The Republican journal., 1873-02-13
GIimpses at the South.
Correspondence of the journal.
JACKSONVILLE. Jan. :

palatable; some not but here you haye
them, not arrayed in methodical order,
but lust as they come to hand.
POPULATION. lii one of my letters |
made mention of the estimated population
of the city, eight thousand OF that num-
Der about two-thrds are white the resi-
due colored-all shades included. The
list of voters embraces about nine hundred
names; about five whites to four colored.
| If the voters in the suburbs were entitled
to vote in the city proper, the colored vote
would be a decided majority. The area
| of the city is about one mile square
DURING THE WAR. At the commence
ment of the late civil war the population
was about four thousand. During the
war Jacksonville suffered severely. Ii
was first partially burned by the troops OF
| the Coniederacy. 1t was subsequently
taken possession of by the Union forces
at three several times; the last time about
six blocks of buildings were burned, in
cluding the Catholic and Episcopalian
! churches AS the flag changed from time
to time the character of the population
changed The natural result was the
stagnation of business and desoation NJ
most Time and prosperity have obliter-
ated the scars of warfare
CoLoRED MAsoNs In addition to the
list of Masonic Lodges | gave vou there
is one composed entirely of colored mem
bers. They are working as they claim.
under Charter obtained from the Grand
Lodge of another, State. They are not
recognized as Lodge in regular standing
by ,he other Lodges; the privilege of
membership in those Lodges is restricted
to whites
SAVINGS BANK. I have heretofore al
luded to the branch OF the National Freed
mans Bank established here learn that
the amount deposited in savings averages
about one hundred thousand dollars, of
this amount about sixty thousand, aver
age, is to the credit Of colored dopoStpr~
The course adopted 10y the baul officials
is highly creditable 70 them. They on
courage deposits by this class Of people
until enough is deposited TO enable the de
positor to purchase IL lot and erect On it a
hahiaiion, and then encourage the with
drawal of the deposit for that purpose
This course is undoubtedly the hest for
the parties intended to he benefited there
by, rs rent, for even the smallest and
poorest tenempnts are inordinatclv high
RENTS While on the subject of rent,
that YOU may form some idea OF the dii
ference between your place and this, a
store here about equal in capacity to the
one occupied by Iie1scv 4 Woodward
rents for $50 per month; another, not
larger nor with more accommodations
than Mr. Woodcock's bookstore for $50
per month; druggists store, the counter
part of Mr.. Poor's, for 800 per month.
A dwelling house of about the dimensions
AMI style of architecture, and rs rligibly
located as that of our friend Burrill. for
$50 per month and another in mo- pnricu
lar superior to that standing on Church
street, next to Peirce'4 Block, tor $40 per
month. These rents are paid, not for the
month only, hut for the year through; and
for Il series OF Years
COUNTY GtoI.. The county @aoI Is a
brick hujl,lin@ one story in hrigh: abnu,
twenty feet square, surrounded hy ID rom-
mon board fence about few feet h,gb
some OF the inmates of IND "Caldtrvood
House" during the past few wears v"4il
have Left before breakfast il seems lo me,
without paying Tor the irstuiGht', lodging
had the accommodations been no better
than the Duval County Glol affords. Not
withstandjng, it wls N this goal that
Scott, the prrpctrator OF thr atroclpns
murder of Il young lady and two litGc
children, about two years ago an account
VI which in the papers of the day m1dr
our blood run cold-wae safely kept until
in this same gao-varl he oXpated hi@
crime ON the galow4, about one wear
after il WAS committed,
CELLARS II is fortunate tor house md
land owners here that cellars are NOT 81
necessity; for the material for >toniug o.,
them is not to be found here. unless i'm
ported, Cellars are not necessary here. a>
with us, for the protection of buildings
from cold and frost, or for the pre,erva-
ton Of vegetables in winter; as II consr-
quence few are TO be found, except ON
elevated ground to this may he added
that if dug III any other locality they
would require cement ON bottom and side
to keep out the water
GARDENING The amateur gardener
in your vicinity would turn away in hope
less disgust from the sand which c0usti-
tutes the soil of the gardens here; vet
seeds do terminate in it and vegetation
thrives. The orange finds in it some
alimcnt which seems to he peculiarly nu-
tltivc. Within sight of the place where
ann writing stands an orange tree which
was transplanted last season into the soil
that we should style sand bank, oranges
| growing on it at the time It's growth
was not retarded, apparently, nor u leaf
wlted; and have now before me two
of those same oranges-one fully ripe, the
other green; the ripe one measures nine
inches, the green one seven, in circum-
ference. The season for gardening will
soon arrive. l copy from southern
almanac the instructions to gardeners for
the month OF February. PLANT English
peas Irish potatoes, sow cabbage, cauli-
flower, celery. carrots, turnips, parsneps,
| radishes, spinach, beets plant early corn,
finish pruning, transplantng vines and
| fruit trees"
MARKET. There is city market ut
| which all meats and fish are sold. Con
nected with it is an official styled Clerk of
the Market, one Of whose duties is to keep