Show SW mAew washington D 0 s acine october r 23 1880 burdor editor debere deseret news news the political campaign can not be said to have lost its interest to wash in ington ians lans but active effort I 1 in n connection with it if has ceased so far as they are concerned in the last two months they have sent numberless documents to doubtful states and have havo contributed money liberally the baltimore sun says the democrats of this city have raised more money for ca campaign in laign purposes than those of baltimore have thattie Th that atthe the republicans officeholders office holders and otherwise e have paid their full share is certain this has all ceased now in view of the nearness of the election A large proportion of the clerks are however on their way home to vote the older citizens of washington are democratic and the larger portion of her business men but nearly all mil the government em aloyes and und perhaps ten per cent of other othen er white citizens and all the negroes are republican A loss of position consequent upon the election of hancock would be a great hardship to the government clerks many of whom have bought and partially r paid pm I 1 I 1 for houses and most of whom are unfitted by long continuance in the their r present resent work for more active outs outside ld pemp employment cyment president hayes writes that he will not be here before the ath of november he will be in ohio in time to td vote those interested in the final seb beb settlement of the geneva award will doubtless be pleased to note the interest now taken in the suba subject act by those engaged or interested in our I 1 shipping in this connection I 1 notice that the shipping convention ra recently held in boston in which was represented the largest ship owners and build builders ers erg in the country a resolution was proposed and unanimously y adopted asking that congress take early action providing forthe for the distribution of the balance in the treasury on account of the geneva award fund lutar mr AIRY surry county N C october 21 21 asso 1880 editor deseret mews news when I 1 last wrote you I 1 was gitil with elder eider B A AL ballantyne in bussell russell county virginia we had just returned from our visit through scott andreeti andy andr nedi Leti counties virginia clayborne and hancock counties tennessee we visited in virginia and tennessee mr jas ji J Dickin dickinson soil soll castle woods russell bussell county virginia J D Boatrigh boatright 4 stony creek scott county virginia A xi loyd lioyd rocky bocky station lee ilee county aty virginia and jno baker mulberry valley hancock county tennessee these gentlemen received us with kindness some of thenn thern bent sent for church works while all VW were vere interested in what we had to say and kindly invited us to call and see them again they are in good circumstances cum stances and leading minds in the localities mentioned and will doubtless receive our elders with kindness and assist them in getting ier ger places laces to preach in we held a number of meetings in their thein neighborhoods and g good attention was paid to our teachings mr dickenson has a church own and gave us the privilege of preaching in i it as long as we desired we held three meetings jn jr the church which hach were well attended and visited a number numbe r of families traveling like the apostles of old ca carrying rr 1 I g neither purse nor scrip p preaching rearing wherever and whenever we had an opportunity indoors or outdoors on the of ju july y we started on foot with valise in in h hand and for north carolina to iba lse attend end conference on the an and d sath stayed a few days in tazewell co ya where we j t 01 joined ol ed prest H a B boyle oye bishop geo 0 P pitkin and an aaron A ron D thatcher we all went to rich valley vailey held a meeting albro jas Hen ingers then continued our in fourney tourney to N X C having three horses an the party crossed the tha new Ri verat jacksons ferry on a flat boat river yards wide continued our journey through carroll Co crossing the blue bidge alfancy gap and arrived at bro wm B sheltons Shel tons surry co N C on the finding elders and saints well and glad to see us our conference was well attended and good order prevailed throughout a time long to be remembered I 1 was released from the virginia conference to labor in the ga con ference under the direction of prest fat jas JasH H moyle moyie in connection with elders hill and taylor behave we have traveled over considerable country filling appointments opening up new fields etc three souls were added to the church on the ath In are investigating prospects fair in ID the near future on the evening of the prest moyle moyie returned from Vy with three elders direct from zion elders eiders barlow and eldredge dredge EI all looking hale bale and feeling well having received a release I 1 will start for zion onor about the dinst all being well ever praying for the welfare 0 of f zion I 1 remain your brother in the gospel of christ WM W FIFE |