Chicago Daily Tribune Newspaper, August 4, 1876, Page 2

e ———————— e e e THE CHICAGOC TRIBUNE: FRIDAY, : AU ]876-', Porter, or the 1lon, D, D, Pratt, Gen. Jolin W. foster hns been mentloned, but dedlines the wse of his hame under any clreamstances. ¢ Marrison wili acenpt, many are of the opinfon that he will be the clolce of the Committee without debate; but this Iz all conjecture, ns only two comnmitteemen are In the clty at this writing. One thing fs almost nbsolubely cer- tain, however; it will be one of the Bhree wmen, with the chances In favor of Harrison or Vorter, The Commlities mcels fo-morrow night, aud will probably sit with closed dovrs, HARRISON AND PUATT. ' Spectal Dispateh to The Tribune. Wasmnaron, D. €, Aug. 8.—A number of promnjuent Indianting haye telegraphed to-day ndvising the selection of Ben Harrison ju plave of Orth. They have aleo telegraphed him strongly ur;:ln;i nceeptance In caso lio is nom- mnated: There s a strong fecling hers aleo In Lavor of the nomination of Pratt. FOR CONGRESS. TOURTH JOWA DISTRICT, Epecial Dispalch to Tha Tribunt. Duntgrs, Ia,, Aug. 8.—At the Fourth lown Congressionnl Convention held to-day, at Ma- son Clty, N. C. Deering, of Osnge, was noni- nated on the GOth hallot. Candidates were hu- merous, every county having one or more. Mr, Deering first appeared in politics ns Clerk of the Senate under Presilent Lincoln; was after- wards made epecial Mail Agent; and for the last fx years has heeu United States Bank Exam- ner. 1els well lked, and will make a good Congressman. SBVENTEZENTH ILTINOIS DISTRICT. Spectat Dispatch to Tiie Tribune. CARLINVILLE, [1L., Aug, —The nominations ynade by the Republican” Cangresstunal Conven- Liun for the Soyenteenth Districtat Alton yester- day have been well recelved throughout the District, asboth Judge 1L 8, Baker, the catll- tlate for Congress, and the Ilon. George Liune ter, for the Statn Board of b‘(\nllzur.lon‘ e men of great personal popularity, combinfue . wnauy clements of strength, The” canvass will be a vigorous and sggressive ouc on the part of thio Republiean party, with the intention of ve- weesnlng the Seventeenth Distrlet. URTI OMIO DISTRICT. DartowN, 0., Aug. d.—~Juhn McMahon, the resent representative In Congress from the ‘onrth Olifu District, was renominated to-day \\;lthuuluppoaluun by the Demecratic Conveli- tion, MICIIOAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES, Special Dispatch su The T Laxaine Mich,y Aug. $.—In the Second, Con- gresslonn] Distriel, My, Edwin Willits hag the solid_delegation of Monroe County. 4. Web- fu.the flalb might adopt, though he con- fersedd the Democtutie party alone woa. lable to do thad same, ‘To hulv the orgnnizatton alowys, conunty tieRets wonlkd bo noiiinated, to be nleo aceepied by the Democrats, thougl he dld not state it quiteso plumply, For United States Henator,— + A RUCCISEOR TO ENATON PRRRY 8 to be olected by the next Leglstature. Dure lingumo was satisticd, he gald, with Ferry's po- altion on the enireticy queation,tmt was't alto- gebher satfafied with somn of Ferry's appulnt- tuunts, In Rupublican districts, where thers was no doutht as to the Republiean eandidates for the Legistature betng for Forry for re-alection, ho doubted whether there would be any Natlonal Legielative tickets nominated, 1 give his pro- griunms as Lo muve it hiingelf, ns it gives anf- sight into the vharacter of the prime moverthus far fu this movement, sud his_tacties, Theee, by the wny, are not ro ludicrous ns ot first mizght ccent. The prospect. of car- rying the State agninet Hayes and Whecler {3 pructically conceded to Ly lchh-na by the Natlonals na by the Democrats, "The former, at 1enaty do not cure to earry the State for Tilden, And kuow it would bub be throwing oway their vates to Jmu Pater Cooper Ilectomt ticket In the fleld, Bt thelr purpose ia to varry the greenback fssuc into the Chngrressionul canvass, aud they will attemspt to unite the groenback eleinent of huth partivs upon thnt slide lssue on Congresalnnnl nomninees, leaving the Denwcrats of thelr party to vote for Tilden and the Repulb leans for Hayes,—the thcory being that both pacties ara colmmitted araiusd the greeubackers, and that the onty hope of the latter s to muake themselves feit In Congross, uurllufl-ume ix the only one of the manngers who bitberto has been n Ropublican, though theroare n number of Liberds amonis thein, and of the rank and filo delegntes to tha Con- vention to-duy, probably two-ifths were green- back Republicans, Next in flramluenw among the lendars of the Natlounls . | 01 to put. Congresstonal candidi whotn either part €. 0. COMBTOCK, who has been a. 1ife-tong Democrat, was candl- dato for Governor on the Licket against Bn;xley the first time the latter ran, uind In'1873 ns Demn- guratic and Grange candidate for Congress to fIE the vacaney jn this district wua only de- feated by 115 majority, He Is persuaded ho ought to be Gavernar, but wight be well satis- fled with a seul In Congress, He ling somu et sonal steength fn this clty, in which he i one of the lewding business mien, Iie Is oneof the four ex-Mayors of Gram! lhrhls whu sent the fullowing telegram to the St. Louis Convention, and wao haven't yet recovered Irom their astons inbaent that, nutwithstandiug that, the Con- 31-5;:31(:“ went stralght mhead “aud nomfuated en: ster Childs has ten of the fifteen delegntes from Washtenaw County, five in Lenawee, and a few in Hillkdale. John K, Boles hus the remalnder in those counties. There whl be fifty-reven yoles n the Conventlon, requiring tweuty-nine to nominate, Burrows connts upon twcntreight voles In the Convention in the Fourth Distriet, with only twventy-seven necessary to nominate. THE “NATIONALS.” FRUE INWAIDNESA OF TNE TATE GUERNDACK CONVESTION AT GRAND HALIDS, MICIt, Bpectal Correspondence of T'he Tribune, G:AND RArips, Mich,, Aug. 1.—The sole dis- turbing clement entering Into the canvass In Michlgun Is the rag-money Issuc; and the exact dimensions of the disturbance liable to be stirred up over that was fndicated by the Na- 4lonal Convention here to-day. 'The Nutlonal Conventlon, be it known, was only for the nom- Snatlon of candllates for county offices and for the State Senato. But it was a Conventlonof the Nattonal party, Thot eame I8 the espeelnl product of this (Kent) county, in this very Cen- tennfal year. Though it may attract as little at- tention abroad o the big pumpkin which {s the biggest product of gome locality Jess blessed, puople liere, on the whole, are proud of the Natlonal party, and for the ltke reason: 't iy thie biggest thing, politically, yet produced in shis neck of woods. To put it uceurately, it is 2ho blegest thing produced In Tyrono Town- ahip, for thers was Ut raised, Disgusted with both parties, and intent upon reforming poli- lca, sottling tho curreney conundrum, and HAVING TIE NATION, with a big N, 1a Tyrone, at tho township elec- ton last spring, nguinst the regular party tickets they run a Centennial ticket, the pominces of which were pledged, I suppose, M elected, fo supply tho people - with mongh greenbackeurrency to % fully satfafy tho requirements of trade.” At loast that was what thicy wanted, and, to get it whether logically or mot, they put thelr Centennial ticket n the fleld and clected §5 by 180 out of tho 208 votes polled m’l“l.xl: lg&x&m of _the Tyrono Centennlals fu- spired Mr. B, A, Durlingame, Prosccuting At torney of this (Kent) county, dlected on the Re- publicau ticket, with amblifon to Lulld a new party. Other men, some of whom never suc- ceeded fu getting elected to any office, und who had even less prospeet of ever beiug elected e Toa had of Belng ro-eleeted, hud ot up for themsclves aa platiorm-carpenters and coflin- builders fur new partivs, and why not he also t b ‘u&nownom' WESTERN MICUIGAN more c:;‘x’uzhu ty, the fwcenbnck-lnllnuon doctrine s Jargely pervaded Loth partles, 1t wis held by s consfderable mhority of the Ropublican purty, sud by o decided mujurlq of the Dem- oerats, Tho declarution of the Clucinnati plat- furm in favor of honest aurrency, aud the sittlng down upun them in ttio St Louls Convention, 1eft the intlattontst greenbnckors in an unbappy frame of mind, ‘Lo them, about threo montlia since, Burlingame presented the followlng dee- Turatfon, or, a8 Le termed them, “ Artlcles of Fulth,” which aro such geurious jumble of chieap demnafroguery, designed as o balt for the Grane gers und of lendricks, Allen, lancock, or Davie will do. Dut Tiden will divida the party, Juiirs Horseay, U C. ComsTock, Wintian T. Powere, Grouar M. Wurrs. Next amoug thie manngers of the National movement {s Willium A, Beskey, Prestdent ot o large furniture manufacturing tivm here, sud Teading capitalist of this vity, who, having im- Dibed the greonback doctrines, was rich enourh Lo bire solehody to write for hitn 1 book un the nioncy question, which Berkey published at his own exprenso as his own, Berkey's llterary at- taduments ure manifest, fromAhe fact that iz a pleco of the manuserlpt to which he added soutething, he wrote, 5 “1 wooD oF DN 1T " for “Twould bave dowe it.” But knowledze of grainmar, or spelling, or auything elee, lsn't, requlisite to qualify uns to argie that the way to et rid of your debtsis topive your notes for them, and when these fall due to poy them with new notes, and o ad Intinitwn, wilch is the gi back theory, Berkey §s persuwled he fs the mun to enllzhten (;“:_:‘)Frusn upou the motiey queation. He'ls o Liberal: Whilitn P, Whituey, always a Democrat, though the lender of the Grange movement in this reglon, and who twe Jars iuzo cme within less than 40 votes of belng clected to thu State Senate frowm this district, brings what Le can feteh of what s Jeft of the Grangers’ party into the Natfonul, aml figured prominently In the Convention to-day, The Labor Unlon novement, swhich somie fel- low who tolls not, neitlier spins, Is forever spec- ulating on, was represented by J. W. Crebbs, Wwho fs the hesd of the orgunizatlon kuown s the Sons of Industry. 1N THI DACKGROUND were ex-Mayor Powers, ulways u Democerat, and who says ho never saw o Republican who wisn't n reatity o hard-money man; Col. L E, Mess- more, formerly of Ly Crosse, Wis, who was in tha revenue service under Andy Johnson when “liey all atale,!” and who was romoved through the fotluence of Senator Cameron, und then moved hero and hus fuilel to secure the Repub- Tlean nomioation for Congress which he woull take from the Natlonuls; Mark D, Wilbur, of Allegan, two years ngo the Liberal-Demovratic and Granger candidato for Congreas in this dis- triet; and other veteran_politicinns ready to be ed by the Nutlonal-Demovratic fusion. Plse work of the Convention wana soon dis- posed o, At the outsct Burlingame tovk paina Lo state with great particulurity that no Nationat wha had heen a Republican was expected to do anything else than vote for 1layes und Wheeler, antl none who had been Demaoceruts to vote for anybody but Tilden. Crchbs nlso wanted that distinetly understood, 08 also Ald Whitnoy. Tuat done, and TILA PRILL OF GOING TO FIECES In windy dizcussion of s platforin having been avohled by adopting as such the ' Articles of Falth " cupled above, the Conventlon proceeded to nominate for State Senntor that veteran Demoerat, Whithey for Slicrill, that other vet- eran Democeraty Crebbss and for County Clerk, atwther n Democrat, Cox. That lllsuowll Yot the nominatious for tho only places worth having, and, as the guileless Republicsn green- Dnchiess weho had begn holding the b abont this thusapokeright out Iy meeting, one of themnsk- Ing If it wasa Democrate Convention, and auotl- er it Hepublicuns were not to bie wllowed to geb anything, thenoinlnation for Probate Judge was wiven o Liberal, For piesyuny places on the tleket, peveral other Liberals were notninated, MOMESPUX I'OLITICAL BCONOMY, that 1 give them entlrod We Delfeve the two great political parties as now constituted to ho so completuly under the con~ trol of ufice-aveliers and professional politiclans bt it {a unsafe longer to Intrust to thom this Gov- emmicnt, % We belleve that Intelligont and puro men, mf’"‘l' leks of former party asxociations, shonld il alt positions of trust and responaibility. W believe thut ofitce-puckers shunld he discard- e, ind thut (hose only whom the peoplo seluct shioutd d1i oificial positions, We nre opposed to tiird terma for public ofileers, except in {hum cascs where skill and uxperionco are Indispeneable to the proper performance of thy reguired services, While we favor an economical espenditore of wmuney for Governmental purposca, wo will apposo nuch false cconomy as will necessiiate uxpensive delny In the performance of public sorvices, W tlentand the bnmodiato and unconditloual ro- peal of the Kesumption Act. Whilo wo favur the circulation of.gald and sllver w8 money, yct rcnllzlln{llmlrp:clfi never bus been and never will bo aubicivnt (o aupply the commur- cial acmunds of the country, Wu thereforo fuvor puch taaites of xafe vl rellable paper currency s will fully satinfy the requiremcutn of trade, “aud thiat such curreiicy b mide u full logal-tender, We, the undersigned, therefore, for the purpose of widvancing thewe our declarcd prineiples, do vr- ganize t pacty to by known as the **Nationai Par- Ty, und herehy pledze ourselves to “labor for its wuceeas, And we nvite the co-operation of all sond e, Of whateser party, . who are willlng to ay oefily personal political suplrations and unlte with uw in this movement, but the tleket as n wholo was judiclously con- structed 5o us to have tho least fiavor of crow tu the Demovrats, for whose acceptance 1t was gotten up. That done, the Democratic Natlonals who meun 10 vole for Thiden, having taken the Hou's share of the nominations, the Convention pro- ceeded to eleet delegates to thelr Congresstonal Conventlon, which was appointed for the 1tth inst., I Hllfl cll(y, when also the Democratle Congressional Convention will ba in sesslon, Liere, and will be invited Lo aceopt the Natiouals® candlilato, With thot the Conveution ad- Journed. o 1havu written thus much of the National Con- ventlon and of the ];rojecwu and leaders of the inovement becauso it (8 the FINYT AND ONLY GREENDACK DEMONSTRATION that has been mudo in Michigau, where there g been a deal of greenbackisi In both parties, auel beenuse on the phin here {usugurated I8 i3 deshmed to set up the Nutlonal movement in cvery Congressfonal Distrlet in the State in seasim to untlelpate the Democeratie Congres- glonal Conventions, ‘That illustrious dead-bent, Dick Trevellick, the ehief toller at wind-work, who Is always peddling the workingman's vou hus enlisted with the Natiunuts, ond orate nere for them, on grecnbacks, last night, Mokes Fleld, of Detrait, 1 a)so boosting the . movement, and thero are some others i vaclous parts of the State who mny be counted on to co-operate. The strength’ developed by the Grungers and Democrats comblued [n the last Gubernatortal contest {3 what Inspires them, By thorough canvdss of tho county, about B,000 vuters, u Soutority of whom werd Denio- cratg, were fnduced © eubseribe to this plar. forin, sud the Nattopal pm* waa formed, and the Luily Lecning Maly O this city, was shortly after uatabliohed us itd orgun, muf headquurters were engaged heres : The Convention to-day waa the firat public densonstration of thy Natlonuls, It was called tor this nty only, and brought togethier ut o ot Neaddarters bebwcen cighty aud alnety self-uppoiuged delegates, aud -neasly us squny wore invercsted upectators. £y A GLANCE AT TUE DRLEGATES wfficed to show thut for the must part they were reprecentdilye cross-roads - politiclaus, lhlnnu&g lighta fin the luminous dlscussions of uffulrs t! arg kept up the year round ot [/ the country store, and utinistukably /men with pet hobbles, The uui;um, of ¢l it was ulso unmlstukable,werg well-to-do fagners, and hud the alr of meu who In thelr own ;nc!uh‘mrhwds wers wecustomed tu bo treated ag persons of Lome Lonsgquence, and m huving no emall voles fn determinlug neighs Jorhood ailaire. Of course Burlingama was there, and o qurlous sumbivation of simplicity that {s childliko and Dlaud and of »ly cuuning that could ouly overs reach the verlest tanocence, be s e fuiparted towethat Lo fuuud there was such a dewund {u the country for u uew party that he nnuuxsl‘n: it no more than Lt sumechody should taka Lokl of it and glve Tt start,—which was sald with the deprecatory alr of a wan who hadu't ulte made up s mind to shoulder tlic respon- sibility of the whole affair, though Lefelt ho was, i fact, . WHOLLY AND BOLLLY RESPONSIBLE TUEHEVOR, 1 asked If they would put uny Blectorul ticket In the feld, sud it they, the Nutlonals, wers jgo- fngZ to vote for Peter Couper, 'f\'m. deliclous freshnens, hie responded At the fdew rather way to let those of tho Nutlone ol who hisd been Democrats vote the Demos cr. £ tckict, and those who had been Repube Hcane, for Hsyes and Wheeler ; "t What then did they expect to aecomplishi Iasked And, by diut of persistent yuustfons $uigg L drew Lrow Doy shat the Nutionals czyet- | That was enoeugh, when the results are consld- cred, to cause one to question what inspired fdlocy might not triminphiat the-polls fu this umm(. But it ls too late in the day even for such fuapired fdlocy wa that embodied fn tha Nutionul movement to ul)rvud over the State In the short time that rewalus for the cauyvess, and with the fssues botw the two snutional )mrlleu growing sharper overy Thu Natlonuls may wucceed in thelr candldate fn this districs (which is un- doubtedly the strongest greenback district In the Btate) upon the Democrntie ticket, and may seeurs indorsemeut of the Nutlonal county tlcket by the Democracy of this county. It Iy queationnble whether thev can accomplish so ek, Unless all the better-lnformed poll ticiaus hers In Western Michlgan are mililed, \__KOTIING HORE WILL BB ACCOMPLISKD, Thu Kepublicans of greenback proclivities are averse to any coatitfon” with thoe Democraey in Congresemeh; and the Democratic manugers, for this your ot least, are culleitous ta auppress © the greenbacklse that woulih array Democrats i hostility practleally to Pliden, « 1t la i‘ul too edrly to hazard wredictions, and what the gresubackers may da Nomun can fovetoll, Hut from all present fudi- catlonsy the Greenhuek Natloual muvement wilk not be heurd of fu Michizan outside this Con- ieresatounl Diatriet, nd ‘Tn the rest of the Btaty there Wit bu o alrafght lssuo Letweon thu two natloual partics, LannyTi, MISCELLANEOUS, CONFKDERATE BENATOUIAL AND NMPRUSENTA- TIVE NOMINATIONS. Bpecial Dispateh 1o The Tribune, Joxgsuoio, N, Aug 8—The Democratlc Benatorfal snd Representative Conveution of the Fiftleth District met tn this place to-duy., A tomporary organlation was perfocted at 3 o'cloek, und thu dhifuient neceasary cotmmittocs sppointed, While thege committees were out tho lon. 1. T Lincgar, of Caira, wddresacd the wmeetlng, The committe:s reparting, the pore waneut orgeizition wa procceded with, [ Aln, Atwater woved the appuintwent of u TinanBrotixn: Can ‘nnhll ma if my nfore Marlo Hewitt will recover anil be n stronz glrl and wha #he L in Jove with? What are my i octs in New conmittee of eeven to nominate persons to Ot yieaneres ocensioned by the resignations, Me. Kine was {n favor of reducing the slye of Richard Fitzgerald, of Alexander Connty, was clected permancnt President, and De W, J. Coehran, of .hu-kwn‘ Seecetary, Jwlzo I of Cairoy, nomingted Col. R R Tow f ] the Committee to dve or seven membersy awd 4l 'nm.l had 1 hetter mm'\lu. hora or go hnme to nion Connty. ns Senator, whielh was | dedied his proposition considered s an amend- | ¥ foihert Abo. i my tickuin In the Lunlciiie reconded by " Unfon Connty?a ~ Chaleman; [ ment to the former wotlon. O L AT T otvakT do Ay~ George W Andrews, of dackson, . now- tap some furthier tiscussion, tho motlon of | Wity for o and done he really ke mat el me fnted B, Mayham, sud pecedvidd ater provatted, and the following were | what Tinust do to gein his love? Tow I8 my father o recond, The different counties being called 19 the Cominfttee to report 6 now | snd mother? Does iy sister, M. Shasil, feel for thei; otes, Alexander cast 837 votes tor it e M, Atwater, B, K. | sorey for what she his done? ~ Will Annn Zbo- Townes, and 347 for Mayham, When Jackson County was called: for w controversy ocetiered, which resulted in the. retlring of twelve of the delegates from that cownty, as they weve [n- structed to yoto (irst, last, atd all tio thne for rowskl taery o foreigner? Dono shoe love auy other seraon? - Dose Alexanter love Marie; and doea lores lave Annn? (lowi-bye, my dear brother. Can you give me thu times of eome frionds in the apieit wotld! Good-bye, your devaled brother, yle King, iatTier, amd Jolm i, M the call of committees, T M. Bradley, from the Pluance Commitlee, reported the res- fanation of & 1L MeCren ns n memler of tho un, G G Dixon, Mayham, which £ 1 't0 o, wAltor v | Cosniaittoe, and that (e Conniittes had col Waanare & Ker. ayham, which four refused to do, wAller the ST R 4 tee had col- . AT AT \ votlying ‘of " thess yeutiemen, Unilon. Cotunty [ Teeted S71) ad that 8150 addftiomd hu heen | INTHIRSING SEARENG BOW Qb B, enst Lier 10 votes fur Townes. The votw [ suleerfbed, There were no debta except 108 | o9 ek iyenue to Cousin Fiahe: wins then wade wnanimous for Towue rent, the amount of which he did not know. Dran Covatx Puus: T send my loving greoting The MHon. F. L. Albright, of dack- | The meethye then adjourned for one week, to-day, for that yon live and love (thotgh no fong-* son, nml J. I Oberly, of Alexander < INDEVENDENT QREENUACRERS, or posalble on cieth) 1 nlly belleve, Often, cotain County, were nominated. by “ucelnmation to the Thik dead-and-alive party manages to keep up | miye, hive 1 tal With you by my pen wheu yon YTower ilouse of the State. Suvoral resolutions atves in the ofl Rovtna 17und 18, No. | were'yet In forms 1 never thowght to talk to you were presented and sdopted by the Convention. Clark street. 'There ure but few of the when you hail prased to (he spictt world, I knuw A Senatorial Commitice was thun appointed, composed of Willlam 1. Morrls, of Union Chatrtnans William A, Lunna, of Jiwkson und Juln A, Freese, of Union. The Conveation then sdjowrned stue dle, Sprelat Corveiponience o The, Tribune z Y 5 Das MOINB, Ti.y Az h—The Patron's IINper, —tho pretendvd organ of the State Grige of Patrons in thls. Siate,—cdited by Prof. dones, deposed from the State Agriculturad College, In covertly at work In the Tildun Interest, “The paper hes recently contained several severe artl:les agaluat the present Ropubdlican Admin- Istration. While there Is no objection to the editor’s expecasion of whatover political tenuta ho pleases, it 6 well to.lus tha Granugers kiow to what purpose he Is prostitutivg the Tranchise he lolds us. the orgun of thelr association, Mr. Joues will probably suon lesrn that hie cannot manufacturo Democratic votes at the cxpeuse of lown Grangera. LAPORTR, IND, Special Dixpatrh to The Tribune. Laronrw, ILml, Aug. %—The Hayes nnd Wheolur Club turned out this even ng with their torchos, nnd, headed by the cornet bund, uradod tho streets, tnaking'a (ine sppearance, en. Haseal), of Gosheu, spuke:to a large andience in the Court-House yard Iils speech was eottid sud to the polat, “The Republicans are enthusisstle, and are- working for succvss, which seams cerfain to be thelfrs b the coming election. PEOILIA COUNTY NAPUBLICAN CONVENTION. Di Tha ipectal Dispateh ibtne, Promna, I, Aug. 3—1he Peorla Couuty Re- rubu«m Conyention for tho purpose of chous- ing vighteen delegates to the Congressionu) Convention of the Nintn Disteict, to Lo held at Galysburg. Aug. 18, was held in this city to- duy., Therewasa full representation, und ev- erything worked harmonlously, The delegates were unanimously fnstructed o use all bunora- ble meaus to seeure tho nomination of the Hon. Itichard H. Whiting, R. G. Ingeraoll was Pros- itlent, aud mado a stroug thirty minutes’ speech, The lon. Julfus 8. Starr this inoning published @ card ba which he withdrew from the tleld. ATLANTIC) 1A, Th the Editor af The Tridune. ATLANTIC, In., Aug. 2.~ am a citizen of Chi- eagzo, but have been rstleating at this place for thie lnst three weeks, and have been a close ob- server of the pulitical fecling ju this section of country sinee my stay here. I find thut the Re- publican clement is vxmll{,ln the nm]nrlt.i'. Titg 'ninuxe {8 taken by the better class of cltizena, You ounly hear the names of Tilden and Hen- drics mentioned fu connection with rallrowd swindles or tresson. In short, Cass County willroll up o tremendous majority for llayus and Wheeler. 8. G TILR RBUUBLICANS OF BURPALO. . Special Dispalch ta The Tribune. Byrraro, N Y., aug, 8.—TheRepublicans of Boftalo holdt their first meeting of the scason to-night in ratitication of the nomination of Hayes und Wheeler, 8t Jumnes' Haell way cramme to hear Gov, Noyes, of Oblo,und Gen. Kilpatrick, notwithstanding the strect demon- stration of the Boys in Blue, with torches and tireworks, somu 4,000 strong. The turnout ex- cecds all oxpectations, aud this demonstrates n ccmbl::: Republican victory hu this city next No- vewber. *rngs M lying arowd loose here, but Secretal Spriuger {5 4 buoyant, hopeful youny man. o and dydney Myers had o lour consultu- tion yesterdny mornlug, Mr, Myera Iy to gpenk In - every Congressfonal Distriet fn the State, He speaks In Aurorn Wednesiday even- Ing, a8 whl also Jesse Parker, of Danvlile, Gen. Singleton, und probabiy 8 mith, witl traved together nud speak, They will muke a tiny tesol. you love me and wateh over e, and [ wonld nak youu u few qnestlone: First, Cousln Phche, are [)'uu happy? Can yan rve mninma and 1 in o dalfy Hle hera * Ul you soe niy duar, loved George ¥ Ilow lowg hefore” hy will le free fiom the unlawful hond now entan- filig wdd upprevsine WY Wil deorige retuen to Tho thieautinan® Tiow foon shall we e wedded 1 Have yon any message for your dear chil- dren? IMearg anawer, dear Consln Plinke, and belleve me ulill, lovingly, yours, PRECAUTIONS AOAIKST DUCHPTION. Most of these letters are inclosed in notes like the following; Mu Fuist: Pleaso find tuclosed a letter for mny Masher, which [want retnrned withont ny: lnre betng broken, 1 rend 32 and stamps, 08 required, and remain, yours truly, R. G. Fisu, FLINT'S COMMONPLACE TOOK. In one of Mr. Flint’s books s a stock of rencdy-maete phrases for use In rcl\l{lnu to the nuwarous leiters seut him, The foflowing are 8 fow sanples: Wo will jonrney along together whh hands {;‘:‘M“' ane on cach side of tho curdaln that fulls chween your lund and mine, - Yo deom yourself Inactive; birda whon plumbling do not sing, neither nre thay active; but with now fledie wings they soar fur up and give forth sull more wild und Deautiful harmony. Seclng this fi(lm;‘;‘mrlnnn, your spirit is plumbihg for & higher E\'a will often be menr to gulda and direct you through the varied sxperiencos of enrth lifo, Muy the hlesred angels of light and Juvo be aver near to kulde, dircct, and blces you in overy aspi- ration for the puro uud beautifal, LLiava walked with you npou the westorn side of N1e and will soun mect you ulmu thie. Dear loved one, o will be your teacher and monitor to gnide and direct, to dispel doubts, il to plant “the broud bannor of this yreat truth Srmly in tho clladol of your sonl, All souisara ulllod to cach other and bound by tho Ali-Wisc Baing who says, **Come higher, evor higher; cowe nearer, over nearer lo me !’ SHSCLLLANEOUS INQUIRILS. Among tiie hundreds of wiscellancous lefters n the Bilut colleetion, there are a fuw worthy of brief quotatiou: Mr.'l. N, Ward, of 'lexus, writes to Frunklin 11, Merriman to ask about Judge Pluckney. Leouvard F. Beekwith, of 103 Fltth avenue, writes to his slater for news from the spirit world, A, Logan Marshall, of Sidney, O, wrltes to nsk Churles C, Weaver i€ thera any heldl. aarriet K. Berry, of 183 West Livyenth streat, writes to her “mother to ask if “when 1get my ring shull I get ny little pet dnfia aint? Several writers {nquire about the abilitles of Dr, Schlesinger 08 o inedium, The Warld, which clreulates vcri)\vlduly in the spirit land, informs them that Dr. Schlcsinger fe at present, or was recently sujourning, tempora. vily, ju ' Lullow Strect “Jail, Fred Folion, 442 Browlwuy, writea to his brother to askif hils purtner 18 trustworthy “uspeefally in the wat- tor of credit, aund would we succeed batter to glvo no crediti™ IDsaac Hleks, of Brooklyn, Wwrites to his futher: Aw 18 medlum? L would like o place for $108 weoks ¥ome insurance compuiy or ramething oloe, Init beat to stay with Georget Wikl he glve mu more wages? ; June Ellzabeth Kellogg writes to lier father: “Cun you give me rellof 1or the pain sud suffer- Ing inmy nps?” Churlea Nush, 39 Park row, writes to his uncle, Natban Crane, to aok if he shll scll out his business, Albeit \hgm writes to Danlel Webster to ask Lis h-{ml advicy in cer- tuln luwsults Le has agatost the Equitable and Quardian Insurnnce Companies. George I, Ul- reh, of Baitimore, writes to John Murruy to - F1R4T WARD. —— The Firat Warl Hayes and Wheeler Minute- men eame together Tast. evening at thely head- ?ummn i the Central Hotel, and had a parude, Mz, Charles L. Eustou 1s the Captadn, and Ws Licutenants are to be elected atthe regulur meuting to-morrow evenin FLINT’S DUPES. Wholesale Swindling by a'*Spire itualistic Medium. Letters from All Classes of Peopls on All Sorts of Subjects, Love, Religion, Business, Slcknesgees Puzzlers for the Dear Departed, New York World, Aug. 2. 1t appears from the papers aid hooks in the possession of Mra. Ielon Mavin Flint, whoso sult for divoree from ber spiritualistic medium of a husband was reported in the World of yes- terday, that the wedium businoss s & poying one. Atnony these papers are several thousand. letters rocolved by Flint (who Is now in Ludlow Strect Jail) In his spiritualistlc practice, from atl parta of the Unlon, Thoey are rom all classes of people, and are written with all sorta of ob- jeets. More than two-ghirds of them are from people nuxious to obtaln Information which would bo of profit to them {n thelr business on- terpiises, The rest are from anxlous Inguirers in search of knowledge, of this wurld and the Leyoml. Many of the communieations are fron peopls of good sou osition and liheral edu- cation, Mrs. Fliut has kindly furnished a chotes #electlon of them for puhlication, und they will be tound below. They come for the most part in necordance with thie presoriptions of the fol- lowing clrcular, which Filnt sout to atl his cor- respondents: 1 am controlled by one spirit purporting to be 1av nlde. who 1w the serlbe for the eplrits, dollvering n his own handwriting what ls dfctuted to him by the spirit communicating. Tam In u normal, not trunco rtate, but ani unconsclons of the conipul- rlon. My hand Is moved to write from rizht to left (buckwards) Independent of mysolt, By holding the written slde up (o thy light'the anawer can by roud, Tho spirit lotters should be recurely sealed, addressed Lo the apirit, giving his or hov name i ful), and aizned by tha sritor in full, but noad- dresa on the envelope, When left open they cannot my geney belug unt ‘refllclcnz when v i blank io hoth aucatinm and ut your questions clearly, dintinetly, briely, Tho mixed kind defeat the object of tiie investigation, 1 wonld advisa sl my correspond- cots to register olk fettern contuining money, 1 have ELECTION IN MEMPU1Y, Mewrems, Awg, 8.—The cleetion to-day was unusually quiet. Little interest wos monifest- o, as the _Topnblicans Nl no teket, for connty officers, J. J. Rawlings was re-clected County Trensurer; C. L. Anderson was coelected | my photograph for sale exhibiting wy sulit | quire the whercabouts of a certalu chvat uf Sherdff, anu Thorus H. Logwood, Judge of the | Zulde's huad aud arn fakeo whilo anaweriog o | frepsurcs, Willlun Edwards writes to Is wife Crimjusl Court. soaled lottor, Terme: For apirlt Intters 82 and a 3-cont stamp; photographs, Imperinl size, O cents, Flint had to return many of his letters of courge “ with the seals unhiroken,” In order to convince hls dupes that & supernatural agoney was ¢ work. When he ha opened them, theree fore, be copled them Into a book hefore re-seal- fne them, and In some Instaneos aunotated tho argins with sugzestions fur auswers, LOWARDS FIENNEVONT IN SEARCIL OF A PATHER Ex-Attorney-tieneral Edwards Plerrepont, Minister to Englund, before leavivg for Lon- don, writes to uscertnin his councetion (hy his mother's side) withh tha British arlstocrudy, ns follows: Edlizarta fernepontto ear Lady Mary: Mirst—\Vas Junes Pierrepont, f)’?lhmdun. the fathier of John Pletropout, of Koxbney? Second—Wan Jumes, of London, thy son of Will- faw Plorrcpout, the youngor son of Sir Guorge Plerroponty i 4hird—Toll me, If permitted, exactly who was the father of Jolw, and exacily how ho” wae cons nected with the Mierropont fanilly of lelon Plorra- pont. As I hava it, BIr tieorge Plerrepont of Holm Plerrepont had throe rons; from tho clder’ you cume; from — flllui:lhlc) or from Willlani, Now, teill v the true descent, “ WiLL 1 b8 BLECTEDI! Another puble servant (or ubout to be such), William Ehuondorf, writes to his mother; Nomlpatlon for Representative. Shall I accept? WIN I be elected? My insurance pollcy, shal koop It3 will it benefit my family¥ In Flint's book, iuto which theso letters nre copled, there 13 an answer “ Xus," ju brackots, to all the questions of this letter, WANTS TO BB A CLAIRVOYANT. Michasl Brennan, of Astorls, writes to his father, John Brennan, us folluwa: ‘They ey that I cau bear from you through Mr. Fli If e, T wonld Tiko lo know haw you are, What have they done with your property In Byt Will I vver get any portion of ity Pleuss glve e nudvice In resird to businces natters. Giva mo al} “lflhl’l}) you can. ilavo you seen mamar Toll her Lofton thivk of her, Suall ! ever be aclale. voyantY to ask (L he shall marry Misa Boyd, if Lo shall sell his farm, and If ho” shiall go to. ltiuropu with lls putent ralls, to all of which Mr. Iliut replics, fn the anargin, % No? Arthore Johnson fo- quives of Murtha Helen Jolnson, * Haye you reen our (Saviori?® Mr, B, W. Kimball usks s futher for * points * In tho patent buslnees, and also inguires what sort of u pluce Chicugo is for u sumuwer residence. Thotas Walker writes to & frlund fn the sphit world: “ MMy ‘son has }xiul Jnu cuso dignosed; I hope 1t will cure ilm. It s the opinlon of M, Townseud, of Towns- end & Weed, the coungel for Mra. Flint {n her suit for divurce und almrouy, that Mr, Filnt hua mude u fortune out of hls correspondence bus- nuss, and he will show this to by tho ease fron Flint's own books, 6. Fliut {8 hersolf a b‘plrltunllnt. but not of Fliut's sort. Indeed, she cluims that sho makes public the lotters printed abova to warn peopleaguinstquack Spirliualists 1iko bor ex-husband, CAN'T SWALLOW TIIE DOSIL Spectat Disaich to The Tribuna, SYRINGTIELD, 1L, Aug. 8.—The firele Press, of this city, the German Democeratie urgwi, comes out to-<lay ugainst Steward aml Hise, the Inde- pendent nominees of the Demouratic ticket. AROUND TOWN, SNELDY M, CULLOM, Yesterdny there wus un nbaurd rumor clreu~ Iated nbout town that Bhelby M. Cullom had withdrawn from the head of the Republicon Htato ticket on sceount of certaln charges mado agatnst hit by Iis encinfes, Tho story further alleged thut the State Committes wad to hold u speclul cesabon ot Sprivgfleld In o few days, when sonte uther man would be, nominated for Governor, It fs needless to say that the roport is a downright, deifberato lle, started by Deino- cruts to attalu certain onds. Nobody about Ke- publican headquarters gave the least credit to the rumor, though a seusational evening paper euw fit to give the mutter publlcity and report it as a fact. REFUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS, Col, A, C. Bubeock, Chalrman of the Repub- liean State Central Comnwitice, was yesterdsy vory busik en;fi;ca in recolviug the reports of organization Huyes and Whecler Clubs throughout the Stute. The work Is goivgz on sptendidly everywhere, Prowminent Now York- ers predict a um]urltf of 50,000 for Hayesuud Whualer this fall, ‘the biekering in the Demo- cratic ranks and tho dilly-daliying of Tilden and Heodneks bave ‘done ‘much to deworulizy the Demnocracy in that State. . ‘The Executive Committes hcld s very im- rtant session at uoon yesterday, ab ‘hich Rglm W. Buno, of Springfleld, was present, but the business done waa of such a nature that it cannot be made public, The urrungements are heing made for an im- mense soldivrs’ mass-mecting, to be lield in this city somu tbne durlug this month. © TUR DEMOCKATIC HRADQUANTERS. 'The Democraey are trying very hard ta por- foct an ol tlon of some kind, but, some- how, the guerrilias of tho party like to live out- R — Willlamn Goat's Fourth of July. 81, Lotils Repubitcun, That Monroe street goat proved imself onthe Tourth tobe us patrioticus anybody in 8t, Louis, ut leaat be mada ns ne a display of bunting s any bonso on Fourth street. ‘Chere was anovelty about his hunting, of course, ‘Lhe buntiug on the stores down town shiowed atripes frequently perpendicular, witha bateh of stursin the carner, while tho gont's buntiug was strictly in o horlzontul line, swd the only stars conbected therewlth wers those bserved suddenly by the varfous hunters, The goat prubably wouldn't bavo Leen fo pa-~ triotle but for the boys. I was nibbling the seant herbage buslde the struet on the uiorning af the Fourth, when Lo attracted tho attention of & group of the worst youngstera in tho ward,. und they resolved npon the Lritlfaut expedient of tylnga bunch of crackors tu his tall, yust to see What he would do. ‘They surrounded the #oat, nud, after ntinito steategy and o tnal des- porato bittle, captured him, -~ Then cano the tusk of Muclnng the bundio of crackors to the uutmal’s tafl, aud o dUlicult toak it proved, Uoata {n gencral have uo tall to speal of, and the Monroe streot zoat in particular is caudal- 1y deficlent, s tail 1s only an Inch long, per feetly Buooth, und with suuniwaverlng tendoney GI\EAT CALHOUN, BPEAK! 3r, E, C, Cublll writes ud follows to Jotn O, Callioun: 1t lias bieon roveated to me that thore s soon to e an lpurtant movoment greatly benoficial to tho sido, Among the visitora ut the Paluier Jousu :fluulh in which ll in connwction with o frivnd, wilt | to pafns toward the zeuith, The boys tried for J : horgh W leading spirlt. In thiy ko T this to bo £ e ) headquarters” veslorday wore E. Ruwnell | Jochiion’ of Mexico or” any of (hat countryy | Half w1t our ta fuslon un tho crackors without Who onee Meld oo giiee, of (5%e" | I so, whew will It be! Stiall T havo wealti to cop- | pucteass tntlt Buully umo boy, who biad, learnes o o (b inan | T | anwinata I3 aewhall Uhaya powaras Induenca to, | H DRSS ERS VE PP UL e mntites Day-teeds; Kane County; QGen. ¥, T. Bierma, WILS, 118 MARRY MEI—DOER e Lovm smd | (WG crackers werb znited and the hoys formed George W, Minch, Chuinnan of the Boone County Demoeratle Committes; Dr. David Dunham, Madison, N, Y,; Gcorge T, Hulm, Dan Cunteron, It . Goodell, uad’ W, P. Kerr, Tauincsville, O. All thess men brag of the beans ties of Democracy, + K. H, Winston, F. T. 8hermag, and A, M. Herrington called upon the Exvcutive Com- mitteo at the Palmer House yesterday, and were engaged with them un hour” or more, Thelr m&ufim Was pes liey brought with them o Mittlo ollve-branch. It was their object to make arrangements to securs tha suceesa of the Dem- gcratle tieket this full If 1t is possible. Mr, Winston has flapped over sufticlently to bolleve 'i’lllu tll(m l;umuanu Wil carry tholr Stata ticket. stuken ‘I'he Jolnt Reception Committees for recelving the Btate und National Democrutie Committecs et in the Palmer House yeatenlay afternoon, and about wm¥lclcd thelrarruugenieuts for the eutertainment to be hold Mouday evenlug. The Young D:uww‘{ s to be organized hy Miles Kehoe, A genoral meeting of delegates wl,illho hield some day nexy week. e - C) Followlug s o transeript verbatim from Mr. Fling's boole: Ktlck, Camitla, to hor husband Frank M. Btick, Will M. Woodall marry ma Doxs he love mo Dasu hio fove Cora Coddiugton s she snguged to Nir. Biair, Bhuli Iromain inthe houso, 1a Cora Hl Philedglphla, Will Mr, Woodall visit her ore? {Aunotation by Mr, Flint: **Jealous."} TO MY WIPE IN IIRAVEN, Honry E. Thayer sends his desd wifo this noto. 5 Lwill try and write you n fow live questions to noe if 1 cun nl)v:n conunleation with you, re you happy? Do you deslre {0 return? Can you 0o ack 40 earii and wed us, readons tnghin and hear g speak? Is Androw with you, and fe our dear little buby with your Can you tind u mo- dlum bero in Phtludolphia through whow you can cowmunicato with moY o )m}luw squaroabuut thegoat swalting davelop- ments At the fivet U3z of the bumln% anfual leaped vurl)uud(uulurly feet upward and came down stitl-legzed, custing at the snne thne u dreadiully Interesting look oyer hie erackers the his Alonldor ut Ity reat, As the B4z chungod into & flauiing sputter it leaped Mgher still'and came down tnore stift-leggod than befure, aud then begran shying ubout slideways, The boys, previqus to ullixing the erackers, had tuken the goat futo u yavd with a Bigly boagd fenco ubout 1L su that it couldn't get nwuy, bup thuy still remained fn 8 hollow sguars to observe the plienuimonn of the qecaston wore closoly. Boon the first cracke! mlut, and thon fol- lowed w frighful scene ho goat took Iy tho situntion fully, and then beemno o buneful Nea- eals, WL # revengefdl bla-u-al),” und o tush ho knocked o coruer boy out, of that hollow square and & rod awey, ond thely whooled 1ike lighvdug and churged ggaln. - Tho hoys started fgr that fence i wild stunpede, Lat not one of them voached It Thu goat shat sbout ke » glunt boomerang, and every time he struck o SIMPLY BUSINERS, O MY OTHER, E. C. Mchoun, of Now Urlcans, usks his motherd Can I bocomo o modium? Shall T remain In Now Orleans? Wiwra shatl 2 o? What course shall 1 Jurano WLl thie pervon [nin about to weet to-duy? Ll T galu iy auit sguinse Kennedy & Co, ¥ Stieet Hesdquarters aro Doy that boy weit to @rass u tatal wreek, The belug removed to the sccond floor MLET ME ON THE NEUATIVE, MY FRIEND, cravkera rooved and flyned, and the goay re- of ‘[h, Buperfor Block, the rooma oceu- Muonry C. Withurs wyites to Horatlo Borne: sombled a comet with a Hery tafl, careoring pled by the Demoeratic Committeo of 1892, ‘the quarters ure cool, cubveniout, snd eusy of po- ecsu, Bl ure roeunt as u luuuglfifi Hxluw for tho lesa aristocratic ouea. K. E. Goodwll glves the routn rent free. Plesss look Into sy surronndings and advise mo how ta do wo that my l\nm ‘rl sy come to e dutinitely? ‘el ine haw un&mlum they can coulrg) mata write, and howr* If { soud” the number of my pleture witl you come upon the vlate with me? through the uir, as lie bonnded frowm ehile tv #lde, and finots the hupless boys. Hofaro tho hunely ol cruckors was half gono cvery buy wus down, anil wll afrald to |i;\u un before tho ragfug huenat,'save ond boy Wio was A spocial eeting ot he Grend Councll of | $4¥: DO THHY axT DRUNK N TATARIQUT, BET- l’:{'fi&?fi}:.’r::h:,l:(u“wlfi'rfi\l‘u‘zll ‘Q‘fi&x‘ifi;&h"cfi‘n xluit t:: fi’r';.':l;l.(a?“u ’n’fii’.fih‘i‘ikfi“fl‘?fi{.‘l?& llwel;lcnlllt: Morsco Weston, of Bostou, writes to Richard e mde tho atteinpt, but wasn't quick onough, und dropped cust tn thus ta lob the goat pass nyer bl with teerlble forcg and puss through the fonve lke a cunnon-bplly eareying off o hourd us ho went, The boya pustied to the gap thuy T Murtint CMy Oip ANp Ketxcuen Fuiewp: 1 oalways thooght mneh of yon since you loftuy, aud should 1ike 1o have you glve me suine ldeas of your con- luq. Presldent Aldrich fu the chuard, Uho tlrst order of business wus the call of the wards, whou the followlug now delegutes wers Fepurted ns cntitled Lo soats: ditlon T tho new hote to which yon were catied, | macle, und saw u ball of fire far down thie strouty L’lnt W lA‘ylr Kingund Lingaln Dubols. | Wery'you conscloun at_tho s ot Your ‘desth? | olug'ut the rate of 1,000 miles an Louv, und Third Ward—0, 1, Ham and J, 1. ‘Thom """f" you hke your nuw condition? Do you f July, 1 s«f-"’(? Ward—d. 1. Kolbe, in plica of Hichael it - Lwel/tA Word—Rouleu Clyvelupd and R, E. they Baw nu wore goat dn the Foyrth of wver luvo sny destro forstimulauts, or have you | On'tho next munfiu » hawevar, thy aulinal wis ovar hud wluca you were cullud awiyr Wora, you g g watislled with the diapositiou of your proporty wa feeding ubout Jn b s peenstoried lisunts, und, bt for the bluckenyd atuinp of p tall aud sin- Jenklna, yuur brother had the whols of (L2 Ate you gwars | jur ) 1 ) Aghleonth Ward—The Hocrat s instructed Vel ster glonm fn hig cye, no uns would haye sup- yaaghieanth Mt g ocrary ey Wedrid | Shus e mencns wiich 34 ut 4 lwpld tois 0 | oll El i hadd alaid ' vorebpatiog o Qo tos in thie place of those now ucting. “ln the ’l’u‘vn of Jufferson, James £, Hanna was subsiitutod for the formier momber, The next order of business wus the rocepitlon of the resignations of the followlng pentlemen as mewbwrsof the Executive Commitiva: Juuea P, Root, Joun lloffman, Willam Aldrich, U, M. Iiow, R, 6. Btome, 'T. M. Dradley, sud” W, K. Sullivan. Mr. Bulllyan oxplained tho reslguations by stutiog that the object had hoen to ullow the Counell to reorganize and clect new oflivursy there wus bo Inlunt on the part of any ous to desort tho organizatlon or purty. ‘The reslenutions wyrs acpeptod, with tho undorstandlng that shey should date from the thne of tiie sloution of thelr succeasnrs. Toping La biear frant you, 1romaln, Ty Yo truo audtalthtul fricnd, Honscs Wrsrox, Ueorge 15 Proctur, of Gloucester, Mass., writes many letters ta persons lu the spml wurld asking for recipus for thy manufacture of Lalr retiturativus. Onu of bis lotters rewds: A YANKEE NOTION OF THUM IMMORTALITY OF THE BOUL. £ Duorunn Wittiay: We nro engaged In making Na- ture's Holr Heatorder WH) yon give ns your pers sonal uitoution? Inforis to what ts tho beat plan [N .flupl 1o muke {4 pay 'lmn;wu siund What shall Pudo to tiake wy wifa s happy beliover In Spleiuatiom? A MAN WIHO A8 EVERYTHING PO LEARN. Followimg 18w vorbatlng copy of u lettur n Mra, Fling's posseasion: Lhoma J, Livy, Spiricual World (no Posts0fice): teunial Fourth A flugulnr Btary, Wiliinglon (¥, 0 Sar, Bome time sincs Dr. Tunao Jackeon, of Whiten ville, cut a ball ont of & young in of Coluni- hug County, by the name of Joshun Gore, which ho hud cartied In his body for eleven yeurs, It wus o Atfunio ball, wnd “when tuken out the doctur, notielyy some particlos of powder ads Bering to ity struck s wateh and applied {t to tho bat, when th powder flashed,” th sama a4 §f {6 hadd been fresh from the cartridge, v St. Loule Globs-Ien 8., Ty Have looked I yain Write, und all will bo forgivens ?:rL your letter, RAILROADS. The Annual Report of the Michi- gan Contral. What It Has Dovo and Earned During tho Past Year. Fatture of a Scheme of tho Grand Trunk Railroad. TIIE MICIHGAN CENTRATL. THE ANNUAL IREONT. Theannual report of the Michigan Central Railroad for the year ending May 81 has Juel been completed, 10 will be geen that tho bust- ness during the past year ins not proved as re- muuerativo ns was hoped for, yot, courldering the many embareassments resuiting from the staguntion [n business aud the disastrous rail- rord war uuder which the road hiad to Iabor, the showing la not a discouraging one. ‘The follow- ing 1s un abstract of the voport: ‘I'he earnluga of the whole property of the Com- pany darlng the yéar have b From frelght , FIOUL BRI Frow wiall, oxpress, and miscvildacois The operating expenses for the s G, Exciualve of taave. 84,00 Leaving of net earninga... v i Groms enenin i BAINE Brope e Yur g we Showing » decrease of groa earnings th last ‘The uperating expenses fur the year ndlog with May, 1873, were, with taxes. B80T While thoee ot tlic yeur Just closed were, 2, nrd Deing o reduction o this ltem daring the FUBT Of, s vrazens ...§ 205,105 Tie resit’ of tie 'yea tiat while (lio rosr sarning fallen ol & Ux[eLaCE hAVE DeeR redticod AU The ee carniaus of 400 Yeat ke As ugalust... The year before, and hatng on fnoreaso of net earuings of... e «a carninga of the wmalu line »¢ Tately, during the yeur euding with M Img;’w" 2 e’ uy, Haviug falten ofT.. . T exprasen vt ‘Hile i T cautiage swith Sy, 167G During thie st yeur the Telugn reduction of £ iine bnsties of, . yenr eeding Mby, INT5. wers, During the past year tiiey huve Telng o decrcas of el carning for the sear > THE PUAINE While the enrnings hava boen about the same thiK year ns lost, the bisiness has very largely in- creased uver that of uny former yoar, - 1t hns bieen thelargest increase, indecd, which the rond has ever had in nny one yesr, and lus Lesn general in all clussen of frefght, and upon all [ing e inereivo in through cast-hound frelght las heen 72, K00 tons. 1In weat-hound through frefght, the increuss lutg heen 62,708 tous, Local east-bound froight has incroased 52,8740 tons, and Tocal west-bound, 285,774 tous, ‘Ihe increase In - the frefght upon the Dbranchen Lias hoen ), 783 tous. 'Phe totnl Increnso i through frelght on the main Juo has been 1: o8 tous, ana Joeal 83,453 tons, - The whole ag- fif\!xllu Inereaso af feeight has been 410, 748 Loy, ‘e gggregate Increase af tonuage on the nnin fing Iuvs beun 416,051 tons, and th grose tonnugs of the main line bas bven 1,858,241 fous, [t mny be well ugaln for the stocklalders tonots the euutfnu- ous fncrease in the business of the maln line. In 1870, six yenrs ago, the wholo tornage han- Med was 82,770 tons, In the, next year It was 1,105,670; In 18472, 1,008,100, 873, 1,416, - 7h2: fn 1674 1L waa 1,600, D54) in 1873 It was 1,641,280 and now, 1n'the lust ‘year, 1,85H,231, At will be veen how rogularly and steadlly tho volume of trafic hud been increasing aince the ca- lmclly of the roud haa been made udequate to the hustiess, oven throngh the disastrous times of the Tust three yeurs. The resulte, howevey, of solarge an Increase of Twlness have been but little miore et nioney than from tho swmaller business of the year before, In- deed, usthe busincss gy increnead yoor by year, the rutes have fallen off, and vo regutlatly and ateadity that with o larze anntial increwso ' {n “the volnme of husincss, both the grass and tho net eamings have reuinlned for suverel yeurs nat far from stutlonary, ‘Thu earnings frowm fretght the last year, indeed, uve 1ot been ui large as they were In the year which onded in May, 1878, Dhy- the sum of $188,53, though the number of towa transported have ex- ceeded thaso of that year by 441,430 fons, Tiat tha Company has hecn enabled to realize sy much, and sone more net rennlta from o business nearly & third lurger, has been awing to tho fact that it has heen possiblo to suve money by o more ccunomical, oF rathor a lesdnxpenvive, inansgement. The abili- 1y ta work th road eo much chenper ix tha result of muny cnused, 'The largsst iy that It kaa beou mndu fully adequato to the bualness to bo dono {n all its appolntments, * Its track 14 almoat ontlrcly steel sail, and requires but moderato renowals, and the pricew of Iabor and all muterial sed in working nnd maitalning nvl!l!pml.'nl und trick have been {:renlly reduced, The curront working expenses, heratore, nre st ggures which soemed linpussible threa yeurs ngo. 'The aanual report of last yenr contained state- maonts showlng tho steady reduction of rates for ten yenrs, wnd the cousequences upon tha carnings of tho road, and the losuca by ceason thereof upon the business done. 1t will b proper wmin to note the results upon the buslncas of tho yeur of the cuntinued reduction of rates us compured with thoes of only the last threo years, The average rate per ton per milo In 17:) was 1 57-100 ceuts. In 1874 e fell off to 130-100 cents, In 1875 it fell to 1 24-100 cunts, With the rutes of 1873, only three years #luco, l'ln Ihe’ l)lllu‘IIlluu- ‘d‘lll;‘l the lg‘l“l){b:"?lum ulrlllmim rom [relght, which weore §3, 084, 540,20, wonld have been 835,004, 755.62‘ or more thun weve actually realized by 81,00:, 418,42, which is more than two 5 per cent dividends lost by reduction of rates in only threo yoarw. With the ratos of 1874, tlie carninys of tho past year would have beew Ins creased by 9074, 628, which Is lost by reductlon In the ratos In the two Jast years. With the rates of unly ono yeur ago, the earnings would have becn larger tluin thoy wera Lhe puat yeor by $470, Ok, UL WL WA ‘Tho steady roduction of ull rates, and especlally of rates on West-honnd business, s tho resnlr, l\r!m:nlly af tho controversy of the Boston & Al- hany wiid New York Centril with the Vermant Cautral and Grand Trank Hosde, and with the Bal- timore & Ohlo, and which has becomo Intousiied Dy tho cxtenasion af the latter to Chleazo, ubout, ar HUtdle wors than, u yearugo. Fach of thesu Unes furnishes loss Tavorabla connection, porhups, . ho- tween ftoston and the YWest than the more direct Ll‘:.wl n‘l Ihe‘uuston & Albany and Now York entral, : 'The vonsequonces rcnulunig from this controver- #y huve becw'so detriniontal Lo the rullway propwe- '{0' the West, north of the Ohiio nnd cust of the Misalsaippl, that thu munsgers of the rollroads oavt from Chicaya lant fall endenvored to obyiato the ifliculty on cast-buund frolght by sn ugroemont among ulunuulvt'l o pool the whole husluces ° from Chleago upon certaln ngveed terms, 'I'hls agreement wan mude wider approbation wnd n|v)snm\‘nl uf tho Presldont il Vice-Prealdont of tho New York Central Road, Both of whom were, and are, 1 the manageneit of the Lake Shore & Michhmn Southorn Rallroad. By tho terms of the agreaiuunt, it was to continue fog bwo yoars. Jt_had worked wo eatisfactorlly to ho purtlos that ‘cforts wore being vude, with falr iTospects of succens, to biclude w1 ruads norgh of ho Ohlo fl!\mdlmi to 8t. Louls aud uther polnts, when 1t wus ubeaplly toviminatod by thg withdrawa! of the Lake Shora & Michigun Sonthern from the agroonent, and tho wurfaro of rates and fares now exiating inmeilatoly conmencod, While that ar- Faugeniuat, osuted, by conuguiien of (o larger |r:re;\u qf Lusincsn of the Mickizun Conlral oyer thta uthor rads baat fram Chtcngo, Uil Compatiy paid from §ts earninge to tho other two Campanive, which wero she 30, U0, er husinesy, there has bcu‘u joss 52, 24 during the year on the malu He, ho east-hannd throngh [iseengers duriugtbo yeur ), 508, I the werl-binnd through thera wan an lutrease in numbora of 1,852, Iulaval sust-baund there was wu increase vl 22,785, wnd o west-bouml of 40,203, There was also u slight lucreas i emigeanis, Thoro was a loss iy earalngs o all clavecs, oxcept wost-bound lucal passeiyers and um:mn\m Tha cunse te reduced aree, 9 result of competltion. The number of mneu{;uu carrled, on theisereto, wassumetling wmoso tiinu 50, 000 Abuve thowa of tho year beforo, Yhe Huoilug debl created for réconstenctlion, ateel radle, etc,, of the Cimnpany lx $85i, 000, loss cash to aopty Ty Now Yark, g1au, 000, lenving a total n{ 00, 000, l},u&( yoar Wis n\a}u, on the Bl of u‘. wap stated ut 3770,000. | It will le remcribyred, bowe wyor, LY those wha reud the liwuu:\wt wom|- annual statemont, (hat in -Ilrna and naoy after, 4,000 tons of wgeel rail, which had been contracted for bufoyu the punle, wero puld for {u the hotes of the Company, amaunting to $415, 808,80, The floatiug dobt af Junu 1, uf $T70,000, wuw, thero- fare, imnat el once increaved 10 $1, 205,538, 80, Thid deby hye been seducgd by payments to the predent woint uwmu.&o, s reductlon of unr-mls of §500,000 durlng the yeur from enrn- o fugse 't‘\mra arp op Land yet 2,800 tons of steel rail, which Is énsugh to complete the goaln o track with uteol, there belngonly (hat amount of irou left bu il Theo rally aro “all ‘[Ilh\ for, aud are pruhably afl which will bo requived for she yeur. UNPOURWE 1 UNOI B Hineo the romovy) of the ‘Yreqenrer's ofice from Doatau t Depraft, which was donw dolely from nio- Uved of ecotomy, thero has becn nu uffice of the Cowpony excopl’ 4t petroil. Tho stock of the Company has, to voue extent, beconio g anbject uf apocolution, and, as e glwayy the caso lu such clr- cuuialances, wuty unfonndud FOLe Lavo besnwut allogl, wnd ewpuclally refativa to curitles of the leasod Huss and” projudicinl to theje credit, With no rcrunnuflnn Ty Nuw Englaud, whore m«wurllfl lue have been llr,&uly heldy 14 hps not el eagy 10 Coupburact thety ulfect und eavy hold. yru from uunscassary lusa. ‘The Bogrd, therefare, pow avall themsalves af the apporiuuity t slate Lh“ thoy poneider the oblizutiony gvamned by the latlye 10 the leascd 1iucs anuucred ssauy wlligations of suy deegriptions and furibor, ihabtlio carnugy of the Cowpany, ovea du thasa Hlwes af the " hmpaired proeperity of Ula souutry, though they say be sull furiber atectes by & disastrous and, as they believe, un; warfare amonz compotlog roads, 1ave proved id aml qontinue 1 hat there alay reammable ppreiéy hols of the eecurltice, Al nt Company., b Pty the lucrense of Inisiness and reduction af o8 peniea in - wnnugoment have conntechlanen) iy ornea, nnd Wit eftlera eovisol of ey Proaperite of i conntey, anid connquant s OF DUKIEs EYel NS HRRORE Rt OF B Conaathie s {llo precit wasfare anvig At combeting o, " e Wil o o donbt o e wbitity Qo eqen e ke reanomahle dvidenin, | Farmar aime clear, can never be agatn realized, It thise o o 0 two vearn o, With podce, tilht Do rajis ely, Al witlh only those, and with (h, © Increang of businuas, eatlsfaclory dividon; wight avon e made, With the —— . MISCELLANEOUS, TUB (GRAND PRUNK AND GRMAT WhRsTRqy, Special Dispatch ta Thé Triduns, Tonowto, Ont., Aug, B.—Correspondence ho tween the Grand Trunk and Great Weeteey Rallways, rolating to sttempta mado from tlne totlmetoput wnend to tite conpetitan by, tween the two companles, l8 published, Thy Great Wostern hus fiually usaénted toa propy. sition that. us koon o8 Uie .contest Letwpg, the American lines and the Grand Trionk con han eud, the (real Weatern will“ ot once Jyfy thio Urand Trunk in 1dentical Instructions to | two Ueneral Manngers, Mr. Hickson and 3y, Broughton, that they should procecd Wihop; deluy with the schedules for the disislon of competition traftle, and that the two managor, tnking in turn each town ar district, should o) rnnfic the pereentages for tho division of 1y Ic. trai A $10,700,000 surr, Spectal Digpasch 10 Ihe Tribune, 2 LEAVENWORTH, by AUZ. AR Vory lmpor tuut sult has heen bronght fu the Onlted Statey Court for "this . district, lu_which the Uijtet States l-lphlnl‘ll!'nu-l the Kansas Pucltie Ry road defeadant, Tho casc 1s_brought on thy forfelture declared by law for the prosentattan anduse of faleo and’ fraudulent vouchers fyr a\'urchgrgen amd excesses, The eult. amounty Lo $10,740,234, Tho attorneys far the plaintiq are Matt il Carpentwr, J. W, Johuson, aud Jf, R. Pendery. . y TUL KEOKYK & DEB MOINES RAILWAT COMPANY, Tn the Mditor of Tha Trivune, Niw Yomk, Aug. 1—Your correspondent writiug from Dca Molnes, In., under dute Jy) 20 (published in your issuc of the 25th), make, some statements 8o grossly fuaceurato and upy {ust to the road which we repreaont, that we ak tho favor of & corrcctlon in your columns, Refernnce s sundo to a proposed extenslon of the “Keokuk & IFort Dodge Road,” and to the’ Innd-grant canferred nfinn the Des Molnes Val. ley Road, “of whick the Keokuk & Des Molnes {s'the northern half It is alyo nescried thay the “lower Lalf" of the Des Moluca \'nllc'y Road, upon reorganization, *teok the lon shure” of the lands so conferred, and several thousand acres of lands to which they were not entitled, The facts uro just tho reverse of thow glven by your correspondent. ‘Therd 18 no such roud ns that desigmated $*Keokuk & Fort Dodge.” The Keokuk & Des Moines Rallway, us its name hnyllcu, In the Southern or Enstern Division of the old Dy Molnes. \’nlk'f Road, aud represents_two-thirds of the linu of that road between Keokuk and Fort Dodge, while the Des. Molnes & Fort Dodge Rallroad represents the Northern or Western Divislon,extending from Des Molnes to Fort Dodye, % - Tha Keokuk & Des Moines Raflway Comjany have not. recelved an aere of Jand from the United States or tha State of Town, and are not contemplating nn{ extenslon Into tho counties of the Northwest or “uny outrage upon the people of that scetfon.” Yours rospectfully, C. 8, Jonnsox, President. JOWA RAILROADH, Spectal Correspondence of The Tribung. Des Moivey, Ia, Aug, 1.—Tecelver J. B Grinncll, who 1a operating the Contral Rallroad ol Iowa, has made hia report for the six months endiug July 1, 1878, showiug a good result, Thore were 23,385 passengers enrried In exeess of the number for the correspundiug period lu 1873, with an focroused earuing of $18,270. The fnerensed tonnage was 62,000,000 pounds, or 1,620 car-loads, 'giving an Increased earning of $7,475.61. The operation of the Rallrosd-Turil Juw, which has beoh sdopted by tho Enst-und-West trunuk-lines, has veduced the frelght-carnings of this road u‘huul. 25 per cent, by compelling u 1o duction of charges in ordor to vompeto for car riuge, Tho Muster-Mechanle’s report shawy that trains ran nn {ncrease of 77,907 iniles, with wuot saving of - $3,242.82, after deducting fn- creased cost of fucl for extrn trabus; or 207 per cent, with on Increased mileage. There was an fncrensed oxpundituro of $5,000 {n repafrs, ow- ing to rebullding and refurnishing couches, to furnish firat-cloas accommodations, The report for Juic is as follows: Cash from lln{ Cash roceived In June. ., <810, 08044 1 Disburscments in June. .. ‘Tialance to July account. 511, 365.45 The increase of businesa for June wns 23 yrr cent, while the pay-roll shows n reduction of 5 R(erce_ul. In cxpunses. Mr, Grinnell’s reports, led with tho Clork of the Unlted States Cire cnft Court here, aro made promptly, and cons tuln overy ftews of recelpts and expemdt- tures, even to the fraction of a cent. 'The Fort Madison & Northwestern Railway Company propoee to bulld a road from_ Fort Mudison to the west lus of Unlon Townablp, in Van Buren Cuunty, on s uwow and novel ilan, known ns the Tronsportation plan. ‘The Leglslaturs Lust winter passed w law empowerlug countles, citivs, aud towns to vote a tax to uld rallronds. The money so voted and raleed s to be pald over to tho Ruilroad Company when the road shall"have been completod uccording to the terms of Lthe proposition, und the cars mmnlg. This Compaty propuse thut, to all porsons who vote for aud ‘u{ o tax to ald in building the road, they will [ssuc a negotlable transportation n:ruhmtc for the amouut of tax so puld Ly such peraon, which certiticate will be redecma- ULlu by the Campany for vue-half of any frejght or passenzer rates, on presentation hy the bl s ur‘ until the whole amount named fu the certitl il o By canceled, This, it will be seca, 13 vir- tually loaning _the Compauy mouoy without i terest, The Company has ofticially propused, 1f thie poople wiil votu'a b per cent tax, to huild, ciulp, and Y‘ut In operatlon, a road to Birming- ham, Van Buren County, sud Issue these wr tllleutes. ‘The lowa Dacific started across the Statuy fow years ago, but operations were suspemivd for luck of funde,—tho capltallsts of Europo not deeming |xmdcm, to fnvest money whert furmers were bunded tu;%‘thcr in opposition to ruflroads, nud the Btate Leglalature wus taking m-lrleml'y actfon,” This roud wns projectel through o fine conntry, which would support 4 road. " Recently the English bondholders lnve been induced to {nvestigate matters for them: gclves; and, accordingly, S8amuel Beswick, of London, arrived here to inspect the country wlong the line of tho road. Ho represonts an Intereat of $150,000. Lust week ho pasaed ole urely over the route, Interviewlns the people and maKing obdcrvations, At Furt-bmlzu lie met the Han, J, . Duncombe, who told him some thipgs he never kuow beforey and, smoup uther things, that therc were no buffuto or Indlans in Towen, as Mr. Beawlel had supposed. ‘Tho rop- resentative wilt return to Englund sstonished at the resourcea of fows, and the prospective growth and wealth of her population, There ls ood prospect that the bhondholders will deem t best to complete the roud, and thereby sccure returus for the inveatments already made, —ep— TELEGRAPHIC NOTES, Nuw Yok, Aug. 3,—Threu hunilred Mennom {tes have arrlved and leayp for Kansas to-nlght, LoumsviLLy, Aug, 8.~In the caso of the Cume monwealth uzainst the Kentucky Cash Diitrls butioy Company, the Clrduit Court, ufter u full arzunent, overruled the gpplteation ot the At toruey-Generul for an fujunction. duecial Dispaich to Tha Tribuns, SeROrIRLD, [il, Aug. 3.—A certlileato of qrgantzation was to-day lssyed by tho Secrctary of Btate (o the flupe Mining snd 8inclting Cuine pang, of Goleandy, cupltal $150,000, itunson, N. Y., Aug, 8.~The Hon, Moscs Y. Tilden, brother of the Qoveruor, Is dangerously sick at his resfdence In New fobanun, ‘Ihu Governer was summonad to his bedside to-day. Hpectal Hapateh (s The Lridund. Danvines, I, Aug. 3.—An oxcurston of peven voached, luulidd with the inouhora of the North Breet ilc!iy‘nlm abbath-schival of thls chu:u visited the Tlppecanoy battle-ground te y. Special Dlspatch (o The Tribune. Durroir, Mich, Avg. u.—'l‘hmmhlgu Muskb cal Tustitute closed 4 sly wouks' eesglon hioro tu-night with . porformance of the oratorio ot $Banison.? The Hat of teuchors of this Tngth tute lucluded such wames s Zesrahn, Wheolor, Petersilon, mil Duck, uud the sifulr waaa umn& artistle success. “ Hpcelul Dispaleh to Tha Triduna. Four Wavny, Ind,, Aug. §.—Application tor an dnjunction ta prevent the Clty Council froim uwunllm& the contruct to bulld tlie Wafer-Worhs tod. 1L Bass, O, A, Blnmons, aud Juines Lillie for §48,000 bas beon (o heuvlng befurg Judge arsun for tho past threo days, It reau)(ed to- day fi & duision fyow the Cyurt contlnutng the 5;=Juuutlgu :ml(\l“\ha S?Ptu‘:herh tenn of &Ai\:"- he contest of thie nutior hue bogw v 1y sud caused mucl exctemout, oy