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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-07-28
Nlessages to Mrs. Grant.

WASHINGTON, July 23.-President
Cleveland sent the following dispatch to
Mrs. Grant at Mt. McGregor:
"Accept this expression of nv heart.
felt sympathy in This hour of your great
affection. The people of the Nation
mourn with you, and would reach, il they
could, with kindly comfort the depths OF
the sorrow which is yours alone, and
which only the pity of God can heal"
Mt McGREeoR, July 23.-The follow.
ing are among the kilograms received by
the family:
AUGUSTA. Me-, July %
MRS. U S. GRANT: Please accept my
profound sympathy in your great be-
reavement. Tue entire nation mourns
the loss Of lis first soldier and first citi-
zen. JAMES G. BLAINE.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa July %.
MRS. GEN. GRANT: l have heard, with
great sorrow. OF Gen. Grants death.
offer full measure Of sympathy.
SAMUEL j. RANDALL. 2
WASHINGTON, D. G., July %.
Colonel r. D. Grant: a.
The pain ul news to me Of your fa-
tber's death has just been received. The
sympathy of myself and family goes out
from the depth OF our hearts to your
mother and all OF you in your great be
reavement This country is filed with
sympathy and grief at this news, but its
loss must grow upon it as the future
folds the coming years
JOHN A. LOGAN.
Among the many who sent dispatches
we're Col Thomas P. Ochiltree, Hon. w
NJ Evarts, R. KInbe, Japanese Minister
at Washington; Potter Palmer, Chicago
Mr.. and Mrs. ] H. Tyner, Washington
Geo. w Childs, Philadelphia; Mayor
Grace, New York; Hon VIM, Eggle,
stone. ex Premier OF Great Britain; anc
w. c. Endicott, Secretary Of War.
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The End.

"Ips all cver," quickly spoke DR.. Dou
glas, .snd there came then heavily to each
witness the realization that Gen. Grant
was dead.
Then the doctors withdrew, the nurse
closed the eyelids aud composed the dead
Generals head, after which each of the
f. wily group pressed to the bedside, one
ailer the other, and touched their lips
Of on the quiet face SO lately stilled.
DR.. Shrady passed out upon the piaz.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-07-28
Peacefully Dying.

A minute more passed and the Gene.
raj drew q deeper breath. There was an
exhalation like that of one relieved o!
Flong and anxious tension. The members
OF the group were impelled each q step
nearer the he'd and, each waited to note
the next respiration, butit did not come
then-it never came. There was sbsc.
lutte stiffness In the room, and hush oil
expectant suspense; no sound broke the
silence save the singing OF the birds 10
the pines OUTSIDE the cottage, and the
measured throbbing of the engine thai
all night bad waited by the little noun
tain depot down The slope.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05

The schooner Lizzie OF Pensacola, arrived
IN our port on last Wednesday with cargo OF
brick intended, we are informed, for the cen
siruction of new jail IN Orlando We under
stand two more cargoes are 10 follow. Tampa
Tribune.
If it pays to carry brick from Pensaco-
la down to Tampa and thence over a
long line of railroad TO Orlando, it would
certainly pay to bring them to the nearer
port OF ST. Marks and thence twenty
miles to Tallahassee by rail. So also of
lumber, the want of which often embar-
rasses building operations here aud else
where in this section. Pensacola brick
are Of superior quality, and SO is the lum-
Der, and cheap water transportation
should open market for them here, and
relieve us from dependence on the rail-
roads with their higher freight charges
and the aggravating uncertainty which
Other freights than building material, as
goods for our merchants, ETC., might
come via st. Marks, if a steamer was put
on from New Orleans, touching at that
and other Florida ports. Tallahassee is
SO near TO the open sea that she can com
mand the privileges Of all actual seaport
by the rail transportation which was es-
tabllshed so many years ago when cotton
from points Ill Georgia an hundred miles
inland was brought here TO be shipped
out to the world from ST. Marks. Then
Tallahassee was a very important cotton
mart OF purchase and supply, and han
died the crops of distant fields as well a.
of the teeming lands Of Middle Florida
But the east and west railroad lines that
opened the country 10 Atlantic ports
tapped the sources OF her prosperity, and
while she still held her own by reason of
her fertile nei ghborlng section her rapid
growth war checked, and her thriving
port on Apalachee bay went to ruin and
Is become mere village, visited but ev-
cry other day by mail train over the
rails which once bore up rich cargoes of
produce. The natural advantages of ST.
Marks and the interesting surroundings re-
main, and as the country becomes popu-
lous the needs Of commerce will undoubt-
eddy restore the prosperity Of Tallahas-
sees seaport, now almost disused.
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Another acre or so of land in

Another acre or so of land in Florida has
recently gone dawn to depths unknown"
having suddenly disappeared in lime sink or
melted away in ID subterranean river There is
no piace like south Carolina after all. Ii is
doubtless true that oranges and mosquitoes
thrive better IN Florida than they do here, but
the Carolina farmer has always the blessed as
surance when he retires tor the night that he
Will be able To iav his hand on his land in the
morning. and this consideration count for some
thing in the long run. Il Is far better 10 have
turnip patch ON a good solid comfortable red
clay foundation than dozen orange groves OF
the atlenuaied roof OF IA bott0mless abyss-
LhdrsestOn -Netrs and COureer
Ii the Carolina farmers will colue TO
Leon county, as many of them did of old
TO lind better country than their own.
they can have their turnip patches, and
many more desirable things, on ga good
solid, comfortable red clay foundation"
for the kindly hand of providence has
painted red this glorious country Of
ours. The red roads wind over hills and
dales, bordered By noble growth of
such trees of flowers as give their pecul-
lar charm to Florida landscapes, and the
fields beyond yield much else than tur-
uips-but turnlps too, and large enough
10 open the eyes as well as the mouths
OF any turnip eater from Carolina or else
where And as TO rice, let him remember
how the Carolina staple showed in losing
comparison when brought in competition
with the heavy rice of Florida at the At
lanta Exposition. And he may leave his
Carolina mosquito net at home unless very
thin-skinned," for mosquitoes are not so
abundant here but that the majority of
our people never use nets to protect them
against insects that are so scarce as not
TO be a cause of serious disturbance to the
fortunate jewellers in this happy land of
Leon.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05

There will be a bazaar held in the CITY
OF Baltimore April lst, 1885, for the ben
eft of disabled Confederate soldiers.
An appeal has been made to Florida to
assist in this laudable undertaking, and
any assistance In the way of money or
materials for the bazaar is earnestly re-
qnested of the people of this State. Ma
terials or money intended Tor this noble
charity should be sent to Mrs DIR. Cary
Is. Gamble, SO Cathedral street, Balti-
more.
All the papers in the State are re-
quested to copy the above and to lend
their valuable aid in that behalf.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05

An immigrants ticket from New York 10
Chicago can he bought for 81 The distance is
1000 miies.-ChdrIest0n Ne,cs and Courier
Those who have wondered WHY the
cheap and fertile lands and genial climate
Of the South fail TO compete with the
West in turning even a portion Of the
tide of European immigration in this di-
rection, may find in the above statement
partial explanation. Railroad corpora
tions and syndicates of capitalists own
vast bodies Of wild lands in the North
west, and to sell and settle these, and Gre
ate freight and passenger traffic Tor their
roads, they really import immigrants
Agents in Europe preach the Northwest
to them, arriving in America they are
charged but nominal rate to say Chi
eago, and from there they are shipped off
TO the y orthwest AT a nominal charge, if
not free OF cost. Hardy and industrious
they make homes for themselves in the
bleak Northwest. but with far more toll
and discomfort and with less valuable re-
suits than if they had been turned South
ward bv Observation-Disclosures a dollar
ticket
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WASHINGTON, February 2s--The Pr,e.xlrh
to-day issued tile following proclamation 4
BY the President Of the United States of A,s,.s.r
PROCLAMATION ii i
Whereas, objects OF interest TO the Ea;sal
States require that the Senate should he u
nj L O'Clock on the tnurth day at March Iiex1
to rreesve and net upsn such Commune, tiEro
Is may De made to it on the part OF the Ex.sci,
tive, now. therefore, L Chester A. Arthur Prs
ideni of the United States, have considers, il a.
be my duty 10 issne this, my proclamssfs,,S
declaring that the extraordinary occasin,, &.
quires the Senate of the United States To cD.:ye.i
TOR the transaction OF business NJ the Csaital
IN the City OF Washington ON the fourth dhr AZ
March next Al u o'clock nosn ON thai DIS, 81
which all who shall al that time he entits..S H.
ACT Is members oil that body are hereby reay1irAfi
to take notice. T,
Givcn under my hand and seal of the e ,,i,t13
States NJ Washington the twenty-seventh cav at
February, In the year of our Lord one tho.aa nd
eight hundred and eighty-five, and of the I,,tas-
pendence OF the United States the one hursirFr,
and ninth. r
CHESTER A ARrHeR Il
FREDERICK 7. FRELNaHrrYsE !
Secretary of stAte4
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05

MACON, GA, February 26-Joseph Clisby
one OF the oldest editors in the South, died here
to-day after lingering illness. He was editor
OF the Florida Sentinel up to 1857, when he re-
moved to Macon and began the publication 81
the Macou Telegraph He retired from journal
ism leu years ago On account of feeble health.
The deceased WAS born in Medford, Mass, and
was 81 years of age.
Mr. Clisby was q member of the firm
of Knowles, Clisby 4 Smith, that began
the publication of the Sentinel in Quincy,
Fla, and afterwards removed the Office
OF the paper to Tallahassee Mr.. Clisby
lived here ten or twelve years Is editor
and publisher of the paper from which
hss associates had retired, and enjoyed
the general esteem and respect of the
community.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05

At the annual meeting of the Florida
Press Association, held in the ladies' par
lor of the Hotel Windsor, New Orleans,
February eth, Mr.. c. H. Jones, of the
Times Union, was elected President and
Mr.. J. Is. Johnston, of the Waldo Adpertt-
ser, Vice-President. As a matter of
course, Mr.. ID. H Elliott, of the Florida
Dispatch. was reelected Secretary and
Treasurer. 1t is needless to say that
these selections were eminently proper,
and that those chosen will make faithful
and efficient officers. The next annual
meeting will be held ut Gainesville ON the
third Tuesday in February, lss6.-San-
ford Journal
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05

-General Grant enjoys, of course, the
knowledge that many thousands of his
fellow-oitizens deeply sympathize with
him IN the sutferings which be is now
called upon to bear, bnt it would probs-
bly, prove peculiarly grateful to him if
ne could know the extent aud sincerity
OF the kindly feelings which are entsr-
tanned towards him IN his afiiction by
the great majority of the people of the
South. - Charleston Nesos and COan.ier.
The New York World says the
dynamiteu Of New York are gazing to
organize m expedition to Sondan to help
81 Mahdi They iaband to lssrs by daiksr-
ant routsa, mannfi1tnrs dynsmite an
fhair way, biew up tia Snax Csnal and
than jam 10 arny Of tbs prophet h the
s2nnaE
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- - L..

Few aAys pam IN which thsre i no IN
talilgence Of suspension Of work in manu-
facturing establishments in Eorthern
States, or strikes of operatives because Of
reduction of wages to starvation rate. A
brief paragraph by wire tells the bare
fact and we are left to imagine, if we
viii, the succeeding chapters of want aud
misery among the unemployed famine
In the households, decentralization and
supervening degradation of the masses ot
communities. These calamities are un-
known in the South, where capital IN
vested in any kind of manufactures re
turns sufficient profits, and operatives are
properly paid for their work And should
suspension of work occur, the suffering
could not be as severe rs in q climate
where fuel is essential to preserve
life, and where want is so common that
the hearts of men are mostly Indifferent
to its appeals. In the Southern States
those thrown out of work could find il
city or nei@hboring country other EN-
ployment to yield them sustenance anG
such shelter as they required for the time
Our goodly land is full of food, and It'll
soil capable of producing enough for al
when the present population shall be mul
tiplied twenty-fold, and millions of homes
are where forests now grow, or on closely
titled portions of the broad fields now
wasted in careless culture. We of tn,
South country do not fully appreciate
that our lot is cast in pleasant places I'm
til we compare it with that OF others.
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05

On Monday last the [. S Senate,
having under consideration the Sunary
Civil Bill, amended the House provision
/ for aiding the Worlds Exposition by n
creasing the amount appropriated from
$500, 900 to &400, 0Oe.
The Florida exhibit has received n
important addition in the shape of two
OIL paintings executed by Mrs. SebriuE,
the wife OF the United States commis-
sloner for that State One of these il
emlnently appropriate for the Florida
exhibit, as It represents bunch of seven
teen oranges on one branch, a sight that
no State but Florida could show. The
picture was painted from nature and
we'll executed, the artists handling Of
the difficult problem of light and shadow
being excellent The other painting rap
resents bunch of game birds of Florida
mallard and canvass back ducks. snips
and Others This picture is also from
nature, and is executed with great abilitF.
" o. Times Democrat.
Hon. A ]. Russell informs us shn
ne is arranging for the sitting in this city,
during the month of May, of Teachers
Institute, which viii include the teachss
of the four counties of ST. Johns, Es
sau, Clay and Duval, and will Be n
structed by eminent teachers in the bta
and most approved methods OF inssne-
ing the young. This will be most n
teresting assembly.-Jacksonrilge Herald
Colonel Wm- Mac Williams the en-
Ohuslastic democrat and eloquent eleSi0r
is soon to join the noble army of editions
by publishing the Nassau County Record
Success to the gallant Colonel in al Biz
undertakings, say we.-Palat&a Daily
Ntws
"A " astlRgton correspondent, wEii-
ing about the outgoing Administrators
says: ''Gen. Arthur is to open lsW
otice In New York Mr.. Frelinghuysen
looks forward to a providential turn Of
the wheel OF political fortune By which
he may get back to the Senate Mr.
McCulioch will settle down on his farm
IN Maryland, being independent in for
time. Mr. Teller has had the good luck
to be elected to the Senate, despite Mr
Hills violent opposition. Mr.. Lincoln
will resume his Law partnership with Mr.
lsham, of Chicago, which he relinquished
against his own Judgment. Mr.. Chandlm
will return to the lobby, where, IS the
agent of John Roach, he was a conspiCa-
Gus figure for many years Mr. Brew
ster viii seek to revive his law practics
IN Philadelphia, and has rented a very
modest house in that city to pursue It
Mr. Hatton has a newspaper to fall back
upon, and the affectionate support OF
the burlington and Quincy Railroad.
-Ex-Governor Robert NJ. Patton, OF
Alabama, died at Florence in that Stats
last Monday NJ the age of seventy-siE.
He was native of Virginia, was thrss
years old when brought to Alabama, and
his business was mercantile pursuits ne
was also always popular and useful citl.
Ean.
More than . hundred thousand he
pnhhcans are now holding Office undez
the seven executive departments. I'm
the number viii be very greatly redacsa
during the next three or four months
not TO he dea5tsd. That suGh redne
lien win tend TO the purifcstion =
aievstinn Of the service IL the beiid
he n1iaity which trinmPhsd =
nsra1t sae1ksanl NzasksaeEos -
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We have received the subieined nc

We have received the subjeined note
from Senator Lesley, but too late to make
the correction desired, the last of the
Journals having been printed:
TAMPA, Fla, Feb. g, 1855.
Assrs Barr 4 Besaea:
DEAR Sans. notice in Journals Of 18th / am
QuRted - v0fing agninst fhe G0Eerunr's veto Of
TIM Agricultural bill, which ID nat corrscA Two
led M, md sspe Jon viii see fhsf the carrscfi0n
Is mazda
Trnly yonM JoU Z. Ln1Ex
The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-03-05

Presiaeus-elect Cleveland arrived In
Washington early on the morning Of the
I'd, accompanied in his car by his brother,
Rev. l. Cleveland, wife and child, his
sisters, Mrs. Hoyt and Miss Cleveland,
his niece. Miss Mary Hastings, Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Manning and Colonel Daniel
Lamont, wife and two children. The party
went to the Arlington Hotel, and during
the day many public men and citizens
generally called upon Mr.. Cleveland,
among them Vice President Hendricks,
with whom he had lengthy converse
ton
The city was crowded with visitors
from all parts of the country, companies,
clubs and various associations from dis
tant States being there In force, and
aiding the enthusiasm by marching
through streets and avenues of buildings
decorated with flags, banners and dra-
perry, while the music of many bands was
constantly heard, and at night all was
brilliant under the blaze of electric lights,
colored fires and Il general illumination.
Just before twelve O'Clock yesterday
the President-elect arrived at the Capt.
toll, was sworn In by Chief Justice " ate
in the presence of the vast semblage-
and the country is at last blest with a
Democratic President
The following dispatch was received
this forenoon:
WASHINGTON March 4, 1885.
Special 10 the Tallahassee FL0kIDIAN
The ceremonies attending Clevelands inau-
guration were the grandest incident 10
ike occasion. One hundred and it,y thou
sand visitors were in the city and twenty
FIVE thousand men in line in the process
sion The day was beautiful the enthusiasm
unequalled, and the pyrotechnic display nigh,
unsurpassed in the citys history. At the bali
nine thousand wallzed on one floor al once and
nearly three hundred seJ,s danced square dances
a the same time.
ChletJustice Waite administered tAe oath &c
Cleveland and Edmunds 10 Hendricks.
! The Cabinet nominations that will he sent into
the Senate will almost undoubtedly be Thoma:
F Bayard, of Delaware for Secretary of State
Daniel Manning, of New York, tor Secretary o
the Treasury Lucius q c. Lamar o. Missis
slppi Tor Secretary of the Interior; William c
Endicott, OF Massachusetts,. for Secretary o
War; William C. Whitney. OF New York. To-
Secretary OF the Navy: William F Villas, o
Wisconsin, for Postmasler-General. Augustus
II. Garland. of Arkansas, Tor ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
NJ n
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Stomach trouble is serious businaAss
while 1t lasts; but what blessed rslit4
to have It depart Mira F. G. Wells II
10 Atlantic street, Hartford, Conn, writAs
that she tried Browns Iron Bitters :fda
sfomach troubla, and that she egps+
rienned sneh reIisf that the trouble il ssoM
enfzneiy over. She recommends -bk
great iron medieine to al who are afasc
fed. II cures liver and kidney ofain44
plAint- 4:
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LATEST-THE CABINET CONFIRMED.

A special dated the 9Th, received since
the above was in type, says that the Cab
met l. constituted as above stated.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-20
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.

Jew Jake" Aokerman, Captured
IN Shreveport and Attempts
Suicide,
Special to the Commercial Herald.
\ SHREVEPORT. LA, Nov. 16-J. H.
Ackerman, alias "Jew jake" who
escaped from the Mississippi peniten-
t1ary short time ago and was captur-
ed here Saturday evening by Chief of
Police Austin, is reported to have at
tempted suicide in Jail to-day. He
says he will not be taken back to the
penitentiary alive and endeavored to
induce the chief to telegraph to a
sheriff in Coahoma, who offers a re-
ward of four hundred dollars for him.
He also states that he jumped bond
OF five thousand in New Orleans
Chief Austin will leave here tonight
with Ackerman heavily ironed, to
deliver him at the penitentiary in
Jackson, Miss. Ackerman was born
and reared in Memphis, where he is
well known for slick thieving from his
boyhood. He is now about 80 years
old and has wife living in Memphis.
When arrested he was thought to be
the robber of the express office in
Monroe, La, which happened few
nights ago, and when questioned
about it, said it was just his
luck to miss getting the
swag, and being hard up he work
ed his way here from Monroe on
freight train, en- route to Mexico,
where he says all first class thieves in
the South make for, leaving room in
Canada for those of the North.
The Mississippi Synod of the Pres
byterian church, embracing also Louis
lana, meets here on Wednesday, and
will be in session three days. Nearly
one hundred ministers and elders will
be present.
Weekly commercial herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1884-18??, 1885-11-20
Wedding Bells at Lake Providence.
Srecial to Commercial Herald.

Wedding Bells at Lake Providence.
Srecial to Commercial Herald
LAKE PROVIDENCE, LA, Nov. l6--
Hon. Joseph E. Ransdill, district at
torney for the eighth district, and Miss
.,Olive Powell. both Of Lake Providence,
were united in the bonds of holy we'd
lock at the Catholic church on yester-
day evening at $50 pm, the Rev.
Maize officiating. The church was
decorated with pagonias, calla lilies,
pond lilies, ivy, geraniums, chrysan-
themums, and presented a beautiful
appearance, and reflected credit upon
the artistic taste displayed by the
lends of the bride. The church was
crowded, the estimated number pres.
ent being between five and six hundred
persons, fully represented from all
portions of the parish. The music con-
sisted of Mendehlson's wedding march,
sung by Miss Lucille McCulloch and
was beautiful. The bride, who is one
Of East Carroll's charming daughters,
and the groom received such an ova.
tion that has not been witnessed in
Lake Providence in many years. The
bride looked beautiful and was dressed
in an elegant Bismarck brown Otta
man silk, with rich garniture of bro
cade velvet, French bonnet en- suite,
trimmed with ostrich tips and gllded
bird, and cloth of gold roses. natural
flowers, old gold. butterfly ear
rings, hand bouquet of crimson
geraniums, encircled by nip.
sitas buds and rose gernanium
leaves. The ceremony was very i'm
pressive and the wedding presents
numerous and costly. The brida and
groom left on the steamer Ed Rich
ardsOn for New Orleans this morning
e visit the exposition and will return
occupy their beautiful residence on
w.yA lake