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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-03
The Cotton Worm.

A dispatch from Mobile, Ala, July 81,
says: "Prof Riley, Chief OF the Entomolog-
cal Commission Of the United States, ad-
dressed the members of the Cotton Ex-
change to-day. He said he had just WIS.,
tied North Carolina and Georgia and
points on the railroad in this State, and
the cotton centres in Mississippi, as far
as the cotton worm at present exists. He
had made other observations along the
line of the Alabama Central and Vicks-
burg and Meridian Railroad, and found
the worm in most of the fields, the evil
dence being that they must have been
there fully month before, and in many
instances the fourth generation was just
Matching in sufficient numbers to cause
serious injury to cotton in the next fort
night. Nine planters out of ten ride
through their fields and come away with
the idea that they are no worms in the
fields, because theywere yet quite small and
just Matching. Moth, which is also called
fly, is about, and eggs are being laid
constantly. Regarding the best and cheap.
est poison, he referred to London purple,
refuse material obtained in the manafac-
ture of analine dyes. He said that although
the worm is in the fields, if plantere use
poison and the weather is good there may
be very good crops.
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"A Washington letter says: The Republl-
can campaign managers seem disappointed be-
cause Of the lack Of material or ammunition
against the Democratic party fnrnished by the
Federal cl3cials In the S0uth They seemed 10
have relied upon political oukrages and resistance
10 The internal revenue 0fzicers In the meuntaln.
Gus sections Of the South, where Illicit whiskgy Il
manufactured contrary 10 law, to give life TO the
Republican canvass In the North. From all sec
tons of the South como the most peaceful reports
regarding the intention of the people to obey the
revenue laws, and the Republicans are at Q stand
still and loes 10 know. what 1t all means. There
are no eutrages to stir up the Northern heart, and
the political managers at the Republican head
quarters have run short Of political thunder"
By and by, however, the "outrages !"
will begin to pour in. "The Federal Of
ficials " are merely waiting until the cam
paign is fairly launched, when nothing
will be lacking to make it appear, as
usual, that the people of the South are re-
bellious, vindictive and bloody, and that
if Garfield is not elected Republicans will
have to flee for their lives, and the "poor
negroes" for whom Hayes heart bled "
so profusely when the news was received
that Tilden was elected in 1875, will be
put back into slavery. Parson Hicks has
budget of outrages in preparation as
long as the moral law.
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They Keep on Coming.


General E. w. Barber, of Michigan, is
among the latest prominent Republicans
announced to be for Hancock and Eng
lish. He was assistant postmaster-gen-
eral under Grant, appointed at the earn
est solicitation of the late Zachariah Chand-
Ter.
Among the prominent Republicans else
where who have come out for General
Hancock are General Dan. s. Butter6eld,
chief of staff of Major-General Hooker,
and leading Republican politician; Ben
jamin Bullock, Esq, one of the leading
capitalists of Pennsylvania and an active
personal friend of Lincoln, Grant and
Hartranft Hon. E. Joy Morris, Mr.. Lin
coins and General Grants United States
Minister to Turkey; Colonel John w.
Forney, of Pennsylvania; General John
J. Smith, J. L. Wingwald, Esq, General
Hoffman, Stephen Winslow, Esq, Charles
Wistar, Esq, Rev. DR.. Magoon and Hon.
Charles /. Peterson, all leading Republi-
cans OF Philadelphia; General Grindlay,
who presided over the district convention
which sent Mr.. Conklng to the State
Convention last February; Colonel Stew
art Lowery, brother of ex-State Senator
S. S. Lowery, of Oneida county, and Gen.
eral Grants consul at Kingston, Jamaica
ex-Republican United States Senator
John Pool, of North Carolina; W. A.
Guthrie, of Fayetteville, North Carolina,
one of the most influential Republicans
of that State. who says that he will vote
for Hancock because he believes that his
election will give the country permanent
peace. On the heels of these accessions
comes John T. Long, of Missouri, the most
intimate friend of General Grant in the
North and leading Republican, who
says:
shall vote for General Hancock, and believe
he will be elected. l think he has the qualifica
tons to make a good President. He will have
the good sense to surround himself with the
right kind of advisers. One principal reason
why i am against Garfield is that he has already
shown his intention to be associated with at leas
two men for whom the Republican party has the
least possible use-Schurz and Sherman. AL
most the first thing that Garfield did after hi
nomination was to take long carriage ride will
Schurz, man devoid of all political principle
The real cause of SchurZ's hostility to Grant il
this: When Schurz was Senator he asked Gran
for 105 appointments in twelve months, from
foreign missions down. He got eighty-three
but made himself the enemy of Grant because
he didn't get everything he asked for. have
never heard Grant discuss Hancock save as
General, and in that respect he always spok'
well of him. l am Republican still. hav,
personal friends respecting the political situation
and shall vote for Hancock.
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The Scranton Pa) Times, an indie
pendent journal, speaks its mind very
plainly in the following brief article:
The Times is for Hancock because he is
Hancock, and not because he is Demo
crat. This paper has favored no candi-
date but Hancock, and since he has been
nominated we propose to show little
independence by speaking word for him
and through its columns; whether it has
effect or not we will do our duty just the
same. And right here we want to say
that we believe one party is as bad as the
other-if not a great deal worse-and
when the Democrats put up good man,
and the Republicans put up bad man
as see the New York Times and Tribune,
both Republican papers, of February 49,,
1873, concerning the Kelly-Gar64ld Credit
Mobilier affair-we are for the Democrat,
although we never voted for one in our
life, and you'll find all the independent
voters and at least two-thirds of the
Greenbackers will be for the same man
next Northumberland Winfield Scott
Hancock, man who has bigger, nobler,
truer heart, than all the wiry politicians
in the land"
The following paragraph is from a
leader in the Brooklyn Eagle: "The
election of one of the foremost soldiers in
the Union, with the hearty assent of the
people of the States which went into re-
bellion less than twenty years after the
close of the greatest civil war in history,
will be a memorable event in the annals
of free government. 1t will go long
way to demonstrate that government
based on freedom develops the highest
type of manhood and is indestructible.
Of the honorable characteristics of the
American people developed through the
war for the Union, none was more notable
than the feeling of brotherly magnanimity
which not even the presence Of war could
efface. Even in the pauses of the battles
the soldiers of the two armies frequently
rendered services to each other, and old
soldiers of the Union still shorten the
winter evenings by telling Of their inter-
course with the Johnnie Rebs upon the
picket line, to the wonder of the genera
tions whose experiences of the war are
gathered from the lasting and passionate
utterances of men on both sides who did
q great deal to make war inevitable, and
whose most active part in the war began
after it was over"
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The county convention of the Conservative
DemOcrstic party Of Jackson county will meet at
Mariana, on the 18th day of August, to nomi-
nate candidates for the State Legislature
The county convention of Marion county will
be held Al Ocala on the 18th Of August.
The county convention of Madison county will
be held At Madison on the 7th of August
The county convention of Sumter county will
be held At Leesburg on the 14ih Of August
The county convention of Manatee county will
be held Of Pine Level on the Sd Of August
The county convention of fernando county
win be held At Tampa, on the 18th of August
The county convention Of Orange county will
be held Il Orlando on the 18th day of August
The county convention of 6uwannee county
win be held at Live Oak on the I'd of September
The county convention of Alachus county
w1l be held at Gainesville, August Goth.
The county convention of Franklin county
win be held on the 18th of September.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-03

Judge Freeman, assistant attorney
general for the post-office department,
has decided that where third or fourth
class mail matter Is deposited without
one full rate, the postmaster should not
forward it but if by inadvertence it is
forwarded, the postmaster at the Office
of delivery should only collect the post
age remaining unpaid. He also decides
that if the first, third or fourth class mat
ter be deposited in post-ofice without
any payment, it should be held; but if
forwarded by mistake, the amount col
lected upon delivery should be double
the postage which should have been pre-
paid.
The Philadelphia Times closes an
article OH the political battle that is to be
fought in that city this year as follows !:
" Everything points to contest of unu-
sual desperation in Philadelphia, and the
largest poll by many thousands ever
given in the city. The Republicans have
three-fourths of the election boards and
and the machinery necessary to resolve
all doubts in their favor; but they will
now be met with the confident, defiant and
desperate Democratic army they have en-
countered since 1850. 1t will be Greek
locking horns with Greek, and the Repub-
lican supremacy in the city will be con-
tested at every step by the Democratic
faith that looks for Hancock triumph in
the State"
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good works CT she present administration, they
are constrained 70 tnrn 20 the Dalnocratic party
which has never deceived inom Iotwithstand-
ing the above sacis il behooges very member
Of the party to be vigilant and active 10 endeav-
oring to increase the large majority which can
be confidently looked for from that county.
Wakulla can boast of her many natural curl
osities, but now Leon comes TO the front with
one unequalled Ia the South, and which has but
recently attracted the notice of those even who
have resided around and about it for many years
past. 1t is cave with bold stream passing
through It. This cave is about eleven miles
south Of this place on lands once owned by Mr.
F. III. Fiagg. / will at some future time give
you full description Of the same.
LUPE-LA.
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Another Comfy Heard FrOm-Dem
Ocratlc Meeting In Taylor.
PERRY. FLA. July IS, 1880.

PERRY, FLA, July IS, 1880.
Editor Floridian The Democracy Of Taylor
met at Perry, the county cite, on Saturday the
Gath July. The meeting was large, filling up
the Courthouse. Speeches, which were well
received were made by Captains J. F. Tucker
and R. G. Parkhill. of Jefferson county. The
following named gentlemen were called upon
and answered in an appropriate manner: Messrs.
Kimbrad, Garnto, Kelly, Parker, Sutton and
Carleton. The meeting passed off very pleas
antly, all were enthusiastic over our Presidential,
State and Congressional tickets. Taylor can be
safely counted on for largely-increased Demo
cratic majority, as all are deeply in earnest. On
Saturday, the 31st inst the Democracy of the
county meet in convention for the purpose of
nominating u Senator for the unexpired term Of
the lamented McAuley and for one Assembly
man. CONSERVATIVE.
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We publish in another column the proceedings
OF the Leon County Sunday School Conveniion'
which has been in session here several days past
An extra edition of this issue will besprinfed, SO
that all those desiring to secure extra copies can
be supplied We congratulate the Convention
upon the amount and quality of its laborh aDo
predict new era for Sunday school work sn inc
county aud State. -
As we have several times heard Il rema'Neu,
the simple existence of such body as u. -.
organized by the convention (The Leon oo..v
Sunday School Association viii 40 inc -
good and make friends for Ito people
strangers wherever the fact becomes q.
% has also been said, viii DO NOR: ZIG
encourage Immigration into the - e
than all ,he pamphlets e
contemplated thai The ~
AsqqiAtion nas b held
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FOR THE FLoRIDIAN.]


FORT, MYERS, July II, $780,
While Floridians almost to a man must and
will vote for General Hancock, and will hail
the day with delight when they can fearlessly
cast their votes for good, true, Christian gen.
tleman for President of the United States, few of
them are aware that General Hancock once re-;
sided in their State. In 1856, the man up0N
whom the eyes of over fifty millions ofpeople are
turned and regard already as their great national
chieftain, resided at Fort Myers, now a small
village on the CalOosahatchie river in Monroe
county 1t was here that his beloved daughter,
Ada E., was born in 1857. The house in which
he lived, a plain framed building but very com
Portable, now stands in good repair and is the
property of Mr.. James E. HeDdry. The Gen
eral two years past took occasion to visit the
place around which fingered so many pleasant
"reminiscences Of his youth. He traversed the
premises with much interest, viewing the luxu
RANT orange and date trees which he had planted
with his own hands, and seemed to linger about
the place, 10th to take his departure.
He could not refrain from speaking of his
daughter born there, the child and pride of his
youth, who died in New York at the age of IS
years. His great, manly breast sweled with
emotion and his eyes moistencd, showing conclu-
sively that within that breast throbbed noble
and Christian heart. The Fort Myers and Ca
loosallatchie people are exceedingly proud that
General Hancock is the Democratic nominee for
President. So far as the name Of Hancock goes
all party lines obliterated and votes cast here
in November next will be honest, solid votes,
cast by burning patriots and lovers of their coun
try F. A. H.
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Letter From Wakulla.

Editor F1Os1dian: Having made short trip
to Wakulla county. / find the crops of cotton and
sugar-cane as fine as have been grown in that
county since the war. The corn crops generally
are not so good, from the fact that they have not
been properly cultivated, yet the citizens are
cheerful and happy. There is no county in our
State beitor suited Ia agriculture than Wakulla,
which is evidenced by the growing crops that
have been properly cared for. A large portion
Of the lands in that county are as rich and fertile
as any in the State, and no county in our State
can boast OF better yield of Gotten per acre than
Wakulla. Some years previous to the war, Cap
tain Simmons made one year, TO each hand, Of.
teen bales of cotton. DR.. Mcbride, whose plan.
taiion lies near and on the Wakulla river, planted
on second years pine land fifty acres of cotton
from which he gathered fly bales averaging
$50 pounds. This was done under the superyis.
ion of Mr.. Harp Gregory. Il ihnk), who now re-
sides in Wakulla county.
During my trip l spent night at Mr.. M. M
braswclrs, who resides near the Oil Still on the
st. Marks Railroad, whose cotton crop Is the
finest have seen this season, and lie estimated BY
some Of the best planters that have seen Il that
the yield will be at least one bale 70 the acre. I
have no doubt that the above yield will be OBJ
tained' as no enemy Of the crop has as ye, made
lis appearance and the stalks are now laden with
fuIl-srown bolls from bottom to top. This Ia
upon land OF the Same character as much which
some years since sold Il The low price Of 10 cents
per acre.
with the advantage OF stock.Aising and the
fertility Of their lands, with fee outlet 10 the
Gull the citizens are generally In easy circum-
stances. and = more hospitable people never In.
hablted any country.
With regard 70 politics. the county is largely
Democratic. and very many who have heretofore
voted the Republican ticket are now very enthu-
aatG q. Hancock and RlcyhAm: Seeing the
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-03

The Tallahassee Floridian is now is
sued semiweekly. and Of course is just as
good and contains a. much matter az the
weekly. Brother Dyke must have GER
tainly looked out for number one this
time, and Intends that the Press must re-
ceiye its share Of the campaign fund for
services past, present and future, and, not
have il expended - it was in 1878, on o
few lond-mouthed political trsmps, to the
detrimsnt q tie whole g press gang" We
sEe waiting patiently 70 bear ffom the
gcsnappiep ecmuit and We expect no
apallsE ehpt tn 1900 q ou 4 d allot.
lAeat pasnble "a or orilsr. / II sss
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THAT ARMY MULE.
BIZ MAJOR GEO. W. CHRIsTT.


HY MAJOR GEO. W. CHRIsTT
Am" Old Dan Ticker" or a Fillmore Rangers"
Ev'ry blow you strike the foe
VIII op'n his eyes and make him know
That men cannot like coats be turned
The "bloody-shirt =" at last IL burned.
CuoRUs--Here's your mule
Hancock's winningl
Here's your mule
Hancock's winning!
Here's your mule
Hancock's winning!
Stop that Army Mule from grnning!
Stop, boys stopl The people say
That politics is in the way.
Well, If 1t Is, just give kick
An honest Democratic trick.
CHoRUs-Here's your mule, etc.
Drop them soft-these Garfield men
Don't poke the Badger in his pen;
Wen grease his boots and then step in,
For Hancock boys are bound 10 win
CHoRUs-Here's your mule, etc.
Pass it on: "NO color llnel'
The Hancock sun on all must shine
The Blue, the Gray. the Black the White,
Must march "close-step in the coming fight
CHORUS Here's your mule, etc.
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Major johnson, well known Repub-
lican of Santa Rosa county, has declared
for Hancock and English.
starks Telegraph. July al
Every true man in the State who
wants to keep thoroughly posted during
the present campaign should take the Tai
lahassee Szau-WEFxLr FLoRlD1Aa which
can now be had until January 1881 for
the small amount of u.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-08-03

Tomorrow "wednesday evening is Che time
designated by the constitution of the Club for
its regular semi-monthly meeting. The meeting
will be held at Minis Hall, Enormously desig-
mated as "Gwynn's Hall" in a late isste) All
those who have become members, as well as
those who desire to join the club, should be sure
to attend this meeting. z
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GRAssHoPPERs IN THE WEsT.-It is re-
ported from Reno, Nevada, that the farm
ers in that section are thoroughly alarmed
at the ravages made by the grasshoppers.
Already they have done considerable
damage to the growing grain, and the
warm weather is Matching them in myr-
lads. In Sierra Valley the prospect is
very gloomy. The north end has already
been stripped of every green thing, but
at the South end the plague has just be-
gun to develop and the ranchers hope
that the grain will be ready to cut be-
fore the insects are old enough to do
much harm.
WooD FOR THE Big BRIDGE.-The N. Y.
San says that there was to have been a
special meeting of the trustees of the East
river bridge Friday afternoon, but as a
quorum was lacking the executive CON-
mittee met and opened twenty bids for
furnishing the lumber for the roadway of
the bridge. The contract was awarded
to Eppinger and Russell, of Brooklyn, for
$24.7O per thousand feet for l,O95, 90 feet
of yellow pine. The contract fol- lumber
which was some time ago awarded to the
cambridge, (Ga.), contractors was can
celled, because Of the alleged inferiority
of the material.
The volcano Cuego, in Guatemala is
in active eruption.
In England one in 81 of the popula-
ton has an account at a savings bank
in Wales, one in 40; in Scotland one in
IL, and in Ireland one in 100. In the IA
States in this country which have savings
banks, about one in 9 of the population
has an account. In Massachusetts the
number of depositors equals nearly one.
half the population.
"A natural ice house is one of the Gu
riosities of northern New Jersey. 1t lies
behind Blue Mountain. The ice gorge
is several hundred yards in extent, ten to
thirty feet deep, with caves and clefts in
the rocks where the ice lies. The shade
at the gorge is very dense, the sun appa-
rently never penetrating it. The bottom
of the gorge and the little caves and
crevices are filed with ice. The Their.
mometer which registered the nineties in
Newton, marked thirty-eight degrees at
the bottom of this gorge. A few feet
from one end spring of the most deli
cious, sparkling water bubbles up. The
water in this spring stands at thirty -four
degrees.
"A ten-year-old, whose legs were re-
Gently cut off by tram of cars at Du-
buque, Iowa, was too plucky to make any
fuss over the incident. When the little
fellow was taken home his legs hung
limp, but he did not complain. Not a
tear stood in his eyes, but the tender look
he gave to those who stood by his side
told plainly that he was suffering great
agony. After the doctor had dressed his
wounds he called his parents, sisters and
brothers to his bedside, kissed one and all
farewell. and left tear upon their cheeks
A second time he called his mother t6his
side, placed his little arms about her neck
and said Mother, / am going to die in
. few minutes. Please forgive me for moi
minding you" With this the little fellow
fell back, and a. the mother said, +. Yes
my ANGEL and took another look at hil
face, she found him dead and beyond al
pain and suffering.
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SEMI-WEEKLY FLORIDIAN FOR FIFTY
CENTS.

The FLoRIDIAN will be sent to subscribers,
from the LIST of August TO the 1st of November,
for Fifty Cents August, September and October
viii embrace the most active period of the pres
ent campaign, and persons who wish to keep
accurately informed of the progress of the Demo-
cratic cause should avail themselves of this op-
portunity 10 secure first-class newspaper for a
mere frifie
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Later advices state that about 81, 500 OF
the counterfeited bonds have been nego-
tiated or used by Branscome to establish
credit with several different merchants
and brokers.
The bonds were Autographed by G. G.
Crawford, of 40 and 81 Park Place, on
what purported to be a genuine order
from the Mayor of Jacksonville addressed
to Branscome to have them done. They
had previously executed similar orders,
and these were struck off the original
plate. Branscome presented references
from Jacksonville to Crawford, which
were accepted as genuine. He had the
seals cut by two different men on Will
liams street. He wanted them to cut rep
reservations of the signatures, but they re-
fused to comply with his wishes, no doubt,
under an apprehension that he might use
them for some improper purposes. He was
about to leave for the West to make ar
rangements for shipping fruits this fall,
but did not intend to use the counterfeit
instruments Immediately. After complet-
ing the impression of the seal on the bonds
he carried the plate and seal on board of
Fulton ferry boat and threw it over
board into the East river.
The accused was committed temporari-
ly on this showing of facts to await exam
nation. 81
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Levy county. convention held July Sd; for
Representatives. J. l. F. Cottrell and W. II.
BishAm-
HHmiliOn county, convention held July 18th;
foE Senator, A. J. PolhiIl; for Representatives,
ROb~t J. BsvIIl and Thomas J. zpperer-