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THE EASTMAN TIMES. R, S, BURTON, - - Proprietor. H, W. J, HAM. - - - - Editor, Wednesday, march • j 1573., A Thing Which Should Not Be.— We learn that some of the ladies in town speak of going l to Macon and elsewhere to buy their spring goods. Now, in our humble judgment, this is wrong. Here are oi*r own merchants who will Ik* receiving their spring st ocks in a tew'days, and who look to our people tor the patronage to which their merits entitle them; and we think ladies would do well to wait ami see if 1 hey cannot be suited hero, and keep their money at home. And, speak'ng of thin reminds us that Mr. Coleman o l ' the “French Store/’ is now in Savan nah from whence he will return in a few days, with a heavy and wed se lected stock of spring and summer goods, which he will offer very cheap. We hope the ladies will wait until his return, when we think they will bo able to find something to suit the taste of even the most fastidious.— EaMrnan Times. But we want to see the beautiful Kastman ladies in town whether they buy anything fVom us or not. As to Colemans, We have two in Macoy, cm* of whom has a dry goods house nearly as large as the city of Eastman, and the other, groceries enough to supply your end of the State indefinitely.— Their “French’’ goods are not bought in Savannah.— Macon Enterprise. Upon first'reading the above com ment of our neighbor wo were- dis posed to follow the golden rule, and allow him the same privilege wo took ourselves, of blowing each his own merchants, but upon glancing over his paper we find we are not on an equal footing, for our Mr Coleman advertises with us, while his does not advertise with him. It therefore seems *a little singular, that lie should give iiim such a gigantic puff, as to say that his dry goods house is*as big as our city, if so we think he had better have it surveyed off into lots and rent it out for a while, at least until he can afford to advertise in his local pa per. Were it not for the charming compliment paid our ladies we would j think the Enterprise was disposed to be a little unkind, but in view of this fact, conclude he meant it for pleasant- j rv, and that his extravagant state* j ment proceeds from his imperfect knowledge of the siz * ef our town, and of Golem vn,s dry g > ids house, for as lie does not advertise with him, ; it may safely be pi c n m and he doesn’t know the exact size of his establish ment. A Bailoonist in Troiible. The Ai tgusta Chronicle says that I considerable interest and speculation was excited hi that city on Saturday last, by the finding 1 of a letter, pur porting to have been dropped by a stray balloonist in his aerial flight over the city. The aforesaid communica tion was written upon a soiled paper rdllnr, size No. 15, in a to 1 e able leg ible hand, to which was attached four small keys, apparently to give it weight, and a half inch black silk cra vat, somewhat worn. This mysterious package was picked up on Reynolds street, in front of Goodrich’s Range, by a colored woman in the employ of Mr. John A. North. The following is a copy of the letter written upon the collar : ‘Should this fan into the hands of any one, send word to my dear wife, Mrs. J. J. Harte, at Olive Street Hotel, St. Louis, Mo. I am up some ten or twelve miles, in my balloon, tossed t > and fro. Have lost control of it, and the lord only knows. The wind has been blowing a terrific gab; since Sat urday Bth instant. lam out of food, aud am nearly famished for water. 1 left St. Louis on 7 th, and have been floating.about in space ever since. I drop this, hoping someone will find it, and address a letter to my wife soon. I will write, should I land safe on earth again. My name is J. J. Harte. of Boston, Mass/ A dispatch from St. Louis says that the people of that city know nothing of the Balloonist. It is probably all a hoax. G I*ll mbiers at Newspapers. Horace Greeley, in speaking of grumblers at newspapers, thus hits the nail on the head: ‘‘lt is strange how close men read the papers. We never say anything that anybody don’t like, but we soon hear of it and everybody tells us of it. If, however, once in a while we happen to say a good thing, we never hear of that; nobody seems to notice that.— Vfc pay some man a hundred compli ments, and give him a dozen Duffs, and he takes it ad as a tribute to his greatness, ond he never thinks it dm* him any good. But if we happen to say things this man don’t like, or something he imagines is a reflection on him or his character, see how quick lie flares up and gets mad about it.— All our evils are duly, charged to us, but we never apparently, get any cred it for what good we do. One of our exchanges, in speaking of newspapers, and what is expected of them, very forcibly remarks that ‘there is no business in all the wide | world so subject to sponging as the j art or trade of printing a newspaper. I it really seems to us that public cor i p mat ions, societies and associations j in general, have peculiar ideas about i printers. They think we ought to I print, puli and publish ail for nothing, that is, ‘free gratis;’ in other words, they seem astonished if we ask half price for obituary notices, cards of thanks, tributes of respect, personal communications, or anything else that only interests-a few persons, and not the general reader. They think it costs no money to advertise, puff, etc. An I thus one and another will sponge. They lorget that this business makes them known; they forget that printers’ ink makes nine-tenths of their immense fortunes ; they f >rget that it takes money to pay compositors—to buy ink, type, and paper; and lastly they for get even to thank you for gratuitously puffing their business or serving the public. Not only do country editors suffer from these inflictions, but they are also compelled to listen patiently to the dull nonsense of some fellow who wants to introduce Kamschatian baths, agricultural insurance-pills, or sugar-mated double back-action wash boards. Wo fe' sure that if we were a provincial editor we would live very cheap, because we should get ‘bored’ for nothing.’ Webster Com!-—Sentences of Death. The editor of the Sumter Republican was at Webster Court last week.— Lee Smith, colored, charged with kill ing his wife, was found guilty. Wm. Sheppard, hUrgdary at night, guilty.— Says the Republican : At three o’clock Thursday afternoon, the Sheriff entered the Court room with E. F. Spann, Susan EberhartJLeo Smith, and Win. Sheppard to hear the sentence of the law about to be ,pro noun cud upon them. The room was crowded with spectators to witness a scene which . erhaps may never occur again, and the like of which has never before been wtnessed in this State, the sentence of death on three persons and co ifincment n the penitentiary on one, at the‘same time. It was indeed a solemn sight to behold, and one that we never again expect to witness.— T ie prisoners all appeared to be deep ly affected, especially Spann and Miss Eburhart. As the prisoners euteied, a silence fos still as death pervaded the entire room. Shortly after they were seated and became composed, the Judge, in a very solemn manner, called the names of E. F. Spann and Susan Eberhart. and asked if they had anything to soy why the sentence of death should not be pronounced upon them. Nothing, was answered in a low tone# The Judge then read the judgment of a former Court and the Supreme Court, and pronounced the sentence of death upon E. F. Spann. ‘lt is or dered by the "Court that the Sheriff of Webster county, do execution of said sentence in tiie manner and mode therein prescribed on the person of said defendant, between the hours of ten in 'the forenoon, and two in the afternoon on fridoy, the eleventh day oi April, next, and may the lord have rnerev,’ ect. v r A like sentence was then pronounc ed upon Miss Ebernart, but upon the solicitation of prisoner’s counsel. Col. W. A. Hawkins, tne day oi execution in her case was prolonged until the 2d day of May. Sentence of death was then pro nounced upon Lee Smith, to be hung on Friday, the 25th day of April. The next criminal was Win. Shep pard, who was sentenced to the Pen itentiary for five years. The Sheriff with a sufficient guard then proceeded with the prisoners back to their lonely cells, there to re main until the day of their execution. It will be remembered that Spann and Miss Eherhart murdered Spann’s wife by strangulation in a most brutal manner. That Spann ran awa}- to Alabama, was captured and brought back, and Miss Eherhart confessed the whole crime. A prodigious effort has been made to save them—the case going to the Supreme Court, but resulting as above. Scientific Burglary.— A nice young man called on the agent of the Moffat buildings, in New Yoi k, on the 10th instant, and engaged an office for the exhibition of samples. F r e promptly paid his ten dollars in advance, taking possession of the office, and moving into it several heavy trunks, examin ing them in the presence of thejani , tor, lie said the firm "had'sent him the wrong samples, and he would have to return the trunks in the morning, fie ; did not return’ the trunks In the morn ing*, but in the mlevcning night, with accomplices he had unpacked from the trunks a section ladder and other bur. glarious tools, v/iili which they effected an entrance into the store of Rose, King & Cos., several houses off and abstracted therefrom silk goods cf the value of 2. 000. The next morning an express Wagon removed the trunks. As yet no cine to the robbers has been obtained. The enhance to the store was made through the roof. J2 Georgia News. The town marshal of Blacks!.ear je ceives twenty-five dollars per m y.rt}/, and perquisites. The great Dr. Jones, has removed to Atlanta A committee consisting of Dr. Geo. F. Cooper and Professors Douglass and Kenedy, will meet in Am uncus on the 20th of next month for the exami nation of applicants f>r a cadetship at West Point, which has been given to the third Congressional district, through the influence of Gen. Phil Cook, our efficient representative.— The applicants must reside in the dis trict, be not less than five feet high, j between seventeen and twenty years j of age, free from physical defects, and ' pass an examination in reading and ; writing, descriptive geograpy, and ; the elements of English grammar.— | This is a good chance for some cl ter- \ prising young man. We wish to take our time at the conundrum business now, and ask, why is it, that the Atlanta Weekly Sun will persist that it is 111 years old? The statement is something like the Irishman’s rad, “too big for us to swallow, Atlanta women light on their bus bands in the streets, and just everlast ingly wear them out to a frazzle be fore the efficient police can sufficient ly recover from his surprise to arrest th an. The Irishmen cf Atlanta donned the Shamrock on St. Patrick’s day, cut the double shuffle, and had “a rale illigant toirne to be shore.” Nevvnan has had a sensation in the way cf an organ grinder, and a mon key. Macon rats have got large enough to talk. The paper who was too mor al to publish the notice of a cock-fight is responsible for the above statement. / The office of the State Agricultural Society has been removed to Maeon. Miss Jennie Patterson, gave two readings in Macon on Friday ana Sat urday nig]its of last week. NevvYorx, March 20.—Thomas J. Blackwell, a dry goods merchant of Eberton, Ga., while cn route to New York, left a friend while the train was at Wilmington, Delaware on Tuesday, to go into the smoking car, and has not since been heard of. He had-eon siderable money in Iris possession. Woods, of the Hawk ins vi lie Dispatch, says he hasn’t seen a copy of our pa per in two weeks, and yet some how or other lie gets in one of our local items. That’s two thin, Woods ; come up to the scratch like a man, or give over your practice of challenging in offensive men to fig 4 it duels. Gen’l Horne, the independent i ffidi date for the Legislature from Ft ask; county, comes out in a card de-fi ling his position. He endorses the action of the last Legislature on the )ond question and will favor all the agri cultural, mechanical and industrial in terests. The Hawkinsville Dispatch has re ceived two new hats, and fee’s so elated thereat, that in future it does not intend to look annoyed, blow hot and cold at the sane time, nor ride two horses at once. Quite a reform, but we would advise our frits#-! to ‘draw it mild.’ The Sandersv ills Herald fires c.t: this at the Times & Planter: The ‘devil 1 of the Southern Times & Planter must be awfully cross-eytd. or else he has been drinking some enb. bly mean whisky, or else he was standing on his head when lie ‘made up* his huff paper. He sent us a paper this week with the third page turned ‘heels upward*; we turned it cross wise, then it looked both ways at once, then we turned it over, and the ‘devil iy'i thing 1 was still *bottom upwardJ on one side any how. The Good Tem plars ought to go there amt‘straighten' that ‘devil.’ or he. ought to join a trav eling circus, as a‘first class acrobat or gymnastic. Miss Anna Haines, one of the most beau til id and aceomplishad young la dies of Sandersville, died on Thursday the 20th iirst., of pneumonia. The same fell disease also carried away from earth a few days before, Mr.'Jordan F. Outlaw, Clerk of the .Superior Court of Johnson county and one of her best citizens. Our clever friend, J. M. G. Medlock, of the Sandersville Herald, has lost the fairest flower of his household— !iis little habv, Mary Lillian. The be reavement is a sad one, and we tender our brother our heartfelt sympathy in his misfortune. We trust his loss is her eternal gain. Bainbridge ups and says she’s had a “Mardi Gras,’ just because some fel lows with false faces paraded the streets thereon the occasion Of the IV <-'m Ball t \ Bainbraige barber went fox hunt ing the other night, mounted on one of those beasts commonly denominated as a mule. Comhig on a ’possum in liis route, lie knocked hirn on the bond, broke his neck as he thought, tied him to his saddle and unwitting of sorrow, journeyed on his way. Now the ’pos sum was only playing the favorite game of In’s race, and after a while conelsided to d’vest the mule of h's part of the burden, and to that end, spread his paws out over the flanks of him, the said mule, and then and there began tug ing* away w'th might and main, by inserting his nails in Becks unyielding cutaneous covering. Beck i disapproved of the arrangement, and made it known by suddenly and with out warning, pointing with both hind feet to the seven stars. The barber couldn’t sec them well in his perpen dicular position, so he just turned a somersault about - sixteen foot in length, and alighted on his back, where instead of seven he saw some four thousand stars. Beck then continued the exhibi tion bv galloping from under the sad dle with which the dead ?) ’possum crawled off into the bushes; leaving barber minus a possum, a saddle and a mule, and in possession of a first class back view I’fe-size picture of himself, taken in the yielding earth. At last accoun f s he had sufficiently re covered to declare his utter unbelief in a possum’s protestations of death. Tit's is flip wav Harris, of.the Savar'- nah New*, shooT. off his month at the An trust a reporters: The reporter of the Augusta C'Vi*h’hifirma 7 )st, in default of a welb anlheniica+ed horse-thief item, milrllv reproves Mark Twam for alluding to I the 'info Col. Judas Tseaviot as ‘a sort : of low, mean, premature Congressmans j The point seems to he w*dl taken ; What satisfaction can it he to Mark | Twain or anybody else to add to the | infamy of no already m+amous man by i comparing him to a Congressman? And then he frees for the Macon : cock-fighters thualy: We have procured, at great exn°nso, | a h'st of nrominent nartie" who aPend ! ed the chicken soiree whirh took in Macon on Wednesday. The list comprises the names of one Cortgress j man, one State Senator, two State ■ Thep-esentatiyes, s’v '[aeon Aldermen, i two Justices of the a prominent | member of the Stale Democratic Lvee ' ntiyp Committee, one preacher ffrom ; -Tones county), and three editors, (C and orvd dishy was providentially pre ; vented from nftendingV Tho soiree— jas well ns a barrel of beer—went off ! with great eclat, and the whole party ; retired to their homes some time during j the night in the best of spirits. "'x . i The devi? of Ihe Camilla. Enterprise, 'in connection with his arduous duties ! of sweeping and rolling, has also taken ! charge of the editorial department. ; We are sorry to say lie seems to hare ! a devih'eh way of ignoring the editor of the Times, fathering onr paragraphs on the proprietor, who is not in the least responsible therefor. We refer !to the negro tijsselling item from ! Cochran. Part of the credit of his 1 Georgia news is due ns instead of In’s j devil. See the Savannah marriages j item, in last issue. The Brunswick Appeal wants the y mng men to leave off billiards and pool, and devote part of their time to the young ladies, and says the young ladies are complaining because the young mm are so unsociable. Great grief! We ought to be there, forte follow up such amusement as that, we not only leave off billiards, pool, eat ing, sleeping, and such small items, but business also, and well , if courting is what is needed, we -are sorry we don't live in Brunswick. The Macon Enterprise has had a call from a sweet little babe who said her name was little Chffy’T.nd goes on to sav how—well, this that and the */ ' ofker,-she was; whereupon, some fel low sees the item and gets olf the fol lowing : ‘She said her name was TitLcC fitly, And grabbed his scissors in a jiffy: Pulled down the papers right arid left ; Filled with arson murder theft. Of course she had a perfect right Sweet child of innocence and light, She gave him one d< licious hug, And said lie was an old humbug.” The Macon young men have organ ized an anti-boarding house ring’under the title of the Independent order of Hash Hiders. Regular meetings of the order held three times each clay. Admission fee, pro rata of the expens es of the institution Gene msl A’ ews. An Alabama exchange says that a sealed b >ttle was picked up a short time since in Grant’s Pass, on the coast of that State, which, when opened, proved to contain a ntemoran-. duin, dated off the coast of Alaska. June 20, 1870, on board the ship ! James, and in the Russian language, announcing that the ship had founder ed and broken in pieces. This bo*t tle must have drifted through the North and South. Pacific ocein-, doubled the II >rn, and, in its voyage through tile All in tic, fallen into the great equatori and current and been swept by it into the Caribbean Sea, where the Gulf caught it and carried it round the circuit of the Gulf, lami ng it after its voyage of two and a half yea* s, in the Pass where it was found. i Nf.w York, March 18, —The ‘lrish laborers lately employed on the boul evards yesterday determined to clean out the Italian laborer's wife replaced them at Teas wages, and to-day a large number marched to where the Italians were working, but the po lice drove them away. It is feared there will be trouble to-morrow. In Brooklyn to-day, David Dowd and E agene S;n a 11.' (buys), v;ere con victed of arson and sentenced to seven years each in the State prison. The committee investigating the condition of the Tombs, report in fa vor of the demolition of the building fronting in Center street, and the erection of an entirely new building. ! Galveston*, March 18. —Superintend- ent Durant announced the ’completion l of the libust m and Texas Centra! | Railroad To Red River City, connect ing with tine Misso'uri, Kansas arid Texas road. Through trains will run from Galveston and Houston, to St. Louis, commencing on the 2-4th. Montreat,, M roll 18.—At one e’cl k clock this morning a fire broke out in I _ ° a building behind the St James Hotel, and communicated through the laun dry into the passage of the fourth flat and from there to the stairway of the tilth flat, where the female servants of the establishment were sleeping. The girls finding their escape by the stairs was cijt off, fled to the windows and threw themselves on the sidewalk, where their tall was partially broken l>3 r mattresses and other soft material. They were taken to the general hospital where they now lay in a very precarious state. Another girl na'rfred Matild j. Sayre, hung Out from the win dow 2G minutes, and was finally res cued by the firemen who brought her safely to the gr mud amid cheers from the excited multitude. Notwuhstand ing the effort of the firemen, the fourth and fifth fiats were completely de stroyed. Washington, March IB. — Every bu siness house in Laurenceburg, Ken tucky, except a tin shop was burned to-day, including a tavern and a bank. Little insurance meetings arc held through the State for the relief of the place. * A LARGE STOCK OF NEW SPRING SOGDS {g JUST RECEIVED bv " M fk ■|j oar. soini. For Sale Cheap for Cash. !§!? -11 ~ 'l—ci *g" ~ "*** "" and C. W. Hurley, Radical nominee, was elected Mayor of Galveston yee terday. A small boy skating beside the rail road track between Sharon and Law rence, Wis:, recently discovered a broken Jail, and at the same time dis covered Conductor Linsley’s freight train coming down the heavy grade toward the break in the track He comprehended the situation at once and started toward the approaching train swinging his scarf wildly in the air. The engine was reversed arid the train stopped in safety Tht boy waited only long enough to be supplied with a red flag, when he went up the track at a lively pace to stop an extra which was following Linsley’s train. Accomplishing his second undertaking the boy disappeared without leaving his name ur any clue to his where adouts Special Notices. Pianos—here to Buy. February Ist, IS73.—Prices reduced from Id to 2d per cent Largest stock in the South to select from.— Elegant T-oct. pianos, rosewood cases, carved legs, overstrung ba>e, end i\T* the modern im provements, $26?, 275, and 300; warranted durable ; money refunded in case of failure.— The popular “Southern Gem,” only S2OO, 300, 320 and 340. Pallet, Davis it Co’s Square Grand's 74 octave, $375, 410, 430 and 490. V\ m. Knabe & Co’s superb instruments lower than ever before sold. Address us for Special Terms. Pianos sent on trial to any part of tlio State. Send for price lists, catalogues, etc , select the style desired, give in the order, and we guarantee to furnish a first-class instrument or refund the money. Wholesale Depot for the celebrated Mason A Hamlin Cabinet Or gans, fi.fy styles from $75 to SI,OOO each, de livered, freujhi paid to cash buyers , in any part of the South. Any piece of sheet music or music book published in the United States sent, post-paid, on receipt of retail price. Address all orders to Ludeen A Bates, Southern MWlc House, Savannah, Ga. 10 3m. H. L. SCHREINER, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA, Keeps on hand everything in the line of BoolvS, *ss i At to lie i\\ * ? ;V5 limit IToeltsk Special attention paid io the M UfclC AI, D IIP A UTM ENT, PIANOS, ORGANS, and all other instruments, Strings, and Sheet Music Music and Bocks sent by mail, Price lists of all goods sent fre*. 10-3 m. MARSHALL HOUSE, EAVAHNAH, GA., A. B. LIJCE, - - Proprietor’. Board Per I >;t.v 5.“5. TJh FF3 cyk jL. McLEAIT, I Agent forJSO. McLEAN || MeRAE, - - - GEORGIA, 1 1 1 Is receiving a small but selected j|j j i stock of the following articles for the j|j| j; | : j Dry Goods, Clothing, jjj, j 1 1 j| Shoes, Hats, Drugs, Cruckeryware, Tinware, || | 1 j * Ifll Pocket ’A Table Cutlery. || and Family Groceries, i All of which lie offers at the “Ma- itjj I | con Retail Price,” for cash. Ii Those visiting this pi .ce this spring, f b and especially at the April Court, 11 ff will do well to bring their little cash, ’jjj | ant l buy their goods. 11|! mrL26-3in. jj ( J, EUGENE HICKS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, M >unt Vernon, Montgomery €•>., Gn