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FLORIDA. 



FLOYD-JONES, DAVID R. 



and hostility of my own political friends. And, 

 while my heart has bled for the violence and suffer- 

 ing inflicted upon the more helpless classes of the 

 community, I have steadily relied upon the civil law 

 and the good sense and latent patriotism of the gen- 

 eral citizenship. 



I have remonstrated, admonished, and entreated, 

 with little apparent avail. The power granted me in 

 the detective law of 1868 was rendered almost nuga- 

 tory through the restrictions and want of means im- 

 posed. I fear, by the jealousies and personal animosi- 

 ties of so-called political friends ; I still have earnestly 



endeavored, through the aid of special detectives, em- 

 ployed^t my own expense, to ferret out and bring 

 to justice the perpetrators of violence and crime, for 

 whose detection and punishment the ordinary en- 

 forcement of our criminal laws seemed inadequate. 

 And at last^these persistent efforts seem likely to be 

 crowned with some measure of success. A large 

 amount of useful information has thus been obtained, 

 and a mass of testimony, the nature and extent or 

 which it is improper to disclose till the entire safety 

 of the witnesses is effectually secured, is at my dis- 

 posal. 



CENSUS OF 1870. 



Of those attending school 4,524 were col- 

 ored; 66,238 persons ten years old and over 

 cannot read. Of those 21 years old and over 

 who cannot write, 3,876 are white males, and 

 5,600 white females; 16,806 are colored males, 

 and 18,052 colored females. The public debt, 

 county, town, city, etc., amounts to $897,141. 

 Value of farm productions, including better- 

 ments, and additions to stock, $8,900,746; 

 37,562 pounds of wool were produced. True 

 value of property, $44,163,655. There are 500 

 tribal Indians in Florida. 



FLOYD-JONES, DAVID R., a political leader 

 of New York, born at South Oyster Bay, Long 

 Island, in 1812; died there, January 8, 1871. 

 He was the eldest son of the late General 

 Thomas Fbyd-Jones, t~e proprietor of the 



Jones Manor, and inherited a great landed 

 estate. He received a very thorough early 

 education, graduated from Union College in 

 1832, studied law, and was admitted to the bar 

 in 1835, and opened an office in New York 

 City. In 1841 he was chosen a member of 

 the Assembly from New York City, and re- 

 elected in 1842 and 1843. In 1844 he entered 

 the Senate and served there two terms (four 

 years). From 1848 to 1851 he was clerk of 

 the Superior Court of New York City. In 

 1857 he was sent to the Assembly from Queens 

 County. Chosen Secretary of State in 1859, 

 he served in that capacity during the two fol- 

 lowing years. In the fall of 1862 he was 

 elected Lieutenant - Governor on the ticket 

 with Governor Seymour, and served during 



