The daily gazette., 1881-11-07
Florida and other Matters.
For the GAZETTE.

MR., EDITOR IL take this method OF
informing the many readers of your re-
liable paper the condition Of Florida
since the last election and last census.
1t has population of 266, ,566-125,3l
negroes and 141,249 white people. AT
the last Presidential election the Demo-
Gratis had 4,3l0 majority. The State Is
about 375 miles long by an average
breadth of 90 miles; estimated area
about $1,000 square miles. 1t contains
over two million acres OF lakes, the lar
gest being OkeechObee, which is forty
miles long by about thirty miles broad.
The soil of The East and West Peninsula
districts is generally sandy and poor.
sugar cane is raised chiefly along the
Gulf coast. Hogs fatten on the roots
and mast OF the forest. Cattle require
little attention, are not housed in win
| ter, aud large numbers are raised anu
shipped to HAVANA. Sponge is found
in many places; salt is made by solar
evaporation; cigars are manufactured at
Key West in large quantities.; corn and
rice are the principal cereals; oranges,
lemons, lines, piDeapples, Olives and
grapes flourish luxuriantly; garden veg
etables are largely produced; pine luT-
ber, ship timber, tar, rosiD, turpentine,
| cotton seed oil and coke also abound.
| There are considerable fisheries. The
state is rapidly incre asing In population
| aud wealth. The white people are
democrats and the negroes republicans.
There are ttirty-nine counties III Flor
ida, and newspapers are published in
twenty. seven. The cities, towns and
villages in which papers are published
humber 33. OF the papers forty are
weekly and two monthly. This would
be a good State Cor the editor and sub
editor of the Republican to emigrate to.
Just TO think, one hundred and twenty.
five thousand colored brethren ready to
take bis paper, to be paid for in sponge
and hogs. Neither cost anything tO
produce, hence the negroes can all afford
to read cheap paper. This would be
much better for the Republican than
taxing its brain about the foTty-fve
thousand disfranchised in New Castle
county, and no prospect of getting il
reduced. | think Florida presents {
wider field. am pleased tc state tha
the number Of distranchlsed in thi:
county has been reduced to forty foul
thousand nine hundred and ninety
seven. These three referred to have
gone into another State for short time
some goods having been found OF which
they could give no account, and were
identified by the owner from another
State. Old 'Boney Publco's' majority o
seven hundred next June has also beer
reduced to six hundred and ninety
seven. There is enough to make OLE
"Boney" kick worse than he did three
years ago, because he did not get the
nomination for Mayor. Much timber
: principally black oak, has been use'
since that time in stiffening up the prin
ciples of old "Boney's" back. Tn
frame work, however, has been prett
we'll pickeled, aud may stand anothe
siege. am satisfied if "Boney Publico
is set aside or cheated next time he wi
kick clean out and start peace party c
, his own. 1t is thought the disfranchIse
, 44,997 will 60 with "Boney" throug
, the influence of the Republican. Thi
is the reason why 30 much attention
paid TO old "Publico." The old brave
are afraid he will kick, and it is said
, he ever does kick his enemies will thin
44,997 old trained mules have broke
loose. "Boney" 10 not to be trfle
with. PATRIARCH.