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The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
Likes Our Country.

We make the subjoined extracts from a
by a gentleman who has spent some
months in Tallahassee
We are here lin Tallahassee) for two or three
months stay, and think shall enjoy it. 1t is a
place OF some interest," and being the Capital of the
State naturally attracts good many people from the
North. The country adjacent to this city is very
charming, and cannot fail TO please those who pre-
fer country to city life. The roads are excellent,
the soil rich and productive and all that is lacking
to make this equal to any spot in the United States
is labor and industry
Previous to the each side OF the roads for
miles around were hedges OF Cherokee roses, these
forming the fences of the plantations. The planta-
tiOns were large, the slaves numerous and much
time and labor devoted to identifying the large es.
tates. Now all things are changed There is no
slave labor, and little of any kind The large plan
tations generally rented in forty lots to the
negroes who agree 10 pay 81 30 to 500 per in
cotton at ten cents per pound. The fences and
hedges nearly all burned, and the kind of cult
walton practiced does not improve the soil, the
general appearance of the country The blowing is
done usually W tn one OK mule, and the pillow is
a burlesque on that implement. One cultivator
tooth stuck into straight stick and dragged over
the land would be an improvement the present
method. As strange as it may seem, this kind of
farmin. pays the and affords he African sub
sistencc if not living.
have been nearly all over Florida and in no
place or location have ! seen many inducements
are here offered to people who desire mild eli
mate and pleasant home 1t is district of hills and
valleys, healthy, rich in soil and timber, lakes of
pure water and roads free from mud and sand. To-
day, after rain OF fifteen hours, the walking and
driving good. If there are any enterprising
farmers in your county who stuck in the mud
months in the year who w>l. to get out. advise
them to come here where land is cheap and labor
we'll rewarded. Yours truly, y. A. EDDY.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
New York World March -
Mr.. TilAen'a Health.

great deal of nonsense has been written about
Mr.. Tideu's health. Every Democrat, whether po
liticaly friend opponent of Mr.. Tilden, will
feel sincere pleasure in reading to-day faithful &C
count of his physical condition and to learn that the
reports of his failing faculties wholly unfouuded.
The statement, which will be found in another
column, is from the lips of gentleman very near to
Mr.. Tiden. We vouch for its genuneness and Fl
deity.
1t will be that Mr.. Tiden's determination
not to be candidate for the Presidency is repeated
and emphasized But the party has his continued
confidence and sffecton. May he long be saved te
give it the benefit of his wisdom and experience
In this connection we may call attention to the
fact that another of the ISLANDERS uttered against Mr.
Tilden when he was actively before the people has
been disposed Of The United States Court has
given judgment in Mr. Tildens favor in the suit
the Chicago and Alton Railroad, brought to re-
$4,000 OF the roads bonds which, il was
alleged, had been improperly awarded to Mr.. Til
den
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
The state Convention.

Captain Pasco forwards to us the sub
joined letter from DIR. Plummer, and we
take pleasure in laying it before our read
ers, rcmarking, however, that a number
Of democratic papers Of influence, includ-
ING the Tampa Tribune, have expressed
themselves in favor Of Pensacola as the
place for holding the Convention:
KEY WEST, FLA, March 81, 1854.
Hon S. His"o, chairman state Democratic EJec"ro
(Dnunfr,
DEAR SIR: A. the time is approaching for calling
the Convention and see that the claims OF
Pensacola place for holding the same are being
advanced, We would respectfully desire to suggest,
with the kindeSt feeling to our sister city of the
West, some OF the Inconvenience and difficulties
attending the assembling of the delegates at that
place
LIST. Pensacola is situated at the extreme western
end of the State lust as Kew West is situated at the
extreme southern.
I'd. Knowing the almost insurmountabic Difficult
ties attached to the holding of Convention at this
place, have never urged the selection of Key
West.
selected, and we respectfully name Tampa.
4th. Tampa is now rapidly growing connected
with the rest of the Strife by railroads and steamers.
9TH Tampa has a suitable hall, viz: the new on.
era House, and we feel assured that the well known
hospitality of her people will secure the heartirst
welcome and best treatment that can he extended.
Hoping the Democracy of the West for whom we
entertain the most fratcrnal feeling will the ad
VantaGes OF such "A selection and that the will
receive the consideration of your committee, in
der that an expression may he elected from the diff
tcrent seciDns, We would respectfully request this
letter TO Toe published in the FLoRIDIAN and other
leading papers. Very respectfully,
j. W. v r. PLUMMER,
Chairman Dem. Elk. Com, Monroe county.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01

NnnlGnmhRmfa

Some of our exchanges are are still bowling ab0ut
the Tallahassee Ring which is supposed to he a few
men Of the Democratic party, who arc Fasting on
the spells which they have plnndered by various
means from the State. The effect of these charges
will only he to njure the Democratic party, and
cannot do the State any good. 1t only serves to
make the few papers stating them conspicuous for
a short time and gives them a kind of notoricty
which able paper desires would have. The
little notice, which they have awakened, will die he
fore the coming election. and they lip in their
vote for an Independent or republican without its
being noticed or felt. There is not decent minor
ity of respectable Democrats opposed to the Blox-
ham administration; and it is puerile for these few
malcontents to suppose that they will be permitted
to rule the Democratic party, when in reality they
cannot get up readable newspaper There is hardly
prominent man in the Democratic ranks who is
not in full sympathy with all the important meas
ures of BlOXham's administration and if any Of
these eminent men be nominated these discontented
disappointed office-seekers will be where they are
now. We must say that in our opinion Governor
BloxhOm is the strongest, most popular man in the
Democratic party. lis true he is not in the field ;
but he well afford to retire after such brilliant
administration. Any of the numerous would
be Governors, who is a man of note, if nominated
would cheerfully endorse Bloxham's administration
and would be more than pleased to do as much for
Florida as he has done. We close by advising those
grumbers to cease their bowling about the" Ring"
All sensible persons are beginning to see what is
the matter with them, and their attacks on the ad-
ministratiOn which has given Florida so much more
population and wealth than she formerly possessed,
only excites pity for their weakness and disgust for
their cause.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
Library Lecture.

We regretted that there was not i larger attend
ance at Library Hall last Tuesday night +" heat
the interesting lecture OF Professor H. n Frlkef.
His subject was The Position of Poetry in the
Arts" and the speaker argued quite convlncinglv
that work in high art can only be accom-.
plshed by those possessed with the poetic
principle for without it their work will not be
high art no matter how finished and elaborate
ii may be in every technical detail There is
much accurately constructed verse which is no.
poetry; there is much perfect tune which Is not
music there are many pictures which are but
copies of objects, rs photographs are-per-
feet copies But when the soul of a poet directs
the hand that welds the primers brush il dares
to image things scarcely rs they are seen in
nature, and they tempt thought To follow the
master into the realm of Imagination where he
finds his inspiration, and enjoy it with him. The
masters have been few, and they were men who
would boldly dash improbable skies and rocks
and things upon their Canvass and make OF the
whole "symphony IN colorS W which would
90 TO the heart and move the spirit of the gaZer
even as perfect music, or the verse Of the few
great poets who have written that which multi
tudes could feel with them but none could
write The dumb poets are legion The usual
painter is IA copyi>t-the poet painter, II creator.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
"Exposition Supplememt. :"

The Exposition Supplement of the New
Orleans Tines Democrat of the 26th ult
contains handsomely engraved view of
the Exposition buildings and grounds
The picture is explained by the following
descriptive note:
The City Park allotted by the City of New Or
leans for the uses of the Worlds Industrial anC
Cotton Centennial Exposition, is situited above the
main and in the western portion of the city, and lie,
between -. Charles Avenue and the Mississippi
river, with length Of mile by width of about
half mile. IL contains 2+9 acres. The mair
building has linear dim nsions of l,31Sx905 feet
covering 81 acres of ground, and with its gaerie.
and offices affords ,3S6,1i square feet of space.
The main building is located near the centre o
the Park, and fronts east in the direction of the city
The Horticultural Hall is shown in the centre fore
ground oftnc illustration 1t is 2O0x0O feet in dimen
sions. 1t is erected by the City Of New Orleans ant
remains a permanent feature OF the City Park. The
Art Gallery is in the immediate left front Of the
main building
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01

Won't we have a good time whip
ping out the Radicals and Independents
this fall Mariana Courier.
=" There can no longer be any doubt
that the Florida Midland will be built to
Madison, and we congratulate both towns
upon their good fortune" Qmitnaan Free
Press.
Col. w. M. Davidson has been APP
pointed General Traffic Agent for Florida
Of the Savannah, Florida and Western
and Charleston and Savannah Railway
Companies, with his headquarters at
Jacksonville
-Lucius Finley, Esq, son of General
J. J. Finley, arrived in Tampa with his
family last week, with the intention of To-
eating here and practicing his profession,
that of the law. We always have warm
welcome for such citizens as Mr. Finley,
and hope he will succeed quite as we'll as
he expects Tampa Tribune.
Madison is now a dry town and Jugs
by the dozen are coming this way to be
replenished 1t is a reasonable SUPPOSE
ton upon the hypothesis that misery
loves company, that Madison would like
to see Quitman dry Qmitmon Free Press.
Hon. r. II. NJ. Davidson, our Repre-
sentative in Congress from this district,
has appointed our young fellow-towns-
man, Mr.. Harry l.. Branch, secretary of
the committee on railroads and canals,
of which Mr. Davidson is chairman.
Mr.. Branch has accepted and left for
Washington, or leaves Tampa
Tribune.
Col. Hamilton Jay is in receipt of
both letters and )apers praising his
Recollections Of Carpet-I'agger," now
being published in the New York Sun.
Col. Jay simply presents the other side
Of the question, as a counter-blast to the
villtication of the South and Southern
people, in "The Fools Errand," and other
books written by professional carpet-bag-
SVlo vi 'HVi dP"toS ISIS. -1-tOt NHh DW-
le7in.
"A New York letter says: Repre-
sentatives in this city of Southern cotton
mills say the movement looking to a con
venton of Southern mill-owners, with the
object Of curtailing production by a stop
page Of the mills, will prove failure.
There may be some scattering closing for
the purpose of cleaning up, repairing ma
chnery, SC, as was the case recently in
New Orleans, but this is ALL Competent
authorities assert that seven-eighths of
the Southern cotton mills are not losing
money, and hence there is no occasion for
the proposed stoppage. At the East the
cotton manufacturing business is repre-
sented by gentleman of this city who
has just returned from there az never worse
in all his experience of twenty Eve years.
He didn't sell bale, and spinners ap-
peared Indifferent whether they bought
the staple or not. In this city an effort
is making to start up business in cotton
goods by cutting rates."
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
More Valuable Than Ever.

Nd call our readers attention to the value,
aspn.ness, and direct profit of supplying them
selves this year with the american Agricultural,
I'd cpeapest rs well MS the most valuable journal
4 ply country. Every number contains one
-hilAdTel columns of original reading matter, by
tLd ,a'iing writers of The country, upon all top
i.fiVAnccted with the Farm, Garden, and House
hhli, and nearly one hundred engravings made
spes'illy for the american Agrieulturist. The pa
.r.H tow its Add year. is unquestonably more
vslDaile than ever before. Each number brings
trfSh evidence that time money is consld'
"tll 3'here the interest IF the paper is at stake
it*lIouse Plans and improvements profusey IL
suirated, are worth more than any costly archl'
.eiiu;al work. Its persistent and fearless ex-
ptSart of humbugs and swindllng schemes, IS Oh
sriA value TO the whole country, particularly
,hss farming community. In shor: it is band
sotse thing, good and valuable for everybody
Owing to special arrangement with the PuD-
f;Iteri we are enabled to offer the FLoRIDIAN
prai tue american Agricuturta for one year, ana
H.. Engravinss Foes or Friends ?" and - In the
ai?pdpw for 81 40 cents extra for packing anu
.5e<daael
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
Reasonable Figures.

In recent issue we figured on an esti-
mate that there would he at least sixty
thousand visitors to Florida this year.
Since then we note that prominent rail-
road man expressed the opinion that there
were in the State at that time about fifty
thousand tourists. He had data to sus-
tsin his figures and probably was approx
nlately correct If there were fifty thou
send in the State at one time of course
there are to he during the year an aggre-
gate of vastly more than sixty thousand,
mnimum calculation Of the amount of
money TO be disbursed in the State by
vsitors-say three million dollars, at fifty
dollars each There is reason to believe
that the number will come nearer one
hundred Thousand than sixty thousand.
We have before us copy of the Memo
rial on the Improvement of the St. Johns
River addressed to the Committee on
Rivers and Harbors of the L. s. House of
Representatives and in this document it
is stated that in 1882 "the number of
passengers brought into Florida by rail
road from coast line States was 27,735, an
increase over 1880 of 259 per cent" If
the percentage of increase from 1882 to
1884 has Appropriated that from 1880 to
1882, and if nearly twentyeight thousand
came into the State from "coast line
States only in 80 at least double that
number will come in "a, to say nothing
of those from other than the coast line
States. These estimates suggest figures
almost incredibly large, but they seem to
be soundly based. The fact is the "Flor-
da boom " Is an immense thing, and there
has been nothing like it since the Calitor-
MA boom of 40, and thereafter for wears,
wher men rushed west for gold AS they
now do south for climate The gold pla-
GERS are worn out, but our climate will re-
main in abundance until existing cond-
tions are reversed by the globe shifting
its bearings" and substituting latitude
for longitude. When the population of
the United States shall at no distant time
reach upwards Of one hundred millions,
probably five hundred thousand of them
will annually visit Florida, and if they
take but fifty dollars worth of climate
each they will contribute twenty five mil
lion dollars a year to the wealth and az
grandlzement Of the magnificent common
wealth of the future
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
Dreadful Riot.

William Berner was tried in Cincin-
rati for a brutal murder and the verdict
Of the jury being only manslaughtrr the
pcopl" were incenSed On the night Of
the 18th about ten thousand persons as
scmhled at Music Hall, where speeches
were made and resolutions adopted con
demping the proceedings of the court.
Aiter the adjournment of the meeting a
large: crowd assaulted the Jail with the
Object of lynching the prisoner, who,
however, had been secretly removed to
the penitentiary. The First Ohio Regi-
ment of National Guards were summoned
to offend the Jail and occupied the
building. After the mob had broken in
some Of the Jail doors the military fired
killed and wounded some of the rioters
and :rcpulsed them. They then broke
into Che armory Of the Veteran regiment
and -kitteridge's gun store, supplying
themselves with arms, including a small
cannon, with which they again attacked
the Jail, but without success. The riot
continued on the Goth, when the moi
threw inhammable substances into the
WINDOWS of the courthouse, which was
free and totally destroyed. The -Four
teenth Regiment National Guards arrived
from Columbus to reinforce the military
of the city, and fought their way from
the depot, firing on the mob with Cat
ling gun, killing over one hundred and
wounding many. At date of our latest
intelligence the mob had not been quelled
Particulars are meagre, and the names O
few ;of the slain are given, but among
theIb we note that of Capt. Desmond o.
the First Regiment.
This is sad business, but it would be
solder still if it had occurred in South
ern aitv, for in such case it would have
been the text for inhammatory disserta
tionA upon Southern lawlessucss," incit
ing sectional spirit and exercising al
evil EFFECT in the pending campaign
THAT it should have occurred at all is only
to be deplored, but that it occurred in the
latitAde it did prevents it being used in
a" l4oody shirt " way to pervert popular
sent Pmcnt in the North.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01

Mac, stop your "killing jokes" or
you'll be guilty Of mans laughter
Last Friday Senator G. w. Jones,
accompanied by Senators Ingalls,, Saw
yer and Henderson, arrived at Jackson
vile, and Immediately took steamer for
trip up the st. Johns as far as Sanford.
On their return to Jacksonville to-day
they are the guests of the Board of
Trade.
On the oath ut disastrous fire oc-
CURED in Jacksonville. The Holmes
block was burned out, involving loss of
S42 900. The heaviest losers were Ash
mead Bros, s,ationers, whose bindery
and warehouse rooms were destroyed,
involving a loss Of $4,000, on which
there was insurance for only $4,000.
The Nem Era complains that its In
dependent charges and arguments " are
not refuted and answered AS "argu-
ment proper understands proof by rea-
soning, it has as yet made no argument
to require answer 1t has made "charges''
enough though-that is, has repeated the
same charges time and again with veno-
nous pertinacity, eviden ly thinking that
a misstatement well stuck to is the next
thing to the truth. Such Of it's reckless
and spiteful charges against the admins
tration as were worth noticing were long
ago refuted, and every intelligent reader
of the absurd and blindly malignant "per-
sonal organ" knows that they are false
charges, and reads them and it's attacks
on the Democratic party with equal in
difference. 1t may have readers and not
have their approval; it may have mate
rial but not moral support. More dime
novels than testaments are sold. 1t lives.
Gnats, feas and bed bugs live. 1t mana
ges to live somehow, and has recently re-
duced its price to dollar year. 1t may
come down to the price of dime novel.
Perhaps it has material aid from the radi-
cal barrel in Washington to aid its work
against the Democratic party, and it may
be given away as campaign document.
What is given away is generally worth
little-in this case, nothing.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
Federal Aid to Education.

The debate on the Blair: Education
Bill has been, with the exception Of the
tariff matter, the most interesting bust.
ness OF the session. / he opposition to
the measure of aiding educational work bv
money from the national treasury has
failed to show good reasons why it should
not be done, for it is the treasury Of the
States, all of which contributa to it, fund
and all of which should share in it's ex-
penditure. especially when So worthy a
demand is made upon it's surplus AS a
matter of course it has been assumed in
the debate that the Southern States are
backward in effort for tn cause of: eduea-
tion-a general and us uaI charge, and
quite conviction Of the popular mind of
the North-and they are forced intd the
attitude of those who need help bee ause
not helping themselves to the extent Of
their ability. While atistics necesssrilv
inform the reason they often SD fail To re-
move prejudice that the mind .declmss to
accept their conclusions, but; prcteI, to
persist in long seated error Stats
ties do show that some, if moi all, SOUTH
ern States raise much more money tor
educational purposes in pr opoltion to their
assessed values than some If the most
prosperous of Northern States, and the
newspaper press has not Neglected to AS
sert the fact, and in supp ort OF ii we give
certain figures in the case OF Florida as
compared with eight Sta ties, fairly repre-
sentlng the area of Northern territory
from Maine to Kansas:
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01

- Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany,
fourth and youngest son of Queen Vic
toria, died suddenly at Cannes on the
the 2sth.
THE Apalachicola Tribune is offered
for sale. This would seem good oppor-
tunity for some one to secure a paving
business, an! home in pleasant " city
by the sea-"
The secret service division of the
Treasury Department is in possession of a
Icou"lerfeit 500 silver certificate. 1t is be-
jlievea that the counterfeiters purpose
ito flood the cities of the South and West
with This counterfeit.
| -Ergdro, an illustrated weekly, pub
lished in New Orleans at So so per annum,
is we'll worth the money. The illustra-
ticns are in fine style of art, and the car
toons. as we'll conceived az executed.
The publication is equal to a ything in
The country in the same line.
We are pleased to note that the
Madison Dogberry prints a long article
headed "The Tallahassee Tewksberry "
which is so rabid and insensate as to do
himse,f and his political followers Gf
there sbe any left more damage than
would; the condemnation of the whole
press of the State. 1t is charitable to
conclu;l lie that his mind il somewhat I'M
balanced, for certainly no entirely sane
man would indulge himself in such raw
ipgs as must disappoint his purpose
Malice has obviously got the better of
his craft, and unsettled the policy of his
independent scheming. We protest
against his "party" restraining it's ex-
ponent. Give him all the rope he wants.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-01
The SeedIess Watermelon

Editors F7orididn. 1t may be a matter Of in
terest to your many readers to know how
to produce the scedesS watermelon. As soon a.
the vine has attained the length of three feet or
more, place under it. about midway the vine,
the amount of compost you would put in hill
to do which it is best 10 excavate the earth, and
bring to level with good compost Place the
vine over this and cover to II sufficient depth tN
prevent drying, leaving oul as lch rs possible
of the bud. As soon rs it has taken roo; ca l.
loose from the parent stem Ii there shoald be
a bloom, or bloom bud, before it takes root in The
place of seeds there will b.. white pulp> bat
none afterwards. Respectfully,
Thomas X. LEONARD.
BUENA VISTA, Ga, March 10, 1884.