Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-29

and muscular athlete, ready to wrestle for the
supremacy with adveFsaries much older than
herself and is pushing up to the front rank
surely and rapidly.
Steamers are multiplying upon our river, and
freights are increasing to such an exteot as TO
require the construction Of a line of barges for
heard the lively music of the hammer and the
saw. Inferior buildings are being replaced by
inner structures, and everywhere is the cheer
full hum of industry.
The Duval county Democratic Convention
has been called on the 22d proximo, to select
sixteen delegates to the District Convention
which will assemble in this city on the I'd of
August This county andAlachua poll the largest
Democratic vote in the State. From present
appearances, am led to believe that General
Finley will not be nominated by reclamation,
as was at first thought probable, and il is not
unlikely that he viii encounter opposition in
the convention.
Thus far no steps have been taken by the
Republicans throughout the State looking to
the commencement of the fall campaign. Boss
Blsbee is not quite ready yet, and when he
titillates his nostrils with pinch OF snuff, all
his courtiers win fall to sneezing. His royal
viii has not yet been promulgated. and conse-
Quently all of his attendants preserve q dis
Greet silence. There are rumors that some of
the boldest Of his henchmen are becoming res
tive, and that the dissatisfaction may yet re-
suit in open defiance of his assumed preroga-
tive. When the royal animal, however, comes
down, shakes his name, utters his ominous roar
and shows his teeth ana talons, the jackals
will cease their yelpings and crouch IN silent
and timid submission. He is the boss Rspubli-
can OF Florida, has the ear of the President,
dispenses the Federal patronage. and woe to
the dissatisfied malcontent who dares to rebel
against his sovereign will and pleasure. The
little giant Dennis is about the only man in
the party who ventures openly to beard him in
his den aud defy his authority. Whether the
breach between the two, effected two years
ago, has been bridged over, remains to be seen.
We are now within week of the glorious
Fourth. and Jacksonville will permit the day
to pass unnoticed save perhaps by a national
salute. Palatka and other towns up the river
are preparing for an elaborate celebration, and
many of our citizens will make an excursion
to those patriotic places.
Our hot weather. ranging to 80 degrees and
upwards. is tempered by frequent showers
We are blessed in being rarely visited by such
destructive cyclones as those which have re-
Gently deva tated Iowa. Although under the
tropics, tornadoes are very infreQuent. and
only occasionally life and property inn
perilled by such agencies.
Some Of the Columbia county farmers are
planting orange groves, in which the peach
and orange trees alternate. This is a good idea.
The peach crop in this State is an absolute
failure, and but few, and those of an inferior
quality, are imported from Georgia, where the
papers say they are abundant
1t begins to look as if Governor Bloxham's
efforts to secure from the General Government
payment for the amount expended by the
State in repressing Seminole hostiities will at
last, prove successful. The Judge Advocate
decides that the claim should be allowed for
1924 GAG 09, the original claim having been
$279,033 81.
Fitzgerald, the suave and polished bunco
man. who has just been sentenced to the peni-
Tertiary for five years for swindling Charles
Francis Adams, practiced his calling in this
State last winter, and succeeded in getting
checks for several thousand dollars from a
stranger in Green Cove, which he was com
PEELED to disgorge.
There seems to be rather lull in the lumber |
business at present, and there are fewer vessels |
in port than usual. A heavy home demand ex-
lists for lumber, however. and larger quantities |
are being carried of by trains and steamers
There being vacancy from this Congress. |
sional district at West Point. a Competitive |
examination Of applicants for the position will |
be held in this city on the 18th of July Col
Bisbee has selected a colored man as a member |
Of the committee. AS he does nothing with |
out motive, people are anxious to know what |
can be the purpose hidden under this strange |
proceeding, ana are asking il he wants another |
ripper or Whitaker. W. HR