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TOCCOA, GA„ JULY 1, 1832.
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EDITORIAL BREVITIES.
Union College, of Schenectady, N,
Y., conferred the degree of LL D.
upon President Arthur on the 28th.
Several bushels ofthia year's
Lave been athered in Pak et r co 1 i t *
ari , l was ground into meal the , 24th
on
at . Stephens , , mill ... m . Albany. ...
Liver diseases, headache, and
constipation, caused by ~ bad diges-
Mon, .. quickly ... cured , , Browns
t>y Iron ,
Bitters.
Messrs Speer and Cumining will
ommencQ the publication of a Weekly
newspaper, to be known as the
Graphic, at Macon, on the 9th July,
Inst.
J. W. Guiteau, toother of the
assassin, arrived in Washington last
Monday, and has promi ed to be
present at the execution which occurs
to day, (Friday.)
Miss Dora Long, daughter of the
late Dr. Crawford W, Long, died at
her mother’s residence, in Athens, on
the morning of the 23th ult, after a
shorfclllnesa, from meningitis.
Mr. Kelley 7 , chairman of the Ways
and Means committee, reported a
concurrent resolution on the 2ith, for
the final adjournment of congress on
the 10th day 7 of July at 12 o’clock, M
John L. Dinkins was shot and
killed by George Thompson at Har¬
risburg, a suburb of Augusta, last
Saturday night. The jury of inquest
returned a verdict that the killing, in
t heir opinion, was justifiable.
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A case of yellow fever has made its
appearance in New Orleans within
the past few days. The victim is an
English sailor, who is supposed to
have contracted the disease in Ila-
vanna.
Hon. Alvan D. Freeman, of New¬
man, Ga., delivered the annual
oration before the alumni association
of Mercer College last Tuesday. A
largo audience was present to hear the
learned orator.
Judge Logan E. Bleed-ley reached
Macon last Tuesday for the purpose
of being present at the champion
debate between the societies of Mercer
and the State University, over which
he had been called to preside.
The Pennsylvania democratic state
convention, which convened in
Harrisburg on the 28th, nominated
Robert E. Patterson, of Philadelphia,
as the democratic candidate for
governor.
The electric light company will
erect at the basin in Montgomery,
Ala., an iron tower 150 feet high,
with four burners. The engine will
be of seventy-five horse-power
capacity.
The legislature of South Carolina
met in extra session at Columbia last
Tuesday. The main business of the
session will be the redistricting the
State, while other questions of inter,
est to the people—notably, the regis¬
tration. and fence laws—will doubtless
be considered.
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The death warrant of Charles J
Guiteau ^ ^ was signed by the c.erk of
the criminal court and the seal ot the
court affixed, last Monday. The
warrant was immediately forwarded
to Warden Crocker at the district
jail, and . will ... . be read , to the , pnsoner .
just before his execution.
A dispatch from Richmond, which
appears m the Atlanta Post-Appeal
says : **lt is understood that Col.
A. Pope, General Passenger and
Tic let Agent of the Richmond and
Danville Railroad t ompany, has
resigned his position. It has
beeu announced who is to be
successor, but it is thought that it is
a Baltimore man.
» It is the Height of Folly
to wait until vou are in bed with
disease you may not get over
inonths, wnen you cau be cured
during the early symptoms by Park-
er’s Ginger Tome, li e have known
the sickliest families made the
healthiest by a timely ., . use ot <•*.!• this
pure medicine,— Observer
juneI74t
'bulge John *V . H. Underwood
ft ndcred hi$resignation of the judge-
ship of tlie Home circuit, to take effect
on the first day of July, and the
Governor has appointed Hon. Toe!
Branham, of Rome, to fill the vaean-
cv.
The following order has been issued
by tbe War Department:
By direction of the Secretary of
War the sentence in the case of
^ econ( * lieutenant Henry O. Flipper,
Tenth cavalry, will take effect June
30, 1882, from . which , . , date , t lie , will
cease to . , be an officer „ in tue
army 7 .
Pierce and Putnam counties have
held .. their . and
primaries ‘ appointed 1 b.
delegates . to the . c State . . convention of
the I9th July. The delegates from
both counties are uninstructed,
except that the delegates from Bierce
are directed to vote for the majority
rule and* those from Putnam for the
two-thirds rule.
Last Saturday night a fire occurred
at Canton, originating in the “Moun¬
tain city 7 flouring mills ” owned by J.
M. McAfee and J. P. McConnell. The
building and machinery, which was
all new and of the latest patents,
were entirely destroyed. The fire is
supposed to have originated in the
engine room. There was no insurance
upon the property.
Mr. Hill’s condition during the
past week has been all that his
friends could asc. He rides out
occasionally and appears to be in a
cheerful and hopeful mood, The
wound appears to be improving, and
we ioin all the people in the hope
that he may again soon be restored
to his former health, —Phonograph.
On Friday of last week Anderson
Singleton, Lucinda Teasdale, Hbram
Anderson and Boston Singletary all
C. negroes, The were hung at Kingstree, 8.
two first named were hung
for the murder of Phoebe Teasdale,
the wife of Anderson Singleton and
sister of Lucinda Teasdale. The
other tv o, A n ’erson .and Sin Jet ary.
were convicted of robbery and arson,
for which they suffered the extreme
penal ty of the 1 aw.
We learn from the Constitution of
the 28th, that Mr. W. L. Clark, editor
of the Atlanta Republican, was
cowhided by Mr. Ed McCandless on
Tuesday morning last. The cause of
tiie assault was an offensive article
which appeared in the columns of the
Republican last ‘Saturday, reflecting
upon the evidence delivered by Mr.
Ed McCandless and Mr. Sam.
Venable in the late trial of the negro
Shields for ihe murder of Joyner.
From our exchanges we learn that
up to tl.e close of last week five
counties have chosen delegates to the
Democratic State Convention of July
19th, with this result:
FOR STEPHENS.
Berrien 2
Pike 4
Richmond 6
FOR BACON.
Early ci
Glynn <?«
Quitman GSJ
RICHMOND DEMOCRACY.
The Democracy of Richmond
county met in mass-meeting at the
city hall in Augusta last Saturday
and appointed delegates to the
Gubernatorial convention to assemble
July 19th. The delegation will
support Mr. Stephens for Governor
The following resolutions were offered
and adopted almost unanimously :
Resolved, That the Democracy of
Richmond hear with pleasure and
gratification that tlie distinguished
Representative in Congress of the
Eighth Congressional District, Hon,
Alexander 11. Stephens will be
Presented in the convention on the
19th ot July for nomination as the
Democratic candidate for the Chief
Magistracy of the State.
Resolved, That while some of us
mftV p ave differed with Mr. Stephens
as to questions of minor policy, no
son of the land has served his eeun
tr usefulness, . v more ability, conspicuous fidelity purity,
and
patriotism, none has been longer
1 r iecl, none found more faithful to the
principles of Democracy, not oue has
more endeared himself to our party
aU( j p eop i e that we, therefore,
congratulate that party, and that
people upon the event of his noniina-
tion, and pledge ourselves to use
ever >’ honorable method to secure so
auspicious a result.
Resolved, That we see in the uotnina-
tion and election of Mr. Stephens to
the office of Governor the oblivion
bitterness and strife which shall
fro m ^at rule of Wisdom and
Moderation . and Justice whichcharae-
terf20 , ho man and fcrm the tbree
pillars which have been set as the
jse&i of our noble State.
INIEKN.,1. hi. . h> th TAN.
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IloN * * ^ 3 '* :J,IENs ' kSpt SCH lN
ihe Holse ix Opposiijgs to the
^ hole System Ia^on Imports
ran Trie Wa\ of Raisin j Rev-
IlNl'E.
Congressional Record, June 24.
The Chairman — The house is now
in committe qf the whole for the pur¬
pose of further considering the bill
(II. R. No. 5,£38 to reduce internal
revenue taxation.
Mr. Armfield—I desire to submit,
at this time, to be printed in the
Record, an amendment which I pro¬
pose to offer to this bill.
There was no objection.
The amendment :s to add to the
bill the following section :
Sec. 5. Hereafter when any whisky,
brandy, or tobacco shall be seized for
violation of the internal revenue laws
of the United States, and the same
shall be confiscated ibr such viola-
tion, it shall be sold by public
auction to the highest bidder, for a
sum not less than the tax due there¬
on, and no tax on said whisky,
brandy or tobacco shall be charged
against or collected from the owner
of the same : and where any whiskr,
bFandy or tobacco has heretofore
been seized for violation of the
nal revenue laws of the United States
and confiscated for said violation, if
the same has beca sold, or shall
hereafter be sold for an amount as
great as the tax due thereon, no tax
on the same shall be charged against
or collected from the owner of said
whisky, brandy or tobaeCG.
The Chairman—The gentleman
from Missouri (Mr. Haseltine) is
entitled to the floor to complete his
remarks begun on yesterday.
Mr. Haseltine. How much time
have I remaining of my hour?
The Chairman—The gentleman has
fifty 7 minutes remaining.
Mr. Stephens—I ask the gentle¬
man from Missouri to yield to me for
three or four minutes that I may
briefly express my views on this bill.
Mr. Haseltine—I will yield to the
gentleman ft ora Georgia (Mr. Steph¬
ens) for three or four minutes.
Mr. Stephens— Mir, Chairman, I
am very much obliged to the gentle
man from Missouri for yielding to
me a few minutes of Lis time to
enable me to give my views very
briefly on this bill.
I am in favor of the bill, and I
s mil vote for it as it stands, if I can
not get some amendments to it
adopted which l would like to have
incorporated in it. But, in my opin¬
ion, the bill as it now stands is right
as far as it goes. But it does not go
so far as I would wish to have it go,
by’a great deal.
I think we ought to abolish the
internal revenue systern of taxation
entirely. 1 would extirpate it, root
and branch. Allow me to say to both
sides of the House that except in
time of war these internal revenue
taxes, excise and stamp duties are,
in my judgment, in principle, anti
Republican, anti-Democratic, anti-
American. They 7 are in opposition
to the general principles or policy of
this Government as taught by the
fathers of the Republic.
The best way 7 to raise revenue is
by duties oil imports. They 7 bear
less heavily on the tax-payer, arid as
legislators that is what we should
look to. In levying duties on imports
you can at the same time make foreign
producers pay 7 for the use of your
markets, and in that way incidentally
and properly give aid and protection
to American industry. It is not true,
as a general proposition, that the
consumer pays all the duties imposed
upon commodities brought from other
countries. This is a question that 1
cannot now argue In most instances,
where the duties are judiciously laid,
they are borne partly by 7 the importer
and partly by the consumer.
To allow Congress thus to raise
revenue by duties upon imports was
one of the main objects in establish-
ingtlm Federal Constitution of
This system of internal revenue
taxation by excise and stamp duties
was favored by the fathers of the
Republic m time* of peace, /speak
plainly, and say that it was looked
upon then as not only of British
origin, but there was always the
odium of British Toryism mind. attached to
it in the American There was
never any legislation more abhorrent
to the people of this country, even in
their eSofeal condition, than what
v as inown as the infamous stamp act.
In time of war, when foreign trade
is interrupted, this country has been
com pelled to resort to this method of
ra i sin g revenue. It was thus resorted
in the Revolutionary war by the
states Jn the war of 1812, after the
adoption of the present Constitution,
it was again resorted to of necessity,
But it was npt adhered to one
moment longer than the necessity
existed. The system was adopted in
the Administration of the elder
Adams, when war was expected with
France ; but nothing tended more to
excite popular opposition to his
Administration than this system of
taxation, except the alien and
sedition acts. One of the first acts
of Mr. Jefferson’s Administration
was to wipe them from the statute
book. The present system was
adopted during the late lamentable
war between the States.
We do not now require its contiuu
ance. Tariff duties, if properly laid,
will yield us an abundant revenue.
These internal taxes bear much more
oppressively upon the people than do
import duties. I would take off the
tax, not only on matches, and the
tax on bank chec/.s, and all else that
is embraced in the bill, but 1 would
if I could, as I have stated, repeal
whole system. I would abolish
the onerous and unjust tax
on tobacco, on whisky, and on
distilled and refined spirits. These
are taxes which come Upon the
laboring masses. I would let the
burdens of our Government fall
elsewhere than upon the labor of the
Mr. Wilson—I would ask the
honorable gentleman if he would take
off the tax now levied on National
Bank capital?
Mr. Stephens—I certainly would.
I would take it off National bank
capital. National bank deposits, and
every thing on which it is now levied.
I would repeal and abrogate the
entire system. This is my view ; but
as I know' I cannot get all I wish,,.!
will take what I can get. A half a
loaf is better than no, bread. I hope,
by amendments, we will be able to
get a reduction on the present tax on
tobacco on whisky, and other dis¬
tilled spirits ; because 1 cannot get
ail the relief for the people I want, I
would not refuse to take as much as
lean get. I will remove the existing
burden's upon the people one by one
until I get them all removed, if
I suppose, Mr. Chairman, that thp
time which was yielded to me so
A'indly by the gentleman from .Mis¬
souri (Vlr. Haseltine) has about
expired. I will simply repeat, to be
distinctly understood, for the benefit
of those who may uot have heard me,
that I am for this bill, as far as it
goes, out and out. I am in favor of
amendments looking to the ultimate
abolition of the entire internal reve¬
nue system and all the stamp duties.
I believe it is wrong in principle and
oppressive in practice.
I thank the gentleman from Mis¬
souri (Mr Haseltine) for bis courtesy
in thus permitting me briefly to state
my position upon this bill under
consideration.
WAS HINGTON LETTER.
[From our Regular Correspondent.]
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Washington, D. C., June2), 1882.
Congress seems ro have great
difficulty 7 in agreeing upon a method
of counting the electoral votes for
President. Those who have thought
of the matter realize the importance
of such a measure, as since the repeal
of the 221 joint rule there is at anv
t; tin^c „^ dangei nTn „ of serious a- disagreements J
and icsults under the existing pn>
visions. To most people a satisfacto-
ry plan would seem easv of attain-
meut m.utbul buL somehow somehow it dn^s do-s not not pre- nre
seat itself to the minds of congress-
men and senators. Political checker-
playing is, honever, the real difficul-
ty. If an honest purpose existed to
devise apian independent of any
party considerations or advantages it
would be simple enough. The bill
proposed by Mr. Updcgra.f ° f ‘ h «
sc eet specud conumttoe
subject was very properly defeated
this week, and is the last of the nu-
merous schemes in that line to go the
way of all the earth* TLe part of this
bill which aroused the ingest
opposition was the provision that the
candidate might proceed by
quo warranto and go into the courts
to determine the question of title
after the votes had been counted and
the result declared. This contem-
plates the possible ousting of a
President once seated, and .Mr.
Hammond, of Georgia, aptly re¬
marked that it ought to be entitled
“a bill to raise hell in the United
States.” Mr. Hewitt opposed it and
said he was satisfied that no man
installed in the office of President
could be ousted inside of his four
years by any method short of revolu*
tion. The simplest an 1 only practi-
cal plan is to have all questions per-
j tabling to the choice of electors set-
tied by the State courts and make
j the decision final and binding upon
J congress,
The house committee on printing
have recently recommended that
10,000 maps of tlie United States be
published for the use of congress.
This at the rate of about thirty maps
per member, which may 7 seem an
extravagant allowance ; but when the
alarming ignorance of Congressmen
on the subject of geography is con¬
sidered it is not strange that an
attempt should be made to force
information upon law-makers by 7 the
quantity. One method of teaching
the alphabet to weaA’-minded children
requires that the letters, one at a
time, shall meet the eye wherever it
roams; a large letter, ‘‘A,’ ’ for
instance, greets the eye from the
head of the bedstead, the top of the
washstand, the side of the plate, the
desk of the teacher, the blackboard
on the wall, the cover of the book
and even the fence of the playground,
if, in like manner, maps of the United
States are hung in every 7 corridor,
committee and cloak room in the
Capitol, in the congressional restau¬
rants, the „various barrooms fre¬
quented by 7 congressmen, in every
hotel, dining room and parlor, in
drawing room cars on all trains that
enter o: leave Y/ashington, in livery
stables, gambling hells and in the
Washington apartments and perma¬
nent homes of our lawmakers some
congressmen would in time learn
something of the extent, proportions
and distances of our beloved country.
By frequently 7 seeing maps an occa
sional Representative or Senator
might come to understand why an
outbreak at any Indian aget.cv
cannot be instantly 7 suppress’d
by troops that are two thou¬
sand miles away, and why Hour
from ^Minneapolis to day cannot to
morrow be devoured by starving
Me-caleros in the Southwest. They
might also learn that creeks and
marshes cannot be made na.igable in
the interest, of commerce even by the
expenditure of twenty or thirty
millions per year on them. Had
Senator Blair ever seen a map of the
United States.Jie might not have
gravely proposed to make the Mis
sissippi River turn backward and
dash up hill for severe! thousand
miles. In view 7 of the possible in
crease of congressional intelligence
the public perhaps will overlook that
the number qnd cost of the proposed
maps what they are ridiculously in excess of
should be
ilir. George William Curtis, Presi¬
dent of the New York Civil Seryice
Reform Association, ha3 sent a
circular to ail the Government
employes here, warning them not to
respond to the forced levy of the
Republican cempaign committee,
under pain of being proceeded against
according »o the Revised Statutes
prohibiting such contributi ns. It is
understood Mr. Curtis has or will
ssnd a copy of this circular to custom
house officers and Government em
ploves generally throughout the
country. There is no question that
a large majority of them would be
very glad to get otf paying the assess-
men ^ ^ tlicir tenure of office is not
thereby impaired ^ uey ai* placed
in somewhat of a dilemma. A female
clerk io „ ne of the departments
insisted a day or two since on making
a comparatively large contribution to
t ‘ le campaign committee. She placed
her own action on the score ot pati io-
ti8in> hut 50m3 did it other with associa hope cylerks
gaid slle the
making herselt ’-solid in her office.
Phono,
'"'eHoils . rcncountM Z7~(*' r , "S7 r _y * tc
,, ay took place
n (jeonee county, near the house of
Mr. Gregory, between two sons of
* K ^‘b^L'Twhicf. seriously the'
we re if not family wounded
___ one knocked being shot in the neck and the
0 th er down with a base ball
club. The difficulty grew 7 out of
land dispute between the lathers oi
^ 'Salons
awreeraen t to fi<*ht it out. The
Gregorys weie not hurfc.— Banner
Watchman.
Noted Men !
Dr. John F. Hancock,
late President of the National Phar¬
maceutical Association of the United
States, says:
“Brown's Iron Bitters has a
heavy sale, is conceded to be a fine
tonic; hictarers the character of the manu.
is a voucher for its purity
and medicinal excellence."
Dr. Joseph Roberts,
President Baltimore pharmaceutical
College, says:
“ I indors* it ns a fine medicine,
reliable as a strengthening tonic,
free from alcoholic poisons."
Dr. J. Paris Moore, Ph.
D., Professor of Pharmacy, Balti¬
more Pharmaceutical College, says:
“ Brown’s Iron Bitters is a safe
and reliable medicine, positively
free from alcoholic poisons, and caa
be recommended as a tonic for use
among those who oppose alcohol."
Dr. Edward Earickson,
Secretary Baltimore College of Phar¬
macy, says •
“I indorse it as an excellent
medicine, a good digestive agent,
and a non-intoxicant in the fullest
sense.”
Dr. Richard Sapington,
one of Baltimore’s oldest and most
reliable physicians, says:
“ Alt who have used it praise its
standard virtues, and the well-
known character of the house which
makes it is a sufficient guarantee
cf its being all that is claimed, for
duced they are men who could not be in¬
to offer anything else but a
reliable medicine for public use."
A Druggist Cured*
Gentlemen: Boonsboro, Brown's Md., Oct. ta, 1S80.
Iron Bit¬
ters cured me of a bad attack of
— Indigestion ach. Having and fullness in the stom¬
tested It, I take pleas¬
ure in recommending it to my cus¬
tomers, entire satisfaction and am glad to say it gives
to all.”
Guo. W. Hoffman, Druggist.
Ask your Druggist for Brown’s
Iron Bitters, and take no other.
One trial will convince you that it
is just what you need.
GEORGIA POLITICS.
American Register.
A most persistent, but futile effort,
has been going on here between ti e
Administration party and the Repub¬
licans and coalitionists bf Georgia,
“to divide and conquer” the Democ¬
racy qf that State, and to this end had
placed lion. Alexander II. Stephen*
in a false position before the country
by lying telegrams to the effect th-t
he had accepted the nomination of
tao Independent paity of Georgia,
for Governor.
in a late dispatch from Washington
to the Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution, an
interview between the V\ asbington
correspondent of that paper and Mr.
Stephens, is detailed at some length,
and in which he (Mr. Stephens) con ¬
tradicts the telegraphic reports, and
places himself, as he always has
stood, squarely upon the Jeffersonian
Democratic platform of principles.
The utterances of Mr. Stephens in
this dispatch, qiust forever put at rest
tlie charges of sympathy with any and
every political organization, or party,
outside of the Democratic party and
must satisfy every Democrat in the
State of Georgia as to his unswerving
fealty to the Democratic party now
and in the future.
In this dispatch lie has gone even
further than was expected, He lias
placed himself in direct antagonism
to the leaders of the Independent
movement in Georgia, Messrs. Felton
and Speer and who were foremost in
pledging Mm their support for Gov-
ernoi-this fall. To do this required
no little courage. We arc glad, and
t j le Democracy of the State of Georgia
are gj af p an 4 >V e have no doubt the
whole Democracy of the country will
rojoioe ' at this additional and timely
cl de « ofMr . Stephens’ fealty to
the time-honored principles of the
Democratic party 7 . And, despite the
c ff or t so fa few malcontents to tie
contrary 7 , the standard of the Dctnoc-
racv st^hens’ ofGeorgia will be placed in Mr.
hands cu the lath of July.
a ^p:oximo, and he will earn 7 that
standard op to the first complete and
triumphant victory which the party
bannw of “tbY True ° Jeflfcroniaa
Democracy.—American Register.
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