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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-09-26

Pursuant TO call a Convention convened a
Mount Elm Church, September 18Th. iss2. foT
the purpose of nominating candidate ioT sens
tor from the Seventh Senatorial District
The Convention was called 20 order, and. on
motion, Stephen j. Revell. of Liberty. Vas
elected chairman, and NJ NJ. BTaswcH. q Wa
kulla, Secretary
Nominations being in order, Hon T. r
Swearingen was placed in nomination There
being no other, il WAS moved that be he nsHmi-
mated by reclamation which was carried
Mr.. Swearingen receiving the entire Eeie q,
the Convention. the chairman annaunce-i him
the Democratic nominee FIR the seventh senaio-
rial District
Hon. L. +. Swearinren intrsiucsd and
made very appropriate address.
At the close oi Mr.. SWearingen's remarks.
Mr. : J. Revell and X " AshmoIr allrezse.l
the Convention.
On notion the Convention adjourned -sa, ~,
:. J. REvEII- Chairman
NJ VI. BRAswELL. Secretary
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schemes of the egotistically blind advo-
Gates of the Independent move. The
convention utterly ignored the very ex-
istence of the schism, and after endorsing
Skinner for Congress, nominated :,
straightout county ticket consisting OF
Hon. John +. Proctor for the Senate,
Chas. Rawlins, Wallace s Weeks, Isaac
jenkins and Max. Dayis for the Assem-
bly, all colored but Weeks.
ParsOn Stewart, of the post-office, who
did the "grand and lofty" at Quincy,
had evidently taken course of some
body's liver regulator and in two hours
confession finally swallowed Skinner.
We heard member of the convention
say that out of one hundred and twenty
five delegates present, there were just
ninety-five candidates, of whom he was
particularly one of which. The infer
ence is that some of the dissatisfied ones
will bolt and put another ticket in the
tield-not an " Independent " ticket
no man in Leon now will admit ever
having had to do with that disorder-but
another straight ont" Well be it So
Leon county has virtually been without
representation in the Legislature for
years. The only benefit derived by any
of her citizens from the existence of that
body, has been the little matter of salary
paid by the State to the five purposeless
men who have filled the seats OF the miss
ing representatives in the two houses.
The time may come, and We think it
not far off, when the colored men of Leon
may begin to realize the want Of some
real recognition in the law making power
of the land and adopt such measures as
may lead to that result
Whatever may be really the interest
and wants of the colored citizens of Mid
die Florida, time will gradually show
them to be intimately related to those of
their white neighbors, and that except by
the hearty cooperation of the two races
in selecting competent men jointly to rep
resent them, they can never hope to at
tain the purposes had in view. There
has as vet emanated from but one Re
publican in Florida, of any color, the
true key note to the political anthem.
We will not now repeat it. 1t came from
a man of color and appeared in commu-
nication to this paper a while since. We
have made note of it. Two years hence
it will echo throughout the length and
bredth of the land, and be vociferously
repeated by thousands of throats, white
and black. Let rise men wait for the
return of the waters.
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We repriu, from the FloHlrI,N OF
thr 18th the article published in tina, j.
su. headed '' Republican and Democratic
" Administrations IN Florida briefly Con
''trt>ted" We do this for two reasons
ir>i, because an importan, part of the
article a>,Wrltteu was accidentally left
ont in making up and the omission
v as not discovered until after the edition
had been worked off and il was too late
TO make the correction and, second. be-
cause the facts set forth in the article can
not be too frequently called To the atten-
tion of taxpayers. \ decrease IN N,n,
taxation in four years aggregating $5,3,
725, as compared with the amount levied
during the tour last years of Radical rule,
Is matter which commends itself TO the
people 1t shows that the government
has been administered in the interest of
those who most feel it, burdens. aud i
in striking contrast with the rule Of Rad
icalism which imposed enormous taxes
and added yearly immense debts the in
terest on which amounts 10 nearly seven
teen cents on every one hundred dollars
of all the taxable property in the State 1.
To be accurate, Radical rule added to the
bonded debt alone in principal 1919, 2o4-
65, which was at the rate of $los. I23 II
year The annual interest on this sum
paid by the State i 80, 600, and tax at
the rate of about l6! cents on every one
hundred dollars of taxable property now
on the tax books (which amounted in 1851
to S36.243, 523,) l. necessary to meet this
interest.
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and so on. We have seen no " warning
to all concerned" no caution to astran-
gers to avoid the localities where these
occurrences took place. L. the Times
so absorbed with "the Madison matter -
that it has no indignation to waste else
where?
In the Times of the 18th there appear
"some carefully culled extracts from the
recent utterances OF the State press in re-
gard to the tragedy at Madison" on
which the editor remarks: When we
find an article extenuating or boldly
iustifying the deed, we do not need to
take down the map in order to identify
Middle Florida" No,c, not one Of its
''cdrefttHy cssiLed extracts is from a g Md
dVe florida " pdper-one of><hem is from
the Mariana Courier, and the rest are
the utterances Of papers printed in
East and South Florida Thus, SO
far as these " extracts go, they furnish
no ground for the attack on Middle
Florida" Furthermore, no Middle Flor
ida paper" that we now remember, has
either " extenuated or " boldly justified
the deed" Will the Times cite an in
stance? If it does not produce the proof
it will stand convicted as slanderer. L
the senior editor of our contemporary ha
lived long enough in Florida to acquaiu
himself with its inside history since I'd
construction he would not perhaps hav
picked out I" Middle Florida" as an Old
iect for his bitter assaults. There is nc
section of the State, we do not hesitate,
to assert, that has been freer from shock
ing crimes than this The Madison ira
gedy, from its beginning to its bloody
close, is the only instance of the kind
that has occurred since the war
Now and then there has been diabol-
ical murder, as in all other portions of
the State, but we are glad to say, murders
are rare anywhere in Florida, much more so
than in States which boast of "higher
civilization than is accorded to the
South. All things considered, the peace
and quiet which generally prevails in
:" Middle Florida is matter for common
dation, "Strangers" who remain for
length of time among us remark on the
absence of crime of higher grade with
surprise, since, by just such assaults as
the Tines and your Hickses and others in
dulge in, they had been led to look for
something else. The attack of the Times
is without justification; on the contrary,
is 'ineXcusable. The editor maligns sec
tion of which he knows nothing and in
this he has outstripped the utterances of
the most intense Radical sheets of the
past whose mission was to infame the
negroes against the whites but which
never warned g strangers to avoid Mid
die Florida through fear of personal
safety
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NV IoRE S-g;r,l,l,er - 10 p NJ -tlne o.
hr f,Ict>i rain ~fofln- r. VAR lIa- FEel Hp o.
thu boar Tee. ans IN al iIrr.--l4n~ leIi a-
disastrous fs-'~ nnl aa>',,su'~ and - damage o.
railrr.,- 'ad 'iirI Isr'TsTlA and wen ril- - li
human IT.
INV oRi EANs Scp'cmivg s3--Penssgsia dr.
pa che rrl-a-I i'riA tNa ucE cssss .si ltKrE and
Two dra Ia NJ sheridan.
PENsNo"IA. : Pi,mb.t - The Ba4rG 1i
H'alh nI~Tl lhiriy-SIN n,W caSss 81 s. liaE
lever an five death-. -Four - the des - s,Ic
at Samrn IN The stnrr i ho>Tllai fhc sffhrr thai
"f Nh. Schumrr. banker.
GALVESTON. StIlsmher 23-tsfiCial rr4vsIfs
tnr the Ia rniy-i,'uT hours o. 10 A NJ give ri-.-
Iren new ca>rs at fever and fWa Grzfh- ur %
lever. Tnerr are seventeen ca-eS IN iIe h. ira-
Yesterday the committee aliea 3sS .ansI.>. -
LOO per ons. There are nIue cE~r~ 81 iexrg ~
Por' Is4l'el. and 10 g A NJ D. day. i've q isvrI
in Matsmoras.
Carr September 2a-Afah P4ShS znl his
accomples both military zad civil. ali ~ 1ri-l
by caurt martial Thiry-six priSsners - a.
have escaped from the CIiadsl b me4ns - a
rope.
ALEXANDRIA. September s2-An rsi.l IN
GERS beluw the rank at c.,lsnel confiurd - 4 ~
kh have been released. The fffy remaining
prisoners have been brought here
PoKT SAID. September 2s-The English hare
they occupied the town. and the m4rines lave
rr-emhaTked-
LONDON. September S2.-The exbibIlian lsuild-
ing al Sydney. New Sauih NAlrs. has bern o.
tally destroyed by fire. with all lis centeuss-
ALEXANDRIA. September SIS m of tiae
Princesses of the Khedives family have hern
riously compromised by the late TrsolL
IL is generally believed thai properly yalursi ~
e1 100000 will be con6scaled and applied o. IN
Naturalization Of the sufferers by The nassacrr-
ALEXANDRIA, September 2S-DzmeIia has
surrendered. General Weed. with two regiments.
arrived at Damiclta 10 day AbdAllah surren-
dered nj Railway station The tFsop~ arr e1
pected 10 surrender their arms this evening Ihc
surrounding country b quiet Crops ar n
splendid condition
PHILADELPHIA, September S-Thomas A
McDevitt and Christian Prioe were last evenIlS
convicted on The charge OF conspring - deir.1d
The government By means oi bogns slAr Ess.'is
CONTRACTS. Lieutenant lie Grand knslg1. indact~a
with them, was acquitted
ToNDoN. September 4-lg - offlcEAiy an
nounced that General Wolscley and AdnHr.a
Seymour will be raised 10 the peeraEe m acknoNl
edTement oG their r-cent distinguishes srrSir~-
in Egypt
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james Island Letter.
CAgRABELLE, FLA, September 20. 1875

CARRABELLE. FLA, September 20. 1882
Editor FIorididn: The damage done by the
gale has been repaired and everything Is again
running smoothly. Our good nelghbors al Apt
lachicola have been again enjoying their annual
yellow fever scare. and, after mingng freely
with our people for full week after the steamer
Mobile was wrecked on our beach. though the
captain arrived with a clean bill of health from
Milton, concluded there might possibly be yellow
fever in her hull, and hence quarantined against
our town for fifteen days Ii was wise on their
part, perhaps. but rather inconsistent The no.
tice sent To our Board of Health was mol dated ;
We don't know when the quarantine will he
raised, and, to tell the truth, il don't make much
odds TO US if it continues eiernally. We can
procure supplies frnm the North by way OF
ST. Marks. or overland from Tallahassee, an
advantage Carrabelle has over Apalachicola-
they can't get out of their city except by steam
boat or sail.
The quarantine will interfere very much with
the politicians who proposed coming here this
month TO edify our people. If they can't get
here we won't have to leave our work to attend
the speech-making We will probably vote Just
the same, whether they come or stay away
When Apalachicola raises the quarantine. II
they ever do, how amused their Board OF Health
will be TO find that all the crew and the two
passengers left our town week ago 10 rejoiu
their families, while the hull Of the steamer that
has such terrors lies embedded foot deep In the
sand. Our town has never been % healthy as
during the present season. l think there has
been but one death, that Of q child, for ten
months. At this time | know Of no case Of
sickness in the town.
presume won't offend any Of your readers
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Hamilton Jay, postmaster at Jack
sonville, has been ousted-Gen. Lcdwith
takes his place. The business people of
the city, it is said, wanted Jay retained,
but the business interests of any place
must not be permitted to interfere with
Bisbee's schemes.
DIR. John p. Wall has withdrawn
from the editorial control of the Tampa
Tribune He does this to enable him to
give more time to the practice of his pro-
fession. He will be succeeded BY Mr..
T. X. Spencer, the publisher, who is an
accomplished practical printer, and not
without experience as a writer.
The Republicans of Leon county
have literally "sat down" on poor Nc
kinnon. In their convention on Satur-
day last not one Of the LIS delegates
could be brought to the sticking point of
giving him a vote. Even Postmaster
Stewart gave him a kick. What will
Mac do now? Will he remain out in
the cold as decOy duck or go over body
and breeches to the SINNERS?
The Democratic State Convention
met at Boston on the ! 9th and nominated
General b. +. Butler as their candidate
for Governor by unanimous vote. The
ticket was then completed by the nomi-
nation of the following candidates amid
great applause: Lieut.. Governor, Samuel
w. BOwerman; Secretary of Stated. N. S.
killings Treasurer and Receiver, General
VIM. A. Hodges; Auditor, John p. Swee-
ney Attorney-General Geo. +. Very.
The Republican Convention of New
York, which met at Saratoga on the goth
inst, nominated Secretary of the Treas
ury Folger as their candidate for Gov
ernor on the second ballot, the vote being
for Folger 257, Cornell 222, Wadsworth
ls. Supporters of Cornell charge that
their defeat was brought about by fraud.
The New York Herald, which had been
"xHooping-up" boom for Wadsworth,
inNmates plainly enough that in Folger's
nomination the machine triumphed and
that Jay Gould is satisfied.
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Key wesi Democrat September Il
Mass MeeGing-An Immea-e Crowd
RreGena.

4 Democratic mass meeting under tisr aaspi-
ces of the Young Meas DenecraiIc club. w1s
held al the uptown Methodist Church c.FrueT on
"Wednesday night. Governor Bethel. M Pal
Thompson and Mr. Jeff B. BroSne SPOKE Gov
ernor Bethel reviewed the political situziisn and
cautioned his hearers against being lrd q after
false gods. Il was % the point and All have
good effect. He. n also the other sgz-aker-.
urged upon all the necessity IL a Eisoraus can
paign and a hearty aud united sGpParg 81 ti-
nomnets> The numaer sut "a Immense MANY
ladies graced the evening With their presence-
One universal icciil- seemed To IseTFa.ie tise
meeting. Hni l.sal va = The unity and sacre~-
of the Democratic ickri his IA = - nlsssc E ia
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Walton County -Hnd-P-adenHs
Scarce.


EUCHEEANNA Fla Se-I.ieni,,.r u. l--3-
Editor F'orf'aa On yesterday cur di~-fu-
guished Congressman and hi associties werr
with us according Z" appointment AMI alrloa-a
the circumstances were very uniavofaale. qlIir
a respectable crowd were ON hand O. Relcs,u-
them Colonel J. r Nc lellan led II IA a FrrF
able defence Of our present state admini~tTAin1n-
which was Well received
After him. Captain John l. McKinnon = . ~
lowed TO speak in behalf 81 the In,leI.enslruf
movement. His effort was Certainly M alEal-
tage to Colonel ID. l., and feel sure iIr cafaain
would not have shown himself on the Stani a.
all if he had known how completely hr Was o.
be pulverized by Colonies Davidson and Cal
Colonel Davidson's speech vas ems 81 ihe
most eloquent that II has ever been the god
fortune OF our people To hear In clear. ringing
tones he denounced all attempts a. divide the
Conservative vote. ami with persuasive poEer.
hard To resist. he plead with our peope % dose
the ranks once more against the Radical T,artr-
Senator Call. who has always been faEorile in
Walton county. was warmly welcomed. aui
gave US one of his best eff'gis. The creates
good feeling prevailed throughout the daT- and
but one sentiment seemed 10 Peryale The Eiss.ie
crowd Davidson B,Esf be elected A frw
rery fear who. like the man thai said he b sr-e
was sixteen feet high, promised % vote for N
Kinnon. may stick 10 il. but they are lar between
Perclit me 10 say, in oonclu-ion fh4I no R-Tre
sentaiives ever had a finer hold on the hears ni
their people than Colpnels Cal and D4Fili-ou
have here among rs. and when long DELAYED jas
tice places General Finley in his scai Csu--r--
our little galaxy viii shine g. brightly A. 1E n
the National Capital G.
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Cabbage Culture.

In response to the inquiry, I" Is il necessary TO
transplant cabbages TO secure firm heads:"
made by Prof J. Y. Whitner the agricultural
editor of the New York Sun says: mo doubt
some fine cabbage heads would be found in a
field where they have grown direct from the
seed but there is no question that better success
is obtained when the plants are raised in seed
bed and iransplanted The advantage is the re-
suit of root pruning, which is done TO some ex-
tent in transpanting, whether Intentionally or
not but it should be carefully done. The ex-
tremily of the tap root should be pinched off TO
induce the growth of new feeding roots and
any tuberces that appear in the root or stem,
and the roots and stem should be dipped
in puddle, or thin mixture of earth and
water This protects their fibres and pores
from drought. The plants should be set not too
deep, with "A dbbe, and the earth pressed firmly
about the roots even to its lowest extremity.
This last attention Is very necessary to insure
the survival and good growth of the plants. All
these points were recommended by Loudon in
his Encyclopaedia of Agriculture more than
fifty years ago, and experience has proved their
value
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Meeting of the Democratic Exec
utIVe Committee.

g The Central Democratic Executive Com
miltee for Leon county will meet at their
room. second story Monroe building1
on Thursday night. e~th inst. and the en-
Tire Executive Committee for the county
will NEE, AT the same place. ou saturday,
30th INST. al II o'clock y VI
FEEp T. MYERS, Chairman
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The Democrats of St. Johns county
last Friday nominated Messrs James l..
Colee and ii. II. Floyd for the Assembly.
Col. J. l. +. Cottrell has been re-
nominated, for the Senate without opposi-
tion, by the Democrats Of Levy county,
and MessrA w. w. Clyatt and N. A.
Bitch were nominated by reclamation
for the Assembly.
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We copied some weeks ago an article signed
I'D" which claimed for Tallahassee lady the
manufacture of silk dress long years prior to
the one presented to Mrs Garfield That com
munication has drawn forth another claim for
priority in a voice from Orange county. We
are glad to elicit facts ON this interesting point,
even in a rival claim to that of Tallahassee. and
therefore copy the same As the date of ITALIA
hassee was fixed about " forty years ago" and
as those of each writer are not far apart, il is
probable both successes were achieved under the
impulse of the m0rus multicauls fervor of 1885,,
when no doubt similar achievements in silk
making occurred in many portions of the coun-
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Appeal 10 odd Fellows.
OFFICE OF GRAND MASTER |. @. q. F.,
TALLAHASSEE, FLORIDA,
SeDtembcr 23 1890

September 23. 1882.
To tie independent Order IF odd FflEOlcs:
BRETHREN ;-Pestilence has stricken Pensa-
cola, and our Brothers there, in common with
the whole community, are involved in suffering
and call for assistance. Let us not only extend
TO them our heartfelt sympathy, but hasten to
contribute of our abundance to their relief
The pestence cannot end before frost and
there Is urgent need of aid Your Brethren OF
Pensacola and Joppa Lodges will see that your
charity is properly dispensed.
Forward your donations to me, at Tallahassee
Fraternally yours,
B. A. MEGINNIss,
Grand Master |. q. o. F. of Florida
Attest W. VI. MCINTosH. JR-,
Grand Secretary |. o. O. F. of Florida
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Thsn lawyers fAn TO saks a fee.


Whsn lawyers fafl 20 take fee.
And juries never disagree;
Whsn politicians are content
And landlords don't collect their rent
When parties smash AL the machines.
And Boston folks give up their beans;
When naughty children all die young.
And girls are born without tongue
When ladies don't take time to hop.
And oface-holders never nop;
When preachers cut their sermons short.
; And all folks to the church resort;
When back subscribers all have paid.
And editors have fortunes made;
Such happenings viii sure portend,
This world win soon come 10 an end.
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DEMOCRATIC NOuINATIONS.
THE FLORIDIAN FOR TIIE
CAHPAGGN
T~enIS-6v~ Gents.

In view of the Importance that at
taches to the present political campaign,
We have concluded to put the FIoEmIAN
within the reach of all Therefor, the
paper will be sent To- campaign sub
~cribcr~ from the first Of September until
the first of December. for Tc,nty-nire
E.nfs-
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TANGERTSE, ORANGE Co, FLA,
August 4. 1882


Editors cf the FLoriid DislsItcA
| have just read in a copy of your paper for
June 18th, the article signed " D." in which it
is claimed that Mrs III. T. Blocker, of Tallahas-
see, made the first American silk gown be-
tween 80 and 40 years ago"
Fortythree years ago-in 1S39-when about
IL years of age, ! went with my father, who
was an enthusiast on silk and HlOrus multicIHiis.
10 visit a gentleman and daughter, named Til
linghast. think Much valuable information
was impaired by them in regard Ia silk raising,
and in the course 0f the evening he produced.
with much pride. an elegant silk dress, very
heavy, and a sample of black sewing silk The
specimens. he said. had been produced bv his
daughter, from the rearin. o. the silk-worm Ia
the making of the silk dress. and Ia me they sI'-
pcarcd perteci in every point aud the achieve
ment of the lady impressed itself upon my mind
As being every way worthy oi praise aud. with
out wishing 10 detract from the laurels of Mrs.
Blocker, | have felt that Miss Tillinghl>t de-
served being placed upon The record. PEARL
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