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THE TOCCOA NEWS. _____ HCHAEFER, Editor & Prop TOCCOA, GA., MAY 13, 18S2 KDITOBIAL BREVITIES. Mr. James Atkins will receive the appointment of Judge of the Northern district of Georgia. Mrs. George Sceville, the sister of Guiteau, is reported to be insane. The anti-Chinese bill recentH’ passed by congress has been signed by the’president. Chief ----^ Justice f) --------- Jac/tson, of the Supreme court, will spend the sum¬ mer at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. ----- ^ ----------- Regular trains will be placed on the Georgia Pacific next il/onday to run as far as Douglasville, 26 miles Lorn Atlanta. A comet, which can be seen with the naked eye, is now visible from 7 o’clock p. m. until daylight. It appears in the north, just above the horizon. Dr. J.C. C. Blackburn, editor of the Madisonian, had a partial stroke of paralysis on the 29th ult. We trust to soon learn of his perfect restoration to good health, •-------- 9 m ----- The board of health and city council of Conyers have quarantined against the travelling public, and passed an ordinance requiring resi dents of the town to be vaccinated under a^aenalty of $50 for refusing. A male infant, thinly clad and wrapped in a blanket, was found early last Monday morning, at the i-eargats of Mr. William Gregory's place, at Rutledge, on the Georgia railroad, directly opposite where the passenger coaches stop- The child is supposed to have been left by some person on the Sunday night up train from Hugusta. Mr Stephens happened to a painful accident last Tuesday. As he was going up the steps on the east front of the capitol, leaning on his steward Aleck and one crutch, his crutch slipped, causing a sprained ankle and wrenched knee joint, lie was taken to his room and a phj'siciau called. 7’hc injuiy is not dangerous, but is painful and will disable Mr, fetepheus for a longtime. Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish, chief secretary for Ireland, and member of the British parliament, and Mr. Thomas Henry Burke, under secretary of state, for Ireland, were both assassinated in Phoenix Park, Dublin, on the 6th instant. Intense excitement prevails in Dublin in consequence of the assassination and the utmost indignation 13 felt over the untoward event. After a careful and thorough investigation made by Dr. J. II. Campbell and Dr. S. C. Benedict who exhumed the bodv' of Walter Roundtree, it is found that the ball that killed him could not have been fired by Frank Johnson’s pistol, as it does not fit it at all, but exactl}' fits the pistol of Bartow Roundtree, his brother. In consequence of this discovery, Solicitor General Mitchell will not have Johnson indicted for murder, but for an assault with intent to murder. For aged men, women, weak and sickly children, without a rival. Will not cause headache. Browns Iron Bitters, Atlanta has passed an Ordinance requiring every resident of the city to be at once successful!}’ vaccinated or to be vacciuated a sufficient num- ber of times to make it evident that successful vaccination is impossible, Persons refusing or failing to comply with the requirements of the ordir- nance by the 20th instant, are to be arrested and taken before the Recorder, and on conviction are to be j punished by a fine not exceeding $500, or imprisonment not exceeding thirty* days, either or both in the discretion of the court. GTMaete from Harmless Materials, and adapted to the needs of fading and falling hair. Parker's ilair | Balsam has taken the first rank as j an elegant and reliable hair restora- j Vive. ftfrtU 22 At. WASHINGTON LET IER. • From onr Regular Correspondent, Washington, May 8,1882. 7’hcrc has never been a more unanimous raid, so to speak, in the direction of appropriations for public buildings than is being made this session. Bills for the erection of eight of these structures were passed under a suspension of the rules on Monday last. 7’he amount appropriated by these rules is about a million and a half, representing, according to the scale usually applicable tosuchcases^ an ultimate expenditure of some six millions of dollars. And these are but eight out of the one hundred and twenty or thereabouts which await recognition. One or two feeble tests were made against the summary method in which these bills are put through, but as nearly every member of the house has, or expects to have, a bill for a public building in his pocket, the desire to oblige those who were fortunate enough to be recog nized by the Speaker rose superior to all considerations of party or public duty. Mr. Holman was about the only member who stood boldly up in opposition to all of the appropria¬ tions, and he said it was not so much against the bills themselves as against the log-rolling ^method of putting them through. He thought there ought to be some demand for the buildings indorsed by a committee and by the Secretary of the treasury The buildings voted are: one in Detroit, $600,000; one in Denver, $300,000; one in Jackson, 7enn.? $Gt>,000 ; one in Council BlutF, $100,- 000; one in Peoria, 111., $100,000 ; and others in Lynchburg, Va., Gal¬ veston, Texas, and Greensboro. N. C., the first costing $100,000 and the other two $50,000 each. The point of the thing is that there is very little use for government buildings in most of these places. It is to be hoped that the bill agreed upon by the house judiciary committee to fix the salary of the supreme court reporter and hereafter issue the volumes of reports by public authority, will become a law. The present arrangement is a striding illustration of what snug nests come to cling around the eves of the tem¬ ple of justice and have to be down by the broom of legislation. For many years the reporter for the supreme court has enjoyed what in street parlance would be called a pretty ‘soft snap.' Under the present arrangement he is paid a salary of $4,0t0 per annum and is allowed in addition to make his own contracts with the publishers of the volumes, who enjoy a complete monopoly in the reports so indispensable to the profession ancl so important to the people. As a result, $5 and $6 per volume is extorted for books that could be sold at a profit for $1.50 and $2. The sales of these reports are very large, and it will be seen that the profits to be divided between publish¬ er aud reporter are simply enormous. It is estimated that the reporter probably pockets $50,000 per annum as his share. This, it must be con- fessed, is tolerably comfortable pay for work that would he gladly done by any number of competent men for $5,Q00 or less. Last year, under a scare of tbreataned legislation, such as is now proposed, the price of the volumes was hastily put do»vn to $3. and the beneficiaries of the present system could easily have offered a further redaction. The attorney for the publishers, when before the judiciary committee recently, refused to give any information as to the number of volumes sold or the amount of royalt 3 r allowed the repor- ter - It is time fora reform in the matter. Several of the states are already ahead of the general govern- meat in respect to it, their court reporters being salaried and the reports belonging to the state to be issued at a moderate price above cost for the general good. But courts themselves are usually unable or unwilling to introduce any reforms this kind, judges being apparently governed by a strong fellow-feeling of kindness for all their appointees and dependents. Mr. Otto and his publishers will continue to pocket their snug little fortunes every year, at the expense of the legal fraternity and the public, unless congress politely relieves them of the respon- sibilit}'. This session of congress so far has been remarkable for its freedom from exciting political discussions. It has really been a period of peace, so to speak- A leading senator remarked f°day in conversation that there bad scaroe ^ v * )ecn a ripple oi political anta § oniSUi stirred up on the floor ot tiie seDa * c * au ^ ascribed this rcsn ^ t ^ e absence <;f three senators ' v ^ i0 ^ ia%e heretofore been eminently COIi3 picuous in tomenting discord, these, Air. Conk ling, is no longer a mem.bei of the senate, and ^ iie other two, senators Edmunds and ha\e been absent most ot the j rime j on account ot sickness of them- sc ^ ,es 01 riteir families. Speaking °I Senator Hill, the latest reports as j condition ^ iavc been very un -‘i\orable. He is sow at Eureka l Springs, and his condition is reported j so °ritical that his triends may antic- H ;atc the voiat at anv moment. His ' voun: ^ s ■’’rill unhealed, and he can j eat 110 s °bd food. He is very much j depressed, an< i 'rill scarcely take the ^ lc l uu * ^lat Prepaic for him.. It is stated that His physicians have- said there is no hope t° r his recovery beyond the l0u3 cureL >tbat are said to have been effected at Eureka Springs. While very much depressed, Mr. Hill is represented as being perfectly re¬ signed to the worst. Senator Hill is a man of distinguished ability, and one of the leading debaters in the senate, and will be sadly missed notwithstanding the peculiarity re ferred to above, which is due to constitutional excitability.. Phono. MORE IRREVERENCE. A WASHINGTON CORIlESrONDENT’s OFF¬ HAND SK1.TCHES IN Ti.E SUPREME COURT ROOM. (‘1L J. R.’ in Philadelphia Times.; Washington, April 22.—The Supreme Court of the United States —that great harbinger, sheet-anchor, safety-valve, etc., of our liberties — has during tbe week sat with a full bench for the first time in three years. I dropped in on the Court a day or two ago \\ hat a jolly old set! There was the chief justice, with iron gray hair, thick and stiff, and whiskers just the same, a big nose and a big mouth, wrapped in hi 3 black silk gown, but looking very little like a Chief Justice. But he attends to his business, leaves politics to the dogs and is respected b} r his associates. On his right, oldest in commission of any one on the bench. is Justice Miller, roupd aud fat and sixty-four, a little bald and closely shaven face. On the bench he is as cross as a hatchet, for he hates circumlocution and shams (and the bar is made of them), but off the bench he is as jolly and kind and gentle as an>\mau you ever saw. He has been regarded for years as the ablest man on the bench. The three last appointments on the bench may change this, but J doubt it. On the Chief Justice’s left is Justice Field, appointed as a republi- can, but now a pesky old democrat. He is tall, bald headed, spectacled, full bearded, with a Jewish cast of countenance. Smart he is too, as all the Field are. He writes strong opinions and is popular He is a most entertaining companion and a great traveler and scholar. Drink? yes, once in a while. iliiller and Field respectively are the two oldest Judges in commission on the bench, Justice Bradley is the next in point of rank—a thin, refined, closely shaven, gray haired, scholarly, judi- daily looking old gentleman, who doesn't seem to have much to say to a» 3 ’ one. Justice Harlan, fourth in rank (excepting, of course, the Chief Justice), is a.specimen Kentuckiau a giant in his way. Big body, big head, big hands, big feet, long arms and long headed, without a doubt, He is at least six feet six inches in height. He rents a furnished house from a friend of mine and my friend had to have made, especially for the great Kentuckian, a nine-foot bedstead, with mattresses, blankets, sheets, etc., to correspond, and also one for the son of the Judge, who tall Judge Harlan was a acquisition to the bench, and is lar on the bench and off. Chew tobacco, did you say? Well I should think so, and lie knows a glass of bourbon when he tastes it. There is not much known of Justice Woods. He is a gritzly, slouching :nan, whose personal bearing and appearance are not at all striking. He is a Judge >v appointment, but be doesn’t look like one. lustice Stanley Matthews is built on a big model, physically and mentally. He is self-poised, dignified and fine looking. As an force lie scaiNtely has a superior on the bench. lie is quiet in his inter- course and does not seem to care to extend his acquaintance. Justice dray is a tall, white haired peppery old bachelor, who snaps up everybody and had rather quarrel than win a cause. IFhen he first came on the bench here he was nearly killed with heavy eating and drinking, but that time is over. As the old Judges, are very tenacious of the rights of seniors he is not likely to be popular. Jus- tj ce Blatchford, the last appointment, p )0 p s like your own George IF. Childs aiK | therefore, clean, genial, affable, w( qj dressed and kindly natured— c j se looks do not count, t bief Justice IPaite lives in a i janc j SO me liouse on it bode Island avenue . j udge Miller owns a fine j louse on A/assachusetts avenue; j U( ige Field has a large, well-built liouse on Capitol Hill—a present from liis brother Cyrus—a portion of what was once known as the old Capitol prison. In this building Henry Clay presided three terms as Speaker of the House, and in front of it James Monroe and John Quincy Adams were inaugurated President. John C. Calhoun died in it. Judge Bradley owns and occupies the house on I street which was given to Genera* Grant and from which ho was first inaugurated. General Sherman then became the owner and from him Judge Bradley purchased it. Judge Harlan lives in a costly rented house ; Judge Woods boards on G street; Judge Matthews is building a vcr\ r imposing and costly mansion on Connecticut avenue, opposite the British Legation ; Judge Gray boards at IFormley’s, and Judge Blatchford has just purchased a $50,000 house on K street. The mutations of time affect even the Supreme Court, for of the bench twenty years ago not a single Judge remains—all dead. Only two Judges of the bench of twelve years ago remain, namely, Miller and Field—all the others are dead, except Dayis, now in the Senate, and Swayne, retired, THE CAVENDISH MURDER. Savannah News, As expected, the recent assassina- lion of Lord Cavendish and Mr Burke, in Phoenix Park, Dublin, is the all-absorbing topic ot the hour- The high official and social standing afthe victims, the bloody incidents of their murder in open daylight, almost in the presence of frequenters of the park, and in sight of the Vice Regal Lodge, and the daring recklessness and hideous bloodthirstiness of the deed, all combine to divert the attention of the civilized world from every other topic and fix it upon the terrible crime. That these assassinations are gen- erally regarded as thoroughly preju- dieiai to the future welfare of Ireland, is plainly indicated by the promptness aud vigor with which the murderers have been denounced by the Irish leaders, both in Europe and America- Mr. Parnell declares that they seem to be the outcome of an unhappy destiny presiding over Ireland— which always comes at a moment when there seems some chance for the country—to destroy the hopes of her best friends. Mr Davitt regards them not only as the most fatal blow which has ever been struck at the Land League, but one of the most disastrous blows which have been sustained by the national cause during the last century. The Irish Land League declares that ‘that evil destiny which has apparently pursued us for centuries, has struck our hopes another blow which cannot be exag- gerated in its disastrous conse- quences,’while Mr. James Mooney, President of the Irish National Land League of America, hastens to de- nounce the assassination as execrable and cowardly in the extreme, and especially painful and abhorrent to every true friend of Ireland. These and similar expressions have been freely uttered by every one promi* nently connected with the Irish land reform agitation. The promptness with which the dennn'Aat\ons of these murders moat foul have been uttered show plainly that Irish leaders fear the result, and feel that the indignation which will be .aroused thereby must excite a hostility agaiast Ireland which will prove too powerful for her friends to make headway against. They fear, and with reason, that the policy of conciliation, which has been determ- iued upon so recently that it has not yet had time to be tested* will be abandoned, and that the British government will accept this crime as a defiance from the Irish people, and as a declaration on their part that they will accept no compromise, nor be satisfied with any action by the government short of /rish independ¬ ence and absolute freedom from British rule. 7'rue, it is not fair for Great Britain to place this construc¬ tion upon these crimes, nor will it be proper for that government to hold the Irish people in mass for the desperate acts of four fanatics. Still there have been many murders of late years in Ireland, which have culminated length in these assassinations, British resentment will be aroused against her people to the pitch. As the South was held sihle and suffered for the assassina¬ tion of Lincoln, so will the crimes of these four masked undoubtedly be cited to prove that the condition of lawlessness which has been alleged as an excuse for the coercion act still exists. The issue that will be presented to England, then, on account of these murders will simply be, ‘shall British rule be continued in Ireland, or shall that country be granted her absolute freedom?* The answer to this ques¬ tion is plain. At this time England will not consent to surrender Ireland, but will determine to hold her in subjection by the use of force necessary. In consequence we may expect to bear hereafter of more ill feeling, more turmoil, confusion and misrule, and, more than likely, more blood shed, in that land. Since she could not have been wholly free, it would have been the part of wisdom for her people to have accepted the situation, and enjoyed what person¬ al Gladstone liberty the new conciliary move of would have guaranteed. Only one chance now remains for these benefits yet to be secured. That is for the citizens of Ireland themselves to practically prove their abhorrence of these murders by not resting until they have arrested and brought to merited punishment the assassins. ]f they do this, they will, to great extent, necessarily disarm British indignation. Tf, however, they do not, they will be regarded as tacitly approving these assassin tions. and their conduct will be looked upon as a continued defiaace to the British government, which will p e met with all the force which government can command. 'This, all friends of Ii eland will deeply deplore, for it surely will bode no good to that unhappy land. Why He Wouldn’t Hire Himsllf. —A prominent ex-Confederate offi¬ cer, now Fesiding in Washington, started out the other evening to find a man servant. He met a pretty good looking colored man and asked if he con id recommend a good servant. The colored man regretted that he could not. ‘What are you engaged at?’ asked the ex Confeder¬ ate. ‘Why can’t I employ }’ou?’ ‘I am not doing anything just now, ’ was the reply ; ‘but 1 expect to have a seat in congress in a few da} T s. My name is L 3 ’nch and I am contesting the seat of General Chalmers.’—^ Washington Star. WHENCE COMES THE UNBOUND¬ ED POPULARITY OP ALLCOCK’S POROUS PLASTERS? Because they have proved themselves the Best External Remed}- ever invented. They will cure asthma, colds, coughs, rheumatism, neuralgia, and any local pains. Applied to th© small of the back they are infallible in Back Ache, Nervous Debility, and ail Kiduey troubles; to the pit of the stomach they are a sure cure for Dyspepsia and Fiver Complaint. ALLCOCK'S POROUS PLASIERS are painless, fragrant, and quick to cure. Beware of imitations that blister and burn, Q e t ALLCOCKS, the only Genuine Porous Plaster. fb25eow!3t j j ! 1 No Whiskey! Brown’s Iron Bitters is one of the very few tonic medicines that are not com¬ posed mostly of alcohol or whiskey, thus becoming a fruitful source of intemper¬ ance by promoting a desire for rum. ~Vs Iron Bitters teed to be a non- v. .Aing stimulant, and it will, in nearly every case, take the place of all liquor,, and at the same time abso¬ lutely kill the desire for whiskey and other intoxi¬ cating beverages. Rev. G. W. Rice, editor of the American Christian Re¬ view, says of Brown’s Iron Bitters: Cin.,0., Nov. 16 , r 88 i. Gents:—The foolish wast¬ ing of vital force in business, pleasure, and vicious indul¬ gence of our people, makes your preparation a necessity; and if applied, will save hun¬ dreds who resort to saloons for temporary recuperation. Brown’s Iron Bitters has for been thoroughly tested dyspepsia, indigestion, biliousness, weakness, debil¬ ity, overwork, rheumatism, neuralgia, consumption, liver complaints, kidney troubles, &c., and it never fails to render speedy and permanent relief ' JAMES W* HARRIS, ATTORNEY AT LAW. TOCCOA, GA. ty Office Up Stairs, Ove TURNER & Son’s Jt-.ivcliy Store, Doyle St Will practice in the courts of Franklin eoun-v ty ot the Western circuit and Habersham and Rabun counties, ot the Northeastern, and elsewhere by special agreement. TP-Special aitenliou will i>© cuto* to tho collection of claims aud to the criminal pracice. ap'291jr MURDER Of High 1 ricc 3 —Matches 2£c. blacking 2|c., Pinsand Needles 5c. La ces 9 to 5c, per 3 'd., Paper 1 ollars lb’o- pr box, Men's hose 2\c. up. Ladies’ hose 10c„ Men’s hats 40 to 65c. Oil Table C loths 30c. per yd., Lead Pencils 15c. per doz. tp. lens 5c.. per do*., Paper 5 to 15c. per quire, Tinware - Vi ash-pans 10c., 5qt. P ana 10c. qt Cups 5c., &c., &c. Clothing, Hosiery, Candies, &c., at proportion ately low prices. Call in and exam., ine. A, N. HAYS, Toccoa, Ga., on ^41so, Depot St., near Davenport House.. at Corner Tugalo and Sage st«„. dc3 4t LAND! before the ington.D. C. Practices United States General L&ud Office Contested cases. private land claims, miniBgr, pre-emption aud homestead cases the prosecuted before the Department of Iii'erior and Supreme Court; and all classes of claims befoie the E* e «rti Te Departments. Special attention given ta town site cases. Land warrants, homestead floats, and allkinds of land scrip bought and sold. THE CLARKE SEED COTTON CLEANER. WAS AWARDED V FIRST PRIZE AT THE ATLANTA COTTON EXPOSITION FOR THE Best Machine for Removing Sand, Dirt, Duet and Loose Trash from Seed Cotton. There is na machine that will give s« general satisfaction, from the fact that it combines CHEAPNESS with its r«at UTILITY and SIMPLICITY; besides one. For circulars, syjl further information address E. SCHAEFER. rach2etf Toccoa, Georgia. TIMBER, TURPENTINE LAND AND PLANTATION. C JQ A ACRES, comprising the finest timber land, without any ex¬ ception, located in the whole State of Geoipia. and 4 miles from the city of Baintbridge, directly upon the Flint River, and which is 2 na igable at ail seasons of the yetr—it fronts to 3 miles on River—about 1200 acres cleared and in good cultivation—Large neat dwelling, Bara and Outhouses erected two- years age, fer sale, a bargain. A C. SCHAEFER, / P. C. 8S1. y-:~ York Cttv-