The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1881-04-12
General Grant has gone to Mexico.

Ga, Enquirer is dead.
the Georgia State Medical Association meets
al Townsville on the Goth inst
The Tennessee House has passed the Senate |
l;ll 10 settle the debt of the extinct municipality
of Memphis at 33i cents, and per cent. interest
A slight frost is reported at Sanford on Tues |
day last, and heavy frost at Leesburg, doing |
much damage to young vegetables, on the Satur-
day previous.
The one hundred and thirtieih anniversary
Of the birthday of Thomas Jefferson was cclebra-
tel on Saturday night in New York by the
members of the Tammany General Committee.
Senator Thurman is highly gratifed with his
.ppointment as one of the international monetary
commissioners the more so because he did not
seek the Office and il came TO him as a genuine
surprise.
The appointment of Rev A. A. Robinson,
State Senator from Manatee Commissioner Of
Immigration, rice DR.. Seth French resigned, is
not only merited tribute 10 ability, but one of
the clevcrest acts OF the State Executive II our
model Governor has disappointed the hopes OF
the most sangune of his friends thus far in his
administration, he has agreeably disappointed
them, and drawn them still closer TO him.
Ap0pka Citizen.
General Grant has resigned the Presidency
of the Worlds Fair Commission of 1883. He
hopes that the enterprise will meet with success,
but saws: Il am satisfied that to make the enter
Prise success will require the undivided time Of
whoever may hold the position of President. 1t
will be impossible for me TO devote any time to
the duties of the Office fer a number of months
10 come, and expect to be so engaged as to
make it inconvenient 10 devote much time even
al a later date" Hugh J. Jewett, receiver of the
Erie Railroad, has been elected in place of Gen
erzl Grant
The California newspapers are calling tor
Eastern capital to build mills and otherwise de-
velop industries on the Pacific coast. This seems
singular, in view Of the great number of reputed
milonaires of that section. Mob Hill, San
Francisco is occupied by private residences cost
ing from 81 900, 900 TO s., 100000 EACH The the
DRY of the Boston Herald that the wealth of the
owners has been immensely exaggerated is sound
Because Flood, Mackey and others of the bonan-
"a firm were in possession of an annual income
of s., 600 or so, their capitalized wealth was
estimated at $60,0000O0 TO $75000000. AS a
matter of TACT their income was the capital itself
The Comstock mines are exhausted, and the
stock which at one time sold at more than 800
per share, is worth about 81. Such railroad
kings as Stanford and Croker own a vast amount
of railroad property, it is true, but ii is heavily
mortgaged, and might dcpreciatc greatly IN val
ue under competition.
The New York Herald says: Whether the
President understands how to deal with the
South any better than the Senate remains 10 be
seen. In one matter he has made very poor
beginning While the Republican Senators have
been fighting losing fight for Mr.. Riddeberger
the President has attempted TO turn out of office
Southern man of undoubted and acknowledged
ability, Mr.. Phillips, of North Carolina, who has
held the Office of Solicitor General for six or seven
years, and has shown himself in that very i'm
portant place a sound and able lawyer, man OF
undoubted integrity and capacity for his work.
Mr. Phillips is a North Carolina Republican, a
man of the highest character, precisely such a
Southern man as the party ought to cherish, be-
cause he is a credit to it, That he is TO go out
for no fault of his is shown by the fact that the
President desired 10 make him judge in the
Court of Claims. Not being a mere efice grab
Der, Mr.. Phillips declined his sop. 1t is now
probable that Mr.. Chandler, who was named to
supplant Mr. Phillips, will be rejected by the
Senate, in which case il is to be hoped the Pres
dent will be sufficiently well advised to ask Mr.
Phillips to remain SocItor-General.
Jay Gould, the great financier, has just re-
turned from his southern tour, in which he wen
to Louisiana and Florida. OF his trip he says
81 saw what may be called the old South as dis
tinguished from the Southwest, which visite,
recently. / went and returned through Virgin;
and the Carolinas, keeping pretty close TO thu
seaboard. There are several obvious reason
why the old South should not be, comparatively
speaking, as progressive as the Southwest. Il
the first place, il is more thickly settled; the op
portunities for immigrants are not so great q
they are in a vast and new region for example
like Texas, the cost of keeping up the fertility
long-worked lands is much greater than that G
reclaiming virgin soil. Railroad travellers, too
pass necessarily through great extent of terri
tory, which is low, marshy and unattractive, ant
the railroad facilities are not SO good as they ar
in the Southwest. But If you take into consid
Grafton the long-establshed ideas and old habit
of the people, their forward movement isobviou
and remarkable. The old South seems actual
turning her face to the rising sum- not in an,
political sense, but in its new and visible appre
citation of industry, economy and enterprise
That perfect order rcigns is clear from the way il
which Eastern capital is going In there. fin
the whole country dotted with industries, backe'
by capital from the East"
Kenneth Raynor. Of North Carolina say
the Washington correspondent of the Savanna
Nscs, the only specimen of the old line Wing
unearthed by Mr.. Hayes--except ex-Secretar.
Thompson-is very excitable, and when he get
excited he swearA He is swearing tonight
The deputy First Comptroller Of the Treasur.
Department is man named Tarbell, of Mississ
ippI. Judge" Tarbell he is called lie is
prominent Southern Republican" and trade
on that He wants Raynors place-tbat of So
licitcr of the Treasury Department. TarbeIl to
day went around among the bureau officers O
the department with Q petition asking for Ray
nors removal, and his appointment. That
what makes Raynor swear. The old maj
started on The war path. and found that in a sui
for divorce, pending in this District, the Injuries
husband lays all the blame fer his marital infe
Lefty upon Tarbell. RayDor viii inform tn
Judge" that there may possibly be ventila
ton Of the facts Of the divorce suit II the latte
continues TO hunt his scalp. The divorce bust
ness, though kept from the newspapers. Il know