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* spurl 2 THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE: ~~ STATE POLITICS. Further Proceedings of th Democratic Convention ° in Tennessee. . The. State-Credit Men Succeed in Getting’ Control of the Body. Goorgia’s Democratic Convention Adjourns Without Making 2 Nomination, But Decides to Recommend Col« quitt to the Electors for Governor. Enthusiastic Oponing of the Repub- + lican Campaign at Saco, Mee Result of the Democratic Convention’ in » Lucas County, Ohio. TENNESSEE. Speclat Despatch to The Chicago Tribune. Nasuvitie, Tenn, Aug. 10.—The State Democratic Gubernatorial Convention met in the Capitol at noon toxlay, Over 1,200 dele- mates were present, three-fourths. of whom are Stute-Credit nen. Fully 1,000 spectators ocetipled the gallerics, and a deep degree of interest was manifested in the proceedings. ‘The space in the hall was inadequate to seat thy delegates, and many were compelted to atand up. . Cot. George Washington, of Knox County, State Credit, and the Hon, D. L, Snodgrass, at White County, Low Tax, were nominated for Temporary Chairman, The roll of coun- ties being called ‘Washington received 90 votes and Snodgrass 200 yotcs, thus ‘showing the relative strength of the two Inctions. . Washington js all right. so far as hisattl- tude on the debt question is concerned, but he proved to be a poor Chairman, In his ad- dress delivered upon assuming the chalr he sald the party had reached acritical juncture inthe affairs of theState, It had Jately seemed, however, a8 If something fike the spirit of discord had found lodgment in the ranks of the Democracy, but he belleved, when prop- erly understood, it Is far more apparent than real, much tess widely extended than many suppose, Sovortheless, it has not failed to attract the attention of the keen, watchful enemy, His reference to repudintion as “that supreme, overshadowing, far-reaching, un- ending, exquisit calamity of calamities,” was reeelved, with deafening a pplaltaes The Chairman closed by saybug: "It is igh time anything looking to the dishonor of the State be mado forever disreputable, It Js tine the voxations question be eliminated trom politles, Every suggestion of honor, impulse, State pride; consideration of self- Interest and party expediency imperiously demand ft, It is and has been the mill-stono avout the neck of our State, Remove lt and ‘Tennesses with her magnificent array of natural resources, Instead of languishing with paralyzed cnergics and 2 face of shame, wil tako her proper place high up among* tho frend sisterhood of States Jowels that kle upon brow radiant with tho Nghtof ant inspotted name? When Wilson County was called tn the roll of counties In the selection of Chairman, the Chairnan of the Low-Tax delegation voted for Snodgrass. Tho Chairninn of the State- Crodit delegation from tho samo county chal- Jenged tho yote, claiming nelther delegation had the right to exercise the priviluge of bal- Jot until the contest botween them had been kettled. ‘Ihe vote was withdrawn, Do Kalb County, with two contesting delegations, su withdrew her vote. ~ ag a\t tho afternoon session tho Ton, James D, ‘Tilman, of - Line County, State-Credit moan, Was olected Permanont. Shatrman viva voce, thus seorlng another victory for tho. Stat lit wing, Four-tifths of the Committee on Platform are State Credit. No business was transacted at tho night session, which closet nt 9 v’elock, adjourn ment belng taken tll 10 o'clock in the ‘morn. Tye vorder: fo xlve the Committes timo to report, > ‘he Convention acted go disorderly that the Chalrinun wag forced to adminfstor a reprimand, . To-morrow, will doubtless witness a red- hot wrangly over the platform, as nt least two will be subrultted.. It Is very likely bat- Joting will not by commenced until a Inte hour ag night, if then, GEORGIA. i ATLANTA, Ga., Aug, 10,~—The Democratic State Convention to«lny passed resolutions that after the thirly-second ballot for candle dute for Governor and no vne recelyes two- thirds of tho voto cast that the Convention recommend to the people:Goy, A. I, Col- quitt. Lhe Conveutlon also by a rising volo promised a united and hearty support of tho Dentoviney of Georglu to Hancock and En- B ‘Ihe result of the thirty-second ballot was: Ut, #20; Lostar, 69; Hardeman, 40; Gare Warner, 3, ivontlon then by acclamation placed. an Electoral ‘telat for Prealdent and Viec-President of the United States, Adjourned until to-morrow, peste’ MAINE, Sptetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune. Saco, Aug, 10.—The Republican Conven- tlon here to-day rouominated the Ion, Thomas B, Reed for Congress by acelainn- ton, It was at tlrat decided that tho:noml- nee ought to.come from Knox County, aud several wore presented and pressed, but it was shown to tho satlsfaction of all flat there must bo perfect unantuity to Insure success, and the present incumbent was decided on, and was pledged hearty support by all tho delegates, Tho resulutions ndopted {ndorse tho Republican National and Stato platforms, Senator Blaine was present, and repeated his speech of last night on funncinl, tarlif, and State - issues, talking for over an hour amid great enthusiasm, Congresainan Ttved addressed no growded meeting here to- let, and won much Applause, The State canvass has opuned brilliantly. ‘The Kepube Jean candidates for Congress In the Fourth and Vitth Districts have been paying attention to the outlying purta — thelr respective | distric’ das been makin; hiinsolt useful wherever he wns need 1) hig own district belng secure. Mr. Reed ins been feguerully. active, and Gov, Davis and Mr. Hole have also bevion the stump in varlous parts of the State. ‘The prclintuary CRIA He ing has boen of a htghl 4 encouraging char: acter, Muctings huve ‘been Inrge, and the attendants upon. them hve been entlusl- astle. Now the ponent cumpalgn has been eMered upon with zest, and frou thls thie until the polls are closed on the 18th of Sep. tember there will be Increasing activity aut excitement. Blaino will be -the guid spirit of the cumpatgn, for he attaches greul iniportance to the vote of Mulne, and there is no donbt but Gov. Davis will receive n sub- stuntiat majority in spjte of the somewhat threatening Fuglon movement, 3Aco, Me, Aug. 1U—Tho Republicans of the Firat District havg renominated Thomas 3. Reed for Congress, —— ono, Spectal Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, ‘Torupo, O., Aug. 10,—The Democracy of Lucas County aasembled in Conyentlon in White's Hall toalay, Full delozations wero bresent from all parts of thea county, J, M, Ilveston acted as Chalrinan, ‘ul Ey 8, Dodd, n3 Secretary.” The resolution reported by the Comnnfttes wero unanlmously adopted, County nomlnations were then called for. There was but Httle competition for places a he Mleket, fhe canilldates oepilng sto Le ront as Jambs: laughtered. Tho; were; For Hector Chases J Kitseliners Commissioner, Jolin It: yan; Surveyor, George ftebssnor; dndrmary iiirector, Prank “Litt wan. The xppolntinent of a ‘Central Com- Jultice provokei the usual war of words,” the tight be id to keep that ilege elewent of This ntovewuents awe setiee ee vement, eve! ‘abled, - rthirce delegates to the Congressional Coi Dir, Frya |: 4 woul yention, which meets In Napoleon, Aur, el were thon selected, and were all guaranteed a8 genuine Hurd men, CINcINNATI, O., Aug, -10.—Tho Gazette's. specials report nanitnations for Congress to- day as follows: Portsmouth, renomination of Neal by the Republicans of the Twelfth District; Clyde, nomination of J. B. 2 » Ries by +) the Republicans of the Tenth District; nomi- nation of Col. J. F. Charlesworth by the Deniocrats of the Sixteonth District. f MICHIGAN,, Tho following Is the text of the platform adopted by the Michigan Republican Stato Convention: . 1, Tho Republican ad of tho Stata of Mich- {gan, nasembled by tts delegated representatives in tho City Of Jabksou, upon tho pot where the National Ropubllenn party was born, after an unbroken supremnoy tn tho State of n quarter of a contury, aud i the Nation of two score years grateful to an overrulltur Providence atid a loyal propte for the grand nehlovomoéhts of tho past, wee decinres Itself now, ns evor, fulthful to tho reat principles of iiberty, equality bofore the nw, the perpotital wnfon gf the States, the ei premacy of tho Nation, free thought, speech, presr, and bnilot, and the Inviolablo sneredness of tho constitutional results of tho War for tho inton. s 2, With pride and sntisfaction it eballonges serutiny of its record during tho past twenty flvo years—n record unequaled in the history of partics since the foundation of the Government, Amongrccompilehed resulta wo hero recall tho consecration of tho Territories to freedom; tho abolition of slavery in the District of Columbin: tho preservation of the intogrity of tho Union against tho grontest and most crucl rebellion In history; the provision of free homo. steads for free mon; the emancipation of 4,000, ofalaves; the conferring of equal civil and poilticnl rights upon the emancipated rico: the &rention of n war currenoy nover equaled, and the restoration of that curronoy, by good faith and honesty, to equality with the beat: money in tho worlds the paymont, with herojo fidelity, more thin two-thirds of the cost of the wars tho vast reduction of tho principal and futcrost, of she patois tout, and tho clovation of the public ercdit until the Nation's 4 He cent. bonds nro engorly sought at pur; tho linking of the two occans with bonds of fron; the ennctinont of just and equal pension and bond laws for tho defenders of tho Union and their widows and orphans: the scttlement of momontavs intor- national questions by peaeablo arbitration, and the oloyation of tho United States to tho rank of f tirst-clugs Nation, grand in pouce and mighty In war, making #* government of the people, by tho people and for sho people” respected around the whole enrth, During this samo period tho Demoorntio party bas.been, o8 n party, abject pro-slayery, thne= Borving, tnpatriotio. in part trensonnbie, ronc- tionary, and obstruotive. It prostrated the Nn- don's eredit; It undermined tho bulwarks of tho. Constitution with the pernicious doctrino of Stato supremnoy: it armed tho Mobellion; it cricountged treason; it ilscouraged tho defense of the Nation's life; opposed the daft; innu- furated blondy riots: deolared for aruce with Robols in arms; pronounced the War a falluro; defamed the greenback out of a share of ita honest valuo; bitterly upposod frocdom for tho alavo, ‘olvit rights for tho frecdman, and the franchise for the binok oltizens; denotincod the constitutional amendmonts ng“ rovolutionary and void"; denicd tho freedom of speoch, press, and ballot in the South; by shotguns, intimida= Udon, and tissue-ballots gulned control ot both Houses of Congress; and attempted to revolu- ionize the Government. by refusing necessary of supplics, and by cocroton of the Executive, cate having failed to stent tho Prosidonoy by ribery. Itis now conspiring, under pretenses of ro- onntunco falnw wpon thalr fae, to install * tha Lost Causy" In tho Capltul of tho Nation; to re- organiza the Supreme Court; to tindo all War legistution, and to mate it ensy. to annul the constitutional amendments and bankrupt tho ‘Treusury with tobol war clulms and componsa- tlon for emanolputed slaves, ‘With this record behind us, and our fnco act courngeausly and confidently to tho dutica and responsibilities of tho future, wo do hera do- clara; 1. Lhat the administration of tho Constitu- tlon, the protection of the Union, and the on- forcemont of the conatitutional amendinents shontd-bu Intrusted to thoir friends, and not to tholr enomies, who huve relentlesly sought to destroy thom cich and all. % That the bileht cf slavery will not havo been wholly cradicated until alt mon shall bo ne fuot, o8 thoy aro of right, equal hofore the AW, ¥, Wo demand for very altizen, rich and poor, white and black, North and South, tho right and privileze of casting his ballot oneo, and but onee, nt each election, nnd of having that ballot fairly counted and returned, without terror of shotyuns, frnuds of tissue ballots, or cheats of cipher dispatches, 4, We believe that tho United States nro a Unlon, not 8 confederacy: a Nation, and not a lenguc. ‘Tho Constitution f a supreme luw, and not n treaty between foreign powen. 5. The Unton must and shall be preserved; the publictalth must bo mntntainad: the public debt oust be faithfully paid: the ponsions of tho Na- Uon's defundera and their dependents must bo suoredly guurded; tho pubtielands presurved for actual Bettlera;- fdolliy, Intollizenee, and olll- efongy exacted In tho public service, without da- stroying tho freedom of tho olfice-holding citt- zen; specie resumption must bo maintained: tho laws for the peotoation af the purity of elcotions must bo ndbered to and enfore eduention must bo fostered; Industry, cconamy, tempore fneo, and morallly encourased and stimulated; and the public funds strictly dovoted to publlo aud uosectarinn uses. ‘ 4; In collecting rovenuos for tho-curront ox. ponscs of the Government and tho payment of the public debt, fmposts should be so urran; ag to rollove from taxation ns faras practicable tho neooasities of the poor, and at tho same timo to afford incidental protection to Americun lubor from competition with the sl-paid labor of othor angls, % Tho Republican party hos ever boon the friend of the laboring clnss. 4 t hus uboliaed the competition of slave Iabor, It enusted the Hamesteud law; placed on tha statuto-book * tho Bight Hourtaw, and framed benoficent moasures for tho protection of imm!- Brouts. Tugecogntzoa tho fact that tho qrent mass of pur people must aver belong to the Jaburing cas; and while it denounces all apravanten ond'Communism, and will hold sured ‘all rights of property und contract, It will mako tho rights and intorests of the great Inboring class the ob- Jeots of ita Junlous care, ° 8. Resolved, That tho ticket for Stato oiflocars this day notainated ts contideytly commnonded to tho olectora, of Michigun as “ono ominently worthy of thoir support. % 0, The Hopublicans of Michigan recognize In Jumes Abram Gartiold, our nominee for Preal- dent, the patriot volunteer soldier, the wise and exporiungcd stntesinun, the profound political economist, and the puro ond noble man; and in Chester A..Arthur a patriot, jurist, and atatos- man worthy of tho groat Eimpiro Btate, and to bo associated in honor with our great’ leudor, Ant without referonco to our original cholca wo now plodge ouraclyos to ‘work carnestly und un- coasingly from now until Novembor to secure thelr cloution, . Spectat Dispatch to The Ohtcago Tribune, ANN Anon, Mich, Aug. 10—Tho Demo- cratic County Convention met here to-day and clected delegutes to tho State and Con- gressional Convention. A mnjority of for- mer delegates favor Hollawag, of Hiladale; the latter delegates have. no choles, ‘Tha district ts largely Republican, and Congress- nan Willotts, who was renomitated for tho third torm at Adrian to-day, will bo-elected a xe cae arn special lspatch to cago be ApNtAN, Sch, Aug: 10,—The noninnth Convention for the Second Congressional District was hold here tony, ‘The lon, BE, Willlts, of Monroe, was renominated for 1 third term on tho irst ballot, which stood: Willits, the solld vate of Washtenaw and LMledalo Counties—31; 6 from Lonnwea and 3 from Monroy—38; Rynd, 16 ‘votes from Lenaweo und Spitding, “10 trom Monroo, Neceysary for a cholce, 33, - ‘the name of J. Webster Childs, the Granger candidate, was not mentioned in the Convention, WISCONSIN. . . Byrclat Correspondence of The Chicago Tridun GALENA, Th, Aug, 0.—Ex-Congressman Henry 8. Magoon, of Darlington, Wis., was in tho'elty to-day, attending to professtonal matters, and was called” upon by your cor: respondent and interviewed on the aubject of the Nght for the Congressional nomluationin his (the Third) district. Mfr, Maguon'ls evi- dently opposed'to Hazelton, and strongly fa- vorg the nomination of Clirk, Ifo Feyida hig grounds of oppoaition to Representative ozelton as all-atifelent, but’ waa distuelined i ilate {i Re ae nontinatio scodn, hist week, of Jones y the Greenbackers, Mr. Mugoon stated that lie (Jones) was un extremely weak candl- date, and would poll only n few votes; that the Damocraty waultt nomlnate Judge Coth- neu, of Mineral Point, who would receive hulk of the Greonback and nll the Demo- cratly votes; and it behooves the Republican pavty, thoretore, to pus np thelr strongest ion; und that the nomination of Hazelton fd be sinyply suicidal, i, Mugoat ‘may be honest jn hls convie- tons as w the undvallableness of HMazolton Re a canlidute, but he Igy most assuredly wrong in hls conclusions, judging from the hearty Indorsement Mfr. Hla reculving wt tha hands o! 8 rankeund-Hle of his party Ter eacee ata aS, eat can Congressional Convention of the Tir Wisconsin District will be hold onthe dth inst. at Platwyille, when George 0, Uazelton Wilt be renomluated almost on the rst bal- lot, If, pet by neclamotlon; and, if nomluatad, he will boclected. ILLINOIS. ., Syeclat Diupateh ta The Catcago Tribune, Monnis, Ii, Aug. 10,—The Convention of delegutes fur Congressmen from the Seventh District assembled in Morrlsto-day. La Salle County presented the nowe of William Cul- len; Grundy, P. ©. Hayes; Wilt County J nid G. D, Parks; and Kendall County Jura. mlah Evarts. The speect of Willett, froms Kendall, nominating Evarts, was especially nent, approprinte, apd pointed, ‘The Con vention proceeded to an Informal ballot, re- sulting In 16 for Cullen, of La Salle: 13 for Parks, of Will; &for Hnyes, of Grunily; and 6 for Evarts,.of Kendall. Foltowing this; wero ninety-nine férmal ballots precisely. the sano as tho first informat ballot. Tho Convention then adjourned unttl 7 o'clock this evening, Rptctat Disvateh to The Chteago Tribune, Sr, Ciranves, Il, Aug, 10—At the Repub- Hean primaries for {ie election of uclegates to attend the County Convention to be held at Genova, IIb, Aug. 81, delegates favorable to the nomination of F. 2. Ryan, of this place, for Attorney, were chosen. One lune dred votes were polled, Apeetat Dispateh'to The Chteago Tribune. Chinton, Ul. Aug. 10.—The Hon. D. 0. Smith, Republican candidate for Congress In tho Thirteenth District, mado a. most telling specch this afternoon in the Court-Hottse BANAT. Ilo hns canvassed the entire dis- trict, and feels positive that he ean beat tho present incumbent, A. E, Stevenson, Demo- erat, by at least $000 minjority, Ills effort wns powerful and full of good sense. He ‘was checred all through Ils speecli. INDIANA: Sptetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribun LAFAYETTE, Ind., Aug, 10.—Tho final out- come of the consultation of the Ninth Con- Bressional District’ Greenbackers was the Issuance of n call for another nominat- {ng convention, to meet at Lebanon on the 25th, to select a. mon to sup plant Myers, who was by thom nomil- nated at Tipton last May, and afterwards taken up by the Domucrats, Myers never accepted the Greenback nomination,—assert- ing that whatever claima he had would go before the Democratic Convention. Whien De La Matyr was bounced at Indlanapolls, the Greenbackors of the Ninth District be- gan to howl for Myers’ sealp; and so loud was the Boone County yelp that the Commit- tee found themselves powerless to stop without a new convention, De La Matyr was at Lebanon in person Saturday, and made a speech, It is, of course, impossible to fore- tell the action of a Greenback Convention; but the present opinion is, that, unless the Democrats in some way get rid of Byfold, in Marion County, Myers will be taken off in this district. “Tho Greduback strength in the counties conposing this district amount- = ed to 1,877 votes fn 1870, and tio years later to 3,582, This yote, If given to Myers, would defeat Mr. Orth overwhelmingly; the voto of 1878 would give the district to tho Demo- erats by abott 300 over tha Republicans, in- dependent of the Greenback vote. Syectat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Tenney Waure, Ind., Ang, 10.—Tha Hon. D. W. Voorhees addressed the Demoerney this evening. Ils reception was very flatter ing. ‘The various Ward Clubs acted ag an escort from hls hotel to the wigwant, . MASSACHUSETTS, Bosrdy, Mass., Aug. 10.—Tho Democratic Joint Committea of Thirty, recently ap- pointed to act ns the Democratic State Cen- tral Conmittee, to organize a Stato Conyen- tion, have decided to hold a State Convention at Worcester Sept. 1 —— PENNSYLVANIA. Prrrenuna, Pa, Aug. 10:~Tho Demoerats, in convention here to-day, nominated the Afon. James II, Hopkins for Congress in the Twenty-second District, and Mr. George T. Miller in the Twenty-third District, Fi LOUISIANA, New Onweans, La, Aug. 10.—Edward W. Robertson was yesterday nominated for Con- gress by the Democrats of the Sixth District. Tho Hon. J. 8, Billiu, Democratic nominee for the Third District, has, on account of dissatisfaction, withdrawn, aud a new Con- voution Is ordered. . : NEW MEXICO. Deven, Colo. Aug, 10—Lhe Tribune's Santa Fo special says the Territorial Demo- eratle Convention yesterday renominated the Yon, Miguel Otero for Delegnte to Congress. = VIRGINIA, Nonrorx, Vo., Aug. 10.—Lho Debtpaying ‘wing of the Democracy of, the Second Con- gressional District have renomiuated John Goode by accinmation, THE.CROPS. ° IlOPs IN NEW YORK. New York, Aug. 10—The hop erop of Madison, Oneida, Chenango, and ndjoining counties in Central New York ts reported quite successful this season, and will soon bo ready for picking. ‘The Season's ylold In thet region 1s estimated at over 100, bales, ‘The ayerage price for this product of Jato years has been over 90 cents a pond, The Wop-Growers’ Association of Central New York had {ts annual piente at Spencer's Grove, on the eastern shore of Oneida Lake, lust Saturday, “There werd about 10,000 peo- pie prosent, old and young. . . . corron, Wasinnaton, D, 0. Aug, 10—Tho black rust hag appeared tu tho cotton-flelds of cur- tatu sections of Georgia, .It Is thought tho crop Is also turning out badly, ‘The crops In South Carolina, especially corn and cotton, ara exceptionally fine. Tho report of the Departinent of Agriculture, to bo issued Sat- urday, will show tho average condition af the cotton-crop throyghout the South to equal the highest calculations based on the report of lust month, - Mempius, Tenn, Aug, 10.—Reports trom Misalssippi represont that tho worm js doing sone damage in the cotton-flelds, The crop uevertheless will ba a good one, _—— DR. TANNER, Spectat-Dispatch to The Chteago Tribune, New Your, Aug. 10—Dr. Tanner has galnod ulneteen and one-half pounds In sey- enty-elght hours, or atthe rate of four ounces per hour, Ie is doing well to-day and ent. ing about four men's rations, Dr. Wark says tho fuct that ‘Tanner has such great appotite and such remarkable digestive powers shows conclusively that he was not reduced to tho condition of inne- tlon, eyen by forty days' abstinence from food, He could havo gone on fasting sev- eral days longer, Tanner ling received over 400 Ietters and postal-cards sincu yesterday morning. Among tham wers niany proposals from managers of lecture-burenus asking him to lecture, and from physichins’ asking him to deseribe his feelings {1 detall, aud from the- Atrical managers offering iim temptlog ine ducemonts for. short engnguments. He has Also recelyed some lenp-yeur offers of uinr- rlage, probably written “by wa ‘Tamer has not yot made up his mind what he shall do. Dr. Jarviy, of Bellevue Houpttal, says the tinportance of ‘Tannor’s fast will not fully recognized until the results of tho vhystological researches that are based upon {t come to be publishad. New Your, (ur. 10.—Dr, Tanner ate and drank quite freely during the day, His*| weight to-night was 140 pounds, . ——— a SLEEPING-CAR WAR. Counc Buurrs, la, Aug. 10,—A day or two since an agent of the Pullman Palace: Car Company was arrested vt the Union* Pa- cltle depot In this city for violattug the Jaws of Towa py refusing to keep the oMfca open during the business hours of the day, Ile was placed under $200 bonds to answer to the next Grand Jury, ‘To-day he publishes the following card: , La AM, Bennett, Superintendent of the Pullndn Car Company: In view of my arrvet as ‘Ticket- Aguyt of the Pullunin Company for evading tho lawa‘of Iowa, sud the heavy bunds I am now undor, with the pousibility of further and cou- tnuod arrosta for thy sane offense, oyar which Lbaveno control, I most respocttuily tendar mi readgnsuon us your nyont, providing sud -irresta ura continued, on acuount of providing onda for the same, od Leng eet t lokute, . “This ts the result of theopen and cont! Hed warfare waged by the Nuiipartel aguinyt tho Pullman Company for violations of the lw of diserhuinations against passen gars want. Ing, sleoping-berths at Council Bluita the Pollinan Company haying been fn the habit heretofore of closing thelr offico at the Union Poelile Depot most of each day Iu this elty, thereby forcing travelers to go to Quin to procure sleeplig-berths, ss GEN. GRANT, ® Denver, Colo., Aug. 10.—Uen, Grant, Col. Fred Grant, and W, W, Smith arrived ot Manitou this morning from Gunnison. U, 8. Graut, dr., leaves for California to-morrow evenly, é I NORTH AND SOUTIL The ‘Difference Between the Two Sections of the United States, As Regards, Their, Industrial, Commercial, : and: Finan. cial Sta Proportion of Southern ‘Exports and-Imports as ‘Compared. with'Northern. Internal Revonues, Bank Doposits, ond Railroad Business of tho Two Seotions, — Togothor with the Canses for the Great Change in tho Course of - . Trade. Strong Contrasts, as Drawn by the National Bureau of Statistics, Speetat Dispatch to The Chicago Tribune, Wasnixaron, D, 6., Aug. 10,—Thie follow- ing correspondence explains itself: i ~ Heanguantens ov Tug Iteruntican Con-, QnessionaL Cousirres, Wasttrxuton, D.0,, Atty. 7, 1880,—-The Lon, John Sherman, Secretary’ of the Treasury, Washington, D. C,—Sin: I have the honor to roqueat that you will dircat tho. Chivf.of the Duroau of Statistics to furnish in- formation asked for in tho following Inquiries? Firet—Waut rolntion doca the intorual com- morcoof the United States boar to its forolgn commorce, and what proportion of tho internal commerce of tho United States ts carried on over railronds? Second—Whnt proportion of tho internal com- merce of tho cuuntry on rallroads is carricd on Jn the following Southorn States—viz.; Virginia, Woat Virginia, North Carolinn, South Carolina, Gcorgin, Florin, Alabamn, Miaataal pls, owisl anit, fexas, Arkansne, Tonnessey, und Kentucky? Third—What proportion of tho yessola on- gaged in the internal commerce of tho country fre owned jn the Southern States above met- loned? Ee Py ha a ee of oxporta of tho Ynittod States to foreign countrics wns exported from ports south of tho ‘Potumno Hiver, and whut percentage of total exports from tho Southern States above montoned ‘vonwlatad of cotton? Ffth—What Bropor tion: of cotton shipped from the Southern Stutes is moved by Northorn, and what proportion by Southern capital? Sirth—What ‘pruportion of tho total imports into tho United States was imported at ports sottth ofstho Potomac Ilyor? Seventh—Wiiut proportion of tho totalrevenuea of tho National Government, from customs, ta collected at ports of tho States herolnbofore montioned? Highth—W bat proportion of tho Internal revo- nuo of the United Stutes fs collected in theStates hereinbefore usontioned? . Ninth—Of the totul weight of matls carried & raflronds of the United States, whut proportion 1s earring’ the Southorn States horoinbofure inontion : y Tenth—OF tha total value of the manufactures ofthe United Etates, what proportion is, the roduct of tho manufacturing indugtrics In tho: jouthorn States horeinbefore mentioned? Hleventh—-What proportion of the total product of the intning in tho United states ta tho product of tho Southern Stites hereinbufore mentioned? TuafUi—Acoording to Intest information of tho total bank loans in tho United states, what yropaction was loaned by banks fn the Southern. tates hereiubefore nicationed? Thirteenth—According to tho best information of the total amouut of circulations of banks In the United States, what proportion was issucd in the Bouthern States hereinbefore mentioned? Fourteenti—Of the total depesit in savings banks In the United States, what proportion is Qeposited in suvings bunke of ,tho Southorn States horcinbufors mentioned? : x Fifteenth—What.has been tho cost of the rail- roads of the Svutharn States, und what propur- Uon dues the cost of such roads bear to tho total gostof the rullropds of tho United States? In this connovtion plense to atate also what pros portion of capitul Stock, mortgage bonds, and other formy of indebtedness of Xouthorn raile rouds fg held In the Northern States. ~ Sizteenth—What fa the Incomo of tho public sehoois of tho Southern States, and wht pro- portion does tha income benr to-the total Income of the public schools of tho United States? Scventecnth—1 should bo Rind to kayo w brick atatoment showing the rolative muguitude of tho ast nud West trade currents aver rallroads. nortlof the Ohio Hiver, and of tho comimoroe of tho Beisalasippl River, us sot forth in tho ro- oent report of the Chivf of tho Bureau of Bta- tlatics on internal commerce. A HighteenthI shoutd bo glud to hnve a states iene as to tho chung in tho courao of the trado of the Southorn Stutes, described by Mr. Nimmo on piges 88 to 06 of his recent report on-intornal commeruo. Vory respeetfully yours, EDWAnD MoPirenson, Scorotary. Tneasuny DEPARTMENT, WaAnHINGTON, D. CO. Hig. W.—The Hon, Haward MePherson, Secretary uu ¢ Republican Conyreestonat Committee—DEArt ins Linvlose to you horowith the anawor of the Chiof of tho Burcan of Statistics to the several inquiries embraced in your lottor of tho 7th fust. Very respectfully, JON Senstan, Scorotary. TREARUNY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF StATIs- TIC, WASHINGTON, D. Oyun 10, 1880.—The Hon, Joh Sherman, Secretary of the Vredsury—Sinz, I have tho honor ty acknowledge tho fetter uddrossed to you by the Hon, Edwar Phorson, undor date ot Aug. 7, 188, und roterrud tome for reply. Arespegt ‘ully submit the fol- lowing: statoment int order of the questions pro- oundods - be ‘Tho expression “tho Southorn States” in cach condo refors to the States mentioned In Mr. Mo= Phorson's lotter—viz.t Virginia, West Virginia, Nosth Curolina, South Caroling, Georgia, Flor ida, Alubuinn, Misslssippl, Louls ana, Texas, Ar ‘kandas, ‘Conneéssce, and Kentucky. INTERNAT, COMMERCE, ‘The internal commeree of this country vastly oxcceds tu inugitude its foreign commerce. Tho cammerge upon rallronds atone 1s avout tvonty times ay grout nsourforelyn commerce, About 90 por cont of our Internal commerce now Lada tho mouns of transportation on rullroads, COMMERCH OY NAILNOADS.. ‘Tio onty monns of monsuring tho relative mug- nitude of tho Interial commerce of tho South> ern States fy by tho number of frolght-ours cin- ployed, ‘his ‘niforray pretty correct basis of estimate upon thosubject. Avcording to Poor's Hatlvoud Manual for 1870—1n nceredited ave thority—tho total numberof tho frolght-cara omployed ou tho rullroads of the United states was 423.013, of which number 3h218 vitrs, or 74-10 por cont, wero omployed: on’ ratlroads In tho Southorn States roferrad to, TONNAGE OF VESSELS. ‘Tho total tounugo of vessels omployed in tho {nternut commerce of the Unitod Stutes, or wator Ines of trunaportation, Including the constwise trade on tho ovcan and inland, on ever and the gront lakes, amounted during tho year ended Juno 9, 1479, to 3,078,007 tons, of whiten 242,518 tons or 0 per cont was owned in the Southora Btuted mentioned, : * WORMWIGN CoMMENOR—KXPORTS. ‘Tho revords of tho Hureuu of Statlatios show the total value of tho exports of morchand!so from the United States during tho your ended June), 1880, amnounted to $835,00),605,aud that the yulue of tho uxports from ports wouth of the Po Comao River umountad to $188,029,717, or 28.57 por cont of the totul oxporte of mmerchuldiso frum tho United States. Of tho totul exports those af entton amaunted to $158,181.62, or 84 pur contat tho total exporta of tha Bouthorn Suites, tho cotton shipped to Northern Status, ng woll as , expurted from tho South. to forviga countries, appears to be moved galely by Northorn -oupt- It ie stated by tha Sooretary of tho Now York Cotton Exchunye thut "a vory sinall pore vontuge of the crap is moved by Bouthorn cup. ftal, nid thot ali that is taken North is controlled by Northorn cupitni, while that exported to for= olgn countrios ts controlled olther fy foreign or Northern capital.’ FOREIGN COMMERCE—DIFORTS, ‘Tho yaluo of tho i pciets of merchandise into the United States dur ny tho’ year ouded July 0, 1684, AmMOUNted to FOUT,VEMKe, of which the , villuo imported at ports south of tho Potomge River umounted to $16,051,001, or 2.03 por cent, RAVENUKS: OF ‘TUR NATIONAL GOVERNMENT YKOM GUATOMS DUTIES, , Tho total revenue of tho National Govern- ment from oustoms ducing thegoar ended Juno iW, 197%, ainounted to Cy $3,000,008, or 1.0 cantatas fllectod aC bone oi , oF 1.6 po: cl of the Southorn Stuted naunedst ce 5 INTERNAL BEVESUB, Tha Commissionor of Internhl Rovenue bus supplied mo with the followlug Informa. Mou: ‘Pho interaal rovonue recelpts of tho United States duylng the yeay onded July Ww, 1880, whith cha be apportioned, amony the soy: oral Stutos und Verritorios, nimount to $110,848, OF thik Amount. $EL, 386, oF 17 pur cent, Wuscallucted Jn the Soutnoru Blutes, the amount collected In the Boutborn States $1y.- Bats OF i per cont, wad reallzed from spirits al 3 cee: " 5 TIN PORTAL BEUVICE, According to tho latest {pforination furalshed by tho Poat-Odluo Depurtuient, the total wolybt of nails carriodcn rallconds in the United States atoUnted to 551,470,188 pounds, of whieh 04,304,435 pouutts, or far pes Cont, wae transported on Fallroads In Buutharn States, - MANUVACTURRUI ' ‘Tho most rocout sourco-of {uformation In: re- enn to munufucture {3 the censuy of 1870, Dur Ing that yeur tho total yaluo of the inanufact- Ured uf the country amounted to 84,22, 0542, ; Grierson EDNESDAY, AUGUST 11, 1880—TEN PAGUS. of whioh $277,720.07, or 0% per cont, was tho Product of tha southern States, . MINING. 4 ‘Tho consus of 1870 nhawa that the value of tho producta of mining nmounterd to $182,508,001, of whiok $1,096,052, or 84, per cent, war the product, of tho Bouthorn States, TANK LOANS AND OIRCULATION.. According to tho Inst report of tho Controllor of tho Crirronoy, tho total discounts of the cntira country an tho m1 of October, 1870, was £878,(4K},= OT, Of which $16,500,007, or 5.3 eee cont was of bunks in theSouthorn States.” ‘Tho total amount of clroulation of the State and National banks of the country on tho 2d of October, 1879, was 831,- 103,23, of “which $23,478,420, or 7.47 por cont, was issued by banks in the Southorn States, BAVINGS-BANKS. ‘The total deposits in tho savings-banks In tho United States during tho six months enied Mareb i, 1878, antounted to $783, 15,817, of which 82,077,423, or not quilo four-tonths of 1 por cont, ‘was deposited in banka of tho Southern States, eee RAILROADS, * Tha total cost of raflroads and tholr equi manta inthe United’ States, na stated by Mr. Poor, nniounte to $4,160,0)1,021, of which tho cost of tho rafironds and uipmenta of tho Stutes ro- ferred to amounts fo- $550,274,070, or 13.95 por cept, 7 EDUCATION, 4 From tho latest report of tha Commissfoner of Education tt uppenrs that tho total income for public schools in ull the States and ‘Territories amounted tu $86,078,101, AF which the income for Dublid schuols in tho Southorn States amounted to $8,610,407, or 0.8 por cont. ‘THM CAUSH OF INTERNAL COMMERCE, In his seventcenth inquiry Mr. MuPheraon asks for the rolutive maguitude of the west and cast trady current ovet rattroads north of the Ohio, and of the commerce of the Bitestaa! Apt River, Tn answor to this quoation I submit the follow. ing? Tho great trunk. tues of railway oxtend- ing west from Boston, New York, Philadelphia, id Lnitimoro, now ‘cunstitute tho princtpad channoN of the internal commerce of this coun- try, Over exch one of thoso trunk Mnes thoro Hows a comimerce mitch lurgor und more re~ markable thin that which ever. tloated on the Missiasippi Rilyor, Cammereo flowa in upon theso trunk Ines on aubordinate and trib- uta linea from tho’ north,” from tha south, andj from the west. Tho tonnago of merchandise shipped east ncross the Missis- ‘wippl Itiver over raitroad-bridges’ north of St. ‘Louis {a twolve times ag great 6 tonn suipped, down tho river to that city. At St. Touls the custward movement of commarco now lurgély excocds tho southward movement, Twonty-tivo: years go the commerco’of St. Louls waa curried on entirely by river; but the record of the St. Lonis Merchants’ Exchan: shows that, of tho total tonnage of frelghts re- coived and shipped during the year 1870, thero Were 6,018,791 tons moved by ruil, and only 1,008,110 fons by river, fow’ yours ago arulroad bridge was constructed foross the Misstsalppl Hivor at St. Louis, and to-day that bridge is a far more important avenue of com- more¢ than {a the river which flows boncath It. ‘With its doubly truck it hug a capacity for trafic ton tinies as grent ns over floated upon tho Mis- alsaippt River, During the your 187 tho tonnago to und from the East nt St. Louls by rail amounted to #,030,855 tong, whila tho tonnage to and from ‘the South wy river nmounted to only omicd tons, During the 10 year .tho southern movement by. rail Ainounted to 1,062,005 tons, Grain shipped from Bt. Louis to Liverpool vin any one of tho tour Atlantle ports—Hoston, New York, Philadel- bin, or Bultimore, or vin New Orlcans—Ie nbout miles ucurer to its destination whon it reaches Baltimore, and still nearer whon ft ronehes Philadclphit, Now York, or Boston; and about 6/8 miles further from its destination whon it renches New Orleuns, ‘Thus it happons that Baltimore and New Orleans nro to-du: shurp compotitors for tho trade of the Great Northwest, ONANGE IN TIT COUNSE OF TRADE. In his oighteonth Inquiry Mr. SfePhorson asks fora bricf statoment us ‘to tho change in the course of the commerce described on pages 86 to 98 of py Inut ropurt on tho Internal commores of the United States, In answer to this question I submit the following: An important chango bas, within a few years, taken place iu the ‘course of the commerce of the States and paris of Stntes sittated south of tho Oblo Hiver and south of the Stnto of Missouri, viz.: Kentucky, Tennessee, Western Georgia, Alabamm. Mia- alssippl, Loufaianay Texas, and Arkansas, ‘Tiveu- ty-flve yours ago the ‘chiof: commercial ontro- iota of tho States. mentioned were Mobile, Now Orlonns, and Galveston; but this trade ie dominated by tho Cities of Cincinnati, Louts- ville, and St. Lonls, The commercial front of thesa States hus beon changed from tho shores of tho Gulf of Mexico to.tho shores of this yreut enst. and wost curront of trade over rullroads, The aggregate population of tho threo interior citles Henney: three times ag greatus the aggrexyte populntion of tho three Gulf citfos, Clnetnuntl, Lanisyille, and St, Louis have socured almost tho tfaido of tho States re- ferred to with rospoct to the sale of breadstufts aud provisions, dry goods, groccrics, hats, caps, clothing, aug manufactured goods a} every deseription, In return thore Is° being shipped to those’ citica +a .large; proportion of the surplus products of the South,- Durlug the present’ cotton year 1,000,000 bales of cotton have’ been shipped overland hy rail, tho greater part passlug throuxh those cities, ‘This ts ono of the direct results of the estublish- montof the great and wost currontof trade ovor tho trunteraflroud Ines north of the Ohlo River, and of tho fact that Cinoinnat!, Louisville, and St. Louis now onjoy tho udvantay of a syateny of rallronds ponetrating into all parta of tho Southern states. St. Louls hus alrondy grasped from Now Orloans and Galveston thu trade of Southorn Misgour!, of Arkunsag, of tho Indian Territory, of Northern Loulsiana, and of a largo part of “Toxas, and this trado is growing: rapidly, Lam alr, very respootfulty, yours, Joserit NIMMO, dit, Chiot of Burcau of Statistics, “INDIAN CAMPAIGN. - Gon, Grlorson’s Rocent Collisions with : the Untamed Suvages, ‘ Desy Colo,, Atiz. 10—Tho Tribunc’a Santa Fé speelal contains the following news from the Indian campaign: Gen. Grierson reports that whilo guarding the passes enst. of Van Iorn’s Weill, and scouting towards the Rlo Grande to prevent the Indlans passing eastward toward tha set tlements, they escaped, slipping through and golng north on tha ovee of tho 4th inst. fot hig force In rendinoss and moved to tho. northwest, Keepin. Q range of mountains between him und the Indians, thus concealing hls move- monts, Ho left camp.south of Van lorn’s at30, m,-on the morning of tho Sth, and nr- rived af, Ruttlesunke Springs nt 13 that night; mtirching gixty-flve miles In twenty- ono pours. Arciving there, he found hiin- self In advance of the Indinng, |” AL2 p.m, on tho oth tha Indians ‘wero ob- served moving townrds the Springs. The troops of tho Tenth Cayairy, Capt. Vielle commanding Company £ and Lieut, Ayers Company GQ, held’ ‘their fire untit , Was thought «the Indlans would approach no nenror,. They then fired by yol- loy, oredting great confusion and general scattering among tho ‘Indians, From the high mountain the Indlang parceled, the sinaltness of the force opposed to thom; and advanced to the attack, trying to work thelr way to_wnter.. At thig moment Companics If and B] of the Ninth Cavalry, under Capt. Carpenter and Lient, Jones, made their ap- pearance, and hoatilitles wero again recom: wtenced,” Aftor firlng a yolloy thoy fied to the mountathe, ly-trat rteg by Capt. At4p, m1. 0 supply-train escorted by Capt, Gilman and a company of the ‘Twenty-fourth Infantry appeared about elght mites south. cast coming wround a polntot the mountains, ‘Tho Indlans sent ou a party to attack It, bib wera neal repulsou, and retreated to tha malt foree, At this tino a party of Indians wag scon coming -down. tho. cation betwean tho troops, with tho Intention of attacking the train and wetting to the water, They were also driven back, ‘Lhe Indians retrens- ait to the Carrlaa Mountains, pursued by the roops, Col, Grierson says it: Is fmposalble to tell the loss of the Indians, owing to the nature ot tho country, Many were shot from their horace, Capt. Nolan's command ts now watching the cafon, and Cupt, Carpentar, with a force, has gone lo Sulphur Springs © water: holes, avout twonty miles from Rattlesnake Speluzs, these being the only ones where the tudinns ean obtain suflteient water. ‘The soldiers sutferdd no casualtios, Capt, Liyerman, with a compuny of the Elgnth Cavalry, {8 now on his way to join Grierson, courier from Capt. Rewnedy brings report to Qrierson that a detichment of {oops had an engagement while following the fidian trall into tho caSon north of Bow- ans uated we tue. inudal ountalns, ops lost one spy an nd horses alot. ‘Tho loss af tho Indians is un- known, Capt. Kennedy at onco moved out to attack these Indians. Col, Violla with 200 Mexican troops is now oppaalt Fost Quitman, watehing for a band of fifty or seventy-five Indians who sre sup posed to have left the tain band of Victoria, This 1s the same baud that attacked a conch on the Oth, compelling It ta return to ort Quitman, and wounding ong. passenger. a «A WARNING, New Yon, Aug, 10.—Mr, Clapp, of the Boston Journal, asks that au announcement be ale that ihe person Bassline in the West swindling hotel-keopers and newspaper inon by protetalaye to bo Currespundoat of tho Journat isan impostor, . . ea _ ’._ PETER COOPER ILL. : New Yonk, Aug. 10.—It has been reported ne th Ngo CRIMINAL CALENDAR. The Seawanhaka’ Disaster Pro- nounced a Case of Criminal Carelesness, And a Score of Blamable Porsons .Are Indicted for Mans slaughtor. . The Alleged Old Benders Turned ‘ “Loose Again-at Oswe- 0, Kas, , _ 1 Se A $16,090 “Diamond ‘Robbery at Bage’s Hotel, in Utica, N. XY CRIMINAL CARELESNESS. Spectal Dispateh to The Chicago Tribune. Nei Yoru, Aug, 10.—The Untted States Grand Jury mado a presentment to Judge Bintehford to-day of the result of tholr In- vestigations of the clreumstances of the sink- ing of the steamer Seawanhaka, Tho ex- amitiation Insted about. three wecks, and, forty-three witnesses: were examined. The presentment saya that the. jurors believe that the accldent was duo to the criminal carclesness and negilgenco of certain Goy- ernment officials and tho officors and owners of the vessel. Attached were indictments agatnst Austin Jayne and Androw Craft, In- spectors of Jife-bonts, rafts, llfe-pre- servers, ¢tc.} againss John K. Mant thewa and Alexandor ‘Cauldwell, In- spectors of bollers and machinery of steam vessels; aguinst Cltarles P. Smith, Captain and Master of the Seawanhatca, and Edgar Weoks, the engineer of that vessel; and against Benjamin C. Kirk, 8. L. M. Barlow, Stephen Tabor, James Udall, Ed- ward Morgan, Silns Mott, and Stephen II, ‘Townsend, the Directors and owners of the Seawanhaka, ‘Tho offense charged ngainst these partics {s manslaughter, Assistant District-Attorney Fiero moved that bench ‘warrants be issued on the several fndict- iments presented, to which his Honor gave his consent, Ho nlso moved that certified copies of thia presentment be forwarded to the President of the United Stntes, the heads of the Senate and Houseof Representatives, the Attorney-General, and the Secrétary of | tho Treasury, which was agreed to by the Court, 6 5 Tho Grand Jury says: The inspection of steam vessols and licensing of engineers and other oilicers: of such vessels has not been and is not conducted In a careful and intelll- gent manner, There is no form or system of examination through which applicants are required to pass, but the inspector simply ylewa the man physically, his testhnonials a3 to moral charactor are exhibited, and then ho igasked such few and slinple clemontar: attestions as suits the ecnuvenience ani momentary intellectual grasp of the Inspect- or; that not ono of the seven Icensed engi- neers examined by the jurors could answer the question, How to ascertain the amount of stenin inn boiler if for any reason auch bofler had no steam-gauge? But in several instances the. engineers udmitted they had not “got tho cducation figure It out.” In the ‘allowance of certiticates to officers of steam vessels other than -engincors', more. consideration is Ayer. to the question of the applicant 8 svatl- ity for “special placa” than to his gen- eral qualiticationn. The form only of the i spection of boilers and machinery of steam- vessels is observed each and every year. The necessary legislation to remedy the existing evils and correct irregularitics aro strongly . urged, : x t Smith recelyed great praise from the pao 6 and commendation in the newspapers ‘or his conduct at the time of the disaster in the wheel-hotse until the boat waa beached, aithough the finmes surrounded. him and he was badly burned. ‘The Grand Jury say that by his felonious misconduot, nogligenco, and inattention to his duties, and hfs fallure to provide the steamer with such life-saving ape paratus as would best secure the sifety of all on bonrd In case of disaster, he was guilty of mansloughter, The other Indictments ‘nro similar in thelr nature, All charge the in- dicted persons with mansinughter. A BIG DIAMOND ROBBERY. * Spectal Dispatch to ‘The Chteago Tribune Utica, N. Y., Aug, 10.—1t. is so soldom that this clty fs the scene of criminal opera- tlons to any great extont that the’audaclous robbery of $15,000 worth of diamonds at Bage's Motel yesterday ovening has atartled. the police, the detectives, and tho entire,com- munity. So bold,so cunningly executed, and sodim the trace to the ‘perpetrators, that galning any accurate knowlqdge of tho affair, is dificult indeed. “This much is certain: On Priday of Inst week a gentloman.regis- toring himself as Tlenry Sehjwler’ appeared at Bagg’s Hotel, and was’ assigned ‘Parlor'67, second floor, Mr. Schuler, it appears, was 9 y travelling salesinan for the dinmond houso of Nontt Mitchell, 404 and’ 406 Broadway, Now York City, On Saturday ho had dealings with Mr, Charles ‘Schiller, a jeweler of this elty, and others, but the transactions were In such shape at tho closo of business on that day that ho’ found it necessary to re- unin hero over Sunday, ‘Cho weather: was beautiful, tho city in its beat trun, and this enforcetl delay was not altogathor a punish- inent, Mr, Schuler passed the day very agreeably in strolling up and down our elm- shadad streets, accompanied by Mr. Schiller, ° |. who good-naturedly took upon himself tho character of guide and factotum. On leay- Ing his room, Sunday, Mr, Schuler assures yeh reporter that everythinue was right. Us Jowels wore in asmalt hand-bag, which wns locked, and this bag was ino trunk of substantini, make, which was also locked, and the key in his pocket, After viewin; the city, he returned 6 hotels ane passed away his time .in tho reading- room, and, as evening camo on, lounging on the veranda through tho twilight gnd far Into the night. 1 tired at ubout 11 o'clock, As ho -went to bad ho noticed nothing wrong, but on dressing this morning, having ‘occaston to go to his triink, on open- ing Ithe saw that: his hand-bag had been broken open and the finest part of his Jaw- elry—dinmonds, valued ut $15,000—had been abstracted, fu thinks the robbary must have been perpetrated yesterday duel Ht bis ab- sonec, or early In the eventng while taline histolsuro below, for no anv could break open and rummage his trunk and jewel caso, without awakenlug him, ‘ Mr, Schulor ts 8 man of rata norve, Atter the first shock of surprise had passes off, ho went down to tha office and notitied the chtet ¢lerk (Mr, Proctor, tho propriotor, Ia at nis” hotol In Hichfleld Springs, and has been tele- Araphed for) of his loss, and impressed upon hot. goutloman tho neccasity of ex- treme gulet and the ‘prompt but aucret notification of tho police, It appeara that lie does notlay any baie upon the hotel oMetals, for Mr. ‘Proctor has fully coimplice ith the law, and -keaps prominuntly posted this notice: “ Guests are hereby notified that the nroprictor will not be respoustbte for valuables, money, jowelry, otc, unless the Bamno nre deposited (nthe safe ut the oNice.”* Mr. Sehulor has notliied hls employer of the loss, who ls expected here to-night witha detective, ‘Che police of Utica havo been upon the ground since the discovery, but ne deflnit theory ling been advanced, though four men re suspected, whose munes, for utti- clent reasons, are withheld from the public. Two of these are residents of Utlea, wha were seen here Sunday forenoon, but who eannot be found to-day, ‘Ihe other two dropped from an eastward-bound train Sat- urday afternoon, and continued their east- ward Journey last evening on tho “Atanue expres for Now York City, sidered, it was one of the boldest, most shrewd, aud most successful robberies ever porpetrated In Central Now York, | ' FINED FOR HORSEWHIPPING, Sprinavierp, Mags, Aug, -10.—Charles Sfiumous and wife and thelr daughter, Mra, ails, st Avestoale, were fined 515-and costs euch yestert ‘or horsewhippl ir, Lave: fr nilewen tlatder ‘They bppeaied’ to tho Supreme Court, —— .. & JEALOUS HUSBAND. Spectal Dispatch fo The Chtcago Fribuns Fy, Wayne, Ind, Aug, 10.—Lagt night Alexander Bust, a pronituent farmer that Peter Cooper ts dangerously {11 In Ring: |, of Steuben County, living near © An- wood, N. J. Us son, Mayor Cooper, hag Holes shot his wife. fu the breast, in- gone to seq hint, 4iictog 9 wound which was pro- All things con | tho nduneed fatal. Itt of tho act was Jealousy y Posed that tho cause DIES FROM 118 WounNns, Cincinnati, On Aug. 10.—Aruustro Chumley, the policeman shot by Thomas " Snollbaker..Jast Sunday night, dled te forenoon from his wounds, 5 4 oe t HVIDENT NEGLECT, Atnaxy, Nv¥., Aug. 10.—This morn Daniel MeKelvoy, aged 85, was sent to bank In thie elty by Mf, Glllice, enttlo-deatsh with about $2,000, I Money, ond is lasing” 2 MOE epost i Fie pisoW#inaxn. : Oswrao, Kas, Aug. 10-—Tho aup) Bendors ind a preliminary examination here to-day and wera Gischarged, THE VETERANS, 4... , COLUMBUS, 0, Cormanud, 0., '.Atig. 10—The Reuntoy opened’ to-day In reallty, and for the next throa days the Capital City of Ohio Will ba ‘devoted to the reception and ontertalument . of tho yetoran guests and visiting strangers, ‘Tho opening salute of thirty-clght guns ay. nounced the “grand ovent” this morn, Later, the rovollles of, the bugle and drug corps Were hoard, * Muny strangers arrived in tho elty yester day, but the rush commenced In entnest to day, the artiving excurston trains from all direettons containing thousands of people, Tho streets nro literally covered with thy ninsses of people. ‘The decorating continues téday, and Hlgh street woyer beforé presented such an ela orate display of bunting, flags, and over. Greens, Cross streimers with appropridig mottoes aro numerous, The first cro streamer grecting tho eyes of tho vialting yet. crans coming from, the depot bears the fn. scription “ Welcome, Comtades,” and on the other side, which is draped in black, is “Iq Memory of Our Dead,” 9 Following ‘aro samples of apttoes on streamers across High streot: “If any may pulls down tho flag, shoot him on tho: spot’; “No North,-no South, Ono Country”: Pak Hoots s-ouanle Comes Marching mo"; * Tramp, tramp, the Boys a " iug's add tard aghast Se esac Atain began to fall nt 1 o’cfock, Tho rain cleared off about 4 o'clock, the sun coming out clear and bright, ‘ The exercises commenced formally ‘this afternoon at the fair-grounds. = ‘Tho meeting was opened with musie by the b: band of this elty, and tho Rev. Mr, E. Moore, Ohnplain of the ox-Suldiers’ and Satiora’ As sociation of this county, leading in. prayer, The President of the Association, Atiorees: General Nash, followed with an address of welcome to the visiting yeterans and com Fades, bidding them thrice welcome ta tha elty, to which Gov. Foster responded, ex. tending most profound thanks for the invita tion to this reunlon-and for the magniticence of the decorations in thelr honor, declar! that the soldiers will remomber with grat! tudo the generosity and hospitality of tho citizens of Columbus and, thelr kindness for so heartily nagisting to thelr comfort and en joyment during their stay. After the Governor's response, Col. Antler. son, of Coluinbus Barracks, made nn address on the subject of “The Regular Army,” which was followed with music by tho band, ‘Tho address was somewhat Iengtliy and ulte elaborate, belng listened to with marked at tention by the yast crowd throughout, Adjutant-Genoral Gibson delivered tho Inst address. of the day betng Bn elqouent and powerful one, The Volunteer.” Tho exercises closed with the Introduction of prominent inilitary men, mitsle, ete, At sundown to-night a military salute of thirteen guns was fired, and regimental te unfons snd association ineetings were-leld the camp grounds tnd at all the available halls in the city. ‘The elty and samp erounils are brilliantly SMumtnated to-night” by’ tha Brush electric light, with 9 grand ‘display of fireworks, All'the public resorts aud amuse Menta ‘are densely. crowded with Immenss throngs of people who are already In city from all directions, It is estimated 15,000 people arrived at tha Union: dcpot to- day, ‘Trains are coming in heavily laden with human frofght, some of the tratiis using open cars with boards laid ncross in order to aecommodate tho masses desiring fo come to this city to attond the great Gvent and even with this resort some of the rall- ronds entorlng the clty were not able to provide suflizient accommodation, and many were leftat thelr homes to take trains to morrow, It{s thought that 30,000 nore will arrive to-morrow. The Presidential party will. arrive ot 6 o'clock to-morrow mnorning, and will be met at the “opot by. the Governor's Gitards, Colnmbua Cadets, aud all troops at the bar racks. At thig hour tho number of peoplo in attendance is estiinated at 25,000, — 24 SPRINGIMELD, ILL, * Bpectal Dispatch to The Chicage Tribune, Srrixorre.n, Ill, Aug, 10.—The fourth anniial reunton of the Central Hlmois Sole ders? and Sniloys’ Association commences to-morrow, nud there are.u large niituber of yoterans already in the elty. Tho proceed {ngs will. consist of n three days’ encamp ment on the State Falr Grounds, audressea ale, Gov. Cullom will deliver the welcoms address, and Gen. J. Mf. Palmer will respond. Gon, H, 1Hilliard with bo In command of the Post, nud Gen, J. A, MeClernand w! Chief Marshal, Camp equipage has veeo vovided for 8,000 yaterang and 1,000 mem ers of the IMnols National Guard, OBITUARY. MR. JAMES SPRAKER. New You, Aug. 10.—A_ report just célyed in this clty announces the death ot Mr.” Japios Byraker, ‘the >Presldent of te Sprnier Natlonal. Daal at : Cannoli {n Montgomery Count: . ¥., an prominent “attizen e the Mohawhk. Valles. fe died an Saturday at bis home at Palatiae Bridge, aged 70 yenra, of Bright's kidney disease, He was also i heavy stockholder nnd a Director of the Mohawk River Baus, of Fonda, Both of, theso Instltutlons #6 among the soundest In tho State, «RW. FOWLER. : SAN FRanctaco, Cal, Aug, 10.—A private, dispatch from Fort Whipple, Arizona, nounces the death of Rt, 11, Fowler, Paywer ‘tor U.S, A, ab that post, i ee Night in tho Moon, ‘Tirittsh Quarterly. Abas, howovahy ih mht acta tn, Grateful # comea after tho sun hus athored wt Bld f ne ang vays and Bone dai to We rost. | All wt Of we ure tung jug into compurative obscurity, fo) ugain thoro is io twillgnt to tay tha stops e upartiog day, At una stride comes tho dete Lut, looking ‘up into the aky, wo behold a st orb whleb Bours. down milder and more bene ¢ont splendor than the great lord of tho itee| Tt da such & imoon wi wo torrcatriuls canny bouat for itis not leas than thirtoen timers argu and Himinous as our own. ‘There {t bal " in the firmament, without apparent cha pluco, as if “ilxed iu its ovorluating eat!” Et hot without a change of aurfuce, For (his awe globe.:ia o pulnted panorama, and, euea rf Around: munjestically on Hs nals, (presen Io ocouns and sion, Aa Buropo and Arica, Mediterranean ia tholr ombraco, roll away oy tho right, the stormy Atluutio offers its in oy to vlow, thon the two Atucricas, with their forests and Vast prairies, pnus undor [nspoct ty Thon the grout basin of the Puaillo, Ht UP Mig fuland fires, meets the gazer's eye, und Ys it glides over the scone tho eustorn rl 0! it tho uppor.portion of Austratiu, aall into sete ‘The Indiun Ocoun, and attorwards tho AMITY Suu, spreud thomselyos out in tholr supe sploudor, ang thus, in four and twenty hore “tho great sutuudity we tread” turua Ble, 2 ured Gountenatico tu the moon aud . pee, the lutening: Tenasiaus by 3s boat of ite ability, the tory of its tho uky leas marvelous In: another respons" vbsenoe of any atinospberlo algusis mitt light permits ee coustolladion to abino out f a distinctnces which te nover paralleled on ter ‘They giltter Hike dinmoud pointe vet in 8 Bey montot ebony, stars and cluaturs whee fy never see by tho naked oya fuck into vie crowd the lunar heavens, a No Noed of Ono, 4 Detroit Free A sdody-looklig Snetonen who was deinklog # juss of buur in & Laruuda trost syloon yen s, day, ana xlanclug from tho man bebind el a to tho upen door us bo sippod, suddenly ue) “ ed this saloon any partite wottor “1 yucas hot," wad tho reply. yp atostopery such pI noe ulwaye has @ mottof sort,” +I pellet 60; but I bat no need of ones All der Duplicke undoratauls doe ft dey, 404, ud, und dot aus: io. wth woody druker pata ‘for hs, aud tt took Ble Jost cont to do ib