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OFFICE OF HcusE q REPRESENTATIVES, Y 5,

OFFICE or HcusE q REPRESENTATIVES Y $.
August IL, lc!-.
Dear Sir: On my return home few DAYS
since saw, for the first imc an article in lie
Union al The l2h instant, containing IN estrac.
from a correspondent Of 4 Baltimore paper, IN
which am accused oil reading The list Of yeas
and nays slower when the vote is nearly equal,
than when there is large majority one way; ard
Ibis is brought forward as grdre charge aga ns.
me!
Ihave studiously avoided any newspaper con-
,royersy relative 10 my reelection 10 otfee, and
shall do 50, leaving il 10 the House Itself to de-.
eide whether my services are or are not wanted.
But when charge OF political partially in he
performance OF my duties is serious Y made
against the, it becomes my duty 10 mysefIo say
a word by way OF explanatory defence.
II has been The custom u the Clerk OF The
House Of Representatives for many years-and
pres ume from The commencement, Of The gov
ernmenl-to read The list Of yeas and nays as
rapidly as possible when there was no duubl IS
10 the result; but when there was any doub, in
consequence OF The nearly equal division 81 The
House, il has always been The custom 10 read ine
names slowly. This custom | have ,nuart0Jiy
followed, as any member Of the House will ,esii.
fy, whether, as in the 9Th Congress, there was
Wing majority, OF. in the 29;h, Demccrac
majority. And il is very common Tor the Speak.
er, upon ascerlaining that The vote is close one,
10 direct The Clerk 10 read slowly.
| will now declare, once Tor all, that, in per.
forming the duties OF Clerk Of the House al Re.
personalities, have known no pany-l nave en-.
ieavored to act with The utmost political impair
tally and 10 do my duty faithfully; and if he.
lieyed could so far forget what belongs 10 man
who is governed by homes, principles, and honor.
able feelings, as 10 prostitute The office now hold
10 political purposes, would not perform its Gu.
ties another hour
With many thanks for the kind manner in
which you have, wihou, any solicitation, or even
knowledge, on my part, defended ME,
am, very truly, your friend and obedients ser.
vanl, B. 3. FRENCH,
Clerk House Of Representatives, US
Taos. RrcHlL, Esq.
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ID l + d

Departed this life, al The residence of The lanr
ly, in this city, on Wednesday, the 18th Angus,
IS47, Mrs. ELIZABETH Fl. MAcmuRoo, vile Of
Charles J. Macmurdo, Jr., Esq. No one can
describe the afiiciion thus occasioned 10 hsi
husband and her children, for there never lived
family more strongly and more tendefly bouhc %
each other by all The lies OF affection, confidence
and love; and all who have known Them Com
prisine circle OF acquainlances and friends nm
Usually extensively canno, bui sympa'h'ze mos
deeply in heir sorrow-for there was charm
and a cordially in The happiness which sur 'sai
rounded their domestic hearth that never ia,'e'.
10 win upon the hearts OF those who app'oachsi
il. Il was a beautiful fiction Of The Ahc,ehs'
that assigned 10 every family household e.Si n,
lies as guardians OF their affairs and ffesides Du'
The Christian truth is still more beauiu, "
giving 10 the pious, yet tender wife ard ino.hefi
an influence lar more elevaling and more ssc'''
than was ever dreamed Of in the pures! mag
nations OF Pagan superstition; and such an inHu
ence no one ever exercised more benignan'iy,c {.
in kindlier or genter spirit. than she VINO %,
now passed away, most surely, from Ea'n "
Heaven.
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POETRY.
HOPE.

The future is mans immemorial hymn:
In vain runs the present a-wasling;
To golden goal in the distance dim
In life, in death, he is hastns.
The world grows old, and Young, and old,
But The ancient story sill bears to be told.
Hope smiles on the boy from the hour Of his birth;
To the youth II gives bliss without limit;
II CLEANS for old age as a star on earth,
And he darkness Of death cannot dim 1t,
lis rays will gld even falhomess gloom,
When the pilgrim OF lie lies down IN The iomo.
Never deem i, Shbbolelh phrase of the crowd,
Never call il The dream OF The rhymer;
The instinct of nature procaims IL aloud
We ARE DESTINED FOR SOMETHING suBLIMsa.
This truth, which the witness within reveals,
The purest worshipper deepliest feels.
- TSch,Uer.
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GEN. SCOTT AND GEN. TAYLOR

Where are The "Mrs. Paringtons" OF the
Wing press? We merely ask for Information.
Perhaps our friends OF the Republican will he
kind enough 10 answer the question, as they al
ude 10 Them in their paper Of yesterday in the
following strain. OF course they must mean
some of our Wing friends in Richmond, as no
other Wing papers had any opportunity of re-
ferring 10 Gen. Taylor's "las!:"
"Even the Mrs. Paringtons' of the Wing
press, who, on late memorable occasion, en-
deavored TO roll back The raging waters with
their little mops, recollect The shower bath they
received a, that critical period, and are now mag
unanimously offering 10 assist The ocean over any
little difficulties which may impede its progress
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TN Observation-Disclosures: AT a Court OF oas I',s
i " Session, continued and held for Louisa ..a.I q
al he Court house thereof Tuesday, the lOth '''
lanes l.. Gunter and Elizabeth his wife, Plaint'n'
against ,.s,,, thi.
dren ofCharies J. Brockman, deceased, Defenasat
The defendants, Brockman and - D.
man. infant children Of Charles J. Brockman o. 90
ed not having entered their appearance ana 80 End
curty according law and the rules OF ths aIe
il appearing to the satisfaction Of The Court na
not Inhabitants this State, on motion OF ns
by their attorney, II s ordered, that the sala eb
- Brockman and - Brockman, ih,, His, b..
dren OF Charles J. Brockman, deeeased DO I@u.a
fore the Justices of said County Cou,' mooa,y IN
county at the Court house, on the sseona l,int. and
October nett and answer the bill OF the - ,ore
that COPY Of this order be forthwith inserted Sotso
newspaper published in the city Of n f,on %
months Excessively and posted 2. r tas a1O day.
Copy. Tesie, r LC.
Aug. l6-cwsws JOHN hes'h''
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MARRIAGES..

On Wednesday, l,h August, al Summer Hill
Hanover county, Va. BY The Rev. inc. P. M
CURE, DR.. WM S. Il. BaocxENBRouGu 10 N..
CATHARIEE Nd. PAGE.
Married, on The 9th OF July, isi7, al Mora'co
Hall, Richmond county, The residence OF Charles
w. Smith, Esq, by the Rev. WIN. N. Wald
DR.. BENJAMIN s. MIDDLETON, Of HealhsvilIr
Northumberland county, 10 Miss SARAH ASS,
only daughter OF The late John Coz, Of Richmond
county.
Married, at the same time and place, and by
The same, Mr.. RogERT S. IlIpKISs. OF Tappahan'
mock, Essex county, 10 Miss GERTRUDE Gu ohy
daughter OF The late Hon. Joseph w. Chnn, o'
Richmond county.
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CHANGING TUNE.-The Troy Wing con-

CHANGING TUNE.-The Troy Wing con-
tains the following Wholesale relraction in regard
TO the U. S. Bank and Sub. Treasury questions:
"Some say he [Gen. Taylorl is opposed 10 a
National Bank. Suppose he $50 are seven
eighlhs of the Wing party. The present healthy
condition of the domestic exchange shows that
there is ne absolute necessity for regulator, and
the Wings, as party, have no disposition to dis,
,urb the existing financial system oil the country.
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We are pleased TO learn (says The Woodstock,
Va, sen,ine) lha, Col. J. Mcpherson, OF Page
county, has received and accepted The appoint
men, OF Consul al Genoa, in The place of c. E.
Lester resigned. Col McP. will faithfully re-
present The Interests of his country, and will no
doub, give general satisfaction 10 his own and
the government near which be will reside.
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Tee Revd DR.. Francis L. Hawkes., who had
been offered The Presidency OF William & Mary
College has accepted prior offer made TO him
of the Presidency Of the University OF Loui.ia-
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Deduclinc expenses, such as taxes,
tools, medicine. &C., Is 90; and ave-
rage cost of transporting 60 bushels
OF wheat and a hid. tobacco 10 mar
ket, IA o0-making together,
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THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.

than its profits in Virginia. have been a'd g,
10 these estimates by an intelligent commeI Ic,sl
friend of Richmond, and though they profess
10 be but approximations TO ruth, lhey are pei
haps near enough 10 il for all practlcal purposes
II may however be conceded, that in Lou'slau sa
larger portion Of the negroes are woik'ne nanus'
and some allowance should be made on 'hls d.,
count; yet alter ALL the difference in Inc pa'es
profit between the States is enormous. pu' l.'a'
there may be no mistake, lei US look a. .n,s sui
iecl from another point OF view FROM pc 10
iieve that hand on The good sugar lands Of Lou
head head Of S sugar Weighing 1000 pounds each
which, a, six cents per pound The Ha E['Ge
A nd a4o eaIlons molasses, at 25 cents, 60 10
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Would leave melt proceeds for the la
Dor OF a slave for year,
On the best lands in Virginia, Il
each hand, would be 100 pounds olIot
cents. %
per bushcl,
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sls,69o,oOO

Making sum total OF $l6,69O,OO0
This may seem exlravagant; but il is the re-
porl of The Chamber of Commerce of New Or
leans, in reply 10 questions propounded by The Sc
crelary Of the Treasury and is doubtless correct.
At present, the sugar crop is greatly larger, and
the cotton crop smaller, than they are here sci
down, though The proceeds Of the crops, in mo-
uey. is about the same. The annual expenditure
for machinery, engines, kettles, mules, horses and
oxen, is estimated, by The Chamber Of Com.
merce, at $500 but place it at million, and
then Louisiana draws an annual income from
her slave labor Of Sl7690,0O0. Surprising The
slave population Of Louisiana 10 be 100000, du-
ring The FIVE years from 1910 10 1915 inclusive,
as the census in 1910 gave TO her l68, 452-and
that estimate makes The production OF each slave
in the State, man, woman and child, amount 10
the sum of eighty-eight dollars and fortv.ive CENTS
1t would be gratifying to me 10 he able TO pre-.
sent TO you some precise information OF The pro-
fits OF Slave labor in the Cotton States of Ala
bama and Mississippi but have no, the neces-
sary statistics, and will not indulge myself with
conjecures. As the lands of Louisiana are
greatly more fertile than those OF either oil these
States, and The great staple, sugar, more profit
able culture than cotton, the profits ofslave.labor
are doubtless much greater in Louisiana.
In Virginia we have, or had in 1910. accord
ing TO the census OF that year. 44S,9S7 slaves.
The product Of their labor, as near as can Ar
rive al il, from such information as falls within
my reach, may be sci down as follows:
Tobacco-44, s65 hossheads at 20
dollars, is s3,l4O,55O
Coru-lsO,OOO bushels consumed by
10000 slaves engaged in manulac-
lures, 9U,O0O
Foreign and domestic export 2.000,-
600 bushels. al so cents, 100000
Wheat aud Aour-foreign and do
nestle export, S,5oI,S05
wise, 45s, 4Os
IL. 600 negroes engaged IN minins..and
manufacturing, al $40 each, l,bo0,OGo
Making total proceeds Of slave labor
in Virginia, s9,9si ,Io3
This calculation makes the average product of
each slave i'll Virginia, little over twenty-five
dollars. Thus, we see, that The profits OF slave
labor in Louisiana is more Than four times greater
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alone. Inc PeoPic SdHhol idii W sec iiic HUH
slrous results Of such principle The Union
is confederacy Of sovereign StaIes how, then,
can they be fettered by Congress II Congress
has right TO impose conditions, il may well
claim the right TO enforce Them. When territory
is admitted as Stale, il is sovereign body
Yet how can il be sovereign il il is felteIed by
conditions, which Congress has imposed and
may enforce7 The people OF the slaveholding
States are part owners Of the public domain, and
if they are not permitted 10 60 thither with their
slave property, either their right 10 use that do
main, or 10 hold their slave properly, is denied by
Congress. To such bold and unbrshing usur-
patton, We hope the Southern people will never
submit. We tIust they will take a firm and united
stand and convince the fanatics Of the North that
everything touching slavery belongs to the Souibi
and that the South will brook no interference
with that institution. Whatever may be the iate
OF slavery our own destiny is united with II; ana
no hand but ours must touch ito highest In
tercs,s are embarked with it, and we have
right 10 hold the helm and direct the course.
What is The Federal Government, that it should
have voice in this matler7 Whence does it de-
rive its authority TO s,igmalise the Sovereign
States, whose breath created it, and whose will
suslains liz II is bu, the agen, Of the States Of
The Union for specified purposes. Having no in
herens authority Of its own, it is nothing more
than their servant. Il was not called into exist
ence TO prevent the extension OF slave inslitu-
lions, nor 10 have any Thing TO do with slavery,
except 10 guard with all the strength OF all The
States the institutions of them ALTO see that no
enemy assailed them, and that they were lelt free
and un,ramm ,led TO extend themselves over our
territory, aud flourish with what vigor there is IN
them.
This is the true ground TO take and 10 main.
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From which, alter deduciing for clola-
ing, taxes, pork, mules, Machinery
&C.,
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MISCELLANEOUS.
A DID f S 5 ,

Delivered before Tie Agricultural Clubs Of Meek
lenburg and Granv,il,, al IL ar annual meeting
on The An of July, lSi7, al The Buffalo Springs,
by JAMES c. BRUCE of Hai,faz.
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the collision. shall content myself with The
enumeration of some general principles Of agri.
culture, which deem settled, without stopping
10 explain the reasons on which these principles
rest, except in the most summary way.
All lands should be ploughed early, and
ploughed deeply. In Thin Soils however, il is ne.
cessary 10 commence with shallower work, but
going deeper and deeper every year, Till iull six
inches Of sell is turned up.
lnapplying manures, The practices Of good TAR
mers are so variant and The theories oil The leaIn-
ed so contradictory, that we may safely conclude,
that il matters little how manure is applied, SO
that it be applied. Superficial and subsurIace
manuring, have both produced equally marked
good results. All coarse manures-farm-pen
manure, wheat straw and wheat chaii, should be
applied TO the tobacco, and as early as practi.
cable. II is 10 our warm dry climate, an injury
10 Indian corn. Ashes and top soil in the hill,
and we'll roi,ed stable manure, broadcast, are The
only manures which have found 10 act bcnef-
cially on corn. As general rule, corn had bel
ter receive manure through The medium OF an
other crop, such as clover, grass, oats or wheat
A thin layer Of weat straw OF clover, in The
month OF March or April, acts well, and increa-
ses the CROP by ferilizing the land and protecting
ii from drought,
An improving farmer should not confne his
manuring 10 the same lots Of ground, but vary the
scene, till every part Of the farm gels its fair share
of manure. So with the crops, they should be
alternated, excep, that tobacco should never be
cultivated on stiff clay lands, nor wheat on light
sandy soils.
A large stock of cattle is indispensable 10 good
and profitable farming, though il should be con-
fined 10 standing pastures, and never be allowed
to trespass on the arabic part OF the farm, except
Tor short time in the fall, when the land is dry.
The hogs should no, be confined for more han
five months in The year. for The purpose of ma
king manure. Their health and economical
keeping, require them 10 90 on clover in early
Summer, and on acorns 10 the Fall. Sheep, as
far South as this, should not be penned at all.
On the undula,ing lands Of Virginia and North
Carolina, as small portion oil Indian corn should
be grown, as will sustain the laborers aud work
animals OF the farm. The steep lands should be
confined 10 crops Of oats, wheat and clover, and
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From the Nashville Union, Aug. 10.
HOvy IL WINS done

An editor rarely makes awkward appearance
than in giving excuses for defeat We have rarely
done this; and yet this OCCASION we must vary from
usual course because do not wish the cause Of
this defeat to be lost warning for the future
Three weeks before the election, the wings badly
beaten. They now acknowledge this But they spent
the three weeks prior to the election in active and
cs efforts to arouse their party, while the democracy
used no such exertions We knew that the wings were
doing this. and used best efforts to arouse our
friends But they could not be aroused from their state
OF bssful security and defeat the result They
now amazed at this defeat and scarce democrat calls
on us who does not tell OF twenty or thirty demo-
Gratis within his knowledge, who neglected go
TO the polls, in the belief that it was call safe"
That we had, on the day Of the election majority OF
at least four thousand in this State, are more conli
dent now than were before the election. That our
candidate Tor governor is not elected by that majority
the fault simply of the democrats themselves. And this
is what makes the beating hard 10 bear To be whipped
in hard fight after having done best is bad enough
but 10 be whipped because too lazy TO put forth our
strength, is vastly Our candidate for governor
did all that one man could do to insure victory. He is
beaten because his friends slept on their posts.
Take, for instance, six OF the strongest democratic
counties of the State, and compare the vote with that OF
1914, when the vote of the State closely polled
than on any other occasion:
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State Of Ohio.--CarrOll county.
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

Pursuant to the call of the central committee the dem.
ocratc convention met in the court house in Carroton
the 9th of August 1915 and organized by calling Col
William Brown to the chair, and appointing j. NJ Arm
strong and Joseph Cable secretaries.
The nominations for county and township officers hav-
ing been gone through with, Colonel Joseph Cable pre-
scented the following resolutions which were unanimous.
ly adopted:
Resopcd That. when the United States are actually in
vovcd in war, this convention deem the incumbent duty
of every citizen, by what name known,
what party attached, to sustain the by word
and deed in the vigorous prosecution of the and
Resolved. That the present war caused By Mercan
mercal vessels imprisonment and murder of citizens,
rensaIs to make reparation accompanied with peridy
could submit to without disgrace and dishonor.
Resotped That public officer, other CITIZEN sol
United States and well disposed towards the good order
and happiness of the same who opposes the takes
nation OF oaunwohy of that protection which the law
throws around him, the exalted pvilegeshe enjoys and
should meet the indignant OF every american citizen
Resolved That the of the present administration
of the general government has been marked with WISDOM
most heartily approve.
Rcsoiped That we in favor of national convention
to nominate candidate for the presidency and Ptsburg
the place and, largely democratic nessiona dis
ct we willing to grant, for the sake OF convenience
the said national convention
Resotped, That we in favor of State convention to
nominate candidate for governor, form electoral ticket,
and such other matters tend to the pepetuy of
free institutions, and the promotion OF equal rights pri-
vileges-io be held at the usual time and place.
Resolved, That look upon the wing legislation and
ministraton of State fraught with
gance, oppression injustice Partially, and fraud therefore
meet our opposition
On motion,
Resoiped, That this convention recommend Col William
Brown, OF Carroll county, suitable person for the State
Senate be supported the October election by
democratic electors of this senatorial district provided Tus
carawas county fail TO present a candidate
Resoced Tint the proceedings be signed by the officers,
and published in the Ohio Pcayune democ ratio
papers senatorial and congressional District and
OF general nature, in the Ohio
Ohio Press, and The Washington Union.
WIN. BROWN, Pres't
+ Joi N, AGHssTnoSe, Secretaries
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Here the wing vote has fallen oil 3O7 while the demo-
cratic vote has fallen OH but 8.
1t is clear from the foregoing that Governor Brown has
been beaten by the democratic voters staying at home in
the strong democratic counties We gain the vote Of
1914 in the strong wing countless gain in the closely
contested counties; but lose all, and than ALL in
the strong democratic counties, by failure OF the voters
to turn out.
This, alone, lost us the State But we lost quite as
much more by multiplicity of candidates running in
OF our counties and districts The democratic policy
hereafter must be- where individuals reckless from lust
OF office, persist in continuing candidates TO the injury OF
the cause, TO choke them off, choke them to dcatt-it
matters not much which.
The legislature has been fooshy and recklessly
thrown away Greene. Hawkins, Hamilton, De Kab,
Bedford, and Lawrence, have each given Gov. Brown
maorIties, and yet returned wing members; and the
jority for candidate for governor, sends wing
tor. Seven members from democratic districts! while
not one democrat represents wing county. These mem
bers, saved, would have given the Legislatures and
they might have been saved with the same that they
were thrown away
Our wing friends will please understand that the fore
going remarks are not made with view to paate our
defeat The facts stated make that defeat the dis
graceful to us, and all the harder to bear They show
that, with actual and positive majority in the State,
we have permitted ourselves to be BEATEN by negll
gence next to criminal.
We have two objects in view in this statement of facts
st 1t will be asserted, elsewhere, that the result is
condemnation OF the policy of the administration 1t is
doubtless true that the wings able TO msrepesent
some of the minor acts of the administration in way
somewhat to inure u.s. But we assert that wing opposi
more than every of the administration which they
criticised injured u.s. and that if the questions of vgor
prosecution of the war, ora withdrawal of troops,
and of the tariff OF 1916 as opposed to that of 1872 had
been directly put TO the people, the verdict in favor of the
prosecution of the and of the tariff of 1916 would
have been overwhelming. 1t was only by pretending to
be in favor OF vigorous prosecution Of the war; and TO
give the tariff of 1916 fair trial. that the leading wings
were able to keep their party together at the
ment Of the canvass, although few Of them took other
grounds towards lis cosethe old buelight flame hav
ing been smothered, but not wholly extinguished
I'd. The lesson we have received should teach our
By forgetting this we have been defeated But defeated
as we are, yet that have great and uni
ted party the State and which be successful
when reused to proper exertions Let begin from this
day to prepare for the next contest and wipe out by
glorious triumph them the remembrance of this disaster