Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 27, 1874, Page 5

v oo mith, Jackson, Jones, and Amith are assesn toro3 but by tho rio Adopied herctofore pe tng loard, it 1a clfmed {hat tho Boutt Dewnols Lambor lompany has 430,000 over aud above thelr saseaned olug, ° which "must: be saressed by - this toued, Ta not - doubls isuation, in Joar " violalion of the Contltution, which ' says Lvory porson and corporation shall pay secording 1o Muy hory oF He propectyd® T em Cotvinced st shls stalometit wonld apyly to nearly overy corporation In the Bisto, Take from the ralirond corporation ita rolltng stack, i1a track, {ta tootw, ila right of way. snd dopots, il of which are asscsuablo, and itn capiiel'stoek wrould 'iave no market o resl vale, cnd thers wonld Do nothing to sesees, Thora §a no valuo to tho capital sock over and above the real value of tho tangihle property of the corporution, 1tia anly apparent bo- caiivo 1ho Asseasor havo departed from [ho plain re guiremente 81 tho law, ' T fact, Nioy hava mad a audulent assensmont of the tangible yroprty in the Blte, and {t works fn fraud of {ho just rights of these corporations, 1 have hoen ankod hore what diffarenco It makes to the corporation whothier it ju sssessed 40 per eenton s tangible: property aud 60 por cont on fts eapital stock, or iazaacascd 100 por cont on ita tangiblo Property and notbing on it stock, 1t would make simply this difforenca: If the tangible property of corporations wan amaesacd at 160 ver cont of ita real Yalue it would follow that the property of individuals wawd bs nasessod ab 100 per cont of ita real valio, and the aggregato sacrament for the State rafced from $1,200,£00,C00 to $:1,000,000,000, in which case the rato er cout of tax roquired would bo but fiyo-tenths aa reat on 1t now fs, Whon the Asscasors aro toloratéd it the prnctice of asscasing tho taugiblo proerty of Duiividns or tha corporation st any Aguro below 100 r cont, of lta cash value, aa roquiied by law, ey may work on down {0 5 Der. cent, or 1 per_cents A8 wo hinvo soen this year, they havo drapped 10 por teutfrom last yoar, and then thess otlless corpora. tious * would on thefr capital stock hove noarly the &ntiro burtlions of taxation, This would bos wron fy avy aud every lawfol expadiont Xt1s argued, I know, that twa wrongs do Not mako one right, If tho Asscssora did wiang, that f no reason why this Uoard should do wrong, Our plain duty §8 toasacss fho capital stock at ta falr cnsli vuluation ovor and abovo tho asscased valua of ita tangibla property, I quote from the declsdon of our upromo Court tbe 43 volumo llinols Teporta In the cass of Durcan County V& The Ohleago, Rock Island "Tacing Ttailtoad Compny., Tho polat I “make 15 well sustained in that dacision, aud I do nof aeo Low €ho Coutt can go back on i, Tho Assossor of Dureau County bad nssossed the property of idividuala ln the Countyat 60 per_cent of its falr cash value, and tho Counly Board of Buporvisors, whose duty 1t was (o arseas tho rallroad proporty fn tho county, did so at 100 por cont of its faix cash valup, or 40 por cent mors than tue proporty of fudividusts, The Compavy ro- Sused to pay for theso reasons, and the caso comes be- foro thie Court, The Court ays: *If this be 30, no Just mind with tho Constitution of the Btato Lofors D could sanction the proceeding. Tho great central aud duminant 1ea i that instrumont 1a uniformity of taxation, and no power oxists in any corporailon 10go covnter to this command of tho fundamental Inw. Regarding uniformity as th vital principle, the donilnant {dea, of the Constitution, whero ean tha pow. gt ronlde to produce it opposita ' Wiora a the power lodged in vlew of tifs principleto compel A to pay moro on bis Jand "or personal properly of no more ‘alue, than tho samo kind of proporty belouging to 87 Woatiirm thot no wich powor exists, and, f it did, it would bo g0 rovolting In fts exerclso to tho loweat sense of justico with whieh our specles is imuued & 10 Justify any and every lawful_expodiont for rolie paninet it “Tiio framers of our Constilutlon snd our o thefr eredit said, Iavmakors, o . Xept striclly in viow the principles of equal- Sy, and jutce, 1o, adoping & system of fsxation which commends itaslf t0 tha favor aud approbation of all well-organlzed minds, It s no argument to urge that the fault is with the Ararssore in the case of tudividuale, and with rajlroad co- ~uiex in maklng out their schedufes for tho County lerk, If the As- sostors violate thelr duty, ars raiivoad companics to the sufferors * If tley n!{(la:l 10 act fully up to the Toquiremonts of the law, is ihnt anys resion why A Rhiould pay 40 por cont more taxes n proportion to valuo than B'7 Tt may be very desirablo tuat the grostoat ahere cf tho pubite burdens shall Lo borne Ly theso corporatious, but until thero bo s radical chango In tho 'fundamental law it caunot Lo dono, They stand oo the platform of equality Lofora the law, and no greater burdons for tho support of Goverament can_be imposed on them than can be placed on Individuala,” Leglslativo au- tharity bisa been @iven the Bostd ta adopt such rales #8 10 them muy rostn equitable and just for ascessing the capital stock of corporations, The leginlative func- tione, and Judliela] functions are given to this Board for R0 otlier purposs than to stiengthen the equalizing functious, If it appears to the judgment of thia Bonrd that the property of individuals in the Btate fa assesned at 40 por cent of ils value, then the rules and segulations of the Board should De sucl: as to sccord o sume rule to tue corporations, Tho evil of fn- equality In faxstion has oxisted to an alsrming dogres’ in this Btalo,—to s degreo that hus mado_tax-fghtlng respectable, and the tndlvidust or carparation having the nerve to go futo tha courta 10 have e evil corrected is regarded as & benefactor s {for thera ia & general apprehension that our asscasmen! 8 not fairly made, Tho foolings of the just must re- volt at tho exhibitions mode on n exemination of thisaubject runntug through the State, I feel that it fs Imperativo on thle Beard 10_make an_expression by the adoption of this rulo, I know that’ we cannot ere futerfera a8 between Individuals in the fowns, zor Letween towna In tho countics; but the necossity for this, as oxprossed by its udoption, will give notice utotho laxpayers, sud thoy in turn will call upon the General Asiorably o o amend tho Revcnus L s to yoquio Impartislty, 1t and enforca If this can be brought about thers will be an end to tax-fighting, for I am sure the froe enlightencd _peopls . of this BState, s weill as the railroads aud other corporations, would respoud ‘with slacrity to an equituble taxation for the just ro- quirements of the State, WALL STREET. Failure of the Firm of Jonas Sonne= born & Co.y One of thoe Leading Pe- troleum Exporiing {louses of Amer- ten w= Liabulstics from 8500,000 to $500,000. Svectal Dianateh to The Chicago Tribune, Nrw Yong, Aug, 26.—The event which etartled . Wall ntreot to-day was tho suspension of the firm of Jonaa Bonncborn & Co., of No. 126 Pearl streot. Two yeara ago Alr, SBonnocborn refired from tha clothing trade, in which he bad been doing » large and very prospor- ous businoss for the $wenty years, At this time hia weallh was ostimated as high as $1,000,000. He bau i:vosted heavily for many years in real o:tate, Moro than & year avd s hslf sgo Alr. Sonnoborn formed a new partner- mbip and began business at No, 126 Pearl streot. Tho firm was styled Jonzs Bonue- born & Co., and wes engaged in exporting lnrge quantities of potroleum, wheat, pro- viglons, etc. Tho now firm, sesing their busi- mees rapidly increase, bacame more ventuicsome aud took large riske in many directions. A year ago their intorests had been'widely extonded, and thoy were doing busincss with bankers in En- gland, Germany, France, Italy, Russia, and even bwoden aud Norway. They wers uow recog- nizod an among tho targest potroloum exportors in this country. At the timo of the panic the Ontario Cmrbon Ol Company, of Can- ada, and John Bonneborn. & Co, were losors to the oxtent of $300,000; Ar. Sonneborn had pomunnlbv been largely in- torosted in this Company, and, seeing its ombar- rassments, had advanced large sums of money from the firm having its hendquarters hers. Carbou oll bad for months been tending steadily downward, sud the Compuny at longih found thomeolyes unable to stand. When the crash camo 8ouneporn & Co. wero greatly embnrrassed, Other losss quickly fol- lowed ; st1ll they kept on looking for better fortuno and losing every dn{. enormous hind Leen their ghi Ymnntu that & fleot of many 'vessels was constantly doing service for them at this time,, 'I'hose veercla were chartored at high ratos, whilo preat risks were involved. Moan- time froight rates began to fall and they failed to realivo their expectations. Some of their vessols were bolind tima aud shippors woro dis- eausfied. It is cortain that tho losses will ex- ceed $500,000 and may resch £800,000. The craditors of the Compauy aro nearly all foreign bankera. e ————— THE INDIANS. Fight Botween the Kiowns and United Stutes A'roops Near the Wiche ita Agency. . New Yonx, Aug, 26.—A Fort Bill (I, T.) dis- patch says: *Intelligence having been recoived at this post that Big Red-Foot, one of tho prin- cips! hoatile Comancho Ohiofa now absent from tho reservation, 'and on the war-path, was at the Wiclita Agoncy, whero hie had taken rofuge with fifty of Lis band, Gen, Davidson loft koro on Friday nirhl with four companies of ¢ho Tenth Cayalry, numboring about 250 men, to arrest the Chlof aud his Indisns, ~ Big Faot aud hls band woro at the Agoncy, au had been roported, and, nfter some pAr- luy, Gep. Davidson ordored that they should bo deprived of their arms. While the duwsarmin was golng on, the Kiowas, ander Lone Wolf au ‘Wonian's Heart, turnod on the troops and fired on them. Immedistoly on tho dischiargo of their ng, the Kiowas ran, the troops purstiad, and & vely running fight begen botween the soldiors und the Indians, In the skinmish thros goldiers woro shiot and wmany Intians wore killed,—how aany ie not known, During the #ighi tbe Co- mancho lodges aud camp were burnod. It nlso :fl)pun- that fnrthor rroubles wore expectod at e Agaticy, as moro troops hnve gons forsward fron hore sluce tho reculpt of the nows, The Iudisus killed four citizens near the Agouoy, it ot e —An_exhibition of tho City of Pompoil as % wan 1,800 years ago 18 uow to be_seen in Puria, wiuding up with sn eruption of Mount Vosuyius, whiol is eald to bo wplondid. The whole city ia xecoustructed befora the spactators, Thaforum tho sitreot of tho tomba, the tragio thestro, un Jyh(thunra, tho temples, the baths, the vill and mausions of oitizeus are all displayed, Photo-aculpturo I8 among the moans employed wrfifi tho dliusion, Tho suow v excesdlagly %0 POLYGAMY. Ana Eliza Yonng Sucs for a Divorce from Brigham. Rocpondent Denies that Plaintilf is His Wife, 8arr Laxe Orry, Utah, Aug. 20.—Appligstion tias been mado by Ann Eliza Young to the hird District Court of Utal for a divorce from Drig- ham Young, Hor applioatian states that she was marriod to Brigham Yonng Amil 0, 1868 thal for a poriod of about one yoar after their marriago Brighem Young lved and cobabited with bor, but after that ‘timo* ho trontod hor with nogleot and un- kindnoss, and pursued toward Ler s systomatic courso of cruel and inhuman treatmont, ending in an absoluto dosortion of hor; " that sho bee liovos that $20,000 ts s roasonnblo sum for the servicon of counsol in this suit, and §1,000 per month & rensonsblo amount for the rupport of horselt and hor clildeon, Tho answor flod with tho Clerk of the District Qourt by Brigham Young denles that on the Gth day of April, 1868, or at any othor time, himself aud Ann Eliza jotermarriod, or tbat since that timo, or at any time, sbe has boen, or novw is, his wifo, alleging that ou April 10, 1859, ‘Ann Ehiza married James L, Doe, who fu still living, snd that slia still fs tho lawful wife of Doo, and nover, 88 lio bolioves, has boon divorced from said Deo, bt thut on the Gth day of April, 1868, ho was fu- formed, and yorily bolioved. that, pror to that timo, sbe had been logally divorced from seid Deo; thaton tho10th dayof July, 1834, he, being sn unmarried man, was lawfully married to Mary Aun Angoll, at Kirtland, O., und that tho safd Mary Ann Augoll is atill liviog, snd is biu Iawfal wifo: sll of which facts Aun Eliza know on the 5th of April, 1868. He further anve that on tho Gth of April, 1868, himself and Ann Elizs woro mombera of the ' Church of Jesus Ohrist of Lattor-Duy Buints," aud that it wasa doctrine and belief that mombors thorcof might nghtfully onter into **plural or colostial” mnrriages, aud admits that, in accordanca with such doctrino of the church, & coremony was porformod, at tho timo atated, to uvite them in what is known a8 such a *‘plural or celestial ™ marriago; that she was then' informed by him, and woll knew, that by roason of said marriage in this manuor ahe could not havo, and noed not expect, his ‘eocioty or personal attontion, as in the ordinary relation botween husbsnd and wite ; denics any neglect or unkindnoss, but that sle voluntailly lefi and deserted bis house; _denios THE CHICAGO DAILY POLITICAL. (Continued trom First Page.) themn ; 1 lina logivl-tod wisoly for the dovolopment of our aliundaus reaourcos ; 4% bisa been liberal i tho ene couragewent of testuug, sud bouutitul fu_providiug for o whfortunata s It e poraistently eultivatod & liotter alvillzation, aid thers 18 o malignant taud that can point to uny of s legislation which may be wed to meka ren works, At the same timo, it beow pradent and esoriomical fu ‘oxpendiiufo Xepe dowss taxation ; Bas beon, and is, steadily rodue. ing tho publle ‘Sudobteduead, “nd the fnancial cradit of fhe Slils under it manegement dn of tho bighest standard in il (ho commercil citin of the warld, We ahall vagard it se good reason for scceding {o.{he statement of out op yonontn, thnt tho mikston of the Ropublican patty is onded, when we are poluted ta s pullRul argantzation niore ben fiu1al In Ita aims, or more devoted oF cotmpro- bonrdve dn e nateiotism s bt o8 long #a it leads atl othier pactien na it Liun dotio fu {he pant, and as it stil does i tho advancomont of yood worka n tho uvostiga- ton of griovances, and In {his rodress of wrongs, Wo we call diacovor nd reason for susrendering the reina of power {nto the hands of a party whose last publls servleo wa to drag the country fnto civil wir, to it grace it financial orodit, and fo lewva the Governmont on the vary brink of disholution, and which mudo te Inst effort to reguin tho confidenice of tho peopls une dor lexd of ila life-long enemy, In ths most brazen, bare-faced, and shumeless ~ ‘conlition ever Known in the bistory of partfes, formed molely aud Arowadly ou e basls of aholls slone. Upan tho Qoanclal racord of tho Republiesn pariy,aiko in the Natfon and the Biate, we contlden hy challen, comi= [ocinon with any oftier party whichi sver Beld powor thier, Polnting with just prido to tho great and steadily-incroasiug reduction of the natfousl debt, and the fmprovement of the national eredit, sccompiniod by an equally remariable reduction of taxation and of oxpenditurein adminisiorivg tbo Government, with all this our misterial futorests and general prosperity liave enormously increared, and our citizons are beiter clothed, bettor fed, and better patd for their labor thsn auy athor peaplo in the world, In this Blate llie Stata Ropublican mauagement ban scoured the same bleus« ings of lght taxation, economieal sdministration, aud rapidiy-dimnishing _dobt, whils our ~Bute institutions’ have been Merally bullt up ushl ‘ther heve Locume (o prids of tie l;ooxfle‘ Educatfon, public morals, and the variou rauclies of industry buve been fostered, crime has Lesn ropreesed, sufferiug al'oviated, aud tha unfortus nato provided 'for, Large oud imporlant {mprovo- menta have beon projocted and aro in procoss of come pletion, and every Blate Intcrest has beon gonerousiy,- Yot ecobomically, cared for witn suchs scrupuious hou- ity in overy dopariment of the Btate Qovornment t even partinan calumny dare uot briug & spocific mccusition sgainst sny, Wae fully spprecinte the ex- traordinary chnracter of the fnancial ditiiculties thivough which the country has recently passed, and rogurd It as fnovitable that ableaud patriotic repre. scntatives should have differad liks the'r constituene cies ne' to whel were proper remedies In circum- atances wherein they wero withont apecifio precedence for guidauce, Wa Indorveas wite aud timely the measura fnslly sgreed upon by Cougress between conflioling interests aud opposiug theories, While we recoguiza in the grecubacks and Natioual Bauk notes a clrciiat. iug medium far suporior o any paper eurrency horotofore exiating in the United Stules, saving as it does the peoyle, directly and {udireetly, niany milllon of doliura anhually over the old Btate auk systom fn exchange and disconnts, wo demand that in ol Snan- cial logielatfon Congrers shall kesp wteadlly in that £20,000, or sny sum whatever, would ba & | view the rosumption of specle payment, to the end roaconable or propor fee for counsel, or that $1,000, or any sum excocding 8100 por mounth, would be » roasonabla allowaunce for the pimntift and hor children; that to the best of his knowl~ edge and information all his property does not excoed {n valuo the sum of $600,000, and that his {ncomo doos nov oxceed $6,000 per month 3 Uiatut ho exclicat day pructicable the proiataca to pay of, the Goverument may be equivalent m o in fn iike mmounts throughout the cammerotul warld, o be- lova that banking, under s well-guurded national syatem, nlould by free, tho yolune snd localily of iigues belpg regulated Ly tho bueineis Jaw of demand, and we denounce repudiation in evary fortn or degree, hotding tae pledged faith of tho that ' he hns a large fawily, vow cousisting of Ilu‘anc sacred and Inviolable in both letter and sixbv~threo porsons, all of whom are dependont upon him for suppat, and prays that her bill bo disissed, —_— WASIRINGTON. Ex-Gev, Snopherd’y Vigws in Regard 10 the Lato District Government— The Post=01fico Departmen Ui ana—The Shtp London. Special Dispatch to The Chicago Tribuse, ‘Waisminaroy, D. 0., Aug. 26.—Gov. Shepherd 'waa intorviowed yostorday by a reporter of the Washington Kepublican 83 to hia viows of the form of government for the District best to bo adopted. In the course of the intorview tho Governor took occasion to give bis opiion also a3 1o the lste Distiict Government aud the re- cont investigation, As this 1 the Govorn- or's firat public utterance, his ob- servations are of somo littlo intorest. In reply to the question, *What do you think of tho lato District Govorument as & whole ?" Mr, Shophord eaid, I rogard it na & auccess. Lt accomplished more in threa vears than was over accomplishod by any mumcipal governmont in tvoniy vears. It was a msieady, persistent fight, from “begiuniog to end, of tho progresaive peaple, who hoped for o future, aud who de- sired to seo tho Capital of the Republic rotamed Lere, agaluat those wha had growu rich au the necessitios and through tho ewuterprises of othors, 1t was & contost whothor Wash- ington snd Georgetown should bo_ clean, well-paved, woll-ligatod, woll-watered, twoll- sowored cities, or dojointed, muddy, dusty, frag- mentary viltages, ,possossing no attractiona elther for the resident to pemuin or the stranger to tarry withun their gates.” Reporter—Complaiut has been made, Gover- nor, against making such vast improvoments in such nshort spaco of time. What was the ob- ject ? Gov. 8.—Simply this: If it had not been dons in this way and iu this short timo the provability i it never would bave beon done. This may scem somowhat strange, but, when you reflact that before the ink had dried upon the parchment on which was written tne lsw appropriating $4,000,000 for improvemonts, ivjunction-snits wero begun, which wera followad up continually by others, had we falterad, then the atreets of the city would haye boen 10 & chaotic state, the Board of Public Works have beon, sud justly &0, the laughing atock of tho whole poopla, aud 10 roal improvoment would have becn congum- mated, This plan of improvemant required the establishment of a thorough system of grades, #8 woll a8 uniformity in the style of improvo-~ ment. Any one with holf av evo can seo this by looking over the improvemenis made. ‘The Governor advocates a govornment con- sistivg of an Exccative head and a Legisiative brauch, tho latter to be soven in numbor, Of theso eight porsons, four should bo clected by tha peoplo and four appointed by the Presidont, subject to confirmation by the Senate, aud liable to iwpenchment, removal, &e.: this Lody to havo entira chargo and control of District af- fairs, doing away with tho Board of Health, Polico Commissioners, ote, o wonld havo the Exceuntive elocted, and armod with tho voto pow- or; all improvemouts to Dbo authorized by tho Couucil and Excoutive, aud performod under the direction of an urmy enginoer; the Council to levy taxcs, and Congress to approuriate an amount equal to the tax-lovy last yoar, 80 a8 fo divide tho cost of improvomoents and_the main- tenance of the Governmont oqually between the l:::&h of the District aad the Geueral Goveru- THE PORT-OFFICK DEPARTMENT. Postmaster-Gonaral Jowell announces that bo will make no changos in the principal positions in the Post-OMico Dapartmont. Ho will assume the dutios of tho ofico ns soon a8 lo ean get away from tho Prosidential junkoting tour on the Pacific Mail stesmship City of Pokin. LOUISIANA, (;onfirculmnn Jloroy and Sypher, of Loulsiana, arrived bero to-day. Tlmif are quite sanguine that the Republicans will be ovarwhelmingty ek, et oo, iy I & uix Coi olected will be Ropublicans, St TUE HIIP LONDON, Treasury oficials utli) assort, with regardtothe story that an Amorican vegsol known as tho London, Jetforson, master, recently landed arms for the Cuban patriots on that {uland, that thera i no vousel of that u - Jino-te amo undor Amerlcan regis- CRIME, Affrays in New Orleans, New Onirans, Avg. 20,—Pwo suicidos and throe homioides tho past twenty-four hous, aud thrao porsons dangorously wi A IO AT, ounist with utare Beaton to Denth, New Younk, Aug. 20.—Joseph Vandricks, an Italiun boy, who wss an jumato of tho Five Polate Houso of Iudustry, died on Monday night after » govero boatiug sdministored to him by Charlos H, Barnard, Suporiutendent of that in- atitution. Barnard was urrostod, THE CROPS. . Correapondence of T'he Chicago Tribune, Manexnoo, Ia., Aug. 26.~Tho cropaof this county are all gathored, kave curn, potatoss, and buckwheat. Wheat will iold atout 16 bughols per acre, ‘The barloy orop is also Leavy, 'Lhe only light crops are oats and flax, owing to lato sowing aad dry wouther iu May, but no sifforing will octcur in consequonce, Tuo corn in this nection is aimply immonse, It 1s estimatod that o good proportion of the county will average 60 ‘busheld per acre; aud nover in” the memory of tho oldest nottler did tho flolds prescut suga a sight. Yiret, tho hugo atacks of harvested grain, then the corn, rank aud siroug, standiy from'10.to 11 feot' hugh, with earw ihay woul satonish a mulo, aud tho whols crop nearly an ayerago holght. Tho farmars will, as a clags, do much towards freefng thomselves from the indebiodnoss of formes yeurs, spirit, e would not forgot the claima of tho colored peoplo of the Bouth to the bation's fostering care and rotection. Wrested from thelr master's control, with reedom conferred upon them by the Governient a8 & wwar measure, and in ald of thw Unfon cause ; given tho electiva franclica oa a means, not aloue of protection 10 themselvoy, but of protection to the nation, it is now the high duty of the Gavernment, from wiich it canuot_shrink without incurring and deserring the execration of maukiud for all time, to protect them in {ho rights nnd privileges of thels enforced eflizouship, Thelr ignorunce ‘= thelr fuult, Errors of theory sud wiulekes In conduct are but the legitimate frults of thulr former easlaved condilion. The Goverument assumod the respunueibiity for the hen ¢ clotlied “evils resulting from thom with full and privileges of citizers, We appeal to the Natioual Goverament, 22 the good name and falr fape of the nation is desr 10 1, 0 protect theso peopie in thoir humon and polti- 1cal rigts, aud in thelr persons, property, snd homes, and to provide for snd secure them 1n the enjoyment of all ngumllollu advuntages aud priviloges, The following: resolution wns offered a3 a wainority roport, but was not accepted s Resolved, Tuat wo bellove 8 roturn fo a gold basis should be speedily mado; that we approve and adopt thio principlea of finance 'smbadied In tho velo mes- #3go of President Grant io what ia known as the Sen- ate curroncy bill, and afirm that part of ‘the thirteen resolutions adopted at the National Ropublican Cone vention, held st Philadelplis in 1872, relating to the ro- sumption of specie payments, Thore was great disgust manifosted by the coutiactionista ac tha finaucial resalution, sud they touk no paina to disguise it, It was re- garded as virtually a triumph for Ferry, though it was also conceded that tho ~ financial resolution was a Janus-faced affalr that meant fust the iuterpretation that sanybody might oboose to put upou it. . A FIRE-NRAND, The folldwing resolution, offered by Mr, Nol- gon, of Kulamazoo- County, the oditor of tho Kalamazoo ZTelejraph, in the Comuitteo on Tesoltions, recaiving but two votes,'was then presentod a8 a winority report by Mr, Nelson : Resolved, That wo belleve a returntoa gold basis sliould ba spondily mado, and spprove and adopt ihe grincipion of Suancs embndied 15 he velomettogs of President Grunt to what is known ow the Seunto Cur- rency bill, and reafrm that part of tho ihirtecnth reso- lutignadopted at the Natioual ttepublican Convention held at Philadelpha In 1872, rolating to the resumption of speclo psyment, The manazors, seeing that the resolution was a fire-brand, promptly rallied and voied down tho obuoxious minority report, after which tho MAJORITY REPORT WAR ADOPTED, “The resalt was received in silonco. The result of the vote for Attorney-Clouaral was thon an- wounced. Ons bundred and sixty-eixht votos woro.cast for Iaanc Marston, the prosent inoum- bout, who is filling by appoiutmont the unex- pived term of Byran D, Ball. It was the inten- tion ot the managora to_reward Mr. Maraton for bolting the rogular nomination ot the Hoa. John T, -Diges four yosrs ago in the iuterest of the otroit and Urand - Haven 1ing, but as _ the northorn counties had curried oft threo of the bost ofticos on tho ticket. It waa deomed politic to throw the Boy from the Bay overboard, snd it was ac- .curdluE_v dono_with tho utmost indifference, uito charactetistlo to the Serchoron dynasty of otroit. 4 Alr. A. J. Bmith, of Cass County, ro- ceived 166 votes, (he result of tho shrewd man- nEumnut of Roading-Olerk Clisbee, and the Inct above siated as to the northoin tier of “countios bagelng so manv places ou tho ticket, Tho Cou- yontiou then re-elocted Postmaster Dinghnm, of Lanslng, Chairman of the Btato Central. Com- mittee, and aftor selecting a Btato Central Comn- mitteo it adjourned in tho quietost possible manner, without any cheers or tho slightest evi- denco of enthusiasm, TAE TIORET is regarded a8 vory weuk, and as the Granger element hins been completoly 1guored by the ring marnngors, it is sale to assume that they will not suppost it with any degroe of enthusiasm, if ine deed they do nog oppose it. The placform is ro- garded s a weak, wisby-washy affair, and tho Convention adopted tho mn]on:{ roport of tho Committeo without any debato, tho oflices beaing considored the only thing doserving any con- sideration., CUNSES LOUD AND DEEP bave been freely uttered by the Grangor eloment since tho Convontion sdjourned, but party diecipline, which s vigor- ous'y onforced in Michigan, is relied on to keep them in tho ranks, Tho silonce of the Commit~ tes and Conyeontion on_the quostion ot prohibi- tion is significant, aud meaus slmply that tho managors dld not dare touch the subject, sud tho samo romark is truo as to the WOMAN-SUFFRAGE QUESTION. The wholo thing, from firat to last, is denounced by Iodepeudent Republicans ns a disgiaceful, nl{ulking porformance, and the cause of Reform in Miclugan now looks brightor Lhan ever. THK TIOKET i8 as follows: Governor—John T, Bagley, Lfeutenant-Gorernor—ieury T, Molt, Secretury of State—1, G, D, Toldei. reasurer—Willism B, McCroory. Audifor-General—Ralph 1y, “tlorney-General—Audraw J, Bmith, ngup«n‘nlmdmt of Pubiis Instruction—-Danlel B. Rg8e e THE EANSAS REPUBLICANS.. Tor:ka, Kan,, Aug, 20.—~Tho Republican State Convoution mot here to-day, and poymanently organizod by tho election of 'I', Dwight Thatchor, of Topeks, ua Progident, and John A, Martin, of Atchison, a8 Becrotary, plattorm, which was unanimously adoptod. After a long preamblo whyeh recites tho record of the Rupublican party from its orgamzation to tho presont timo, eapecially noting lis action and aobiovomonts during the war, and subsoguent reconstruction, aud othor monsures for the wol- fave of tho country, and commeuding fn stron, terms itg raro coursge in juvestigating ofliclal dehinquancies, aud punishing ofticir | dishonor in itw own ranks. It procoeda as follows ; Wo racogniza the fact that Jurtice canuot live upon glory ; new eatios are constantly arlaing, sud tho yarty thst dowiros Lo livo 1aust ba ready (o provide for thelr salvution, Tho paat only afiords & guarautze that the intelllgenice which created tho Republican party, aud tho patriotlary unud Wixdon that ave sustulned Jt, are sutliciont to_provide for tho emergoncies of tho proscnt, and muke this .perlod date not Galy th deaths of sl butas well the birth of & compralauuive Lal y e sixiotesd and Thoe Committeo on Nesolutions reported & integrity in official trus! Iv(mlm (rxgbu‘- againat cf" v 1ox] reform in every dopartmont of the pibl : Noueatly aisiributed burdens and b n&u,"“ el powers; thersfore L Rexolved, Tnsk the powors of the General Governe maont having been atroteliod fo an unhoalthy extont to mioot tho crisla of oivil war and roconstruetion, should be reatored to thele normal action: that tho publlc debt should be" reduced ot spasmodically, but qradunlly and surely, and ina way ¢hat will not” bur. ou tho Industrios of the country by excessive sation 5 that any and oll schemes of taxation devised to moot an oxtraondinary demand should be modifled acaord- to tho dictstes of tha siriotest prine ciplea of economy Justice: that oM. ¢lal prodigality, racklessness, and corription incldent to tinea of wasle, irregularity, and convision must alu place to economy, stabliily, and homesty snd, insliy, that tho only test of political preforment alionld be capacity and Intogity 1 lacharga of (Lo ofliclal trust : that, a4 the policy af the Kepublican party In relation (o fuances has affordod the peopla ot only & #ound and popular ourronoy of oqual and uniform sworth {n every portion of the Commonwealth ‘Tt has greatly improved the eredit of tue country ab homo aud abroud, wa point with prido to ita record and sccomplisbmont in thls regurd, and whilo reafiirming the policy aunounced Ly the ‘party 0 tie National Gonvebuiony i 1568 sud 1613, wnd. tri. nmphantly indorsed by the'beople st tle polis—a polioy which, whils contributing to the publio credit, has also onhsncod the fndlvidual and eollective prosperity of the American people,—wo favor such legislation sa will ‘mako Natioual Usuking frontonll under just laws d upon a policy of apecle resurption at auch time as la connlatent with the industriai ntereats of the contry, ta the ond fbat tho yolume of eurrency may be rogu- lated by the natural Iaws of trade, Secend—That whilo oll nccesiary wants of State Government would be supplie )y reasonable, just, aud uniform taxation, $ho labor and productive of common wealth must not bs stoppod by the employmont and mointainance of too many oftice-holdors, Ionca it Lecomes the _duty of the Leglilataro to lesson tho numbar of offcialy, aud make such rovision of the laws of the Stato as to provide » more oconomical administration of Stata and county oflices. W0 aro oppozed to all oMicla] gratulties undor. guiso of increass of poy or salirios during oflicial terma Turd—That tho peril of Government lies, not so much in high ambitions as in low dishonestics, d_ tho presslug duly of the day 13 10 sucuro_honosty sud purity fn tho publio eor vice, We commend thie courago of the Republican party {n inatiiuting Investigations of corruption fn Oliico, spating noithier friond nor fos, and wo demand such fegislation aa will bring to certaln punishment lll‘all\cnl‘ who, belug intrusted with the charge of ublio funds, appropriatos the ssms to his own use, or ails to properly account for them, Embezelement is thoft, and onghit to be punished as such, Fourth—That all railrond corporations of the Blate aro the crenturos of ils Leglalature, sud it 1# 1o duty of 1hat body 1o subject them 1o such wiso anil dmpnr- tal enactmenta aa will protect the peopls of the Blate from extoriion, and will secure tho tranaportation of merchinndiss s1d paascngers at reasonsble raies, Fufth—A Tevision of the patent-lawa of tle United Btates is fmporatively demanded, s0 a8 to prevent a monopoly of useful inventions and at the same timo givg proper ensoursgement And. remuneralion 1o in- ventors, 4 ‘Sixth—That the pressnt polioy of dealing with tha Indians has falled to afiord_sgequate profoction to frontier cottlers, and wo are in favor of tranaferring the Indian Buresu to the control of the War Depari~ ment, ‘Seventh—Tuat we commend the sction of Congress 1n yopealing tho net known ss the Back-pay law, sud favor an ameudment to the National Constjtution rliie shall forever prohibit any Oongress o keltilug ita own comrensation, Eighth—Thnt drunkenness is ono of the grestest curses of modern socfety, demoralizing everything it toucloes, imposing fearful burdens of {axation upon the peopic, o frulifnl breeder of paurerism and erimo, and & worker of evil, and only evil continually, Tiones wo ave {5 favor of sueh legislation, both general and local, ns exporionca shall show, to be most effoct~ s} in destroying fuat evil. “Ningh—That wo rajoics writh citizons reslding on the O:age ceded lands o the laté deciuion of United States Circuit Court fn thelr fuvor, and point to that decislon s evidence that the rights of $he people aresafoin the linsudls of {he Courts, Tenth—1hat the nuwritien law_enacted by the ex~ amplo of the father of his conntry, 1n declining & re- eloction to the Presidential terin, is 88 contracting as though it was incorporated in tho Nstional Coustitu- tion, and ought never to b violated. Riepenth—Thot the public lands of the United States bs sacredly held for the nss and benefit of actual rettlcrs, and wo condemn and disapprove of any furthor grants of the publio domain to raflroad or other corporations, . At tho nipht session Gov, Thomss A. Osborn Imm nominated for Governor on the second bal- lot. The Convention is still In sesston, and will nob concludo 1ts lsbors tlil to-morrow. o i THE OH10 DEMOCRATS, Coruxnus, 0., Aug. 26.—The Democratic Blato Convention to-dsy nominated the following ticket : For Secretary of State—Wm, Bell, of Licking. Foy School Commissioner—0. B. Swart, of Pickaway. For Judge of tho Bupreme Court—W. J, Gil- more, of Proble. For Olerk of the Bupreme Court—-Arnold Graen, of Cuyshoga. For Member of the Board of Public Works— Martin Schiller, of Ross. During the Conveution, Gov. Allen mads » shors Bpeech, creating groat euthuaiasm, and, ab tio closo, was mven thres cheers as the next Presidont of tho Unitod Brates. THE PLATFORM. The Convention adopted the following plat- form with great unanimity: Fyrat—That the Domocratic party of Ofo sdberes 10 ita snclent principles of securiug oqual rights and axact justica toall men, and to all the States aud com~ munitics of the Amorivan peoplo ; of maivtainiug the {ndopendenca of the co-orlinute’ dopartments of tho Fedoral Goverument,—tho Leglalativo, tho Lxaculive, and tue Judicla,—condemniug all_encroschments of otther upon the fuctions of tiio othiers, and reslstiug every aitempt to usucp any of the powers rescrved by 1l Uonaiitution 4o ihe Siates reapectively and to the poaple therecf, Second~—That a sound ‘currency is indisponsable to tho welfure of o country; that its volume should be regulaled Ly the nocesailios of busiuess, and that all lawa that Inferfers with such natural regulution sre ¥iclous in principle aud dotrimental in their effects, Wo nro fu favor of such an increass of the sircutating medium aa the busincas intercsts of the country may from time to ime require. That sound palicy aud Juslico require that ng Joss than ope-balf of tho cus- toms duties should bo payoble in the legal-tender notew of the Ouited Htates, commonly called {rooubacke; thnt U power of the Natloua) Bauks to ssu0 aud loan thieir notes upon futérest is & Lowor to dray luterest npon Wbolr dobts while thio poople toreat upon whul they owe ; that s spectul and tinéqual rivilego ouglit nat to exiat unleas it (s manifest o 1o other way can o sound paper currenoy be sup- plied, Bolioving that a better system cau bs devised, aud ons toat will bo (ree from unjuat privileges, we are i favor of abolishing tho franchise of the National Banks to issuo s paper currency as soon sa tho same can wafely and. prudently be dotie, and that the notes 80 withurawn by the banks be subatituted by the Go ernment with a legul-{euder currency. 7'lird—That the Domacracy of Obio reiter: decluration that the & 20 boads, by the lotter w of the law, and the general understanding of the com. munify, wero payublo n legul-tender notes, snd fhe act of March, 1869, which plodged tho faith of the nation to tholr paymont in coin, was an_unnecossary snd wicked aactifico of the {nfarests of 1ho taxpaying Lahors ora for the benefit of the non-taxpaymg Londliolders, Fourth—Thot without equality of taxation thers can- nat bo equality of rights, and the exemption of the 1bllo bondu from beaslig iheir duo propertion in supporting the Tederal Governmont and malutaining tse laws is unwise sud unjust, Fifth—That we aro tho frleuds of all tho industrios of thie couutry, whether sgricultursl, mechuuleal, or conmiercis, and bolievo thut theso industriea ihriva Lest when no unequul privilege i couferred by law uron one over tleatliora ¢ wa are, theraforo, opposad {0 the unjust and oppressivo features of tle exlsting 'TAtir laws, and insist on their repeal or modification, oyenuo tariff shall bo suvatituted for them. —\We arc apposed to all combiuations and de= vices, of whatovor churacter, that tend to Increave the cost of trausportation boyond & fair remuneratfon to tho carrler, aud we demand tho exerclso of all Cop- slitutlonnl’ power to romedy oxisting ovils in tuly Tenpect, aud to prevent {heir occurrencoin the future, Srventh—We aro opposed to_excessive tuxation, the deadly foo, as all xpirience proves, of every fnduitry, snd wo luuist upou U sirictost ecotiomy 1 every do- partment of tiie Oovorument, Fedoral or State, County or municipal, Lighth—Wo are opposed fo granta of the public domain to raflrosd corporstious, aud e rojolcs ut 1ho fuct that tho dotermined oppossiion of Democratic Benators and Roprescutativen iu Congress, ond the uuequivocal condemnation of the people, have put & atop to a scheme of leginlation that but lately threat- ened to bestow upon great corporations, comparutive- Iy fow fn number, the whole body of tha publio lauds, We favor the pollcy that looks to thie owuership of these lunda by actus] setticre, and theroforo opjiose tho priuciple of the Homstead Settioment law, Amth—That the frecdom of tho press ia essentisl t0 tho 1 rerorvation of pulio lierty, aud we donotnco thy attempt made by Radicls at the last sostion of Congreen (o anbject the proprictors of the principal neweyapers of the Uniied Blates to Indictmont and triad i Washington City for alloged libels a8 elurts to rovivo wnd embody i logialutlon tho ppleit of tho @eg und sedition Iawa of the eller Adama” Adminlstras tion, aud which wus overthrown, as it was Lopod, for~ ever by the clection of Thotnas Jefferson, F'emli—"That, while wendmit the eqnnl{‘.‘u{ all per- sons Leforo the law, we protest againut the aticipt that 16 Loing made by the Radicals in Congresa to ou~ forco social equallty by unconstitutiunal paiue an puusitica ; oud wa call the attention of the votors o Olifo to' the fuct that, although our Suprume Court wnauimously ~ decided that our atat- which provides for soparsto schools for whito and_ colored cuildren is & foomstitu. tional luw, and (s decision {a aupporied t'fi Tecent Sudgments of tho Buprema Gaurt of the United Slates, et to Clil Righta bill (so called) which passed the Fonato ut ite tact seaslon, aud i now ponding M the Ilouso of Roprosentatives, sooks to avortlrow our sixtulo, and i diavegard sud dollance of it 0 compal mixed behoods i (11io by the infiction of sovers exiine it punishment and civil pensities upon all who ro- stat that unconstitutional uttempt, Eleventh—"Tiat _wo bave ‘scen with alarm and rogret the advoeacy in lutiuential quariers of ihe cloction of {Lo Presidént of the United States for a perfod beyond thiat t0 which tho usages and traditlona of the country havoe alwost given 1ho sanction of & Tuudumente) Liw ; that auch sloctivn would Lo » lo stride on theroad to practical mousrehy snd porson: despotiam, and wa ars decidedly fn fuvor of eatablivh= %lg “ll. f'nyl.um principle by an smendment of the oustitution. LscelfibemWo fav0x the submisalon t0ths peo3le by Just protection of indle 3 tharough pirage » £ thelr TRIBUNE: THURSDAY, AUGUST 27, 1874 —_— e e {the Geueral Assembly of an amendment fo tha Qon- atitutlon authioriaing the parsage of License laws, That wilh this doclorstion of our principles and licy wearraign the loadors of ths Republican party or their oxtiravagant cxpenaitures and.profligato wasts of the people’s money; for tuelr oppreaston, unjust and defoctivo aystom of taxation, finauce, and curien- oy § for thoir continued tyranny snd cruclty to tho Bouthorn Statea of the Unfon; for their aquandering of the public lands; for tholr continunuco of incom= potent and corrupt men in oflice at home and abroad, and for tbeir general manngemont of the Govornment; and wo cordially fuvite all' mon, without regard to Past party asaociationn, to co.oporate with un n ex- pelling tiism from power, nnd in_soeuring mich an ad- mintatration of pullic offuirs s charactorized the purer and bettar days of the Ropublio, ——— THE PENNSYLVANIA DEMOORACY. Pirtanuno, Pa., Aug. 20—The Democratio Stato Gouvontlon assomblod at Library Hall, at 11 o'olock this morning, and was called to order by Dr. Androw Neborgor, tho. Ohairman of tho Btate Central Commitioo. Thoro is o largo ma- Jority of the dologatos proaont. Tho Ion. Will- Iam A. Wallnco was chosen temporary Ohairman. Williom H. Witta prosontod a rosolution that o committos of ono from onch Sonatorinl District ba appomted, to which all rogolutions shall bo rotorrad witbout dobate, and that tho Ohairmau appoint a comniittes to open tolographic com- munication with othor conventlons now n ses- sion in other Btates. Committeos on Rosolutions*| rod Pormanent Organization wero selocted, aftor which the Convention adjourned untl 4 o'clock this aftoruoon, Tho iudications aro that tho Convontion will not adjourn betore to-murrow, Tho Couvention roassomblod shortly aftor 4 o'elock this afternoon. Tho Committeo on Parmanent Organization ‘xmluuluu tholr roport reoommending tho Ilon. Willlam A, Wallaco for pormanocnt Chairman, with a large number of Vice-Prosidonts aud Sou- rotaries, which was adopted. Tho xoport of tho Committee on Rtesolutions wan called for, but it was annonncod tuat they would not Lo ablo to roport until to-morcow mornlng. Tl Convention then procoeded to ballot for tho nomination of a candidate for Bupremo Judge. Fivo ballots wero takon, which rosulted inno choice. Tho firat ballot stood na follaws ; E. L. Dana, 6: B, H. Graham, 23; Silas M, Cisl, 12; G. M, Dallas, 86; J, rmulkog, 8 W. B. Ross, §7¢ 6. I, Wildon, 11; 1. J. Wood- ward, 40; J: R, Ludiow, 46, g On the fifth ballot Dang, Graham, and Wilson wore wilbdiawn, Tho ballot was 88 follow Clork, 8; Dallas, 28; Trankoy, 89; Ross, 8l Wood'ward, 44; Ludiow, 40. g On tho fitth ballot, the voté for Ross was one- third of tho tolsl voto cast. - Dunug the baflctivg considerabls oxcitement revailed, Aften tho sunnuncemout of tho Hith allot, & motion was made to adjourn untl 9 o'clovk to-moriow mofmng, Thiv was resisted by the Ross olement, but was carriod by & vote of 135 apainst 100. The Convention adjourned. Among the impoi taut fontures of the platform, which, it In bolievod, will be ndopied, aro the do- manding of restrctions upon Natioual Banks, and denouncing attempls to procure decisio from tho Supreme Court adverso to tuo new Con- stitation, aud daferminedly opposiug mixed sohools, bLelieving: that co-cducation of whitea and blecks wou'd e datrimontal to both races, ———— s THE MISSOURI DEMOCRATS, 8r. Louis, Aug. 26.—Tho Domocratic Biate Convention met at Jofferson City to-day, and or- ganizad by tho eloction of Willard P. Hall, Prosident. Taree sessions have been held, but at present writing (11:90 p. m.) nothwg lLas beon doue ox- cerpt spoech-muking aud the ordinaty proliminary Dbusiness. The session is now in progress, but tho Jatost dispatches nay that it 13 not lkely tho ballotg will take placo to-night. e CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTIONS, XIFTH ILLINOIS DISTRICT—NEPUDLICAN. Spectal Dupateh to The Clacuan Tridune. Freeeont, Ill, Au .~1ho Republican Cougressional Convontion convened Lero in tuo Opora-Iouss to-day. Tho Convention was or- ganized by olectiug R. E, Logan, of Whitoside, Chairman, and J. B. Brown, of tho Gilona Ga- zelte, aud J. W. Clinton, of tiio Polo £ress, Sec- retarios. Tull delogations in attendance., 'Tho credentials were all labeled the *f Hon. IL 0. Burchard." and of courso ho was nominatea without sny opposition. Mr, Burchard nddressed the Convontion fu a faw versonal vomarks iu dn’- fenso of Lis conrsa in Congress. Mr. RidgoZ way, eandidnte for Biato Treasurer, boing pros- ent, waa called upon for a spoech, o mountod thio rostrum snd for twomivutes anda Ll ho bold the' vaal sssomblaga of aixty-fiva persons spoll- bound by a history of Tom Ridgeway: Ilis posi- tion on the atage would Lave maie R boruti- ful tablosu of ogotism abroad. Tho following resolutions were sdoptod : lesolved, That we fully indorse and approve thie platform adopted aud the unomifnatious made Ly the Republican Stute Couvention leld at Bpriugficid on the 17th day of Juue, 1874, Teexolved, That thio Foriy-third Congress, for fta suc- cotaful efforts to diminsli appropriatious, for its read- iness to {nvestigato allogod abuses aud correct thom when discovored, for it reposl of thio act giving ine creasod compensation to its members, and or its per- altent refusal fo geant aubsidies of land or money to individuuls or corporations, merils the hearty appro- bution of the couurry, Jeesulved, That wo' view swith cordlal anproval tha actlon In Congreas of aur Reprosentative, the Hon. H. ©, Bureliard, und the ddelity with whicls i ins repre- sented thio sentiments of tho Ropublicans of the Lifth Cungressionsl District, . . NINETEENTIC ILLINOIS DISTRICT—] Corresvondence of 1'ne Chicaa M. Venyow, 1il, Aug, 24 Congressional Couvention of the Ninetgenth District, which met at McLeausboro on the 20th inst,, was tho largest ever bLold in the district. Aside from a full delegation from all the countivs oxcapt ona, there was an unusual atiendancoe of those who were not directly conuected with tho Conveution. One special teain from Mt. Vernon, and another from tho East, wero filled with tho best men of the party, The Convention was organizod h]y the eloction of tha Hon, P. D, Preston, of Richland, us Pros- idont, who, in expluiniug the object of the Con- vention, took occasion to roview the situation. He assoitad the weaknoys of the Indopendent party, and declared thit it was already in & dis- orgauized aud decayiug condition ; and that the n{fiy Lopo of reforming tho abusos of the Goy- ernment was in the Demoocratio party. Ho was followed by Judge Asron Shaw and tho Hon, F. M. Youngblood. A nories of resolations was passed oxprossive of the feolngs aud aims of the Demooratic party in the Congressionsl cauvass as woll as in Siato and national ma:ters. The Hou. 8, 8. Marabali was then unanimously nomnated, and, a committeo baving been ap- Eoflmed to inform kim of the fact, ho soon mados iy appeataice upon tho stand, amid groat up- plause, and accopted the nomiustion in su clo- quont sfiecch‘ In talking with delegates from all parts of tho dlstrict, I am convinced thar the majority for Marehall noxt fall wiil not full short of that given him two yoars sgo. It is slmply nonsenso o talk of Andorson's election, The race will bo goh\'aen tho Domocratio aud Republican candi- ates. 5 Tho Democratic Represcutativo Convontion for this Senatorial District mot at the same tino and place, and placed in nomuntion tue Hon, D, 0. Jones, of Jelferson, and James D, Martin, of White, bath practical farmors aud intolligont men, 'Pheir election 1 cortain, The Ropublicau Congrossional and Reprosoent- ative Couventions como off at Carmi next 1'ri- day. Robert Bell, of Wabnsh ; Judgo Mayo, of Edwards ; and W. 8, Morris, of Hardin, arniou- tioned for Congtess; whilo Iloss Graham, of Whito; Dr, 0. M. Lyon, of Ramilton ; aud A, B. Barratt, of Jefferson, &ro ou the tiack for the Logislature, They are all good men, PIFTEENTH OHIO DIRTIOT—NEIUBLICAN. OINOINNATL, Au% 20.—r'lio Republicans of the Fifteontn Obfo Disttiot, at Mariotts, to-day, nomiuated N, H. Van Vorhees for Congross. BIXTEENTIT OTIIO DISTRIOT—REPUBLICAK, WueeLiNg, W. Va., Aug. 20,—At the *Repub- liean Conventlon held at Bellmre, O., to-day, the Hon. L, Danforth, of Bt. Olairaville, wia 10- nonymated bz acelamation for Cuufirnnu, from the Sixteonth Olsio Cougressional District, TIIR RIONMOND, VA., DISTRICT, TRioumoxp, Vs, Aug. 20~Lx-Gov. 8. C. Walker was to-day nouunated by the Con- sorvative Convention to represent the Richmond Distyict In Congress, * 4 il e MISCEULLANEOUS, WINNEDAGO COUNTY, ILL.—BEPUBLIAN, - Syecial Divvateh to 1'ha Chicayo Tribune, Rookronp, Iil, Aug, 20,—IThe Ropublican County Conventlon to soleot delogates to the Fouwith Congressional District Convoution, wus held in this aity to-day. The attendance was vory small, wdoed ; but six of tho sixieen towns of tho county wero reprosented, aud those whiok were reprosentod Liad ouly partial delogations in attendauce, Tho delogaiea selected to the Cone gresslonal Ocuvention sze as followa: &, E. Bmith, Willinm Marshall, ) Gilbort Woodruft, J. I, Mfl“"fl DuJ. Sto vart, Tritlo, G. W, Mavsi~ ¥, ton, . Holbstor, R. B, Bhommili, J. M, Ihodes, T. G, Lswler, W. DBruner, aund T. PB. Buckbeo. The only resolution pagsad was oue fostruoting the delonates’ to vote for Huvlbui, tho present Inoumbont, for Congroas, which sooures bia ro- nomination, This Convontion waa one of the tamost and moat spiritloss over held in this gounty, tnd waa in marked contrast with the cu- thuslaym whioh has horotoforo characterized Ro- publican Convontions in this stronghold of Its- puplicanism. 1t {s now evident that tho fight will ba ai the polls. Postmastors aud Mail-Route Agonts bave boon conapiouous in this district I ixing up thiugs for Mr. Iurlbut, but the in- dicationa aro thnt thers will bo an overturniog of thelr plans on eloction-day, TWENTIETI ILLINOIS UEPIFSENTATIVE DISTRIOT— TEPUBLICAN, Svecial Dispatch to 'The Chicaao Tribune, WexoNa, 1L, Aug, 20.—The llupnhllcan TRep- ronontative Convoition of tue Twontioth Dis- triot was largoly attended at Varna yesteiday. The Hon. N. Mooro, of Marakall, was unan: imously renominatad, and Jumes Thornton, of Putuam Counly, was nominated on the first, bal- lot.” Both candluatos aro good men, and will so- cure & stroug suppore autaldo of their awn party, ADOPTS A NAME, New Onieans, Lua, Aug, 20.—Tho DBaton Rougo Convontion hos adoptod tho nama of the “ Poople’s Yarty.” THE WEATHER. ‘Wasntvarox, D, 0., Aug, 20,.—Over the Lako Region, falling barometer, stationary or tising tomporature, eastorly to soutberly ' winds, ju- cronsing to fresls aud beisle in tho Uppor Lake TRogion, snd partly cloudy or cloudy woathor, with rain areas, {u the Upper Lako Rogion, aus Eoualhly In tho Lower Lake Iiegion, Over the ippor Mississipni and Lowor Missourd Vh\lnzo. and tho Nortuwest, low barometer, slightly bighor tompotaturo than on Wednosdny, frosh aud brisk southwest winds, and psrt clondy or cloudy weather, with rain ateas. | LOOAL ODSERVATIONS. ° Oniokao, Aug. 20, Uour of od servation, Direction and| force of wind,| Weather, 0.04 73 | 63 'E., froah 20,931 71 | 77 8.'R, fresh 9,931 71 [ 77 |, fresh , 9:00 . m.. 1048 p. . +» Fair, DRESS GOODS, g Ann Chas. Gossage ¢ Co, Open this morning new de- signy in Shawls and Dress Goods, in shades and textures suited to early Fall. Fall Chintz, Cashmeres, Merinos,, Gray Mohairs, Diagonals, Serges, Empress Cloths, Fancy Plaids for childven, ete, ete. S&lyles and prices aliks desir- able, 106, 108 & 110-State-st. G0 & 62 Washington-st. HATS. HATS! FALL STYLES Silk and Business Hats. BISHOP & BARNES, The Leading Hatters and Fur Manue facturers of the Woss. Corner State and Monroe-sts. “Mirimam Tilermomoter,}75. intmum thzrmometer, 67, GENEIIAL ODSERVATIONS, Citioaao, Auy, 271 8, m, Find, Stuf on, Breckeur'go, QOhioyenna.. Qhicago, Qleveland... (30 Cinclnnati. Gairo,. 24 Denve Dotrolt Dulutly Itaml Weather, Bar. 'l'lu" Davenp Escanaly Gitron, Koakuk . Leaveuw LiCrosre. .. Milwanukea Marquette,. . |Clear. Omaba 04{Cloudy. Toledo . [Clondy. Yaukton “ailrair, SPECIAL NOTIOES. Many who are suffering {rom the effocts of the wsrm woathor and are dobilitated, are ad vinoa by physlclsns to take modorats amounts of whisky two or three tinies durlog the day. In e little while thoto who adopt {bls adsico frequently Increase the number of ** driaks," and iu timo bocome confirmed in- obriates. A boverago which wiil not creatoa thirst for intoxieating lquors, and which Is intondod especially for tha boaofitof debilitated persons, whathor at homo or abroad, Is Dr. Bcheuck's Bos-Weod Tonlo, Contsining tho julees of many mediciaal borby, this propacatfon doos nat oroato an appetite for tho intozicating eup, Tho nourishingand thol ifo-supporting proportios of many valu~ ablo natural productions contsinad In it and wolt known tomodloal ;en haves most strengthonlng influence. A single botilo of tho Tonlc will domonatrate its valuable qualitos, For dobility atising from sioknoss, over exor- tlon, or from any causo whatover, a wino-glasstul of Sea: Weod Tonfo taken aftor mosla will strongthon and rasto an sppotitofor wholosoma food. Toall who are about leavlog tholr homos, wo desire to say that tho oxcollont " offcots of Dr, Sohonck's scasonable romodios, Sea-Woad Tonle, and Mandsako Pills, aro particularly evidont whon takon by those who aro lnjurlously altocted by & chiange of wator and diot, No yperson should leave home withiont taking s supply of these safoguards along, Forsalsby alldrugglsts e DIVIDEND NOTICE. Ghicazo & Alton Raload G, SECRETARY’S OFFICE, Crircago, Aug. 13, 1874, NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS, Notice {a horsby xiven to tho Stocklioldors of the Chi- cago & Alton lhlfilifl Crmpany tust the twonty-thlrd seil-annual ohsls dividondof liva por ccut by this day bean Geolarod upon (o preferced. and commn stack of 1hts Cumpany, payablo at tho banking bousa of tha Con [y Auons, Mewrs. M. I Joaiy Enlun & G, No. 2 William-at., Now Yorl, Gu the firs¢ day of Soptsibar nost, to thy Holders who' are registorcd as saoh at the Elusa of businons huurs on the 23 August fnst., avwhich tinto the Iransfer books will bo closod, to bo reupencd for tranators on tha sccond day of Hoptewber vaxt, W, AL, LAKILABRE, Sooretary. RAILROAD TIME TABLE, ARRIVAL AND DEPARTORA OF TRATHY LANATION OF REPERENGE MARKS,— t Saturdarse d. o Sunday exceptod, iloaday excepted, { s~ ally. MICHIGAN CENTRAL & GREAT WESTERY RAILROADY Leputy Joo uf. tudce ity und Jook af Ticentyaecond. ‘ANeket office, 61 Clark s outlicast corner of andol and 76 Canil: iliwait cotavr f Randl F: eopi Five Sunday aL8:00 8, ni. corner Mall fvla main and aie lina), Day fapress... on Acca Night Expross.... " BUAND WAPIUS AND 3UnnEdON, o )], 03 a, m. t 9200 po i, Morniag Exp 3 " 8:00 p, 1o Nlgnt Waprea, * 6ba, my CHICA™N % L TON RATLANY. Ohicage, Kansas City and Denver Skort Line, eln Loutste and, Jo,, and Clicago, Sprinyfield, Alion and St. Louds Tiorowgh Line, Unian Depot, Weat Side, near Naditoi-st, brudges. Ticket Gyicen : at Depot, wnd 123 Kandalpivst Fanaza Oityand Denvor Fast Iz, s Lty Fx b, Lowsand ox 8t. Louls Fait Ex 'I; .|'M|n.l|llol.‘fmmfl ringneld Expros Kbringneit Fast Baprcss Jehersun Olty [Gxuross,, 60| Kookuk & Burlin:ton, Ohicago & Paducah Xallroad K rae, Lacan, Washingtan, Joltat & Diwehit Acoomniodation: CHI"ASD, MILWAIKEE & S. PAUL RAIL'WAY. Unton Depot, corner Sadizon and Canal-sts,* fioket Ofice South Glarioatey oppasite Shermun Hoise, and af Dapats OCEAN NAVIGATION, NEW YORK TO CARDIFF, ThoSouth Wales Atlantie Stoamship Uompany's Naw Tinst-ciast, Full-poworad, Olsde-ouilt Ktcamships will #ail from Ponnsylvania Rajlroad Whart, Jousoy Oity GLAMORUAN., ... Avg B PEMBRUI .......Sent 13 Oareying goods and nasseugors at through rates from ali pariu of 0 Unifed States and Canada (o ports in the tal Ohannel, and all othor poluts in England, amahips, built exprossly for tho trado, &ropro. sliled with all ths 1atost Inipravomonis for the cornfortaad couveureuce of UGABIN AND STRERAGE PASSENGERS, Tirst Cabln, 876 and $80ourroncy. Second Cabin, §5 gunoncy, Storage, 30 curroucy, Piopaid Steorage oortilicatos (row Curdif, R arm, apply fn OardlM, at tog Oom- Dratts for £1and upwards, Dock Uhamihi=rs, and in Now York to For l’uuy"lnher ];Grfl?u pany's Otieas, No. . AROHIBALD BAXTER & CO.x Agonts, No, 17 Broadieay. STATE LINE. Now York 1o zow, Liverpool, Belfast. and Londonderry.—nese elogant, now, Glydo-built aloammsca will sall fioiu Pior No. &, Noruh ltiver, as 1ol- me LS And evory Wodnostay thureafior, through ratos to all parta of Great Britaln Norway, Swoden, Donmark, and Gennany. and ynward, ir frelizht or passaco avply to AUSTIN BALDWIN & CO., Agouts, 7 Broadwsy, Ni Sfoucago Oiice, 80! 45 broadway, bxaes liw vaby 107 otdor e, A 5 Y L0 a1 Woatorn Agonty 8 Glaricstes Chlckzo. FOR EUROPE. (UNARD MAIL LINE. BSTABLISEBED 1840, Four Sailings Every Week. From Now York evary Wadnosday and Saturday, From Nostou evory Tuosday aud Saturday, Cabin Passago, 880, $100, sud $1%01n gold. TRound-trip Tickets at roduced rates. Btooraio Pasasga st lowost rates. P, 1L DU VERNET, N. W. oor. (lurk and Randolohiste. CARRYING THE UNITED STATES MAIL. Tho magniiicent now and full-poweron Steamshizs Tte- publio, atile, Adriutic, hitunule, Oceanto, Goltlo, uta., Eall frum' Now York on Baturdiys and = Livorpool of Tyuesliya, daica ss low aw auy eitolyns Lia Drvivien GreatYritatn and, Irlaud from £1 upwards, jath Qlarkst., Ohlougo. i ALIIVRD LAULRGREN, Axent. National Line of Steamships, NOTIOB. 1 hiesly routs b A e, 03 T ARy ] il L oy AT U DAY Ao QUINS- Blfllnflwlu N. Yurk tor London (direct) evory fortnigh! Onblu passage, B70, $30, currenoy: slovragu, at groat! reducod rwien, *Neturn tukots ot lowost eatos. Dralis for £1 lm\‘ upward, '\ M. 24 PRON, Wostorn Agent, Northoast ot ¢ orthosst carner Olark dnd’ Raadofp-sts. (ouposica ew ™ Great Western Steamship Line, From Now York w0 Bristol (Bngland) dlrcot. Arsagon, Tussday, Aug. 18] Usout Westoru, Sut., Sopt. 13 laeivwall, Bsturday, Bopt, Cabin Paaago, 5103 Latorinodlstor 3} eccaue 0. e curxion (lgko!s, §120, A on’l B bt Lol fl."s.*l B Vply At GGen'l Freight OO, MeDONALD, Asont. FPING OOACHES, “Via MICH, CENT, 0. W, & ERIERY'S Pullman Throush Palace Sleeping Coach ! it f F, i U gi S FOR NEW YORK, 8«15 p.m. Dally, e Arr Miwankee, Madieon & Pratris iin) thlen, Ml wverneal? 8:00 8, 10 V1) :008, 1 Milwaukee, Gréan iy, Stovoi| Puiut, St. Faul & Jlaacapols, Day 155 i[> 9:308, m [*4:00 po s Blilwaukee, Yy Paint, Praicie du Oblen, Mai) *5:00 b, m. Norifioen lova, o Milwankee, 81, Pant & Minnoap: olis, Nighit_Expross. + 9:30p, m. 4LLINOIS LENTRAL HAILRMD. Depat footaf Lakest, andfoata Toenty.aecondst, Tiekat S5k Weretoraists nag iarke CHICARD, BURLINGTON & BUINSY RAILTIVY. oot of Lotkerte Indiaan-ac., and Sisteenth-tty B st Abtseniiestse, Ticiker bfices, Nou 53 Clarke Sies Grand Puviie Hoisl, wnd af depota. Leate, CArrive, Matl and Expres Ottawu aud b Dubuiue & sloas Oity Bap, Puvitic aut Ling, for Ol Kansas Clty, Loavonworea, At alvou & St Jusepb Kzn, e 1 Ao ‘Aucora Passenstor (Suniay Dubuaye & SiousClty Ty el [* Pacilio8ighi ixp, for Omaaa, Kugnaa Olly, Lanvonwarin, A7 clyiton & St Josoph Exp/eee.| A UirivD ACOMUmGR L) tirove Adoomniadation a . D . . » Acootatuadationl * Bilh p. . |* 755 tEx Bafturday, 3Ez, Monday CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERY RAILAIAML Teket apicre, 63 Clustiaty \Siveruns Nouse), und 75 Canafs ‘oe corner Aludisonst., and ut the depok, Leoe, «Pacifio Fast Lino. @ Lt 10 30y V13 Gl '« Dubuqua Night lix, via U «Oiralia NIghT [ixiross & Bueepurt & Dubunus § Lreobort & Dulmaus kizury Ailwankeo Matl, Aliwaukos Sxprons, b Milwaukee Passongol b Milwankeo Passongos 3 Greon Bay Eapross B SCCPUl’® Wi EXpros, » Motuuotie T4 b8t Paul Pa b Uonora Lako pros; @ (1oneva Lako xpros § Gonova Liake Expror w~—Dopat cornor at Wells and Klnzle S Dobot coruor of Canal and Kinio. CHICAGD, ROCK I3LAND & PAGIFIO RAILRIAD. . copner of Vundturen wnd Sheradnals, - Sickel ofiet Dewals coer o Vit oo liiels <ave, Omahs, Leavanw'thi Atotson Es's1u:td a, nt. Poru Acoomm, By, ) Nixbi litpiusse., Iy s in VULOANIZED PENS, For correspondonce, the Vulonized Pen will be found the easiest Writing Pen ever used, DISSCLUTION NOTICLS, DISSOLUTION. Tho ficm of Ibouter & Shorman, maunincturers and e lerith 1 Careinge Nu'Si6 Aruiiarav., o orol iyed, {uator i e will sottlo alt dobi a1 el old Hin i 4 'Galoxo, Aug: 1, 184, JOIL L BHERMAS, DVISESOLUTION, & The partn*hlp of §, Dounoll & Oo,, formorly dolog husiuosy at K30 West Luko-at., la horcby dissulved by mue oot e Filout a1l bila i PWARD HUNT I, 2 succuesnty 10 tusl coussat, 8, DORNKLL, 8,0, \WaAOAR, Chisago, Ay, 28 1876 A, W, WINAOR, deosased,