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BROUGH, JOHN. 

 EXPORT TRADE. 



Statement of fh& Amount of the Exports and Imports, Revenue and Expenditure, Population, Assets, and 

 Liabilities of the Provinces of fiova Scotia, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Prince Edward Island 

 for the year 1863. 



BROUGH, JOHN, Governor of Ohio, born 

 in Marietta, Ohio, 1811, died at Cleveland, 

 August 29, 1865. His early advantages for cul- 

 ture or promotion in life were limited. In 

 1823 he entered the printing office of the 

 " Marietta Gazette " as an apprentice, but seek- 

 ing educational advantages, in 1825 obtained a 

 situation in the office of the " Athens Mirror," 

 and took a place in one of the classes of Ohio 

 University. In 1831 he became proprietor of a 

 Democratic paper, published at Marietta, which 

 was called " The Washington County Republi- 

 can." Seeking a wider sphere, Mr. Brough sold 

 the "Republican " in 1833, and in conjunction 

 with his brother, Charles H., purchased the 

 " Lancaster Eagle." Under the management 

 of the Broughs the "Eagle " immediately gained 

 influential rank among the Democratic journals 

 of the State. 



In 1835 John Brough was elected clerk of 

 the Ohio Senate, which post he filled with 

 ability until 1838, when he was called to repre- 

 sent the counties of Fairfield and Hocking in 

 the Legislature. In 1839 he was chosen Audi- 

 tor of the State of Ohio, by the General Assem- 

 bly, and served in that capacity until 1845. He 

 took charge of the finances of his State at a 

 period of serious monetary. depression when 

 extensive internal improvements were being 

 prosecuted when the resources of the State 

 were not equal to its expenditures, and conse- 

 quently when heavy loans were necessarily ne- 

 gotiated. He bent his energies to such a revi- 



* 01 yessels 85-88. 114 tons, at $41 per ton ; 16-14, 149, at 

 $48. Together, 47,862 tons, 

 t Population In 1861 estimated at 180,000. 



sion of the financial system of the State such 

 changes in its revenue laws and such enlarge- 

 ments of its basis of taxation, as render his six 

 annual reports among the most valuable of the 

 State documents. 



In 1846, retiring from the office of Auditor, 

 with an enviable reputation as a far-sighted 

 public officer, Mr. Brough opened a law office 

 in Cincinnati, and united with his brother, 

 Charles H., in the management of the " Cin- 

 cinnati Enquirer." He entered actively into 

 politics, and was regarded as the ablest speaker 

 which the Democratic party then had in Ohio. 

 Thoroughly informed in public affairs, self-pos- 

 sessed, ingenious in argument, and shrewd in 

 the evasion of knotty points, favored with a 

 powerful voice and an engaging manner, Mr. 

 Brough soon took high rank as a political orator. 



In 1848 he retired from active political life 

 and became President of the Madison and In- 

 dianapolis Railway, and in 1853 accepted the 

 more responsible post of President of the Belle- 

 fontaine and Indianapolis road, which has be- 

 come one of the great lines of the "West. In 

 1861, having taken up his residence in Cleve- 

 land, he was urged to become a candidate of 

 the Union party for Governor, but declined to 

 allow his name to be brought before the con- 

 vention. In 1863, having made a speech at 

 Marietta, declaring slavery destroyed by the act 

 of rebellion, and most earnestly appealing to all 

 patriots of whatever previous political predilec- 

 tions to unite against the insurgents of the 

 South in support of the Government, he was 

 immediately put before the people as a candi- 

 date for Governor, and the majority which 



