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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
THE CONVENTION AT ALEXANDRIA, VA.
MR.. HUNION KENOMTNATED-THL T"U-IIITND' M 7
ABOLISHED.

ALEXANDRIA, Va, Aug. 29.-The Demo-
cratic Congressional Convention Of this district hold
three or four sessions to-day without any
thing Tonight credentials VI delegates being agreed
.upon Msssrs Neale and Mentfee withdrawn, and
Mr. Hunton nominated by reclamation. Mr.. Eealo was
inyted TO the convention and spoke In advocacy OF
Huutons olootion Mr. HunOn returned thanks for tho
nomination Representative Blackburn OF Kentucky.
made speech before tho convention on
the political Issues Of tho day. The
feeling in the convention. which had grown
very bitter, appeasod. and Neale's speech had
GOOD efoot Everything passed OF in a satisfactory
s,.cpsr Tn. oontest will now be between Hunton,
the regular Conservative nominee aud b. Johnson Bar
bour Independent readjustor The co9yenton adopted
Resolutions in favor tho repeal Of the Resumption Aot
Tor tho repeal Of State banks In favor OF green
back curTeBoy aud IN opposition to the iuTther et,en
by vote OF O9 10 DO abolished the rule long prevailing
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in this district requiring two-thirds vote to choose
candidate and then adjourned.
SENATOR BAYARD ON THE FRANCES.
no SCARCITY OF MONEY-NATGOSAL BANKS COM
MENDED.

MENDED
WHMNGToN, Del, Aug. Ex-senator Bay
ard, Of this State spoke at Newport Dell on the subject
of Our Present Financial Depression" The Senator
said The reaction following the laIc civil war, high
tariff duties, an imported merchandise, and
above all, the uncertain aud dlsordcred CON
dItiOn Of our money, the main causes Of the
present Of depression. Money has legal and also
a market value, and although the legal value may be-
prescribed by statute Government can establish lS
market value In this country AT present, there ~ r'-
ally nOscarcy Of money Is there any actual need Tor
more money. The sole basis Of business w.
credit; that is the best shield Of the poo"
man, and il demands that the bin first CONTRACTED
shall be first paid. with this view or the matter,
the Senator also said that tho payment ~ bonds not
yet due Unwsc, and II OnctOurh ~ the money Ihd
out Of the public Treasury TO purchase at hg" prr
MUM, bonds duo had been expended ia bringing &C.
mand TO par aud restoring specie paymcu- ihrlr
would have been question as To what our hohd@
were to be paid IA; for IL would not matter whether
gold paper rendered, providing the uemdud
notes Of our Government held 10 be a- good 'H
gold. The Senator then turned his attention To the argu
ment that ErrcnDack currency should be enlarged 30
to absorb and rcpace the National bank currency.
In reply TO this, he said that as National bank cad
taxable while grcCubaCks are not, they would mus cut
of Of the revenue and 50 produce more un
taxed wealth
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30

We are pursuing exactly the right par
ucuar We are just going down into the shadow the
n'al darkness Will settle over us n the course ~ the
next Two weeks. The scenes around us exceed In pitt
nhc dcsulatiou ANYTHING have Witnessed even In
war times ana nothing like them has ever been known
IN TINS country am ia the best ~ health and spirits
ana the Rev. Mr.. Hams "a also WELL but last week ne
telt somewhat worn. have entire confidence that God
VIII bear as safely through TO the end unless II should
he better that we were not here. We will write YOU as
often ~ we can hut you must be iudulceUt. Faithfully
ana Hh"CtiOnatClv. CHAs. G.. PARSONS.
Memphis, Aug. 20, 1873.
by telegram to-day call comes for more help. Two
OF the Sisters, from New-Iork, go on Saturday,
G.. Ii. HOUCHTON.
No. I East Ttrcaty-Hnuh-st., Aug 20, 1878.
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RELIEF NOTES.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-1hc total amount
of subscriptions acknowledged in this city TO date Is
$4,000. The Committee Of Citizens has formally de-
cucd to grant transportation to the South to numerous
volunteer nurses the ground that appeals from that
section were for means 10 purchase medicines aud nee
cSSaIics for the patients ana not for physicians and
nurses.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Advices from Southern cities this
morning indicate increasing want, esuccially for food
and ice. Nurses wanted because they would ne
unable to Ieuder valuable ASSISTANCE unless acciimatcd
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A mEAK IN THE ERIE CANAL.

A communication was received by President
Ed.on Of the l>oduoe EIonRnge, yesterday. stating
that Lock No. 10, ~ Cuhoes, had been carliedp 70
srbuyler and superintendent CLARK. 10 was Learned
from Mr. CLARK that tin Tepas " the lock were begun
AT A ~ YESTERDAY ant would be completed oy noon
Auditor schuyler teegnphed that there would not %
much delay at the lock- ut that there was no trouble
Al Lock No 30 and ho Woud send another dlspatcb ID
regard 10 the probable delay " boatE
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HEAUY DEBTS AND SMALL ASSETS.

CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Eugene B. Myers, a
well.kuown law book publisher, has filed a petition in
bankruptcy His Liabilities secured debts, 81, OOO
unsecured, S3Os OOO bills discounted, $4,000; accom-
mediation paper. S274,OOO. His total assets about
$4,000. The liabilities are mostly on bonds for which
he Is liable A. j. 5. NusOaum, whiskey dealers, Of
Peoria, III, have hled petition In bankruptcy Their
liabilities are: debts unsecured, 100000 assets
Walter /. Peasc, OF Elgln H. has filed petition in
bankruptcy. His liabilities debts unsecured. S45,-
900 and bills dl4cOuntcd 5000 900; assets, 10000.
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70 cHANGE U NIcKsErRG.

O\I HUNDRED AND lNENIN-NlNE NV CASES ANh
FIFTEEN DEATHS.
yICEsBURG, Aug 29.-Ouc hundred and twenty
nine new cases OF yellow fever have been reported
during the past twcnty-four hours. Among
the deaths, at late hour this even
ing. is that of J. =. Allen, city editor Of
Ife Tjckshyg Her0ld. Or. L. \. Barber died
this morning. Doctors Robbins and BaliouT. and
the Rev Mr. Galloway are couyalc,ccnt. The Rev.
Father McNauu> is down with the fever Here
after physicians Will report to the Howard Assocla
ton al > o'clock, p. IN. the number of new
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CONFERENCE.

SPEECHES FAyoHING FULL CoNvENlIoN--sENA-
TOR CoNKLING URGES ACCOMMODATIONS
RECOMMENDING a CONVENTION ADOPTED.
IFRoM \ SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF TIE TRIBUNEl
SARATOGA Aug 20.--The Republican meeting to-
day was called to order by Mr.. Cornell who said:
GENTLEMEN: Coming out Of the Adlrondacks last
week where had been spending months time
beyond the influence OF business or politics. almost
the first thing which attracted my attention was The
report of the conference held at tins place upon the
invitation or my friends, Mr. Elliot G. Cowdln and
Senator Prince. The resolutions, as published, met
my approval 80 far that II made me regret that
could not have been included within the terms of
invitations and upon reflection. 1t seems TO mo
very many earnest Republicans were debarred
from eligibility as members OF that conference by
the conditions named IN the call. As II was too late
for me to make an amcudm, MT 10 Mr.. COwdIns pro-
gramme, II seemed to me n would De good thing
TO invite some of the Republicans who were not
here last week 10 confer together and see what they
could do to promote Republican success. Ii was my
impression that Mr.. COwdn planted his foundations
too shallow, and reared them too narrow to success
fully complete the work winch was proposed bv his
conference. TO carry the State of New-GOrk re-
quires. as we know by sad experience, the earnest
and helpful cooperation OF every Republican In II.
Instead of narrowing the tests for Repubcanism 70
the gauge of the Administration, they should be
widened and be opened so as 10 include every Re-
publican who has voted the Republican ticket,
80 this Fall. Your response TO my invita-
ton is most gratefully appreciated, and
the welfare and prosperity of the Republican party.
In order that We may proceed with some degree Of
ORDER will take the liberty Of proposing that John
J. Townsend, Of NeU-lork shall act As our Chair-
man.
Mr. Townsend made q short address on the OBJ
jet of the conference which he said was TO secure
such harmonious action as would result in Republi-
can success In the coming campaign. Republican
success desirable not for the sake of partisan
victory merely. but because Il would involve the
triumph Of those opinions that they all honestly be-
lieyed were the nearest right of any held by any
political organization in the country He expressed
the hope that their deliberations would enable them
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30

GALyESTON'S RIGID QUARANTINE.
GALVESTON, Aug. 29.-Thc Board Of Health to-
day declared quarantine against all ports
on the east coast between Sabine Pass and
Pensacola. They declined to permit the Nor
gan steamships Morgan City and New-York
and the Mallory steamship Western Texas. 10 come
into port. No yellow fever is reported in Texas.
Stringent quarantine regulations are enforced at
all interior towns.
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wing ure Tie assurances /:

Harrison has a population OF about 1000, and has
fire apparatus Of any kind. Until few months
ago the Newark fire department responded 10 all fires
i'm HARRISON but when the authorities of the latter place
refused reimburse the City Of Newark for the actual
damage done 70 It's apparatus, the Common Council OF
Newark gave notice that service could he expected no
longer from the Newark Il g department.
The buildings destroyed were 30 by l25 feet % by
1873 feet by % feet all four stories IN height, aud
building 20 by 40 feet three stories IN height The origin
Of the explosion WHEN preceded The IRE Is stu ys-
terry. blowing machine was always kept in operation
which forced hOt airiutO every dryngrOOm, thus dT
lug out all gasses and, It was thought making an cN
plOsUn impossible The loss was about $4,000 on the
stock and machinery, and the remainder was ON tho
buildings. Tie building In course OF erection, and
which saved is 50 by 100 feet and has reached its
snrnnd
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NETWORK, FRIDAY, AUGUST 30 1873.

Edward f. saru, the proprietor nd manager Of Niblos
Theatre, yesterday, sent letter the Mayor rendering
the use oi that theatre for benefit In aid OF the South
eIu sufferers the committee IN charge to he selected by
the Mayor President Roberts, who acts durlng Mr.
by absence, named next Thursday, AT hall past one
az the tme aud appointed AZ the committee, SdInnrl
CuuuVCr, j. Nelson Iappau ana Robert Bonner. :. ~
Jones the general agent Of the Louisville, Nashville and
Great southern Railroad Company, sent word 10 the
Mayor that al physicians, nurses and medical supplies
would be carried to Memphis by the company free OF
charge.
The National Park Bank OF this city has received aud
forwarded to this date the following contributions, sent
for the relief Of the sufferers by yellow fever at the
points named: New OrlemS-IhrUugh Mayor ELY, Tor
the Howard Association, S2.23S 10; from Merchants
and Planters Bank, Sucrman Texas donation from en-
zens 800. Nicksburg-Natun8l Park Bank y. V 500;
from Merchants and Planters Bank Sherman, Texas,
gift from citizens 500 Clearing House, Indianapolis
Ind, $500; through Indiana National Bank udlauHn-
Oils; citizens of NewlOndOn, Conn. through National
Union Bank, London, Sli9. Memphs-From Mcr-
chants and Planters Bank sherman, Texas 500; dona-
tiOns from citizens - gG~ A..
The TRIBUNE has received 50 from the Reformed
Church OF Glen, Montgomery CO.. n " - from Eugene
f.. SO from COmstOCR, Cheney a Co., Center Brook,
Conn., and so from T.. d. Culver for Memphis sufferers
The money will be promptly forwarded through Mayor
Ely.
The agents Of the Virginia and Tennessee Airline
Road received So yesterday for Grenada, Miss.
The Rev. G.. H. HuughtOu acknowledges the following
gifts received yesterday:
Through Miss ogden. $50 Mrs. W. II. b., New
Mrs. Butler Wright, Bright On..---....... SD
StiilnoIu Zub Nd>i- %
''' Total................ S3I7
No OF money is small that It wilInot conrlDut'
TO aggre gate # dropped into the ballot boxes.
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mr. jay COOKE ESTATE.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 29.-The committee of
CREDITORS the Jay Cooke estate has declared second
NJ per cent In cash. together with adiydend Of
3l p cent Of the Northern Pacific aud ST. Paul and Du'
luth Railroad Companies. making In al sAa per cent
deud heSrustce SAWS this will make total dividend, In
cash aud 30 distribution Of securities, OF Of cents on
he dollar
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THE POLITICAL FIELD.
CONVENTIONS AND NOMINATIONS.

CONVENTIONS AND NOMINAIIUNS.
TIE KANSAS REPUBLICAN OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
HUNToN RENoMINATED-sPEECH BY KEARNEY
AND SENATOR BAYARD.
The Kansas Republicans adopted platform
favOring Grcenbacks in the place of
National bank notes. General HuntOn
has been rcnOminated in the With
Virginia District Dennis Keamey spoke in
Washington yesterday. Senator Bayard spoke
ut Newport, Del, on financial questions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
THE FEVER IN THE SOUTH.
NM WEATrR UNFAVORABLE.
mn NrWurH oF DEArns lNoEfNsrp Al MIMI

,1rr NUMBER OF DEATHS INCREASED Al MEMPHIS
AND Nrw-oRIFANs-GENEEoU SUBSCRIPTIONS.
At Ncw-Orlcans aud Memphis the weather
Yesterday was unfavonhlc, and the deaths
from yellow fever were increased. At
Memphis there were seventy deaths, and at
Ncw-Orlcaus scventy-fve. The gifts in this
city Yesterday for the fever districts amounted
70 Ss,172 80. Congressman J. 4. Acldcn and
General r. L. Gibson, of Louisiana addressed
the Relief Committee of the Chamber of Com
r,crce. The total gifts in this city, Lot includ-
ing those of yesterday, amounted to $780,
AO1 rs.
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PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS.
THE GREENBACK MEN LOSING GROUND IN THE
xXIvTH Observation-Disclosures GAINS tx
PECTED.
Y TELEGRAPH TO THE TRIBUNE. {


lBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRBUNEI
WASHINGTON, Aug. 90 Representative Shaen-
berger of the XXIVth District of Pennsylvania, says
that the Greenback party in his district, which up
TO a few weeks since had been gaining and promised
To be strong disturbing element III local politics
during the present canvass has latterly been losing
power and many of ITS members returning to the
old parties. The Greenbacl men made their nOmna-
tion for Congressman four weeks ago, and their
nominee has been actively at work canvasslng the
district Meanwhile their committees have been
trying to perfect plans for combination with the
Democrats against the Republican nominee. In
this they have thus far been unsuccessful. The
Democrats have decided to leave the matter to the
County Conventions, and the prospect grows daily
more uufayorabe for such Il combination. Mr.
Shallenberger was elected to the present Congress
by a majority of 400, and he believes his party Is
strong enough to defeat any opposition that can be
brought against him. He thinks there good
reasons for expecting that the Republicans Will
gain ono and perhaps two Congressman III the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30

The Produce Exchange Southern Keller Committee
transmitted the following to the yellow fever dis
ticts Yesterday TO the Howard Association, at New
Orleans 81 OOO and to the association at Ncksburg aud
Memphis $500 each A. T. Orr having gone out Of town
and taking his list with him 1t could not be obtained
The following were the subscriptions made yesterday by
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
THE REPUBLICAN COUNCIL.
AFULL STATE CONVENTION URGED.

A FULL STATE CONVENTION URGED.
PERFECT HARMONY II THE CONFERENCE-A LIT
TER FROM SENATOR COSKLGNG-NO BITTER
SPEECHES.
The conference of prominent Republicans
at Saratoga, yesterday, which was called by
Mr. A. b. Cornell, adopted resolutions urg-
ing the State Committee to call full
State Convention for the domination OF
a Judge of the Court Of Appeals. Their" was
only one dissenting vote on the rcsolu' ms.
There wa, perfect harmony in the con-
ference, aud no bitter expressions were
used. IN q letter from Senator Conkling
Republicans were urged to ignore personal
and . por issues aud 10 come together in
carucf mony. Most of the speakers
favored q fall convention.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
THE DEATH LIST.

OVER 500 DEATHS TO DATE IN HE SEVERAL
CITIES
The deaths from yellow fever at Ncw-Orlcans
Memphis. Grenada, Nickshurg and Port Gibson TO
IL -. hnnr o. f,llnrNs
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al.....
disp,tch WAS received by the committee from the
Peabody Association at Hew-Oreans, that provisions
would be acceptable for the sufferers and they viii take
tep 10 doy in relation to forwarding such supplies.
The following additional subscriptions aie acknowl-
edged by the Southern Relief Committee OF ue COTTON
Exchange. The old yellow fever fund.- mentioned IN
be lsf WAS from similar fund several years agD, which
,,tn lln Nnpndcd
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DISCUSSING PLANS OF RELIEF.

No sum Of money Is so small that It wilInot contrib
TO a large aggregate If dropped into the ballot boxes
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The lnIlowing snhscrintions for DIE yelow |
NETWORKS TOTAL GIFTS.

several thousand dollars raised by individuals
Cuupd.
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NO FEVER IN TEXAS.
GALYEsrnN,s RIGm orARANTINI

No. I East T,ccnty-a6,th-st,, Aug. 20, 1878.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-21

THE Chicago Northeastern Lumber
man discusses the situation thus:
1T is now close upon the middle of
February and no where has there been
snow enough to make good log haul
ing. 1t is. nearly time to make the
prediction that the market cannot be
Uvurotooked for the ouaS0u OF 1873 d
safe one. 1t surely cannot be seriously
overloaded under any ordinary circum-
stances The winter is so far advanced,
and the temperature has been 80 uni
formly mild that the ground is net in
that condition to warrant the hope that
any amount of snow that may now fall
will stay very long. The circumstan-
ces that Can now give 80 days of good
log hauling in all the districts would
be somewhat unusual. 1t will not be
safe yet however, to speculate very
heavily upon the outlook. 1t is GER
tain that, under any circumstances.
there will be stock enough for the
good of trade Ifpo more logs are Sc
cured than the present prospect prom
isea, there will be chance for making
a fair profit out of the lumber handled
during 1878. Some one or two ex-
ceedingly well favored concerns might
possibly make more than fair profit,
but it would be decidedly unsafe to in
best new capital in saw-mil in the
expectation of making much out of it.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-21

Bible. We hear much about the
separation of church and state; but
they We're never united In this land
We see the Anomaly of the represen-
tatives OF a church which has all along
in the course of its history claimed
to be the state, both temporal and
spiritual, joining forces with the class
of people who don't believe in any
church or religious ebserranees, to
throw out the Bible of the American
fathers from the schools that they
founded and in which they placed it.
The Bible was placed in the public
schools without legislation--by the
sentiment which has founded this re-
public and its model institutions, and
that sentiment will keep it there. 1t
will not be legislated either in or out.
Its preccpts inculcate spirit of per-
feet federation toward one another
without which nations, societies and
individuals cannot live in peace.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-21

WHILE there will be great falling
off in the aggregate amount of logs cut
in this pinery, there are few loggers
who are doing good work N. 7.
Kelly will put in nearly 1000. 900.
The Gumaer Bros. about 1900, 900.
The Mcdonald Bros. nearly that
amount, la Mckay about 1000, 600,
while there are quite a number who
have already banked from 1905 600 to
l 600. 600. Should we have three or
four weeks sleighing the amount of
logs put in will be above two thirds of
the usual amount. = Torch. ~ II
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-21

THE Bland silver bill was intro
duced and passed the House Nov. 5,
1877. The act remonetizes silver
which was demonetized Feb. -, 1878.
Since its passage in the House, the
senate committee have struck ont that
portion of the bill relating to the de-
post of bullion at the several minis of
she United States to be carried for the
benefit of depositors, and have inserted
conditional clause materially chang
ing the text Of tile bill. Subsequent
amendments have been made by the
same committee, as also by senators
Burnside, Cameron, Christiancy,
Berth, Morgan, Beck and Blaine,
which leaves the bill very much chang
ed from its original shape. The discus
sions pro and con have been able and
lucid explanations of the effect of the
bill and its several amendments upon
the financial interests of the country.
If the bill become law the people
may rest assured, whether it tie bene-
fetal or disasterons, that our legiSlat-
ors have labored most faithfully to
solve the silver problem to the best in
terests Of the people
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1878-02-21

SENATOR StoTT las introduced a
bill that provides, in Substance, that
any boom company on the Wisconsin
river that shall fail to use due dill
gence in turning out logs destined for
points below it, or shall so,obstruct the
channel of the river that fleets of lum-
Der are unnecessarily delayed, shall
be liable for damages caused by such
detention and that the stockholders
shall be individually liable. The ne
cessity for such a measure has been
felt by every logging man and every
lumberman on this river, and we hope
the bill will become a law.
1t would seem that there ought to
be no objection to such law, for if
any person or company obstruct pub
lie highway and damage parties whose
right to use such highway is guaran-
teed by the constitution and laws, that
they ought either to remove such OBJ
structions or pay the damages; and if
the stock of any such corporation is
not enough in dollars so that its entire
value is sufficient to pay any judgment
for damages that might be obtained
Gas stockholders are only liable for the
amount of their stock then the stock
holders ought to be Individually liable;
for if such was not the law, a com.
pany with only $1,000 Of stock might
so obstruct the navigation of a navi-
gable stream that it would be an i'm
possibility to use it, and against which
a judgment for removal would be
worthless, if attained at great cost.
We trust the legislature will give
Senator SCOTS bill due consideration
for, as before remarked, its passage is
demanded by every man doing bust
ness on the river who is not stock
holder in boom company.