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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

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anfs-s~Rz@ DAYS. sdissd sz8 pubH..-.
vigorous and Populsr Ds4ber.ns -
large proportion q the nz.al.su
perience In the EArious Toczls a. a.
are several ysung - yeAa and v.-v
have never before enEAgsd ;u.chu-.h -.
tins being their ensk Generng Co.,
sPeeches and delibsrzEions y 70 IA. -.
been eminently canssrvs1irs. nnd I - -
predicting thai No EAdioal ehaagz wmh
in the law q the ehanrA. ard thus .. -.
Will be pleasant and harmoaiua. rh..-.-
which = nos 81 Al nhsorbsag lna.rw
crease of the Bishops CoIlsx. Tia -
on Episcupacy recommended TIE si.rs,.. y II
additional Bishops. A motinn has -
amend their recommendation By sirskiu- -, -
and Inserting three. and - smend n
ment by striking cut three md iassrsiar -
Each numser has iss sdsncAis.. nd 49, -
ring and eloquent speeches ave nlr-.a- -
made, and slill the matter i und.rid.s
rather of The opinian that ia. pc end An. -
agreed upon The number af-ave ~. -
agreed on and the elecfioss have si.e, -
place.-EBTToEl This qussiiou, tav.,b.r -.
the men Who 0aghf 70 ne elected are zr.y, -,
tiers in which nearly nine hundred Ihou..,.
Meth0dists are deeply eorc-rned W..
many earnest and devout men 10 selrr, -
who would worlhily dischalge the hooo,.n..
and responsible duties Of lac EpiscnD.cv -
yet 80 diverse are the apiniaps OF deler..-. -
50 large is the number lr0m whom thev mas :.
chosen that cannot even conjecture Via m
be elected May the Great Had Of he Cbu,-.
direct Us in this important mallerl
On Wednesday night last. The Conler.uc. 4,
geiher with vast conc0urse If vision, ..s -,
zens. listened TO addresses from, the irasr..l a.
egaies from the NJ T. Church and ca.
Both addresses were very AlscsInus The
sentative Of the NJ. z Church was partirul,,.,
eloquent. and earnestly aivoes ted organic mr..
of Methodism, but believing ~ do. and =.
large portion Of the South a,.es, thar uuio, !,
the Northern sense means ahsorptiou. =. n
the South viii never consent tlereto.
ought TO say something about this suleuaa
city, but have been 50 busy doing c0mmiu.,
work when the Conference Is lot in session ,h,,
| really have not had the opportunity "a W..
many places Of interest II ia place Of co..a.
cradle proportions, claiming beween 55.OO0 rns
GO,OOO inhabitants Il il unanesli0nablvs eis,
of churches, there being aboul dfty in the pl.n-
MethOdism is far in the lead McKsDdr.,
church, just finished and dedicated since q.
General Conference met. Is the finest church !,
the South The organ is grand, and win m
Blander, cultivated performer. Is orEanist. u
play the music, reminds one Of what il miebi !.
in heaven; but pardon me. Mr. Editor, hav. Al
ready trespassed too long on ssur vAlusbls line
and will bring this rambling Ieiter 10 4 cIos.
Respectfully, THEO. TURxsra1
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

Pensacola AdvanceGazeEts, May ri
There is little fear that We shall follow IA
lead of the Thersites of Florida journalism iu,o
the Radical ranks, where il las landed Ia
fact that it has gone in thai direction uoald
serve To deter Us. for We dOubi lis prohitV and
cOntemn its intelligence HeaS what il sad Q.
the 25ih of April
II We can conserve the Democratic partF a
Florida and save the right If self-eoEeruneut
we would do that ii sns can sfurs hs ~ 81
erRRaeRf By the defeat Of ne Drsaorahe psr<S -
soOUd do that Could We ObIaia lover iaxsiioa.
proper reorganization ef tae lSsprens Courl Ind
local government BY the ssEcoeE,sR % p0uusr q -
Republican party We would do that"
How much further in advance Of these rieuI
would the J. OF p and its c0lored cohorts 70
indeed, We rather think We should prefer he J.
of p as q colleague 10 the rib1ll sheet that has
no principles and lifts It's IahmAeIifiAh had
against all good.
We favor a constitutional convention, When
one shall be ordered by the psz,ple; We sh0lH
like to support for The Legislsturs men who hEor
that measure; but We are un1ilerably 0ppossd
10 disrupiing the Democratic party, and thereby
restoring the Radicals 10 poser, BY thrustng
any such bone Of contention int the party c0ln-
ellis The salvation Of this cOun ~ Is in . sid
Democratic South
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

"A Boston dispatch Of the 9th says
The committee of ex-Union and Exon
federate officers, comprising Generals bud.
ley, Scales, Dawes, Ayers, Colonels Man
ming, Aiken and others, appointed to ar
range series of joint reunions of veterans
Of the Army of the Potomac and the
Army of Northern Virginia to fix historic
points for the government history of the
battle of Gettysburg, have decided on
June 7th for those EN- gagged at or near
Peach Orchard, Wheat Field, Devil Den
and Round Top, June 18th for those en-
gagged in the first days battle, and Octo-
Der 18th for those engaged at or near
Cups Hill or East Camden Hill, the hour
and place for meeting to be Eagle Hotel,
Gettysburg, at p. M Other reunions
will be called as the history progresses.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

The possibility of the appointment
of Ex-Governor Bullock as q member of
the Tariff Commission induces the Sa-
vannah Ne,os to remark: "If Mr.. Arthur
appoints r. B. Bullock, of Georgia. a
member of the Tariff Commission, as is
intimated in our Washington correspon-
dence he will do, the farcical nature Of
that measure will be readily understood.
Bullock is now engaged in manufacturing
cotton instead of Georgia State bonds,
and he is therefore anxious to get rich as
soon as possible Hence he is a protec-
zionist, and was member of the late
High Tariff Convention which recently
assembled in New York. We hope Mr.
Arthur will have more regard for the or
binary decencies of life than to appoint
any such man as Bullock upon any such
important body"
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23
Poor Perm.

A Washington dispatch says that Senior
Elmore, the Peruvian Minister, has re-
ceived cable advices that Mr.. Prescott on
the 25th of April presented his creden-
tials to President Montero at the interior
city of Huarez, that Mr.. Prescott, in a
subsequent special conference presented
the CHILEAN project for truce, the princi-
pal conditions of which were that Chill
should keep the province of Tarapaca as
q conquest, and that Peru should be
obliged to sell to Chill the Peruvian prov
ince of africa, and that Peru rejected the
proposed truce under those conditions.
Senior Elmore, commenting upon this
news, says that the province of Tarapaca
is worth one thousand millions of dollars,
and that under the proposed arrangement
Chill would virtually buy the province of
africa with Peruvian money derived from
the province of Tarapaca.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

The report of the late fair at Tallahassee,
written expressly for the Dispatch and published
in the present number is by far the most compre-
hensive and satisfactory account we have seen of
a very attractive and encouraging display of our
native resources, and we hope it will be gener-
ally read throughout the country. "What man
has done man may do" and the bright example
of our Middle Florida friends should stimulate
Floridians and Southerners everywhere In this
connection we would state that there is an error
in the report of the fair alluded to above. Capt
P. Houstoun is still President of the Association
and not Judge D. W. Gwynn, as we have printed
it on page 122.-FZOrida Dispdtch
In the report referred to above, our CO.
temporary makes another error when it
mentions 'Colonel John Bradford, of
Bradford county," as one of " the pio-
neers in the introduction of the new
methods of agricultural operations which
new prevail" &c. Colonel John Brad
ford is citizen of Bradfordville, in Leon
county, is pioneer in the new methods
of agriculture which are proving so re-
munerative to our farmers, and one of the
most successful and progressive planters
in Middle Florida Please correct.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

We cheerfully give space to lhs following - :
nouncemeni from Representative DaEidson.
] do hereby appoint Col Samuel Rsscn, y
Thomas NJ Palmer and Mr. Walier I. TurnoaA
a committee to examine applicaas for tne N
cant cadeiship Al the Military Acfdemy 81 uo
Point. from the First COngre<zidnal Dsrna g
Florida.
Said examination y III be held 81 the to11a
Monticello. on Tuesday, the 90Ia day o. ~
1882 The candidate must Be - West fo.-A
not later than the 18th day Of Jsne next ne
must be between seventeen and tWeny-tNs
years Of age. Al least I've feet 10 h>ight and -
from any infectious immoral disorder, -
generally from any deformiiy, disease @
trinity, which may render Inn uu6i lor milhAE
service. He must be well versed n reading -
writing. including oFthogr1phy and arllhme[
and have knowledge Of the elem ms Of So
grammar, Of descriptive geography, parnc1 -
Of our country. aud the History Of the unlA~
States. r H NJ D&ETDeoH,
n C. from the Isl Dist Of -
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23
Dsnscratie Cs.Sressienal Cen-

1t win be seen from the proceedings in
another column that the Executive Com
mittee of the First Congressional District,
of which Judge e. C. Love is Chairman,
have held meeting and determined that
the next Convention shall be held at Tai
lahassee, and designated Wednesday, July
10, as the time for the assembling thereof
The full committee consists of Judge
Love, Chairman; General A. X. Allison,
and E. P. Dismukes, of Quincy, J. Ira
Gore, of Cedar Key, and Judge w. II.
Milton, of Mariana. All the members
were present except the last, who wrote
letter favoring Tallahassee as the place
of meeting of the Convention. The
Quincy Herald says:
Under all the circumstances the committee has
acted for the best, we think, in the selection Of
the Capital of the State, as many delegates have
other matters of business to transact there, and
it is about the most accessible point to the great
est number of delegates. As soon as the p. &
A. X. K, is finished there is no doubt that PEN
sacola and Mariana will be favOrite points for
the holding of Conventions, as they certainly
are entitled to the selection in the future.
The committee in their apportionment
of representation have made mistake as
to Leon, which is entitled to ten dele
gates instead of g. The Democratic vote
in this county in 1880 was follows: For
Governor, 99s; for Lieutenant Governor,
994; for Congress, 995, of which S6s
was returned for Davidson and 1877 for
Bethel. These 127 votes, however, were
actually cast for Davidson, but by blum
der Of the precinct clerk were returned
for Bethel, who was the Democratic can
didate for Lieutenant Governor and re.
ceived the full Democratic vote of the
county for such Office. 1t is thus plain
that theacounty, by the ratio of represen-
tation established by the Committee, is
entitled to ten delegates and such number
will no doubt be selected and admitted
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

1T seems to be settled that Maurice Themp-
son is the author of A Tallahassee Girl" al
though the Indianapolis Herald claims that the
author is Barton D. Jones, of Washington, at
one time minister at indianapolis and one of
the editors of the .J0urnGL-C Charlottesville (ITad)
Journal
The Herald is undoubtedly right in its
claim. The author is Barton D. Jones.
But who is Maurice Thompson ?" Was
he ever in Florida, and particularly in
Tallahassee No one could have written
GA Tallahassee Girl" without personal
familiarity with the localities described
Jones had this familiarity, for he spent
considerable time here and in the vicinity.
No one hereabouts knows anything of
"Maurice Thompson, who, if he pretends
to the authorship, is merely seeking to
appropriate what belongs to another-the
credit of having written clever book.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23
There were three ballots OF

There were three ballots on the cleo
ton of Bishops in the Methodist General
Conference at Nashville. The body con-
sists of 25s members, of whom 24l were
present at the time of voting, making
l21 necessary to choice. On the first
ballot Rev. A. W. Wilson received 1872
votes and was declared elected. On the
second ballot, Rev. A. G. Haygood re-
ceived l44 votes and Rev. Linus Parker
l4e and Rev. J. c. Granbury l4o votes
and were declared elected This left but
one more to be chosen, and on the next
ballot Rev. r. X. Hargrove received l7S
votes out of 237 cast, which completed
this important work. Subsequently Mr.
Haygood declined, and the Conference
has since determined not to fill the va
cancy, thus combining the elections to four
instead of FIVE as previously agreed on.
The new Bishops were consecrated on
Thurday last.
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CAN fer . Csnvenssen sr she Cen SER
vasfve Democratic Party 90 she
First Congregational DIstrict 81
Florfa8.
At meeting Of the Executive Committee Of
the Conservative Democratic Party OF the First
Congressional District of Florida. this day held
at Quincy; ordered that q Convention of said
party be held at the city of Tallahassee on
Wednesday. 18th day of July next. al II O'Clock,
A. NJ, to nominate a candidate TO represent the
people of said District in the 4Sth Congress Of
the United States of America, and to consider
and transact any and all such business as may
properly come before it.
The several counties in the District will send
delegates on the basis of one delegate for each
one hundred votes and fraction of fifty and over
cast for the Conservative Democratic candidate
at the Congressional election held in November,
A D., 1880. Upon this ratio Of representation
each county will be entitled to the following
vote in the Convention.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

Of Sergeant John A. Mason, the petitioner
upon his application for wit Of haoeds
corpus. The court, in . carefully prepared
opinion Of the Chief Justice, decided that
the court marshal had full jurisdiction to
try Mason for the ofense charged; that
it's proceedings were all within its proper
Jurisdiction, and that the sentence pro-
nounced was not in excess of its power,
and the petition for writ of h0beGs
corpus is therefore denied, and the rule to
show cause discharged.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

Mr.. John E. Page is now in Tallahassee
in the interest of the proposed Railroad
from Townsville to the Gulf of Mexico,
this being his third visit to this place in
the same interest. He comes on this oc-
casion associated with some of the veal
thiest and most enterprising of Northern
capitalists to negotiate with interested
parties here in the direction of securing
donations, locating line and making the
needed surveys, and as will be seen by
reference to our legal notices has prepared
articles of incorporation. To our citizens
as well as the owners of lands along the
line of the road no better evidence of the
sincerity of the movement could be given
than that Mr.. Edward Lewis, one of Tai
lahassee's most prominent and most re-
,spected citizens, is among the incorpora-
tors. And now all that is required to Sc
cure to this portion of the State the long
looked for and much needed means of
communication between Central Georgia
through Central Florida to the Gulf of
Mexico is liberal contributions of land
from those through whose possessions the
contemplated road may be induced to
pass. Mr.. Page will remain in this Sec
ton of the State for week or ten days,
and we appeal to all interested in this
movement to see him or Mr. Lewis at the
very earliest moment.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23
:. He Run. After der Macheen.-

Such were the sad words of parents of wild
sons who forsook home to follow the fire engine
But now ii is the New Heme Sewing Machine
that every Southern man, woman and child runs
after. Ludden & Bates, publishers of the popu-
lar Southern Musical and Home journal, will give
away at their next Quarterly Drawing, July 1st,
a splendid New Home Sewing Machine, Style
No. 6, cash price $65, to some fortunate person
who has subscribed between April LIST and July
1st. Only 81 secures the Journal for a whole
year, Specimen copy free) and Ticket in the
Drawing. One dollars worth of beautiful music
in the Journal each month. Every musician
needs it. Address Ludden & Bates Southern
Music House, Savannah, Ga.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23
"LOnging for the South"

S. J. Jones, Esq, of Ottawa, Ontario,
in forwarding his subscription to the
FLoRIDIAN, under date of May 18th,
writes g Within six months 1 hope to
see you in person, and thank you for send
ing me the copy of your paper and also
a valuable pamphlet on Leon county
Here we have only just escaped from a
tedious winter. No ploughing, no gar
dening, just little grass. Fires necessary
night and morning. After forty years
residence in Canada, and in possession of
a good position, it is hard to think of
fitting but l think it must be 80. 1
have always had longing for the South,
being somewhat of sun-worshipper."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23
The Pennsylvania independents she

The Pennsylvania Independents show
disposition to kick against the action
of the Republican convention. They
have discovered that the bosses cheated
them by protesting to adopt the entire
reform platform, when examination shows
that the most important reforms proposed
were adroitly left out. The platform, as
adopted, leaves the machine control of
the primaries practically undisturbed !;
and the rotton borough system by which
representation in the party conventions is
based on legislative representation instead
Of on the Republican vote, as in New
York State, is retained. The probabili-
ties are increasing that the Independents
will make an open fight against the ma
chine ticket.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

AS anxious as the Republican majority in
Congress is to add to its strength by unseating
Democrats and putting in their places their Re-
publican contestants, they have not the audacity
to Gust Mr.. Finley, from the Second Florida Dis
trict, for the purpose of giving his place to G..
Washington WitherspOon, colored, who is very
anxious TO enjoy Congressional honors, either
by hook or by crook. Withers ooon is to be
STAYED off by an investigating committee, and it
is not at all likely that he will ever have the
pleasure OF writing N. c. after his name.-Sa-
canndh Neaos.
Oh, no. Witherspoon was ambitious
Of occupying the seat held by Colonel
Davidson, to which he had no shadow of
claim. 1t is Bisbee who is trying to Dust
Finley, and his right to the seat is no bet
ter than Witherspoon's was to David
sons. If Bisbee is seated, it will be one
Of the most fragrant political outrages
the Republican majority could possibly
perpetrate. 1t is impossible for Bisbee
himself not to know that he has no just
claim to success.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23
The rumors of Mr.. Copkliuo's retur

The rumOrs of Mr.. Conkling's return
to public life as Secretary of State in
place of Mr.. FreIinghuysen, who is hypo-
thetically relegated to the court of st.
James as minister, leads the Boston Her
aid to say, do not attract much public
attention. If they were thrown out as
feelers," to learn the sentiment of the
of the country in relation to such change,
they have failed of their purpose. If they
were invented by sensation-monger, or
to keep Mr.. Conkling before the people,
they have equally failed. The public has
ceased to concern itself deeply about the
ex-senator. And yet it is intrinsically
not SO improbable that the President
should call Mr.. Conkling to the head of
his cabinet as it was that he should nom
mate him for Justice Of the Supreme
Court. There are quite as good reasons
why President Arthur should wish to
make Mr.. Conkling his chief adviser as
there were for President Gar6eld's selec-
ton of Mr.. Blaine for the same position,
and the New York leader could not GER
tainly make worse mess OF it than his
old antagonist did. There would not,
at least, be any dung hill I" diplomacy
under Mr.. Conkling. Mr.. Frelinghuysen,
though a prudent and safe man, is not
likely to make much of mark, for him
self or the administration, in the foreign
Office. There must be temptation, we
should think, for the stalwart chiefs to
try and complete the eclipse Of Mr.. Blaine,
and rehabilitate their ablest leader in the
public esteem, by giving Mr.. Conkling
chance to inaugurate and carry out an
administration of the foreign Office that
would be brilliant without buster,
and conspicuous for something beside
crookedness. The political character Of
the administration could hardly be greatly
changed by Mr.. Conkling's entrance into
the cabinet, and, considering his relations
to Gen. Arthur in the past, and the rca-
son for the latter's nomination 1t Chicago,
there is question If he DOES not owe it
to his party and the country to give the
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

The railroad would have GOT 10 slsals -
would have been no railroad; Penssool1 -
have been, until now, the m0ribUsd sleepy -
low of twelve years ago IL The marpiou -
imbeciles could have stopped ne march q 60
by bowling Monopoly HOwliIg cne.P
is natural; let the howlers. theTefo-e, how'll
Did you ever see . Simon-purs reiorma
If yea, please state On your ealh bog mary
lilical parties this said ref0rmer ha1 oeloey
previous 70 his reformation IL be yei anss y.
II yea, please state whether or moi Re = -
lunaiic asylum. and II not Why lptf
dead, state il poss-mOrtem exasnAnaaen -
held. and If not why nnlf Do ne -,
Officer If yeA, why s-FlOrsda Fllp5snk
Those newspapers that are bpoming in-
section are making = sad mlsiAkn rensAc1-
newspapers attempted this~a year or two -
and they 50 nearly ruined The i0wp innt -
sixteen months more BRICK and w3ooeD-h0us9
have been built, mare capital las teen hass-,
and more people have cone here en1 so. -.
business than in any other TO rowm =
State. Let The press take warning b ouf NJ
and - boom away-
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-05-23

The Executive Committees of the several
counties are requested TO call County Conven-
tons, or General Mass Meetings of the people, as
each Committee may deem best calculated 10
promote harmony and ensure fair representa-
tion TO assemble at their respective court houses
on some convenient day, say Saturday the LIST
day of July next, then and there to select good
and true men as Delegates 10 represent them in
the District Convention
All good conservative citizens Of the District
without regard to past political affiliations, who
are in favor Of an ecomical pure and COnstiiu-
tional Government, and of free ballot and an
honest count, and opposed TO all Federal en-
croachments upon the Constitutional rights Of
the States and of the people, are cordially invited
to participate in selecting delegates to the Dis
trict Convention. f. &. LOVE, Chairman.
j. IRA GORE, Secretary.
QUINCY, FLA, May II, 1882
az All papers throughout the District friendly
to the cause will please copy