The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-04-06

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compound crime. receive hssh money % save
exposure fiom the imprndent and aases and 70
GIVE . regular tariff from gamblers. bdno. keno,
hagnioa II i no secret that This has been done,
II the victims and policemen are 10 be believed
and that there 10 reason for it in the fact Of
:he presence Of wen known criminals and He
gAl practical Gambling rooms, gamblers, houses
Of i'll fame and lewd womes, Sunday liquor sch
ing, are unmolested and flourish There are
some Republicans wbs win join the great body
Of the Democratic and Conservative property
owners and taxpayers in support Of Greenleaf,
but there are O<aeT Radicals who are % partisan,
so narrow minded, 50 cowardly that at the crack
OF the party whip will stultify themselves by
voting for nomisaaioa nj Il to be Mads, who viii
vote for men TO whom they would not trust dol
lar in private business OF recognize a. 1T for
any position where capacity or character were
required. If cur city is to be given over TO the
ignorant incompetent and the vicious il viii be by
the suicidal folly Of men who win be responsible
for the reputation Of Jacksonville, morally and
financially.
THE ST. JOHNS EAR.
DR.. Baldwin has returned 10 Washington
where, with Captain Holmes, he win continue
TO work tor an appropriation. General Spinner
will go on also il il is thought necessary. There
have been in former years small sums appropri
ated, but FILTERED away in sounding, surveying
&c, afording . pleasant winter vacation TO .
parry Of officers, without any results. Our ciii-
zens year ago employed Captain Eads to come
and examine the bar. His report was every way
favorable for The jetty system. General Gilmore
since has made report recommending the same
plan and asking an appropriation of 100000
towards the work. OF the great necessity and
importance OF this work there is no ques-
ton. The port is the most western on the At
lantic side, is nearest the Gulf, the Mississippi
and the Pacific. Its position il desirable as
barbor OF refuge in seasons Of storm, and as
Naval depot, as the fresh river water would
preserve vessels from the destructive terredo.
Its present commercial importance is large being
the outlet Of over 900 miles inland water trans
portation which, by small improvements will lie
increased another thousand miles The present
Railroads and Others 10 be built will largely in
crease the commerce from the South, West and
North, and the bar improved will give the short
est cheapest and best terminus 10 a ship canal
across the State. No better man than Dr.. Bald
win could have been selected 10 present the sub
ject before Congress, for he is perfectly familiar
with the subject and can intellgently discuss the
scientific and commercial points involved and
secure the attention of committees and members
Of Congress.
| ATTENUATKD, AGGRESSIVE BIsBEE.
Bisbee done a foolish thing when he wrote bis
aggressive letter, and in writing his long jeremi-
ad in response TO some notices of IL shows that
he was hit hard. If any one thought NJ. A. S.
used strong language 10 characterizing Bisbee,
let them read BIS last letter. Hear this at:enaa-
ted human he GRACEFULLY says: :" / (he) am will
ing to let by cones be by-gones" If he means
that his acts in bygone days are to be forgotten,
! the many victims of his malice will not forget,
though they may not desire TO publish their
wrongs anew. 1t is TO be hoped that Bisbee's two
lettes will be generary copied in our State pa
| pers. They will he read with interest and his
adjuration, let US have peace, justice and fair
play" mot of the Bisbee kind will meet with q
ready response from The many who were perse-
cuted and prosecuted II. A. s. was charitable
enough TO say that Bisbee's belief that Southern
people " were desperately wicked and that there
was no health in them" was chronic, Unborn,
natural. Personally, Bisbee is well enough and
head and shoulders above most of the Radicals
in talents and honesty but politically he is vim
dictivc. pfoscriptive and if there is any milk of
human kindness in his political heart it is frozen
as hard as the ice bound eaks of his native
| State. For the present leave Bisbee There
are probably others in the State who will answer
| his questions with a circumstancs.
LRDwrTH.
1t is said that Ledwith has secured several del
| egatons in the adjoining counties and will 90
into the Convention with a strong following
There are some potent reasons for his selection
He has money and good sum is required to in
fuse zeal in the cOlored voter. He is Southern
loyalist by conversion, for though a secession
Confederate of the Cockade jeunessc" school,
yet he at the end of the war promptly accepted
the situation and a situation as United States
cotton agent and speculator. IL nominated ne
doubt some meddlesome person with . good
memory will ventiaie his war record and also
his doings politically and financially since the
war. We shall see.
BUSINESS
There has been q notable increase or bust
meas in the city the past year and judging from
the full freighis of the many steamers up the
river, and the Railroad trains, the interior has
had more business than In any former years
This indicates one of two things: that we are
exporting more products, or more money has
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