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New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
SUMNER LEISURE.
HIGH TIDES AT CoNEY ISLAND.
WEATHER TOO COOL PoR COMFoRT--SUCCES5fu
DISPLAY oF FIREWORKS,

WEATHER TOO COOL PoR COMFORT--sUCCESSfUL
DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS.
The sun shone just enough yesterday NJ
Coney Island to take tho chill of OF the air but not Win
sufficient persisency make IL warm. Nearly all tne
ladies' who visited the island brought Noolen sha"'s
with them, and found comfort IL their fcrethouEhL
Wanderers along the beach about O'clock, when iAe
tide was hira found their pathway blocked IN many
places by the surf This Tuesday washed away the
photographers tent Noron's, and swept several Oh
loscy built bathing gGouses between that point anu
West Brighton out 20 sea.
In the evening over 900 persons present insde
the enclosure to see Plns display OF fireworks at
Manhattan Beach For the first time since his arrival
he was favored with fine ni-ht for ni exhibition me
display was brilliant and beautiful ana ''ch
piece was greeted with the peculiarly prolonged Al
Nris WnIgn seems 1aya baffIe raprgsentng two
some msmanagomOnt when the dispiay VIZ
woTd Paju's Last Farewell to his American Friends"
His friends TOOK the HAT, aad besan 70 move ou loy
told tie gate that the best pieces were 10 CONT
but almost lmmcd a.oy 2pOthcr BOuco 70 quit hpprHit
in the brilliant words Good Night Even thI smu
bursting Of 400 rocEess cond not keep the SPEC
tsIDrs fter this aud Jew waited Niagara
Falls in o aud several other beautiful Representations
Senator Pinchbacs, OF Louisiana; was al The lSahu
Among other arrivals % the beach were;
Manhattan Beaeh-Mr. and Mrs. b. b. swaynS'
T.; T. 8 HaIl. Ridgo6sld, " j.; j. H.. stew
art ANA wife; Newark; a: Merit Z. Il. k3seTs 3s,T
General II; 5. Lansing and WIFE, Miss Kopn'0n' Pnila
delpAia H. jacques, Mss c. Jaques, 5lrs H. W DrEc-
man. Mrs. L. Jaques, Boston ID. Wilcox and iamlly
Providence; j. ID. Wassou William Kidd, Albany;
Charles Harrington and wife, Salem. Mass; II. j. Car
pentei Milford Mas; Judge j.. A. Lewis. 81. Louis
Joseph syses,. Boston john Rogers, New-BrunsWlch
s. Warren McCray, Hartford.
Hotel Brighton-J. Q. Hiuchman aud family MISS
Annie Browne, summit, ~ \. d. A. Garter and wlie'
Pittsburg; Mrs Stephen Bun Mrs. William L. French
Miss French. W. j. R,ey ana wire, f. ii. Walker Bo-
ton Mass; Earnest L. Smith, Chicago: J. II HckOk,
Poughgoepse; William sherwood, Philadelphia j. q:
b. Ball, New-Hdven b. Tucker ana family. Bound
Brook n j.: Jane, Gamble, San Francisco Genera! 4.
II. dc Irobriand, U. = A.; JOnn q. Wilkn and wife,
MddlctOwn; {. Is. HeaGy and family, e. b. Mount ana
family, Philadelphia +. q. Patt and son. Scranton,
Penn.
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
INCIDENTS OF LIFE AT NEWPORT.

NEWPORT, r. l., Aug. 26.-The weather dur
ing the past twenty hours has been decidedly disa-
,reeable and the has not been Saturday
afternoon Every day OF unpleasant weather At this
season OF the year tends TO interfere in very serious
manner with the social and pecuniary Interests OF the
place.
Mr. Samuel Wetmore, Of New-York, has arrived and
takep possesson OF the Muenchnger cottage Belle
yueayc which has just been made vacant BY Mr.. Ilar
fer and the Misses Harter, Of London, who sail for
Europe early In september.
Dr. George L. Cooke and wife, OF Louisyie Joseph
silock l. L. Bixby, Fred W. H. Meyers c. Il. Inman. r.
Caring on, H. IL MOsely. Pred. Grant, from England
F. Hoghet and wife. from Toronto; General Preston.
from Kentucky; Mr. and Mrs DOnne swan, from Bal
tmofe, aud j. hicOm Smith ana wife, fIOm White
PLAIN. have arrived a. the Ocean House
Sir Edward Thornton Will remain here for some time
az the guest Of NJ Outroy, the French Minister, at
Glover Patch"
Tine ladies coruecied with the Unitarian Church are
holding fair, the proceeds ~ which are Tor The Chan
ming Memorial Church. the corner stone OF which viii De
Land next ApIll.
Colonel Rodney C. Ward, OF the 23I Brooklyn Regi-
meut was az the Ocean Huusc this morning lhe OH
GERS OF this regiment have invited the officers stationed
al Fort Adams to join them IN social reunion at an
early day IN BroOEiyn -
Tnc Rev c. HIl. formerly % this city, has returned
from EUROPE Tie settled over Cnrsts Church Ger
To,Yorrow James Gordon Bennett gives a grand out
door iee nj south wlcHs Grove in honor OF his guest
the Duke OF Beaufort.
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28

waiting science In different parts OF America have given
stronger and general Impulse and more sEh-
tematic direction scientific research. ana have pro
cured for the abors or scientific men Increased facs
and wider uSe ness no one WHO has watched us s
tory can doubt
has been ndcperdent OF the inventor and Ia:
preceded him Discovery has been tie real mother OF
Invention. The dchagratOr OF Hare and the electro
magnet Oi Henry the scientific discoveries Hhich
preceded the telegraph OF Morse Aen appreciate we
INV nuOn because n has money value ana enucitS
their pockets But tue discovery OF the fact when
is afterNrd lscfuiY applied IS obviously o. ar moro
Importance tDan the mere application of t Hence orig
iC1 research suOuld be fully recognized ana en-
cOuTa2ed 10y Of means " Is the storch0usa ont
Of WAlch comes the invention. In tho tNGt
proportion IN which research Is fostcred ana
from the inyenE0u Science j. the raw material,
in sense, out ~ which all tie useful arts are
made Poverty in The means poverty in the o,hrr
The who patigutiy investigates tIuth Tor lts own
sake. and resoueiy denies hmsef the good things of
this life that 10 may obtain 10, IL more worthy Vl hs
generation than the cOnqucrOr o. thousand Datues
WORK or ORGANIZATION.
The following fellows were elected members oi
the Standing Committee: Professor c. 4. Young
of Princeton; Professor Samuel II. Scudder, OF
Cambridge ; President Henry Morton, of Stevens
Institute Professor Harluess of the Naval Ob>ery-
atory Professor +. w. Clarke of Cincinnati Unyer
sty, and tho Rev. John &. Morris of Baltimore. The
general session adjOurned soon after noon, ana
the two main sections met IN separate rooms. lrO-
fcssor ". H. Dali, OF Washington, elected score
tGrY Of Section g. III tde absence %. Professor etb-
erby, of Cincinnati Other preliminary business
was transacted, but no papers were read.
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28

residence, IN 1alnpSItdu, III t'OO
ing.
Rowland Hill was born in Kldderminster,
December g. 1875. and the third son Of Thomas A.
HILL schOolmaster. Hs exhibited in early life par
tality for figures and subsequently made considerable
nrogress In mathematics. He mathematical
tutor in the school kept by his father. In
1885, ho was appointed Secretary to the Com
mi,soners for the Colonization Of South Aus
trala and aided IN founding colony there.
In 1897, his attention having been called TO the
necessity on reform the English postal system, he
published q pamphlet upon the subject. In 1888,
mainly through his personal exertlons, the House OF
Commons appointed a committee the subject, which
rcoorted thas injurious effects resulted from the old
both TO ana industry and to the social
habits aud morals OF the people. low rate OF uniform
nostase was also recommended In 1889, more than
two thousand petitions were presented to Par
Lament In favor OF tho plan, and in the same year
a bill enabling the Treasury 10 carry it into
effect was passed by majority Of 1872 and the project
became law. place created for Mr. Kill in the
Treasury TO enable him 10 carry his plans Upon
change OF goyernmeT In 1912, he was removed from
Office on the ground tnat his services, the full value OF
which WAS acknOw edged no longer required the
uniform peDDyrte having come into full operation lie
had been obliged work against tne views OF the Post
Office authorities, but he had done so successfully; che
uosal revenue in spite OF commercial depressons, went
oe British public thought him ilused aud IN 1916 he
received a money testimonial Of el3.360.
SIR Rowland Hi, IN Si3. vas appointed one OF the
directors -. brighton Rgnoay, ana in the capacity Of
chairman suggested 'ri important improvements.
vlen tht wings again into Office in 1916 he was
atponta secretary TO the Postmaster-General, holding
dyiacd authority with Colonel Mabery and iu 1854 he
became sole secfct.ry. He WAS made K. { ". eiYll
DIVISION boz 500 n acknUy edgment .. bis s'IVlces at
tb Pnst Orirr ~ 1861, hs health having greatly sur
terod from bis orcla uDOr-, sir Rowland retired; ana
tue TreA Any, In mg1iy complimentary minute, which
.et forth the pegfeci succrs5 Of his postal plans.
awarded him for life hs fu salary OF e2,OO0 a year.
Parliament alsO voted hin the suin OF tSOOOO; ana
he received the Albert gold medal OF the Society
~ Arls ana the honorary degree OF ID. C. l. lie also
Fellow of the Royal society aud Of the Royal Antigua
Han society. In 1865 he was appointed membcc OF
me Royal Commission on Railways. Sir Row
land flill was man OF great persistence
and A. has been said that he literally crammed
MA svstem down the throat Of onieialism. llt
was not always we'll treated, but he was alwayt
uushAkeu IN idea OF postage and he enJOYed
triumph iu ms lifetime which Is not alway the fortune
of r,ioriners During his last years he retired from
active work He has left great collection OF objects
and papers illustrating the history of cheap postage
| winch ought to be secued FOR he British Museum
sir Rowland has been described III his old age a.
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
NOTES FROM LONG BRANCH.

Long BRANCH, Aug. 27.--The wind veered
TO the north during last night and nOw though there s
SIT, breeze st blowing It is from quarter that is
duclng the tumult OF tho sea.
Though tho water far less boisterOus than It was
Yesterday il Is still in such umult that for boats to
attempt to land at the pier would be perilOus.
The weather is clear, but cool that few visitors
have yentured to-day unless protecIed-the ladies
by heavy shawls and the gentlemen by oyercOats.
The arrivals OWING TO the storm, extremely light
Inst evening Some OF the hotels not receiving single
guest A
pc6oats could land at the pier to-day the scran-
ton Bows encamped here, could not take their ocean
rn b0dy of a man about twenty-five years age
washed ashore this afternoon at Seaorigh He hac on
one arm hraise eve, supposed 10 have been
caused by tie body In contact with rocks The
nntii tomorrow afternoon for Identification.
Little damage done by yesterdays storm in the
me ower landing OF tho pier which vas torn away
by the huge waves, IL being replaced largo force OF
men are at work upon IT, and II IL expected that every
thing viii bo restored by the me the sea subsidies sum
GENTLY 20 allow boats to land The pier does not appear
tS,s ono particular The structure stood firm
rncS amid ali the fierce bufretings or the gale.
The 9hlldren's garden party az the Mansion House,
,i,rb nwI1g TO unfayorable weather, has been su0-
iectAd 10 two post ponemeDts Is now announced TO take
place tomorrow evening. ~,
on the paz, before tho Ocean Hotel this evening IL
will receive tho compliments OF inc Messrs. te,and to
night the pleasant foim OF military Dal NJ the ocean
Hotel, and tomorrow VIII return 10 scranton
Among yesterday arrivals at the leading hotels were
'nv WesI End-E Hendricks D. X Baker and wife. Mrs.
f. s. Gardner, j. NJ sanford, W. c. Sanford, ii. o. Bef-
oeean@G F. bentley and family, Honesdae, PENN b.
v Donnen. DAVID WIN, ans and family, New York;
Hans,cn-S. L. DiGkelspiel. q. W. Hamlin, NeWYOrk;
William a. Bowers, William IL Perrin, Brooklyn.
states-1bomas Hope, New York Mr. G. A. Rowland
and family, Miss SGdlo DoOIllIe' itlophrg T. t. hecu'
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28

They admitted however that before they mad
removed to the hOuse No 10 StanOn-st., they hau
burned all thcir old c!Othiug bedding and fGfnitnn
but for what purpose they did not state. Tho doctor
made examination OF the place and was sati shed
with the assurance 1at there were 30 ek people I'D 'ho
house.
on Tuesday the mother Of tho family, VII, emed 10
he "A widow. complained Of feeling ii. ana rcinafhel
tha, she had come q lOnx way Dy steamboat
aud and had caught cold Ihe impression
was given Indirectly that tho sTdh hscrs
came from Cahorni', but yesterday when one ot the
chil ircu let fail tho remark tHa they were strM2n
FROM Memphis, the tenants grew very nuch ~ "rmtu
end II being reported that OIe OF the chl!-
dr,n was sick, they sout word to the pp-
Iiee Neither thc housckceper nor th' owner OF the
house would say anything about the family. ADMISSION
TIE family denied
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
PUBLIC OPINION.

Mr.. Tillen begins to realize that great risk
attaches 90 rdiug the white House on an elevated
railroad.-iCiucinuati Enquirer Oeml
An occasional spark of independence In the
Norhoyn of the Confederate oaucGs would hot
produce olDsOn, while - would relieve the DOho
Ony their political seIyilIty.-Cnciunati Commercial
(Ind1
Ii is given ont that General Butler proposes
this year TO conduct bs campaign solely State ISSUES
This is designed blind, aud obviously 40 on tho face
things The suspension OF naECnal issues "a imposs
BILE Ia Maine hardly thing else Is thoneht Of The
is true of OAio, and VIII be true everywhere else.
The peOple o. Massachusetts not different from
common hanna aiy that the magic OF General Butiers
wand remand national politics out OF slght-lBo5
ton Post (Dem
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
SMALL SATISFACTION FOR THE DEMOCRATS.
fr0Hl me CiepsiGRd Hsrad (Rcp(

All the comfort the COntcdrO- Democrats
can derive from the bowling that Dixon was ba-ad
man they heartily welcome OF course be was
a bad man. How could a man BE- Mississippi Demo
cratic buczer without being bad man, AZ least bad
according to the civilized ldea Cf what bad mau iSf
But there bad men, aud bad men, and what consl-
tutes bad man in community makes gOod man,
n VlrtuOus man. man to whom the people present sl
yer pitchers ia another community. A bad man in
YazOO CITY who enters the political Held IN OiH
position to the ConfedrO-D D. u:oGratc party. When
commits tins deadly sin down in Yaz)o they shoot
him In the streets they would mad dog The DIXON
affair Is simply interesting particularly fine spec-
men OF the Mississippi pauof the means by whleh lhe
South is solid for the Democracy. Dxcns charac-
has nothing 10 do with it. We are Wiling 10 a0Lnlt'
n IL will promote the comfort OF esteemed ConIcdIO,
Democratic contemporaries, that Dixon was q Da-au
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
A SUSPECTED CASE ~ THIS CITY.
rhn fnllnwing dispatch was received at j

lice Headquarters last might:
D-t,,,, u,ar6 nj Health tEat child is sick Of a
ns disease nj No. 10 StanJOn-st. Family came nom
Memphis"
Sergeant Granger, on duty at ihe Eiandse St'ee'
police Station. sent the Dispatch man named John
srio, l,vine at No 10 stantOn-st large tenement
house. had lust reported to Linn mat a child Ia a
Hebrew family that had recently moyed into the
bouse was sick with fever and that the other tenants
were In a state OF fear bordering on paHie As the
tafi, had come from Memphis The Health Offices were
closed when the dispatch was received al
ana Inc operator asked II the address o Any Oh Tue zoe
- vas tnoUu nj the station The sergeant answered
mai he knew that OF Dr.. Dwyer Oi NO. rs |ih
st and would send for him, ana WIN ih's
I6c matter rested al headquarters. Dr D"yei
more than wear ago severed bis connection Wlth thc
Health Board bot at the request OF Sergeant SfAAhe
re,dfy acoOIupauied Sergeant Chrystie, OF TIE
bouse. lie reported on his return mat me
family denied having come from AtIhpms'
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
THE SOUTHERN PESTTLENCE.
no ABATEMENT AT MEMrnls-GENERAL HOOD AND

no ABATEMENT AT MEMPHIs-GENERAL HOOD AND
HIS DAUGHTER SICK At NEw-oRLEANs.
MEMPHIS, Aug. 27.-Twenty-tw cases in
all were reported 10 the Board Of Health to-day ten
whites and twelve cOlored Among the number are
sophia Zweifel j. IL. Purnel, Nellie Fazzi. g. A. Mat
t,cys and Thomas McElroy and wife. Ten desths have
occurred They include W. f. Altman,i Peter NJ Kehce,
Mary Ellen Dollen aud James Roosa, a well
known wagon manufacturer The weather continues to
grow warmer. . =, ~ ,..,.,... .,
dav oHclaly To the Board Of llea that General j.
R Hood and bIs daughter LYDIA ten years OF age are
both down with yellow fever
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
THE NAznn EpnCu-

IrOH me UsfRphts 4pdtdHcRe tl"tt.j
The IaZ0O Plan" illustrates the beginning
OF q new epoch " IN the political world marked as
that O. the period Of either the French or American
revolutions HencefOrth It cannot be sad that all me
inventive genius OF Nation confined TO our North
en neichbOrs. While the citizen OF Connecticut IS
adding bis brains the production OF new kua OF
wooden nutmeg or wooden ham, that will more efec-
tuay deceive hs Southern customer, his Southern Gus
toner with all the bOdneSs Ofrue genius, scars 10 I'M
mOrtq fame by one grand stroke Ii Is true there was
preliminary cropping up toward the Temple ID the
shape Of midnight riders with masks on their races ana
inc killing of poor voters. Bat that but the initial
ekirmish the battle. Now IazOO leads the van
and there are none to dispute supremacy.
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
The above dispatch was received yesterday
by Mr. Preston, the Haytian Minister.

The Rev. G.. r. Davis, of Carson, and tho
Rev Il. Jeuyoy, OF Reno never lose opportunity OF
giving Cacn OtheI sly dig. Parson Davis preached at
Reno the other sunday aud wGc taxing breakfast at
Parson Jenyey's house remarked: Guess III taSe
some more STEAK as / have 10 preach" " Guess III
brace ND little, too" pcned JCnvry passing his plato
for another section OF tho meat I've got TO slen"-
IBostOn Journal.
QUITE ACCOUNTING FOR IT.-MrS. ScrogglnS !:
How did yewr Ike that butter sold her, Mlss
Lucyl Miss Lucy: The butter not good at ALL Mrs.
Scruggns and iJ ell Of different cOiors."-
Mrs, Scroggns " That aiu't Eofiu. II yoY 10
Iay ycw'd find them main sOight more 3peckcder
than the batter Fun.
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
THE HAYrL4y REVOLT SUPPRESSED.

CAPE HAYTIEy, Aug. 20, via HAyANA.-The
by the Provisional Government ut Port-aU
Prince after enagoment have taken possession
OF the town OF GonaVes the headquarters of he Liberals
In instruction Part the town has been destroyed
by fire, and there hcayy losses amOns the COM
butants. The cities OF Cape Haytien and HOrtdeP5E
which occupied by the rebels, hayo surrendered
ana acknowledged the authority OF the Provisional Gov
ernmeu THIS ends the revolution, and VIII facilitate
the speedy restoration OF regular Government
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

the boromeea variations Ia this city BY tenci
If Is
Ia
dogEsa
represents The variations IL temperature
TRIBUNE OFFICE Aug. %. l a. m.-The upward
movement in the barometer continued throughout the
clear and fair weather yesterday. The temperature
ranged between $50 and 73o the average being 6s'
higher tnan on Tuesday The amount Of moisture in the
cir has been increased,
Clear aud partly cloudy and warmer weather may be
expected In this city and vicinity to-day.
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28

h4sftsut l. l.
3aa miles from ferries Z. NJ Chamberlain Sup't. Oilco
a. the Cemetery s. +. Hebberi. Agent u East lithst
Poet UEiee NOtIce ne foreign mls Tor tne seeN - nag
SATURDAY August 1879. VIII close ~ ths ONCE IN
TUESDAY, AZ lO3O am. tor Europe ~ stssmslD Arizona,
Queenstown on WEDS SpAN u ID a. '., Tor Europe
steAasip AbgssiIia OIco.sJFn io'rrespbndence
France specially Addressed ana ~ ~ M Tor
France by stsa asAtp France va tayr On nv rs
DAY. m Germany. France, &c. DY steamship
I,sug va Plymouth. CherD3urg ana Hamburg CORE
sponence britain AM the Continent us be 8oe-
cl.y itre ~ Europe, by steamship CITY
Of Brussols Qnoenst0wn (coesDondeuce for Germany
aud France specially Addressed On SArU RDAY.
ll.SU Tor Gerneuy &c. by steamship Nam, VIA
BrcDe Correspondence Or Great Britain
be specially lGdrcssedls ana a D.
m Tor Europe. by -hID Britannia Queenstown
and .. scotland, steamship BOLIVIA. Ga4
The mans Of Denmark sweden and NOi HaI are ds
patched HAMBURG and Bremen steamers only Inc maS
los Newfoundland Now YORK Angus. - ana ~ Tho
mails for Hayu sayania &c, leave New lOtA august ~
Fuc mails New YORK August ~ The malls
lo Bermuda West Indies leave Sew YORK August -
The mails Tor AsDinwa south Pacific Ports leave New.
YORK August 30 The mas for tho WndNar Islands leave
NeW-York August So Tue mails for Australia leave
E,ucscp -eptember The mails Tor Chaa aud Japan Leave
sau Francisco september -.
rHDS. L. lanes. PJstulsgBc
Post Oaloe New.Hork, August 23. 1879
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28

This morning a regular customer remOn-
srned with his butcher about high prices Look here
grass egmuIng 10 grow, ana corn Is getting cheaper
,u uurbt To come down In the price OF Ueef" vars
de se L. talk apout cIeapness 30 long Ms dc barkeepei
-n, dime syrTy dimes felcr wants to vet his visse
VI lie fsr Won de corn comm long ash de
r,n mice says up 50 nigh ash wash 81 Calves
ton News.
Mn hy an iusucctor: Well. my boy. do you know
wp1t syptaX' means T. The child OF a tectOtaler
answered Yes, sir-tne duty upon sprltA
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
Guficura IRgne,Iips

ResOyent powerful Blood Purifier and
Liver Sft.nulant compounded
utcra is the areat external remedy for all umors the
Scalp aud Skin, Ulcers AMI Ola sores.
Cuticura elegant toilet and medicinal assistant
o CuticuIa for al, external affections.
Prepared Weeks 4 Potter Chemists and Druggists 500
Washington st. and Tor sale al druggists Price OfCuti
cur small boxes 80 large boxes containing two and
times the quantity Of small 81 kosOlvent II r
bottle Cutoura soap rs cents by mall 80 cents cakes,
3
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
MIDNIGHT WEiTHER REPORT
GOVERNMENT INDICATIONS,
Synopsis for the past "a hours.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27, 1 a. a.m.-The barOm-
eter is highest and nearly stationary II Nova Scotia
lowest and railing in Nebraska and Dakota. Fair
weather generally prevails The temperature has re-
manned nearly stationary in the Atlantic Coast and
Gulf States elsewhere there has been q slight rise.
Southcasery winds prevail I'm the Lake gOn and west
OF the Mississippi River; elsewhere they are mostly
from north 10 east
Indications,
For NeY-En gland. slightly warmer, partly cloudy
weather, northeast winds becoming variable OF
shiD tto southerly, stationary rising barometer.
For Middle Atlantic States warmer, clear partly
euudy weather nOTtheasterly winds shifting to south
east or southwest, nearly stationary barometer
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
AN ISSUE FOR 1880.

If the fraud issue" should he the chief
one i'm tie campaign of 1850, the Democrats might as
well at once hang their harps upon, the willow.
Every charge Of "fraud" which that party mas
a boomerang. like firing bullet against a granite
rock, IL rebounds and hurts the shooter more
Than il damages the object shot We suggest that
possibly political methods adopted by the Demo
cratic party the south, with when 70 overcome their
Cpp0nrnts strkngly and fatally illustrated in NazOo
County, Will be somewhat prominent an element OF
she campaign OF 1850.
New-York tribune., 1879-08-28
SCIENCE IN AMERICA.

IMPORTANT MEETING AT SARATOGA.
LEARNED ,iEN FROM ALL PARTS or THE COUNTRY
AssrM2LED THERE-rwENTY-EIG MEETING
OF rhE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION POR THE AD-
vANCFMRNT or sCIEyCE-PREsIDENT BARKERs
ADDRESS.
The American Association for the Advancement
ol Science met at Saratoga yesterday, with excellent
attendance. 1t is expected that nearly 200 papers
viii come before the association. The work
yesterday was largely preliminary, and no
papers were read. An address was made
by tho new president. Professor George
r. Barker of Philadelphia, on the functions of the
organization, and arrangements for the labors of
tho sections were completed. Much interest has
been aroused in Saratoga By the gathering of so
many scientific men.