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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01
WOOL MARKEr-BY rGLE0nAPH

PHILADELPHIA July 3O-W oOI-Contluues Grm and IN cool
demand, with Igit stock Omo PeIn.iyana a.d
West Virgfnia-xX and above I'a5ne. \.
47q49c; Medium. 49040c.. Coarse. "a i5c Sew YORK.
Michigan. IudIana and Mca'ern-tiue o. aGa AA;
4IdtJct MeGum, IA iHcs coarse, 42di asllHt
Combine and Deai4e-F fine washed Dcaiue \ and
Xxx 50c; Medium Washed ComOing aaa Dear
jOGJ2 &c Coarse f4dijc tanada washed Commune, 20
s5c. TuD Washed-C noioe. isa5Oc Par ga tfc. tn,
washed COmbing and Dclline-hedum blNashed
Comaing and Deleue. 35e56c.: Coarse .3aaic. 3
Bright Unwa.hod ClOthing-flus and ~,
% JOc Medium 33a36c.. Coarse. 3O93l hc.s Dark
TaIthy. Uuwashed COthiIg-Fiue lSa<2c; Medium -
PC: OrsgOn-fluc, Z~05Dc Medium, 3nW
Sjc. coarse 2Sa30c. CaiuOma-Fine. ZJd oc Medium, =
a32c Coarse. 2JdaOc; New Mexico aud to.oi -ftno
~ a3OC: Medium 2jn3Oc; Coafac, lcsrl.t WOOL 70
25c Pulled E2tra Mern0 4OdiJc; super 80 Abe lambs
super 4UGi0c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01

,,,rt M with new sensations Tell the gopd9licr 20
GEAR y" MT" the heart of the labyrinth, and then lie
nrMo I'm tho Injurious couches aud let your
PACK stray into the glmmering lanes and every
nsSere you meet with architectural wonuers-s,art'
VIZ royeloflons of beauty-palaces OF lace-Work,
h ns nm stone and bound with tinted marbles
s;c,nTes on every sde-and all illuminated with
snch soft rich melting tones thai the verieSt spots
o. teor myself away from here know not. There
ssnothing in or out of Paradise, IN natural beauty
81 ennniug art. that can give such unSpeakabie de-
,SscLf ~ this luminous Venice"
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CONDITION or THE CROTON.
enort has become current that the water

A report has become current that the water
in the Central Park reservoir recently covered to
the extent Of acre, with green scum
that was fermentng and causing very disqgreeable
OdOr. TRIBUNE reporter visited the
reseryoir Yesterday. and found the surface
perfectly clean Engineer BIrdsall. of the Department
u Pubic Works -aid tla whenever the water reached
- tenperature Of TOO 75o ihis SCUM would FORM IL
was Ofcn in the reservoir bu there hnd been only iltte
tls summer 10 was injurious at all. and u grew IN
every reservoir Dr.. James, OF tho Board OF
Health. Thought that tue green scum mace
The water purer. There was certain amount
or organic matter IN the water he sad, aud the yegc
table matter hvcd ~ IT, No danger, lac said, need be
.elred tins nccnnnf.
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HENRY HOLT ~ co..

Democracy An American Novel l6mo. cloth. vi. Leit
Hour SeIles.
Austin Dob-0n's yianeitesin Rhyms. with al intro
iuclion Dy D. Stodman square Emo, c.0th. 81
Cory. Guide 90 Modern Engi-h History. Part l.
Lbs
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WHICH NOBODY CAN DENY.

Prom The WOrid (Denn)
The contrast between the letters OF General
Hancock aud General Garfield will strike the most care
less and mi heTeut OF men.
From he E1press (Dem.)
General UaucOcEr LEI Ter, We happen 10 Know, Is
entirely he work VI ms own hr .in ana hands.
From The Utica ObserCer (DeD'.) -
General Hancock viii ASSUME the Executive once
with theories OF his enforce that are contrary
10 the splr,f o. Democracy.
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4 RAILROAD MANAGER I'LL.

ST. LOUIS, July 31.-Major John L. Simpson.
General Manager OF the Yandala road attacked
with paralysis o. tne brain early this morning. his
room aI the Lindeli Hote His physicians do not
pect him ~ live through the night
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THE TRADE or CANADA.

MONTREAL, July 30.-The receipts of grain
at this port tins exceed those OF tue correspond
ing period last year by million and half OF bushels
The exports Of live stock from THIS port during the pres
emf week were 81 cattle l2l sheep ana 1876 hogs
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T. d. PETERSON d BROTHERS.

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CHARLES sCRlBNEW, SONS

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~ istor-placc

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gvery Day English sequel TO words ana their Usos"
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VIsIT0PS At THE ART MUSEUM

The number OF visitors at the metropolitan
Museum of Art. in Central Park, during the last
week has been n follows: July 20 (p,y day.. II /;
27th (pay day, Sc; 2Sth, 5,9I0; 29th, b,4ss &,
3Oth, 5,126; 3lst, 4.000; total for the week.
u ,372.
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MACliIiLAN g. Co.

TIE English Poets. idltcd by I. Il. Maui With gsh
eTal INTRODUCTION by Matthew Arnold Vol thaucef 70
DOnne. NOlIiBen JOnsou 10 DRYDEN. ~ - per NO.ane
The Public Picture Galleries OF Europe. BJ kats
Thompson. ThiTd edition. Numerous huttfAuoha izmS
$40
Early Man In Britain and His Place IN the Tertiary
Period 49, W. Boyd Dawklns oy0 ILLUSTRATED ciOh 30 %
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HARPER L. BROS.


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The Life and Letters Of Horace Bushnell with two por
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The Complete Works of Washington Irving An an
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Critical Essays and Literary Notes. b. Bayard Taylor
Uniform with his studies IN German Literature" oVa
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ROBERTS BROS.

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sCRIBNER & WEXFORD.

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MIDNIGHT WEA 1HER REPORT.
GOVERNMENT INDICATIONS

WASHINGTON. August /, / a. m.-The bar
ometer IL highest the North Carolina coast and low
est IN the Northwest The temperature has remained
nearly stationary the Mississippi Valley elsewhere 1t
hos risen Ram has fallen occasionally all districts
except the Lower Lake region and the Atlantic states
Sonthery prevail. except in the South Atlantic
and East Gulf States, where they are easterly.
IndicanOns
For the Middle Atlantic States and NewEnglsnd. clear
or par cloudy weather southwest TO southeast Wlnds
stationary or lower temperature and barometer.
rDIUIrNI, \ nrII nvSEpVl rIOYS
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FORp,. HOWARD & HULBRRT

=
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JOHN WILEY a. SONS.

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ton EtiuOn. NO,., Syo, plates. 81.
i.u.kn', Modern Painters. vols. bould Ia fou. Goa
plpte WITH al plates wood engraynxs Clot9 tll
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ania almost enJr0ly rcwuttca SyD. cloth a.
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}. q. LIPPINUOrr Il co

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Classic. for English Readers. l6mO, cloh. 81.
A New Race. a Romance Translated from the German
by Mrs. A. l. Wister l2mo. cloth. 81 %.
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BULLS THAT WON'T FIGHT.

SPANISH ADJUSTMENTS NOT SCCCE>s.
ATTEMPTS To BAIT AMIADLE TEXAN stkERs-iNHf
FECIUAL ExERTIoNs or TIE ALLEGED IoR'
RERos To GET UP a FIGBT-sTEERs THAT tA
cRLLED IN CLIMBING OVER The fENCE-MR'
BERGH's INTEWERENCE.
The Spanish bull-fght yesterday afternoon
in the amphitheatrc at Seventh-ave'
and One Observation-Disclosures was a
most ludicrous affair. and for an hour and half
provoked derision from those who had seen gen
uine bul-fght, and the most uncon-
trollable laughter from those who had
not Nine steers were worried Tor
an hour and half, and Mr.. Bergh
only occasionally interfered. All except
one or two Of the animals were
mild-eyed, and did their best to
get over the fence and away from their
oegailantG
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GEORGE W. CARLETON 81 co..

bIidison.squsre.N. Y.
A steamer Book BY DIR. W. 4. he,nu.h. C,oth, 81
Among the TnOrns BY Mrs Dickinson 81 90.
Missy by the author Of Rutledge. 81 80
Lucy. BY author Of Widow Goldsmith. 81 SO.
BuchaIz and the Detectives. Allan Ptnkerton 81 90
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SpetlGl Nonce5

Anvil. pay per than any dealer earth
for Ina citOl Otinng CAaEh ~ AGENT ,,
Rupture RI Ideally Cured by DR.. Marsh, treatnenti
a. Yeaf practical experience once NeseY Aa1os i0aso
opposite Il Paurs CHURCH. No uptown branch.
structure Impotence AMI Diseases OF tls 1en.rtys o,
cans rtjcslIy ana speed IS H0urs % ant %
HENRY A.DANIEIS.M "A LexinRt pI-aFenear -'.iN
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TRIBUNE LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.

line, divisions OF
edisg The irregular white line the
indicated by the thermometer at Hadnus
Pharmae 4is Broadway
TRIBUNE OFFICE August l. | a. m.-Tne movements
in the barometer yesterday were regular Clear and fair
weather prevailed The temperature ranged between
Go and $40 the 1880 being 6io lower than
on the corresponding day last year and 55' higher than
Oh Friday go "
Clear and partly FEATHER, with slight changes in TEN
perature aud chances OF light showers late In the day
NAV Be expected this CITY and vicinity to-day.
CENTRAL PARK OBSERVATIONS.
Abstract OF meteorological Kepo FOR ne Week ended al
July 81 1880.
BAROMETER Inches THERMOMETER Degrees
23025 Mean ~
MAJ 70 m July 3O3OOb4 Max. % July 25)..-. $50
Min t m July 26J 297 100 Mn. % a. June 3O).-.. 800
Range 265i Range. 2lO
Distance by the wind dunng the week. S39 miles
KFMAKKs. Amount of water.
July o. rain from $40 to $40 81 inch
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PRINTING CLOTH MARKET.


FALL RIVER MIS-. July Sole Printing Ciofh marxel
has been quiet sales but steady a last quota
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PASSEYGERS AR2LTED.

(capt Arnasenl. Nereus 0Capt Winterthurl:
tina AnsllrO Tivoli at Queenstown. Pnhjaub.
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NEW BOOKS AND NEW EDITIONS
GEORGE p. pUTNAm,s sons.

Resrctsd 10 books OF ne three mJn,as fIy aIssrbi
heretofore - the tnsrIrJ 1ITs
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hellalons Aoiltes.

A IIomentOus Queatlon BISHOP SNOW, oallef
false prophet by hypOcr eydoers @ preach I'D Tho
Medical College, 23d-st ana tthaNe Sul.ay; . - "a
subject: What the Approaching Destiny OF TIE hlng
dOuis and NaunsF strangers welcome
Al Republican IIaII--prtual Meetings NINA iAlt'
iect chosen by audience H. EylningOtgn ana Des-
tiny the Human soul $40.
Calvary hurch corner 4thaye and 2isstSerVi'es a.
1890 a A. ana $50 D. Tie Rev. WILLIAM d. ~ALhEH
nAfc
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-08-01

BROwEING's AIM AND PERFORMANCE.-Mr.
BROWNING Is intensely dramatic III the sense that
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Church of the Heavenly Rest,


Rev r. = ROWLAND ID. ID, Rector
Divine services u a. IN.
Church open all Summer.
It AIMS Church East I2thst The solemn ceehrauoh
O. viii take place 20 day al otieh.
Will be preached by the Rev Father GtIFFIS fas
tor o. Manhattanvile .
The Rev. Russell n Bellows viii preach AT All souls
aud 20th-sL, 40 II subject: feal
and Love righteousness" The public are coz
daily invited.
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SIsi inst. ? a.
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Finally Mr.. Bergh said that the animal had been
worried enough. and orders were given 10 let him
out During the whole of the show the SpaniTds
IN the audience kept shouting to the men III the
arena, aud their unInlelligible cries provoked
an IrI.hman to initiate them as best
he could by cXclaimiug IN nch
brogue. Macar-r-roniw which was so cleyerly
done as 10 excite roars OF laughter, IN. which the
Spanlafds joined. Tao steer hadn't tie W.T. 70 70
an ~ tIIo omen gate and another facetons man
ADVISED the torreros to close III on hlml-close in
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A RESORT ON THE SOUND.
MATTHIAS VINEYARD

NEW NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. LOCAL GOVERNMENT
-BFrTER BATHING FACILITIES - POSTAL
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-09
GENERAL GARFIELD AND TIE GREEN
HACKERS.

General Garfield is not only the Repub
lican nominee for the Presidency, but he is
perhaps the fullest and most faithful rep
resentative of Republican principles in the
party For many years he has been the
recognized leader of the party in the
House of Representatives. He has spoken
on every public issue, and his speeches
have been accepted as just renderings of
the principles avowed by the party.
When, therefore, those who advocate fat
money, the notification of resumption,
war upon the National Banks, and such
fallaces and follies, pretend to be stanch
Republicans, and supporters OF the present
Republican Presidential ticket, it is in
order to point out that the views of these
people are fatty opposed in all respects to
the principles of the Republican party as
expounded in Congress by its present
leader. There has never been any reason
for misrepresentation as to General Gar
fields financial positions, and we propose
now and hereafter to cite some of these
views, for the purpose of demonstrating
the absurdity of the pretense put forward
by the Greenbackers that they can be
good Republicans while maintaining dis.
tinctly anti Republican doctrines on the
currency and finance. For example, the
Greeubackers are never tired of denouu icing
the National Banks, and insisting that the
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-09
THE RED SHIRT LEAGUE.

1t would seem that IL South Carolina,
at least, there is tendency to Tecur to
the political methods which it was under
stood were to be tabooed during this cam.
paign, out of regard to the sensitiveness
of Northern voters. AT least we judge as
much from an editorial published in a
journal Of Aiken county, South Carolina.
This editorial refers to the fact that the
Democrats have just had a great deal OF
trouble in making nominations, and goes
on to say, with an air OF mingled vexation
and establishment, that just at this junct-
ure the colored people are actually talking
of making Republican nominations, and
having canvass. This the Aiken editor
regards as pitch of audacity which calls
for summary rebuke, and ne concludes
thus The negroes are forming all over
the county. 1t then behooves the Dem
"ocrats to go to work at once and forestall
= the plans of the Radicals. Tie first
thing TO be done is TO reorganize tie red
"shirt mounted Clubs, Let every meeting,
50 Radical or Democratic, be fully attended
"by them" There is no room for mis-
take as to the meaning Of this. The ne
groes have had the impudence to act as
though they had right to take part in
politics. This nonsense must be whipped
out of them, and the way to do 1t is to
reorganize the red shirt mounted clubs. :"
We shall watch the news from Aiken
county, South Carolina, with great deal
OF interest, to see how the newly sug-
gested proposition takes with the chivalry
of that district.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-09

Government ought to issue all the cur
rency. Now, here is what General
Garfield has to say on that sub
ject: &C. 1t is the experience of all ma
% tons, and it is the almost unanimous
.'oplnion of all eminent statesmen and
&c financial writers, that no nation can
safely undertake to supply its people
with paper currency issued directly
"by the Government. And to apply the
principle to our own country, let us ask
90 if gentlemen think it safe to subject
any political party who may be in power
% in this Government to the great tempta-
&c ton of over.issues of paper money in
&c lieu of taxation In times of high po-
s' litical excitement, and on the eve of a
&c general election, when there might be a
* deficiency in the resources of the coun-
try, and Congress should find it neces.
g sary to levy additional taxes, the tempta-
60 ton would be overwhelming to supply
60 the deficit by an increased issue of paper
" money. Thus the whole business of the
:" country, the value of all contracts, the
''prices of all commodities, the wages of
" labor, would depend on vote in Con-
&c gress. For one, | dare not trust the
4" great industrial interests of this country
% to such uncertain and hazardous chances. :"
In the same speech he goes on to show that
a Government currency is fatally defective
in its want of elasticity. "Such cur
"rency," he justly observes, "pos-
sesses nc power of adapting itself
I" to the business of the country"
In a carefully elaborated argument
he shows that the National Banks supply
the vital requirement of elasticity that
their needs gauge the currency demand
with unerring accuracy; and that there
fore they are far preferable to the Govern
ment currency system proposed. In short,
the views of General Garfield upon these
questions are identical with the views
which the RECORD UNION has represented
for many years, and these are the views
which are now, and ever have been, the
controlling ones of the National Repub-
lican party. 1t is, therefore, perfectly
clear that the Greenbackers do not hold
opinions which have any point of contact
with Republican principles. In fact, as we
have already pointed out, the heresies and
absurdities of these people are all borrowed
from the Democracy. They are of Cop
perhead origin, and they represent no
higher or more respectable ideas than
hatred to the financial policy which
saved the Union, and which has ever
since sustained the public credit ard the
! national honor. Fiatmoney lunatics, op-
ponents of the National Banks, repudiat-
ors, and people of that kind, have no
business in the Republican camp, and
merely stultify themselves by pretend.
ing to support General Garfield, who is
the embodiment of all the positions they
declare themselves at enmity with.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Secretary of the Treasury purchased
81, 500, 900 in bonds yesterday.
The following steamers brought specie from
Europe to New York yesterday: Labrador,
81, 600; Leasing. s223, 600; Bothena,
$780, 600; Wyoming, $4,000. Total,
81, $40, 6O0-of which S5O0,000 was in Amer
lean gold coin, the remainder foreign.
A FIRE in the shoeshop and laundry in the
New Jersey State Prison yesterday caused a
loss of 100000; insurance, $4,000.
The iron miners strike in Scotland has
ended, the men weakening.
1t is announced in New York that the
Passion play, relating to the last days of
the life of the Savior on earth, will be pro-
duced at Booths December 9th, under the
management of Henry Z. Abbey.
The British steamer Toronto, from Mon
treal, August 25th, for Liverpool, has been in
collision with the steamer Arbutas of Dublin.
The latter has been beached at New Brighton.
The extent of the damage to the Toronto is
not known.
At South Amboy, n. j., yesterday, the
tug White Fawn blew a steam cock from the
boiler, fatally injuring two persons and
seriously wounding five others.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-09-09
TEE nnHEE,i SPEECH.

The Queens speech at the propagation of
Parliament is as cautious and unsuggestiye
as those proverbially empty documents
always are. Whereas American Presidents
usually endeavor to treat with some full
ness every important question before the
country, Her Majesty's Governments seem
ever bent upon guarding her from commit
tai upon all topics Her statements in re-
gard to the Eastern Question, the Afghan
Question, and pending domestic legislation,
are consequently as void of significance as
possible. She hopes that the Porte viii be
induced to accede to the representations of
the Powers that the Afghan question will
soon be settled that the trouble with the
Basutos of South Africa will be arranged !;
and so forth, and so on. Meantime it is
very well known that the affairs not only
of England, but of Europe, are in an ex-
tremely uncertain and threatening condi-
ton. That the Eastern Question does not
approach satisfactory settlement at all.
That the Greek frontier question and the
Montenegro question are serious STUN
bling blocks. That the Powers are each
afraid of its neighbor. That Germany
and Austria are distrustful of Russia
and France. That England fears them
all, yet cannot act without them.
That they are drifting towards COM
Il.
And that if Turkey falls, she is quite
likely to fall after the manner of Samson,
in pulling down upon her head the whole
European concert. As to the South Afri-
can troubles, they are by no means settled.
The Basutos are in fact more disturbed
than ever, and the Beers are highly in
tractable. The Afghan problem is perhaps
In fair way to a solution since the victory
of General Roberts over Ayoob Khan (;
that is, if by a solution nothing more is
understood than an evacuation Of the
country by the British forces. OF course
so soon as their backs are turned the
Afghans will begin. to fight among them
selves, and whether the chief who defeats
his competitors is tool of Russia or Eng
land will always be conjectural. Viewing
the whole situation it cannot be admitted
that her Majesty has any special ground
for thanksgiving at this moment. Her
Government certainly is surrounded by
difficulties, the least Of which is the Irish
difficulty. Nor is the case rendered more
encouraging by the inevitable reflection
that the foreign policy OF Mr.. Gladstone
has always been of an unfortunate aud
dubious character. 1t is an occasion which
needs Pitt or Palmerston, and it is to
be feared that it can produce no spirit more
powerful than that of an Aberdeen.