The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-12-23
Eoy the Dispatch.
Observation-Disclosures.
GOVERNMENT.


1.-Two, ,nnst sneak of my objection TO
,ni>nd siecDinr-carS. | love the human Etce
divine and the human voice ocnSh''"'
esreciaiiv that OF fair woman YET uo n =,
lie to hear woman Snorc. ana ,o.', ~
male noses in one sleeping car. OF uih'it','
.izes. capacities, and tunes, can MAKE sue. .
q cam,,t of nocturnal and diabollcai muse
that il would be enough to Neahah mo
parpetual bacheiorhood.
The hes, governed parts OF Florida are
,b1sc where there Is no government. anu
[rhere the people live quietly, lar apat.,
every man doing that which is rlght IN ms
own eyes. and not troubling himself ABOUT
his neighbours affairs. +.
1nncra,lv. however, the government Is
that Of carpet-baSger ana negro h NIX 80
sort Of mulatto government. ~ tne t"o
INGREDIENTS. the negro is decidedly the bet
,.r Ys has some self-reSpect, and Is really
DESTROYS of doing his duty the carpet-bag-
gers sole aim is To make money.
heard of some queer instances OF "h;.,
was called insticc. \ mixed Jury woi'o
always disagree in a case tnat Ih,ol.s" r. r.
i;.n;,to between men of different coiors. IL
. White man was brought before Jury OF
,yb;te men on criminal charge he was
,ly,ys acquitted. III black man was
Lro,;pht before such = jury he was con-
,lemned. and then the Governor always
hardened him. Thus accounts were kept
square. .,, .,oo
During my month in Jacksonville three
murders were committed by negroes. Jack
sonyilc is entirely new. 1t has some decen!
white people in it, but is chiefly inhabited
hy NEGROES. The first murder was when
1insv negro stabbed 4 policeman; the
second. when negro manager nj pan
forbade another from passing through
door bv shooting him and the thlrd, "len
u paitv of negroes shot lnited Sta!eS SOL
dicr on guard at night. The boys IN biue
tlrncd out and swept through the suburbs
life storm. The result was that not Il
negro could be seen; darkness was no
LONGER visible the dancc-houses were
rloSad the classic shades OF Shutdown were
c,nnty: the noise of Hushamouth was
<tilicl and " order reigned in Warsaw.
The matter was apparently inquired
into-really hushed up. only know that
several negroes never appeared on the
streets again. and there were number OF
funerals within few days after. This, as
sam D. would say. was Significant OF
something ominous.
The Lieutenant-Governor Of the State is
= mulatto-a very tine-lOoklng, intelligent.
and respectable man, who performs the du-
ties of his Office admirably. The Governor
i n carDet-ba gger. land has one only merit
that of timiditv. He proposed once to call
out the negro militia in imitation OF the
Governors OF Arkansas and Tennessee, but
n Stern whisper. borne on the air and cal
ried TO his ears by the voice OF some bird,
informed him that Governor might be
shot as well as citizen, and the militia re-
NAMED quietly at home.
Florida is Il land so full OF bushes and
underground that an army might stand
within twenty feet OF public road, and, II
no sound was made, would be unknown be-
cause unseen. 1t is just the place for All
ambush the yielding sand betrays no FOOT
step. You cannot track criminal without
Il bloodhound.
! heard of one, an officer of that infamo us
piece of cabinet work the Freedman's Blu
reau. who had been very arbitrary and ILL
Solcut. He was one of those men who lni:-
oined that if any one kicked him they had
kicked the United states, and felt proper
tionately indignant. |
some one tired ut him from the bush and
only wounded him the neighborhood was
yerv much reused, and denounced the
shooter terribly-becallSe he had not taken
better aim. i am very much afraid that II
any deer-hunt should take place he would
not be invited.
However, after this remonstrmcr, there
was much better government III that Sec
ton of country the load Of shot was
not wasted after all.
was very much amused with the remark
of a negro official TO a friend OF mine. My
friend wa. one Of the first men III the state,
and therefore was DISTINGUISHED. The
negro wanted him to act for his race Il,
school commissioner. and, learning that he
could not act because of legal disabilities,
remembering his former condition a.
ploughman, remarked, patroniZlngly, ~
have That bride took of you, sir.
I did not see the Legislature i'll session,
but learn that they resemble our own in |
their fondness for ground-peas. \ French
man once described to me his impressions
of them: "Dcy eat de ground-pea from
morning ontil night: ! tink dey was one
assembly of squirrel" The price of legiS-
!ator in Florida (negro) was freely quoted at
500, and the price was considered very |
high. 1t was thought that cheaper article |
could be furnished, as field hands were only |
worth dollar day. White members were
not SO freely quoted. Judges colnmandedva-
rious prices, and were chiefly bought up by |
private spectators. They were not in the
omen market. The prices of pardons varied |
with the means of the criminal. The atrocity |
OF the crime had nothing to do with it. In
deed among the Government officials po- |
verify was villainy, and the man who did not
grow rich on the perquisites OF a petty
office was looked upon aS tit for a lunatlc
asylum.
heard great praise bestowed on one Of
the senators who had made regular bar
cain for his office, obtained 1t before pay
ing down the cash, and then refused to pay
Al all. He was thought 4 very clever fell
loW-u sort of alligator among minnowS. ]
came to the conclusion that Justice Carpet
baggcr) in Florida has no bandage over his
face and is cock-eyed-one eye pointing to-
wards Washington and the other down INTO
his own pocket. AS TO his scales, If you I'LL
one with honor, faith, and public service,
it will be weighed down by the other hold
ing "a big bladder tiled with mephitic gas,
and labelled loyalty.
Why, some parties actually stole cnurch
while | was in Jacksonville and an
neXed il to a Presbytcry IN Phlladelphla
and then thanked God that they were not
~ other men. | agreed with them in their
prayer. ,,
Having done with the Government, Will
speak of other vernin.
SNAKES.
These are not as numerous as might he
expected. l saw very few and only TWO
rattlesnakes-tourteen feet long, mean
together. The alligator, am told, destroys
Them. have no doubt, however, that II Il
man should have delirlum trenenS IN Flo
rida he could see snakes enough. That kind
are to he seen over in Ireland. My OPINION
about St. Patrick has always been that ne
WAS a great temperance lecturer, "a sort of
Father Matthew-Who abolished the use
of LIQUOR; and thereby preventing delirlum
from drink, rendered it impossible for any
one to see serpents.
However, he never went to Florida. AND
il is curious that in some parts Of this
country to take a drink is called to kill a
snake. cannot help thinking that the
phrase originated with some poor fellow
who found that this miserable whlskey was
q nerfert c,,rn for worms. Florida Whiskey