The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1885-06-11

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ment Company's railroad reached Dade
City on the 5th, and that pleasant locality
is booming.
The Jail of Levy county, at Bronson,
was burned on the night OF 1he 9Th. 1t
was fired by the prisoners who hoped to
escape, and they were rescre'i from death
by fire with difficulty and taken to the
Jail of Alachua county for safekeeping
The monthly report Of the New Or
leans Cotton Exchange shows more
favorable condition of the cotton crop up
TO date than for several years previous.
The increased area planted in cotton is
nearly seven hundred thousand acres.
We regret exceedingly tie necessity
to announce that on Monday T. J.. Clarke,
E-q., received telegram requiring his
Immediate presence 1T his old Georgia
home, AS his mother was very sick and
not expected TO recove:. Mr.. Clarke ex-
pected to take the noon .raiu for ITALIA
hassee to be present at the organization
Of the Convention, and take his place as
delegate, but the sad news from Geor-
gia changed his plans, and he Immediately
left for the bedside of bis mother.--Non-
tic.No Constitution.
The publishers of Miss Cleveland's
book, which will be befote the public in
ten days, say "The author certainly has
nothing to fear SO far as the circulation
Of the book is concerned. Not emily III
this country, but in England, there is
great demand The London Times has
called for advance sheets, aud an agent
Of an English house has asked for control
of it in London This latter request has
been refused because ; the firm has
branch house there, and, will issue it in
Fleet street on the SAME day it appears
here"
The Tampa Tribune. Of ,he 9th an
nounccs the retirement Of Col {. L. Ilar-
rison, whose trenchant aud vigorous pen
made distinctive marks in the records of
Florida journalism, and did telling ser
vice in the cause of Democracy. He is
succeeded in the editoria, chair by Mr.. +.
-. Scales, writer of ability, who, by
purchase Of Col. IIarrison's interest, be-
comes associated with Nj. I. X. Spencer,
his late partner, in the publication of the
most influential journal Of the South
western section Of the State.
The trial of the men indicted for the
murder of G. f. Able, at sara Sofa, in
December last, began at; Pipe Level on
the 9th. Judge H. L. Mitchell presides,
and the prosecution is conducted by Attor-
ney-General Cooper and S'&te Attorney
forell and Hug" f. NcFa's5ane, Esq. TI Tie
attorneys for the defence ;are Gen. J. B.
Wall, John f. Hartridge,' Ell. Judge +.
NJ Graham and Scion i. Turnan, Esq.
The Tines Inion sent down staff cor
respondent to report the trial,
For several days report have been
published Of a difference between the Pres
ident and his attorney-gtncral over a
question of appointments. recent dis
patch to a Boston paper represents the
encouragement as very angry because
he was overrulcd in the Iowa marshalship
controversy. The attorney general was
reported as saying that if he were again
Oyerruled he would resign. The attorney
general has been asked about these re-
ports Mr. Garland never AT; cts any
mystery about the management of the
business Of his Office He SAID frankly
These reports are not worth denying.
My relations witt the President are friend
" and harmonious. No occasion has
arisen to make the slightest difference
between u.s."
1t is very gratifying, Of course, to be
assured by Gen. Brinkerhof, Of Ohio, Of
his "agreeable surprise y to find certain
Southern institutions so much better
managed than he expected, and 80 far
ahead of similar institutions at the North.
If Gen. Brinkerhoff and his neighbors
will only look around little i'll the
South, instead of getting their informa-
ton at secondhand from doubtful sources
published in Cincinnati--tbcy will find
great many things to admire here, and
will soon come to the conclusion that, in
stead of being behind tbs rest of the
world, the South is really ahead in many
important respects. The South Carolina
Asylum, by the way, is quite abreast OF
the one at Tuscaloosa, Ala Charleston
Neacs and Courier.
Congressman Mills, Of Texas, has
prepared special tariff bill which he
will introduce at the very beginning of
the next session of Congress. lie is one
of the most vigorous of: the free-tra-
ders. He does not belieyG in any COM
promises. He opposed al,e Morrison
horizontal tariff bill in tile committee
and only yielded his support 60 it after
he had become convinced that nothing
else could be done, but against his own
Judgment. lie has now finished with
compromises. He believes in going to
the extreme of the free trade view. He
will introduce a bill embodsing bis views
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