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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-14

The Pensacola and Atlantic Railroad
Company purchased ground in Pensacola
upon which to build their shops, but the
City Council refused to allow them to be
the city. The enterprising people of Mil
ton have generously offered the company
land to locate their shops on at that place,
and the President has instructed Captain
Chipley to confer with the Miltonians on
the subject.
AS apropos to the situation, the Ad-
vdnce- Gazette gives the following:
The Cole system in running its road into Ma
con, found it necessary to locate its line through
the grave yard. This was resisted and the case
carried to the Supreme Court of Georgia, which
has just decided that the dead must not interfere
with the progress of the living and the read will
go through the graveyard. James Gordon Ben
nett said on his death-bed: 81 will die day after
tomorrow, but do not want the Herald to be
suspended for my burial" Bennett understood
the wants of the living. Half a century ago,
Decatur, Georgia, prosperous village, objected
to having the shops of the Georgia Railroad and
was afraid of the Irish labOrers They were To-
Gated in the woods, and there today stands At
lanta the Queen City of the South"
Covington, Georgia, rejected the request of the
same road go through the streets of the village
To-day CovingtOn stands off from the road a
monument to the mistake of fifty years ago.
COvington of so years ago feared the railroad
would brighten horses in its streets; Covington
OF today fears ii will have no horses in its
streets to frighien. At the same time, Atlanta
has six roads through the heart of the city with
out killing horses, but the other hand it
moves along, Increasing wi it'll u rapidity which is
phenomenal
Elyton forced the railroad around its limits :
birmingham let the road through lis centre; to-
day there is no Eyton, while Brmingbam's
growth almost rivals Atlantas
Since the above was put in type, we
learn from the Advance- Gazette that the
council has reconsidered their former ac-
ton, and will allow the P. g. A. Company
TO build across the streets, limiting the
privilege TO twenty-five years. This will
doubtless not be acceptable to the rail
road company, owing to the shortness of
the limitation
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TalIahassee,s new Hotel.

A correspondent of the Jacksonville
Daily Times, who visited Tallahassee
some days ago, has this to say of our
handsome new hotel:
For an exterior view of this handsome monu-
ment TO the enterprise, energy and liberality of
the young business men OF Tallahassee the read
ers OF The Times In the city are respectfully re-
ferred to the two large photographic views by
Mcleod, which were exhibited al the State Fair
BY the treasurer Of the company, Mr. John 8.
Winthrop Zone OF Leon county's largest land
holders aud most enterprising citizens, by the
way ana which now hang, one in the business
Office OF Mr.. Walter G. Coleman and the other
in the rotunda of the Everett House It is
enough to say here that Ia exterior beauty and
surroundings few Of the many splendid establish
ments OF the kind In the Stale are 90 fortunate AZ
this Situated on one OF the highest elevations in
this city of bills. uncovered among Q number of
fine old oaks, with wide, clean, well-kepl streets
ON three sides and beautiful little park Ia front
II stands towering above the surrounding CITY.
with its justly famous fOwer-gardens, lie pleas.
ant and handsome dwellings, ils churches ana
its Fee.lined streets and avenues, athing Of
beauty and an ornament to one of the most
ornamental and Ofnamented cities Of the South.
The interior Of the structure 10 worthy of iis
exterior; and more could not well be said. Il
e finished inside. from the ground up, In hard
Florida pine, chosen AID dressed with special
reference to iis beautiful grain, and highly pol
ished and oiled or Vanished; In some places, for
variety, darkly stained aud varniahed and the
workmanship, even 70 the gemOtest eofner ct the
most unimpoFtant room, b Ia every respect
sua0oth, elljointed, and, N word, frst-ciass,
The ladie3 paslOg, rscsption-room, Railways,
r0tunda, gentlemen's parloT, barber and bath
rooms. billiard hall, grand dining-room and
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lilo Constitutional


We learn from the Madison Recorder that The
County Commissioners of that county baTs
made such arrangements with The holders Of heI
railroad bonds. that they will be surrendered foI
new bonds drawing six per cent interest, on the
basis OF discount of thirty per cent So vel
satisfied are the Commissioners that the cOmprO-
mise can be effected, that they have ordered an
election to be held on the first Monday in May,
10 authorize the issue of the bonds
The bonded Indebtedness of Madison county
is about $50 1000, and by the arrangement that
has been effected, 5000 in new bonds, drawing
only six per cent interest, and payable in twenty
years, will settle the claim The county thus ~
duces the debt $4,000 and saves upwards of s.,
600 annually in interest.
Now, the question naturally arises, If the Com
missioners OF Madison can effect so desirable =
compromise for the citizens and taxpayers OF
that county, with the holders Of her bonds why
is 1t that the Commissioners of Jefferson have
utterly failed in all efforts 10 secure compromise
of a similar debt for this county, There is no
earthly reason why the bondholders should be
disposed to favor Madison and not Jefferson
county,
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-14

ioss "a tsasanit IL Kdmandss mama 70
che Ssnass yesterday afternooa ID vas
the desire Of the President. % Il i said,
70 lst the appointmept Of Mr.. Edmunas
md tke destination Of Nj. Conkling be
shade public q the same time. Therefore
the news Of Mr. Conkling's defamation
was held back for awhile in order to com.
municats with Mr.. Edmunds. The latter
very promptly declined, however, and
now the general impression seems to be
that Judge Blatchford, of New York, will
be appointed. In conversation several
days ago, when it was suggested to Mr..
Edmunds that he might be appointed, he
declared that he would not accept the
place If rendered to him"
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A Winnipeg (Minn.) dispatch, Of the
18th inst. says: John Taylor's house, at
Meadow Lea, was destroyed by fire dur
ing the storm of Saturday, and his wife
and three daughters were subsequently
found frozen to death. Taylor's hands
and feet are badly frozen and Mrs. Reid,
visitor, was slightly frozen. The storm
was the worst ever known in this sec
ton.
In the course of an address to Uni
ted States jury at Cincinnati, recently,
Judge Baxter paid his respects " to the
bar by remarking: 81 think l may say
that my observation in courts, for forty
one years, leads me to bleve that at least
one-half of the litigation that we are
troubled with in the courts arises from the
misadvice of counsel"
Judge Baxter, United States district
Judge of Ohio, decides: "The legislature
of Ohio has authorized the establishment
of public school that is to say, they have
authorized the classification of the school
children, and have authorized the neg oes
to be educated separately in one school
from the white children, and the white
children separately from the negro. Now,
that is no wrong to the negro. The leg
islature has right to do that"
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hscAsn, bsutdm eoupls q conv and ooussussn 4
club-ruo@a, qR psivsts @ 81 so asnmnw
and The Nke[a novelty l. hoeef 3rrkIs~rfmrr-
occupy he ground noor. he grad ssalrwsr.
guarded b massive balusls1dss rinm osrs ss1
Surrounds, - d were, ths smpls o11csa sIrunl.d
1t he rear q Ne largest vestib1ls ID any h1lsI
In Florida excepting the Eversft, % whick q
complete view b had ffom the enlirs Elnirway
and its several landingA A ladies' ssnirwnT.
from the private hall, rises from point near he
door Of the dining-room, O very great couSen-
ience and one which all lady guesis win Dos Eail
to appreciate.
The upper hoor2 devoted % sleeping rooms
and private pariorz. sixty IN number, single and
~ sESfs the latter with two. three and somesines
6our rooms connected By doors, also conlain hsll-
ways OF ample Width extending the entire lcngIh
OF the two wingA through which nece@ b had
70 the magnificent p0rtico Of the second sl0ry.
the roof Of which extends 10 the roof Of the
building above the third story. and the whole Of
which extends along the entire frOnt Of thr lW0
wings On the upper ho0n are 10 be found eF-
cry modern convenience in the way Of bAfhs
etc, that are now known 20 houses Of the first
order everywhere, including, Of course. water
and gas throughout the entire structure
Furnished appropriately, Is II Is sure 10 Be, the
Tallahassee Hotel will fairly rival. save IN extent
with respect to which the extensive grounds A.
tached to the Hotel viii always Afford the am
pleet possibilities Of enlargemenil any Of the
hundreds Of splendid hotels IN Florida The one
thing requisite TO insure the completeness Of the
establishment in all its appointments viii be a
capable and experienced hotel man As lessee OF
manager and such q one il will scarcely be
difficult 70 find.
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E Level Signal and Advertiser.J
COmStftutlOmal COnvenGiOm.

Nearly all the papers in the State are advocat-
ing the calling of Constitutional Convention.
We do not see the urgent necessity for such a
step at this time. Florida to-day has better
outlook for the future than any other Southern
State, and we can see no reason why this pros
perity should not be permanent What is the
necessity of mourning the necessary expense of
Constitutional Convention al this timel There
are few offices which are useless, and should
be abolished. Salaries may be too high and
should be cut down. County officers should be
elected by the people instead of being appointed
by the Governor. But why not do this by Leg
islative enactments in the manner prescribed by
law, not mourning the heavy expense the calling
of Convention would imposef II is held by
many, 30 long rs we look to the Legislature so
long will it remain unchanged. With equal
force it occurs to us that Convention called for
the purpose of remodeling or making a new
organic law might fall as far short of meeting
the exacting demands of their constituency as
the Legisla ure. If so, their work would be re-
pudiated, and the expense of the convention
would be money thrown away. We may he
wrong, but 1t is our opinion that no Constitution
could be made at this time that would be rati-
fed by the people OF the State The opinions
of the people of Florida on this question are so
widely at variance that it would be impossible to
so frame organic law as to meet the approval of
a majority of the duly qualified voters of the
State
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A Washington letter to the New YorL
Sun claims that Blaine hopes to lead 9
revolt against Arthur in Congress, and
adds: "Mr Blaine's conviction that be
10 destined to reach the Presidency next
time il genuine. His confidence is en-
tire. He has convinced himself that bis
plans are sufficient. All be asks of his
friends is TO be prepared to act He will
show them the grounds of his confidence
in due time. All he asks of them for the
present is to believe. His buoysncy ID
great. He hardly consults ordinary pru.
dence, and is impatient for active work in
the field. His contempt for opposition he
can scarcely conceal. He counts conf.
IDENTIFY on q general breakup of parties
and on bis ability TO marshal the frag-
ments under his banner. It 10 the great
work Of his life. His whole energies are
devoted TO it. His chief object ct present
is to SOW disCord."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-14

The Democratic Congressional Com
mittee has organized with Gen. Rosecrans
as chairman. Hon. r. Fl. M. Davidson is
the Florida member of said committee.
The sentence of Sergeant Mason, who
fred at Guiteau, has been approved by
General Hancock. The sentence is: To
be dishonorably discharged, with the loss
ofsll pay and allowances, and to be confined
in the Penitentiary at hard labor for eight
years. All things considered, this is a
mild sentence.
-Fernandina Mirror: "The appoint
ment Of Judge White to succeed Mr.
Corley viii be regarded very favorably
throughout the State. His well known
ability, and some. experience in land mat
ters, viii enable him 70 fulfill the duties of
the once creditabIy. We presume the
ONCE will continue 70 have the benefit Of
the long experience Of Mr.. Myers, the
chief clerk"
Senator Can, on the 7tL inst, intro
duced aresolution calling on the President
for information ns 70 WHISTLER any Represen-
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-14

In commenting on the g financial con-
dition Of the State" - shown BY the ~
port Of the Comptsoller for che 6scal ysar
ending Decsmber 81, 1881, the Fernan-
dina AsrOr Of Saturday Las says:
The sxpensss for collection o. revenue seem
very large, amounting upnn receipts Of Gal, :
O0S 20, the sum OF 90, S9o e. ar little over ten
an enormous percentage The duties Of Tax
Collector arc very light The taxpayer seeks
the Collector. pays over his money and takes q
receipt To have It cost one dollar to collect
zen looks like IN unnecessarily expensive arrange
meat.
But the Mirror errs from not examin-
ing the law. Embraced in the SIS, 466.63,
"expenses collection of revenue" are
$40, 900 for Expenses collection of rev.
enue in 1880 and previous years." under .
deficiency appropriation made February
l, 1881, upon the recommendation of
Comptroller Drew, the warrants for
which were drawn early in the year last
past, and in fact before the session of
1881 closed. In point of fact, too, the
sum mentioned ($33, 466.6s) was the
amount paid at the State treasury, while
the ,odTrdnts/ issued under the head of
Expenses collecting revenue amounted
to $S5, s5s.4S, and is 80 stated in the re-
port. Included in this expense are all
the costs appertaining to the collection of
the revenue-Collectors and Assessors
commissions, commissions on licenses,
cost of advertising tax sales where land is
sold to the State, fees to attorneys who
sue on Collectors bonds, &c.
The appropriation for assessing and col
lecting the revenue in 1881 was &2O, 900
and the same for 1882. The law fixes the
commission for collecting at ten per cent.
on the first 81 900, FIVE per cent. on the
next thousand, three per cent. on the next
two thousand, and on the balance one per
cent. The same commissions are::allowed
for assessing and the cost for assessing
and collecting the county taxes is also the
same.
| 1t is fact worthy of note that the
fathers paid fully as high if not higher
commissions for the like service. In the
first revenue law enacted after the State
was admitted into the Union in l845, the
commissions directed to be paid were as
follows: For assessing, per cent. on all
sums under $1,000; per cent. on all
sums over one thousand and under So
600; and per cent. on all sums over $3,-
600. For collecting the like fees were
paid; and the same commissions were al
lowed for assessing and collecting the
county taxes. These fees were not con-
sidered excessive in the days of cheap
government" neither do we consider them
so now. In fact, it is only in the large
counties that the commissions reach reas-
enable compensation for the labor and re-
sponsibility required while in the smaller
counties 1--WE mean as to amount of tax
to be collected) the commissions would
not appear to be compensation worth
seeking.
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"A correspondent ofthe Quincy Herald,
writing from East Gadsden, says: awe
have no Felton, Radical Independent
movement here yet, as in Georgia, 10
create political excitement, and we don't
feel as yet that we have any just grounds
to be anything politically but straight
out Democrats, though it is whispered
around that certain party is trying to
get up boom in that direction, and we
will take this occasion to say to any one
who may undertake to form a coalition
that would only lead to a return to the
power of Radical rule, with all it's
former evils, that his elevation to Office
would come more surely and sooner at the
hands Of the regular Democracy than to
go blindly into any such coalition. The
regular Democracy may find fault with its
officers and rulers, especially in high places,
and will, if they fail to carry out the princi-
pies Of the party as adopted by the Demo
cratic Conventions, prominent among
them is that the majority shall rule, and
not let the tail wag the dog, but even in
that case, they would only be removed for
a better man; and if anyone thinks for a
moment that the regular Democracy of
Gadsden county will not vote solid at every
election in this county until at least the
funeral knell of anything that smacks of
Radicalism is heard, be will be miserably
mistaken"
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gram reporting the Cars rebuke to General
SkobeleR for his recent utterances says the Gar
also said: Even Turkey raises her head and
refuses 10 sign q convention for the payment Of
the war expenses, because she hopes q war will
break out between Russia and Germany and
Austria. You desired TO be useful to the Slavs.
even that neutrality which alone was possible
Under present circumstances. Germany, rs a
neutral power in the Slav question, If moi in the
Eastern question, was thinking of proposing TO
act ~ mediator; she now firmly refuses to aid
the Elavs of the peninsula. Thus, thanks 10 yen,
Russia feels herself derided, booted at and CON-
pletely isolated in Europe.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-03-14

HE Flooded Valley-BeHGer Reports
WASHINGTON, March lin reply TO request
from Governor McEnery The Secretary Of War
has ordered one hundred Thousand ratiOns to be
delivered to the Commissioner at New Orleans
for the sufferers by the floods.
NEW ORLEANS March 1.-THE Vicksburg
Herald says: The situation of the people Of the
Mississippi Valley is bad enough without having
it exaggerated. The sensations that have been
printed and pictured of the situation have, in
our opinion, done great harm Where crevasses
have occurred, land or the greater portion Of il,
is, for The time being, lost There are very many
persons of the Valley uninjured as yet We have
no doubt fair crops will be raised in almost all
portions of the Valley. The white people in many
places are Inconvenience and losing some Of
their live stock but they are not in such dreadful
plight as has been described, as there are two
months before cotton time is past, and water is
almost sure to subsde in time to raise crops.
LITTLE Rock, March 1.-The waters are re-
ported falling in the overdowed district, bur
stories of suffering continue to come in, and the
number of destitute are constantly increasing
MARYvTLLE, La. March 1.-THE Rsuessr
says: But what of these Overdows that carry 50
much dread with them? Do they not enrich
the land, and are not heavier crops made upon
them? We incline to the opinion that, in point
Of fact, foundations are beneficial
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The Townsville Enterprise Of Thurs
day last speaks of the visit of Mr.. Page
to that town and his interview with
prominent citizens as follows:
Quite party Of gentlemen assembled in Col
McIniyre's ONCE 10 meet Mr.. Page and learn What
bis views were. He was very frank in his STATE
ments but said at the outset that as vet he could
only speak for himself and his position Was this
He belongs TO q syndicate that has purchased all
the lands in the "FoIbes purchase" formerly
owned by Curtis d Co. considerably over one
hundred thousand acres. He has been down.
examined the land and was satisfied that il was
decidedly to their interest 10 build a railroad
from CaTabelle TO Tallahassee He would. on
bis return, report his views and had no doubt
that the road would be built a. once He had
not thought Of continuing il 10 Townsville M
Ill his attention was called 10 the matter bF the
people of Tallahassee. He thought the company
could be induced TO build the road 10 Thomas-
vile if the people along the line Of the road
would make IL TO their interest TO do 30. he
said the parties he represented would not wani
any stock taken, but that whatever assistance
could be rendered must be in the way Of dona-
ton. 1t is too early 10 say that the road win be
built, but il amounts TO this: the people Of
Townsville and along the line Of road would do
well to consider the advantages that would &C
crue to them from the building of such q read
and make up their minds what they can Afford
to do. The aid given by the State Of Florida
from its public lands is all the aid they ask or
desire in Florida, then the question is can our
people raise enough TO induce them TO build on
TO Townsville! Some Of those present thought
that the necessary aid could be raised while 9th
ers thought not
We are satisfied of the fact thai the road cnuId
be made TO pay 30 far as the distance between
Townsville and Tallahassee Is concerned The
local business would be exceptionally good, both
as to freight and travel and once line of steam
ers could be arranged between CArrAbelle and
New Orleans, our merchants could make great
savings in freight while the lands along the line
would be largely enhanced in value Mr. Page
promised to correspond with Col Wright and
let him know what the syndicate, OF which he Is
q member, thought of the project and upon what
terms they would build from Tallahassee 20
Townsville
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The Washington Star, of Tuesday
last, says: at il stated 1t the Capitol
to-day, With great positiveness, that the
President Yesterday formally rendered
the appointment Of Associate Justice Of
the United States Supreme Court to Sen
ator Edmunds, and he declined it. Il q
said that the President bad dstsrminsd,
before bearing from HI. Oonkling, 70 81
point III Edmupds b the event II tie
formers declination, sad that hs was aux.
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sation has bssn mads BY the diplomatic
representative OF the United States q
Chill that the United States would regard
With indifference or consent TO dismem-
berment Of Peru by : cession Of any part
Of her territory to Chill, under the exist
ing circumstances, and whether any such
statement was made with authority.
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where me Color Line IL Drawn.

from the Fnlladepnla Times.
With all the many resolutions Of party con-
ventiODs, and all the eloquence of the stump. In
favor Of the elevation Of the coored race, the g.
BILE fellow citizen has never been able to get any
recognition from his ardent partisan friends In
this State, beyond the privilege of cleaning spit
toons and polishing boots. In the South. against
which the assumed friends Of the colored race
directed their fercest denunciations for not car
ing for the colored citizens. there have been COL
ored policemen and colored Legislators and col
ored Congressman and colored State officers,
chosen BY both political parties; but In Repub-
lican Philadelphia where the colored vote holds
the balance ofpower. and In Pennsylvania where
the Republican majority b Les than The colored
vote. the nrss regular inclination or appoint
ment has yet to be given 70 colored man for
any responsible position.