The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-07-05

-Philadelphia is % have ! negro g police
men iHeh 81 y
The death . annoance1Oef the emf
nent Freneh statesman 1aies A1mand
Stanislans Duware, ! life Senator ahdmem-
Der Of the Academy IL died at his res
idence, aged ninety three ss .,sot ss..s
The steamer Newport, which crossed
Sandy Heck bar At s:I5 p. m ON Jahe
Esd, arrived At her anchorage in the bay
Of Havana on Monday. June q, Il Sac
.. m, having made the run of ! .24o miles
in three days, twelve hours and fifteen
minutes 49,,
The Harvard Columbia fo9E; mile
straigleaRij .rsS{l VA rdasHl0s New
London, Conn, on the eth. The wealth
er was cloudy, and water smooth, 1hk
start was made at ll:4s:sl. The liar.
wards time was 2l:45; the Columbus
2l:5s, the former winning by three
leno4ha .4l>ft E.ti RAJ fFfft<4H
"A gardener at Naples holds out the
hope that in the near future the camelliA
will rival the rose in fragrance As wen as
in beauty. After years of experiment he
has succeeded in producing q cameliia
with delicate perfume. It is OF > pale
rose-color, and the gardener hopes-to OBJ
tain before long fragrant white blossoms.
IN Rfecs the re9lfpsf SeP1tf
IRON NnA1&3bi, hndHd4A tAk.r dbl
treasury, gives it as bis opinion that q
weilsaffanged coalition fbf RIpdSEAh,
Greenbackers and Independent Demb-
Gratis can carry Mississippi next fall and
secure a United States Senator in place
Of Mr.. Lamar. He has received advices
that these elements are now in consulta-
tion on the subject.
The colony Of negro youdous in and
around New Orleans celebrated 81 Johns
Eve on last Thursday evening, convened
in lonely grove, and in honor Of the
memory Of their late queen, Marie I.avau,
went through the weird vou-fire' cereno-
MES A large bon-6re Wa built, around
and through which they daDced and
jumped and chanted melancholy tuAes
until daylight tig
The latest new departure in news
paper enterprise is reported from New
Orleans, La The Democrat Of that city
has fitted up branch Office on barge,
which, having been towed up the Missis-
sippi river to Memphis, is now floating
down to New Orleans again, stopping at
all points Of interest on the way to gather
information concerning the country along
the river and for some distance back into
the interior. The barge is sixty feet lonkk,
with twelve feet width of beam. Its in.
terror accommodations comprise business,
editorial and job Offices, composing and
press rooms, sleeping apartments, dining
room, kitchen, and stable for the horses
used in making land trips back from the
river. 1t is practically a fully-equipped
newspaper establishment aaoat. s I'll. {
"A special dispatch to the W0rld of
the cath, from s.. Louis, says Another
great tow-line Of grain bargesis mskick
it's way to the sea- The tow-boat Oakland
was reported from Memphis on Tuesday
with 10000 bushels Of corn, 10000 OF
wheat, and more than "a 900 packages OF
miscellaneous freight, making in ell 5000
tons Of freight. The tow-boat Jay Gould
left St. Louis on Tuesday morning With
10000 bushels Of wheat, IA, 900 hush
els of corn, and lac, 900 packages Of mis-
cellaneous freight, NJ ial.ask iPs iElh MO MI
opg t9ts Of fre5ght in all, Or 1900 tons
within one week. And this, be it OBJ
served, is what Is ~oalleg he dull season
Of the Western grain trade. The officers
Of the Missiasipr Barge Company repob
plenty Of freight in aisht for the two tows