The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1882-09-05

a. Z PER cenL Let any &c mnha.shs
calculation If he % - accountant. sd
satisfy himself Of this fnoa. nna 60 how
interest upon interest runs up-
Besides the coupons manEi0nsd, thers
are others IN IitigaEioa which srs nos IN
cluded above and amounting 20 at Least
$4,000
Taking these facts, and they ars . fair
statement-hberallys 30 towards the fund,
for no deductions are made Tor the costs of
court, such - the clerks and masters and -
ceiver's fees, and compensation paid d.
rectly from the fund In oOart aad nos
through Mr. Vose; and besides We have -
sumed that the aggregate Of the pr0ossds
Of the years '0o 20 III, inclusive, to-wit:
e5o,ol5. 2e, included II the table Of salsa,
were applied to payment Of the above in
terest, which is N assumptlon that
can not nov be veriMed-we ess What
was its real condition There vas an in
debtedness, say Of e05e, ,eS4S4, % Be pro-
vided for within year from rhs lands, ex-
elusive Of all aid from railroad saisA
Judging from the past and everything
that has Occarred since, it wss evident
that TO save any of the lands for other
purposes there Was but one thing 20 do
and il was TO make q sale Of . large BODY.
This hal been foreseen by two previous
administrations who bad aEts1pted iS,
but had not been successful in selling.
The annual sales were not as . matter Of
fact during the years named pairing the
annual interest-on IN average barely .
third of it.
Something Of the kind had to be dons;
creditors were becoming restless. and l. IL
confidently believed that steps would
have been taken at the Decsmber term,
1881, of the court 10 expose the lsnds TO
public sale Il was threatened- But even
if this was not TO be tried By creditOrA, Is 10
evident that the only thing to be done to
wipe out this vast accumulation was .
large sale The interest of the State de-
manded it. The liability Of the lands for
the debt had been adiudicased beyond
question by State and Federal C0urtA
THE DIssroN sALK
Now, what was this sale TIE guam
tity was 4, 600, 900 acres of the " ssa1P
lands nome of the internal improve
ment lands proper" Of these, 3,5O0, 900
acres were to be taken In bodies Of lO, 900
acres, and 500, 900 acres In bodies Of $40
acres, to be selected however after
the 10000 acre bodies were taken
Does anv man believe that the par
chasers have got that which n 70
be an easy source Of profit II 90, let
him take counsel Of those who know the
lands, or who, understanding land mat
ters, have even q general acquAintAncs
with the character of our swamp laDdA"
What As TO the price? The Trustees -
the time were Offering lands IN bodies Of
5000 to any one who would take not Iess
than 1000 acres, At fifty cents per acre
Here, however, was . sale Of !, S,5O0, 900
acres in bodies Of 10000 acres. and ar.
DisstOn was the first purchaser found
after years Of effort who would take a
large quantity and pay this price Had
not II or some similar sale been made,
the mountain Of membranes w0uld
have still existed, snd would be still
growing We venture the assertion
that this sale will be in tine universally
pronounced a. the best thing which under
the circumstances could have ben doas
for the Fund or the State Nay iE not
be said that after 90 many years Of fruit
less effort in this same direction the ad-
ministratiOn that accomplished ig wa1
born under lucky start The sale gas
made by the Board EhrOagh Governor
BIoxhsm, who went North for this par
pose, and no commission was paid Or 10
lue 10 any one for It.
II has -b--n supposed by same shzt The
payments # Mr. DissG0n were mzi- u a
great extent IN cOupsns- OF e500 600
paid by him all was In currency exc-DI
about SIS 600. which he p4id In cup uns
purchased ~ abaut ninety cents On the
dollar Sir Edward Red, who is the
assignee Of 9 part Of Dtssson's conIrzcr.
wlII. when be makes his 6nal ssErleuaeuE Ehis
month, have paid tWo-thirds IN carrsncy
and the balance IN adjudir4ted indebesd-
ness, purchased, however, - 10 n0@iaAl
rate
sETTLKRs on PUEIC LAEA
In making this sale Governor Bl0xham
and ms associates have not been un@ind-
ful of the settlers On the Ska1s lAndM
Provision vas made and Il beng c2risd
out with keen eve % their intsreSta that
they shall have till January Ist, 1855. 20
enter their lands ~ usaAl piosaL
BE IL also said % the credIx OF HnmiiLou
Disst0n that he haA, On every oecal0n,
shown the most considerAts regard for ths
protection Of this class Of car cisirsns n
their homes and settlsmsntA Il u nzson-
ishing 70 Sc how many sash ssszisn
there are
TIE KFFECs OR TEK sKLG
This sale has ben followed - sEs.ss
which vii prove Of vast beneEE % ne
State, and which, had Il noE bsea z1de,
there was no prospecf Of rsAliEzg N any-
thing ike the imnsdizEe fzezra Is wns
q that enabled tie PenAaoola and Aklnn-
nc Railroad C0upany, rslyiag zPol Ehs
nunifcsnt land grant whlcA III thsrsbg
be secured 20 Il, 90 0be&in tie msMns of
the ra1lrosd fr01 CA1<xA-
hoochee 70 PensacolA-4 vera indinpenEa-
BE TO the deEelopmenE of Naa Elorida
md % essential 20 znIfyinE ozr Se4s&
This alone would be enough % compn-
sale for any ds6Eieney IN - tsz4, Wsrs
here any. Under the sncozr1gemema of
q iufasnoe, the Florida SosEhsrn fEwm-
srly the GainssEille, OcalA and CAnrzaesa
Harb0r1 Railway C01pzny - go
Itructed road from PAl1ln g GMiaas-
VIlle, thence 20 Oc4lA, snd from Gxi.e.-
nile six miles northward; - - 8szEh
Florida has pushed ia hns frs@ Ori&sds
% Kissimmes CITY 0<hsr roa1s nrs -
Ter construction 1nd u conEa@pk4zioa
Ii has allaFsd al rsninEAn1s ~ 80