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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-21

compelled to labor fourteen hours .
day. They were allowed no pay
for extra work, although the law
made a different provision.
During the rigorous weather
of last winter they were constantly !
kept out, working on the railroad
each secular day and cutting wood
for their taskmakers on Sunday
Their own fires were insufficient to
keep them warm, and. the convict
says: sOften and often l have gone
in from work late at night with my
clothing frozen stiff, and would have
to go to bed without being allowed
to make fire to thaw and dry my
self" He was good draughtsman
by occupation and unused to hard
work, but was placed between two
negro men and compelled to perform
as much labor as they did. Failing
to always keep up, he was ordered
to be whipped, and the negro con-
Wet appointed to infict the flashing,
not performing the duty in accord
ance with the wishes of the fend in
charge, was savagely beaten with an
axe handle. and died two days after.
ward from the effect of the blows.
In continuation of his story, the con
Wet says:
| 81 belonged to a gang of seven
six negro convicts and myself-and
before spring came the six negroes
were dead, but I stood it through.
John Dowell, negro, had his hands
badly frozen, and begged the boss to
let him go to the fire and warm
them. The boss said he was playing
off; but in order to convince him
that he was not, Dowell struck his
fingers on the cart-wheel and they
ratified like sticks, but he was not al
lowed to warm them. His fingers
dropped off shortly afterward. and
he was not able to work any more.
We were locked up in the log shanty
on Saturday night and not even
allowed to go after water until Mon
day morning, and, unless the bosses
wanted us to do something for them
the door was not opened in the mean,
time. Before the State Inspector Of
Convicts would arrive to look after
us we we're quietly informed that il
we gave him any information We
would pay dearly for it.
The penitentiary is too good tol
any one who will treat q convict as
this man was treated. Prison in
spectors cannot be too careful IL
watching over the treatment of con-
victs. Humanity demands that they
should not be tortured to death by
their cruel masters
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THE NEW YORK DECISION.

Guiteau's friends have been much
encouraged by a recent decision of
the Court of Appeals in New York,
confirming the decision of an inferior
court on the insanity question. The
New York Tribune says of the de
cision in question:
The assertion made by Guiteau in
the course of the trial yesterday that
the decision of the Court of Appeals
handed down on Monday in the case
of the people against John OConnel,
sustained his defence, is not borne
out either by the judgment or the
opinion of the Court of Appeals in
that case. O'Connel was convicted
of an assault with intent to kill.
This conviction was affirmed at Gem
eral Term, and is now again affirmed
by the Court of Appeals. The de-
fence was insanity. The trial Judge
charged the jury that the prisoner
was presumed to be a sane man I'M
til he convinces you by evidence that
he is insane" The judge then de-
fined insanity, and said: 'If such
was the prisoners condition, he was
relieved from the responsibility;
otherwise he was responsible for that
which he does. In conclusion the
Judge said: eff you have reason.
| able doubt from the evidence that
the prisoner is guilty of this crime,
then you should give him the benefit
of that doubt
It was from these parts OF the
judges charge that the prisoners
counsel took his exceptions:~and on
which he sought to get a reversal OF
the conviction. Both the General
Term and the Court of Appeals said
that the trial Judge was entirely right
and they affirmed the judgment OF
conviction. Nor is there anything
new in the doctrine laid down in the
opinion of the Court of Appeals
which was written by Judge Dan
forth.
Precisely the same rule was lai6
down in the case of Lister Brother
i ton, where conviction of murder IN
the first degree was affirmed by the
Court of Appeals in 1878. There the
defense of insanity having been inter
t posed, the trial judge charged the
| jury that g this allegation of insanity
is an affirmative issue, which the de-
PENDANT is bound to prove" but alike
charged it that if there is a wei
founded doubt whether this man wal
insane at the time he fired the pisto
you will acquit him." The Court O
Appeals held here that no error hat
been committed, and affirmed the con
viction. In the opinion given OIL
Monday, Judge Danforth refers ap
provingly to this decision as express
ing the settled law in this State upol
the subject. at is difficult to see,
said a lawyer yesterday, what com
fort Guiteau could derive from eithe
case, unless it was from false pre-
tenee before the jury that the New
York Court Of Appeals had actuall,
made decision which helped him.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY 81, 1882.

In recent letter from Judge John
V. Wright, late Democratic candi
date for Governor, he states the
situation in regard to the State debt
very correctly when he says: eff in
tbs future we strive as hard to settle
the debt as we have in the past to
defer it, Iapprehend that it will not
be SO hard to meet after ALL
This is very true and will be
borne out by the observation and ex-
perience of all business men. More
persons have lost money and been
ruined in business by trying to avoid
the payment of their debts than have
been by an honest effort to pay them.
When we see a debtor who can pay
his debts, or who upon representing
the truth to his creditors
could make fair and reasonable
arrangement with them, try
ing to get his property out of his
hands, and by illegitimate means at
tempting to swindle his creditors out
of their dues, we may put it down as
inevitable, that that man is on the
road to financial ruin.
And it is so with State. If, in
stead of attempting ten years ago to
defer or avoid the payment of our
State debt, we had gone zealously to
work to pay it, we would be better
off by several millions than we now
are. The loss in actual money, the
loss of reputation and the loss in
the general demonstration which
has followed the agitation of this
question has been great, and this
suicidal policy should end at once
Let us hear no more of it.
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RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.

The recent terrible railroad disas-
ter at Spuyten Duyvil, New York,
has set the people to thinking upon
such occurrences, as is usually the
case, and the question of devising
means to prevent such acts is being
vigorously discussed, especially in
that State. Gov. Cornell has made
it the subject of special message to
the Legislature, from which we ex-
tract the following:
Certain rules with reference to the
running of railway trains are indis.
pensible to the safety of passengers,
and faithful performance under such
rules is quite as vital to the welfare
of the community as the due obs
servance of the laws of the State in
other matters. It seems obvious,
therefore, that such general regula-
tons as are applicable to the safe
and prudent direction of railroads
should be enacted into statutes,
with suitable provision of penalties
both as against the companies and
the individual officer or employee on
whom the obligation of duty rests.
Neglect or violation of these
prudential methods is frequently, and
notably in the recent instance, a
crime meriting severe punishment
which existing statutes do not .suf-
fciently provide. Whatever will tend
to stimulate the vigilance and enforce
the responsibility of railway officials,
and furthermore to increase the eff
cheney and watchfulness of individual
employees, will just SO far promote
the comfort and safety of the multi
tude of people who travel by rail.
The present means of heating and
lighting railway cars, is also stand
ing menace to the ieves of passen
gers, while little if any care is taken
to guard against the ravages of fire,
so frequently occurring, and thus
adding to the horrors incident to
collisions and other violent accidents
Hundreds of persons stood helpless
by the burning train at SpuytenDuy-
vii, but would gladly have rendered
assistance if provided with proper
weapons to combat the flames
Without such requisites they were
powerless to rescue the imprisoned
passengers or prevent the disfgure
ment by fire of those already dead
Trains should be required by law to
be supplied with all available appli
ances for breaking into the wrecked
cars and for the extinguishment Of
fires.
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GOING WEST I

TN making arrangements to move from your old
i to your new home u would be well to consider
what has been doae to render such il Journey not
only cheap but a. pleasant and Tree from acct
dcrt and danger a humai, foresight and skill can
make It. By cons' .uction. equipment, and good
management. the Nashville. Chattanooga and
ct. Louis Railway merits your full confidence.
having the very best rock ballast. steelratl, fish
bar joint, iron bridges and most thoroughly
constructed roadway, with air-ordkes and other
cure connections. With lbs superior through
coaches and sleeping cars it has great adyantar
geS over other ines. and is enabled to offer the
lowest rates which can be had tew things OF
interest aud Importance we mention for your In
formation. The question of baggage has aiwaye
been troublesome to passengers. The rule OF
this line is to check Tree for each person twelve
years and over, one hundred and fiity pounds
OF baggage consisting OF wearing apparel and
bedding. securely packed in trunks or medium
size boxes well strapped, and seyenty-fve pounds
each for children between five and twelve years
old & should Be PLAINLY marked With the he
goes. Tickets should be purchased from or
through reliable PARTIES and you should see that
they are BY the route and TO the place you want
10 go before paying for them. Remember thu
and 1t IS the duty Of Ticket Agents to accommo
date passengers with tickets by the route thes
wish TO take. when Il is possible for them Is
Aoso.
You can secure tns eseePest rates to A5kanss.
person Ok writing to ALBEIT B. WRENN, Pass
Agent No Kfmbau House, r. O. Box 26A
Atlanta, ca; VIZ. z. RoGKs. Pass Agent, and
ys0. r. RK.nLne, Ilckct Agent. Chattanooga.
w 4. H1no1, Tidnf 1esnf, Church stTsss
s e sdissf "a paoIishef a Dis jomnsi.
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SMALL Pox
ERADICATED.

Contagion destroyed.
Sick Rooms purified
and made pleasant.
Fevered and Sick
Persons relieved and
refreshed by bathing
with Pr0phylaetic
Fluid added TO the
water.
Soft White Complex
. ions secured by Its
use In bathing.
Impure Air made
harmless and purified
by sprinkling Darby's
Fluid about.
To purify the Breath
Cleanse the Teeth,
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Catarrh relieved and
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Erysipe1as cured.
Burns relieved instant
Scars prevented. Qy.
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In cases of death in the
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Dangerous effiuviaS Of
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Yellow Fever
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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1882-01-21

The House of Representatives is
not likely to adopt the foolish sug
gestion of the committee on rules, to
increase the membership of the
standing committees of the House.
It is generally conceded that the
committees are already large enough,
and the only reason that can be given
for an increase of their membership,
is to make places for those
who care dissatisfied with the
assignments made by Speaker
Keifer. As some one has stated,
it is a proposition to give some
cold victuals to some who were not
invited to the original feast. It is
not a dignifed business for the
House of Representatives to be
engaged In. There would be dis
satisfied members, even after these
fifty seven additional appointments
were made. 1t is not expected that
the Speaker can satisfy every
one. Nospeakerhas ever done it, and
no one ever will. A change in the
method of appointment would prove
unsatisfactory to many. The COM
mittees are large enough. Let Con
gress go on about its business, and
leave time to heal the sore heads Of
those who are disappointed.
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Mrs. ABRAHAM LINCOLN is in New
York for medical treatment. She is
suffering from a chronic spinal affec
ton, from Bright's disease of the kid
neys, and from two cataracts on her
eyes which prevent her from even
reading her own letters. She lives
in plain rooms, dresses Inexpensive
", and is financially unable to employ
nurse to give her all the attention
she needs. We gather these facts
from the New York Tribune, a re-
porter of which called on Mrs. Lin
coin at her rooms and upon her
physicians. Congress should lose no
tsme in passing the bill now pending
giving her FIVE thousand dollars back
pension 70 which she is entitled.
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North Carolina Division

LOudon AVID lockwood Mail Packet.
The steamer Emory City, carrying the mail,
passengers and freight, runs daily between Lou
don. Kingston and lockwood, arriving at Lou
don to connect with the eastern bound train, No.
4, at 1915 p. M. and leaves for Kingston and
lockwood on the arrival Of the western bound
traia, No. 3. at % q. m.
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-10
Netu'pork Daily Gribna1e.
FOUNDED GRACE GREELEY
TUESDAY. OCTOBER 10. 1882.
THE NEWS THIS MORNING.

FoREIGN-The steamship Herder, from New
York for Hamburg. struck the rocks few miles
from Cape Race, n. F., early yesterday morning
and will prove total wreck; the passe myers ana
crew were saved. - The committees appointed
by the Khedive are investigating the outraees COM
mitted by the natives in Egypt. - formld-
able strike among English GOLFERS is thought to be
imminent - Several Anti-Jewish rioters In
Russia have been sentenced to prison.
Observation-Disclosures for State officers and men,
bers of Congress Will bo held to-day in Ohio and
West Virginia. - The report Of Lieutenant
Beebe. of the Arctic Relief Expedition, has been
presented to General Hazen. - Near Canton,
Ga. about 200 persons we're precipitaed into the
water at a baptism by the breaking of bridge; no
one was killed, but many arms and legs were
broken. 60 The Sessions bribery case has been
postponed until December. 80 The Iarlf Com
mission met yesterday at Pittsburg. - special
train from Hartford was partially thrown from the
track in the Springfield Mass, freight yard yester-
day: no one was hurt - Much excitement was
caused at Bridgeport, Conn, yesterday. by the ex-
plosion of so 900 breeeh-loading caps at the Union
Metallic Cartridge shop. lilo Kew. >. l.. Den
ton. the State Superintendent OF Instruction OF
Arkansas committed suicide yesterday. 60 There
is danger that the Georgiaville DAM not Tar from
Providence K. l., will break
CITY AND SUBURBAN.-The Republican State
Committee will meet to-day to name a candidate
for Congressman at Large. - The letters OF ac-
ceptance of Messrs. Cleveland, Hill and Ruger were
received yesterday. 60 Another accident oc-
Cured in the Hudson River Tunnel - The
Bridge Trustees appointed committee tc IN
yestigate the management of bridge al
fairs. - The Hunters Point pool rooms
were closed by Anthony Comstock. - The Aus
tralan cricketers made 10 runs and the Newly ork
eighteen made 81 in the first innings. 60 Gold
value of the legal-tender silver dollar grains
1920 cents. - Stocks opened with a moderate
DOOM in prices, afterward were feverish and
fuctuating, and closed irregular and unsettled
THE MISUNDERSTANDING local observations III
dictate clear and partly cloudy weather, with lower
temperature. Temperature yesterday: Highest,
78o; lowest $50; average, GALLO.
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GENERAL NOTES.

The competition of young girls for appoint
ment In the English postal service is increasing At
examination TO test the qualifications of applicants
fortnight ago there we're 800 candidates for thirty
places The salary Is very small bcgnningiat only 81 80
u week.
A unique encounter of gigantic forces was
witnessed the other day by party of fortunate mining
prospcctOrs This nothing loss than the meeting on
Lake Tahoe OF two huge which had been raised by
a cyclone and rolled toward each other from opposite
directions with great velocity As they column OF
spray shot up hundred feet into the air and report
Ike peal OF thunder followed.
When the hop-picIing Is over in California
the Indian who has been earning 81 90 day and feels
the dignity OF riches beakes himself to the town
and invests his capital in gaudy apparel and other cre
ture comforts He purchases for himself glossy black
suit Of cashmere and pair OF boots whose red tops he
displays with pride beneath his rolled up trousers For
his squaw he selects handkerchief of many ooors and
II he feels Like doing her special honor red quilt for
shoulders Thus adorned they scat themselves In lofty