Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-06-22

Bisbee-FIrst and Second Districts
Davidson and FInIeY-CrOp Re-
ports - General LftIIef1eId - Billy
Hieks-Here and There.
| JACKSONVILLE, FLA, June $3.50 hot and
heavy an attack has already been made on
Colonel Bisbee the champion Congressional
| contestant, that he has found it necessary
thus early to prepare a defense. which ap-
peared last week in the Times Of this city.
st. Paul Bisbee commences his epistle by
casting some Of his venom at the Bourbon edi-
tors. and in his usual pleas ant manner stigma
tizing them as babblers and simpletons. It
must first be understood that the party to
which Colonel Bisbee belongs has not single
organ In the entire district, and that with the
exception If two or three Independent papers,
the entire press have already assumed against
him an attitude of positive and determined
hostility. Never. even in his best estate.
having won the respect of the people of
| Florida, he has, by his recent course, concen
| trated upon himself their open and expressed
contempt and odium.
OF the IS, { 90 votes in this district Mr. Bisbee
may, by a liberal estimate, claim 1000 from the
Caucasian race. The rest of his votes come
LTOul but ulOSJ ISuOFAuL cldSS CI the negroes,
the majority OF whom can neither read nor
write, and have not sufficient intelligence to
| know, alter voting for him, whether they have
expressed preference for him as Governor or
member OF Congress.
The Bourbon" editors will accept the tannt
of Col Bisbee, as to their ignorance and stu pidi-
| ty, and expect to repay it during the campaign
| with tenfold interest. They and their speakers
| have greatly the advantage of him in this re-
| spect, that they can always address themselves
to whites, while Col. Bisbee's harangues are
| delivered to Ethiopians.
| He has himself to thank for the position in
| which he stands to the white people of Florida
| From the time he first placed his feet on its
| soil he has been bitter and relentless pers =
| cutor OF the SouthernerS. During his official
| career, he neglected no opportunity of show
| ing his mGlice. Austere and cold, and intense
ly selfish, he is altogether destitute of pc sonal
| magnetism, and Is entirely without those quail
ties by which men are attracted to each other.
His friends he can number by units-his enc.
mics by hundreds.
| In his own party he is regarded as an ircu-
bus, as load grieVous to bear, and yet diff
cult 10 get rid OF and many, even OF those who
| voted for him two years age, sincerely regret his
success in the late contest, as they had secretly
| cherished the hope that failure would have
had the effect of causing him to fold his tent
and steal away silently and permanently
Col. Bisbee pirates tiippantly Of persons of
foreign birth voting against him, when he is.
IN his own person, greater alien and foreigner
| than any of those to whom he alludes Ii is a
| well known fact that not a member of his
family has resided in Florida in six or more
years, that they have not been within the State
curing that period, and that it is q subject of
much comment and great wonder by what
legal right he claims to repI Iesent Florida
His denomination will he the opening gun of
an active and aggressive campaign. 1t can
| never be otherwise so long as he is a candi1a
His name at the head of The Republican ticket,
at once crystallizes all of the fiercest elements
OF opposition, and brings out the last voter in
the ranks OF the Democrats No man in the
State IS more generally and cordially dsliked.
He talks glibly of an honest election and
fair count, and has much to say of the purity
of the ballot Those who know Col BiSbee,
when they hear these stereotyped expressions
fall from his lips, stick their tongues in their
cheeks. and indulge in audible chuckle.
He is quite as great a hypocrite p officially. as
is his friend and admirer, Rev. ~ Billy Hicks,
| religiously.
If the Republican party in this State could
throw off such eXcreScences as Col. BiSbee,
and few others of the same character, cam
| paigus would lose much of their rancor and
bitterness, and there would be far less of per-
sonal il-feeling. But this man has done so
| much to irritate annoy aud persecute the
Whites when in the inSolent hey-day of his
power, that the very sight Of him evokes the
| recollectiOnS of numerous wrongs and out
RACES He is, perhaps for this very reason the
best candidate for the Democrats, as a won
derful unanimity prevails among them when
ever he is in the field They oppose him as
instinctively as they will attempt to kill rat
tlasnake.
AS Don Cameron is boss of the stalwarts in
Pennsvlvania, so Colonel Bisbee bosses his
white aud negro troops ia Flori a. His white
legionaries fear him. while his dollars have a
potent ibtiuence over his negro followers A
thousand or two judiciously invested will Sc
cure him the nomination he covetS and it is
generally conceded that his money will win at
the approaching Republican Convention. The
Bourbon editors and the Bourbon speakers
promise to make it very lively for Mr.. Bisbee
when he is fairly set up as target
| he general sentiment of the Democrats in
this district, so far as can be judged from their
papers, is in favor Of the denomination of Gen
Finley, and there is now strong probability
that there will. be no real opposition to this
movement.
In the First district the chances of Colonel
Davidson appear to be growing and gaining
strength daily, and it looks now as if he would
be his own successor. He is an able and eff
cient public servant. and has given very gen
eral satisfaction
While the people of Georgia are luxuriating
in cheap ana fine peaches, and thousands of
bushels are rOtting in the orchards, our mar
ket is bare Of the delicious fruit, and few of us
will enjoy that delicious compound, milk and
peaches. Why do not some OF your planters
divert some OF their surplus crop in this direc-
tion ar d crafty great want? There has been
an utter failure in this CROP and we would
willingly exchange oranges for peaches. Mel
onS are cheap and abundant. but inferior in
flavor to the ordinary average of this fruit
Considerable portions Of vacant lands on the
suburbs have recently been purchased and run
off into lots streets, etc, and offered at auc-
tion , he prices brought were very satisfac-
tory and show steady increase in the value
Of real estate. Indeed one can't go wrong now
to put his spare change in Florida lands. They
are going up ia all sections of the State, and
markedly so in those sections where transpor
tation facilities are or will be afforded The
day Of cheap lands has gone in Florida, and
the growth Of the State and greed Of specula-
tors will not suffer prices to decline.
The Union this morning contained crop re-
ports from eleven counties which are gratifY-
ing. These come from all portions of the
State, and are generally of the same import.
Corn, cane and cotton are all good a fine crop
Of oats has been harvested, and il no untoward
injury occurs during the summer, Florida will
be in fine condition financially this winter
Oranges along the river do not promise heavy
yield, although the deficiency ia the old groves
may be compensated by the coming into bear
ing OF young trees.
General NJ s. Littledeld is again in the CITY
on important busir ess. His brother. Calvin
Llttleheld, OF New Jersey, has brought suit in
the United States Circuit Court for this dis
trict against the trustees of the Internal I'm
prOvement Fund for the payment of certain
bonds Of th9 Pensacola and Georgia and the
Central Railroads, amounting to S265, ,000 The
| suit will come up for hearing during the pres
ent term, which commenced yesterday. these
| bonds are said to be portion of the 81 00O,0 0
issued by the Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mo
bile Railroad and turned over to the State
which issued the same amount holding these
as collateral. They were disposed of In Ger
many and in this country. Ex-Attorney Gen
| eral McV eagh will appear Ia behalf of Sir Ed
ward Reed, one of the defendants
l am inclined to think that Billy Hicks will
| make good thing out OF his connection with
Guiteau. Aside from the notoriety that the
| affair now gives him, and the eclat he will &C.
/ quire should he pluck his clieLt like brand
| from the fire, he can gather enough material
| from his daily interviews with the wretch TO
/ afford the basis for half dozen absorbing lee
| lures Billy hasn't had such a chancellor i'm
| mortality in a long time, and he is shrewd
enough to make the most of his advantages.
| Billy Will get up tip=top prayer for the mel
| ancnoly occasion, and the scaffold should be
| MADE coubie the usual sizs TO allow Billy
ample room to spread himself
| Paiatka is 10 have celebration on the COM
| ing fourth or July, and offers tempting pro-
gramme OF amusement, The old fashioned
scheduIe, reading the Declaration, and the
| grafton, followed by the dinner and toasts, has
| been voted too slow, and there is a new order
| or the day. Jacksonville will not honor the
| DAY IN any manner.
IL mas been hot enough for the past few days,
and many who are unable to go North are
seeking Fernandina, st. Augustine, MaYport
| and Green Cove Springs.
The quantity Of heavy freight for the up
river has necessitated the construction of SUI
stantial and commodious barges, which take
| up lumber, or1ck and building material in tow
| OF steamers. This mode of transportation
promises to become popular and convenient.
Quite number OF our Jacksonville young
| lad1es have distinguished themselves at the
recent commencements throughout the coun-
| try
The woods OF South Florida are still filed
with prospectors, provided with a compass and
surveyors chain, on the lookout for any de-
sirabIe vacant lands. Some of these are actual
settlerS-some spectators W. H b.
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American Pork In France.
PARIS, June 2l.-The Senate has COM