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THE TOCCOA NEWS. KDW. MCHAEfER, Editor A Prop’tm TOCCOA. GA„ MARCH 25, 1832 EDITORIAL BREVITIES. Troops are being withdrawn from Omaha, the scene of the striking miners. . Petitions from all sections of country for the pardon of Sergeant Mason, are being received by the president. The Hammond judicial bill, by which three federal courts arc tube established in Georgia, was ta&cn up and passed in the senate on tiie 2.st. ------ An adjourned term of Elbert Supe rior court will be licl l during the present month commencing on Monday the 27th iust. Hon. Gustav us Urr, State School Commissioner of Georgia, reached Washington city last Tues lay, for the purpose of attending a meeting ot the school superintendents, tobj field on the 22d. The sentence of the court martial in the caae of cadet J. r. Whital e*, imposing dismissal from the service of the government, was taken up and disapproved at a cabinet meeting on the 21st inst. A petition of citizms of ( hiengo. 2,400 feet in length, be ring 12u,00 signatures, has b-*eti forwarded the president through a special messen¬ ger, ;i for tiie pardon of Sergeant \\ ason. Three hundred Germans and Swiss from the suburbs of New York, recently arrived at‘.Gainesville, i a., to settle on 5,00 J acres of land near that city, purchased by them through the influence of General Longstrect. The United States Senate lias passed a resolution te pay Senator Butler, of South Carolina, $3,500. and Senator Kellogg, of Louisiana, $9,500 far expenses incurred by them in maintaining their rights to the seats which they hold in the senate. -•< A strike among the operatives of the Pacific Mills, at Lawrence, Mass., is announced. The mills refuse to yield to the demands of the strikers, and the consequence is that a large number of people are without employ¬ ment. COLONELS CONFERRING. Skcond combination - Coalition— Independ. nt-Dem ocratic Meei* ing at tiie Markiiam House. The independent colonels met at the MarMiam House yesterday to confer over the new party, it was not a large crowd nor a mixed crow 1, but it held some of the iumi who were iu the original coalition meeting some days ago. They have dropped out the republicans, and have determine i to issue an address to the independent democrats in the state and wait for a subsequent meeting of the republicans who are expected to cooperate on th j line blazed out by the address. The address, in the language of one of the eolouels *‘is unique, and will mak about three quarters of a column, It w-as written by a committee who 0 Chairman was Dr. VV. 11 Felton, the other members being Colonels Hook, Berrien and Hulsey Iu effect it was a rehash of Dc. Felton s lepers to tiie Constitution, formulated as a plat¬ form ; and it also contains an appea. for a new party, and recoin nend- the calling of a mass meeting iu H^nta for the first day of June next when all the colonels who exy-ec: to p.irtivi- pate iu the new party will be presen . The meeting perhaps will be an open one; whether a bush arbor or De- Gives Opera house meeting has not been decided. The full etfeciof the address will not be understood until the repubii 5 - cans hold their conference.. Then ti e issue will be made aud the people can s;e what is before them in the next campaign. Whether the meeting at the Mark- ham house yesterday was harmonious or not no one can state outside those who were present. This much gee ms settled : That all the Colonels . no wc o pre^euo arc candidates eac one has his eye 0:1 8omc office in his bull wick. The impression prevails that Dr. Felton will be eaile 1 on at the mass meeting to run for Governor. Col. W. II. llulsey will t»e-called on to be a candidate f>r Congress in the district. Colonel James S. Hook will be cal le i on to be a candidate in Mr. Stephen's district; Colonel Thomas F. Berrien will be called on to b; a candidate in the first distri ,*t; Colonel Joseph F. Pou will be called on to be a candid ite in the fourth. In fact these gentlemen consider the call already made and their answers are rca ly. They are ready and willing to try their hands for these various offices. The u eating was not so large as it was expected, and tne telegraph was used to get the signatures of some who had failed to attend, and they w ere expecting to get authority to sign names by telegraph. Dr. II. V. M. Jitiler was c minnan of the meeting, and Mr. 8m.th < iayton was secretary, Tue following gentlemen were in Hie meeting: Dr. W. li. F lton, C >i- Josej h . 1 on. Co], ames II. i Colonel A b-Tt Cox, Colonel J/tuvei lus E. Thornton, Coloitv l Feter l.avv- 8 le. Colonel Thomas A1 B* r.rien, Colonel i. 1J, Hulsey'. These colo¬ nists telegraphed to some other c>lo“.el*. whose names are unknown, to be present, but tiny came not.— Constitution 21st inst. O EORG1 A*S CON i i R ESSM EX. [Spccial C >r. Atlanta Constitution ] While the congressmen fiom Geor¬ gia ft It adeiicacv in expressing t heir wishe* on the question whether or not the state si o dd tie redistricted before the next election. I believe every one of them approves tiie dc- eis.ou of the governor that an extra session of the legis ature is not to be desired. The decision has given perfect satisfaction among Georgians m . as’iington. The assumption ot some of t he papers that the state having-made no. provisvisiou for the election of a congressman at.large, an extra session is necessary, is lauglia- bio in the light of a dozen precedents, In 1840Georgia elected congressmen at large .in the face of a eongression al statute that they should be elected by districts, and they were admitted, Calitar.-ia elected all of its congress men at large ii[» to 18C4 and they never had to wait in the lobby. Congress has always, exercised the right to.amend the election. Laws ol the states as they i elate to the choice of representatives. Congress lias tim? and again sipplemmted the deficiencies in these laws when graver than any alleg d to exist now in Georgia. No delegate at large was-ever kept out because his state had no special law authorizing his election. Kansas is going to sen I four congressmen at large without an, statute to authorize their election. Eaiuc loosesone and is going to et c all members W the general vot without the least fear of a didimk entrance for them. T ie apportion meat hill distinctly declares that members may be elected at larg *, and if any further remedy is neid.-d to lejaUze sue i election, this is a pledge of its enactment, an I the iii tory of congress aflbrds a score of prncedents for Mins amen ling almost any defeo . Persons acquainted with the laws of Nor: h C o ol ma say nothing can be found in them to demand an extra 3 ^ 3 . 3 . 011 . t anigii t ie attunicy general of the state lias d ;ci ie l it-iccess.tr A congrcssma » at large fro 1 . any state m the union will be as go) I lb; als se it ui 115 llev ' J c ) ‘n :ls a;, , ‘ - mail chosen by a d s nc*. FLEECIN' . TUE FARMERS. B r e are always ready to welcome men from every section who come to assist us in d vclopingour resources and budding up the material interests of our state Many lave come and not only invested their money, but are taxing their - muscles in this laudable uud rtaking. i/ore recently another class has come among us. and graciously proposes to assist the tanner in his impoverished condition, To the average miml their plan is quite plausible, and many have be- come victims of these modern Shy- locks. The company j)roposes to lend any sum of money from §50J up to $2,000, payable in five years, by securing them with mortgage on the farmer’s property. The farmer pays on this amount 12| per cent, interest tue firs* ytw. an ! a pjr- cmR. f M - the fonr reinaii.ing years, I be amou.it let out is about one third the marke' value of the fanner's po is-.-* im-. Say the fanner owns real estat • worth $6-QP ‘ the »'i companies only let-him have $2.00 \ The interi st on this the tirst year would be $2 0. The four rears at 8 per cent won! 1 be $34 amounting in all to $ 90 interest. In order to pay this the farmer must md'C $20J «>v r and : b >ve 1 i A X- penses every year. If by mbf >rru»c nr sickness his crop should t’u.l he would be utterly ru'md. 1 he-e hylocks woul 1 demand tlioir pound of flesh' and the law woul 1 sustain ti em in it. Tncre is no basics"* tliat cun le vv*»:ked successfully at -null a ruinous rate of interest, and especially farm¬ ing, in which success is suspended upon so many contingencies. Let our fi rming fricn'U 1«*>!< well into this matter b fore they commit the ms* Ives to the tender m ;rcy of tins* m >ney lenders. One company !»• s already withdrawn from tli-e state b cone a state law j ro’i.b ling any | erson ovvn ng more than 5.0 0 acres of la i i unless they were in ;orp iruted, show- ing plainly that ‘fleecing’ an 1 not helping tiie lan lownor was their ma n object.— Macon Telegraph. AN OUTRAGEOUS MURDER. AN OLD MAN SHOT DOWN IN III* OWN YA D BY R :V£XU, M£N. We have just learned of an outra- g*otis mnrler committed in fhis coun¬ ty on 'Tuesday morning, by a ban 1 o ' men claiming to be revenue offi 'ers, for which as we tin lerstan I t *c i'ajts there is no sunblance o excuse or jti stili -a io i. It seems that T acksou J. 11;x. an old man, suppose d to be between six' v and seventy years of age, lately put up a little still house on Red Land creek about four miles south west <d L iwrenCevi11 e. On Monday night party of men come into town on the rain and proceede 1 out to the locality of the still house About sun up on Tuesdays morning th y found the old mm at the still house, and when he discovered them he started back his residence about tlfree : dmiKircd yards distant. The revenue men fol- lowed a*vd just a$ the-old uiAn got’in ho y ar l and was waking, along with his hands in his pockets 1 e was shot down by one of the men in the-pres- en.e of his wife The ball is.s'upposed t<) have passed through his heart, ..^ he fell dead on the spot. They then shot at a sixteen year old boy, wlm had. just started to fe.d the horse had a pan of meal in his hand When he was shot at he threw up his hands like lie was shot and ran. They persu d him and caught him an l beat him over the head. They then left, carrying the boy with them. T nc party went in the direction of At anta aw l it is suppose 1 they eanial him tliere. These are the facts as we learn them from reliable par ies. ^ owner's inquest will br h M j„ i ives islitte the Ibots an i t',c in'm rv ghoul 1 be full an l exhaustive. O tr inf >nna «t d. I not know thr names of the party of either of them but they cun be ascertained. Tliere was no oxen c for shoo-in r down an old man by a partv of live men who o mid have eaptur.- l him w tbout trouble or danger. Ah i an example should he made of Let revenue men and all others be taught that human life cannot be taken with im mnitv in the county Gwinnett. The perpetrators of ti i- horrid c i ne shoul 1 be arreste 1, if know 1 , Hii'i if not known, a rewar 1 sho .il be offered bv tire eonntv t orities. an i the Gov-rnor for tire a rest an I eon vie 1 ion of th; mnr lvr- er . — G"i. nj.fc Her dl. RICHMOND AND DANVILLE STA TEMEN T — TI e Richmond an 1 Danville Rail- road Company male a public state- ment Saturday showing the compi- ny’s financial c< n lition. The s ate- m?nt covers the halt* year ending with the present mouth. The last anmml report to September 30, 18-d-, showed the capital stock of the com pany to be $4 030,030. and there was a bonded debt of $4,311,100. Tue net earnings of the year over opera- ting expenses and maintenance reached $994,371. Fixed charges aggregated $592 498. leaving a sur- plus of $491,873; oyer TO per cent on t tc to upauy s cipitaUtoek. For the quarter ending December 31. 1*81. the r>e* earnings were $540,4)1 * cl fixed charges were $305,130 avmg $2:‘5 2* i as surplus—an in- crease of $1 7,&8l over the* surplus for the corresponding quarter ending March 31. D82. {estimating for portion of quarter at rate of mere.-sc alrea iy made.) will be -4,5 0i witii fix d charges amount i .jjt ;o S3 5,*30, leaving a surplus o, CP, 7 —over 4 pi r cent . on tin company's c q ital stock for tire quar¬ ter n u increase of Co pef cent. OVCI lie correspon ling quarter of las »ear.—Churfotto Observer. WASHING I ON LETTER. From our Regular Correspondent. Washington. \ arch 20, 18<2. v it li the passage of the anti* C hinese b il and the anti polyg: m\ bill two very m octant and exeeed- j n;i | v troublesome ques'ims take theuisdv ** ont of tiie way. for a time at p.. ls t. so far as c ingress is con* o rn .I h • Chinese bid was really a [)k m mtu* i me isure. an 1 ha 1 the SU j,j„ )r t of nearly every dewuicrntic nuU)l . ;in | representative, though ( n , () < t j ie mos t etfed-ive spcecfie* in its favor was male be a republican senator, Jones, of Neva In. Difficult a* th ; question is to deal w th there is no d mbttlnt t ie present measure is approvi-d by a vast majority of the American people, and that it contains no real infra th>n of the spirit of our institution *. It is c rtainly hard to reconcile the position <»f t-aosc ultra protect onists who insist, upon a high t,arirf to ‘p^I’oteet A m r i:an 1 ab >r’ and still vote to a 1 mit to our shores swarm * of t 'hiti *se who are the most skillful and eunnini of all laborers. But a ; My. Jones j ut it. ‘it is not th American laborer but the lordly ru m ufa taring capitalist wh > is to lie against the European an l who is to s-dl every- M ‘ing he has to sed in AH Ames n un ,nXl/ieu where otlnr capitalists ai< out from competition with him, while he tin s that waicli hi ha. to ^ ,n Y ^ ie ^ a * ,or mei1 111 ,en market and d miand * for himse’l the broadest free tra le ! the laborer, however, is compelled to buy from his capitalist employer in a I rotec i\e markttJ t 10 an f i polvgimy bill th« detnocrars were placed in a somowlia* poured tlllsc l'° to s tu>n b; * lighting tor wtlllc the- , bill ^y V they ai>_ W: - J be almost to a man heartily op to Mormonism, but fighting f it c rta ^ n 11 n derlying principles wi idi ,e as ’d seeme 1 to violate. Tiiere was no question on either si le of th; house ab >ut the propriety of a hill for crushing out polygamy. The on It/ question was whether the bill as passe 1 by th ; senate, woul I acco n- plish that object, and whe'her certain jirovisions of this bill d 1 not provide w be i was worse than th * vlauv d *mojrafcs t ioi :h tto-.t the pre.-eimt of interfering with of at th, when the voter le d not b eu tried and ounvicte 1 of any crime, was so dan gcrous that they could not bring t icmsclves to vote for the measure. Amon - dvruo -rats were B •!- m>nt al> ’ llewelt ' of N ' w Y,,rk - an ' 1 a no,..her of others eqniily |>rom'- " ent - lint they all stool reaty to v,,tc f,,r anv m.-uaure which would e fleet the aboli'i >n of polygamy with out impairing the fundamental rights of citizens in o*her j arts of the conn Li V ‘ 7 T ne major.ty of them did finally - v i e for this 0 ie rather than be misreprctMite-l " n tllc 4«estion. ThcarBel l-CImao letter is still (G-c-osve.l here, and there has trecu ditferoocu of opinion as to the motive u l-lcrlwing its publica tion at tiiis t.mIt was at first said io b * brought out in the interest < f Gen F iz John Porter, and then that tiie purpose was to damagi General Itosccrans c lances for the chairman- ship of the democratic congress onal comiuittee bit these th cones were too far-fetc »ed, ami lacked the first ehm ".its of probability. Further consideration led to a more general conclusion that some other and object must have been at the bottom ct the matter. The letter was marke 1 confidential, was of the most private and personal character, and must have been among the papers of the late chief justice Chase, which came into the possession of his eldest daughter, Mrs. Spra-zue.. IFuen this idea ipot started must'have everybody Paid, -Oh.' Mrs. .‘prngwe given the Utter to 'wnkling! And the com j mn nttmlfctti w*s i;n questiom.b’v for the purpose of throwing odium o:i the memory of its dead writer, for whose character ex senator Koseoe enter- tains what he believes to be a lofty • contempt, lie Wants to pursue vengeance beyond the grave, partly or self vindication and par.l v in the >opc of inflicting some injury on Garfield’s poli ical friends and ■xecuiors.’ This theory is not much disturbed by the ndmissioi of Mr Jacob Schuckers that he gave out the letter. He was once a frieu 1 of Jmh'e Chase, a clerk in the treasury here , . - -ind i’* reper„ed to be identified with _ Conk ling’s friend* in Aew Fork. But whatever tiie truth of this may be if ti e motive which led to the publica¬ tion was to blot the memory o Garfield and to advantage his political enemies, the indications are that the shot will f 1! short of the mark. Garfield’s course as president and the pathetic manner of his death endeare 1 ldm to the people of this country and ea-t a mantle over any frailties he may have possessed. The mind of the couutry is settled about him. and a‘tempts to change it by any such means as this will react upon their authors, whoever they are. Every observer at the capitol can not fail to nolics that there is sum Hhing touching and a’mo*t awe¬ inspiring in the ®udtden hush that falls ou the otherwise dls >rderly iiouse of represeuta'ives when the venerable Alex. 11. Stephens makes one of his rare and powerful address *s to it. Such a tribute of deep and respectful attention is perhaps never a cor led to any other in rub r. When that sini l, Strange voice is heard, the laugh and jest die away even to the em >te c iruei's Vriicfe small knots of members are having th ir little jokes, v icars go out. wliile the ab.stracte 1 smokers arc intent on batoning, and one by one g mtlemen in the rear rows come tip-to .-g <Wn , t!i« a.slt, , gel nearer to that invalid chair which is wheeling nervously first to one side and then to the other in the little semicircular space before the speak er’s desk, and before the fiery eyed little gray haired orator ha3 finished a crowd has -gathered about him respectfully attentive, and silent as they never are at any other time. Jl is plain from the aspect of the house at such times that the big soul v.ithin this little pain racked body is impressing itself more strongly on every hearer than a whole session of talk from almost any other. Pi, ono. GU1TEAU 44 At HOxE.” THE ASSASSIN, HIS MANNER OF LIFE, AND TIIE EL GANT APARTMENTS OCCUPIED BY HSH. Si . Louis, March 17. —An editorial , lettc-r ,r..m .. W a^h.njton , . the Post- in Dispatch give3 a long account of a reient visit to Guiteau in lus cell, i he writer says 6’uitean does no* looA- like any of his photographs, nor Hires lie resemble deecriptions given Ilf him l>y reporters, i/e is. the letter says, a very eommon place person l, ' allileit9 « reat eagerness to get money, and presents no sign oflu- naqy. ne is allows I to sell his.pho- tograpU. and. auto.-rapln. an I is re- eeiving nearly $5 j per* day* Most of tii s money he sends to h»a publisher, Gib-on who is getting out another edition of his book, 'Trati,’ at the author's expense* He has also gmn some money to his sister fortuities »he sent him. List week he sent $100 to Sooviil-. his lawyer ,-$50 to his brother in Boston, and J2-0 to his publisher. He handles greenbacks iixe a bank teller, and talks about different points and features of his photos precisely as if lie were behind a counter selling ribbons or lace. Xieterriug to <»uiteau*s sani*y, writer sa5s the only exception to the man's perfectly rational an I common- place talk, during the visit, was when the name of Gorham, editor of the National Republican was -iuiteau im uediately changed his manner, and broke out in a attack. With clenched fist, arm raised and gesticulating, he cried as loud as his voiae allowed that these stalwartpaperswer«alIabuaingGar- field until God’s man came to remove him, and now they a5use God’s man. This outburst was sliort, howeyer, and it lie was ."gain all calmness business. Evidently bethinks will not hang. He seems Imp. f.,| in some way he will, to use his language, -get reli«f* He is tore* 1 all the New York and '* a^hinaton newspapers, and knows ^' lian » c * n ? n*-nr-nt al out Garfield. He seemed »•> be delighted ti e pill li-atftin cf the Ro eerrrs letters. He is. he says, well satisfied with his life, whatever the end may be. he lives comfortably, has two cel’s, one to si *<*p in and the otl er as a sort of an office in the most ele¬ gant jail I c er saw. H • fe *ls his importance an 1 notoriety, enjo\s ease, and for the first time in his life a regular am le income. he wretch " 8t ' The h » n ^''- ,'\ c has cut at least a Injure in . the world. r pj, e extraordinary kind and genert us treatment of the government ma' es his last days the liapp est and most « omPortable of his whole life. Cer¬ tainly no one can *ee his s irround- tngs and ob«e r ve his life w thout b'ing touched by the retnar/.able charity and consideration w tl w! ich this inife ab’e assassin is alb w dlo transform the jail into a pi ee of luxury, comfortable, money-making and notoriety seeking. l5P*Fa<’e I or Orav Hair «iradua’ly recovers its youthful color an 1 b gtre by the use of Barker's Hair Balsam, an elegn- t dress ng, admired for its purity and rich perfume, rorld 4t THE Old) RKJ.IA*’I K raily eleg'apii and Messenger. NEW EDI Oi-NEY* M. T AC E- MEN T, AND NEW S \ L .. he daily said A. g n ^ or is now r.;eogn z d as at tue I.* a 1 of Georgia journalism. It is a li\e paper in every sense of tin* word, discussing men ai d measure w tlout fear, favor or affection, 1< oking only to the welfare of Georgia : nd t ie pro¬ tection of private rights jt lu'lie'. e i in progress, and will lend even eaer gy to enlighten the poj ul; c • and lead them to a h g ter a,>i»;e lat.on of their political right* ai d mnUThd resources. It contai; s the As- oc :«‘e i Press dispatches—t e 1; t s: n ws from every source. It has a Lv< Iv lo al depar m *nt; cou ains th* latent market reports, and the heal im.r/r t L , >rre tcd ,,. llly |, v th ,. Ku.l.nu mer chants of the eitv. It e« v alt Midtile Georgia and all the sou h r» and southwestern part of the St; t - in- advance of every other dady paper published in * eorgia. . Orrr mail facilities are unsurp i* c!. Lei evt rybod wlio wants to be j osteit and to keep up with the political canvass now being inaugurated,, which will prove the liveliest ever made in Georgia, subscribe at once fir the daily Tel ,, g , vipii an 1 Mcssen >er. 1 ERV S—One year $10 ; six u onfcl r $ '; three niont is $2.50 ;j one month $ 1 . THE PEt p ES FA VO ]TE, Tha V/evk.y Ctletr apu aua Mreseiiger Jt is the dii y af a cry m ui to make In home pleas mi an 1 aa attractive a; possible A good n. wspaper, purc i i tone and elevating in its characUr idics, is a most essential requisite.to t -at end. ih’ Weekly e'eg tpli and Mes: e iger wi ll its v e i* *1 . sixt ;-toiir columns, mee .s ju w- such a demun 1. and no fa-nilv in M Idle or Southwestern Gco gia sh >u \ be wit,bout it. In a(i | , ion to t . c ireful Isclecte-l m *c>*U ny f,-o n he daily t *d t «»n. and the market re orts, there is « very wee ^‘ a S 1 lendid story ; also va’ua le 40r tne “harm and Home” ..L^l tU ’ 3 *’ e ‘' la ) prepare 1 ford e ER S One year $2 ; six months $'. Cliitfs of ten to one address $15 a year. Agents want d a) every post office. Ad lr!»s*, J.b. HANSON, ' r a*iager. f-’k ^ Macon, Ga THi 0,J HiLUBLE ONE OF THE BEST f»EM»P?E.H IN THE SOU T H. SoDsationali in! Nolnuiurai y! AUGUSTA Chronic e and o istitutioaMst. 188 SUBSC/ilBE FUR he Curonic.e and Constitutionalist is the oldest newspaj>er in the Soutii, States* ‘785. Uu^n^ boen^ established ^ Un,te<i in niie . 11 P lluc *plc, y it thoroughly is iioeral, Democratic tolerant, ha Ctiroi.icie progressive world^and cun a.ns ^- H l! !J aiU ot *. th; - c ass '“°« nlZ8 ' as a first paper. A > an advej ti&ing medium, it ,‘ e cove rs 80,1 H r .V ia Georgia and South ^ itr ‘ , ^ na 1 ributary to An- usia. alisn? e, \v!f V0I c 0 exc ^ u de sensation » , ; immoral churacter. 1 ^ artlclej Ct an Terms : Daily, one year $10 coo O Weekly, Tii- one \-ear 5 O U eekly, one year...... 2 Address, Walsh & PPright, Augusta, Qa %