The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1884-04-22
Bob Ingersoll, one of the ablest and
most influential representative rspubli-

most influential representative rapubli-
cans, is an infdel. Well. i.
The trouble with the Democ,acy OF
Florida is that there are so many good
men in the party that they don't know
which one of them to make Governbr.
The simple truth of the matter is
that Samuel j. Tilden will accept the
Democratic presidential nominations If it
is rendered him. Washington Posi-, dem.
At meeting of the Directors Of the
Florida Railway and Navigation Com
pany in New York on the 10th B. S. Hen
ming was reelected President.
In the Eppes-Dewson-Suhrer. base,
the grand jury brought in an indid4 hent
Of murder against Mr.. Eppes, an; MIR.
Dewson as an accessory FernaRslinu
Mirror. y,
John T. Graves, the brilliant teQng
editor of the Jacksonville Herald, Eak &C
cepted an invitation to deliver the 6,emo-
rial address at Lake City next Saturday,,
April 25. ST,
Blaine is ahead of Arthur in tlys race
for the nomination. The one WIFI loses
the nomination is certain not to 9eI de-
feated for the Office, as the other 53nbt-
less will be. I'll
The Democratic party aloneE as
party favors the extension of natio,f4l aid
to the education of the negro. Se@is as
if the bottom rail is getting on top.-
West Florida Courier. ::
The Washington correspondent of
the Times Union says {" Mr.. DavissQn is
pushing his Tallahassee public bV$laing
bill introduced February 4. but ;Eefe is
little prospect of its passage" ~
If p. M. G. Gresham could II in-
duced to follow Florida mail bag a,<3und
for about two days, he would learn ,.dme-
thing to the country's advantage.-:sh1ch-
sonuiUe Herald ~
Notwithstanding Mr.. Tillen's recent
declaration the first State Demsstatic
Convention, which was held in West Mir
ginia on the 10th, Endorsed him for a1sesi-
dent and inst ncted its delegates tesote
for him. Il
An interesting social event wiz oc-
cur in Pensacola tomorrow, when Cherries
B. Parkhill, Esq, will lea2 TO The altay in
Christ Church, Miss Genevieve, the teau-
tiful and accomplished daughter of Gen.
f. a. Perry. 81
Presidential hunting must cease; .Tbe
man Of all men to lead the Democracy il
found, and his name is a household word
from one end of the land to the other.
That man is Samuel J. filden.-t York
PENN Age, Dem. s.!
At Wilmington, N. c., on the 18th,
Rev. A. A. Watson, D. D., was oSnse
Grated Bishop of the new Episcopal do
cese of Eastern North Carolina. The
Bishops of Mississippi, Virginia, South
Carolina, North Carolina, Maine and, Hi
moist ook part in the services :;
Having obtained the manuscript OF
Professor Felkers able lecture delivered
on the 18th OF March, we print it on The
first page to-day. 1t is too valuable not
to be of record in print, and while those
who heard it will read with renewed at
tention it will interest all persons Of liter
airy taste. II
On the 10th the President recon
mended to the Senate the removal OF Col
lector Wicker, of Key West, because o.
his alleged sympathy and collusion;. with
the Cuban flibusters who recently Jeff
there. The question is now under DON
sideration by the Senate Comraittss. or
Commerce. =
"A mass meeting was held at BJpxl
Mississippi, on the 10th, to adopt ,brAaa
ures to secure the location at that, pace
of the Female College established t)y:the
Legislature at its late session, Major wv
T. Walthall presided, John +, MorrElon
Esq, was secretary, and Gen. Joseph r
Davis is chairman OF a Commits. APP
pointed to report at an adjourned: meet
ing on the goth. 4
Mr.. ]. II. Estill, of the SavaEDai
Morning Neaos, has been elected e;hfir
man of the State Democratic EXECUTIVE
Committee of Georgia. This IL a: bigf
compliment worthily bestowed hpoh lone
Of the hardest political workers iii 'eur
sister State, and who has done more thar
any one else to keep the Democratic sztekf
well closed up in Southern Georgia,-
Charleston Ne,os and Courier !
Our candidates are preserving. a
modest silence, and leaving the advota
ton of their claims to the Inevitable
friend. In this they do wisely. W. Hsts
too that the cry of sectionalisn is hGsl,ad
and favorite is put forward: ON claitns
based on ability or work, and 40 r,orep
geographical position. Drew, Blolhhn,
Perry, Pasco or Barnes have patriptjsm
enough to leave their claims TO the dets'
ion of the Convention Smaller rrfep
must do likewise.-Pdldtko Neaos. /
Was it an oriental or occidental
"tinge" that the boundless imagination
of the contemporary impaired to khe
ruddy romance of Ralph Wllingham"
1t seemed rather to glow with the lu{id