The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-08-02
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
WASHINGTON, d. c.,
July 31sJ. 1871.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., L
July 31st, 1871.
The weather Sill continues finc-not too
cool nor too hot, = eyelywa jrst as every
enc likes. Scarcely day passe- that VIZ
do not have o refreshing shower, which
cools the air sufficiently 10 keep us com
foi able. ,rf. r lturs
The prospects of having good crops TIL,
year are br%'r' ring deily, especiallyiu th''
latitude.
MORT IL CT ROIINA ELECTION.
The number of Southemers a, living here
on their way to Nor them ci,ies ard water.
replaces 8 now on the decrease. But
ve.y few names ION North Carolina are to
be found ia tac hotel rec .ste~s. 70 the con-
i'ary, nearly al 4 the govei .,nent depa' l.
ments End others temporarily employed
here from that State, have already gone
home to cast their vote on Thursday neA.
for the Republican ticket-to vote mo con-
vention'' and save the homestead. We arc
daily N receipt Of letters fro n the different
pc Is of the State of the most ercourf ',g
character, ardit 'sgenerally conceded here,
by Democrat even, that the result of mex.
Thursdays e'ection will be the death knell
of Ku-kluxism in North Carolina.
THE PRESIDENT.
On account of The lateness of the season,
the President has entirely abandoned the
idea of payilg visit to the Pacific coast
this year. he is exp cted in Washington
th'' week to meet bis Cabinet.
AS you know, The President and most of
the heads Of departments are absent, and
have been for some tine, giving some show
of truth to the charges so grateful to the
Democracy, that the public business IS de-
layed and suffering for want of personal at
tention. Such, however, is not the fac.
Businc7s in the departments is moving for
wa with the regularity Of clock-work,
more being accomplished i'll given pei iod
than can be done during the session Of Con-
ess, when the regular pros .css of work
IS constantly Interrupted by numerous calls
for information, the pressure OF foi &C cases
out of their order, and the necessity Inn
posed to await pending legislation which
may affect any particular case or class OF
cases.
With the advantages of the telegraph and
railroads, the President, at Long Branch,
has been about as accessible ON every ques-
ton of impo. ,ancc demanding his personal
attention, as he would be at the Soldiers
Home, only three niles from the capital.
with this exception, however, that place
seekers gre not SO well satisfied as when
he is here, TO be bored by their personal
plead'ngs.
The business of the second fiscal year un-
der President Grant, s being balanced up,
and is assuming the shape of statements for
the annual reports and estimates, and, when
placed before the country, VIII prove emil
nently satisfactory to those who desire stea-
dy progress n wholesome refol ms and a
healthy growth in financial ability and pub
lie confidence.
Politically, there is quiet, but it is the
quiet which precedes the storm. Both par
ties are indush ;crsly laying the foundation
for the campaign of 1SI2-each 4 its oN a
particular way and time alone will deter
nine which IS the wiscsC. IN The few inn
potent elections to lie held this year, it is
now believed TIE Republicans will, fully de-
moDstrate their ability to hold the country
firn'yo md aecrrely, and that the Democrat
cy, when the" national convention meets,
wi have TO consider the expediency of an
o,her "New Dcpoi ture,o that of 1871 be-
ing ready practical failure.
AGRICULTURE DEPAR1MF' II.
The newly appointed Commissioners of
The Agricultural Department, Judge Watts,
of Carlisle, Pa, is expected n Washiag-
ton to-day to be IN readiness to assume IFS
official duties on Tuesday next, August LIST.
Cref Clerk Mclean, of thas Depa, .nent,
he's been acting Commissioner since Gene
raj Capron TOOK lis departure. This De-
pariment IS IN fnc working order and
every chino moves IKE clock work.
In consequence of the prevalence of dc
cayed liuit in The Different parts of the
country tbs season, the Department is n
constant receipt Of letters of inquiries as to
what remedies the Department would re-
commend TO be apple, to prevent the occur
renee of the; sa'ne thing another year.
An experienced microscopes under the
instruction of the Department, is making
daily examinations as to the cause and cure
o. the mildew on the foreign O id native
cape vine. The mildew is photographed
n its various forms, its mycelium and
spores, and WI be engraved for use in the
forthcoming report of the Department, in
connection with many instructive points of
interest to the g.apc grower, which Will be
published at aa early day. LIFE.