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THE EASTMAN TIMES. Fill DAY, FEBBUAHY 7. 1878. Internal Improveineiits. The 13th of February is the day set apart by Congress for the consideration of certain inland navigation bills, a mong which is a bill proposing a Gov crnmcnt loan for the construction of the Atlantic and Great Western Canal to connect the waters of the Tencssee river with those of Savannah, thus making a water highway navigable for steamboats from St. Louis to Savan nah. The estimate cost of this woik is $39,000,000. We would be pleased to see the bill passed, and this gigantic enterprise completed, western freight would be greatly reduced, and then would be no occasion for western planters to use corn for fuel. The Tide ofliumigration. Surprise is often expressed, that emigration continues to flow West ward with constantly increasing vol lime, while the South invites popula tion and labor in vain. That such should be the fact is truly a matter of astonishment. The South not only enjoys a climate beyond comparison preferable to that ot the West, but it presents to the con sideration of the emigrant all flic ad vantages of established and cultivated society, and of facilities for transpor tation to any extent. It possesses this still greater attraction for the agricul tural laborer: its leading production is one for which there is a constantly in creasing demand, and which can never be over-supplied. While people go clad there will be a demand for cotton, and a very large proportion of the sup ply must come from the Southern Uni ted States. There is, therefore, no rea son for doubting that tlie growing of cotton will always be remunerative. Again, the variety of production to which the South is adapted is unequal cd. The West is now glutted with corn which will not pay transportation to a remunerative market, and toe sole reliance of the farmers lies in the slow and uncertain process of converting it into meat. With such a contrast of the relative inducements presented to immigrants by the South and West, it is indeed surprising that the tide of immigration docs not flow Southward. [The South. Ocr New Senator —The Atlanta cor respondent of the Cincinnati Commer cial—ll. V. Redlield—writes that pa per the following description of Sena tor John B. Gordon: “General Gordon has nothing 1 of the Stephens in his composition. He is as different as white is from black. He is young, ardent, stout, eloquent, full of nerve, energy, vim, and push; a brilliant orrtor, a dashing military officer; and a man .who never knew fear. In the Southern army he won the title of the bravest of the brave. He is forty years old, well built, about medium height, and rather slender, and would bo handsome if a piece of bomshcll had not made an ugly gash in his cheek. He was in all the bat tles he could by any possibility get in to, and bears scars all over his body. This gives him strength among the colonels, captains, and lieutenants who make up a good portion of the Georgia Legislature. They remember their “comrade in arms.” Camp-lires and hard-tack ties are not severed in seven years,” Georgia. It is quite impossible in the columns of a single issue to give more than an outline of the surpassing natural re sources of this noble Commonwealth. The subject is so momentous that the further it is investigated the more er_ grossing does it become. The State is one of the original thirteen. She has been the home of many generations, and her history is adorned with many illustrious names. She is justly term ed the Empire State of the South, and yet she is only in the infancy of her development. Wide tracts of her rich domain are uncultivated; her forests •no treasures of untold wealth, while a vast area of her surface is underlaid with mines the value of whHi defies computation. She is the foremost Southern State in cotton manufacture; but in this field her success has only begun. In whatever aspect the State is viewed, whether in agriculture, in the utilization of her forests, in the de velopment of her minerals or in her manufactures,-she has but entered a career of achievement, the grandeur of which will be witnessed by a future generation. [The South. Can a man who has been fined by the magistrates over and over a°’ain t o be considered a refined man? We are Passing Away. llow solemn, yet joyful, is this thought to the Christian; but how doleful and heart-rending it should be to the wicked. Our days at most, form but a span. Like the flowers, we ordinarily bud in the spring, ma ture in summer, decay in fall, and die in winter. But as the bloom of spring • is frequently attacked by the hiring | frost or poisnous insect; as the fruit of early summer is occasionally visited by a scorching drought or other ene mies to lively growth, preventing ma turity and producing a premature de cay, so with man, having been eon-i ceived in sin and brought forth in “iniquity: while in his cradle he sleeps j the early sleep of death, while in youth, \ with bright prospects of a long and cheerful life, the bright-eyed boy and girl with rosy cheeks are snatched away from father, mother, brothers, ' s'shrs and friends: The young man and woman in the bloom of manhood and womanhood, just as they are en tering* the threshold cf an active.use ful life, the scythe of time is thrust in their path-way, and they cut down to rise no more. The middle aged father and mother with their dear helpless prattling ones around them, and the burthen of busy life sorely press their hearts, are suddenly summoned to ap pear before the judgement scat of Christ, leaving behind a sting*, a va cuum this world can never extract or fill. The hoary beaded of three score years and ten, although they have been permitted to behold many revolv ing seasons, and been greatly blessed with the comforts of life, are visited by the unweary messenger of death and called to slumber, like their fathers before them in that “charnel house” which wc all sooner or later must enter. In view of this certain and solemn end of us all, how busy should wc be from youth to old age, in working unceasingly in our masters vinyard, so we may possess those es sential talents that will give us all brill iant passports across the river of death and joyful admittance into the realms of eternal day, when the loud, shrill trump shall command laud and sea to give up their dead-. Progress. Poetical. “It is many years since I fell in love with Jane Jeruslia Skcgs, the hand somest country girl by far that ever went on legs. Bv meadow, creek and wood and del!, so often did we walk, and the night winds learned our talk. Jane Jeruslia was all tome, for my heart was young* and true, and loved with a double and twisted love, and a love that was honest too. I roamed all over the neighbors’ farms, and I robbed the wild wood bowers, and tore my trousers and scratched my bands in search of the clioisest flowers. In my boyish love 1 brought all these to my Jerusha Jane; but I would not be so foolislfi now if I were a boy again. A city chap that came along, all rigged in fine clothes, with a shiney vest, and a moustache under his nose, lie talked to her of singing schools, for her fath er owned a farm, and she left me—the country love—and took the new chap’s arm. And all that night, I never slept, nor could I eat next day, for I loved that girl with a fervent love that nought could drive away. I strove to win her back to me, but it was all in vain—the city chap with the hairy lip married Jeruslia Jane. And my poor heart was sick arid sore, until the thought struck me, that just as good fish yet remained, as ever Was caught in the sea. So I went to the Method ist Church one night, and saw a dark brown curl peeping from under a gyp sy bat, and I married that verry girl. | And many years have passed and gone and 1 think my loss my gain; and I of ten bless that hairy chap that stole Jeruslia Jane.” Paternal. The proudest monuments to the memory of our fathers are not those which are carved by the skilful artist from blocks of marble, or reared by the practiced architect in majestic piles of granite. These indeed have their at tractions, their value and their inter est. They mark for the latest poster ity, the scene of some mementuus con diet, they redeem from the power of time and decay the features of some no ble countenance, and the proportions of some manly form, causing the poor dust to start into life again from the mol ton clay in the quarried marble. But the noblest and enduring monu ments are those that are written on the tablets of our hearts, chiseled in the deep recesses of our souls, and will dwell greenly in our memories in time and eternity. In France the Bourbons are doubling teams against the Republicans, in or der to create a monarchy, and put one of their number upon the throne. The Count of Chamboard, grandson of Charles X, is accepted as the leader of the united forces. He is fifty years of age and childless. He represents the old line of the Bourbons, while the Count of Paris heads the succession in the line of Orleans. But the peo ple of France arc opposed to the Bour bons no matter from what line they spring, and the efforts of that race to obtain power will more likely lead the headmen of such movements to a scaffold than a throne. The Captain-General of Cuba lias ci ted several Cubans, who have taken out naturalization papers in the United States, to appear before that pleasant body a military court composed of Spanish officers and be tried for trea son. If the obliging offer is respect fully declined as it will be, as readily as a mouse would decline to be tried by a jury of cats, the sentence has been determined on It is the garrote, and forfeiture of property valued at two millions. These gentlemen intend to call the attention of Secretary Fish to the subject. There’s Always Room Up Stairs.—A young man who was thinking of studying* law, said to Daniel Webs teg: “Mr. Webster, I understand the pro fession of law is quite full, and that there are more lawyers than are rneeded; do you think there is any chance for me?” “There is always room up stairs,’’ was the reply—and as true as it was ingenious. Only a few persons reach the high places, and those are always i?\ great demand—“ There is room enough up stairs.” First-class farmers and me chanics, as well as physicians, law yers, Ac., always find plenty of room, plenty of work, ad ngood pay What ever calling you choose, and it mat ters little, if it be an honest one, re solve to go into an upper story; but don’t try to jump there by a single leap, or you may fall disabled Rath er begin at the bottom of the ladder, and patiently step upon each round. The Philadeipl.'a IVexs says : “There is so much to be said in favor of the bankrupt law that we are not surprised at the strong influence that resists its appeal. This senti ment is not sectional, although the law is still a necessity in the South ern States. It has raised the standard of mercantile in Login ty, made fraudu lent bankruptcy impossible, and intro duced the equal rights of creditors Petitions against its repeal, now.in circulation in this city, are, we learn, being largely signed by the best class of business men. yr Eastman of Pom* Yeats ago. What She is Row, What She SSiould ami WiiS Be in the Next Ten Years, if The People and Friends SStall Do their Duty. Four years ago the site on which Eastman is located, was alone inhabi ted by aged pines on its ridges and evergreens on its glades. There was no shrill mill whistles, at break of day, to awake the neighboring slumberer from his couch of case; no voice but the rnurmurings of the pines, the chirping of the forest birds, the crack of the huntsman’s rifle, the clatter of the herdsman’s bell, and the whistle of the weary lonely traveler winding his w r ay from mountain toward sea and sea toward mountain. The site is on a commanding ridge, dividing the wa ters of Sugar Creek and the little Ocomulgee river, and directly on the \f. & B. 11. XL, fifty six miles south of Macon, one hundred and thirty miles north of Brunswick, and eighteen miles east of Ilawkinsville. The loca tion is beautiful and is surrounded for miles by dense, tall, yellow pines ; the water is abundant, pure and sweet, and no climate more healthy on the continent, being entirely freed from marsh effluvia. The spring and fall are delightful, the winter short and mild, and summer pleasant, especially in the shade, beins almost constantly fanned with a gentle and reviving breeze from the sea, traveling hun dreds of miles through the pines; and while losing its humidity in its long journey, it is impregnated with the invigorating and healthy evaporation from the pines; hence, its locality can not be surpassed, for those whose res piratory organs have been crippled by the rigid temperature of the distant North and West. How cheering, how transporting the change ! On yonders hill stands with stalwart grandeur, our new and commodious Court House, planned and erected by Mr. J. ussel, (one of the most skilled architects of the country) under the supervision of Mr. Win. P. Eastman, Iroin the. private means of the noble, Christian hearted gentleman of New York, the lion. A\ m. K. Dodge, who gives it as a freewill offering to our county, which hears the name of the kind donor. h estward a few hundred yards, on another eminence looms up before the eye, Mr. Eastman’s cosy rich, private residence, costing over ten thousand dollars, and just completed, in which he and his family dwell in fall, winter and spring. From these points, you may see private residences, stores, depot, mills, &e., showing thrift and some taste. M. &B.R. R. trains, from Mac.n to Brunswick and savannah, pass by day and night each way : the day trains meet at this place and stop awhile for dinner. The Methodists Presbyterians and Baptists have their church organiztions, ail'd they severally have religious exercises. Our town is incorporated and well officered : and no town in the State can boast of bet ter morals. \\ e have a splendid school in which both high and low branches are successfully taught, we likewise have a prosperous Masonic Lodge, recently chartered, and an or ganization of Good Templars. The Eastman Times is now being pub lished, with prospects of a bright and useful career. We have lawyers, doctors, merchants, boot and shoe maker, tinner, carpenters, bricklayers, blacksmiths, &c., but room enough for more. Our Sunday School, with its hundred pupils, should be an ornament to any town or city, North or South. From the present standpoint, look- ing to the future advancement and prosperity of our toWn and county within the next ten years, we should unitedly, with a purpose to succeed, by the aid of friends at home and abroad, press the establishment which is .now being agitated—a tri-weekly mail stage route, between Eastman and Dublin'a distanc of about twenty-seven miles; its importance and great utility certainly will commend itself to the Postal department at Washington City. A charter has already been granted, author!; big the construction of a Rail Road, from Kufaula, Ala, to hfcvvkhm viHe; dit is confidently imped that at no distant day, the good work will be commenced with such energy and appliances as will ensure its early com pletion. The citizens of this place, with Its friends generally, should ask tho present Legy Mature to extend the i<barter to Eastman, making this point its grand intersection with the M & B RR. We will hero remark that East man is quite near a direct lino' from IlawkiiiNvilie to Savannah. This road will, we tid'd', ad " n distant day, be built, and when done, it should in con junction with the M & R R R, make this point the grand radiating centre and establish here, all the workshops of both roads, from the fact, it would be nearly central, and where, too, the best of health can be relied on, and in the heart of the best and most abun dant timber in the State. There is no spot in the U. S. better adapted for an extensive car factory lienee we cor dially invite mechanics with means, to that enterprise., Our climate and soil are admirably adapted to the culture of cotton and sugar cane, therefore we call on capitalists to embark in cotton and sugar mills: there is no point bet ter adapted than Kastman, for fuich in vestments: fuel is abundant and cheap and labor of women and children, plen tiful; health unsurpassed, and the raw material made at home, and facilities for transportation good. Farmers are specially invited to our county, as lands are- ip, mid can readily be made exceedingly productive. This locality is specially recommended to fruit raisers, the early peach matures well here, and an orchard could put its yield into market ten days earlier than those of Columbus and near Griffin, this would ensure a large profit to the grower. Apples, figs and other kind red fruits grow and mature well in this belt of country. This place needs a manufacture of furniture, also a skilled and faithful carriage and wagon maker. A woolen mill would pay well as large quanti ties of sheep are raised in reaching distance. If planters desire to settle in town to become the recipients t f good society and schools, here is a favorable spot, as good farms can be bought in the country at fair prices. Progrsse. Smallpox still prevails among the citizens of Macon, and an occasional death occurs from Miningitis A woman - will run for Parliament at the next election in England. New Advertisements. fall into Ranks! AND MARCH DOWN TO H. HERRMAN & SON’S, AND BUY YOUR GOODS AT Savannah Prices! feb 7, ’73-ly. BOOT & SHOE SHOP, EASTMAN, GA., J. F. MURPHY, - - Proprietor. I am now prepared to execute any work in my line promptly and on reasonable terms, and respectfully ask the public to give me a trial. 1-ly. h* cl. < DEALER IN Family Groceries, & Fancy Liquors, KEEPS ON HAND AN ASSOI Tf/O SUPPLY OF Flour, Bacon, Laid, Sugar, Coffee, Rice, Caned Fruits, Candies, Candles. Oranges, Ap ples Cheese, Crackers, Fancy Wines, Brandy, Whisky. Gin, Rum. and in fact any and every thing usually kept in a retail grocer) ami liquor store, all of which lie will sell for cash, and cash only, at a wry small advance on original cost. He invites you to call, teb 7-1 y. GEORGIA— Dodge County. Whereas Elizabeth Harraldsoii applies for letters of administration on the estate of Rer.- beu iJarralJsoii; late of said county deceased, These an therefore, to cite and admonish all persons concerned to bo and appear at my of fice within the time allowed by 1 i\v to show cause, if any they have, why said letters should not be granted the applicant. Given under my hand and official signature, this January, 2Mb, 1873. J. J. Rozas Ordinary. Jan, 29—30d (Printers fee $3 50.1 Gls( )RGIA —Dodge County. "Whereas Noah Cobb, applies for letters of administration on the estate of Nancy Cobb, Lite of said county, deceased: These are therefore to cite and admonish all persons con cerned to be and appear at my office within the time allowed by law to show cause if any they have, why said letters should not he granted the applicant. Given under my hand and of ticial signature, this January 29th, 1879. J. J. Rozar, Ordinary, jan 29-tds (Printers fee £3 50.) Dodge County Sheriff Sale. (Will be sold before the Court House door, ir the town of Eastman, on the first Tuesday in March next, two lots of land, numbers eleven and sixteen, in the fifteenth district of Dodge county, containing two hundred two and one half acres each, more or less. Levied on to satisfy one tax fi fa against Jordan Brown, agent for G. H. Hazlehurst. Issued by John W. Bohannon, Tax Collector of said county of Dodge. Property pointed out by said Tax Collector, this January 20th, 1 73. T. M. MOSELEY, Dep’v Sheriff, jan 31Tds( Printer’s fee £3 50.) GEORGIA —Dodge County. Thirty days after date application will be made to tlie Ordinary of said county for an or der authorizeing the sale of the lands belong ing to the estate of Wm Walker deed. This Jan 29th 1873. B. F. Clark. Admr, GEORCII A—Dodge County. Mrs Ellen Rooney having applied for ex emption of personalty, and setting apart and valuation of Homestead, I will pass upon the same in my office at 10 oclock A M on 10th day of Feb, 1873. J. J. Rozar. Ordinary. PULASKI HOUSE. Savannah Georgia. Fronting South, a Frontage of 273 Feet. WM. 11. WILDBERGER, vol 1 no 1-tf Proprietor. L. J. OUILMARTIN A CO., Cotton Factors and General COMMISSION MERCHANTS BAY STREET, SAVANXAU, :::::: GEORGIA. AGENTS FOR BRADLEY S PHOSPHATE Jewe Mills Yams and Domestics, Tobacco, Ac. BAGGING and Iron Ties always on hand. Consignments solicited. Usual facili ties extended to customers. Sept., 7 liuo. DODSE COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALES Will be sold before the Court House door i n the town of Ejistmau, Dodge county o n o . tirst Tuesday in March next, the following moo erty, to-wit: 1 1 One lot of No. 224 in the 13th District nf originally Telfair now Dodge county. L vu.,l oipas the property of John A. J. il.ycrag to satisfy onefi fa issued from the 349 Ihstri.-t G M., iu favor of J. W. Yancey, vs. J. A. J. gF' cratt and Thomas Raycraft. Property pointed out by defendant. Levy made and r turned to me by John S. Barron, Constal le, this —I 1873. —ALSO— id the same time and place, one lot of laud No 202, in the 16th district of originally Pulaski now Dodge county. Levied on as the pro-,. er(v ol L. A. Hall, agent for J. Simms, to sat isfy one tax fi fa for the year 1872, issued by J. W. Bohannon, Tax Collector, vs. L. A. Hall’ agent for J. Simos. Property pointed out l v J. W. Bohannon, Tax Collector. Levy made and returned to me by M. S. Peters, Coastal.],* this January 22d, 1873. —ALSO— at the same time and place three lots of land. Nos, 182, 183 and 209. nil in the 19th district of Dodge county. Levied on as the property of A. C. Riddel, to satisfy one tax ti fa lor the year 1872. Issued by Tax Collector, vs. A. C. itid del. Property pointed out by J. W. Bohan non, Tax Collector. Levy made and returned to me by M. S. Peters, Constable, this January 28, 1873. —ALSO— at me-same time and place one lot of land No. 58 iu the 19th district of Dodge county. Lev ied on as the property of Queen Livingston, to satisfy one tax ti fa for the year 1872. Issued by Tax Collector, vs. Queen Livingston. Prop erty ( ointed out by J. W. Bohannon, Tax Col lector. Levy made and returned to me by M. S. Peters, Constable, Ibis January 28, 1873. —ALSO— at the same time and place, two lots of laud Nos. 108 and 109 in the 19th district of Dodge county. Levied on as the property of J. L. Moreland, to satisfy one tax ti fa for the year 1072*. Issued by Tax Collector vs J. W. Mor, - land Property pointed out by J. W. Bohan non. Levy made and returned to me by M. S. Peters, Constable, this January 28, 1879. —ALSO— at the same time and place one lot of land No. 70 in the 19th district of Dodge county. Lev ied on as the property of James Mathews, to satisfy one tax ti fa for the year 1872. Issued by Tax Collector vs J. Mathews. Property pointed out by J. W. Bohannon. Levy made and returned to me by M. >S. Peters, Constable, tills January 28, 1873. —ALSO— at the same time and place one lot of land No. 12 in the 19th district of Dodge county. Lev ied on as the property of James Leonard to sat isfy one tax ti fa issued byJ. W. Bohannon, Tax ( oilecter vs J. Leonard. I’n >pt rty p< )inted out by J. W. Bohannon. Levy m ide and returned to me by M. 8. Peters, this January 23, 1873. —ALSO— - at the same time and place one lot of land ho. 78 in the 13th district of Dodge county. Lev ied on as the property of J. W. Walker, to sat isfy one tax ti la h r the year 1872, issued by Tax Collector, vs. J. W. Walker. Property pointed out by J. W. Bohannon. Lcvj made and returned to me by ?1. S, IVters, C*.n.Aahie, this January 28, 1873. -—-ALSO — at the same time and place two lots of bind Nos. 280 and 281, levied upon as the propirtv ot J. 11. Dowdy, to satisfy two Superior Court !i ids. one in lavor of J. 11. Anderson A Son, and one in favor of Nans! van in t ‘> Dauoenlx vg, vs J. R. Dowdy and John Rvals. Property pointed out by John Ryals, January 22d. 1873. ALSO at the same time and pL-ice 100 acres of land, more or 1-ss, <>f lot of land No 224 iu the 19th district of Dodge county. Levied on as the property of Neal I >mt-. r, to satisfy one tax ti fa for the year 1872. Issued by the Tax Collec tor vs. Neal Lestf?l\ Property pointed out by J. W. Bohannon Levy made and returned to me bv M. S. Peters, Constable, tiiis January 28, 187A. —AL.BO at the same time and place 45 acres of lot of land No. 101 in the 19tli district of Dodge county. Levied on as the property of Janies Scarborough, to satisfy one tax ti fa. wPropcrty pointed out by J. W. Bohannon, Tax Collector. Levy made and returned to me by M. S. Pe ters, tlris January 28, 1873. —ALSO at the s;ime time and place one L >t of land No. 232 in the 14th district of Dodge county. Lev ied on as the property of A. Johnson, to satis fy a tax fi fa for the year 1872. Property point ed out by J. W. Bohannon, Tax Collector. — Levy made and returned to me by M. S. Pe ters, Constable, this January 28, 1873. ALSO at the same time and place the following lots of land, Nos. 274, 273, 279 and 302 in the 14th district of originally Telfair now Dodge county. Levied On as the property of P. Reeves, ad ministrator of J. Reeves, to satisfy one tax ti fa issued by John W. Bohannon, Tax Collector, vs P. Reeves. Property pointed out by J. Y. Bohannon, Tax Collector. Levy made and returned to me by M. S. Peters, Constable, January 22d, 1873, —-ALSO — at the same time and place 130 acres, more or less, of lot of land No. 316 in the 14th district, north-west side of said lot land. Levied on as the property of P. H. Coffee, Administrator of Mark Willcox, to satisfy one tax ti fa for the year 1871, issued by John W. Bohannon, Tax Collector vs P. H. Coffee, Administrator of Mark Willcox. Levy made and me by M. S. Peters, Constable, January 22,1873. —also— at the same time and place the following lot* of land, Nos. 20, 4, 37 and 23 in the 15th district of originally Pulaski Dodge county. Levied on as the property of L A. Hall, Agent for Mitchell Etheridge, to satisfy one tax fi fa for the year 1872. Issued by John W. Bohannon, Tax Collector, vs. said Fall, agent for M. Etheridge. Property pointed out by J. W. Bohannon, Tax Collector. Lei y made and returned to me by M. S. Peters, Constable, January 22d, 1873. —ALSO— at the same time and plica one lot of land N • 85, in the 14th district of originally Pulaski, now Dodge county. Levied on as the property of John L. r.ukcr to satisfy 'me tax fi ta i<>r the year 1872, issued by J. W. Bohannon, lax Collector of Dodge county, vs J. L. Parker. Property pointed out by J. W. Bohannon. - Levy made and returned to me by M- & I c ‘ ters, Constable, this January 22d, 1873. Jan 31, ’72-tds. JORDAN BROWN, Sheriff D. C. (Printers fee £3.50 per levy.)