Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-12-11
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
A QUIET BOOM FOR A GEOR-
GIAN FOR SPEAKER.

Valuable Mining Property in Danger
OF ConfiseatiOn-SenatOr Barrow's
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Browns Internal
Revenue Billion. Morgan Rayyls'
Claim.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 10.-GeOrgia's can
didate for Speaker of the next House is
being quietly developed. He is Hon. n.
J. Hammond. He has Georgia's strength
BACK OF him and some outside support. 1t
IS not probable, however, that he will be a
formidable opponent to Mr.. Carlisle. but
ne Will have sufficient strength to give him
an important Craftsmanship in the ar
rangement of the committees of the next
House.
IN DANGER OF CONFIsCATfON.
\ valuable piece of property in Georgia
Is somewhat in danger of confiscatiOn bV
the government under the act of 1862. 1t
Is the large tract formerly owned by the
EtoWah Mining and Manufacturing Com
pany. This property was owned at the
commencement of the late war by Mark
A: Cooper. 1t is situated near Carters-
vile. 1t is iron and coal land. Cooper
transferred II shortly after the commence
ment of the war to Quinly d Robinson.
me latter firm turned it over to the Con-
1ederate Government in consideration of
VIZ Apttl VI FfVOstOUs 1Mt uSb lut AUnltu-
eracy was to make of it was in
the manufacture Of shot, shell and
other implements of war. When
such WOrk-under the conditions of
the contract made-had amounted to the
loan advanced Quinby & Robinson by the
Confederacy, the property was to revert to
them. The Confederate authorities took
men from the enlisted ranks Ofits army who
were accustomed to the work required in
such establishments as that turned over
to them by Quinby Il Robinson, and
manufactured what it wanted. When.
under the terms of the contract, it had
used the mills and other works to the ex-
piratiOn of the loan of 100000, the latter
were turned over to the men from whom
they had been hired. All this was prior
to the passage Of what is known as
the United States contiscation
act. That act, which is
still law, was very sweeping in its pro-
visions. All property loaned, taken or
occupied by the COnfederacy was cOnfis-
Gated to the United States, and there is
clause Of it which gives good fees to in
formers who locate such property. Sher-
man, in his 'march to the sea- so called,
burnt all the mills and buildings on the
property under discussion, but under the
cOnfiscatiOn act all lands upon which the
property was located, and which were
owned by the same people as those to whom
the destroyed buildings belonged, are
also subject to cOntiScation. Now it ap-
pears that there is an ex-UniOn soldier at
Gainesville who is acquainted with what
L have told you, and who is anxious to
become possessed Of the infOrmer's fees.
His name / am unable to ascertain to-
night. He has, however, taken steps to
secure those infOrmer's fees. The case
has, through his mstrumentality, been
brought to the attention of the government
authorities in Washington. District At
tOrney Bigby has been written to, and il
is understood has reported that under the
laws of Georgia procedure cannot be
made. He has been answered that it is
not under any State law that action is
contemplated, but under United States
laws. Thus the case stands. The out
come of it will be matter of considerable
interest.
A COINCIDENCE.
The new Georgia Senator, Pope Barrow,
is rapidly becoming very popular. He
has said nothing in the Senate yet. A
new Senator is required by the usages of
the dignitied Senate to keep silent for at
least time. There is a curious cOinci-
dence about Mr.. Barrow. His grandfather.
Wilson Lumpkin, was also elected to ill
a vacancy in the United States Senate
Another fact about him: A cousin of his
father, Senator Pryor, of Louisiana. died
while i'm the Senate representing that State. |
L ubu tulON bliS, IdIltI ldtb over IIle /
wires as possible coincidence, however. !
HOLBROOK.
Mr.. Hammond has introduced "A bill for |
the relief of Priscilla Holbrook. 1t directs |
the Secretary of the Interior to place on |
the pension rolls the name of Priscilla !
HOlbrOOk, widow of Green b. HolbrOOk, |
private in Captain WhartOn's company,
Georgia militia, war of 1912.
BROWNS INTERNAL REVENUE BILL.
Senator Brown will try to get the |
Senate Finance Committee to report
favOrably on the internal revenue reduc- |
ton bill introduced by him. The bill is as
follows:
\ BILL to repeal an act entitled "An act to !
provide internal revenue to support the gov
ernment, to pay interest on the public debt.
and for other purposes" passed June 3Oth, |
1854, and to repeal all laws and parts of laws |
charging, extending, or amendatOry of the |
same.
WHEREAS, The policy of the Government of !
the United States, from the earliest period of |
its existence, except in case of the emergen-
cies of war, has been to collect the revenue
necessary TO support the government by a tax |
upon imports; and whereas the eXigencies |
of war made ii necessary to vary from |
this rule, practced by both political parties, |
during the late unfortunate civil war; and |
whereas. a period of about eighteen years has |
passed since the war closed, and the country |
is now enjoying profound peace and prosperi- |
ty, rendering exception to the general rule of |
policy and practice on this subject no longer |
necessary; and, whereas, the raising of the |
revenues of the United States to support the |
government, economically administered, by a |
tax upon imports, affords a legitimate incl !
dental protection to American industry and |
American productions:
Be it enacted that the act entitled "An act |
to provide internal revenue to support the |
government, to pay the interest on the public I
debt, and for other purposes" passed the Both !
of June, 1864, and all acts adding to, enlarging,
or amending the same, and all laws authoriz- |
ing the collection of internal revenue. be. and |
the same are hereby repealed
That this act shall be of force from and after |
the first day of July, 1888.
MORGAN RAwLS.
The following bill for the relief of Col. |
Morgan Rawls, introduced at the last ses-
sion by Mr.. Black, of Georgia, has been |
acted favorably upon by the House in |
committee of the whole and so reported to |
go on the House calendar;
That the sum of eight hundred dollars is |
hereby appropriated, out of any money in the |
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pay |
Morgan RaWls of the State of Georgia, for |
dwelling house taken from the village of Guy |
ton. Georgia, in the latter part of the year 1
eighteen hundred and siXty-five, by order of |
the United States officer in command at Sa- |
vannah, Georgia, through mistake for a Con- |
federate building.
The AIexandrine Indemnity.
ALEXANDRIA, Dec. 10.-A peaceable |
demonstration of several tbOusand of the /