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THE EASTMAN TIMES. R, S. BURTON, - Proprietor. H. W. I HAH j. Editor, WEDNESDAY AUGUST 6, 1873.. I* ET IlilVY. FLYING TRIP TO JEFFERSON Anniversary, Cekbmiion and 1 ic Nic of tin* Ma Hedge Murphy Lodge, I. O. <3. T. Oratory, Hilarity anil Mirth, Last Thursday evening,'’'leaving the Eastman Times to battle against hard times as best it might for the time be ing-, wo boarded the M. & f>. tram and took our departure from this immediate bailiwick, intent upon visiting once again the home of former days, around which cluster so many happy memo ries, and the sight of which dear old spot, calls up so many pleasant remin iscences of the happy .past. Passing Friday in Macon, uvdev table yoof of mine host of tel, the evening found us rumbling over the C. R. R. on our way to our destination. Twelve o'clock found us under the hospitable roof of our ever clever friend, Capt. Eli McCroan, and speedily seeking our ‘little bed/ while a delicious home feeling pervaded our drowsy senses, old morpheus stole away our waking thoughts, only to till their place, with happy dreams, prophetic somewhat, of the corning en joyment of the morrow. SATURDAY MORNING dawned beautiful arid clear as an Italian sunset; and just as we rose, with our thoughts intent upon the poety-inspiring loveliness of Nature’s morning toilette, of dew-bespangled flowers, they were rapidly and effect ually recalled to earth, and things mundane, by a savory odor stealing across the adjacent lull, from a certain pit, used as an altar whereon to offer up sacrifices of swine and bovine to tfe unprop i dated idol of man’s epicu rean taste. To reduce all this to plain English, it means that we smelt bar becue, and, of course, after that sleep was out of the question, and hastily donning our most elaborate Dickey and trowsers, we partook of a delight ful breakfast and sallied forth. By eleven o’clock the grounds were overflowing with the beauty and fash ion of old Jefferson. Louisville, Bar- TT" -|! ii*' contrib uted their choicest specimens of ore tty girls and courtly gentlemen, and the seen® one of the liveliest that can bo imagined. Old kdies sat under the largo old oaks, discussing garden truck, and the latest remedy for chick en old gents smoked, and complained of hard times; young gen tleman, in all the glory of silk beavers and matchless flitting swallow-tails and kids, complacently curled the ends of their waxed moustaches, and ogled the girls in the distance, while a few couples sought the seclusion of distant buggies and carriages, and- talked of love, and sich. The crowd all the while continued to increase, and by twelve o’clock there must have been at least live hundred persons on the ground. The Good Templars repaired to their Hall, together with their visiting brethren and sisters of the Russell Johnson and Louisville Lodges, from whence they marched in procession to the Church, to listen to addresses from Rev. 0. C. Pope, Windsor F. Johnson and ex Gov ernor Herschel V. Johnson. From the applause which sounded at intervals from the building wo judge the ad dresses were highly appreciated by the large audience, and exceedingly regret that the house was too crowd ed for us to get in to hear them. In a short time dinner was announced, and it is sufficient to say of it that it was gotten up' in the st3 T le for which Bethany is so famous. Everything passed off most pleasantly, and when the crowd commenced to break up in the evening, we are satisfied every one went away carrying happy re membrances of this truly delightful occasion. Passing Sunday in this de lightful village, we had the pleasure of attending the closing one of a series of meetings, wdich has been blessed with the addition of over forty mem bers to the churches there; and on Sunday evening bidding a reluctant adieu to those who had rendered our stay so agreeable, we left for home.— To our many friends, whom it h use less to name, we are under renewed obligations for the many kindnesses which rendered our stay so pleasant, and hope soon to meet them again un der ;<■ pleasant eiremns* Ike Prayer Meeting. ! w e are glad to be able to announce that our prayer meeting lias been again opened on each Wednesdays and Sunday nights, and we wish in this connection to speak a word or two to our citizens on this truH im portant subject. In our town we have quite a goodly number of professed Christians, men and women who have professed to turn their backs on the things of the world and take up the cross of the meek and lowly Saviour, to foliow his bloody footprints to a land of joy and light, and yet, strange to say, only three or four of those who are described as the salt of the earth could be found at our prayer meeting on last Wednesday night. How any man or woman who professes to love the cause of Christ, can sit quietly down at home and fold their hands amid the sad ruins of Sin and Satan on every side, those whom they love going daily down the broad road to ruin, and the cause of Zion languish ing for want of grace from on high, and not be willing to come out and ■Offer up key which unlocks brings down blessings upon God’s creatures, is a mystery to us. Cer tainly they do not feel the responsibil ity which rests upon them, as profes sors of religion; surely th ydo not re member that their incomings and out goings are watched by those who look to them for n example of moral ity and devotion to their religion, else they would not thus maintain this freezing apathy that is as the grasp of a monster, dealing death to the cause they profess to love. How can we expect to benefit those around us, or how can we expect that the unpro fessing part of the co nmun t will be come interested when we ourselves show so little interest in Heavenly things. Brethren, friends, come out and help us; show by your presence that you appreciate our efforts, and in secret pray for success to crown them, and God, who seeth in re ward you openly. Plain Talk. The Grangers are refreshingly plain in their resolutions. There is no ma chine ring about the following, passed by a farmers meeting held at Clifton, 111.: “Resolved, That we believe a thief should be called a thief, without re gard to social or political standing, and we characterize the recent salary grab by our Congress and President a9 no better than a steal.” Nor is there any ambiguity in the following mott< es inscribed on the banners of the farmers who celebrated Independence Day at Lanark, in Curoil county, 111.: “No more Repblieans! No more Democrats ! We want and must have honest men to fill public posi tions.” “Salary grabbers, hunt your holes!” Salary of our Congressmen, one hundred bushels of corn a day. Poor fellow!” They might have added that the salary of President Grant is over six hundred bushels of corn a day, with house, fuel, lights, stables and grounds free. Poor fellow!— N. Y. Sun. A Western administration journal has made the discovery that the plat, form of the recent Minnesota Republi can Convention meets the demand of the farmers exactly, and hence the latter can find an excellent place to fight in the ranks of that party. That hook is a 1 .tie too lu iglingly baited to catch the farmers. Besides there is an important lack in the platform. To be 3iire it does not indorse the present administration—a significant oversight winch also characterized the Maine and lowa platforms—but in all of the farmer’s platforms there is a severe censure of the President for signing the salary bill, and they will look in vain for that in the Minnesota platform.— N. Y. Tribune. A writer who ought to know, be cause if he don’t lie has no business talking about it, says: Girls love their own stockings better than any arti cle of dress, although they are the least appreciated. Sitting in their own rooms, they will discuss them for hours. There is a sense of elevation and calm superiority in wearing a fine, unbleached Bal-briggan that nothing" else can give, tnis seems the greater from the fact that no one is any wiser; it partakes of the attidude of stern devotion to principle, and bears proportionate fruit. A dainty clocked stocking above a trim slipper induces real repose of soul, and half the charms of croquet lie in the se cret consciousness of striped stock ' ings, GEORGIA NEWS. The Thomasville Times announces, in sober earnest, that it lias seen a well-developed chicken, with four legs, three eyes, oue body and one head.— Decidedly “well-developed,” we should say. Yea, and verily dost thou pre tend to be a Christian , and yet tell such things to a sensible c immunity. Macon is jubilant over a seventy live pound pumpkin which has been reared in Central City Park, and henqp is the property of the city. Of course, Huff has it in charge. Stone, of the Forsyth Adveiiiser , says: “Col. Ham, of Eastman, Dodge by virtue of his superior mu sical talent, has been elected Secretary of the ‘Twilight Serenaders.’ ” Hold up, Stone; two mistakes in that short item. We are not a Col onel, and was not elected on the score of musical ability, but because we were less in the way iu that position than any other. Mr. Smith, of Macon, (of course, that iy a sufficient description for ev ery one to know him’l has written, & He ’•gtiiy ani.r t/fe Telegraph & Messenger, upon the poetic subject of‘A bat in the house.’ The feeling manner in which he speaks of i f , and the correct knowledge he dis plays of all the incidents connected with sucli a circumstance, would lead one to believe that lie ‘knows how’tis himself.’ A man who is suspected of having committed a murder in DeKalb county, in the year 1866, has just been arrest ed in South Carolina, under a requisi tion from Gov. Smith, and lodged in the Atlanta jail to await his trial. The Thomasville Times rejoices in a new sign, which it modestly says, ‘is the largest and handsomest ever put up in that town.’ A Macon young man has come to grief on the serenade question lie employed a negro boy and a con to serenade his future gladness, and by mistake gave him a $2.50 gold piece instead of a silver dime. And now lie can’t find the musical manu mit, and Ins dulcinea says she never heard the music. The Atlanta Herald says it will be one year old the 22J of August, and tout it only makes the statement so early in order that its lady friends may get up the refreshments which they will expect on that occasion.— And does the live Herald <mlv feed once a year ? ‘ ' The feathered denizen of the rarial elements, who does i*p the “Bird’s-eye View of Matters and Things” for the Albany Hews, is now airing his wings and sunning his carcass in the clas sic vicinity of Cumberland Island. Sandersvtlle gives a crow of delight at the fact that she has anew hack and a spanking pair of horses on the line between that town and No. 13. j Astonishing how people’s desires tone i down. A few months ago nothing] short of a railroad would satisfy her cravings. An Albany canine foolishly snapped at the muzzle of a gun the other day, while the marshal played with the trigger; and now the places whieii knew him once shall know him no more forever. A Savannah doctor had a slight misunderstanding, with his horse the other evening, and went home on a shutter and sent the man of all work out with a handle uasket to bring in the buggy. The Louisulle minstrel and dramat ic club have given their first enter tainment. Bain bridge has had an attempted assasination of the most atrocious na ture. Fortunately no fatal hurt was received by the intended victim. The Atlanta Constitution, with its ten editors, is responsible for the statement that a near-sighted hen mis took a pile of saw dust for oat meal, eat it up, laid a nest full of bureau knobs, set cm them three weeks, and hatched out a complete set of parlor furniture. Brunswick is the proprietor of a young hopeful who, when his mother told him to be a good boy and God would love him, wanted to know if he was very good, if God would let him shoot his big gun in heaven on rainy days The Perry Home Journal says that Judge Roundtree, has a round row of cotton running around a round pond, in the centre of a round field which it takes forty miles of round plowing to go around. Aud in the round trip the plowman turns around „only one th*' ... Col. L. i\ Grant ha** resigned his position as President of the Georgia Western Railroad, and Col. G W. Adair, of Atlanta, succeeds him. Postal Law' Anomaly.— —The new postal card law of this country is decidedly queer, and partakes not a little of the Hihernianistn commonly known as an Irish hull. Even the in genuity of the celebrated Rollins, the original—and executive—Commission er of Internal Revenue, would be task ed to interpret it. The law says that any person who shall read a postal card, not addressed to him, shall be construed to have cofnmittea the same offense as though he had broken open a letter; and near ly at the same breath, the law pro hibits the transmission ot postal cards containing any obscene or disloyal sentiments, figures, pictures, etc. Now the question quite naturally arises: Does the department employ a necromancer, or double sighted per son, that it may detect a violation of one part of the law, Without violating iUelf the have to be Ireard from Wore this extraordinary problem is solved.— Telegraph k Mes senger. An Extraordinary Butterflz.—ln this city there is a physician who has won considerable fame from the sue f'Hv. eessful cures lie has made both in 'medicine and surgery For some years past, the doctor says, whenever of lis patients dies, no matter where he is, what time of day or night, a small white butterfly comes directly to him, and flits about until it has attracted his notice, when it de parts The moment the doctor secs the little winged messenger of death, lie is at once made aware of the demise of his patient; and if at night the notice comes to him he invariably re mains in his office in the morning in or’er v to give a certificate of death. The first time the doctor ever saw this butterfly was a few years ago, while he was looking at the body of a dead child, which was very dear to him, and' the butterfly alighted on the breast of the child and there re mained slowly raising its wings up and down, until the body was closed up in its little coffin. A few evenings since, while the doc tor was attending a patient in Clark place, the butterfly entered the win dow and commenced flitting around the doctorfe head; be tookvU Up* at it, and one <*f the ladies in the room thinking *+ '*..i.ved him. said, “Oh, leave it alone; it will soon burn its i wings by the blaze of the gas.’ 7 it won’t; 7 replied the doctor; it has come on a mission and will soon dis appear. I have just lost a patient, and in the evening i shad be ea.led upon for a eertficate of death.’ 7 Sum enough, the next morning the father of the child that had died the night before, called on the doctor and noti fied him of the loss of his little on • This is only one of the in.<ny instanc* s where the doctor has mcived th.s strange visitation, and kept a recur I of the circumstances, besides that ->S calling the attention of those presen. to the fact of the buttterfly warning * of death among his patients. —Jersey City Journal. Deatli of Col. W. K. de Graffeis reid. We are pained to announce that Col. William K. do Graleureid, oi this city, expired at his residence about midday yesterday, after a long struggle with a complication of dis orders which have more or less crip pled his energies for several years. Deceased was perhaps as extensively known as any man in the State— having long occupied a distinguished position at the bar—actively interest ed in leading public and political movements for many years, and al ways remarkable lor his social quali fications, and his urbane and popular manners. We think he was about fifty years old, and he leaves a widow and two children, who enlist the heart iest sympathies of the community in their great bereavment. The funeral will take place at three o’clock this evening. A meeting of the Bur of Macon is called at the Court-house pr miptly at 10 o’clock this morning, to arrange for the obsequies. Telegraph & Messenger, 2 d inst. Mellonville, Fla., had a public meet ing the other day to build a church and secure a pastor, and the generous public subscribed $7. The Cornier Journal remarks that seven is a sa cred number, in the opinion of some learned people. Probably the number most sacred in the eyes of the Mellon ville people is number c/'ie, At (iadsen, Alabama, last week du ring the session of the Chancery court, Miss N. C. Stewart applied for li cense to practice law. She was ex amined as to her qualifications by Cols. Martin, Aiken, ex-Clmncellor Fostei, Capt. Cunningham and J. H. Disque, who reported that she was incompetent. Then came the tug of war. She got wrathy, and said it was nothing more than-she expected; accused the Court and Bar of robbing her, and called them a band of rob bers. The Chancellor ordered the Sheriff to put her out of the Court room, for contempt of Court, and she replied that she had the right to speak. Ihe Slier,ff started to take her out, but she declined to be escorted. The Chancellor then allowed her te remain it she would keep qu et; otherwise, he would have her put in jail. She sub sided. C/Esarism. i’i.e New Yrk Journal’ of Commerce concludes a sedate, but well considered article on “Caesarism,” as follows: The question will keep, and we shelve it for the present. Jl f lesideut Grant or his personal friends, or the politicians who have linked their fortunes with his, would like to have it discussed m 1815-70 they surely canbe accommodated to the full. Unless we are greatly mistaken in judging of the drift of public opin ion they will find, when the time is ripe,that Caesarism, or the possession of of office for an indefinite period, through packed conventions, and the abuse of power, is one of those things that the American people will not stand. If the reverse of this expectation should be true then indeed, and for the first time, should we despair of the Repub lic. The French Government is not only sending out young girls from the hos pitals and .reformatories of Paris to New Caledonia, but the wives of the exiled communists are to follow them. 'Have latter go bv merchant steamer, under an agreement made by the au thorities, binding die shippers to treat their passengers.well, and feed them, better than would be the case on j hoard a vessel belonging to the navy. , The first steamer vy ‘f six him-: died S to their husbands, who, it is j to be exnected, will be glad to wel come 1 them. Seventy-four infants and many children will be on board. The v-.yng' will:*.- sevmtv wenrv daws. Ns w .4 r\ yprf j aon 8 nts. EXTRACTS rfiC'fl PREMIUM LIST —FOR—. Georgia Stats Pair! COMMENCING* October 27th, 1873! AX — Central City Park, MACON, GrA• For bast acre of clover hay $ 50 For best acre of lucerne hay 50 For best acre of native grtss 50 For best acre o A ’ pea viue hay..... ... 50 For best acre ( f * rn for xge 50 For largest yield ol Southern cane, on acre 50 For best and largest displ iy garden vege tables 50 For largest yield upl md cotton, one acre 200 For best croj > lot upland short' staple cot ton not less than five bales 500 For best one bale upland short staple cot ton (and 25 cents per pound for the bale) 100 For the best oil paintings, by a Georgia lady -• •••• 100 For the best display of paintings, drawings, etc by the pup, Is of one school ©r college 100 For the best made silk dress, done by a lady of Georgia not a dress-maker ...... 50 For best made home-spun dress done by a lady of Georgia not a dress-maker.... 50 For best piece of tapestry in worsted and floss by a lady of Georgia 50 For best furnished baby basket and complete set of infant clothes, bv a lady of Georgia For handsomest set of Mouchoir case’ glove box and pin-cushion made bv a lady of Georgia 50 For best half dozen pairs of cotton socks, kuit by a lady over fifty years of age, in Georgia (.gold) 25 For the finest and largest display of female handicraft, embracing needlework, cm embroidery, knitting, crocheting, rais ed work etc by one lady 100 For the best combination horse 100 For the best saddle horse 100 For the best style harness horse ...... 100 For the finest and best matched double team For the best stallion with ten of his colts - by his side ' 250 For the best gelding 250 For the best six-mule team 250 For the best single mule 100 For the best milch cow 100 For the best bull 100 For the best ox team 100 For the best sow with pigs 50 For the largest and finest collection of do mestic fow'ls 100 For the best bushel of corn 25 For the best bushel of peas 25 For the best bushel of wheat 25 For the best bushel of sweet potatoes.... 25 For the best, bushel of Irish potatoes .... 25 For the best fifty stalks of sugar cane.... 50 For the best result on one acre in any forage crop 150 For the lajgeyt yield of com on one acre., 100 • For the largest yield of wheat on one 9 ere 50 For the largest yield of oats on one aero S lor the largest yield of rye on ono ace ' l'ir the best result on one acre, in a uv cereal crop For the best display made on the grounds! by any dry goods merchant.. inn tor the best display made bv any r™ cprv merchant * / 6 - tor the largest and best display of green- * J house pi uits, by ono person or firm " inn tor the best brass band, not less than ’ ten performers . (and SSO extra per day for their music.) tor the best Georgia plow stock F °hora) beSt Ge ° rgia lnude qtwo For the best Georgia made cart J? For best stallion lour years old or more'' Jo v or bast preserved horse over 20 years old For best Alderney bull For bast Devon bull S) For best collection of table applas grown m North Georgia For bast collection of Lbla angles' Aown m Middle Georgia.. * U RE GAT FA:’ Race on* mile down stream on Ocmulgae Riv er, under the rules of the it i gi4 tta Worn Lon oi Maeou. For the fastest four-oared shell boat, rice open to the world . , For the fastest double-scali shell’ boat, race open to the world r ( > For the fastest single-scull sliel’l bot, race open to tiie world For the fastest four-oared canoe bo,it r'J open to the world _ 5 ) | v ßy canoe is meant a boat hewn irom a log, without wash-boards or other additions Ihe usual entry tee of ten per cent will be charged lor the Regatta premiums. MILITARY COMPANY. For the best drilled volunteer military com pany Ol apt less than forty members, rank and file, open to the world §7SQ At least five entries required. . RACES. PURSE ONE — $300. For Trotting Horses—Georgia raised; mile heats best two in three. Ist horse to receive S°(X) ‘2d horse to receive .. “75 3d horse to receive.... 0-. * PURSE TWO— SU>O. lor I rotting Horses that have never beaten 2:40; mile heats, best two in three. Ist horse to receive S3U(J Ld horse to receive 200 3d horse to receive gQ purse three—s6so. # For Trotting Horses—open to the world; mile heats, best three in five. Ist horse to receive SSOO 2d horse to receive 2(JO 3d horse to receive ’ ’ eo turse four — $350. For Running Horses—open to the "orld; two mile heats, best two in oiree. Ist horse to receive..... $250 2d horse to receive 200 purse five— s3oo For Running Horses—open to the world; two mile heats, best two in three. Ist horse to receive aaoO PURSE SIX — £.">OO For Running Horses —open to the world; three mile heats, best two in tliree. Ist horse to receive S3OO The above Premiums -will be contested tor under the rules of the Turf. The usual entry fee of 10 per cent, on the amount of the purse will be charged. COUNTY EXHIBITIONS. 1. To the county which (through its So ciety or Clubs shall furnish the larg est end finest display, in merit aud variety, of stock, prodvmts and re sults oi home industries, all raised, produced or manufactured in the 3. Second best <Io aOO 3. Third best d0.... 300 4. Fourth best do 200 Entries to be made at the August Conven tion in Athens, Articles contrlbihed to the County Lx .- tions can also com pee for specific premiums in the Premium List; for instance, a f r eer miy contribute to the Exkibi ion m his county a bushel of Bread G*r , he can then enter it, individu Uy, for premia.a IF. DOOBE'COUNTY SHERIFF'STaIA Will be bold before the Court House door in the town oi Eastman, on the first > at- day in September next the following pr ax wit : One lot of laud No. 234, in tee loth u - • and No. 230 in the 16th diet, o; Lodge co: . / Levied on as the property oi J. C. nl. . to satisly one Justice Court ti la issued r ni job dist. <f. M., oi Talbot county, in favor >l. Elkin, vs, said Maund. Property p.luted o t by the plaintiff. Levy made and recur mi by J. D. McCormick, Constable, tins July 12 i, .873. JORDAN BROWN, Sheriff, Aug. 6th, 1873-tds. NATIONAL HOTEL, (Formerly SPOTS WOOD , NEARLY OPPOSITE PASSENGER DEPOT BOAED $3,00 PEE DAY, fTMf* This House has been thoroughly reno vated from basement to attic. P. WHELAN, Proprietor. GEORGIA—Dodge County. | Whereas G. T. Walker applies tome for set ting apart a Homestead and Exemption of ’’er i sonalty, and I will pass upon the same at my office on Thursday, the 14th day of August next, at 10 o’clock a. m. Given under my hand and seal of office this Aug. 2d, 1873. J. J. Rozab, Ordinary £E§. XVXXX.iX-aXtiJEX DEALER IN MAHOGANY. WALNUT & PINE | FUMITTOE, K>9 and 171 Broughton Street, (Next to Weeds and Cornwell) Savannah, Georgia. Agent for the United States Spring Eed ; the best Beds ever slept upon, o CHAMBER SETS, AND LOOKING GLASSES, Etc-, Etc., ALWAYS ON HAND. MATTRESSES made to OK DER. A largo aio£k of , Pictnre Frames and Mouldings. vol 1,, no 1-tf