The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-09-28

ChAWFoRDVILLE, sept "A, 1850.
Editor FtorSdsdn: Happy am l to chronicle
that our local political troubles win soon exTie.
The County Executive Committee will meet 3n
the 9Th inst for the express purpose Of calhtF,a
convention. The people will assemble In taelr
respective districts and select delegates for aid
convention. Beyond peradventure the delegates
selected will give US a nominee. The negroes Of
this county are sanguine and jubilant overour
troubles. 1t is needless, for We out-number them
over two to one.
The Republican whang-tang or so-called con
vention met on Monday last and nominateiY
r. Gavin, man whose gwine ter stick, bnd
amt fur SALE as they openly proclaim b, all
Democrats. An observer Of their proceedings
in convention would assuredly pronounce aem
"badly split" In the voice of the poet hey
were equal to Madam Noah, who Il
And flung two elephants overheard
After the meeting was called to order r. N.
Crawford, Ia colored missionary late from Leon
county, unlocked his warehouse door with The
following: Fellow citizens, I'm Republican
and stood up durn de day Of de whip and Dad
die wild all de brudders, and would agin standlup.
and he knowed he was Republican, case when
Aberham Linktum blowed de horn he hears it /;
dat's why Um Publican" He then offered
very stgmatc resolution, but the chairman
deemed it unnecessary to dept gemmen's Ieso-
luton" and on being asked if he was gwinet ter
put de motion responded, OATS ponds upon
de circumstances" Mr. Amos Hargrett then
chimed in with q resolution: Resolued, Thai the
Republicans of Wakulla county will not votr for
any other candidate but Republican, and pledge
ourselves to support Garfield and Conover," and
further added that the object of this resolution
was ito prevent the Democrats from putting
sticks in the hands of Colored men TO beat Re-
publicans off from the polls" At this juntture
the happy family came to squabble; some accused
him HargretO of Inconsistency, Others swore that
he had sold out the party in this county te the
Democrats in 1878 for 90 acres OF land where
upon Mr.. Hargrett rose promptly TO refute said
charges He wanted them to understand th4t he
was not for sale, and that he was educated In
politics, and that he knew more than half Of the
Democrats in Wakulla; that the Republicans
wanted to kill him off because he was honest
and that he was accused of splitting the county
in 1878, but that it was lie and one thing be
wanted them to understand, that not half Of the
Republicans of this county would know whit to
do if they did get to the Legislature. Mason
Thomas made the most conservative remarks oil
any of his "brudders." In speaking of amos
Hargrett he said, " If dere was screw loose
bout Mr. Hargrett be did wish he would pur.eed
too screw tup" Frank Gavin Zone of Hargtett's
accusers) said that politicians would not 60 to
trust; dat dey would say dat man was pepu-
lar and swar to il, and that they would paint
| man iackass." Then came the Rev. NomiIees
| time, who opened copious meal-sack. Speak
ing of Garfield he said if he did steal thousands
we "will elect him President" Yes" ejafnla-
| ted prominent denizen (as dark as cloudy mid
night, let dem steal more" At this point, he
| (,he nominee) being so enthused with the re
splendent halls of the Capitol before his Eyes
| grand stretch of imagination,) he got thing
mixed. 1--WE will in November next, and don
forget it, elect Simon B. Conover for de President
and James A. Garfield for de Governor, and b.
wanted dem to understand dat at de last meetin
OBJ de Congress dat de Democracks tried to 'Iriv'
de colored man oh he rights, and he had the rec
ord for it," And after a cOpious amount o
bowling and growing ended the whang- tanB.
The fishermen from the coast report wrecked
| schooner drifted into Dickison's Bay, supp 9seC
to have been lost during the recent gale. Hel
spars, mast poles and deck have been swept away
When found she was bottom upwards; no dDub
being turned in that position her deck was 1bea
off on the outward reef-her hulk seems Com
paratively new. AS to where she was froin Of
was bound to- there is no visible evidence. HeI
name is plainly branded Don Ella" The sup
position is that she is Spanish schooner.
"OLD MAI"