Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-03-10

very unsafe to take further testimony,
that great excitement prevailed, and
that one msn had been killed. This
artful telegram was copied in the
leading newspapers Of the north, with
the usual stprrOtyPed head lines, and
was accepted as solemn evidence that
one Of Babies witnesses had been
foully assasSinated BY a democratic
mob. All this occurred within d
short distance Of this place, and the
statement made above could DC sus.
tanned by hundreds of men whose We
raeity was never questioned. And
this is a fair sample of the so-called
southern outrages, Nine.tenths Of
the troubles which arise in the south
are instigated by radical leaders for
political effect. 1.-THE ambitious man
ayers at Washington persist in their
efforts to unseat southern congress.
men, they will yet live to repent their
folly as deeply as they now repent for
having eniranchised thenegro. Rather
than return to carpet bag rule the
gulf states would combine with the de-
cent negroes and send a
SOLID CoLoRED DELEGATION
to congress. About seventy-fve south
ern darkies, with the aromatic odor
they always emit, would be a great i'm
provement on the carpet baggers and
would add favor and spice to the ele-
ments which would go to make up the
personnel of their white colleagues
from the north. 1t is evident that
congress has never yet had enough Of
the negro, and the sooner a big Afri-
can cathartic is rammed down the
threats of northern republicans the
better.it will be for them and the
country.
SOCIETY, SCHOOLS, ETC.
In this part of Florida society is
very much mixed. In the towns and
in some neighborhoods in the country
it is very good, while in other neigh
borhOods it is very undesirable. There
is an element here which has existed
ever since the days of the Seminole
Indians, and which has not improved
a particle since that time.
What is worse, the inhabitants
composing this element are determin-
ed thatsthey never will be improved
in the least. They have a eonstltu-
tional hatred Of all educated people.
When they go out to any public place
each family rides in a two-wheeled
cart, or "goferny' as they call it,
drawn by one horse or mule. The
head ofthe family rides astride the
horse or mule, using the shafts Of the
cart for sstirrups. The rest Of the
generally numbering the old
woman and seven or eight tow-headed
sit fat down in the bottom of.
the cart. These c~onveyences are very
numerous in this section. Happily
illiterate element is gradually
being forced to give way to the sturdy
and progressive immigrants from the
north and west who bring with them
their ideas Of civilization and progress
and who will never rest until this fair
land of flowers is dotted with rail-
roads, telegraph lines, schools, church
es and everything in the way Of i'm
provement necessary to make Florida
the equal Of any state in the union.
The prospects is indeed bright. The
state supports a public school system,
patterniug after the schools in the
eastern states, which is doing a great
deal for society.
NEW RAILROADS
are being p~rOspected through the
richest but as yet asst developed
portions ofthe state which will be
without doubt in a very few
years, The state has lately nogotia-
with northern capitalists for
draining lake 0kechobee, and the fa-
nous everglades connected with it.
This will give Florida
12OO0,0O0 ACRES OF SUGAR LAND.
the richest in the world and which
will produce more sugar than the
States consumes. But / must
stop for this time.
As yet | hare only touched on a
portion Of the resources and advanta-
ges OF this far off southern land. In
letters | hope to treat Of the
stlumber and cattle interests, the
rice and lemon crops, and other at.
which greet the eye of the
stranger on every hand. For the
present, adieu. G. A. NJ.
New Book.