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THE EASTMAN TIMES.
R & BOSTON, - - Proprietor.
H. W. J. HAM. Editor.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 28. 1873..
“A Southern Sanitarium Wanted.”
It will bo remembered, perhaps, by
some of our readers, that we published
week before last an article from the
New York World under tlte above
heading, and promised in a future
number to give some of tle reasons
why such an institution as the writer
mentions should be located at this
point. The writer of the article in
question says “surely in this land of
joint-stock enterprise, a charming lit
tle hotel town, such as Spa, might be
created, say in some bright yet shel
tered nook of Georgia or the Carolinas,
to which a palace car might run
through from the North twice a week
to carry those who cannot bear the
rigorous Northern climate.” Here we
have the very spot which the writer
of the article in question had doubtless
pictured out in fancy. The invalids
of the North are principally afflicted
with lung diseases, and our climate
lias already been pronounced by seien
tifiic men as most?salubrious for this
class of diseases, from the fact that the
sea breeze from the Atlantic and the
Gulf comes through hundreds oi miles
of resinous pine forest, thus coming to
us laden with this most healing ele
ment, which is invaluable to those in
the condition we have named. Here
we have direct railroad communication
with the Atlantic ports, Florida, and
the great West, as well as the moun
tainous region of upper Georgia, and
some of the best mineral springs in
the world heie in our own State with
in a few hours run of our town, to
which invalids might resort for a few
days if so inclined. Also we have
telegraphic communication with all
points in the world, and are onh two
or three hours run from Macon, where
parties can purchase anything wanted,
and whrtise market furnishes every
thing which the appetite can call for,
save perhaps, such things as arc found
only in seaport markets, which are
brought from Savannah and Brunswick
at comparatively small cost, making
this one of the cheapest places on the
continent to live r and still possessing
that peace and quiet so absolutely
necessary to the invalid. A hotel
company has been lately chartered,
who propose to erect and put in oper
ation by the Ist of November next, a
magnificent hotel of large dimensions,
elegantly fitted up, with all the con
veniences and comforts necessary,
where hoard can be obtained at rea
sonable rates, and guests will be cared
for in the very best manner possible.
When this work is completed, and
the institution put in operation, we
flatter ourselves we can offer to north
ern invalids, and others who wish to
escape the rigors of the northern cli
mate during the winter, superior in
ducements to visit our town.
Prominent Stale exchanges and for
eign papers will confer a favor by
copying this article, and any informa
tion desired will be cheerfully furnish
ed through the columns of the Times,
by addressing the editor.
Death of Hon. Wiley Adams.
In another column of our to-day’s
issue, will be found a notice of the
death ol Hon. Wiley Adams, of Mont
gomery county. And thus has passed
from earth to “that bourne from
whence no traveler e’er returns,” one
of the best citizens of our sister coun
ty. It is with unfeigned regret that
we chronicle the death of this gener
ous, whole-souled, hospitable old gen
tleman, for he w*as indeed one of our
best friends. Mr. Adams had served
his county several terms in the Legis
lature in the days of “Auld lang syne/’
when such men as Stephens, Troupe,
nd kindred spirits, sat in the councils
of the nation Of late years he has
been a quiet citizen, attending to his
home iuterest, aud taking no part in
politics. But alas ! he has gone the
way of all tlie earth, and those who
knew him best mourn his loss most
deeply. lie had his faults—who of us
have not —but he was generous to a
fault ; never spoke ill of his neigh
bors, was ever the friend of the needy
and oppressed, and in a coming day
many a one, who made greater pre
tentions than he, perchance may show
a much darker record.
. Smith, of the Macon Enterprise, gives
his picture in yesterday’s issue. We
judge he smelt “a dead pig” when the
artist shot him, from the way the nose
is turned. And then to think of pok
ing it off on his readers for “Oupt. Jack,
of the red Modocs,” and claiming to
be an ''illustrated daily.'’ The only
thing lacking to make the picture
perfect, is to give the cheek more prom
inence.
OUR TRIP TO ATLANTA.
THE PRESS AND GOVERNORS’
CONVENTIONS.
1 a hand hall and hascjvet.
The State C apitol, Her iVlanu
facturies, &c.
In ihc gray dawn of last Wednes
day we found ourselves in the “Gate
City,” with ils bustle and noise, and
characteristic mud. We took up quar
ters at the National Hotel, and having
refreshed ourselves, sauntered forth to
see the sighls of this greatynetropolis,
and to look up a detective to pat ns on
track of the Press Convention ; how
ever we were saved this trouble by
finding some of the members, who con
ducted us to the Hall of the Chamber
of Commerce, where we found this au
gust body in solemn conclave. We
noticed several members present who
did not attend the Americus session,
while some who were there were ab
sent at Atlanta. We cannot enter into
the particulars of the meeting, but at
10 o’clock it adjourned, as the mem
bers had been requested to enroll them
selves as delegates to the Governor’s
Convention. \Yo proceeded to the
Representative Hall, where we found
this body in session. In a short time
the Committee on Business, of which
Gov. Smith was chairman, reported a
memorial to Congress on the Atlantic
and Great Western Canal, after the
reading of which Mr. Forte, of Ten
nessee, presented a minority report on
the same subject, the discussion of
which consumed nearly the entire day,
and vast amounts of patience and
breath. The majority report was fi
nally adopted, and this, with the ad
dress of Major McFi r’and, U. S. Civil
Engineer, about closed the labors of
the Convention. During the day the
invitations to the
GRAND BALL AND BANQUET
had been issued, and at 9 o’clock the
ball room of the 11. I. Kimball House
was overflowing with the beauty, wit
and fashion of Georgia and her sister
States.
“Woman! lovely woman ; whom nature made
To temper man : In whom too is laid
The power to uuell his frailties —”
was here in all the charming loveliness j
that enraptures the soul of mortals,}
arouses the better feelings of weak i
human nature, the poetry of the mind, j
and the adoration of the heart. Bright
eyes, fair faces, and beautiful forms
were set off by costumes, the dazzling
magnificence of which we cannot at
tempt to describe, but suffice it to say
that the whole scene as the gay crowd
surged to and fro in the mazes of the
dance, or whirled in the giddy waltz,
reminded one most forcibly of some ol
the stories of the Arabian Nights, or
the fabled beauties of Fairy Land.—
How very like is all of human nature
when you come in close contact with
its higher representatives ; why, here
were Governors who could talk soft
nonsense to a lady partner, or “cut the
double shuffle” in a Virginia reel, with
as much gusto as any country editor,
and yet we generally think that Gov
ernors, Congressmen, and men of their
class, are in some measure different
from the common herd : Verily, “dis
tance lends enchantment to the view.”
The music was splendid, the ladies
pretty and numerous, the room large
and pleasant, everybody in good hu
mor, and, taken all in all, was a most
delightful occasion. Here and there
you might sec some country editor
with his delegate’s badge conspicuous
ly in view, with some fair lady under
his immediate charge, stalking* up and
down with as much dignity as a faro
dealer, and seeming impressed with
the idea that he was the observed of
all observers. As for ourselves, we
were under the protection of the Con-
atitution, in the person of that ever
clever sinner, Clarke, who just keeps
you under so many obligations to him
that you almost stagger under the
load, lie introduced us to some of
Atlanta’s fairest daughters, nearly all
of whom he assured us were members
of his Sunday School class. We hinted
to him that we had some experience in
Sunday School teaching, and would
like to secure a position in this school,
if these were a sample of his scholars,
but he seemed not to hear us, and we
think he is inclined to be a little selfish
about it.
The banquet came on in due season,
and here we are at a loss for words to
describe this most magnificent enter
tainment. Everything that could tempt
the palate or delight the appetite, was
here in richest, profusion. Meats of
every variety, delicacies of every kind,
as well a,s cakes of every size from
tie ven feet in height down to just the
right dimensions to fill an editor's
mouth, were here* to be found, while
ice cream as cold as the blasts of bo
reas, and champagne as sparkling as
a paste diamond, flowed down the
throats, and thawed in the capacious
mouths of the assembled throng.
After supper the dancing was again
renewed, and tiro local papers assert,
kept up till daylight. As to this we
can't say, for we went to our “little
bed” and courted the advances of the
drowsy god. He was easily wooed
and won, and it was only the reason
able fear of losing our breakfast that
“brought us up all standing” at 9
o’clock the next morning.
THURSDAY
we spent in the city, and during* the
day we visited some of her business
men. Among others we visited the
manufacturing establishment of Mr.
Loyd, the great tobacconist. lie took
great pleasure in showing us ov,r his
works, in which lie employs about fifty
hands. While in his cellar the negroes
all broke out with an old'Virginia mel
ody which fairly made the welkin rimr,
whereat out came the note book of
Stone, of the Forsyth Advertiser , and
wiping away the tears with one fore
paw, he wrote with the other, a long
editorial on the “Essence of Old Vir
ginia." We are afraid, however, when
he reaches home and the excitement of
the moment has passed away, he will
not publish it. From here we visited
the candy manufactory of Mr. Frank
E. Block, and of all the sweet places
we ever saw this beats the world.—
Some of the productions of this house
are very beautiful and truly wonder
ful. During the evening, through the
kindness of that same clever Clarke,
vve rode over the city in his phaeton, in
company with two of the fairest of
our ball-room acquaintances of the
night, before, which we enjoyed very
much, and are sorry our space will not
allow us to describe in full. That
night we left for home, fully determ
ined to visit Atlanta again at our ear
liest convenience.
AI^PIIA>
II is Assault Upon the Georgia
hand ami Lumber Cos.
Personal Remarks over a Fictitious
Signature.
ENDORSED R Y THE DISPA TCII.
Uncalled-for Abuse of Us and
Our Paper.
About four or five weeks ago, a cer
tain party, hailing from Telfair county,
over the misnomer of “Alpha,” sent a
communication to the Ilawkinsville
Dispatch , censuring in the strongest
terms a corporation known as the Ga.
Land and Lumber Company, part of
whom arc citizens of our town. At
the time we did not think it worth our
while to notice the article, from the
fact that we thought the citizens of
this and adjoining counties were an
intelligent class of people, who would
pay no attention to the unsatisfied
grumblings of this individual. This
opinion we have never changed, but
being called away from home for a few
weeks about the time the article in
question appeared, we secured the ser
vices of Mr. James Bishop to conduct
the editorial department of our paper
in our absence. Seeing the article, in
asmuch as it reflected upon the private
character of one of our citizens, he
thought proper to reply to that portion
of it, not defending, as was distinctly
stated, any land titles of the Georgia
Land and Lumber Company, but sim
ply defending from his vile and un
called-for slanders the character of a
fellow-citizen. This was as far as the
article went : and while, as we have
stated, had we been at the helm oun
selves, we never should have conde
scended to notice any of his communi
cations in any manner whatever, still
since-Uis done, as we stated last week,
we fully endorse it, and will defend
our editor pro tem and our paper
against the uncalled-for vituperation
and indecent slander of “Alpha” or
any person whomsoever. We do this
in no unkind spirit, but simply as a
duty we owe to ourselves.
In the first place, the first communi
cation of Mr. “Alpha” to the Dispatch
is in most decided bad taste, and shows
his ignorance of the rules of gentility
at the very outset, in this, that he
j makes personal and derogatory charg
les ol fraud and unfairness upon a pri
! vate citizen over a fictitious signature,
j Now. the rules of fair play would de
| dare that if Mr. “Alpha” wishes to
state a-s facts charges derogatory to
the fair name of tiny citizen, lie must
cornv out over his own signature,
shoulder the responsibility, and let
that citizen know to whom lie is in
debted for the publicity given him, and
to whom he must look for the proof of
the truth of the charges that have im
peached his honor. But the gentleman,
totally regardless of this obviously lair
rule, draws about him the veil of a fic
titious signature, and, like an enven
omed serpent in a den, spouts forth his
spleen, and strikes from an ambush the
fame of a good citizen, who is power
less to defend himself against the at
tacks of an unseen f<>e.
The Dispatch next enters the arena
and defends the position taken by its
correspondent, and thereby lends its
countenance to the slanders perpetra
ted by this party who studiously hides
his face and refuses to shoulder the re
sponsibility. Now we say this is un
kind in the Dispatch to say the least of'
it, and something which we would not
have done, to publish a communication
censuring, aye even slandering, a citi
zen of the Dispatch’s town without
some editorial comment. We have in
our office now a communication making
much the same charges against “Al
pha 7 ' that lie lias made against Mr.
Eastman, written by a citizen of his
own county, which we have preremp
torily refused to publish on that very
ground. So much for the championship
of the Dispatch.
But the inoffensive article written
hy Mr. Bishop arouses to rather an
unwarrantable extent, the slumbering
ire of the classic Alpha, and he sends
communication No. 2 to the above
mentioned journal. In this lie is so
very mad that he strikes somewhat at
random and deals his blows in every
direction, and against parties who have
never interfered with him in the least.
He makes a wholesale slaughter of
agents, attorneys, newspapers, and ev
erybody in general, merely to gratify
a morbid spleen upon somebody, indif
ferent as to whether the individual be
friend or foe. First lie takes off his
gloves and goes for “Mr. Dodge, of
Credit Mobilicr notoriety,” and just
here, out from Mr. “Alpha’s” wallet,
springs the kitten of ignorance. Mr.
Dodge never in his life had any con
nection with credit mobilicr, nor was
never even charged with it, and we
would like for Mr. “Alpha” to produce
his proofs. The firm of ( helps, Dodge
& Cos., of Now York, of which Mr.
Dodge is a member, lately had some
disagreement with the United States
Government about Custom House du
ties, which has now been settled, ana
whether Phelps, Dodge & Cos. were in
ihe right or not, we can't nor don’t
propose to say, as we arc not their
champions, but we do say that Mr. 1).
was never connected with credit mo
bilier, and only mention the circum
stance to * show the ignorance of this
very intelligent correspondent.
But further on in his last article the
gentlemanly, oh, yes ! and refined
“Alpha,” discourses as follows :
“Lust and perhaps not least among Messrs.
Eastman & Co’s charitable acts, is a fly-speck
“Eastman Times,” so-called, that appears to be
more interested in my article than Mr. Eastman
or any other man.”
These remarks were called forth by
the editorial of Mr. Bishop, and we
are led to suppose from the classic lan
guage used, that the Rev. Mr. “Alpha” j
wishes to convey the idea that our pa
nel* is owned by, and run in the inter- j
est of, Mr. Eastman or the Ga. L. & L.
Cos. If such are his intentions or the
idea he means to convey by the lan
guage used, we pronounce his state
ment an unmitigated falsehood, and
defy him to the proof that either Mr.!
Eastman or Messrs. Dodge & Cos. have
one cent's interest in this paper. We
own it ; we run it, for the benefit of
the public ; the dissemination of truth; j
the instruction of the masses, and the j
annihilation of fools ; and it is run in
the interest of no man or set of men,
nor do we court the patronage of any
save honest, honorable men and gen
tlemen. We are independent of party,
clique, or power ; court no favors save
fair play ; and intend to bow to no one,
flank no issim v or refuse to stand
square up to the advocacy of any prin
ciple because it may be unpopular
among such men as “Alpha.” We are
proud to know that his own county is
not composed of men of his class, but
upright, honest, and intelligent citr
zens, that appreciate the right and
condemn the wrong, let them come
from whatever quarter. YY e have
I friends in Telfair, good friends, we are
| proud to say, and we know they arc
| too intelligent to listen for a moment
! to tiie propositions of this individual.
We arc not fighting the battles of
Messrs. Dodge, Eastman & Cos., but
those of us and our good citizens, for
.
among the agents aud attorneys, who
are so ruthlessly assailed, there are
gentlemen fully the peers, and'iui* all
we know, superiors of “Alpha,” and it
is to defend their fair name from his
foul aspersions that we draw sword,
and never expect to sheathe it until he
ceases to slander those who are free
from suspicion. \Ye know Mr. “Alpha”
will use our articles among the igno
rant and prejudiced to render us un
popular, but we trust the honest)’ and
intelligence of his people to see things
as they are, and acquit us of blame.
Sharks in Florida Waters—Tlieir
Exploits in Ulan Fating.
In a letter from Florida to the New
\ork Sun, Mr. Amos Cummings writes:
fhe water fairly boils with sharks.—
I counted 112 within the the space of
an acre, none of which were less than
8 feet long. Indian river people sav
they have seen them 20 feet in length.
I saw one that measured over 17 feet.
They would frequently break under
the bows of our twenty-one foot; sail
boat, careening her to one side and at
times half lifting her from the water.
They flocked about the boat by dozens
and cast hungry looks at the huge yel
low dog on the forecastle. Bt one time
I struck a twelve-foot fellow over the
snout with a heavy boat pole. He made
a great swirl through the water as if
surprised, but saucily darted back to
the craft to see what had hit him. Oc
casionally boatmen plunge lilv irons
hit > them, and tow them about the riv
er against wind and tide for miles.—
Some of the natives declare that they
arc man-eaters, while others deny it.
Jim Paine, of Fort Capron, told me
that he had stood in the water for
hours while these big sharks were nos
ing about his legs, but Dr. Fox. my
guide, seemed afraid of them, and de
clared that he had known them to pull
an estimable young lady from Savan
nah out of a boat, while she was drag;-
ging her hand behind the stern. She
was cut into mince meat in five sec
onds. During the war, it is said that
a boat containing 14 men was upset,
in Jupiter Inlet, about 20 feet from
shore. There was a foaming of the
waters, and in half a minute 12 of the
14 men disappeared. The water tinged
with blood marked the spots where
they had been drawn under. Two of
the sailors got ashore, but so bitten
and in shreds that they died soon af
terward.
I was told another story of four
men who started to walk up the leach
from Cape Florida to St. Augustine.—
They managed to get across New In
let upon an improvised raft, but on ar
riving at Lake Worth Inlet they at
tempted to swim across. Three of
them were gobbled tip by sharks. The
fourth reached the shore, and traveled
on to Jupiter Light, where he told of
the fate of his comrades. These re
ports show that many of the sharks
are man eaters. The most of them are
of the shovel-nosed variety. As they
are more lively and voracious in the
summer than in winter, it is probable
that they would attack a man in July
or August when they would not touch
him in December or January.
A Smal t Young J lace.
The city of Birmingham has, says
the Montgomery Advertiser, a system
of water works almost complete which
will go far towards enhancing the
value of property and increasing the
pleasure of a residence therein. The
engine is located on Valley Creek, two
miles away, east of north from the
public square. The reservoir, which
is located midway between the creek
and the square on the top of a lound
hill 140 feet above the level of the
city. From ttiis reserve dr the main
pipes lead down 21st street but
branches extend from these through
iho principal thoroughfares. The res
ervoir is capable of holding 1,070,000
gallons of water but it it is so con
structed that its capacity can be
doubled without stopping the water
supply to the city for even a moment
of time Mr. Daniels, Mr. Barker and
Col Powell had the water turned on
one or two evenings during the stay
of the editors in Birmingham so that
they might have some idea of what
service the works could do when com
pleted. Water was thrown from two
places at the height of 40 feet, through
a half or three quarter inch nozzle,
and this with a very slight pressure
at the fountain head. A full reservoir
would throw a much better stream.
Now this is what the little two year
old city of Birmingham has done in
the way of water works. AY hat lias
I our adult Montgomery accomplished
| in that line? YVe do hope that twelve
months hence we ehall have no need
to ask that question.
A sea cow past od through Savannah
last Saturday.
GEORGIA NEWa^
Mclntosh, of the Quitman Ji Uhn
has soused his tush in a birr u tir ’
. b •''priiiij
turnip. °
The following is a copy of un ; .
tation sent hy a Qiiitmuntirc eom P a„ v
to solicit the pleasure of a daiuselh
company at a hop:
Miss Sousen the pleasure ,r
your Company aire Respectfully Solicit
To attend a Select to he Given on tl
27 of May by Vigilcnt Fire Cos NVj
Committees
Wm Henderson
Thomas Wright
E J mishcll
The Seaport Appeal returns tlianka
to a party for a treat, and adds, he
“are a brick.” We think from the
language a little of that brick got j llt ,
their hats.
There is a man in Brunswick wl;,
eats green corn. We can beat that
we’ve been eating hard corn (made
into bread) for some time, and there’s
somo men vre know who even drink
it.
W ell ! well ! that Seaport Appeal
j Sets up such a good local column that
j "’C tire down galloping our eye edito
rial over its host of newsy paragraphs.
It is certainly one of the best local
papers in the State.
The Hinesville Gazette learns that
Mr. A. W. Daly, a promising young
lawyer of rightsvdle, Johnson coutt
j tv, accidently shot himself through
I the heart a few days since, while care
lessly handling a pistol, killing him
almost instantly.
Major F. 11. Bohn, one of Ihe oldest
commission merchants of Savannah,
died in that city a few days since, of
heart disease.
The Albany 1c vs chronicles the
visit of a brother (alitor to its s inictum
and winds up pathetically as follows;
“For every evil under the sun
There is a remedy, or there’s none,
If there’s one, we’ll try and lind it,
If there’s none—then never mind it.
The Brunswick Appeal is responsi
ble for two statements, either of which
we think sufficient to impeach its evi
dence in a court of justice, to-wit: that
it has seen “a little dorg borne off in
the arms of 4.000 Ileus to their little
bed,” and that its “devil” is so absent
minded that he sometimes lays his ci
gar in bed and throws himself out at
the window.
A negro from Savannah will attend
the Vienna Exposition, lie proposes
to take on samples of Georgia pro
ducts, and represent the interests of
his oily. The Advertiser represents
him as very intelligent, although for
merly a slave, and well qualified for
the position.
Sandersville now slakes her raging
thirst with pure water from her new
town pump, wipes her lips, and de
clares the money well spent.
“The law’s a inassey.” —Mr. John
Massey, of Washington county, acci
dentally shot himself in the hand a
few days since. No bones were
broken, however, and he will soon be
able to shake hands as usual.
The moral character of the Jefferson
News & Farmer is lowered to that ex
tent, that with a slap and a stamp, he
yells out, “Drot these flies.”
If anything g*ts the best of Snip,
of the Forsyth Advertiser, it is a bear.
Walking down the street in Atlanta,
the other day, he walked under a shelf
on which reposed a majestic bnun,
and casting his eye up, he encountered
the ferocious molars in a foot or two
of his head, and without waiting t>
“about face,” the aforesaid Stone rolled
through an upright showcase of
women’s head gear in a careless
kind of way that forbade the gathti*
ing of any moss.
A Colored Man* Sues the Central
Railroad. —The Boston Advei'lisev finds
no trouble in “Mistering” a colored
man, a custom which is not yet com
mon with the papers of the South.—
The Advertiser puts the “handle” on,
and gives the following item
“Mr. William H. Smith, for man)
years assistant librarian of the House
of Representatives of Massachusetts,
is about to enter suit against the
Georgia Central Railroad lor ejecting
him from a first class car some days
ago, while passing over the road from
Augusta to Savannah, in rompanv
with Mr Samuel Hooper of Massachu
setts. Mr. Smith is a colored man oi
education, and a gentleman in
and deportment, an officer of the House
and a member of the Metropolis 0
board of police in this city bv appo’ 11
the President. He was B’ a '*
cling with Mr. Hooper, who was ill, a.
assistant during the journey. He
brutally ejected from the car iu S P U( .
ol the protest, was loudly infoimp
that he must remember that he 11
the State of Georgia. Mr. Smd
preparing to bring a suit, and-
- is determined to see that 1
earned through.