The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-09-13

inst. MA w etoQrn mas many retauvee
and friends 10 our city. She spent good
portion Of the past winter hsre. the guest
of Mrs. Abercrombie and Mrs. MN. H.
Hyer.- Pensacola Gasstte.
Thanks to the public spirit Of their
postmaster the people Of Pass Christian,
on Mississippi Sound, are enjoying metro
politap poetal facilities. Their mail Is de-
livered to them at their own homes, and
along the entire front of the town are let
ter boxes, of which the entire expense,
for transportation, erection, repairs and
service, is borne by the postmaster.
1T is announced that Priestly q
Sons among the largest manufacturers Of
fine dress goods, whose works ~ Brad
ford, England, continually run l,500
steam looms, are about to remove their
entire business to Philadelphia, being
convinced that the United States il to
be the future industrial centre. A build
ing has been secured and the machinery
is already arriving. 1t is probable that
the operatives of the English works viii
very generally follow the mill 10 this
country.
AS indicated by the advance on the
late months, we believe that the trade
have not half realized the extent of dam
age by the drought. Our advices this
week are very full, and we have carefully
gone over them, county by county, and,
after making allowances for the differ
ences of yield in the different counties,
we feel justified in maintaining them,
with an average picking season; the
promise to-day is for a crop at least Is
per cent. short of that of last year-N
Y. Cotton. Sep. 8.
Lorenzo Delmonico, the famous New
York restaurateur, died on the 81 of Sep
TENDER at Sharon Springs. lie was
born in 1910, and consequently was sew
enty-one years old. He went to New
York in 1881, and entered into business
with two uncles and continued until he
has made the name of Delmonico famous
on both sides of the Atlantic He has
contributed in his time greatly to the
comfort of mankind, and died in good
old age with the confidence and respect
of all who knew him.
"A rather curious but very practical
reason, says the Boston Herald, why the
colored voters of Mississippi should not
try to secure all the offices, by toeing the
color line and voting all together, is given
by one of their number ip letter to the
Vicksburg Herald He reminds his col
ored brethren that Democratic property
holders are required for bondsmen for
county offices in nearly every district in
the state, and asks what the result would
be if they should 'sit down on the bonds"
The writer comedies that the fusion move
may disappoint some of the white Repub
licaDs who want offices but he thinks it
is best for the people, all around, to mix
the voters up, and let fair share of the
Offices go to those who have the greatest
share of the property and education. The |
negroes instinct in government seems to |
be about right, when he is left to himself |
-Flipper is not the only officer who
showed himself dishonest. The peniten-
tiaries of the land would hardly hold the
quartermaster and commissary thieves of
the late war, and they were all white,
wore shoulder straps and carried an i'm
mense amount of "style." We have no
faith in the sense or sincerity of those
who are scheming to boost negro lads
into official places in the army and navy. |
The boys are damaged by such forcing
process, and their patrons, as in the case
of Whitaker, brought to shame Let
the negro alone and he will come out all |
right in the race of CIVILIZATION. He will |
probably get through in good form any
how. The colored race is not RESPONSE
BILE for Flipper, but rather the dema-
gogues who rush him and other colored
men and boys into stations for which
their raising and training has not at all
fitted them.
The Conkling men had things their
own way at the meeting of the Republi-
can State Committe recently. They made
ex-senator Plat Chairman pro tenn, in
the absence of Vice-President Arthur, the
regular Chairman. They reapportioned
the State to suit themselves, fixed the
place of meeting of the State Convention
for New York city, and put the time later
than had been the practice for many
years, namely, October 5, only a month
before the election. They gave out that
this late date was chosen so that they
might have more time to harmonic the
party. This was a beautiful sentiment,
but the cold facts are that the time was
extended in order that they might have
time TO watch the progress of the patient
in Washington. Mr.. Garfeld's death
would, of course, bring great changes in
New York State politics, and would I'M
questionsbly influence the control and
action of the State Convention.
There is story that the popular
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