The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-14

ytIi.ion, and the subject OF the comm ito
was for the present dropped. though sin.
doubleday there was some app ftsiisilsien thal
the committee had exceeded Its functions
and some little dissatisfaction that the Con.
sention had not bccn lett free TO choose rs
own line OF consideration and notion.
"A resolution was adopted that General j
3. Imboden bn heard ut s o'clock =. nj. or
the subject of Immigration.
The following hours were adop1ed for the
sessions Of the Convention: 10 A. AZ. to j
Z. NJ: to 0 r. d.. and a night session be-
ginning at 3 O'Clock.
afternoon SesSi0n.--The Convention re.
assembled at O'Clock. Il large crowd being
in attendance.
Mr.. +. Drumgoolc, of Brunswick county
read al eialorase essay on the use of irrti.
lizcis. He contended for the general superb
GRITTY OF lime over the anlmoniac;ll fertilizers
which, he said. were so powerful and sudden
III their stimulating effects that they not only
burned vegetation. hui consumed also the
producing properties and clements of the soil
lis effects, he admitted, we're slow, but or
the whole he thought safest and best His
own experience had been eminently satislac
tory in the use of the phosphatcs with bone
and clover.
DR.. Briggs read the law which went into
effect on July LIST, 1871, with regard to the
marking Of bags of fertilizers with Correct
analyses Of their constituent parts. He
urged that there were extensive frauds and
imposilion> practircd, and that the Conven.
iluu should exert its Influence 10 have the
law put into effect and vigorously enforced
Colonel J. X. Chamhlss, of Grccnsville
said he had been invited to dcliveran address
l,,,t l.
about th"ln, and would soon SAY that little
He believed the people OF SOuthside Virgil
nia were worst OF now and had less than III
August. 1863. He denounced the system OF
farming on shares. All successful a@ricultu
| raj pcoplc had either adopted the tenant Sys.
| tenn or else paid their laborcrS money wages
| He thought the labor question was Of lrlla
| mount importance.
On motion OF Colonel Chambliss. the nd
dress of Mr.. Drllm"oolc was referred to /;
roninitic" of five for consideration.
Mr.. l.. Prince. Of Sussex, replied to the
argument Of Colonel Chambliss. The people
ne believed. were fifty per cent. better of
| now than in 1860. He had 10 fault to find
with the labor sySton. The new generation
| WAS better adapted to the new system than
| their fathers. The latter had been used to tho
authority. The boys tried persuasion and Z
| little whi>kcy.
DIR. Holt made avery humorous speech, in
which he said all farmers were making OK
| ccpt two claSScS-llc Micawhcr claSs. who
/ waited for something To turn up, and those
| who spent their money before they made
il. lie said he had made more money farm
inr since the war than before il Ivy his pro
fuSSion, when h" had negroes to take care Of
In his county there was no complaint of ne
gro labor by those who paid them wages
promptly.
| DR.. Hurt, of Nottoway. said the fertilizer,
| now manufactured were pure enough, but
| llr thought they were too high.
| \ gentleman named Griffin. of Baltimore
read I'm elaborate essay on the Chemistry 81
Fertilizers. when the Convention ADJOURNED
until tonight.
The Radical .iolliticaton meeting last night
was very tame. and there were not man!
voters in attendance. ROBIN ApAlR.