Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1878-07-13

In Arkansas the long contest i'm the
Democratic state convention over the
gubernatorial nomination resulted i'm the
choice of Governor Miller as the candi-
date.
BALD MOUNTAIN. i'm North Carolina,
is again, for some reason or another, i'm
an unhappy condition. to the terror OF
the Tar Heels. It's probably owing to
the weather.
THE inhabitants of Batoum have again
tclegraphed Minister Layard asking for
the protection of England. and declaring
they have resolved to hoist the British
flag and open fire on the Russians July
II.
GOVERNOR WADE HAMPTON. address,
ing the veterans at Blackyille, s. c., on
the Fourth. said the pledges made two
years ago in regard TO tie collored peo-
pie must be faithfully ca led out. in the
future. They are equal. before the law
and must be treated as equals.
WHEN the treaty of San Stefano was
published Austria and England objected
to the retrOccssion of Besssrabia, Eng
land objected to the independence of
Rpumania. and Austria to the indepen-
dence OF Servia and Montenegro. But
the retrocession of Bessarabia and the in
dependence of Roumania. ServIa,and Mon
tenegro have all been secured.
THE papers generally denource the
Mollie McCarthy-Ten Brock contest at
Louisville OH the 4th as hippodroming
performance not worthy the name of Il
race. The Cincinnati Enquirer preludes
its account OF the affair with sub heads
like these: "Frightfnl Fraud!"" "A Great
Give Away Mt Louisville" 1.-THE Race
81 between Dead broke and Dead beat:"
and gives good cut of Durham bull
as lifelong photograph of the win
ming beast"
THE Anti-Slavery society of Great
Britain has united in a memorial to
Prince Bismarck asking him to submit
to the congress declaration that the
slave trade be henceforth regarded as
piracy. and that slavery shall not be re-
cognized as legal institution by any of
the states forming the congress. The
memorial states that the trade for the
supply of Cuba and the MOhammedan
countries causes the loss of 100000 lives
annually in Eastern Africa.
THE farmers of the West are having
the evils OF Communism brought home
TO them even sooner than we expected.
A dispatch from Lancaster, Ohio, 10 the
Cincinnati Gazette says that the farmers
of that county shave been Warned,
through the mails and by placar,ls.
against the use of machinery in their
haryests, and last night several reapers
and mowers were consumed by fire up
toward Edwards Station. This is only
the beginning of.the war upon property
which the communists of Americ,. are
organizing. Tile farmers of Michigan
ought 10. consider demonstrations OF this
sort. Similar outrages are liable TO oc-1
cur in any of the farming districts of
r THERE is trouble i'm the Seventh (Geor-
gial Congressional District as well as i'll
the Eighth (Stephens). The Democra-
tic convention will be in the hands of
men whoannounce that the convention
is calledexpressly 10 defeat the re-nomi-
nation of DR.. FELTON,. rhereupon FELTON,
takes the positiorI Of AlexanLer II. Ste
phehs. ,lefies the convention, .aand init
mates that he will run sas an indepen-
dent. Ben Hill publishes letter in the
character of peace-maker advising Fell
ton 10 go 90 to the convention and the
the convention to 60 TO FELTON,. He
wants them to meet halt way and re-
ceive his blessing. and the quarreling
faction invite Mr.. Hill to mind his own
business.
THERE has been falling off of $S,000,-
600 in the fiscal year just closed, due
mainly to the tinkering of Congress with
the revenue laws. The total receipts of
the government from all sources were
$25SC00.OOO. We have i'm the vaults of
the Treasury in coin $142.000,O00. The
amount OF outstanding legal-tenders has
been decreased $l3,OOO.OOO during the
year, and the fractional currency about
$4000.000. while the net increase of ma
tionai bank circulation has been $4,000
600. The legyl-lender notes outstanding
and whose volume Congress has decreed
shall not be decreased, amount to $780,
6S1 ,016. and the total amount of national
bank circulation at present authorized is
$31400O,O00. an aggregate of $500. 1000 900
of paper money to be made convertible
with coin by the 1st of January.
IT has often been urged in opposition
to fiat money that, If the government
can. by merely stamping piece of paper
make it Il dollar. then it can stamp the
leaves of the trees, and make them dol
lars, or bits of leather, or anything else.
And Brick Pomeroy, the great apostle
of absolute" fiat" morey, in his Demo-