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THE EASTMAN TIMES. TiL L B'JROH, Editor & Proprietor THURSDAY, DECEMBER 42, I*7B. THE M. & U. RAILROAD. Tnc.nll ing top c among the pcrrple in 1 1?.-< part of the country is the recent v sit. of the M. & B. 'K. R. Cem nittr-e and vvlinttlie result of ttieir la bors ayd investigations will he. There are a grefct many speculations indulged ”’n ly l classes. The most pronounc ed in their views are om* Brunswick friends. Toey utterly op nee a lease, and sny the only safety for the road and to ke ‘p it out of the maw >f a vo racious monopoly is for the Stitc t>* retain it, two years longer at least and extend its tine to Atlanta. They also ly they arc ent tied to one of the commissioners. Our Macon friends are (opposed to Brunswick's proposition, and favor u lease. We are at a great loss to know just ti e wisest plan. We like the idea of extension to Atlanta, because it puts us in direct communi cation with a wide-awake, energetic people, whose sympathy Mid ability would flow' out all over this land, and infuse into us some of the industrial talent that characterize them. We also favor Brunswick having one of the commissionei 8 ; we think it due the city by the sea; one of her citizens would identify himself with -eveiy t llort to promote the prosperity .ol the mad and country in this cona.ect'on we think it etnv in fitly propi. r that we should have one of the commissioners and Macon an pther; thus giving Macon one, East man one, and Brunswick one. The rotd in the management of three com missioners h cated as above would cer' taii,il> represent the l est interest of the -country. But as;to the sale or lease of the road, our best opinion is to lease it for a term of years to a company of .capitalists giving thorn the privilege of ext< ml,ing the line to Atlanta, and alh)wing them to retain the rental un til th y w ere fully reimbursed for the outlay. We believe it is in the power of the Legislature to frame a lease that wi,li subserve the interest of the State at large, and the people here more immediately interested ; and we hope to see a unity of action on the part of all interest'd in the road by the m -cling of the L gislature next year. 'The message that Air Hayes recent iv sent to Congress is so tame and nerveless that ie chiefly cen tmad on its omissions—particularly <>n the sdeuce op the great subject of civ il service reform. f ‘This ii: portrait iju -s'ion/’ says the Chicago Inter- Gatin, which is certainly not a demo cratic paper “this imp rtant question that so monopolized the attention of 4he administration during the first year of its cxissencc ? seems to have Ik>mi totally overlooked or forgotten There isn't a word about office holders taking part in politics ; not a syllable about the dangerous usurpations ol piachiuo politicians •; no reference to thy tiltv-do]lar a-day commissioners.— An ominojus silence reigns upon tie subject, and the country wij l wait with curiosty to know whether the omis sion is accidental or intentional. In (C .thcr case it is significant/ l! the V, S. S nate is ronyened, ac cording to custom, in extra session af ter the 4th of March, two things will occur with a considerable degree ol certainty, namely, Mr. Thurman will be elected president pro torn. y,s a wise provision against ate dents to Messrs. Hayes and Wheeler, and Wiliam Pitt Kellogg \yii| experience the royal graml bounce, because he was seajted upon the certificate Iroin a man who was not governor of Louisiana, and was never recognized as such, aiul ids credentials were signed by a man who was not secretary of state and was never recognized as such He holds his office by virtue of an arbitrary vote which can and should be reversed with out the intervention of a commjtte.e. The St Louis Globe-Democrat’s war on titles is producing good results.— Nearly all the great newspapers are dropping the 'colonel/ and the ‘major’ and the ‘general* as prefixes fo men who are not in the military service.— ■‘Mr/ is good enough for any American rjtjzen, We hope soon to see it re garded as vulgar snobbery to say Ills .excellency the president / 'his excellen cy Jth e governor/ ‘his honor the in ay or* ntc. To ere 'is no warrant in law for nny of these. Congress long ago de /•jd,ed that.the President of the United States sliou'd be officially addressed without preliminary 'excellency/ An alarming report the con ditio, nof Governor Harn|t n was tele graphed from Columbia, j&. C t tin* other day, but now be is reported bet ter, and the idea of amputating his Jeg has been abandoned. MACON & BRUNSWICK It. It. Return of jtUe Legislative Com mittee. We clip the following from the Con stitution in reference to.the recent trip oi the legislative committee to inspect tli “ Macon & Brunswick Railroad : ‘lhe joint appointed bv the senate and house to examine into the condition and report on the advi sability of the sale of the Macon and Brunswick Railroad have returned from their labor of inspection alter an absence of several days and a full and fa.ithfu! discharge of the dut es impos ed on them. Their trip was made as pleasant as possible by the many courtesies shown them At the start they were given the beautiful palace sleeper “Escort. and Mr. Lucas, by his personal efforts added ranch to the comforts o the legislative iuspctois. They have pass ed a resolution thanks to Mr. Lucas for his kindness. Mr. George \V. Ad ams, the efficient manager of the road, also dji much not only to aid the com mittee in attaining the desired infor mation, but also in making the r labors easy and pleasant. Wnen they arrived at Brunswick the people of that city received them most cordially, and all during their stay contributed in vari ous ways to their comfort. In response to an address of welcome By the m or of Brunswick, Senator Fain made a happy reply, saying that the du*y of the committee W’as to look first at the interest of the groat Stafe of Georgia, but that in doing so the interest of tho people of Brunswick should be as care fully guarded as possible.. I 1 rom Brunswick a sub-committee consisting of Messrs. Troutman and Ilawkin.s of the and Messrs. Fort aud Gray of the house, went by steamer Florence to Fernandina. This ’>oat is under the control of the road, and completes the route to F.ori la.— The subcommittee came back aud joined the other members of the com mittee, who in the meantime had been inspecting the road. The committee find the road generally in not a very good condition. The track needs re pairs. The shops in Macon are not. sufficiently extensive., and stand on rented ground. The rolling stock is mostly rented, and there is not too much of it. But all of Jthese defects ivsu't from a sea-city of money, and in spite of them the road is doing REMARKABLY WELL, and its business constantly increasing under Mr. Adams’ management. It nets about $5,000 a month, and has already paid into the treasury of the State to a condition where it will be truly valuable and will b gin to pay hand -B<>mel.v the necessary provi sions for repairs are made. AS TO THE SALE of the read now, there is some and übt in the minds of the legislators gener ally. It is a problem a-= to whether the committee will report until the session of next summer, and either then wheth er they will report in favor of an early sale. The committee are cagtio slv acting, and whatever course they rec ommend will he after mature reflec tion. The people of Brunswick are very much opposed to the sale of the road. They lear it will tall into the hands of some railroad monopoly, and that their city will thus be ceb im-d ol t,be benefits it is now receiving from the road as managed by tile State.— I hey have prepared a huge petition against the sale of the road and will use all ot their influence to prevent it In £he opinion of many the sa’e, if or dered, and duly advertised can be managed as to avoid any result that will be injurious to Brunswick, while it may greatly benefit the SpUjte At present the definite result QifJhc future is a nutter of guess. The following is now the true bill a# amended and passed by the General Assembly, in reference to advertising local bills to be biought before that body : ‘•Provided, that where there is no newspaper published in the county where the local legislation is asked, notice ot said bills shall be published in the papers where slier ff s sales are published, and in all notices to be pub lished under this net, it shall not be lawful for any newspaper to charge Wore than $1 per square for said no tice, and in case of a refusal to publish at said rate, then a publication in any other newspaper leaving a circulation in the comity where the local legisla tion is desired, si tall be sufficient ’ Coi.uwnjA, Dec. JLO . —Gov. Hampton’s wounded leg was amputated to day six inches below the knee. His physicians contemplated tin's cmir-e some (Jays since but were waiting until his condi tion would warrant the operation. The friends of Gov. Hamilton say that his condition now is not dangerous. He stood the amputation finely under the influence of chloroform. The Legislature to-day ducted Gov. Hampton U, S. Senator 'file vot** was taken separately in en**h house a required by law Ihe 29 senators who rie pn sent voted unanimously for Hampton. The of the house also voted un : iuons with two cxe-p --ijoiis, BILL ARP’S CHAT. Hog Killing Time Around Again. From the Constitution. Hog killin is over and everything cleaned up. It w;,s a lively aud a greasy time in these parts for a season, and the children have had fro'ic. enuff to dn em till Christmas. Roastin liver on tin* hot C"a's and tails in the ashes, blowing up bladders and grinding up sausage meat, are some of the time honm\ and incidentals you cant deny em when the time comes. Hog killing must he a very ancient bisness, for the scripters speak of em as domestic ani mals runnin in herds and takin speedi ly to water wnen the devils got in em, which of course aint no type in partik ular, and dont s’gnify anything in a doctrinal way. From time iimni rao rial I suppose that hogs has been ustd for food by a'most all kinds of people except the children ot Abraham. Why they dident eat em after they got out of the wilderness and settled down in anew country I don't know, for the preachers say all of them sort of laws expired in 40 years, and was only in tended for camp life on the wrong side ot Jordan, and St. Paul says there is nothin unclean, but evil be to him who evil thinks As for myself, Ini not overly nice about what 1 eat and what I d'mt eat. Ive been both tired and hungry for the last thirty ycais, and have learned to relish a good many things I didnt use to. Mrs. Arp done that. She converted me to oysters and tripe,aud turtle aud hog brains, etc., that I wasnt raised on, but 1 never could convert her to codfish, nor pun kin pie, nor whippin the children, nor anything else she wasnt raised on— which illustrates my willingness to submit to her in her speer, and if we could always agree on the s zc of the spec:* everything would he calm and serene. I remember what a hard time some of the Ji w soldiers had in our confed erate army, for tln-y wouldnt eat hog a id s urn-times we didnt get beef for weeks at a time, and g<-ese wasnt con venient,and fish was scase but tln-y g<.,t along somehow and kept tip with the rest of us, and male no fuss about it —aud right here I will observe* that if any particular class of people made better soldiers generally tnan another it was the Jews. There wasnt many of them, but I never knowd one to flinch in tfie hour of peril, nor dodge from his duty, nor shoot hi- finger ofi, nor get behind a trees and waive his arms out for a furlo. I remember how, after a long march, in terrible weather uoor Jonas came dragging himself up to Dr Millers tent, wet, hungry and cold, and wh'-i: the doctor asked him where his.company was, Sgid he, with a salute : ‘l'm the company, doctor—what's left of it—the rest arc killed or wound ed, ot sick or on furlo ’ Noble Jew was Jonas—as amble as he was true % Silent, serious, and un complaining, he never asked for any thing but orders Fat hogs are a good sign on a farm. They are a sign of a lat corn-crib and tl.ats a sign ol fat land. Fat hogs con tribute more good things to the kitch en t han any other animal. Bill Fort says a rich and stingy old man witn one foot in ihe grave always remind* ed him.of a fat l og, for as long as he was alive he wanst worth a cent 4 > any b >dy, but when he died Ids hungry heirs got land and stocks, and bonds and a gold watch, and carriage and hoi so and silverware, which was the same as hams and shoulders, and mid lins and brains, ami spare ribs and back bone aud s (usage meat and souse, and cracklins and enough lard to make it greasy and good aud pala table. The best way fo kill a hog is to shout him, shoot him broadside to you, and aim right between the eye and ear ; then the bad will go right through tin brain and out and no danger of lod-- ing in the shoulder, as it does some times when shoot him from the trout. The best time to kill him is alxout the middle of the day, sons to get through by sundown, and then alter cutting tljeir heads off let cm hangup all night and drip and get thoroughly cold Next morning the blood will be all out, and you can cut up and salt away on shelves, each piece to itself. Dont pack down in a box for two or three days, unless the weather turns warm* in which case fill every spice with salt. There are as many ways to kill and cure bacon as there are remedies for sick mules; but I have never found any use for rock salt, nor saltpeter, nor mo lasses. J knowd a man in old Gwin nett, who owned a mill and killed lots of hogs, and he said his way was to heat a big p le of rocks and throw cm in his mill pond and then drive his hogs right through and they come out on the other side as clean as skinned eels. But his name was “lyin'* Tom Turner, and sune folks didnt. be’ieve more than half he said about anything. Hiu, Arp Nearly the whole town of Port Roy al South Carolina, was destroyed by fire a few flights since, and no insur ance. FOR THE “TIMES.” IS THE SOUL IMMORTAL ? I have Ikjcii led to seriously contem plate tills subject by knowing there arc men among us, even in this, our en lightened country who hold to the be lief that there is nothing of us after death. It is a mysterv that any man of intelligence, from the very nature of things, could entertain such a be lief. They must deny the authenticity of the for in the very ouiset # the B ble says when man was created the Almighty breathed into his nostrils the breath -of life and man became a living soul. IVln a Christ was transfigured on the Mount, Moses and Elias appear ed unto Him • and although they had been dead so many years, they were recognized by the and seiph-s. This proves that we shall notoniy live after deutlq but that we will know each oth er—for the disciples had never seen Moses aud Elias in the flesh. Again, the rich man knew Abraham, although seen afar off. Can any man believe, after an impartial reading of the Scrip* lures, that they were written by im posters ? No, it cannot be that this Book is a forgery. No men nor set of men ever >ad the talent or knowledge to forge such a Book as the Bible. I remember reading of a savage rince being brought lo England many years ago. After he had been there sometime, lie was asked what be thought of the Bible, lie said he De licved it was the word of Go 1, for he noticed all the good p ople in favor of it, and all the bad people opposed to it. If we cast our eyes over the map of the world and enquire, Where is the education of youth most assidu ously pursu. and ?—where are the poor and needy most relieved ? —where are the female sex tr ated with due res pect, and exalted to her proper place in society ?—where are the brightest acts ot benevolence, and where dc men enjoy the most rational happiness ? The answer will be # in those countries where the blessed truths of the gospel are inculcated. Atheism is notoniy a fallacious but a dangerous-doctrine.- Who can read the revolution in France in time of Louis XVI without shuddering? They even blasphemed Heaven itself. They pasted over the gates that led to their •cemeteries, “Death everlasting sleep/’ They .cut off each other's heads, stuck them on poles and paraded through the streets. They soon began to think they could not take off heads enough in the ordinary way, so they invented that horrid instiument, the guillotine. Soon the kng was brought to the bh’ck and not long after the queen was execuied in the same way. T.ie streets of Paris ran with blood. No wonder it was called the reign of terror. We must not infer that the whole nation were atheist ; a large portion looked on the dreadful scene with horror and detestation. But from this we may conjecture what would be the state of a nation if all were to become atheist; it would be a lively picture of lu-Jl upon earth. There ayould be one remarka ble difference—for while the atheist deny the God that made him, the in habitants of hell believe and tremble. I recollect hearing, several years ago, a deist say iio one could make him dis believe In the existence of God; but he did not believe there was anything more of a rn-" 1 after death .than a brute. Hc g as reason for this belief, that lie had often sat by the bedside of the dying and watched to see tin* spirit (-scape ; as he could not do this, he inferred there was nothing of man af ter death Re ought to have lived in the time of the prophet Elisha, so he could have prayed to the A mighty to op n his eyes, as he did for his servant in 2d KmgSj 6the. 17th v. 1 tiiink one must tie miserable if he b lieves, when he lays his and ar relatives and friends away in the silent grave, tharthe will never meet them again,— We cannot help but have our fears, but there is a great joy in the belief that we w 11 one day meet our loved ones, tliat have gone before us, in a better world than this, and be with them forever. I would not exchange mv hope of salvation in the world to come for all that this world could be stow without it. Irene. The Secretary of War, in fiis annual report, places the total number of en listed men in the U. S.army at 24,761 Referring to the law forbidding the army being used as a posse commitatis, be expresses the opinion that troops should be used to enforce the process of Federal courts whenever deemed necessary ; but if this is not permitted, Congress should carefully specify and enumerate the eases in winch the use of troops is permitted. .When the summer passes away and the flowers lie withered and sere ; when the fomstputs on its annual robes of scarlet and gold, when the breezes come fresher and more bracing, when the crack of the gun reverberates through the silent isles of the wood land, when everything has a tendency to m ike man pause and meditate on the uncertainties and vicissitudes ot life, what is sweeter than to sit on a rail fence and peacefully devour a raw turnip ! FROM MONTGOMERY. [tie evening stars have come aga'n, and seem closer to me, brighter, truer, and beam more tenderly than they have done in muny months. Ido not B : gh to-night for my Home l>eyond their glowing, as I often sigh 4 Tor this earth is so beautiful and blissful one could wish to live here forever'if comforted oy such pleasant memories, such sweet thoughts as haunt me now. Out in the starlight the leaves hold revelry and are dancing to the. music of the whispering wind which plays in at my open window where odorous vi olets blow, there blue-bells kissed by the star-shine, and ever f in voiceless sweetness, telling of faithfulness ana love. It seems almost summer time tonight; there is summer in my heart, but too lightly these bright moments are dropping into the past—too quick ly will care, with its burden of thorns, intrude on this repose of happiness. I am just returned to my woodland home from the residence of Dr. J. E. Mobley, where, on last Thursday even' ingj Nov. 21st, was witnessed the marriage of his youngest sister, Miss Ellen L. Mobley and Mr. Bt-nnie Evans, of Scriven county, Ga. They were attended by Miss Joe Evans and Mr. Robert Parker, Miss Lillie Mcßae and Mr. Jimmie Evans. The marriage cer emony was interestingly performed by Rev. James Humphreys, of Scriven county. The occasion was of peculiar pleas ure to me, it being my birthday. Some warm congratulations were received from “hearts tried and true/’ and at supper there was a beautiful cake, a gift from the bride, with my name in scribed on it. A delightful week has sped into the “nevermore,” bearing with it its joys that can never come again, but it has left something sweet to think of. Un fastening the faded rosebud and ge ranium leaves from m3’ breast-pin to night, 1 have wished the roses of the heart of the amiable bride may live, unwithered, through an eternal spring. In the ride home to-day, we passed the old home, all ruinous with age and decay, where was twice married Mr. Hardy’ E. Bryan, the father-in-law of our gifted Mrs. Mary K. Bryan. The shaded position, fallen balconies, tum bling stairway and broken windows* make it appear a fit abode for uncanny beings. Not having inherited much of the superstition myaricegtors brought from the Emerald Isle, I dared t.) enter alone the long deserted rooms, and admire the bits of frescoing time has left, smile at the high, narrow windows and wonder if those who once lived there in joy and sorrow, as wo live to day, ever care now In return, and smile and weep again within those walls. It was growing too late to drive by the old Bryan field where once stood the dwelling of my great great-grand father, Mr. John Hill Bryan. I have fdt anew interest in the name since hearing of the many eccentricities be longing to the family. Henceforth, all my own in.compatibl ■ qualities of char acter shall be ascribed to the Bryan within me. Daisy Rkid. Mount Ga,. Nov. 25, 1878. Eatonton has shipped 8,000 bales of cotton up to December Ist, Ihe Mayor of Atlanta only gits a salary of one thousand dollars. Hop, J. J. Collier, former represen tative in the Legislature from Dooly county is dead. Nineteen-twentieths of the peniten tiary convicts in the Georgia chain gangs admit that they were guilty The legislature will adjourn to-mor row (Friday' to meet again in July.— The session has been short and sweet. Tim Augusta Chronicle says that 11. W J- Ham,a gentleman well known in Georgia journalism, is coining back from Cincinnati to Georgia, The Constitution gets this ofif: “A Macon man wandered into a res taurant the ,pther day and called for some “sweet pie and pie." It is strange that none of the boys have never thought of this. It is very simple. Once learn the trick and the smallest child can manage it.” After a session of thirty-two days # the Georgia Legislature will take are. cess on Friday the 13th inst. until the first Wednesday in July, 1879. This will give ample time for advertising local hills, number of which will probably be introduced after the re-* assembling ot ‘lie Legislature. Judge II V Johnson ripened court in Screven county on Thanksgiving day with religious the Methodist minister officiating, and then proceed ed with the business of the court.— This was characteristic of the man. It pleased everybody, and compelled some men to hear the gospel truth who seldom enjoy the piivilege. A Texas man married a girl and 80,000 head of cattle th : other day Her pa is a cattle king and gave the beasts us her dowery. Look Out For Low Prices! w. W. ASHBU RN Has increased his business and in addition to his former stock has now On hand and will keep a full line of IWFF pFT WM’ such as: PRINTS, DOMESTICS, SPUN YARNS, JEANS, Ate., Ac. A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF HATS, SHOES, SADDLERY, ETC. A. Large Lot of BAGGUNG and TIES. A CONSTANT SUPFLY OF FLOUR, BACON, CORN. MEAL, SUGAR, COFFEE, RICE, TOBACCO, SALT, POTASH, HARDWARE, NAILS, CUTLERY, CROCK ERY, TIN & WOODEN-WARE, ETC., always on hand. fisgrl mean business and ask that you examine my stock and prices, and be convinced. Highest market price paid in cash for hides, wool, cotton/etc. s pl2-3m Attention! Sreenbackees! G3DOHOE W. POWELL, (Successor to POWELL & HARRISON,) Respec fully cals the attention of the public generaly to the fact that he lie* on hand and will constantly keep a full lino of FAMILY GROCERIES . Canned Goods, Tinware, Cutlery, Glass and Crockery Ware, HARDW A such as SCREWS, HINGES, BUTTS, FILES, CHISELS, AUGURS, HAMMERS, HATCHETS, SAWS, Ac. KEROSENE OIL, FURNITURE of all kinds, and in fact everything usually kept in a first-class store. h} jgSgrAll of tlie above goods will oe sold lower than Thankful for past favors extended the firm of Powell & Harrison, I most respectfully ask a continuance ol the same. Respectfully yours, Eastman, Ga., Oct. 10, 1878.3 m GEO. W. TOWELL. ¥&& $ av &%&&&'& t Thanking my customers ami friends for their very liberal patronage in the past, and asking a continuance of the same, I beg leave to inform them that I now have and am receiving a large and well selected stock of Dry Jotoods, j3 lothing, J3oots JShoes HATS, HARDWARE, FAMILY GROCERIES, &.C., &.C., and indeed everything usually kept in a first class store. Having bought these goods low down, I am fully prepared to give my customer* BARGAINS UNSURPASSED BY ANY! Don’t Fail to Call and Examine my Goods and Prices before purchasing. I am determined to sell goods as cheap as they can be sold in this or any other martst*t at retail, and will guarantee satisfaction. Again thanking you or -our liberal patronage, and soliciting a continuance of the same, I ana Very Truly Yours, Eastman, Ga., Sept. 12, 1878-3 m C. B. MURRELL. STILL LEADS THE VAN IN" §o§ He can be found at his old stand with the best grades of FLOUR, SUGAR, COFFE E BACON, CANNED GOODS, TOBACCO, BUTTER, SOAPS, COFFEE MILLS, TINWARE, CROCKERY WARE, HARDWARE, NAILS, CUTLERY, SEALED MEASURES, &c., Ac., and as low as they can possibly be sold in this market. Eastman, Ga., Oct. 3,1878-3 m $2.00 OXLY $2.00 CUT THIS OUT. To the Southern Planter and Grange, Atlanta, Ga. Herewith enclosed find $2, (with 3 letter postage stamps to send map,) for which please send the Planter and Grange for one year from the date of your next is sue, together with one of your magnificent 36x40 inch colored maps of the Southern States, and a bound copy of the old and new Constitutions. Please forward Map and Book by return mail. Yours truly, J\'ame .•••••.- •