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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.