIA. s. c., Aug. The republic
can convention after appointing a commit
tee on platform and referring several
resolutions endorsing Hampton. adjourned
TIL sOmorroW.
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THERE are forty-nine Democratic counties
in Ohio, and there have been Democratic
defaleations in twenty-one of them. The
amounts stolen vary from 81 900 to Sli2,-
5i5. In one county the thieves destroyed
their books and accounts by burning the
Courthouse where they were kept. The
loss Of another county has not been accu-
rately determined But the robberies in
nineteen counties foot up more than $780,
900. In every instance, the theits were COM
mitred by Democratic oifice-holders, men who
were Justify bawling reform ~ while they
had both hands in the public Treasury.