New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-09-11

FoREIGN.-The Bosnian insurgents are strongly
sntrenched at Belina - The Turkish
commander at Bihacs refuses to surrender
that town. - The Cretan Assembly has
consented TO send delegates to ConstantinOple to
negotiate with the Porte. -- The Champagne
stakes were won at DOncaster by Lord Falmouths
.Charibert - The Paris Exhibition receipts up
TO the 4th inst. amounted to $1,949,023. -= No
billing is dead.
DoMEsTIc.-The returns from Maine show that
Powers Rep.) is defeated for Congress, and
hat Mr.. Hales election is in doubt; the State
Senate is Republican, and the House prob
ably belongs to the Opposition; the result on
ONT ballot is as yet unknown. = The Re
vublicans Of New-Hampshire have nominated
Matt Head for Governor on an Outspoken
Administration hard money, temperance plat
form. 80. Mr. PendletOn spoke to a COM
paratively small audience at Columbus, Ohio,
Yesterday. - Cold weather IN the West is re-
ported; the deaths from yellow lever in the
South show very little falling OFF. --
Nelson P. Akin, of PhilmOnt, n. T.,
an extensive manufacturer, s dead. -- The hear
ing of the Fitz John Porter case was resumed yes
terday at West Point. = All of the hotels at
Long Branch except two have closed. = The
number of small per cent bonds sold is remark
able
oaused among politicians and others yesterday, blythe
announcement Of the movement against the Sheriff.
County Clerk and Register. -= The Aldermen's
LAWYERS demanded 81 O.O00. - Miss Kellogg re-
turned to this country "A statement Of the
condition of the New-York Elevated Road was
submitted to its directors - The strike OF the
Paterson weavers continues == Subscriptions to
the yellow fever fund still large. -= Gold,
1OOla 1O0sie 1OOl4 Gold value Of the legal-tender
dollar at the close 99slO cents Stocks more active
but irregular and closing unsettled.
THE WEATHER-TRIBUNE local observations indi-
cate clear OF partly cloudy weather. with cooler tenn
perature. Thermometer yesterday. 500, 7G' 72'.
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With herzegovina PROSTATE, and 100000
men in Bosnia, Austria will no doubt make a
desperate effort to complete the occupation be-
fore Winter iutervenes The insurgents under
stand, however, the defensbility Of entrenched
camps, and are disposed to make Plevna of
Belina. Routed there, they will probably be-
come disorganized, and Austria will at length
have her share of the Turkish spOils.
The cold wave from the Rocky Mountains
has not brought relief to the plague-stricken
cities in the Southwest. 1t started from
Denver on Sunday night, and scattered
light fr0sts over the surface of Iowa.
At Sc. Louis there were most remark
able variations in temperature, a uniform de-
cline of 22o being noted in the course Of
twenty-four hours. The wave has already
passed over Indiana and Ohio on its eastward
march, but has not swept further south than
Cairo.
The ready response Of the Mayor of Manches-
ter to the appeal of the British Consul at New
Orleans, gives assurance that the British Ma
ton will befriend generously the Southern
cities with which 1t is so closely con-
neoted by commercial ties. In Liver
pool, as early as the 29th ultimO, a
committee of over 100 leading merchants
was formed to secure subscribers for the
"American Yellow Fever Relief Fund" On
the first day one subscription of 910O, eight
of ESQ, and like number of eos each were
announced. With this substantial beginning,
the Fund has no doubt increased largely,
and perhaps already relieved much suffering
The New-Hampshire Republicans have nom
mated Matt Head for Governor on the first
ballot, and adopted platform with three
sound financial planks. All efforts to delay
the day Of resumption, and to initiate the cur
rency, are denounced "as destructive to all
business interests, and unwise, dishonOrabe
"and fraudulent as public measures" The
delegates had heard the news from Maine,
bat they did not finch. This was the highest