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WAsnmaroa, Jnly Z. - &
Tne NnGisual q - eliy. - le
cshx RadIcal ps1esss kase noW ~ ~ ID
80 x he cnunl,aixa i WhieA ~ nnd i -
cessiiy 81 atlaeAig oensrsl Haneock6 mlIlsaU
record Thsf pspa. Win sveEy oder RepublI
can paper, started IN amer the nomination With .
statement thai, against the Generals military
record, nothing could be aid, and they searched
Cor Other objections TO hmm Some Of them said
he had NO civi expsriencs. some that, u elected.
he would Be mere machine In the hands Of
Democrats leaders, very many that he repre-
ssnted the /" Lost Canse," &C., bnt all said that
his record - q. military man was anassailable.
The sudden change Of tactics BY these Republi-
can papers shows more clearly than anything
else could that the selection Of Hancock was .
judicious one, in that Il has robbed the Republi-
cans Of their chief claim TO Northern sympathy
by putting forward - good and true and well
tried Union man - they could name. These
papers begin TO understand that Hancock sssst
be considered Union man. and they therefore
seek for other causes Of opposition. He being an
absolutely pure man In the public estimation,
there Is nothing LEFT to attack bat his military
CAhoof. Au1 - uOneS - M " oAicSaA8 us1s NC
commanded in an Indian war where the expense
was great and the number OF Indians killed was
small and BY sayin gthat be once advised Grant,
during the Wilderness campaign, 10 abandon q
movement which had been commenced.
need not offer any defence Of Hancock a. q
military man, bat would call the attention Of
those who fought with him and under him at
Malvern Hill, at Fredericksburg, at ChanceIlors-
vile, at Autietam, at Williamsburg, al Getiys-
burg, at Cold Harbor, at Petersburg and at other
points, to the fact that Hancock b now being as
sailed principally on his military record, and
that that line Of attack will probably be kept up
Thousands Of Republicans in Maine, in Penn
sylvania, in New York, and in every other
State represented in the Army Of the Poto-
mac, win defend Hancock against such charges
just as they stood by him from 1851 to 1885
They will defend him not only by words, but by
their suffrages There is no friend of the General
but win welcome every attack of this kind upon
him.
II is most likely that Senator Wallace will be
selected on the 18th as Chairman Of the Demo
cratic National Committee. He does not repre-
sent as many millions rs Jewell, but he has a
great deal more solid sense and more experience
If Wallace should not be chosen, is not unlikely
thai General Duncan 8. Walker will be selected
Huron
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Tom Ochiltree, Of Texas, has pro-
nounced for Hancock. Cameron gave
me certain section of the South to look
out for" Tom explains, I" and every id
delegate in that region / brought up to
Chicago for Grant They were all for
him when they got there, and they re-
manned true to him with the exception of
one niger from Alabama. He was
bought up the third day after his arrival
for $1,000. AS soon as / heard of the
transaction I went for that niger and
managed finally TO get him back into the
Grant ranks, money and all. He stayed
there until the call of that id thirty
sixth ballot commenced. Alabama was
first on the list, and the niger rose and
voted for Garfield. / wanted Grant, but
Hancock is . good second choice, and l
am going 70 take the stump for him. /
shall travel all over the country, and
everywhere speak propose to tell how
the spontaneous Garfield managers
bought out my Grant Niger Tor $1,000"
The Republican party will have to look
out for Tom.
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The controversy between Colonel E. B.
G. Cash, Of Chesterfield, and Captain w.
1. DePass and Colonel William M. Shan.
non, Of Camden, South Carolina, culmi-
mated on Monday in . duel between Cash
and Shannon. in which the last named
was killed. DePass and Cash made an
arrangement 70 fight, bnt did not 10 con-
sequence Of the arrest Of the former.
shannon was challenged BY Mr. Ellsrby,
one Of the parties 70 shs controyerly, but
the challenge - refused. Cash then
published Shapnop . 3 coward. Out Of
this, il y presumed, The fatal meefinQ
arose. II Nas the dfilculty above man.
toned which led % tie formation Of the
Camden Anti DuelinK Association. Colo.
mel &kenQcn woe e6Cut 40 years of aRe
md nnIRsg k6loxed mi rsapCcked,
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Union. JulY III

JockD0nVlue UnOns Suy lz.I
Sheriff Moseley, of Leon, arrived yes
terday, with warrant for Gus Potsdamer
and an order for his delivery to Major
Wyse, at Live Oak. The Supreme Court
refused to grant him new trial. Col.
Jno. T. Walker went to Tallahassee last
evening in behalf Of the prisoner Sheriff
Moseley will probably leave with Mr..
Potsdamer in the $50 p. NJ. train.
In view of the " reimbursement +" diff
culties in Virginia, the Richmond COM
monsceaIth, Of July Sd, says; I" The feel
ing Of thankfuIness throughout the coun-
try at the result of the Cincinnati Con-
vention should not be married by any ap-
prehension as to this State. 1t would be
simply horrible if we alone, of all the
States in the South, should throw our
State in favor of Garfield by dividing the
white vote between two electoral tickets
for Hancock"
The editor of stalwart Republican
sheet, printed in New England, has re
Gently returned from tour through the
States of the South, and in letter from
North Carolina says he was especially
pleased with the tendency of the oolored
people to economic and own land. In
one county, New Hanover, the tax books
show that In the city Of Wilmington 7e1
colored persons own land valued at $207,-
ss6. In Cape Fear township fifty-one
colored persons own l,0879 acres Of land,
worth el2,795. In Federal, Harnett and
Munsboro' townships, in the same county,
the colored people own over $4,000
worth Of land. The colored population
Of Wilmington numbers 1929, and, BE-
aides their real estate, they own $1,000
worth of personal property. Within ten
years they hays saved over tsOO, 900. md
: few years ago they were slaves. They.
" nov happy md prosp6rous Ike their
brsehssa n Gsossie ana bstvesn them
nd shs vihisA psspls thers y The Bet q
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Editor FIoridian: Aner expressing my thanks
to you for calling my attention to the article in
the Pensacola Adoance Of June 20. allow me to
say that. like every other business man, receipt.
ed for registered packages, while Deputy Col
lector at Mariana. and took them TO my Office
to be opened and replied to. In this way re-
ceipted for four letters that had been tempered
With. After which took the further precaution
to see that all letters were In good order before
signing any receipts. Those for which signed
Immediately notified the parties and my supe-
rior and the Post-oflce of the matter, and there
il rests awaiting investigation which no one fears
less than do. ! hope the Advance will be fair
enough to q "Colored Protege" to await an
investigation before Illuminating Its thunder. I
have only 10 refer It 10 several merchants and
the postmisiress at Mariana for veriHcatIon OF
the above statement Respectfully,
H. 8. HARMON
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There is force and truth in the sub
joined editorial by the Chicago Telegraph
which will commend it to sensible men
everywhere:
A solid South is only obnoxious to that set
of men who for twenty years have assiduously
labored to consummate 10 their political interest
solid North" Their base attempt has grown
80 manifest, from year TO year, that now popu-
lar sentiment throughout the Union ratifies and
applauds solid South" To be less than solid
against the "bloody shirt" policy would be to
have the wounds and sores of the late war re-
opened and reproduced through all time to come
1t Is credtable to the temper of the Southern
people that they are at least disposed to lei by
cones be by-gones, even If they must bury the
Republican party In order to cousummate the
work Of union and fraternity. At every stage
OF national progress the proiestations Of Southern
loyalty have been met with fdgid indifference,
and treated by the Radical party with undisguised
suspicion. Had the wishes Of the South been
alone considered. civilian and not warrior
would have been nominated at Cincinnati but
the Democracy Of the North, anxious to silence
ell cavil respecting the disloyai designs and in
tents Of the South, proceeded 10 their own behalf
TO put the patriotism Of that portion of the Union
10 the highest test by the nomination of Gen.
Hancock. Do Republican papers question the
unanimous response Of the 6outh-that It win be
solid for the Union soldier?
Nay. 1t Is not the "solid South" but the
divided North that now disturbs their rest
They would gladly content themselves with
solid South" forever II they could but secure
ct all times "solid North" They would be the
last to obliterate the dividing line between the
two sections Of this great nation. The republic,
long distracted and disrupted under Radical rule,
now looks hopefully TO the Democracy Of the
nation for divided North" The South would
be untrue to the union of the States, 70 her own
prosperity and instructive patriotism to be other
than sotsd against the Republican party, that has
for the last hfteen years despoiled and plundered
North impossible, vote down that party which
has continued In power 30 long by keeping up
the dividing line
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KeaGe NGeeG1mw - mesmamae.
In nosIng ~ aclzon e elAsF saapas Of our
aounfy. Ne, ~ cliIssns o. 2ystsI Ras<r nd VI
emily, In unaas nnepsing 49, nbsed Iuously
pasdss our bsnksy supper . she Jallewlw reso-
latious, which 0sss snanimousIY adeGeed AT
Lake Lindsey and Foss DE:
WHKRRAa, For souas years past asnumber Of
hwlem acts have been perpetrated In the county
cf fernando, BY unknown parties, whereby The
peace Of the people Of said county has been Sc
riously disturbed and their inierestin the matter
Of immigration greatly injured; therefore,
Rsscscad, That we do condemn al aud every
act OF lawlessness which has been pcrpeiraied Ia
cur county 8*;aas s9 ss ss4ssgtfP.f
WHEREAS, The question has been ofien asked,
where the good men and officers OF The law, that
they allow such Unlawful doingsi therefore.
Rsaalced, That we will show 10 the world that
there are good men enough in the county TO
crush out the lawless outrages, and that VIC will
ferret out the guilty parties and bring them to
punishment.
WHzRRAs, Our county has become 50 noio-
rious that the law-abidiDg immigrant is afraid 20
settle in the county or come to il; therefore,
| ResOaced, That we do hereby pledge onr sup
port and protection TO any and all law abiding
persons of whatever race or color who may come
amongst us
WHEREAS Certain efforts are now being made
to lawfully investigate some OF the outrages
which have rendered our county So notorious;
therefore.
Resoleed, That we will give these efforts our
hearty support and concurrence, and we will
render the officers Of the law every assistance in
our power TO enable them 10 successfully enforce
the law.
WHEREAS, II appears that some good, law
abiding men have left the county through fear oil
violence to their persons; therefore,
Resosocd. That we earnestly request them 10
return to their homes and trust TO us Tor support
and protection, and they shall receive it,
| WHEREAS, II does appear that some Of our
citizens can throw some light on some Of the
outrages that have been committed; therefore,
ResoIued, That we consider it In be the imper-
alive duty ofevery good ciiizeen 10 come forward
and contribute every particle of information, no
matter how light it may be. which may or will
assist the officers and courts in bringing the
guilty parties to justice; also,
Resoloed, That we will not consider person a
good citizen who shall keep anything back or
who fails TO assist in Kidding our county of all
and every class of lawless men and lawless acts.
| WHEREAS. We consider that all Christians are
good citizens and all good citizens should be
Christians; therefore,
Resolned. That these mass meetings shall be
closed with prayer, asking His Almighty help
and guidance in our endeavors to uproot and
crush out this crying evil.
Resoloed, That these proceedings be published
in the Crescent, Tampa Guardian, Sunland 7ri.
6une, Cedar Keys Journal, Ocala Banner, Flo
RIDIAN and Savannah Necs.
D II. THRAsHRR, Chairman, NJ,
| j. j. WALLACE, Sec'y. i"'' DAue'
n VrNxpeppaoI% z Soc Lake Lindsey.
G. T. WILLIS, Chairman,
n BARCo, Secretary. '''''
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ssn OF January, 1858,

SCn OF January, 1858, a reeo'
luton was introduced into the House OF
Representatives by Mr.. Eldridge, of Wis
consin, to the following effect:
ResoIUed, That the thanks of Congress arc
hereby rendered TO Gen. Winfield 8. Hancock fol-
his wise, pathetic and timely recognition Of the
first rights of the citizen, and OF the great prnci
pies OF constitutional liberty expressed in the
order issued by him upon assuming the command
of the Fifth Military District, 80 called, and fol
his prompt determination to restore and maintain
the supremacy of the civil law within the limits
Of his command.
The resolution was lost. The Repub-
lican voters in the House, says the Wash
ington Post, who did not believe the
administration of Gen. Hancock in the
Fifth Military District wise, timely and
patriotic" voted against it. They did
not think that any man who was in favor
of charging the liberties of the Southern
people and relieving them from the incu-
bus of carpet-bag legislation. was entitled
to Congressional commentator. Amen
Der of Congress- by the name Of Garfield
voted on this resolution in the negative.
Two or three years before he had declared
from his seat in the House that every man
who had participated in the rebellion
should be perpetually excluded from the
elective franchise. Therefore he was con-
sistent in voting as he did on this occa-
sion. He probably had no personal or
particular prejudice against Gen. Hancock,
but he did not believe in making States
out of provinces, as Gen. Hancock did.
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The Southern Republicans Aban-
dOmed.

Washington Dispatch to the New York Sun, June 15l
The nomination of Arthur on the ticket
with Garfield has one Significance which
does not seem to have attracted the at
tention it deserves as political fact. The
Southern Republicans, white and black,
wholly abandoned by their party, which,
by this act, formally assumes sectional
character and proscribes the South as
outside the organization.
The friends of Senator Bruce went to
Chicago claiming to represent seven hun
dred thousand votes, and isking that he
be put upon the ticket, or at least that the
colored element have hearing before the
convention. Mr. Hoar pug Mr. Bruce in
the chair for few minutes, and with that
cheap compliment he anG the colored
vote were dismissed as having had their
full share of recognition. II
The white Southern Republicans claim
ed that che party should prove its profes-
sions of nationality by nominating can
didate for the second place arom that part
Of the Union. They proposed Judge Set
tie, Governor Davis, and other well known
Republicans of standing, sll of whom
were uuceremoniously discarded, with
hardly passing word Of favor.
This contemptuous treatment has nee
essarily provoked bad blood and resent
ment. 1t viii make the South more solid
than it was before, and serve to keep alive
sectional discords. What motive has .
Southern Republican now II engage in
political contest after being put under the
ban by his own organisation
Henceforth there will be no Republican
party South worthy of the name Fac
tons may exist, but. nothing more.
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An Atlanta dispatch of the 9TH inst.
says: "To-day, in the Superior Court,
the first negro juror was called. He
served with eleven well-known white
men, was foreman of the jury and brought
in verdict of guilty against colored
man for burglary. In the next case he
was refused by Asa Gum, colored, cbarg-
ed with murder, who said he wanted no
niger to try him for his life.' 1t has
caused much comment. An addition Of
names of intelligent colored men TO the
Jury levies in the State courts seems to be
generally approved"
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The county convention of the Conservative
Democratic party Of Jackson county will meet at
nate candidates for the State Legislature.
The county convention OF Bradford county
vii meet at Lake Butler on the Goth day of July.
The county convention Of Hamilton county
viii meet at Jasper on the 18th day of July.
The GAdsden county convention will meet at
Quincy on the oath of July.
The county convention of Suwannee county
viii be held Al Live Oak on the I'd of September
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Mr.. Varnedoe sold last week his entire
crop of LeConte trees, rooted this season,
to Messrs. Sanford and Blacfshear for the
sum of $4,000. This is deemed low by
many, but when we consider the " bird
in hand ;" and the small amount Of labor
that it has cost Mr.. Varneloe, it really
seems that he has done WE'LL Il was re-
CARED by some as only Newspaper way
of putting it when the Fair jssdletin, two
years ago, claimed five hundred bales Of
!cotsen per acre .by growing LeCOute
pears 1.-THE rootings from . quarter Of
an acre of cuttings win sell for $4,000 at
six months old, any reference; to the fruit
from IN acre Of trees in full bearing ought
not to be doubted. There b no doubt
that this pear, 50 far, is paying better
than anything else ever tried N this coun-
try, and hence the demand for it is on the
increase. - 7honsdsvige Estnforise.
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Colonel Pelton, nephew Of ex-Gov-
ernor Tlden, died at the Everett House,
New York, on the sth instant.
The New York Truth, which was for
Grant, is now for Hancock, and says that
as between him and Garfield there is no
possibility Of hesitation for any honest
man. Hancock was the better soldier,
he is the better civilian, he will make the
better President
The Jacksonville Union of Tuesday
says; "A rumor prevails that Senator
Nat Carpenter, Solicitor General Phillips,
Messs. W. w. Rollins, C. d. Mcleod,
c. ID. Willard and other distinguished
lawyers viii arrive this week for the pur-
pose Of making an effort to settle the rail-
road difficulties. 1t is also limited that
the appeal case now before the Supreme
Court may be Withdrawn, and general
compromise arranged between all the con-
hicting interests"
The Republican National Committee
have apparently come to the conclusion
10 limit their work during the coming
campaign to those States where the out
come of the election is in doubt, and thus
centre their energies on Maine, Connec-
tieut, New York, New Jersey and the
States Of the Pacific slope. This means
nary red " for Florida and hard times
for the q troOlY loyal" In fact, it is not
much Of q secret that the committee
lately refused TO appropriate dollar to
AID the campaign in this State, and the
story was that the refusal was brought
about by the discouraging accounts of
Republican prospects here given by Col.
Bisbee and others They surrender the
State In advance of the battle.
On the slst of January, 1879, Presi-
dent Hayes wrote to Mr.. Arthur: "Ire
gard il A. my plain duty to suspend you
in order that the Office may be honestly
administered. And on the same day
John Sherman wrote TO Mr.. Arthur:
Gross abuses of administration have
continued and increased during your In
eaubency," and that " brides and gratui-
re been received by your subordi-
- several branches of the custom
- and you have in no case supported
the e4ort 20 correct those abuses
This man, Arthur, was not considered
ht 70 Be Collector Of the Port Of New
York and was turned out BY Hayes in
di.gzee; and Jet he il deemed worthy
. b made Vice:P reside9t of the United
ssssmi e
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N. Y. Times]
The assumption that the Southern States
must, in the approaching canvass be re-
linquished absolutely into the hands Of
bourbon Democracy is a mistaken one.
Fourteen electoral votes from the South
may be secured to the Republicans. But
it might as well be understood in advance
that such result is TO be obtained, not
by petty warfare upon any wing of the
party, but by energetic, united and har-
monious hard work.
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Rev. Barnas Sears, d. D., LII. D., of
Stanton, Va, died at Saratoga At three
o'clock on Monday last, aged "a. DIR.
Sears has long been prominent in educa-
tional matters. He was the author Of
several books on educational subjects,
and was for many years President of
Brown University at Providence. When
George Peabody gave the fund to pro-
mote education in the South, DR.. Sears
was made its manager with an advisory
board of Trustees
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! A stormy meeting was held 1t the Sand
Lots in San Francisco, California, recent
~, the Greenbaek and Democratic wings
Of the Workingmen's party assembling
in close proximity. Across FIRE of cheers
and groans prevailed during the meeting.
and at the close the Democratic faction
made . rush for Kearney amid cries Of
" Hang him" Kearney was rescued by
the police, hustled into hack and driven
off
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st. Joseph Gazette]
Let General Hancock withdraw. The
charges against him can never be ex-
planned. So far it has been charged that
he is gentleman, an Episcopalian and
graduate of West Point.
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NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC TICKET

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC IlCMl.
FoR President:
WINFIELD SCOTT HANCOCK,
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
FoR vICE-PRESDEST
WILLIAM Fl. ENGLISH,
OF INDIANA
STATE CONSERVATIVE DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
FoR GOVERNOR:
WILLIAM d. BLOXHAM,
OF LEON COUNTY.
FOR LTECTESAST-GoVERNo
LIVINGSTON W. BETHEL,
OF xoxRoE COUNTY.
FOE CONGRESS, FIRST DISTRICT:
ROBERT II. n. DAVIDSON,
cF GADsDES COUNTY.
FOR CONGRESS, SECOND DISTRICT:
JESSE J. FINLEY,
OF COLUMBIA COUNTY.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS.
SAMUEL PASCO,
ALBERT J. RUSSELL.
JAMES E. YONGE,
THOMAS F. KING.
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