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31 SWETXAM Publisher NEWS TN BRIEF Compiled from Various Sources PERSONA AXI FOMTICAIa Thk Greenback Congressional Convention for the Second Iowa District nominated Mndley Hoops a Muscatine County inner for ltcprc ctatiio Fkesipext Hayes attended the annual commencement cxercle of Kcnyon Coilrr at Clambicr of which bo i an alumnu Thk Republican Congressional Convention for tlie Thin Kansas District re nominated lion Thoma Ryan liy acclamation Tiif Maine Republican Stato Convention renominated Gov Davis Tiik Vermont Republican State Contention nominated Cot llo well Farnham for Governor Gen John Barstow for Lieutenant anil John A II Taje present incumbent for Treasurer Tiik Texas Greenback State Convention held at Austin on the 24th placed in nomination the following ticket For Governor Ceil Ilauimon for Iicut Govcrnor Geo Riren of Dallas or Attorney-General ONcil of Cass for Comptroller Kennedy of Gregg Tun Republicans of the Second Maine District have renominated Representative Kryc Rev James Jamiesojj for fiftyycars a minuter in the North Carolina and Vir pinis Conference of the 31 Church and many vcar a College President at Danville Va died a few days ago The wife of Governor Williams of In diana died recently from the effects of a fal1 received ome month- asro The President has appointed Daniel It Dyer of Baxter Springs Ivans agent for the Indians of Qtiapaw Agency Indian Territory vice Kist not continued during the lato session of Congress and John II SulHvan of Madison Iml Ajcnt for Indians Moquis Pueblo Agency Arl zona woe Milo A Boynton resigned The President has commissioned 1aulSclhy lo tmastcr at Springfield 111 vice I Phillip deceased KEfiasKSTATivi Mckch has been renominated by the Grcenbackcrs of the Fifth Maine District The Mexican authorities decline to sanction the request of the United States that Gen Hatch be permitted to follow Vic torios band of Apaches across the border into Mexico COMMEKCB AND INDUSTRY The new census returns give the fol lowing population in round numbers to the cities named Chicago -174104 Philadelphia iM Pittsburg and Allegheny 32 liiO Nashville 43377 Brooklyn SY000 Milwaukee 130000 SpringlicldIll 20000 lVoria 2TVW Quincy 2000 Aurora 12 IX Galesburg 12000 Joliet 11000 The Farmers and Mechanics1 Brink atSt Paul Minn suspended on the 2oth The immediate cause was inability to pay a elnrkforJlOOOO drawn by the City Treasurer The sii pcnsion is believed to bo only temporary The Denver and Hio Grande Hail road i completed to within a point six miles of Loadulle Tiik army worm has made its appearance in Orange County CHIMES AND CASUALTIES Mrs IIolzmaxx and her child were run over by a railway train at Grant Park Station Kankakee County HI on the 21st Mrs Ilolzmanu vvasfatallv injured and her baby instantly killed Di James A McCkea a prominent and wealthy resident of Philadelphia committed uicide by cutting his throat while in hi bath tub He was a great sufferer from dyspep ia and this is stippoied to have led him to kit him clf DrniMi a recent storm Wm Piinzt Alf Jones and John Ball all colored work in on the farm of Bd Miners eight miles from LouiUlleKy were killed by lightning Their remains were found in the field all sitting under a tree beneath which they had sought shelter I Nkvvkli a well known real estate dealer of Chicago became a monomaniac on the subject of inventions his pet hubby being a life preserver which he claimed to lmc invented composed ontircly of lead A few days since he took passage on a steamer for Grand Haven Mich leaving word for his wife that lie was going out to try his invention When about midway across the lake be quietly stripped off his clothing and attaching his so called er abmit his body jumped into the watir going to the bottom like a plummet At 1iiris on the 26th Mrs Keiger a oung and beautiful widow from Hardin County who had been on a visit tthe Zeigler family distant relative attempted to kill Will Zeigltr a young man and failing in Use attempt idiot herself tliroujhtbc forehead causing instant death The nliiioting was evidently premeditated and was in tipatcd as understood by young Zcirlers efforts to break off his engagement with the widow Gkouce Elliott a dissipated voting man of Kikhart Ind on the 27th shot Miss Mamie Dacy aged 13 twice in the head causing fatal wounds and thon blew out his mn brains The young lady had been engaged to Klliotl but on account of his dissolute habits had broken off the engagement Oiott formerly lived at Indianapolis where his father was at one time a successful real estate agent but subsequently took to drink became impoverished and ended by committing suicide The unfortunate oung lady vva from Dunkirk NY where her parents now live She is said to have been an unusually bright and attractive girl Col John Hanna of Woostcr accidentally shot and killed himself while cleaning a revolver James Hayhen Brown was hanged Ilunuvillc Mo on the 21th for the murder of his mother-in-law Mrs Parrisb in July 1877 Thousands of spectators witnessed the execution some of whom came humlrcds of miles to gratify their morbid euriotlty On the scaffold the condemned man madca ramblingspecch of ten minutes duration in which he spoke affectingty of Ids dead wife and of bis little boy lie said that liquor was what brought him where he was to day and he urged other young men to take warning from Mi example He denied that his wife committed suicide as reported in accordance with a prearranged plan with him but admitted that he got his poison from her Brown was only about 24 years of age at the liracof his death Ills father was also a murderer having killed Wm Penny at Jacksonville Jto in 1SG5 TiiitEEboy murderers were hanged together at Canton on the 25th They eGuUve A Ohr aged 16 George um aged 17 and John Sammett aged 18 war and Mann were tramps and murdered ld man najned John YVaUnough a weaver from Philadelphia in order to se possesrton of a silver watch and BvedoUtrf Tbttr victim hid tramped in WEEKLY GRAPHIC their company for several days and on the night of the 37th of June 1ST as Up lay sleeping in a grove near Alliance they brained hint with a coupling pin Satmuctt killed Chri Spuhler last fall on tho eve of Sarametts trial for burglary Spuhler being a witness against him A KEVENtiK posse had a fight with moonshiners near lied Oak Ga iu which one of the latter was killed and one mortally wounded William II Wooi a fireman and William Losetiy were kHIed by falling walls at the burning of a building at Kllzabcth Several others were injured Thomas II IIoitek was hanged at Greenfield Mo on the 25th for complicity in tho murder -of Samuel Ham on tho night of the 27th of la August He denied to the last moment any knowledgo of the murder and charged that ho was the ictim of a conspiracy on the part of a vigilance committee of Unmans ville because he would not agree to help lynch a man Br the explosion of a cannon at a Democratic ratification meeting at Des Moines Iowa on the night of tho 24th Jacob Miller was instantly killed Charles Duck had one anil torn and both eyes destroyed and Jack McGraw had both hands badly lacerated Alonvo Woods a fireman and Thomas llcasley a blacksmith were killed by a collision on the Vandalia Road some live miles east of Fast St Louis on the 1iitli A freight truin and a wrecking train came together on a single track while both were running at a high rate of speed causing a general demolition of both locomotives and smashingsevcfalcars into splinters Antim berof other train hands were injured more or less severely A Iassexoek train on the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fc Railroad was ditched near Sargent Kansas on tho 2tith Jenkins of Dubuque lovva was instantly killed a Mr Ilee nan of Arkansas and his wife were both fatally injured and at least a dozen other pa scngcrs were hurt several of them very seriously MISCELLANEOUS After a determined effort to enpure Bucncw Ayres lasting three days the army of the Argentine Confederation was forced to retreat I It is reported that the Conference at I Berlin is at loggerheads that Austria and Russia arc now unwilling to go as far as France and Kngland desire for fear of reopening the whole Eastern question It is reported that Italy energetically protests against the extension of Austrias right of control in the Adriatic and that the pro jected settlement of the Montenegrin culty by the cession of Dulcigno is likely to fall through An imperial Russian ukase fixes the number of men to be enrolled in 1SS0 for the completion of the army at 235000 James Harris late President of the Bank of Commerce at Georgetown Texas is under arrest for alleged swindling through the mails Harris circulated printed circulars tbrotighout thc country represent ing that the people of Williamson County were in great distress on account of total loss of crops etc and raised a large amount of money in this way His scheme was worked principally in the North East and West the South being avoided Banks were victimized from Maine to California his po sition giving him unusual facilities for carrying on a scheme of this character The arrest was made by a special ngont of the Post office Department Harris was taken to Austin and locked up The Secretary of War has suspended the recommendation of the West Point Board that Whlttakcrbe dropped on ancount of deficiency in his studies This will give him an opportunity of demanding a court martial in his case if he desines to vindicate i himself If ho should be dismissed now he would have no ehance of being further heard Gen Siiekman will soon pay a visit posed to be on board fifty are believed to have perished George Chase the owner of a private yacht went to the assistance of tho passengers as soon as he discovered tho 6teaiucr to be on fire and by the exertions of himself and companions nearly forty lives were saved At liuena Vista Colo on the nio ht oftlie2Cth an attempt was made to burn the Lake Houe The incendiary was discovered in the act and chased by a large crowd who fired at him as he ran Calvin Moon Matthews and an unknown man were fatally wounded during the shooting The mob then made an attack upon Jtidgo Casey who had rendered himself obnoxious by the dismissal of some members of the police force at the request of a number of citizens hut the Judge managed to escape without serious injury The whole town was greatly excited and further iolcnce was apprehended A vKitv dangerous counterfeit has appeared in circulation being a 100 bill bearing the name of one of the following banks viz the National Revere Bank of Hoton the Pittsburgh National Bank tho Mechanics Hank of New Ucdford Mass the Pittslield National Batik of Massachusetts and the National Exchange IJank oi Baltimore They are from the same plate and arc marvels in the way of tine engraving All the bills of the banks above named are to be called in George Williams City Treas urerof Itochcstcr committed suicide on the night of the 27th by drowning himself in the lake The Common Council had ordered the Finance Committeo to make an examination of his books some time ago but it Is not known that any irregularities were discovered AVilliams was 35 years old and highly esteemed in the community IIo leaves a wife and three young children Omahundro better known as Texas Jack a noted scout and plainsman died at Lcadville on the 28tb Ue was buried with military honors Two prospectors are reported to havo been murdered recently near Fort Tifln Arizona by Navalo Indians DEMOCKATI0 KIRKSVILLE ADAIR CO MISSOURI SATURDAY JULY 3 1880 NATIONAL T10X CONVEX First nnya Procreillnm The National Democratic Convention met in Cincinnati on the 2 Id pursuant to the call of the National Democratic Committee At 1245 Mr llarnum the Chairman of the Committee calbd tho Convention to order and called upon Rev Wendtj of Cincinnati to Invoke the blessing of iod upon its deliberations At tlie conclusion of the InvocaIon Mr llarnum announced that he hat been instructed to nominate Hon George Hoadb of Cincinnati as Temporary chairman This nomination being approved a comniltleo consisting ot William I Scott and DMc Encry was appointed to conduct Mr Hoal ley to the platform The Temporary Chairman was greeted with applause and on assuming the gavel delivered a spirited ad drcsa Temporary Secretaries were named and the temporary organization declared complete Mr Uicdlc of New York moved that tho rules of the Ust Convention be adopted as the rules of this until otherwise ordered Carried Mr Martin of Delaware moved a call of States for the appointment of members of the Committees oj lermauent Organization Credentials and Resolutions The resolution was adopted and the various Committees were announced as follows PmiMAXKNT OUOANIZATIOV Alabama William Clark Arkansas Dr Davidson California Thimas Thompson Colorado John Humphreys Connecticut Owen 11 Kinir tlclawaio 13 Muitiu Florida I Linear Illinois Chulcs llunhnm Indiana Joseph Mclhmild Iowa I Fcnn Kaunas Goorgo lingers Kentucky William Llndsev Louisiana William Mc Cianle Maine Ilrown Marj land Wit intrt Johnson Massachusetts John I iswlncy Michigan llyrou Mout Minnesota 11 Taylor Missouri Cmiipttpll Nebraska Stirling Morton Nevada George Stoicv New Hampshire Dries New Jersey itufus DlixlgctU New York John Vox North Carolina Henderson Uhlo Hnyne Oregon II llogan Pcnnsjl vania James Riley Rhode lslind John Demp cy Smih Carolina VV Dawson Teiinvscc II Carroll Texas Thomas Jack Vermont Itcddinglon Virginia William Terry West Virginia Harlow Wisconsin Finch Alabama Joseph Johnson Arkansas James Hudson California Frost Coloiailo Ilolycr Cnoncitcut Ralph Wheeler Delaware A It Holiitisiin Klnrioii ML Englo Illinois Pen II Smith In dinni Wllllttn Nlbhtt lown Thomas Potter Kansas Edward Curroll Kentucky Hay Louisiana Jlcaley Maine A Wall Maiylund IJm man Massachusetts John Tarbox Michigan 1 Messmoin MiHucHtt Mis ouri Steele Nebraska Pollock Nevada Mat Ciinavnn New Hampshiie llosea Parker New Jersey Lawrence Phell New Yurk Wiod North Cniolina John Ilnwanl Ohio It SliioMs Oregon A Neut ncr Pcnnsihnnia II Snowtlcn Rhole Island II Foster Sroith Carolina Devil jcnncsscc Jones rcxa ii ii iia seti Vcimont 1 II Williams Virginia William Royal West Vireiula Wilson Wisconsin Joseph Rankin IlKSOIUTIOX Alabama W1I Barnes Arkansas MTEm ery California II Mntto Colorado CS Thomas Connecticut David A Wells Delaware George Ilix Florida Eben Howell Illinois Melville Fuller Indiana John RCoTroth Iowa John trlh Kansas John Goodwill Kentucky Henry Wiitterson Louisiana A Iliirkc Miiinc A NiehoH Maryland Owymi Massachusetts Charles Levi Woodbury Michigan Dr Foster Pratt Minnesota Ilarksdale Missouri Joseph Puleher Nebraska George Miller Nevada A Ellis New Hampshire Hnrvev Riugliem Zurlck New Vo Itutiis Peck ham North Ca oiiiia A Wardweil Ohio Kinney Oregon Jihn Meyer Pennsylvania LC Cassiiiy Ithodc Island Hnus lipe South Carolina Iliuker Tennessee John A McKInney Texas Join Iteland Vermont fi Watorman Virginia James liar lmnr West Virginia II Goode Wisconsin Thomas A 11 mi On motion of Mr Wells of Connecticut a resolution was adopted referring all resolutions in relation to tlie platform to the Committee on Resolutions without debate The Convention then adjourned to meet on the morning of the 231 at ten oclock Second Dnyn Proceeding At 1010 on tho morning of the 23d the Convention was called to older and Rev Charles Taylor a Covington Ky clergyman offered prayer The readug of the minutes were dispensed with by unanimous consent Mr Burke Ind offered a resolution declaring that the surviving soldiers of the iinn lVTr nnii tho cliloiej -mil ru to Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg in order to dreu of soldiers deceased are entitled to the consider the Indian question in that country grateful recornition of the peop of the ami look into the condition of Sitting Bulls Indians both those who have surrendered and those who are jet in the British Posses sions The village of Tarport just north of Bradford Ha was almost entirely destroyed by lire on the 2VI1 Thirty one buildings were burned valued at 35000 CONDENSED TELEURAMS The steamboat Seawanahaba which ran from Peck Slip New York up the Sound to Glen Cove I took lire on the afternoon of the 2Stli while off Randalls Isl and East River The fire was occasioned United States and Congress should cause them to be placed on the pension roll oa the same footing with soldiers of the war of 1S12 The Chairman statid that tills resolution would uudur the order already adopted go to the Committee on Resolutious Mr Martn Del prejcntel the report of the Committee on Penniuent Organization but action thereon was deferred until the re TKirt of the Committee on Credentials should be dio yd of Mr louug Ga Chairman of the Committee on Credentials then submitted his report recommending ths seating of all uncontested delegates the seatng of both the Butler and Abbott delegations from Massachusetts tlie two united to cast the vote ot tlie State the denial of seats to the contesting delegation from Pennsylvania by an explosion in the enKinc room and tlie lie aerM f101 ll tlie iaiiimany fromNevv lork Mr Thomas Kan tiii 1 1 I delegates middle of the steamboat was soon in flames rentj a minority report in icUiiou to the Capt Charles Smith who was aeting as Sew York delegates and moved that it be pilot remained at his post until lie was nearly burned to death and succeeded in beaching the vessel in a sunken meadow ad Joiniugthe island Many personssprang overboard and were drowned Many others in the stem of the vessel could not get off and were burned to death Of MO persons sup substituted for so much of the majority re port as related to that subject matter This motion was debated at length by Messrs Miller Judge Amasa Parker Governor Hubbard Iex and Weatbrook in favor of substituting and by Messrs Fellows Judge Ptckhain oung Ua against anu lost on a call of States by the following vote Yca Nous Alabama 11 8 Arknna 1- Calitornia 10 Colorado 3 3 Connecticut 12 Delaware 1 6 Hlorldu 5 3 Ueirgia 3 11 1 SO Hi Indiana 30 Ioua 23 Kansas 10 Kentucky 24 Louisiana 1J Maine 6 8 Maryland 12 MiAinehiisetts i Li Jliehlran 2 -0 Minnesota 10 4 12 Missouri 11 1 Nebraska ft Nevada 8 Xcw Hampshire 1 a New Jersey 12 6 North Curolhia Otlo IT 27 OS Kon Penn vlvania 10 47 Ithodc Island 2 South Carolina Tennessee 11 1- Tcxos 13 3 Vermont 3 7 Virginia 4 1 WestVireinia 4 6 Wisconsin 0 Total 205i 57 Total vote cist New York was excused from voting at her own request The question recurring on the adoption of the marity report it was adopted by an almost unanauimous i icj vote Mr Wilson Va moved that all con testing delegates bj admitted to tho Convention as spectators irred 1 he report of the Committee on Permanent Organization recommending that Stevenson of Kentucky be appointed Permanent Chairman of the Convention with one Vce Prcsidiiit from each State and the usual uuinber of Secretaries was then adopted and Mes rs McDonald In 1 Butler anl OCounor Tenn were appointed a committee to conduct Governor Stevenson to the Chair On assuming the gavel the Chairman delivered a spirited and Interesting address of thauks and congratu lati A delegate from Kentucky moved that a vote ot luauks be tendered to Judge Hoad ley for the able and impartial manner in which he had presided over the reliuiinary proceedings of the Convention The motion prevailedand Judge Hoadley responded in a pleasant vein Mr Breckinridge Ky moved that the Con- vcntlon proceed the nomination of a candidate for Picsllrnt A delegate from Mary lnn1 mivctl to adjourn This last motion was almost unanimously voted dovn The question rerun ng on the motion of Mr Breckin ridge that gentleman cxplulncl that he con Itmplatcd only a call ot KUIcs for the nomination of candidates and the motion provided Mr Preston Ky moved that each person nominating a uaiu nave ten niuiuiea lor inai puriosc aim this motion also prevailed The call of States for the nomination of 1rcsdcutld candidates was then ordered Mr John McElrath Cul presented the nunc of Justice Field of California Mr George Gray Del prccntcil the ine of Thorn is Bayard of Delaware Mr 8 Marshall Illi tircseutcd the name of William It Morrison of Illinois Senator Voorhees find presented the name of Thomas A licnliicks of Iuduua John JlcSwocnv Ohio prcscntd the name of Allen Thtirman of Ohio Daniel Dotljbcrty Pa presented the nunc of General luncocb of imsylvaira Mr Hoadley Ohio move 1 lo adjourn until ton a on lhe2lti A calof StaUsswas ordered and the motion was Voted donil by aes 30 noes 315 Mr llrciklnridgc KvT moved that the Convention proceed to ballot lor a candidate for licsldciit The motion nrevalle I and a ballot was taken with the fol oivlu result 4 Btatim 2 s2 si i Alabama 7 7 1 Arkansas Vi California 3 1 01 Colonulo Connecticut 4 2 2 3 Delaware 0 Florida 8 Georgia 1 I 8 Illinois Indiana i Iowa 3 7 2 0 Kansas Kentucky 0 1 7 2 Louisiana Hi Maine II Mnrvland If Massachusetts lli i 2 14 2 Michigan 2 1 1 4 Minnesota II Mississippi 8 I 2 Missouii 4 12 3 7 4 Nevada 3 3 NcwIIampshr 3 4 2 New Jir ey 10 4 New York 70 NorlhCirolina 7 0 1 1 Ohio 44 Oregon 4 Peiinsvlvana 7 2S I 11 I Rhode Island 2 2 1 1 soiitliCurolimi II Tennessee 1 II 11 1 2 Texas 5 1 1 Vermont 1 10 Viiglnla I 10 Wim Virginia ij 7 Wisconsin I 0 1 2 10 Total Ii vil i7i BSij si 4nt a im Scattering votes were east ns follows California Seymour 2 Colorado Lovehind 3 Payne 2 Ioi McDonald 2 Kansas Ew Ing 10 Kentucky McDonald I Massachusetts Itanilatl Michigan Snyinour 1 Lnttnop 1 MeClellan 2 Nebraska Love litid it New Jersev lUudnll Parker 1 North Carolina Seymour 1 Jere Itlaek I IVnnsilviinia lewett 1 Iseynioiir 3 McDonald 1 Ithodc Island Sevuiour 1 English I Wisconsin M1Clullu1 I Whole number of votes cast 73V1 Necessary tor a choice 431 Tlie Convention then adjourned to meet at ten urlock on the urornliig of the 24th Third Iay Proceedings Tiie Convention rcassenibed at ten oclock on the moiningof the 24th and thirty minutes after was called to order Rev Charles Taylor offered prayer Mr Peckham announced that a letter had been received from Mr Ti den renouncing ll claims upon the Convent011 for a nom nation Mr lY ikham fun her said that New York would tlieiicefoivvird support Sam nel 1 Kamlall A motion to read Mr Tildens letter lost Mr Thomas Ky offered a resolution declaring it unconstitutional to dcpilvc any citizen ot the right ol sLltrage The roll call then rocecded for the second ballot Alabama cast 11 votes for Hancock California folloucd vtith 5 for Hancock Illinois cist her 42 vitos for Hancock Louisiana Maine and Michigan fol owed with their votes lor Hancock New York cist 7U votes for ItaudaU Ohio 44 votes lor Thurmair New Jersey IS votes for Hancock Before the votevvjs auuouueed Wisconsin asked permission to change her voe to Hancock and there wetc afterward chauges annouiitcd all Along the line At length a delegate from New Hampshire moved to make a new call of the Stales The motion quickly prevailed and tlie ballot resulted as follows States Alabama Arkansas titbfornla Colorado Connect lent Delaware Plorida Georgia lllmoli Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Mk hliran Miuuosotn Mississippi Missouii Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jirscy New York North Carolina Ohic Oregon Peniisylvaira Ithoilu Island South Caiolma Teniu ssuu Texas Vermont Virginia West Viririuia Wisconsin Total Whole number of veto SO 12 1 4J To 24 Kb 10 10 0 10 is1 21 1 441 Ii 58 4 MS 10 To 10 I- Mr Mack Ind moved that the nomination of General liatirozk be made unanimous Messis Itandall Pa Wallace Pa Hampton Hoadley Ohio aud others spoke to and seconded the motion and it vva unanimously ado ted Upon the announcement of tlie vote congratulatory speeches weic made by Senator Voorhees John Kelly and others Susan Anthony was here escorted to the stage and presented through the Chairman an address to the Convention iu favor of Isiuiiou ior unman suurage The Committee on Kesolutions submitted the following platform throuzh Mr Wattcr son Ky the Chairman which was read and unanimously adopted The Democrats of tho United States In Convention assembled declare 1 We pledge ourselves anew to the Constitutional doctrines and traditions of tho Democratic ji my 11s illustrated by the teaching nnd example of nlotijr linn of Democratic statesmen nnd pit riots and embodied In thephit lorinoftbo last National Convention of the party Opposition to centralization and to that dangerous spirit of encroachment whkh tends to consolidate in one am thus to create what ever the form of government a real despotism 3 No sumptuary laws separation of Church and Mate tor the frond of each and common schools fostered nnd protected 4 Home rule honest money consisting of gold and sill cr nml paper convertible into coin 011 demand the strict maintenance of tho public rnlthStatctind National aud a tarilT tor revenue only 1 The subordination of the military to tho civil potter and a genuine and thorough re lorm of the Civil Sci vice I The rlirbt to a tree ballot is a right preservative of all rights and must and shall bo mninlalued 111 every part of the Dulled -Mates Theeaisting Administration Is the represent alive of 11 conspiracy only and Us claim of right to surround tho ballot boxes with troops nud Deputy Marshals to intimidate and 00 stiuet the Kleitors and the unprecedented use of the veto to maintain its itirrupt and despotic powers Insult tho people and imperil thcr institutions 7 Wo execrate the course of this Administration in making places in tho Civ it Service a reward lor political crime and demand a relorm by statute vvhuh shall make It forever impossible torn deflated ennddate to bribe his nay to the sent ot 11 usurper by billeting villains upou the people The gieat fruiul of 1676 77 by which upon a false count of tho Electoral votes of two States the candidate defeated at the polls was de ro bo llusidint and tor the tirst tiiiciu Aiiierlciin history tho wil of tho people was set aside under a threat of military violence struck a dadily blow at our system of representative government Tho Demo- crntlc pnrly lo prescrvo tho country from the horrors of 11 civil war siitmiltlo I forllie time In iho llrm and patriotic fill ihat iin pcopu would punish thl crime In IKM Itilslraio precedes and dwarfs uvory other It inspln a more sacred duty upon tho people of tho Union than ovonuliticaHcd too conscience uf a Nation of fn emeu 0 The resolut on of Samuel Tllden not again to lion candidate for tho exalted place to which ho wiiscleitcd by it majority ot his countrymen mill from which bo was excluded ny me leaders or tne piiuiicuri pony is received by tho Democrats of the United States with deep sensibility mill hoy declare lhlr omlldcm III hit wlit patriotism and Integrity unshaken by tho itssmillH of th common enemy noil they rurther assure him that bo is followed lino tho 10I enent bo bus cbnsvn forblinself by the sympathy and re lxt of his fellow ell iens who regard hi in us one who by cU vntiiigtho standard of imblia morality mid iidoining 11 ml purifying the pub lic Hcrviiu merlin uie insniig irrailiuuo 01 uis country iiinl his puny 11 Free ships nnd 11 living chimco for Amor lean tne sens ami on the land 110 tllsciltiilnutini in of trutisportiition lines coriioiiilions or monnpnUo i tho ameiil inciit of tho flurilngnmo Treaty sn ns to per tut no mirc Iiumig atlon evei pt for trnvel Olueatlon 111M foreign lommcice nud theieln can folly iriiiinli the publ money nml tho piihllceredit lor public puriosc only nud tho piilillu lands lor i cuuil settlers llio Demo initio paity ii the Irind of libor and tho laholiix iiiiiii and iiledios itseif to rotcct him nlko niritliist tho eorinoiiuits and tho Comuiunv II Wo efiiipriitulntuthoeuiintry upon tho honesty and thrllt of a Dcmocratle Congress Which has riduceJ the public cxpcnditiiro SltiO0HJ0 year upon tho continuation of proaperity nt 1 oinonndNntIonnl honorahniad nnd above all 1111011 the promise of such a cluitigo in tho iidinlnistinnnn of the Government as shall insure in grnulne ami histinjr relorm in every department of the public service The call of Slates for the nomination ot candidates for Vice President being declared In order Mr Pettis Ala nouiiiuteil 11 English ot Ind ana uml Mr Irbh Iowa nominated ex Governor Bishop ol Ohio The last nominatioa ws sub cquciitly withdrawn and Mr Kuglish wns nominated on motion of Mr Vilas Wis by acclamation -Mr llriekcnrldgc Ky moved the appointment of a committee of one from each tate to notify lint nomine of their nomination and ri quest their acieplance The motion was idopted ami the variuus delegations were Iustruclcd scud up to the Chair the names of the committee The following were announced ss members of the NalinnJlExccutivc Coinmlltee Alabama Levi Lanier Arkansas John Sumter California JT rnijey Colorado Patterson Counc ttait Wiilii mll Itni uum Delaware GrnPb lorlila Miinucl Pasco ieoraia ior Itariu lllino i Will kun lonely Indiana Austin II Ilnwn Iowa Jl limn Ki nsns Churl Illillr Kelltueky lluiry I Mcllenry Iitilsiana II Jonas Maine 1ilwird lhompioii Maryland I Honey Mnssn ehusetis Fn il Prince Michigan Edward Knnter Miuucfotii I 11 Kelly Mississippi 1 Man 11 Missouri John i Iinlhir Ne braska Morton Nevada Iliigcrrnau New Hampshire A ulllwny Nw er ey onsus iIeveland New York A bra in Hewitt North Can linn 51 Kniisim Ohio ito tie med hercatter Oregon to be named heioaltcri Ienilsylvnnla to be lirmed hi realtor Kiaide Maud Abner Parnaby South Crolina Daw ion TennfSsce Thomns I Connor Texas Mecl dale Venm ot 1 smallcy Virginia llotirrt A Crghlll Wi st Virginia Alexander Camp ell VV iscon Wm I Vilis Mr Iil ioua iiiovul hat the basis of rcpiesentat on in tlie next National Con vent on the same as at th present and that the NalloiialConiiu ee be authorized to determine the place and liuie of holding the Convention Adopted The 1 residing officer ie by resolution thanked ior bis eourtesv and ability and on moiion of Mr Pi eston Ky the Convention adjourned witliutit date Spoiling Womens Names Many if not a majority of tho names of tlie eiplit or nine hundred girls from the Iubltc schools who have been examined for admission to the Normal College give us the impression that they belong to mere household pets rather than to young women who are approaching maturity and who are engaged in serious work These girls apparcutly prefer the nicknames by which they arc known in tlie family circle and to intimate friends to those with which they were christem and therefore take pains to adopt them in their signaturus In so doing the public school girls are not exceptional among our young women for it is quite thefashion nowadays for them lo grow so enamored of their nutsery appellations that they cling to them as their iixed and proper name They may even be offended vvlien they are addressed by their correct names which they imagine are less pretty than these put diminutives and some grave grown up women will put 1 la tie or Gtissio Ma mie or Sallic on their cards as if they were in pinafores still The fashion is American but our patriotism cannot make us grow fond of it Tlie nicknames which appear in so large a share of these public school girls signatures would do very well for the pels at a dog show When they are used to express the affectionate regard of near friends ami relatives the3 also may be pretty aud appropriate but they look very silly in a formal signature and surely do not bclit the dignity of womanhood We find for instance among these eight hundred names scores of Minnies arid Mamies and only here and there a Mary a much more euphonious as well as dignilied name Jane is transformed usually into Jennie Caroline into Carrie Ellen into Ella Elizabeth into Liz zie and Bessie Catherine into Katie Martha into Mnttic Margaret into Maggie Anne aud Atiua into Annie and Harriet into Hattic Such absurd names as these appear quite frequently Chat tie Lidie Millie Tillie Kittir Kosie Nettie Iiibbie Aggie and Margie Tlie great aim seems to be to manufacture a name which cuds in ie and in accomplishing it the lincst appellations for women we have names renowned in poetry and in history and of a swocfc and melodious sound are chopped itp into childish diminutives They convey an idea of pettinsss and do uot rightly belong to girls of dignity and character girls like those who arc going to the Normal College to many ot whom will have their living to earn And yet these girls think it is pretty to be known bv such tet names and so discard as ugly and old fashioned the names by which they are christened Wliat wottld they think to see a college register which gave the younir men names as Jimmic Billio Bobbie Tomraic Charlie Sammie and Dickie This fashion is extending among women and girls arc even named with nicknames only as if they were always to be nothing more than nursery pets And yet this is a period when women arc contending for higher consideration as rational beings and when the range of their occupations outside of the domestic circle is constantly widening and growing in importance Acttt lork Sun A Monster Kattlestiake Johx Tejipietox informs the Los Angeles Cal Ilcrnld that while prospecting in Tar Creek Canyon in the seepage region he had occasion to make a road through the snow four feet deep In doing so lie came across an immense rattlesnake in a torpid condition After dispatching the monster he found that it measured seven feet in length by twelve and a half inches in circumference and had twenty live rattles These which lie cut off and brought with him as a trophy show that his snakeship had attained tiie venerable age of twenty eight years counting three years for the iirsl button and one year for each rattle RELIUIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL Chancellor now Ilishop Haven is laid to have added 9100000 lo I Ik endowment fund of Syracuse University by bis personal efforts A simple creed ono Clod and Father brought nearest to in by tho man Christ Jesus is what Oliver Wendell Holmes laid down at tho Unitarian festival in Boston It was expected that tho revised New Testament would bo published It May or June of this year but it is now announced that it will not appear before tho close of the year Tho new Kussiap Minster of Pub lic Instruction Privy Councilor Sabtt roff has given notice that all religious instruction in tho Russian clciuuiitnry schools is in future to bo given by lay teachers Tho English Congregational Aid Society aided last year some 111 churches and 281 inkson stations with 888210 to tho churches and 8115000 to tho mission stations Tlie income of the society was SlliJ liJO Sonic assistance was also given in raising ministerial stipends -A now official list of prolatcs of the Russian Church shows that there are in active service in Russia proper thrcu Metropolitans thirteen Archbishops thirty six Bishops in charge of iliocses and twenty two Assistant Hishops In all thore are ninety four prelates in the Russian Church Cardinal Ncwtran lias been received with di5tingiiisIicil lienors tit Trinity antl Oriel Colleges Oxford He graduated at the former sixty years ago and wes afterward elected a Fellow of Oriel After the reception he preached to crowded congregations in the Roman Catholic chapel of St Giles He had not preached in Oxford since lie occupied tlie University pulpit in 1812 A reporter of tlie New York Tribune Moody He savs The religious in terest at the South is rapidly increasing The whole region is opening up splendidly All the Southern people want now is to lie let alone From tho residents of Nev Orleans and several other Southern cities I have received urgent invitations to pas next winter with them I have not yet decided whether to go or not The Methodist Bishops have alread arranged their plans for travel or duty lor the present year ISisliop Simpson will take a long jaunt leaving here in July for Japan and China He will preside nt the Japan Conference at Yokohama August 12 at the North China Conference September 10 at the Central China Conference October 13 and at Fooclioo Conference October 28 Bishop Merrill will also go abroad and will preside at all tho conferences in Kuropo and India Bishop Foster will take the conferences in tiie South and Bishop Haven those in the Southwest Bishop Wiley will make a visit to tho Pact lie coaM find take care of the conferences there and Bishop Warren will go to the Northwest The other Bisitops will divide the remaining conferences among them with the exception of the venerable BishoD Scott who retires to his home in Odessa Del and will not be called on for active work He is seventy eight years old and has been in the Methodist ministry for fifty four rears For twenty eiglit years ho has discharged with great acceptance his duties as Bishop A Bough Translation A young lady moving in the most exalted social circles of Galveston after much toil and practice at the piano learned to play with considerable dexterity a piece entitled Picnic Polka It is something after the style of the celebrated Battle of Prague Tiie ketry the shouts of the soldiers and the groans of the dying In the Picnic Polka the noise of the wind among the trees and the joyous carols of the birds are reproduced the finale being a thunder shower which disturbs the sylvan revelers It happens that a country cousin is in town just now and the young lady thought she would play the piece to him anilhear his comment He is a plain simple minded youth and although not very bright is rery appreciative She told him what the piece was and then proceeded to give him the Picnic Polka The first notes are rather slow and hesitating tho idea sought to be conveyed being the solemn solitude of forest through which the gentle zephyr not heifer sighs After she got through with this preface she asked him if he did not almost imagine himself in a lodge in some vast wilderness Ilo replied that he thought all that slowness meant the delay in getting off Said he There is always some plaguy cuss who oversleeps himself and keeps everybody elso waiting She did not care to discuss the point with the ignorant fellow so to conceal her emotions she once more let herself out on the piano The- woods were filled with music The mocking bird whistled as if his throat woiilit split tho cuckoo filled the sylvan bowers with his repeated erj while ever and anon the mournful cooing of the dove interrupted the matin song of the lark There now I guess you know what that sounds like she said as she paused You mean that tootle tootle tootle chug chug chug You just bet I understand that Many is tho time at a picnic Ive heard it rom the mouth of a demijohn or the bungholo of a beer keg Her first impulse was to hurl the piano stool nt him but it passed off nnd once more she went at the piano as if it was the young mans head and was insured for double its value The thunder growled the lightning flashed from her eyes and the first heavy drops are heard upon the leaves She banged and mauled the keys at fearful rate peal after peal of deafening thunder perturbed the atmosphere and re echoed in still louder reverberations until it wound up in one appalling clap as a grand finale Then turning to tlie awe struck youth she said I suppose you have heard something like that before Yes thats what the fellow with linen pants said when he sat down on Ihe custard pie The audience found himself alone but he picked up his hat and sauntered out into the street densely unconscious that he had said anything out of the way Galveston Xews The question is to be settled in court at Entield Conn whether a father can legally burden a bequest to his daughter with tho condition that she shall never marrr Seth Green says that if tho Stato would only protect the fish it plants there would in five years be five iish a day for every inhabitant The End Not let Reached The mission of the National Republican party not yet tilled It should not die until it is tilled It must secure to tlie colored people of tlie South equal politii il rights with white men It intiatsceto it that the amendments to tiiu Const Union resulting from the civil war shall be as honestly observed and enforced in South Carolina Georgia and Louisiana as they arc in Jlassachu setts Nuw York anil Pennsylvania Tlie electiou of a Democratic President of South Carolina Jhev have never acknowledged anything like a change of heart in the South and their votes against the use of Federal protection of the negroes right of sulTrige are in fact so many defiances of the power of tho Uniteil stales liovernment to maxc has been interviewing Evangelist tll ot forilli am t0y will not ilate to enforce by means of local legislation and non interference of the era iovcnimcnt and Courts Given to them both Houses of Conrress and the Presidential ollice what is to stay them VOL I -NO 10 for which they assorted tho greatest concern Uicy have accomplished nothing They have rather hindered than helped the process The right to regulate its own local Governments without Federal interference is something for which the South is under no obligation whatever to the Democratic party Jt has been guaranteed and maintained by the Republican Administration of President Hayes The most plausible objection to this peaceful policy has rested upon the threatening attitude of the Democratic party next November would endanger all that f0mt as jt 3 upon a soii Sonth and I tt atawo Alio tn mi cuiiiuij u11 iiuwi 1 seeking lor onlv lorty seven Electoral of liberality union and the rights of votes outside ot the late Confederacy man It would cause a reaction similar 1 ve ajSOiiitc power to that which took place in England Coming down still later and examin iitterthe death of the Commonwealth in the h7st0 of the Democratic party ami the restoration of Charted II The sjIlte it regained control of both branch Deniocnilie paitv by means of its I cs 0f Congress we do not find that tho Solid South already dominates both CISC of th Democrats is much better hoti es of Congress Hits power has tyithin tiat rCcnt trac whathave they made it itggrcsbive anil 111 thought at 1jn3 cvcn in a narrow and sectional least oiHliiiiitu in defense of tlie stnsc re3oct to this very Southern principles which led it into rebc lion as question How have tho late Confed lt was in I8C1 Jellerson Davis and crate States whose bidding the Demo Kubert Toombs when they disdainfully Lrotic party has done for more than a shook the iliittf 1 om their garments and Lncration prolited by this Congres quit the Senate to jirepare for a conllict sionai restoration llie Democrats for the destruction of tlie Union iav not given self go vernment to theso sentcil precisely the same ideas which states As has jnst been said this are now being propagated by Lamar work ias uten aone by a Republican Singleton Vest of Missouri and Rutler Administration When the Democrats met in extra scsson they found 110 troops to be removed from State Capitols they found no Governors and Legislatures not chosen by tlie people but maintained by Federal force They made loud promises indeed to sweep 1 certain llcpublican legislation from the good the guarantees solemnly given by gtatme books butall the sound and fury the Thirteenth Fourteenth and Fif 1 soon solved itself into an effort to re tcunth amendments That they will pcai ti inw relating- to Federal clcc daie to attempt the restoration of 1 ions laws which applied and were can slavery in its old form we do not tended to apply bv no means to the believe mat vvouiti ue a paipawc in- Souti ai0e The Democrats did not suit to the spirt of the age which all suctCed even in repealing these and civilized Nations would resent But there can be substantial slavery without the mere attempt to repeal them incurred signal rebuke in overwhelming Democratic defeats throughout the North At last this attack upon the election laws dwindled to a mere change in the method of appointing election officers Tlie leaders who a little more than a year ago were from pensioning thcConfcderate on an jre ami slaughter against Super- equality vvuii uie union soiuierar nuin visors anil Deputy Alarshais in th legaliing hundreds of millions of bogus dosing hours of the late session mildly claims for the loss of property by their I jmnounccd that they did not desire to own acts of treason From crippling I disturb these officers iu the enforce and remolding the Federal District and ment 0f tlu election laws but only Ciieuit Courts and even the Supreme I wished to hare them named by the Court itself And from tilling all the cmrts from both parties This is the four score thousand offices of the Be- sum 0f the work for the South which public with Confederate Generals tilc Democrats have done since they Colonels Captains Lieutenants and charge of affairs in Congress privates To assert that these are it is not by the study of history then merely imaginary perils is to assume cven histnrv a year old much less his that human natute has radically changed tory twenty years old that the Demote accommodate itself to the situation cnii3 can make out a fair case De But we know that human nature does of what they have done they not so change Bevenge ollice power ut fl back upon what thev intenil are as sweet to the beaten hosts ot to ilo Promises do not count for much ocratic traitors as the same passions Presidential canvass especially were to tlie legions of Marius and Sulla 1 wIicn thev suggest an unfavorable comer to the monarchical and aristocratic I pariSOn with peiformance A 1 ghouls who exhumed the bones of Keninij 1osl Iml well and armed the cruel Jeffreys with tiulbority to destroy every Knglishman who hail opposed the tyranny of Charles 1 and the treason of his dark hearted Prime Minister Strafford It will not bo safe to trust the Government to The Prospects for Kepuhliean Success An intelligent and candid observerof political atlairs must admit that the Kenithlicon i linnees for the hands of a party so insidious in de- field the nest President aremuclfbettcr sign so jealous ot State right so tnor 1 tjin thor were for electing tUycs after oughly sectional so bold and IL Wl3 nominated and this in spite ant not to say proud of its crimes and 0f tlie probability that the Democratic so eager to compensate the South for Returning Boards of the South will losses by rebellion It will bn time tount tic Democratic Electors from cnouirh to con lmc in them alter the Democratic purtv shall have ceased to be controlled by the Confederate soldiers ami statesmen aud after the South shall Iiavi ceased to boast that it is solid against those who would not permit its demagogues to destroy the everv Southern Slate no matter what the vote rnav be The Republicans now enter the cam I paign upon the record of an tration that has commanded the respect of all honest and fair minded men It is felt that President Haves has made Union and sit ilovvn on the an earnest if not enirelv successful lion It is idle to talk about the checks effort at an improvement in the Civil and balances of Northern Union Demo- Sorvir frm iil lnillienn sun tan iciiuny iiisuiimiisii ino iuu crais j110 poncy 01 mo jjcimici auc cessor can depart The resumption of the artillery the rattle of the inns- patty is and always will be regulated question has been settled to the I vml dictated by the Southern Senators faction of the country and the niu ivupiusciiiuitua in vuajjiess oi lican programme lias proved to be the tho forty one Democrats now in the wisest that could have been adopted Senate twentj -three are Southern and jioney 00ti quality and unitorm of the one hundred and forty seven vajue is now by the ntiliza Democratic Representatives eighty six tm 0f tjle coj resources of the country are from the same States Nearly all WouId have been the supply of de of these took it hand with the predated shinplasters if the Kepubli eracy and hold precisely the same can poncy of resumption had been de views now they did in I80I hat re- feated Substantial and conservative spect they have for the federal prosperity has returned to the country Constitution and laws regulating the as a result in part of this Republican political rights of citizens of the United nolicv and thearemffe sentiment of the States may readily be known business man nnil the farmer and the from the single fact that South Carolina Louisiana Florida and Mississippi with honest Republican majorities ranging from 1000t to 10000 hare but one Senator Bruce of Mississippi and not one Representative in Congress and that every Southern State has a Democratic Governor who either took part as aii officer in the Confederate army or to tho extent of his ability lent aid and comfort to that army If they po these lengths without controlling the Presidency what would they not do with that ollice in the hands of rne of their Northern creatures California wa3 true to the Union and the cause of human rights all through the war She has not since 1801 failed in her loyalty to the Republican party at a Presidential election Site cannot afford to fail now She has every thing to lose or to risk by it and nothing to gain She will declare for Garfield and Arthur by as great a majority as she gave Lincoln and Hamlin if she is wise for whoever Cincinnati presents it is not more certain that the sun will rise to morrow than that the Confederate brigadiers in the Senate and House will rule him and control the policy of his administration San Francisco Chronicle What the Democrats Hare Accomplished Tho ponding contest before the people must proceed upon principle or what passes for principle upon political differences more or less real upon the party record as it is called that is upon what the parties have done and upon what they propose to do In respect to historical questions the Democrats have little to say for themselves They used to point with pride to their management of affairs for a score or two of years more or less It would be dangerous for them to invite attention to the past in this way just now If we go back a quarter of a century to the events which led to the war or fifteen or twenty years to the time of the war itself we shall not find ground which they would wisely choose for a political battlefield The Republicans could desire nothing better than such a review as this and the revival of questions and rekindling of passions which it would involve if we come down to the period of readjustment which succeeded the war we shall see that the Democrats slowly and with great reluctance adapted themselves to the changes which were brought about by the war Theirspirit ami their methods were not such as to gain the confidence of the people and so to secure the power to effect that restoration of tlie Union for which they professed a lively desire In respect to he rehabilitation of the Southern States manufacturer is disinclined to a cltangej of parties The country has had an opportunity to put the Democratic capacity for government to a test during tho four years that have elapsed for the Democrats have been in control of one branch of Congress during all that time anil of both branches in the last two sessions This test has not resulted favorably to tho Democrats During a combined session of nine months they have not matured a single measure of legislation of real usefulness but havo perversely disregarded many urgent demands made by the people Their partisan efforts were in the direction of nullification and revolution until they were checked by the popular rebuke in the elections of last year Since that time their methods have been sluggish morbid and unproductive The Democrats cannot point to a single act of legislation during the last two sessions during which they have been in complete control of Congress that will recommend them to the continued confidence of the American people Tiie nomination of Garfield is also very different in its character and effect from that of Hayes The latter has proved to be of the right metal but the people did not know it had enjoyed no opportunity for ascertaining it at the time he was nominated Garfield on the contrary has been one of the most conspicuous and popular men before the public of the past eighteen years He has proved himself to be a man of striking capacity for political affairs He is a man of tho people as his little speech in Washington the other night demonstrated anew and his long time intimacy with his constituents lias uniformly attested The attacks that were made upon him tlie moment he was nominated exhausted their power before the Democrats named their candidate People have already settled down to the conviction that he never intentionally or knowingly did a dishonorable thingantl that ho is the type of American of whom every citizen of this country is proud Chicago Tribune 9e8 The Democrats are already saying that Garfield took the back pay The records of the Treasury Department show that ho was tho second man to return the money to the United States Vice President Wheeler being the first by only a few- hours time Des Moines Register The nomination of Garfield is ratified by tho judgment of Republicans everywhere.