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THE TOCCOA
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EDW. SCHAEIER, Editor k Prop tor
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TOCCOA, GA., MARCH 11, 1882.
EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
President Arthur has received from
Hr. Conkhng a letter declining the
associate justiceship of the United
States supreme court.
Hon. W. P. Price, of Dablonega,
ex-Congressraen from this district,
recently spent a number of days at
the National capital.
Hon. Judson C. Clements, member
of Congress from the 7th district, has
been made the Georgia member of
the Congressional Campaign commit*
tcc.
Last Saturday, at Fairburn, Ga.,
while George JFoodall was tampering
with an old pistol, the weapon acci¬
dentally discharged, the ball entering
the abdomen of J. Hcwey, Town
Marshal, who, it is thought, will die-
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— Mess. James S Dortch and W.
R. Little Esqs, two intelligent Carnes-
ville lawyers, were in Toccoa Sunday
last on their return from Clarksville,
where they had been in attendance
upon Habersham Superior Court.
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Judge Alex S. Erwin, Dr. H. H.
Carlton, Pope Barrow Esq., and oth¬
ers are spoken of by Georgians in
Washington as well fitted for demo¬
cratic leadership m the ninth Georgia
district.
The centennial block, situated on
Whitehall st. Atlanta, near the rail¬
road crossing, was sold on Tuesday
last, by George W. Adair for the exe¬
cutor of the late Captain William
Kidd, to Mess John T. & YV. D. Grant
for the handsome sum of $112,500.
The readjusters of Virginia have
studied out an artful scheme of
redistrictiag their state so as to have
eight of the ten congressmen assignee
her under the new apportionment,
but in several of the districts they
have trimmed their estimated major-
ty down very fma and their well laid
plans may “gang aglee.”
W. R. Jones, white, and Bill Miller,
colored, were hanged at Jnderson,
Miss., on the 3d inst for the murder
of the Walker brothers, near that
place, on the 29th, of November last.
Fully four thousand people witnessed
the execution. Up to the day of exe¬
cution Miller seemed to be indifferent
to his fate, but at the gallows he
showed intense fear and excitement.
Jones bore up well until the cap was
put over his face, and then he fainted
and was held up. The trap fell at
12.04 p. m. and the bodies were cut
down in thirty minutes afterwards.
Mr. Stephens denies the absurd
report that Governor Colquitt had
offered to turn over the Gubernatorial
Chair to him in the next campaign.
There are thousands in Georgia who
would be glad to support Mr. Ste
phens for the position ; but the com¬
moner regards his proposed induction
under the circumstances, as an out¬
rageous canard. No one in Georgia
believes that Governor Colquitt made
any such offer. As to the other rumor
that Col. Farrow had tendered him
the standard of the Coalition, Mr.
Stephens is said to have drowned his
smile in a bowl of raw oysters and
lemon juice.—Chronicle.
The trial of Charlie Phillips Jr.,
charged with having so severely
whipped John J/assay, a convict who
was working on the Marietta and
North Georaia railroad some few
months ago, that death ensued, was
begun in the Superior Court of Cher
dree county on Tuesday of last week
and was concluded on the following
Thursday afternoon, the jury return¬
ing a verdict of -‘not guilty.” Solici¬
tor-General George F. Gober, and
Frank L. Haralson Esq. of Atlanta
conducted the prosecution. Young
Phillips was represented by Judge
Geo. N. Lester, General Wm. Phil¬
lips, Hon. W. J. Winn and others.
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On the evening of the 2nd inst. an 1
was made to assassinate
Victoria, at Windsor castle.
Q ueen wag entering her car-
riage, a man in the station yard
liberately fired a pistol at her, but
without effect.* The man, who is
thought to be a lunatic, was arrested
and taken to Windsor Police Station,
He gave his name as Roderick Mac-
lean.
the Morning News of Friday
mention of the fact was made that
Frank Harnett, the night clerk of the
Harnett House, who disappeared from
his post suddenly on Monday night,
in company with a friend named
James E. Welsh, with $500 in specie
belonging to Mr. T. Q. Fleming, of
liberty county, a guest of the house,
lad been seen in Charleston, and had
eft for New York on the steamship
Santo Domingo, The police author-
ities of New York were immediately
telegraphed, and Saturday morning a
dispatch was received from Superin-
tendsnt of Police, Captain Walling,
stating that the Santo Domingo had
arrived at 7.30 a. m„ and that Har-
nett and Welsh had been arrested and
would be held subject to orders. An
application for a requisition was at
once forwarded Gov. Colquitt, and
yesterday morning Constable Julius
Kaufman left by the Central Railroad
train for Atlanta to procure the
requisition and proceed to New York,
where he will take the young men into
custody, and return with them to this
city. He will reach New York
Wednesday morning. The dispatch
received from New York did not
whether any of the money was found
with the young men or
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SENATOR B. H. HILL.
Extract from Washington letter
J. R. R. to Augusta Chronicle:
‘I called on Senator Hill recently
Hc has had all the glands on the
side of the throat romoved, an
tion which was painlessly performed,
thanks to the blessed discovery
ether. His hopes arc that the
has been eradicated froiu the tongue,
and that it will not reappear again in
the throat. But he is a man of nerve,
and not disposed to conceal from
himself or friends the doubtful char-
acter of his complaint. He says:
recover, it is well. If I die, it
is also well. TEhile I think it strange
that a man whose constitution was
formed by pht/sical labor on a farm,
and who, up to a year ago, never had
a day of ill-health, should be afflicted
with an inexplicable disorder of the
blood. I resign myself into the
of my Creator, who will do with
what seems best to Him, and
either raise me up for further useful¬
ness or summon me away. 1 await
with patience either event.’ While it
is true that Mr. Hill makes no com¬
plaint of his bodily suffering, his
mind never more brilliant or sugges¬
tive, chafes against restraint, and he
has to be checked by his devoted
wife when some animated theme spurs
him to copious and eloquent utter¬
ance. He welcomes the visits of his
friends and insists upon earnest con.
versation, but I am not so sure that
this exertion is beneficial to him. He
is like a caged lion, and regrets that
he could not have participated in
recent Senatorial debates. Hc is full
of speech on the political condition
of Virginia ‘It 'ought to be made/
he says, ‘but I do not know whether
I will be able to make it or not.' I
told him that the Con¬
gressmen expressed much sympathy
for him, and hc smiled when I repeat,
ed what one of the Stalwarts had said
in my presence. It was to the effect
that Nature could show no stranger
paradox when sparing the tongue of
a most offensive babbler [7 omit the
name], and making war on the most
eloquent tongue in the United States.
The doctors who have had Mr. Hill
in charge express the opinion that
his tongue is prohably secure from
further disaster. They also think: that
wound in his throat will heal
health^, and that the chances are
greatly in favor of a gradual and
cure. But Mr. Hill has
along insisted upon the frankest
and, from the beginning,
Dr. Gros 3 that he could
even a death sentence from
lips without flinching. It was
pathetic to see so much
and physical power held in
But it was also a grand
sight to behold the strong man rever*
cntly surrendering his will to that of
God„ and content to abide the best or
worst result. He is missed from the
Senate bv everybody, and there will
be general rejoicing when Mr. Frye
shall have no further reason to say,
as he is called upon to vote: T am
paired with the Senator from Georgia,
Mr. Hill,’ and when ‘our Ben,’
alongside of Senator .Brown, can
answer for himself and
Mr. Speer's remarks on the bill to
repeal the tax on leaf tobacco ;
[ H ere the hammer fell.]
The SPE'.KER. The gentleman
from Georgia [ Mr. Speer] is entitled
to two minutes,
Mr. SPEER. Agreeing as I do in
the main in the opinions of the
distinguished chairman of the Com-
mittee of Ways and Means on this
question ofinternaltaxation I regret,
sir that I Cannot assent to his
tions to this bill and to the reasons he
gave for them. I know how hard is
the operation of the law sought to be
caangcd on the agricultural people
whom I here in part represent. This
bill is not to the injury of the manu-
facturer. There is no rule which
requires the tobacco to be traced to
the man who produces it, as the
gentleman from Ohio [Mr, Butter.
worth] stated it. The manufacturer
pays so much per pound on the man-
ufacturcd article, and the tobacco is
not traced to the producer, as the
gentleman inaccurately states.
M, BUTTER WORTH rose.
Mr. SPEER. I have not time to
yield to the gentleman.
Sir the farmer can sell without tax
his cabbages raised on one patch
his P° tatoes raise:1 011 anotllar : but J 10
cannot sell his loaf tobacco from
next patch. These laws are oppres-
sive, unequal, unrighteous, bo miqui-
tous is this system that it was stated
by the distinguished gentleman from
Kentucky [Mr Carlisle] before
Committee on Ways J ana Means
, he knew . of . a farmer „ in Ins State , ,
was indicted and prosecuted
manufacturing tobacco, be
simp " 1 f. y twisted up the green leaves
from Ins own field e and put them ,
‘
the , corner of , the , rail . feuce to . dry , J
tll ® m '.
It .. this harsh , .... this ,
system winch the bill is » a measure
intended to strike down, i ask it, «e
all ask , it, . for _ the . relief of the agncul . ,
tural people 1 whom we represent t all ..
over the , Smith ^ . and , the .. West. , ir At
remote points from the railroads the
small „ farmers can raise m the V4 little . tl
rich coves on the sides . . of .. the .,
mountains and , in . the fat a . bottoms .. ot
their , . , branch , , lands small .. quantities .... ot
tobacco , ; and , so „ far off ~ are they r- from
*’
these , licensed . purchasers , that it ..
would cost t tl the value , of ., three loads v to .
, haul , to , market. , , And . . this ,i , i*ii bill
one
simply asis that , , he farmer _ , be
permitted to sell the leaf tobacco,
the manufactured, to his neighbor
any J other person who desires to
purchase it. Sir, the hardship of this .
mischievous law ,s unbearable, and
this Congress 6 will strike it from the
statutes.
L The SPEAKER. The 1 question •
is
on suspending the rules and passing
the Mr! bill
DIBRELL. To test who are
the friends of the farmer and producer,
1 ask for the yeas and nays.
The yeas and nays were ordered.
The question was taken ; and there
were—yeas 113 nays 91, not voting
88; so the motion .0 suspend the rules
failed—the necessary two . thirds ... . not .
voting ,. ... the affirmative. ..
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A NATIONAL RAILROAD COM¬
MISSION.
Savannah News.
Mr. Charles Francis Adams, Jr.,
who is very much interested in solv¬
ing the railroad problem in the
United States, has recently formula¬
ted a plan for a National Railroad
Commission, which he thinks will
have the effect of satisfactorily set¬
tling all troubles and complaints, real
or imaginary, arising from discrimin¬
ations against different localities of
the country in the transportation of
freight. He does not approve of the
Reagan inter-Statc commerce bill,
now pending in the Senate, because
he thinks that measure would result!
in crippling the railroads and impair,
ing their usefulness. He is in favor , 1
however, of the government exerting
a general supervision oysi railroads, !
but insists that such supervision
should be intelligent and impartial,
The plan which he suggests for
*uch a commission is briefly stated as
follows : He proposes three commis-
sioners to form a bureau of the De-
partment of the interior, to he
appointed by the President, hold
office for five years, and receive a
8a lary of $10,000 a year each. This
h oa rd is to be invested with the
supervision of that portion of the
business of railroads passing from
one State to another; “but such
supervision shall be limited to
questions of commerce *between the
States and the methods of operating
their roads by railroads as affecting
said commerce.” It shall investigate
all complaints of discrimination and
other abuses on the part of the roads
when indorsed by an incorporated
1 board of trade or chamber of com
mercc or Statei ,]„' or cit y government:
s[)a]1 con ct t | ]c inquiry in ti e
; 1#ce wherethc complaint originated,
and g , la]1 hayc powpr to inapPct thr .
booka and papcra F „f railroad corn-
es If t|lc complaints are f onn( i
to bg rpasonab]e an( , wc1l f 0 „ n dcd, a
S p ec | a | re p 0r t on them shall be
forwarded to tbe partv or parties
maki „ g T thcm ’ and> whenever it shall
oal that a ra ilroad lias violated or
faile(1 to perform itg duties, or that
amr chan ,” „ c is ne cdcd in the manne-
'
in wl , io int«r-State commerce i
| carr j p( ^ °" on the board is’to send its
crC on to a) , partiea con _
snch j
a n n na, report to the Interior Depart-
. g Mf Adam . s p]an in brief,
^ ;t . g intcn(Jed main , y as a mcans
of furniahin<T ° to Congress reliable
information regarding grievances
Wnod of by the ublIo against
^ 8() that> aa hc expresses
^ enablcd . to
andcrstan(J the discasc before it
prescribe the remedy”
be see , also that Mr. Adams
does , not propose an arbitrary ...
, on> He , bjnka it allon!d be
^ >n ^ yia ture . and that
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recommend to
Congress 6 such ...... legislation as ltmay ..
deem proper 1 for the regulation , . of f
inter*State . commerce. He won Id
have the board ‘patiently Jstudy the
cause beforc it attempta to dcal wlth
cRbc , s „ It3 chi(ff dnty at „rst
would be. not , to , draft , rules for the
f government , of _ railroads, .. Aa .. but to .
investigate, 7 experiment . and , master
the whole , subject . J . . and . gradually n , n
propose r r regulations, ® . until ., a corn-
plete system, * founded , on the
.
mutual intorests of the public ... and ,
the railroads, „ , shall ... have , been . ,
estab* ,
lislied. Tbe composition of tbe board,
he thinks, 13 . of the utmost import- .
ance. “Here, after all.’ ,, says Mr
Hdams, 4 is . the . essential ,. . A point. . . A .
railroad , ctnmission ..... in itself amounts .
to nothi at all _ it all depends on
^ men wh<> ^ ^ ^ oommi83ion .
m „ st not on , be Uonest and
wholly ... above . .
. if they
suspicion, ^ are
to accom Iiah anv thing, bnt
t , iey must anders t a n d their business.
They must . understand , , perfectly „ well ,,
both wtiat they want and how they
mean to go to work to get It.’*
Notwithstanding the apparent fair
ness of Mr. Adams’ viows, however,
w0 ,uust confea3 that we r0 S arfl with
a R reat deal of suspicion any lcgisla-
tion at a11 ^ Congress looking to
tl,e contro ' and ■n a nageme„t of the
railroads of the country. Those roads
are creatures of the States, and as far
as they are amenable to the State
laws, come legitimate.y ® J under the
. . of t!ie .
supervision respective States
through , , whose territory . they
pass. A
State founded
Adams’ ideas, would be all right and
proper; for it would be a mediator
between the roads on one side and
the people on the other, and would
thus effectually correct all true
grievances complained of by the
public, while it would also give the
roads a fair chance. If all the States,
therefore, were to provide for such
commissions, then there would be
no necessity of any interference
whatever by Congress, since all
matters in which the people of two or
more States were interested could be
settled by conferences between the
respective commissions of those
States,
This plan would, we believe, prove
equallj- as effective and be much less,
objectionable than that of Mr. Adams,
inasmuch as it would be fraught with
much less danger to the integrity of
no republic Lhe tendency of the
party ichich is at present dominant in
he country has always been towards
-entralization and every step in the
lightest degree in that direction can
not be too strongly reprobated. 7t
Congress will confine itself to a legit-
im itc regulation of the inter State
omraerc*, such as looking after the
improvement of those national high¬
ways of trade, the rivers and harbors
t the country it will have as much
on its hands as it can profitably
attend to, without attempting to
interfere with railroads, chartered by,
and the property of, citizens of the
various States.
THE ASSASSIN.
IF. HAS ALIENATED FIS PE3T FKIE>DS
—A ’] ALK WITH SCOV1LLE.
Special dispatch to the Chicago 1 imee.
Washington D. C., A/arch 3.—
George Scoville has arrived here.
Ac says, according to a local report:
“When 1 complete the record and file
the bill I will withdraw from the
case.”
“Withdraw.from the case?’
“Yes.”
-Ami will Mr. Rccd remain in it?”
T have not seen Mr. Reed, but 1
understaad he will withdraw, too.
‘Then will Guiteau have to argue
he case himself?’
‘No, I suppose not. He will get
some one.’
‘Mrs. Scoville,’ said the reporter,
suggestively referring to the recently
published letter concerning Senator
Conkling, ‘has come prominently into
notice during the last few days.’
‘Yes,’ replied Mr. Scoville. T did
not see the lettor until a friend of
mine in AVw Y'ork called my attention
to it.’
‘It has been remarked,' said the
reporter, ‘that the letter indicated
that you were not at home.’
‘Yes, that is so,’ said Mr. Scoville,
with a smile.
1
‘SHE GETS OFF HER BASE SOMETIMES,’
and then the reporter let him go to
his dinner, which was waiting for
him. Mr. Scoville visited Guiteau at
the jail this morning and had a brief
conference with him. He stated at
the city hall that he had given five
months of his time exclusively to the
Guiteau case, and had only received
fifty dollars. G uiteau to day promised
to give him one hundred dollars to
morrow out of his receipts from
autographs. John Guiteau aud the
assassin expect to get General B. F.
Butler to argue the case in the court
in general term The breach between
theGniteaus and Mr. Scoville appears
to have grown very wide.
CONDiTION OF THE ASSASSIN’S CASE.
Washington, March 2. - District
Attorney Corkhill stated this evening
that the argument will be commenced
on Saturday morning and may con-
same several days, as the exceptions
are numerous and a great mass of
manuscript has been submitted for
the inspection of the court. Colonel
Corkhill does not think that the
exceptions will have a tendency to
affect the present status of the case,
for, as he expressed it, “they arc
simply a bundle of trash.’
Tbe present term of the criminal
court will have to be extended iu
order to admit of the hearing of the
argument by Judge Cox, and be will
then certify to the upper court such
errors as he may think of suffleieut
importance to merit the consideration
of his associates on the bench. It
will not be necessary for the prisoner
to be present during these proceed¬
ings, although they will be conducted
in open court.
GUITFAU
has remained pretty quiet for the past
two weeks, and since it was ascer¬
tained that there had been several
cases of smallpox in the jail he has
not been annoyed by any reporter*
or an>- other visitors. The only
persons that he sees from the outside
world are such prisoners as are
brought into the rotunda while he is
exercising in his corridor, and his
attorney, Mr. Mr. Charies H. Reed.
He has gained considerably in flesh,
and is now regarded as one of the
most tractable prisoners under Gen.
oral Crocker’s care. His egotism,
however, is as great as ever, and he
regards himself as a person of
superior importance compared with
the other inmates, with none of whom
df^es be condescend to hold any
It was asserted that
if he was convicted he would be a
roaring maniac inside of two weeks.
But his condition at present gives a
most positive contradiction to any
such theory. He still has strong hopes
of a favorable result of his applica¬
tion to the court in banc, and talks
glibly of his future prospects in the
lecture field when he is released from
custody. He persists in controlling
personally the sale of his photographs,
and has a larce pile of them on Ms
cotin the cell, which he carefully
conceals every night before retiring.
MASON’S PROB' BLE SEN-
TENCE.
There is considerable speculation
as to what arc the findings of the
cou-t-martial in the case of Sergeant
John A. A/ason. charged with shoot¬
ing at Guiteau. which concluded its
labors on Thursday. The impression
is that the court has acquitted the
prisoner on the ground that A/ason
had not actually entered on duty at
the time, nor did he fire at Guiteau.
for at the time, admitting that Gnit-
•au was at the window, he could not
be seen from the point whence A/ason
fired. It is generally believed that
even if the prisoner has not be*n
acquitted that the punishment is not
severe, and that at most he will not
be confined long if at all.
1882. 1882.
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