The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1880-11-05

In many cases candidates on the one
side and the other made an agreement
that they would not spend more than
certain amount. It is highly probable
that great number of boroughs and
towns will be disfranchised. Even such
important places as Oxford, Canterbury
and Chester, have been found corrupt.
As the ballot act is passed from year TO
year, there will be fierce debates a. soon
as Parliament reassembles over the advis-
ability of re-enacting 1t.
William B. Darlington, of San Fran
cisco. was possessed by desire to take
life. He went before the Lunacy Com
missioners and asked to be sent to an asy-
lum; but they decided that his mental
trouble, if he had any, was brought on by
drink, and refused TO incarcerate him. He
declared that he had murder in his heart,
and some day would be unable to resist
it. One evening he was drinking AMIGA
bly, at bar with an intimate. friend.
Without warning, he drew revolver and
killed his companion. "I couldn't help
it, he said, 81 had to take somebody's
life."
The Scientific American says Among
the curious and interesting industrial
facts brought to light during the census
inquiries not the least is the fact that the
recently introduced art of diamond cut.
ting has been SO admirably developed
here that diamond cuts in Amsterdam are
now sent to this city for recruiting. Hith-
erto Amsterdam has nonopolized the
work of diamond cutting, and the aim
there has been to remove in cutting the
least possible weight of the gem. The
American plan is to cut automatically,
according to recognized laws of light, 80
as to secure the utmost brilliancy for the
finished stone. The greater loss in weight,
as compared with the Amsterdam cutting,
is thus more than made good by the supe
rior brilliancy Of the product. From the
inquiries made by Chief Special Census
Agent, Charles E. Hill, it appears that
the average increase of value given to
diamonds by the New York cutting is
$4,000 for each person employed for
twelve months; also that our dealers are
receiving the best Amsterdam cut gems
from abroad to be recut here and returned,
"A society of students, known as the
Harvard Union, determined to ask a
prominent man Of each party to address
them at separate meetings. Their choice
of guests was Gen. Grant and Senator
Thomas F. Bayard. The latter, in letter
dated Wilmington, regrets that other en-
gagemcnts prevent him from accepting
their invitation, and adds, "There is no
audience in America / had rather discuss
national politics before than the associa-
tion you represent; and none by whom l
think should be understood better. l
remember the votes taken among the
students last spring, and feel gratiied by
their independent approval. My work in
the canvass has been constant, and will
continue till the day of election. AS I
cannot come to speak to your Union 1
venture to send you report of speech
made the other day in New York. The
chief hope rely upon to maintain repub-
lican institutions is in the realization by
the educated and intellectual classes of
our countrymen of their responsibility
and duty to take an active part in politics.
Let me say in reference 10 the expenses
there would be none, SO far as / am con-
cerned; for it seems to me like making
politics trade when men are paid for po-
litical discussion"