The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-06-28

acquainted when boy. In conversation
with them be revived many Of the early
| incidents Of his life. Mr.. Edmund Lloyd
and his two brothers accompanied Doug
Lass back 20 the cutter, and after nm ex-
preston Of his gratitude to them, and .
God bless hin" for their father, he de-
parted.
Mr.. Parnell having relinquished any
further opposition to the land bill, the
British Government feels that, it has
reached the end of its perplexities, and
may be able to send the measure to the
House of Lords by the middle Of July,
with fair prospect that it viii be passed.
This il, At best, slow work, but it is better
than the recent prospect Of prolonged
session, with the certainty of defeat in the
House Of Lords. 1t may turn ont that
MIR. Parnell's hostility has, after all, pro-
noted the success of the bill. Had he &C
cepted the measure readily, the landlord
interest in the Liberal ranks would be
strongly inclined to follow the example
of the Duke of Argyll, by resolutely OPP
posing it.
Gen. Longstreet tells Washington
reporter that he knows nothing about the
statement that he is to build up the Re
publican party in Georgia on the Malone
plan. He said he would certainly do
anything he could for the party in GeOr-
gia, but he did not think there was any
brilliant prospect for it. He declares he
is not follower of Malone in any sense.
He claims to be Republican grounded in
Republican principles, which in his opinion,
preclude the support of Democrat and
State debt Republication. Longstreet's
forte is not political organization. His
strong points are fighting during the war
and his faithfulness in ofice-holding since
the war In no case will he go against
! the Administration.
Ex-senator Thurman has no ambition
to be Governor of Ohio, and is not dis
posed to re-enter politics, even for the
good of the party" In letter to his
son from Paris, he announces that he has
returned to private life "for good and
ever and will not accept the nomination
for Governor. 81 have" he says, ar
rived at that age when a man ought to
quit holding Office. have had my full
share of the honors Let the younger
men come to the front" He concludes
with the terse remark that " if the Demo
cratic party act wisely we shall carry
every doubtful State next fall" 1t looks
little that way now. But it would be
more sure if the past tense reinforced the
present-lf the Democratic party had act
ed wisely, as guarantee of future wisdom.
The Alliance has sailed on four
months cruise in search Of the Jeanette
in quarter where there is very slight
chance of her being found. While the
Corwin and Rogers are following her own
course toward Wrangell Land, Comman-
der Wadleigh's ship is TO scour the seas
between Norway and Spitzbergen, or pos
sibly Eastern Greenland, in the expecta-
ton that the Jeanette has either drifted
backward in Nordenskjold's track, or for
ward by Maclure's route toward the At
lantic. The Navy Department seems to
have been impressed with the extreme un-
certainty Of Arctic calculations, and to
have acted on the theory that the missing
vessel is liable to turn up where she is
least expected. The War Department
colony to be established in Lady Frank
lin Bay also has orders to keep sharp
lookout for Lieut.. belong and his com
panions in the approaches to Baffin's Bay.
The Corwin and Rogers have the best
chance ofsuccess. The Jeanette is likely
to reappear in the waters where she was
last seen--between Herald Island and
Wrangell Land.