The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1883-01-23

-EI-Scu3lOf DOfscJ u4c ueu cAiVthSN W ssAAi'&
end tenders his resignation as Secretary az tff
National Republican Committee. Il !
-General william n Pendleton. late chisf ct
artillery Of the Army Of Northern sifgioisy, q
S. A, and the Rector of Grace Church a. f4ex.
ing1On. Va, died suddenly in Lexington oa ths
18th inst
Fifteen matrimonial insurance association
m Louisiana and Mississippi wee decFsreE
fraudulent by the Post Office Department, OF
the 18th inst and all registered letters addressed
20 them are 10 be returned to the senders
The Ohio editors continue to be heard 'rot5
as they work of their feelings ;" 'e@r respsftivs
journals with frequent periodici,-. Their .aeases
AMI Impressions of Florida travel dus.bl&
and they are advertising the State most thor
Oughly. !
The first shipment of grain in bulk 'eva
made from South Atlantic port was put aaoaT4
0f steamship for Liverpool at Savannah on ths
18Th She received twenty-thousand bushels q
corn from the elevator of the Central Railroad
The corn was produced in Tennessee
The State papers are again busted ~ the
discussion and location of the highly m"vaab:e
frost line, which won't stay located. 1t 10 ont
opinion, and we express it now tina, the l,egss
lature is in session, that the frost line o,.Ght &c
be fixed by law, and any deviation there FROM
viii De violation of said law.
On the 10Th inst, Congressman Davidsce
introduced bill asking an appropriation tsr thh
improvement of Choctawhatchee river, the har
lDor of Apalachicola, Apalachicola river of Eass
= .f It,a -,
and Of the harbor of Pensacola. The bin was
referred 10 the Committee on Commerce.
The divorce statistics of Maine for ihN pasa
Eve years give an unpleasant picture of hona~
lie in that State There has been about twenty
four hundred divorces decreed during the peTiFa
in question, and thus nearly five tbousant PEI
sons have been released from the bonds Hhi+2
were assumed with at least nominal sole .ni't
The rziio is probably one divorce to te', map.
riage IN Maine.
The new fve-ceHt piece which the Sec reta5s
Of the Treasury has ordered coined, '-eiggs
fEenty-One millimetres, (which is one mlli ne.f e
more than the present coin,) and is little 4argtT
and thinner than the one now in circulatio.' GSs
The face Of the new coin is a female herd say
rounded with fillet, upon which is inseaib<td
The word Liberty" the whole being surrol nd%e!
BY thirteen stars. The reverse side contains T.
wreath surrounding Roman mineral repidsers
ing the denomination of the coin. /
The Statistical Secretary Of the Soi::bets
Methodist Church furnishes the J'aion with tae
following: There are in the Conference 100 \,
cal preachers, 10000 members, I67 Sa2,batn
G. and u Gl15
Sabbath school scholars. There are 500 bsF-
fized infants and 316 adults in the conference
81 900 has been thought necessary Cor 0VPU' e.-
nuaied preachers and their widows; 81 $685.
has been collected for this purpose; $l,730 h9k
been contributed for foreign and 81 ,0i750 tor ds
nestle missions during the year
Another nobleman is TO visit Florida TIE
Count lie coming, as we learn from the following
cheering item 10 the Lumpkin, Ga, Itdepessdea:-
Yesterday al high noon Count Hspanoa Coz
centri.o BeIlafonski struck the town, and g -ousd
out the Sweet By and By, on a hand; organ,
The Count is making a tour of the South 10 dis
guise, and is travelling by the overland grasss
route 30 as TO get q finer view r our SunUy
South, which reminds him 30 much of hi 9a,svs
Italy. The Count will visit the Land Of Flow efs,
alligAtos and ora1ges before he resurass nis
title" -
Thirteen mills at Pittsburg have been cr'n.
sructed out of the materials from the ceebrs led
Main BuiIding of the Centennial Exposition il,
Philadelphia One of the mills is ], 100 fesi long
By 129 feet wide There are also stored Ia sha,
city 2,540 ions Of iron awaiting the dspsitiqp
Of customers Mr.. g. o. Mitchell, who bought skl
structure, paid te7 900, which, with the expei ses
OF taking il down, made the total coat aIotl
100000 Though he has sold less than hail ol
the iron, he has already made profit of $50 31sa
He proposes 10 utilize the remainder in putting
ND a large edifce for exhibition purposes 10 2
central portion Philadelphia, with the cos,ept o.
Councils.
We congratulate our noble selves ca bsing
residents of the genial South. Kilograms tto:,
fhe North tell US that on the 10Th the eoustrs
from the Atlantic to the Rocky Mountains, and
from halifax TO Northern Georgia, is wrapped L,
robe Of snow-beautiful snow, you knew, but
oh, 90 very uncomfortably cool The fiecs
staple" of the chilly North began to fall ontks
9th, and in forty-eight hours was deep all fvgi
the land Railroad travel was, every whcr5 inn
peded, and, in some portions of the North ves,
entirely suspended. Vessels were prevented from
entering and leaving the harbors. and til susi,
DeH was more or less obstructed. 81.
Mr.. Tennor, In q note to the Bestoa kao4
says: /" do not wish to interfere with Wigtinsa
predicted storm in any shape or manner, bB;
while be ID terrifying the people with whta &
coming In March, i may Just give notice ihi) DC
the 9th and 26th days Of January severe pstiot'
ofsiormy weather IL likely to be experienced ~
and around New York and generally through.
out New York and Boston, Massachusetts .Tes.
mont and adjacent stateA This storm Is nxeiy
70 be repeated about the same dates In FebrAySs,
but probably with les severity. Ths storhef pc
nod Of The 9Th 20 11th Of March Ii likely r. b q
cold and wiutzy blast bat, In my opinion nbtDi
Ing very out Of the way. This is not pfo.,ha.
cy.' but probability based upon q very Est ba-
be recurrence" i.
The Washington correspondent of the Afmyi
and Eay Journal writes that thu chxnces s.a:v
favorable action Of the House ct sais seseios' ea
the Fitz-yohn Porter relief BIN are exceeds svEy
doubtful, dough the opinion prevails that the bRs
could be passsd II consent were obsained t. tails
Il MP hom the speakers table fer considerpSsct;
A Dispatch 70 The Jnme journal indicates thasaite
Prssde1t would veto the bin sbonld II passAlss
Houss The hfll authorizes the PresidaIa; =,
nominate 10 he Senate and, on confirmafioAI 9,
appoint Fitx-John Porter 10 the rsnk of cotfsSi
n Tie amy keld b. him Il the tiuae Of hid eis-