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nIK EASTMAN TIMES. JAMES BISHOP, - Editor. P. S. BURTON, - - Ass’t WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 24, 1873.1 i- mgm mm* Will it Pay! Lef the tax-payers o' Georgia con sider whether or not, it will pay to Invo a convention. Lot them count the cost ami say whether or not they are willing in these times, when money is so scarce, to expend a. quarter of a million of hdlars Tor such a luxury. Let them say whether or not they ire willing to throw out of office all of the Democratic officers in the State from Governor Smith down to the con stables in every military district, in cluding the .fudges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, members of the Legislature and county officers of eve ry kind —and thns run the risk of los ing the fruits of our splendid victories and of again giving the, Radicals a chance for power in the new deal that would necessarily result from a con vention. We know of but two classes of per sons who want a convention, and they earnestly desire it ; yea, their very souls yearn for it, and they are : First, the outs, who want to be the inns, and who, through a convention, see a hope of vacating all the offices in the State, of having anew election, anew deal, another chance for office. And, second, those who from jeal ousy of this place, or preference for Mill dgoville, want the capital carried hack there. Now, will it pay the people of Geor gia, the great mass, whom are satis fied, to spend a quarter of a million of dollars and perhaps a half, and to re move from the positions to which they have assigned them, every officer in the State, ami run the risk of havi;;" their places filled by Radical, merely for the purpose of gratifying a few disapdointed office seekers and mal contents, who would be equally disap pointed with anew Constitution if it did not suit their ends ? W e think not. —Atlanta Constitution. II the Convention will result in cer ta u desirable changes in the Constitu tion and the removal of the Capitol back to M illedgeville, where it justly belongs, wc think it will pay to have one irrespective of cost A Scene not to lie Forgotten. A coorrespondent of the Baltimore Sun, describing the scene on the floor ot the House oi Tiepn seriuutves tim ing the delivery of Mr. Stephens’ rpeerh on the ‘‘back salary grab,” says tiie speech was the feature of the day’s session No sooner was it known that Mr. Stephens had the floor than Sena tors came pouring into the hall of Rep resentatives, and the Senate galleries were speedily depleted. While speak ing, Mr. Stephens “wore a plum color ed velvet smoking cap, and leaned for support upon a crutch under his left arm. With his right he added force to his language by his gestures, and at times very forcibly struck the desk just behind him. While speaking lit' faced the Republican side of the House and prominent among those who paid the most marked attention were Mess. Dawes, Garfield, B. F. Butler, G. F. Hoar, Kelley, and other Republican leaders. Gathered around him and in bis immediate vicenity were at least twenty-dive members who served with him m on ■ capacity or another in the Southern Confederacy. The whole scene was one which those who wit nessed it will out soon forget. After he had finished his speech, (Jen. Butler walked up to him and warmly congrat ulated him.” A Depleted Treasury. The country was told last year that the re election of Mr. Grant was the only road to continued prosperity ; that lie alone would reduce taxes, lim it expenditures, bring hack gold and silver, and keep us all happy. The Jay Cookes and Henry Clews all said so ; the administration press and ora tors pointed triumphantly io certain delusive reductions of the public debt, and the result was that the business men of the country voted Gen. Grant and his people all in again. Before the first year has rolled around our first lord ol the treasury declares that the government can only be saved from insolvency of the position of $42,. 1)00,000 more of annual taxation, IJe wants the tariff on tea and colfee re stored. lie proposes this and tiiat tax, which he wants laid without de lay on a panic-stricken,**,x-ridden peo ple to save him from insolvency. Not. one of the roseate ante-election prom ises has been ulfillcd. The Nat.umd. Treasury is indeed in is using and has been using, in viola th>n of the plain letter of the law, nis greenback reserve, and to-day the out standing circulation is fully $20,000,- 000 more than is authorized by law.— And yet this is the administration that was to give us happiness and prosper ity. The Sccretaiy sees his reserve fund rapidly although illegally vanishing, and therefore he demands more taxes. Against this the whole country is vig orously protesting. It demands on the other hand retrenchment and re form. It demands that the army of office-hold* >rs be cut down to reasona ble numbers. It demands a reduction of fat and of overswelled salaries, be fore the poor man is taxed in the use of such articles as tea and coffee The President’s pay and allowance alone amount to $127,600 yearly. The peo ple demand the abolition of the Indian business, a stoppage of extravagant river and harbor improvements, a ces sation of the unparalelled estimates and corruptions that have characteriz ed the administration of the govern ment during General Grant’s term. In the face of their noisy promises of unbounded prosperity only one short year ago, dare the Radical man agers disregard the popular demand for retrenchment ? Dare they impose onerous taxes in a time of general dis tress ? They are desperate and alarm ed ; they have brought the nation to the verge of bankruptcy by their reck lessness and corruption ; and if the country quietly submits to renewed taxation tor the purpose of maintain ing a similar scale o r imperial expen ditures and a useless horde of hungry officials, then indeed will it deserve a Ciesar. — Atlanta\ Constitution. Dodge County Agricultural Re port. The following is the agricultiud! products of Dodge county, as compiled by 1. Ilemnuu from the books of the Tax Collector : Bales of Cotton 930 Bushels of Barley 100 Bushels of Oats 4551 Bushels of Corn 46073 Bushels of Sweet Potatoes ....18274 Bushels of Irish Potatoes 410 Pounds of Tobacco 1307 Galons ot Syrup 13225 Pounds <>f Sugar 925 Bushels Dried Peaches 2 Bushels Dried Apples 12 Bushels of Peanuts 57 Number of Sheep 9022 Number of Hogs 6565 Number of Horses and Mules.. 521 Number of Cattle 6319 Y’ds Cotton Cloth made 137 Y’ds Woolen Cloth made 123 Pounds Wool carded 95 Key \\ est is to be made a grand depot of supplies for the North Atlan tic fleet. The Ilcst Bale of Cotton in the World. The following are the particulars, as given by the Mississippi Central, of what is said to be the best bale of cot ton in the world, which was raised in the State of Mississippi and. was ex hibited, by Mr. Greenwood and Mr. McCall, and took the premium at the Vienna Exposition : “In 1871, Henry Broom, a farmer living three miles east of Coffeeville, in Yalobusha county, Mississippi, rais ed and sold a bale of cotton at L. R. Williamson’s to Bryant & Herron, of Coffee ville, for 18.35 cents per pound. This firm, attracted by its very supe rior quality, marked the bale ‘Beauty,’ and shipped it to Stewart Brothers & Cos., New Orleans. These merchants put it on exhibition at the State Fair of Louisiana and won the first prize, $250 and diploma, as the best speci men of short staple. It was there sold to Mr. Gretnwoqd and Mr. McCall for 25 cent s a pound. These enterprising gentlemen, appreciating the cxtraoi di nary quality of their purchase, hud it finely fitted up, with silver plated hoops and duck boggdng, and sent it to the exhibition at Vienna, where it received the first prize. COHESION ON THE GEOR GIA RAILROAD. Conductor Smith, Engineer Ri ley anil a Number of 1 asseu gers Wounded. The down morning pas eager train on the Georgia Railroad collided this morning with the accommodation train at Barker’s Bend, two miles this side of Stone Mountain. James P. Smith, conductor of the down train, had a leg broke, and George Riley, engineer, had an arm broke. A number of pas sengers were injured. As no trains have arrived up to the hour of going to press, we are without further par ticulars. —Atlanta Constitution. \ good lady, who on the death of her first husband, married his brother, jias the portrait of the Conner hanging in the dining-room. One day a visitor —paiii'irr, -i c U,-b . “Is that “Affairs Down to Orleans”—A correspondent of the Memphis Ava lanche, after pervading New Orleans *■ eve rat days, found a unanimous ver dict of hard times everywhere. The old woman in the market, who retai’- ed cups of coffoe at a picayune each, said “white folks haiift got no money, and nobody never see such tough times,” and that sentiment in different phrase was in all inoutiis. Produce was coming forward rapidly, but the banks were not paying out currency, and the va r ,t incubus of public and private debt swept away all converti ble assets as last as they came. The writer chronicles the arrival of the R. E. Lee last Monday, from Vicksburg, with a cargo of 5,034 bales of e< ttdn piled 12 tiers high. Yellow Fever and Electricity. —A correspondent writing from Fayette, Mississippi, to the Scientific Ameri can, gives a curious succession of observed facts, which may lend to a clearer understanding of the condi tions under which yellow fever is generated, and so as a consequence to new methods of preventing our curing the disease. He says that prior to the breaking out of the fever* and during the prevalence of the epi idemic, the rains are unaccompanied by lighting and thunder, which in other seasons arc common. There was only one peal of thunder heard in this country between theNrniddle of September and the latter part of October. In 1835, at a school cele bration, a sufficent amount of elec tricity could not be generated to per form the simplest experiment with the electrical apparatus, and shortly thereafter the yellow fever broke out and raged terribly. The writer draws the conclusion for these facts that the psevalence of yellow fever is depend ent upon the electrical condition of the atmosphere, and suggestr thut science may be made to supply the necessary conditions to public health. From the East Across the Aiherican Continent to Europe. —The opening of anew trans-continental route of ship ment is announced from Richmond. A cargo of tea from San Francisco, which came to Richmond by the Ches apeake and Ohio railroad, recently, was shipped to New York and thence to Glasgow. This is the first ship ment of the kind by tha f route, it is said, and the event is announced with much pleasure in Richmond. From various Western cities through bills of lading are singed to different European ports, the goods to go by tliui route, This Is the fifth through railway opened between the West and the seaboard, there being* already in operation the Pennsylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, Erie, and New York Cen tral routes. Small Grain.— The Selma Times says: We are informed that more small grain will be planted this winter a.id spring than was ever be fore planted in any one season in Dallas county. A large quantity of wheat has already been put in the ground. This is good news indeed, and is the kind of “new departure” we want to sec successful. It is the schedule to run on. The Yew York Times prints figures to show that the effects upon labor of the recent panic arc greatly exagger ated. It says: “Last year at this time of mechanics belonging to unions and engaged in one or other of twenty-two trades, there were 6,720 idle in the city of Now York, and there are now 10,790, so that the ex cess for this year over last year of unemployed skilled labor, is in that city just 4,C70. This is a very se rious increase, it is true; but it is tar better than the wild fears of the panic first promised, or than wo had been led to believe the facts of the situation warranted. A paper church building is said, by the Journal of the Society of Arts, to have been built in Bergen, Norway, a city of nearly three hundred thousand inhabitants. The building is circular within and octagonal without. The relievos outside, the statutes inside, the roof, the ceiling* are all constructed of papier mache. made waterproof by saturation in vitro!, lime water, whey and white of egg. The church build ing has space enough to accommo date one thousand people The Bingham Canyon Railroad in Utah cost only sl4l per mile. The Salt Lake Tribune says it is the cheap est railroad ever built in the country, and demonstrates the fact that the great mineral resources of Utah can be developed m an extraordinary short time, by reason of their ability to build railroads at a cost but little above that of an ordinary wagon road. .v V ~ .. .. 'lk >-" r 'i_ jjk ■ i-Wy 'i :: : g|; ' § - A \\ ashing ton letter says: The President is understoood to be just as strongly in favor of Government canal schemes as ever. He abstained from repeating his views in his last message, it is said because he deemed the present time, in view of business embarrassments, inoportune; but the one i\ c mien lation of this nature which the message contained was designed tt serve as a reminder, and •also, perhaps, as an entering wedge. The canal and railroad lobby is mus tering in force, and have • quite a number of schemes ready to press at the i ight moment. Since Congress first organized twenty-five men have been Speakers of the House Most of them had the W Hite House fever, and some of them had it very bad—for instance, Henry Clay, who was Speaker twelve years. Only one of them however, succeeded in grasping the dazzling prize James K. Polk, ot Tennessee. Some body has been malicious enough to exhume these facts for Speaker Blaine’s llis ambition is unspeakably presidential. The Nejvv York Times says ten million pounds of adulterated tea in bond in London has been condemned as unfit for consumption, and that some consignments of this tea have been received in New York city, and will shortly find their way into the family tea pot. It is not very gratifying to know that tea of such quality of adulteration as to forbid its passing English custom house inspec tion, should so readily get through our custom houses. Look out for it. A country poet-master, in making a requsition on the department at Wash ington for three thousand postal cards, apologizes for the unusually large number ordered by saying, “You may think that this amount of postal car is that I send for are great (our office being small), but 1 will ex plain it to you. We want to advertise for a man that was our town treasurer and absconded.” It is stated that 11. T. Ilelmbold, the once well known Broadway druggist, has emerged from his European retire ment, and proposes to again embark in business in New York city. Queen \ ictoria is said to be a regu lar old scold around the house, and she won’t let her servant girls have beaux. “ There is one good thing about Inl ine-,” shys a late traveler ; “they nev er change. We have gtils of the peri od, men of the world, but the baby is the same sell-possessed, fearless, laughing, voracious little healtio:: in all ages and in all countries ” A married woman whose will has been proven in England gave all her estate to her husband ; directed her cloth s ,o be sold to pay ner funeral expenses, and added : “It is also my earnest with that my darling husband should marry ere long, a nice, pretty girl, who is a good housewife, and, above all, to be careful thut she is of good temper.” General G. M. Budge, who was looked for so energetically by the Ser geant-at-Arms of the House last win ter, aud was reported so many times as cn his way to Washington from various points west of the Mississippi river, lias arrived at the capital No one seemed so anxious as he to reach Washington in time to testify before the Credit Mobd er Committee, but for a railroad engineer his loute was re markably circuitous. What he wants now is a little matter cl $75,000,000 to build the Texas Pacific with. If lie does not know the road from Texas to California any better than the way from Texas to Washington he ought not to have the money. —New Tork Tribune. Harry Genet, another of the New York '‘Tweed ring,” is now on trial in New York lor obtaining money under false pretenses. Granges Going to Work.—The lowa cStaie Grange ui Patrons ol Husbandry, which was in session last week at Bos Moines, closed a contract lor the purchase ol a harvester pat ent with the intention of starling a inauutactory of their own. A commute was chosen to drait a railroad tariff bill to be presented to the Legislature with a memorial. The transportation committee reported m lavor ut the Mississippi river and Fox aud Wis consin rivers improvement. Kesulu tions were adopted declaring agains the acceptance of railway passes by legislators, in favor of purchasing no mure agricultural implements lrom the extension \ , ' .1. '.MIK Si gft' I T'.i'lrlffliffwibsHKllßt 1s I | 1 Bb. I ; I ffim Bit JOHN F. DELACEY, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, GRAHAM, GEO., Will practice in the counties of Dodge. Telfair, Appling and Wayne, and other counties of the Brunswick Circuit. Special attention given to the settlement of estates and collection of claims. Dec 17 73 ly PETITION FOR CHARTER. GEORGIA, )To the Superior Court of said Dodge Cos., j County. The petition ot Ira R. Foster. James Bish op, R. S. Button, W. W. Ashburn. A. 0. I’age, R. A. Harrell, L. A. Hall, respectfully showeth that they desire to be incorporated as a company known by the name and style of Eastman Times Publishing Company, whose objects shall be to publish a Newspaper iu the town of Eastman of said county, known as the Eastman Times, also to do anyother print ing that the company may desire, with the capital of thirty-five hundred dollars with the privilege of increasing to five thousand dollar?, to commence operation when fifty per cent, of the amount is paid in, for the term of twenty' years. Your petitioners desire to be incorporated with the privilege of making such by-laws for the government of said company and their busi ness and electing such officersjis the stockhol ders may desire, with a share at twenty-five dollars, with the privilege of each raembei selling his stock or buying other'stock in said company. Wherefore your petitioners pray an order in corporating them in the manner and for the objeots aforesaid. L. A. HALL, Atty. for Pets. The above is a true extract from the Min utes of Dodge Superior Court, Dec. 6th, 1873 R. A. HARRELL, Clerk. VICK’S FLOR AL OUIDF FOR 1874. 200 Tages: 500 Engravings and Colored Plate. Published Quarterly, at 25 cents a year. First No. for 1874 just isnued. A German edi tion at same price. Address, JAMES VICK, Rochester, N. Y. SHERIFF’S SALE. Will be sold before the Court House door in the town of Eastman, Dodge County, Ga.. on the first Tuesday in January next, within the legal hours of sale, the following property, to wit : One lot of land No. 328 in the 14th dist. Levied on as the property of Jeremiah Davis, deceased, to satisfy one fi. fa. in favor of the Times Office vs. A. D. McLeod, Administra tor estate of said Jeremiah Davis. Levy made and returned to me by James Jtyals Court, this 13th day November, 1873. Also, at the same time and place will be sold one lot of land No. 319 in the 14th dist. of Dodge County, levied on as the property of S. 4V. Burch, to satisfy one Justice Court fi. fa. issued from the 339th district G. M. in favor of W. E. Lowry vs. said Burch. Prop erty pointed out by defendant, levy made and returned to me by A. D. McLeod Court, this June 4th, 1873. JORDAN BROWN, Sheriff. H, HERKMAN & SON, Keep constantly on hand The Largest and Assorted Stock of DRY-GOOD*, CLOTHING, BOOTS A SHOES, HATS & CAPS, NOTIONS, TOBACCOS GROCERIES, ETC., to b* found in this market, all of which they propose to sell at prices to suit the panic. -T&t" Call and soe them and price their goods. Nov. 5, 73-tf. THE ALBANY HOUSE, Merrick Barnes, PropY,, ALBAA4, GEORGIA. This house is well furnished \nd every way prepared for the accommodation of the travel ing public; entire satisfaction guaranteed.— The table is supplied with the best the country affords, and the servants are unsurpassed in politeness and attention to the wants of guests. Omnibusses convey passengers to and from the different railroads promptly. Charges to suit the times. Change of Schedule. SUPEEINTENDENR’S OFFICE, Southwestern Railroad Office, ) Macon, June 13, 1872. \ On and after Sunday, the 16th, Passenger and Mail Trains on this Road will run as fol lows : DAY EUFAULA PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Macon 8:00 a. m. Arrive at Eufaula 4.42 p m “ at Clayton 6.15 pm “ ht Albany 2.40 p m “ at Fort Gaines 4.40 p m Eufaula Mail Train connects daily at Smitk ville with Albany Mail Train, and at Cuthbert with Fort Gaines Mail Train. Leave Clayton 7.20 a m Leave Eufaula 8.50 a m Leave Fort Gaines 8.35 a m Leave Albany 10.45 a in Arrive at Macon 5:25 p m EUFAULA NIGHT, FREIGHT AND ACCOAIMCUAT ON TRAIN. Leave Macon 9.10 p m Arrive at Eufaula 10.20 a m “ at Albany 6.45 am “ at Fort Gaines 11.52 a m Connect at Smithville with Albany Train on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday nights, and at Cuthbert on Tuesday and Thursday.— No train leaves on Saturday nights. Leave Eufaula 5.15 pm Leave Albany 8.40 pm Leave Fort Gaines 1.10 pm Arrive at Macon 5.20 a m COLUMHUS DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Macon o ; 4o_ a m Arrive at Columbus 11:15 am j Leave Columbus GEORGIA MUSIC HOUSE. Having established agencies in most of the cities of the South, w Lav* selected y rtf . as the best distributing point, and have located Our Great Piano and Organ Depot, AT 84 MULBERRY STREET. TV e have the largest stock of Pianos and Organs in the South, which w* will at ia>ws prices AND ON better terms than are offered by any other house. Fian*s and Organs will 8 delivered fr;e of expense to cash purchasers in any part of the South with written warrantee. 4V ho make the best Pianos and Organs? After an experience of more than eighteen ym as General Agents for the Piincipal Manufactories, we do assert and are prepared t* prove that the CHICKERINGPIANOS AND ISTEY ORGANS! ■‘re in parity of toue, elastically and eveness of action end dura 1 ilty the beet in world Strings, violins, guitars and all kind of sold at NEW YORK RRICESsJ. Our stack of sheet music is exceptionally large. Georgia Musical Electric only $1 per annum. Send for-specimen copy and price-lists of pianos, organs and musical merchandise GLILFOKD, WOOD k CO., Mutts, Ga. BERND BROTHERS, 44 & 40 TIIIIID STREET, MACON.GA MANUFACTURERS OF Saddles, Harness, Collars, Bridles, Ac., Ac IN ENDLESS VARIETY. j ALSO, DEALERS IN SADDLERY, HARDWARE, HARNESS-MAKERS' SADDLERS! AN[ SHOE-MAKERS’ MATERIAL. i t u 44 ifh our increased facilities wo arc again enabled to offer 44’ork of our own .VfanufaetHr* Reduced prices. 4Ve make GOLD, RUBBER AND SILVER MOUNTED HARNESS. as the cheaper grades. Saddles in great variety, /llso, 4Vool-faced Team, Coach and Collars. Also, keep constantly on hand a large stock of Harness Leather, Skirting, Brie J* Leather, Oak and Hemlock Sole Leather. UPPER KIP AND CALF SKINS, AMERICAN AND FRENCH. Patent and Enamelled Leathers and Cloths, Lasts, Boot Tress. Pegs, and Shoemaker* St.fk generally. To prompt 4\ holesale Buyers we are prepared to offer unusual inducements. Merchants and Planters will find it to their interest to give us a call when wishing t buy Goods in our line. 4Ve nay Cash lor Hides Furs, Skim>, Wax, 00., iaiiow ana Lead * in tue rougn. Macon, Ga., Octeber 8, 1873. Octß 4m JOHNSON db SMITH, Wholesale Grocers, & Produce Dealers AND COMMISSION MERCHANT!. MACON. GSOBGIi * Noe. 74, /6, /8, Mai berry Street, under tk .Vasonie Temple, Opposite the Lanier Honae. ! Offer to the citizen bo of Dodge and surrounding Counties on* f the largest, best assort* \ and J: hea P eßt e . Groceries and Plantation Supplies ever brought to Georgia—for Cash ' on Time —consisting in part of 06 3 2n Son 100,000 vds. B AOGTNG -all kinds. I -nnnn 50,000 lbs. “ARROW TIES.” 2m t' ACO ?- SHOULDERS, 300 barrels SUGAR, A. Ex. C. AC, 5' in!?}■ ' tier( ;CS, kegs, itc., 150 Syrups and Molasses !ol n° e3 " nOICE Hams, Fresh Corn Meal, always on hand | a grades Gilt Edge Butter, Fine Cheese, n ““O sacks oi Coffee— oava and Rio, Candles, Starch and So>p 00-u * EA? L AND Canned Goods, Fresh Mackerel, Wooden Ware, Tobacco, caeapcst to boat, 175 bbla. Liquors, full assortment. 6t SF x . Smoking Tobacco, Osnaburgs, Sheeting and Shirting, Salt, Paper Twine Blacking, Oats, Corn, Rye, Barley, etc., etc. [octß-3m. Three Hundred Stoves Guaranteed! We ha\e just received two car loads “Barley Sheaf Stoves, and. have in store with them thf “Great Benefactor,” “Sunny South,” “Cotton Plant,” “Stewart,” And other first-class Cooking Stoves ; also, a fine assortment of Heating Stoves. Also, fr*-’ 1 the Barlow Knife to tho finee POCKET CUTLERY l Andfr cm .the ct pest to the best - * IVORY HANDLE TABLE CUTLER vM °r&lfnr ar ®’ Crookeiy and Glassware, and a full line of Houy^fl ... .• orders, as now ib tho time t* buy your fall stock (ti > id?, on as good terms any 1..•.-*}.• of the kind iu ' oi.ivrn. dm olass a. 101 Vh. 42 Third Minor, Macon. rTIH