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Newspaper Page TextDAILY ENQUIRER-SUN: COLUMBUS, GEORGIA, THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 15. j877. Sails gnquircr* mnaim, ua. ■ THUE8DAY MARCH 15, 1877. LARGEST CITY CIRCULATION! AND MURE THAN TWICE THE LARGEST A&GREQATE CIRCULATION! T«a to n bail of n time. I feel bumili- nted.Ifoel humiliated.— Simon Came ron. Ha. Him m mad* President through fraud, and Blaina toll* him no, that ia when it hurla. Kuaooq Gom Ur.—Tha Banal* haa poatponad hia oaaaio the naxt aetaion. Thin and* hia ahaneaa. Thank*. Tax ia paid ia Grant Britain on a mil lion and a quarter of dog*, being a lioanaad dog to aver, twenty-fir* inhabi tant*. “Ha. Hat** I* eooil*t*nt In tba faot,’> aajra tha New York Sun, “that after ateal- ing Tildan’a offloa, he atole Tilden'i poHoy” Boa Iaaunou, ia leotnring on “Polit- ioai Qoeotlon. and Anawata." One of hi* questions ia: Can anybody tell me what party I belong to, now ? Hath haa earnad hia drat weak'* aal ary, and it ia #1X11.64. With hia ainipl* habit* h* ahould be abl* to rave a weekly pittano* of at leut #f>00. Tax Now York Sun aaya that General Grant haa aooaplad the praaidenoy of tbe Flint National Bank of New York oily, aad will antar upon hi* dntlaa Immedi ately. HacaxTAar John Sherman haa beoome a mlllionair* on hia pay aa a Congress- man, at #5,000 a year. He ought to donbl* hi* fortnn* aa Baoretary of the Traaaory. Ohattamoooa claim* 12,000 inhabitant* and ezpeota to hnv* 20,000 one year from the day on whioh the Cincinnati Southern Railroad ia oompleted. Tb* city haa atreat oara and a daily paper. On* term in Ooogreaa, according to Grao* Greenwood, ia aimply given to a man to realixa wbat a fool h* ia. A aeo- ond term ia aometim* given toahow wbat fool* hia conatituenta are. Baa Hill ia to writ* an artiale for the Philadelphia weekly Timet entitled “The Snperoadure of Johnalon by Hood,” while “The Atlanta Campaign” will be written np by Gen. Joe Johnaton. Memphis Apjieal; If Key'a courae ia to applauded, then let ua on bended kneea apologia* to Iiongatreet and Joe Brown and Mosby for having aaaailed them for doing preeiaely what Key haa done. Blainb brand* Rntherford B. Hayea aa being a revolutionary Preaident. Thia ia exactly the truth. Hayea hold* hia aeat aolely aa a revoiutioniat. He haa not the alighteat legal title to hia place. Tax agaa of the Cabinet officer* are aa follow*: Mr. Thompeon ia aixty-aeven, Hr. Evarta ia ilfty-eight, Judge Uevena fifty-six, Bherman fifty-four, Key fifty, thrae, Bohnrz forty-eight, and UoCrary forty .two. Tna bill allowing the intermarriage of white* and black*, which baa been oana- ing a good deal of trouble iu the Rhode Ialand Legislature, but finally paaaed tbe lower houae, haa been indefinitely post, poned in the Senate by a vota of eighteen to tan. Mat. John T. Katnohd (Hina Marie Gordon),on* of the brighteat and wittieat woman on the ataga, ia a Georgian and a Roman Oatbolio. Har father waa an ar tillery offioer, who reaigned hia plaoe in the army and loat hia life in tba Confed. •rata aarvioa. St. Louis Ulobe-Democrat (itep.): All tha Democratic paper* endorae the new Cabinet. Th.y think it show* eigne of a eonaarvativa policy on the pert of Mr. Hajet It eartainly ehowa aigna of a poll- ey tha ravaraa of that under whioh Hr. Heyea waa elected. “Built.,” the reliable Washington oor- raapoudant of tha New Orleans Democrat, aaya: “In tha matter of Federal appoint ment* but few ohangaa will be made north of Mason and Dixon'• Una, but in tha Southern State* there will be an el- moat olaan awaap within tha naxt ninety days.” Tna Connecticut Democratic State Com mute* who, a faw day* ago, paaaad a rea- oiutioo approviag of tha Oongrawlonal filibnatara, have ooma out with a long ad* draaa denouncing the alaotion of Hayaa aa fraudulent, and inviting Democrat* “to anliat for tha war” until tha Republican party ia defeated. “Al Fataoo,” in “Camp Life in Flori da,” aaya: “I have visited nearly all por tions of Florida exoept the Indian river and Bay Biaoayna region, both in winter and summer, and can lately assert that I have enffared more from mosquitoes one day at tha bead of Laka Superior and at Bamagat, New Jaraay, than I have during all my viaita to Florida aombinad.” That waa a touching aoana whan Joa Coburn, tha pugiliat, waa raoaivad at Sing Sing on a tan year*' aantanoa. Ha waa informed that by good behavior three years aad a half of hia aanteno* ooold be saved. Then hia friend Mallahan wept, aad tha deputy ahariffa, not to ba outdone, also wept. Tha reporter uttered “good bye” in a tramnloua ton* of voice, after whiah tha priaoo official baroioally re moved tbe priaonsr without betraying very great emotion. Modal Naoao Pennon.—Nine colored aaea from North Carolina petitioned for tha appointment of a oartain parson aa Oommtaaioner of Agriculture. Probably it was a base bell olob. They close their paper thnely: “For God's lake and tha people's aaka let it be recorded in the history of the geaarumeat that oaa request we aekad 1 tranted.” Tha famooa nina imaginad 1 xpaakiag for forty-four millions THE LAST RESORT Of RADICAL ISM. Feeling that tba people rapndiata them, that their State governments ia South Carolina and Louisiana oanaot aland a day wlthont the use of bayOMta, whioh they are confident will be withdrawn in a short time in obedienoe to tb* demands of the entire oounlry, tbe Hidiaala are devising ways and means to avoid total defeat. Tbe very latest is tbe scheme for new elections in those States. Senator Patter son bee prepared an elaborate plan for one in South Carolina, whioh meets tbe views of the brother Radicals and carpet baggers. The Democrats and Liberal Republicans protest most violently against any such measure. There is not a plan ter in the land, no matter wbat hi* poli- tioa, who doe* not appraoiate tha ruin ous effect* at this, tha busiest aaaaoa of all the year. It would demoralise labor, hinder planting, promote theft and robbery, and bankrupt thousand*, for the employee* would remain away from the field* as long as the treating and promise of pay ment for balloting continued, and many would never return to fulfill engagements, and farmers would suddenly find them selves deprived of the means of snooees. The end would he disastrous to every business. A recovery from tbe turmoil, ooofuslon and loss would be impossible, and anarchy would prevail. It i* essen tiai to the genius of our government that we have not a repetition of elections. It otn promote naught aave evil. Hayea is reported as saying to the protesting Lib erels, headed by ex-8*oator Robertson, that be and hie Cabinet believed that a new eleotion wonld be in disoord with hi* in augural and worse than the use of bayo nets. It is to be hoped that he will re main of the same conviction. All the Mouth sake him and hia is to be let alone. Let him draw off his troops, end His Freudulenay will soon peroeive whom tbe people prefer as their rulers, and whom they will eopport. South Caro line and Louisiana have already evidenced their determination. They are paying taxes to the officers of Hempton and Nicholls, and absolutely refusing to ren der a oent of tribnte to Chamberlain and Peekard. Every oirouit judge in Sonth Carolina baa reaognizsd Hampton, and so haa the majority of tbe Supreme Court. If Hia Freudulenay wonld remove bis bayonets he woold find the usurpers tot* taring to the ground, without a friend to pull them op, end the lest Radical govern ment would disappear forever, and law and justice, based on equal rights of ail, rule in quiet and uudiminished away. Then the States would be restored to prosperity end happiness. THE KAll.ROAD STATUS Tbe recent railway deoiBlon of the Su preme Court of the United States will doitbiless cause a revolution iu the mtn- agoment of tbe gigantic corporations that to e large extent have oppressed the coun try. These companies have been granted immense franchises by State authorities, and. in turn, in mauy instances, they have endeavored to orush out the very eeaenoe of vitality from the people. While they are laboring to attraot trade from dittant points, they have placet! the tariff at in» termediate stations, where there ie no competition; at aueii high figurea aa to drive away traffio, and attraot it to towna and cities of other State*. Take the Cen tral Georgia, for instance. Several yean ago it carried ootton from Selma and Mont gomery lo Savannah for nothing, while it charged ninety cents a hundred from Co lumbus. It is now taking ootton from Montgomery at thosame as from Columbus and we hear from Vicksburg aud Colum bus, Miss., at the same figure. Thus, oities of other States are built up to the detriment of those of Georgia, whioh gave tha road ita most valuable privilege*. Just snob a condition of affaire existed in Illinois when the Grangers appealed to the courts, and fought it to the very higheet in the country and there won a signal victory for the oppressed throughout the United States. That tribu nal has decided the State Legislatures have the unquestioned right to regulate railroad freights aud fares. No other authority has thia power exoept Oongreea. The domiueeriug pride and arroganoe of the monopolists are given a check whioh they must heed. The do-as-you-pleaie policy, and pay ing no regard to reasonable requests or remonstrauoes will not answer. The people nojv kuow their rights, end know iug they will dare maintain. Uniformity of rates must be established or there will be trouble. The idea that looal rates must be so enhanoed aa to over balenoe those from losses by through carriage will not be permitted forever. One must be lessened or the other advanoed. These low ooats of freight for long distanoes has ruined or well nigh done so, the .majority of roads in thia oountry—the Georgia Cen tral ie a notable ease—with Us stock at 34 j. Concurrent action by the States will obviate every difficulty, or a national board can ba provided to fix the rates throughout the country, based on a fair remuneration and propor tioned to diatanoe. The business of obarging #1.60 abate for ootton for less than thirty miles, and a dollar for a hun dred, ia out of ail reason, and the people now knowing the power will not tolerate it muoh longer. All that haa ever been asked of the companies la to have uni form prices, not arbitrarily pull down and put up as the oapriee or eoneidention of tbe moment suggest. If tbe through rates are to be held at a low figure then the locals should be rednoad; and if the Utter rule high the format must be in creased. All desire the road* to prosper, but none wish themselves rained by un just diaeriminationa. Absolute authority ha* paaaed from imperious PreeidenU and subservient directors to State Legis latures that ere eleeted by the people, end they do not admire injustice end petty tyranny. It is trusted the oomponies will yield handsomely to the inevitable. It is vary noticeable that tha avaraga Rapnblioan navar pretends to defend the method by whieh Hayes was ooanted in. He oontenU himself with: “Thank God, the thing’s settled at last, and now for basin***." Tb* feet of tha nuUar ia, there's not an honest one among them who does not admit the fraud, bnt oom- ferto hia ooneoiaae* with the wretched , apology—“tbe thing's settled." TOO THIN-THE OHIO RENATOE- RHIP. Garfield raoed ell over the Ohio Legis- lsture, found he ooold not be elected, end then magnanimously telegraphed tbe fol lowing, pretending be waa restrained by Returning Board Heye* :— “Washington, Maroh 11, 1877. “To the lion. T. J. McLain, Jr., (Hum. but, Ohio: “Tbe President requests me to remain in the House, where he tbioks I otn at present be more nsefnl in tbe work of peoifloation of tbe country, whiob his ad' ministration haa undertaken. Therefore 1 will not be a candidate for tbe Senator ■hip. Give my thanks to those who have desired to support me. “J. A. GAnFIKLD.” In order that it might bo known that Garfield mad* tb* aaeriflee at President Hayes’ request, the Utter wrote him e formal letter, begging bim, as a personal favor, that he remain in the Houae. Gar field’s friend* then tried to persuade Stanley Matthews to withdraw from tba Senatorial race and oontest Hanning's aeat, bat Stanley was too keen for snoh tricks. He knows there is a Democratic majority in tbe next Houae and Banning would beat him, so he has no showing. Last week, in an interview with a Michigan delegation whioh bad oalled at tha White House to urge the appointment of Senator Cbristianoy to tbe vaoant seat on the Supreme Beneb, President Hayea explained briefly his views in regard to oivil service reform. He said that Sena tors and Representatives most not con sider the offloes aa their personal perqui sites, to be distributed by them in retnrn for peraonel services. In making seise tions of publio offioers he said he ahonld give due weight to the recommendations of members of Congress, but that if for any good reason he new fit not to sot in aooordanoe with them they must not feel that any of Jheir lights iu the matter had been invaded. The New York Day Book apostrophis ing tbe authors of the reoent Democratic Address, ends as follows: “We refuse to publiah your‘address,’for two reasons: First, beoause we think it baa tbe ear marks of tbe ‘atop thief’ of the piokpook- ets; second, beoause your atnpid and ■tale ‘Chinese thunder' ia too long for our oolumna. You have betrayed the Democracy, and pubiiabing your exousea now would be only adding to your treaob- ery. You Ug superfluous. Get oat, and make room for bravtr, better and more upright men.” In 1871 General Grant thus wrote the truth to Hon. J. N. Morris, of Illinois : “I am not a politician, never waa, and hope uever to be, aud could not write a politioal letter. You say that I have it in my power to bo the next President. This is the last thing in the world I de sire. I would regard snoh a consumma tion as being highly unfortunate for my- telf, if not for the country. Through Providence i have attained to more than I ever hoped, and with the petition I now hold in the regular artnv, it allowed to re tain it, will be more than satisfied." ■teeth si MMinnie 1-e Vert, Madame Ootavia Walton Le Vert, the distinguished authoress, died yeaterday in Summerville of pneumonia. Madame Le Vert wee born al Bellevue, near this oity, iu 1811. Her father, Col. George Walton (son of tbe signer of the Decla ration of Independence, of the asms name) removed to Pensacola, Florida, in her childhood (1821 )bavmg been appoint ed Territorial Secretary of Florida, under General Jaokaon as Ooveruor. On the retirement of General Jackson from that offloe, Mr. Walton acted for a time as Governor. Although his daughter's edu cation waa exclusively domestic and con 1 fined to Penaaools, she not only be- oame a proficient iu tbe Frenoh, Spanish, and Italian languages, but obtained some knowledge of Latin aud Greelm as well as of the seiences. At a very early age she was often called npon by her father to translate documents from tbe French and Spanish languages, whioh were then spo ken by most of tbe inhabitants of Florida. She wee invited, while yet a girl, to seleot the name for the fnture capital of Florida, and ohoae the mnsioal Seminole word, Tallahassee. In 1882 she left Penaaools to spend the winter in Augusta. While travelling in a stage oyach through what was then the wild region of Alabama, In company with her brother, she formed the acquaintance of a fellow-passenger, who proved to be Washington Irving. This acquaintance was the fouudatiou of a friendship whioh ooutinued throughout the remainder of Mr. Irving's life. Miss Walton spent the winter of 1888-'84 in Washington and duriug the debates npon the removal of the deposits, was in the habit writing out reports of the principal speeohes deliveied at the Capitol. These were so admirable, notwithstanding her youth, that it is said Mr. Clay, Mr. Web ster, Mr. Calhoun, Mr. MoDuffie and Mr. Preston wore all in the habit of cell ing to reed from her portfolio, the re ports of their own speeohes. In 1888 she was married to Dr. Henry S. LeVert, a physician of Mobile. In 1853-'54 and jmatn in 1865 Mr*. LeVert traveled in Europe, end was reoaived into the best oirolet of sooiety in England and on the Continent, end reoorded her ob servations in the interesting volumes nailed “Souvenirs of Travel.” The idea of thia work was suggested to the author ess by M. Do Lamartine. She waa for some years a contributor to variona Amer ican and English periodicals. She is un derstood to have prepared two worka, “Souvenirs of Distinguished People and “Souvenirs of the War," whioh have not yet been published. She reudered good servioe in behalf of the Mount Vernon As sociation, aud was noted for offioes of oharity during the oivil war. She enjoyed a great reputation as an aooompliBhed lin guist, conversationalist and leader of so oiety. Of late yean Madsm* Le Vert has been residing with her daughter, Mrs. L. A. Reab, at Summerville.—Chronicle and Sentinel 13(4. Rev. J. S. C. Abbott, formerly e nota ble Ametioan writer, is very feeble at Hartford, Conn. Ha writes to a friend.: “My enp is foil. When I contemplate my passage through the stars, guided by a oelaatiaTeaoort, my arrival in Heaven- wonderful, wonderful Heaven—my per sonal presentation to my Heavenly Father tbe revelation whioh will be made to me of Jesus Christ, my Savior, and all tha mysteries of the incarnation and of the apirit world, my joys ascend to rap ture. I am very happy to remain here as long a* God would have me, but no lan guage can tell the joy I experience in view of tbe arrival of tha ohariotof Israel, the horsemen thereof to uonvey me. I shell probably never see yon egaiu in the world' mv deer brother, but I si all be in deed glad to greet you when yon enter the golden gate*, and that time will soon There ie e God in Israel yet. — Murtagh. Then yon had better take to the wood*.— Boeten Poet. FLORIDA PARAGRAPHED. Jacksonville wad He PeeRlW-Celwna- kws Hep re sew led There—Florida aa e Heme — Taraelwg aad fruit arwvrlwg—C’hrsaie GrwnaMers and Rewemtlwaal Cerrespewdewta aud Laid Speculators. St. Jakib Hotel, March, 12, 1877, It is eeldom that my moat trivial prom ises are like pie emit, made only to be broken in dne time. Therefore, even after long end unavoid able delays, I send yon • “Mattering" letter from “The Lend of Flowere,” of brief end broken peragerpha. I rail it a “aratteriog” latter bemnee it will hit at point*, place* sad thing* wide ly apart, in diatanoe, end very nnltke in many raspect*. A Colombo* man see* many familiar faora on the streets of Jacksonville, in wbloh oity quit* • number of your former resident* ere now permanently loested. Probably no oity of ita eiae contain* auob a mixed population aa ran be fonnd here. They oome from every Btate in this Union, end fron nearly every nation on the face of the globs. Of original settler* end native Floridians, tbe num ber ia quite amall. J. I. Griffin bee ohenged hie loration, end now occupiee • corner store on Bey street, admirably adapted to the drag basins**, end where his trad* he* largely increased. Dr. Jobeon, formerly pre- Mriptioniat for Dr. 0. J. Moffett, of Go- lnmbns, oocopiea that position in Mr. Griffin's ratabliabment, end ia quite pop ular with his onatomare. Captain H. F. Abell ia in the mill bnsi- neaa at the heed of Bay street, end ex- Alderman John Mehaffey ia prowling around loose, and report aaya he haa al ready mad* a smell fortune pnrobaaing old rope, iron end rage. I am ante of one thing, however, that he ran get • living here if any man oen. Messrs. Nelson end Tomer, two well known typos and estimable gentlemen, are “atioking” type at the Daily Sun offioe, and Mam to be delighted with their new home. Mr. L. Putney ia still rnn- uing hia frnlt store, opposite the post- offloe, which he haa mneh enlarged end otherwise improved. Major J. J, Brad ford and Dr. F. L. Brooks ere expected here to locate permanently daring the preMnt week. Mr. Edmund Bradley end his bride, nee Mias Agnes Rankin, ere here on • visit to the bride’* sister, Mrs. J. I. Griffin. FLOBIDA AH A HOME. Will it pay to Mttle in Jacksonville ? This ia a qneation that some of your read ers would like to have answered. Wbat do yon propose to do here ? This is the Yankee way of answering each a qneation.. If you have plenty of money, and can live aa well in one plaoe as an other upon a sure end fixed inoome, then it will pay to aeitle in JaokMnville, if you aimply deaire a mild climate. If you propoM to go into some kind of business, with limited resources,and expeot your profits to provide yon e comfortable support, I should advise you to hesitate about coming heretolooete permanently, unless a thorough Investigation bee satis fied you that your proposed busineae in vestment ie snre of eaooeM. There ere bnt few good openings here far business of • profitable chereoter. The present season haa been unusually unprofitable, owing in a great degree to tbe small number of visitors from abroad- This will be followed by a duller summer, as only a amall portion of the people now here remain all tbe year ronnd. Jackson ville is simply a winter resort, although it is a place of some importance at other seasons of tbe year. Bnt from May to November all the leading hotels and boarding houaw are closed, end tbe vis itors “few and far between.” There ia, tharefore, bnt one hope of profitable bueinsM here, end that hope ia oentarad in ecrowd of winter vlaitor*. The ebsenoe of these brings an unprofitable winter and naher* in • still more disas trous rammer. But this is *1m true of all|placea that era strictly rammer or win ter resorts. JaokMnville ha* a good looal summer trafflo, although it i* not exten sive. Thera are numerous steamers ply ing tbe river,and theM bring a good trade from the interior. No city in the Sonth has finer brick blocks than line both eidea of Bay street, and some of the dry goods establishments are perfect palaora of ele gance. In other brnnohe* of trade there are bare aa foil and oomplete stocks aa nan be fonnd in mneh larger cities. This being true, yon era diaoover in this taot in answer to tb* question with whioh I started out in thia dUanation. It will not pay an ordinary asses, to come here and start a aet^baiiaeae. It may pay for the right kind of a man to oome here end invest in ume already well-established business; bat if he la doing anything where ha now is, my edvira to him is to “let weii-enongh alone.” If, however, be been invalid, one whew* health and com fort end very life depend upon e change to a more favorable olimate, I should ad - vise him to oome hare and seek a profita ble investment of some kind. Bnt, with his feeble health let him bring itrong com mon sense, last he be badly cheated by the speonlaton that abound in thia land of fruits, flowets and frauds. farming and raerr oaowiao. Will farming aad fruit growing pay in Florida f Wall, thia ia a vary eomplioatad question, and one the! rannot be answer, ed without considerable oroea-questton ing. It will depend • great deal upon who attempts it and wharo it ie attempted. If • men who knows bnt little ef faming, and nothing about fruit growing, oomea here and I orates on poor land, or ia a seotion unfavorable to profitable fruit culture, he ia aa raro tojmake an utter fail' are m tb* min is to rise to-morrow morn ing. Florida has been the Meora of joet such fool*. They have read glowing ac counts of orange groves, banana orchards end flower gardens, end • semi-tropical dime, and deluded by suoh false piotnree, drawn by visionary Bohemian!—both male end female—they come hero end in vest their money iu lend and orange groves, fully convinced that in this clim ate, e men has nothing to do bnt “sit under his own vine end fig tree, nature, these deluded people And their pocket* bankrupt, and their lends end orange groves worthies* to themselves. They therefore sell ont at “• mere rang,” and leave in disgust the beautiful “Land of Flowers.” This to a true ptolnro in brief outline, of a thousand oases that yearly oeour in Florida,simply became tbe victims of the delusion did not have com mon sense, or failed to exeroise it, I do not hesitate to say that farming and frnit-growing, properly oonduoted, will pay in Florida. There to no more delightful climate east of tha Paoifio ■lope, and while there is muoh poor and unfruitful land here, there to also an im mense quantity of land that to rich in productive qualities. Bnt neither olimate nor roil ran supply praotiral knowledge of farming and fruit-growing lo men to tally ignorant of the first principles of ^igrioultara and horticulture. A men may be in feeble health—in feel, • confirmed consumptive—end yet retain end exercise hie knowledge of these branohes of hus bandry. Suoh a man ran oome here with limited meanB and hope for enooeae. Every day 1 meet persons of thia kind, who came here to die six years ago, con firmed consumptives, but who now enjoy good health, and have made for them selves end their families oomlortable homes on fruitfnl soil, and beneath the shadow of beautiful orange groves. By no magioian’a wend was this change M- cured. Prudence in regard to husbandry end protocyng wbat little health remained, eoonomy in all expenses, and sound dis cretion in looating and purohaeing a home. These formed the secure basis of enduring anooess. Then followed strict attention to all details in farming and fruit-growing operationa, with a patient waiting for good results. In due time came renewed health and happier hearts, a more fruitful and easily onltivated soil, and orange and banana and fig trees laden with their tempting prodnots. But these are the results of good judgment, hard work, wise eoonomy and patient waiting, and not the gift of fairies. ABOUT CHRONIC GRUMBLERS. My letter ia already too long, so I cut it short just here,with a conditional prom ite to resume the subjeot in a future epis tle. But I cannot olose without referring to a class of chronio grumblers that does Florida as great injustice as the sensa tional and brilliant journalists and horti culturists who describe her attractions in snoh glowing and fanoifnl oolon. In a late issue of the Enquire* you copied a squib from the Boston Globe, that Borne one here telegraphed to friends there to send him sweet potatoes,oranges, canned peas and a photograph of an al ligator, as he had seen none in Jackson ville, although paying four dollars a day at a hotel. Now the fellow who sent that telegram was, in the language of Arte- mns Ward, a “sarkastio and amusing kusa," and would do good servioe as Sec retary to a Louisiana Returning Board. Jacksonville is fuller of firat-clara ho tels than of first-class visitors; and tha ta bles of the Saint James, Carleton Honse, Grand National, and Nioholls House are all supplied (at a dead loet to the jtroprie- tori) with every luxury of the' Mason. At three dollars a day the Grand National Hotel gives oranges, sweet potatoes and peas, and probably would also supply a fried infantile alligator, to order, fora Boston man of fastidious tastes. As to bigger alligators, they oan be seen, “dead or alive," from twelve to fifteen feet long, at Greenleafs or Gntubinger’s “Free Masenm of Florida Cariosities." But, alas! there is no law by whioh fools and grumblers and sensational newspaper writers and speculating land swindlers can be kept ont of Florida, or prevented from sending forth their misrepresenta tions of her people, her climate, her soil, her advantages, and her future prospects. But of ell grumblers it is really astonish ing to see how very unoomfortable and perfectly disagreeable a fourth-olass cor respondent of a second-class obMura coun try newspaper can make himself, if he to not feasted, caressed aad trotted about with all the conrtesiea and honors nsnally paid to a first-class correspondent of n well- known and influential Metropolitan jour- daily journal. The biggeet swells here generally represent the etnalleet papers at home, or no papers at all, as is frequently the case. One of these sore-headed fel lows has reoently vented his venom on the people who failed to appreoiate hia presence here as a newspaper correspond ent; and to read bis letters from “The Lend of Flowers" yon wonld think this State the most forlorn spot on the face of the earth, as well as the greatest fraud and the most oomplete bumbng in* existence. He fonnd in Florida, he says, no good ho tels, no home comforts, no genial olimate, and nobody who was not sorry they ceme here. Ab! poor fool; he will find no oomfort anywhere in this world,and heaven will fail to meet his expectations. If he goes lo Vtbe other place” the olimate will be too hot end “homo comforts” too scaroe to snit bim. A little of Robinson Crusoe’s experience would fit him to better enjoy this life as it to, and to accept the bean- ties of heaven as the honest fulfillment of Divine bliss. Sidney Herbert. President Hayes was eleoted for several specific purposes, one of whioh was to teach Senators like Mr. Conkling their plaoes.—Cleveland Leader (Rep.) A CARD! FTK) oil who are antferlag from tbe error* and iodJferetlons of youth, Nerrone Weakneer, Early Decay, Loss of Manhood, Ac—I will send a reolpe that will cure you, Frew or Charge, Thia great remedy was discovered by a mis sionary In South America. Send a self- addressed envelope to the Rev. JOSEPH T. INMAN, Station D, Bible Honse, New York Oity. febl8-eodfcw6m FINE COTTON SEED. 1000 Bushels of Dixon Cluster Seed, A T 60 rant. p»r bush.!, *■ good as Mr. Dix- on, of Oxford, Ills., at M |>or bushel, by ltilv_nnle saonail s.aa.!. 7. • BANKING AND INSURANCE. “The Best is the Cheapest!” This Maxim applies with peculiar force to vour FIRE INSURANCE!! :o: BLACK YOUR RISKS WITH THE RICH, PROMPT, RELIABLE COMPAN1E S Wo roproaont, and whan Losses occur, you will surely bo Indemnified ; LONDON ASSURANCE CORPORATION, HOME OF NEW YORK, MOBILE UNDERWRITERS, * GEORGIA HOME. Office in the CEORCIA HOME BUILDING. Semper Idem ! Semper Idem ! f :o: 1849. WIIXCOX’S 1877. Insurance Agency! The Same Time-Tried, Fire-Tested Experience! The Same Old, 8trong, Rich List! The 8ame Massive Array of Gold Assets! The Same Prompt, Skillful, Liberal Dealing! D THE XnXflPX'l Aetna Inturanoa Company Assets (Gold), North British and MaroantUe Inturanoa Com’y Assets (Gold), Hartford Flro Inturanoa Company Assets (Gold), Royal Inturanoa Company Assets (Gold), Continental Inturanoa Company Assets (Gold), Inturanoa Company of North America Assets (Gold), Naw York Underwriter*’ Aganoy Assets (Gold), Fhania Inturanoa Company Assets (Gold), Union Marino and Fir* Inauranoa Company Assets (Gold), Virginia Homo Inturanoa Company Asset* (Gold), Total AsMta (Gold) #02,888,904.14 OVER SIXTY-TWO MILLIONS OF DOLLARS I Th*s* atm* Grand Companies p.ld their SIXTEEN MILLIONS for loin* In Ohloag* and Boitos in 1S71 and 1S72 without fault atlon or delay. For Policies in suoh OompaniM apply to WILLCOX*. INSURANCE AGENCY. Jy BUk. tehra »nywh*ra In th* State, Lows paid here.^tab* rodtf AUCTIONEERS AND COMMISSION MERCHANTS. HIRSCH & HECHT, Auctioneers and Commission Merchants, 160 Broad Street (Opposite Rankin House), « COLUMBUS, OA. CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED OF EVERY DESCRIPTION —-AND LIBERAL CA8H ANVANCES MADE; AND HALES SETTLED PROMPTLY. OOHRBeFONDZIMOB SOIiIOXTIO GROCERIES. J. J. WHITTLE, GEO. N. YAHHOIIOUGH, JOHN T.ncLEOB J. J. WHITTLE & CO. HAVE OPENED IN C0LUMBU8, UNDER CENTRAL HOTEL, A New Wholesale i Retail Grocery House, Where they will kaap conttantlv on hand a Large and Complete Stock of STAPLE A FANCY GROCERIES, i? FAKT, SHOES ANI) STAPLE DKY GOODS; BAGGING AND Iron Ties; foil 11ns of Bacon and Bulk Meat#, and Lard; Sugar and Syrup—all grtdssi D 11U .H n<1 Erodes; Salt Fl,h ami Uomud 6oo§7; Wffl*k*T*j Wine, and Brandi**, and Tobacco; Coffee and Too—all brand,—together with a tall line ot aU other Good, kept In a Brat-claw Grocery Hou,«. B Our term* will be a* LOW AS THE Lowest, and w. solicit tho patronage of the oity aad lurroundlng oountry. " J. J. WHITTLE * oo. feb4 dm W. J. WATT. J. A. WALKER. CHAS. H. WATT- WATT 8c WALKER, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL GROCERS & COMMISSION MERCHANT!! CORNER UNDER RANKIN HOUSE. Have the Largest and Best-Selected Stock of Groceries in this Citv OONrtlbTINO OF ^ BAOON BIDES, BULK SIDES, BACON SHOULDERS. BULK BHOULDEHB BULK HAMS, BACON HAMS. LARD in tieroea, Lard in bucket* and kegs. FLOUR of all grade*, inolnding the celebrated SILVER LAKE brand, the beat in tha world. BAGGING, TIES, SALT, SUGAR, MACKEREL, SOAP, CHEESE COFFEE, OYSTERS, SARDINES, CRACKERS, POTASH, SODA' STARCH, SHOES, BOOTS, and STAPLE DRY GOODS, B noh a* OSNABURGS, SHEETING, SHIRTINGS, CHECKS, STRIPES. YARNS PANTS GOODS. Also, a well Relented stock of WHISKEY, from #1 per gallon to #5, and of any brand or per oent. proof that may b* desired Oar itook of 8nga> inolodra every grade and prira, and oar lot of Swnp rannot be eqnailed in thia oity. It include* .11 grade* of New Orleans in narrato •too, Mveral hundred barrel* choice Florida Syrup, whioh to raporior anything in the markat, and mneh cheaper in priae. It he* a delightful flavor end rich, dear oolor, and rolected expressly for oar trade. W Caeh on*tomor* ran always rave money by giving n* a trial before pnrehaain ”88lewhere. *ng22 dAwtf WATT A WALKER. PHOTOCRAPHIC ARTIST. T he undersigned tenders his S.rvlo.1 to th. Public as e Hou*e Renting and General Collect ing Agent, Nature taka bar aoana. Nalara gaaorafiy *a<! tarara* <iffig.no. in attention te .U bast- GLACE VS. BURNISH! TB® Publio ia Invited to oa.ll at WILLIAMS’ FINE ART GALLERY A ND eiemteo tha GLACE PJCTVKE tha only atony Surfs*. Photograph that rotate* tba ■ GUn-Ftelih. No othtr plaoo In tho oity take. them. Hard a* glen. Stead* My .■ # *nt of robbing. Oan not b* Mited by water, alcohol, turpentine, or nny thing of th* ktng. asbs &■£ X*gnrdltn of stoudy w*ath«r, pits** esllnndb. convinced that WUUaM trap* noatadtn ell row laprovtmmt*, rad gtv*« *vory attention to plena pomo-ra loctta-oodhwlyj