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The Advertiser nnd Appeal, IS PUBLISHED EVEIIT 8ATUHDAY, AT BRUNSWICK. - GEORGIA, BY T. C3r. STACY. ' Subscript! OH lltiei. One copy one year .$5 00 One copy six month* , 1 00 Aitrerttiementn (tom responsible parties will be published until ordered out, when thotime is not s)>eciftod, nnd payment erected accordingly. Communications for Individual benefit, or of a personal oharaeter, charged an advertisements. Harriage* and obituary notloee not are—ding lour lines, *" “ “ c sodlng thi Allletter* dressed to the undersigned. ^ # Brunswick, Georgia. crrYflumocBS. Slaror- It. J. Colson. Aldermen- 3 3. Sneer*, 3. P. Harvey, P. t. Boer, dinger. 8. 0. LlttleSeld, J. It. Oonper, t. Wllter, W CIeri” , 5^wSlitoM Houston. f^^'&SW^H.Bainey. O. B Moore, 0. W. Byrd. KteierofoJrdHtmeeand Clerk of MarUt-D. A. Moore. purl nytieiem—3.8 Blsin. City 1‘Uytician—J. B. ltobins, Sexton White Cemetery-C. O. Moor*. Sexton Colored Cemetery—deckle Whit*. Harbor Hotter—Matthew shannon. fort IPardeiu—Thos O'Connor, A. E. Wattles, J. II. Heater. sTinpnin ooKKirrau or oovscil. FnuKca—Wilder, Cook end 8petra, ' Htbketm, Daania A Budoes—Harvey. Herdy end Littlefield. Tow* oomtoira—Harvey, H>rdy and Speari. Caarnmae—UtUeteld, Doyrtiiwer end Hardy.. HaaBOB—Hardy, Cook and Littlefield, Public buh-diuo.—Harvey, Jonper end Wilder. ItAtiBOADe-1Wilder. Bpears and Body. Euocano»-iCook, Conper and Wlldir. Chauti—Speera, Harrer end Cook. Fib* DaranraaiiT—Doerfilnger, Heray end Speers, Polios—Wilder, Cook end Hervey. UNITED BTATE8 OFFIOEltS. Collector ofCnetoms—H. P. Farrow. Depnty—H.T.Dnun. __ Collector Internal Bevenne—D. T.Dnnn. DeputyManhel-T.W. Better. I’uatmaater—Linns North, Commissioner—C. H. Dexter. Shipping Jommlssionsr—O. J. Hell. )CEAN LODGE No- 214,F-A-M. Bfgniav communications oi this Lodge ere held on leant end third Mondays In eeoh month. *t 7s» Vieitfug'endnU brethren in good standing ere ire- rnally invited to attend. PEAKS Seen 3AP0RT LODGB. No. 68. I. 0. yft 0. F.. ieet.everyTnemmynljhtatrtghtoVl^^ Q b'. HHWCH. V. o. I. E. LAMBHIOHT, P. A B. Secretary. LETUORPE III)ROE. NO. 24 -K. OP P. ieeta every We 'nraday night at slgbt o'clock. lotting ttUtl all brethren In good •Undlng «• ernaily Invited to.trend. MEBBimU)>c . 0 . MAX BICE. V.C. A E. WATTLES, K. of B. and 8. MILLINERY! Miss HETTIE WILLIAMS NOW RECEIVING A LARUE AND WtLIeSE* LEOTED STUCK OP Millinery & Fancy Goods, LACES OF ALL DE8CBIPTI0NS, Pattern Bonnets In all the UteetjdjrleajJoaUrom New York. Coilarette8iLftdies’3pderwear PIIILBHRN'li DIIKSSKW, Kle. Dress-Making u Specialty, In all the most Ikehlonab!*etylM.CfdMPMtpti ly filled. eprls-ly el. /. Caovdm ATTO^NE^ AT LAW, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. Office next to Adv*bti»kb axn AmuL building- Lu*g II. Habbis. Harris & Smith, Attorneys and Connselon at Law, Win practice in all the court* of the Brunswick Or> cult, and in McIntosh county of the Eastern Cir cuit, and in the C. 8. Court*. Office on Saweestl* •trect, near the Adysstuib ann Amu offi«. Brunswick. Georgia. Janffl-ly HER PANT, PRESENT AND FUTURE Of Brqpswick’s past, of the series of disappointments, disastrous end ings of earnest Efforts from 1836 an ti!, 1878, it is approfitablp to speak. .. Of tbe. immediate past,.from 1870 to date, it is profitable to speak for tbe purpose'of comparison, and for tlje purpose also ot showing wbat may be accomplished by well direeted and sustained effort, under difficul ties and in tbe face of opposition. Id 1870 tbe Maeon &. Brunswick Railronu was completed after a fash ion from Maoon to Brnnswick, and the work of construction of the Brunswick dTAlbany Road being vig orously prosecuted. All was expects tion. New settlers were occupying the city, bnt it was only expectation. The lumber business was then in its infancy—the naval store business was, unknown. In 1871 the B. & A. R. R. was thrown into the courts, where it remained a bone of contention for three weary- years, without rolling stock or epnipmenf of any kind—a feeder, so far as it fed anything, of the S., F. w/Railway (old Atlantic & Gulf), tlaelf even them in the throes uf financial dissolution. Business languished, settlers who had come with bright hopes in 1870, departed, dwellings wore vacant in every quar ter of tbe city, and gloom and decay asserted Sway, i m ifi The M. & B. Road was dragging on, a weary series of expedients re sorted to to postpone the evil day of financial ruin to its promoters, and finally was sold and bought in by tbe State, whose government placed it under control and management inim ical to Brunswiok, only one bright ray of light and hope being given us, under Captaiu Grant’s short hut able Administration. At lost the B. k A. Fond passed from the control of the the court and its receiver, by sale to the German bondholders, who, feeling badly treated in the purchase of the bonds, decided to only operate‘the road so long as it would pay expenses, and not to extend or do anything, but hope for a sale. Wisely they placed its management with Col. Charles L. Schlatter, its chief engineer, the vet eran of a twenty-seven years’ strug gle for Brnnswick. Any man might well have been appalled at the task presented to him. He found the road run to its lowest ebb, destitnte of equipment, (for its cars nnd en gines bad gone, back to parties from whom they bad been purchased by conditional sale for the unpaid pur chase money), destitnte of iron for side tracks and repairs, (for all sur plus iron had been sold to pay lien creditors), destitute of machinery, with a bankrupt treasury, and with no business ou the line of sufficient volume to fprnish the mooing ex penses nud leave anything for abso lutely necessary betterments, will) bridge ami wood work going to de cay, and witb no money for its re pair, with people at both ends of the line clamoring, fpr a liberal manage- ly pictured. Patiently, appreciating fully the situation, using 'bisperBODal,credit, surrounding himself with tried and faithful co-adjutors and assistants, Col. Schlatter continued operating tbe road,they and be knowiog full well that, the day a call for funds was made ou tbe owners the order would comoto suspend operations, and that such an order would postpone business pros- rity to Brunswick for years, u not With the weight of declining years bearing heavily upon him, with the full knowledge that bis twenty-seven ighteat prizes iff his chosen calling of civil engineer, he watched every detail of bnsiuess, and, witb the aid of bis able and faithful assistants, Messrs* Header nnd Jones, straggled on, leasing cars, encouraging new lines of business, gradually adding to tbe rolling stock by purchase, patching tbe road in the Worst plnees, replacing wood work and bridges, until to-day we sen the road -with a fair equipment, a fairly good track, a handsome naval store And lumber business built np along its whole line—and every stroke of its policy a stroke for Brunswick—ev*-ry effort to divert trade from ns thwart ed, nnd an impetus given to our busi ness which has placed ns beyond the fear of falling back from onr present prosperity, and gives us assurance of an ever brightening future. When he took charge of the road in 1873, its first mortgage bonds were rated on ’change iu Frankfurt at ten cents.— They have risen to over eighty cents on the dollnr. Could a stronger com pliment be given this management? He has done more: His management has attracted the attention of capital ists, and a contract ban been made for the sale of the road to Fred Wolffe, the financial agent, manager and brain of the Erlanger-Seligman syndicate’s system of roads, which reaches out from Meridinn to the Southern Pacific, tbe vast system of roads in Texas, nnd penetrating Mexi co, from Meridian; also in an air-line to New Orleans in the South and Cin cinnati in the North, nnd from Selma northwest to Memphis, and now seeks an outlet for this vast system, over 3,000 miles in length, via the B. & A. R. R., to n south-Atlnntic terminus nt Brunswick. In 1878 H. G. Day conceived the idea tnat tbe time was ripe for an ef fort to procure either a lease or sale of the Macon & Brunswick Railroad by the State, and entered into an ex tended correspondence with capital ists, with a view to a demonstration of tbe importaoce of the road if it could be extended to Atlanta. His enthusiasm and earnestness interested others, who undertook tbo active work of carrying through the Legis lature some comprehensive mensuro which should place tbe M. & B. R. R. in the bands of capitalists, with a compulsory provision for extension to Atlanta. Such legislation was pro cured by the friends of Brunswick, Macon nnd Atlanta. We know the result—through many perils tbe road escaped the olutobcs of tbe Centra), and passed into the hands of the Cole- Sonev syndicate, who have with won derful rapidity built tbe missing link between Macon nnd Rome, lfil miles iu length, under the management of that prince of railroad builders, Maj. W. V. McCracken, its present super intendent, thus connecting it with their vast spstem of ronds, 2,600 miles in length. Thus we are connected witb one system of roads 2,500 miles in leDgth, nnd soon to be connected witb another over 3,000 miles in length, traversing eight’ Southern States, and reaebing out to tbe north- west* Mexico aid the Pacific slope. To our immediate Senator and Representative, Hons. J. M. .Tison and T. W. Lamb, 4o Allen Fort, of Americas, Charley Harris, of Macon, Senators Fain, Wslborne and Haw- kins, Hon. Wm. A. Harris, and a host of others in and out of tbe Leg islators (among others out of the Legislature, Henry M. Drane), we owe much for hearty co operation and earnest work, but it is not too roach to say that the material tor nil of tbe strongest arguments urged before tbe legislative committee nnd Legisla ture were furnished by Henry C. Day. His work has. borne bright frnit in onr present prosperity, abd 'bebas the right to be prond of bis connection with it, although, modest man that be is, few know of biB untiring efforts io this behalf—in our behalf. May be grow rich and prosper, obtaining bis fall share of such benefits as may flow to bim from tbe work be accom plished so well, . So much for the immediate past of rial.toe,) we will only further advert by way of business comparisons Another system of railway, pr ed by Major E. C. Gordon, its! dent, a brother of General Gordon, from Evansville, Indiana, on tbe Ohio river (with extensions to the Gulf of Mexico and Texas) is to mo, either direct or by connection with the Er- langer-Seligmau 1 system,’via the B. <fc A.B.R to Brnnswick. This road traverses in Alaba.nm L aud Tennessee vast bodies, pf.jrqu ore andfloal, owns 260,000 acres of this richest mineral lands ih the South, nnd has large do nations of money from towos Along the proposed route. In 1875 our total exports were $639,000; in 1876, ,$900,740; io 1878, $1,873,842; in 1879. $1,39440) 1880,1,655,282; iu 1881, $2,S50,i The nnmber of vessels which en tered onr port for 1878 was 192, cleared 198; for 1879, entered 220, cleared 225; for 1880, entered 830, cleared 332; for 1881, entered 870, cleared 374. Tbe tonnage of vessels hne increas ed in even heavier proportions, hfidj whereas, from 1870 to 1877 our ship ments were mostly coastwise, in 1881 of the 374 vessels cleared 100 were for foreign and - 274 for coastwise ports. The figures of past years Bre from January to January, which makes it impossible to give a compar ison of 1881 with 1882, bnt the best information puts tbe increase io ex ports of lumber at 30 per cent and of naval stores at 60 per cent over 1881. Ip 1880 tbe census gave us a popu lation of 2,900. The tax digests, city tax books nud increased number of dwellings show onr popnfation nt present uot less than 4,000. Lest the correctness of this estimate may be doubted, we refer to the fact that in 1S80, with the then number of bouses in Bruaswick, vacant bouses could be found for rent; that since that date over 250 dwelling bouses of all sorts have been erected, and that to-day there is not an nooccupied dwelling boose in town, and new ones nro go ing up in every quarter—and, further, that every old, dilapidated house has been repaired, and in most instances enlarged. Estimating four to a fami ly for these 250 dwellings, we jmve an increase in population of 1,000 Since 1880, a period of two years— more than 33} per cent—without counting the large increase in popu lation boarding ot onr hotels nnd boarding houses. The poll list in tax digest shows that of this increase in population the majority are whites. . Two years ago we did no wholesale business. Last year our bnsinefis ex ceeded $500,000, nnd this year will exceed $800,000, aud probably reach $1,000,000. Twenty-five new store and ware houses have been erected sifice 1880, and of u better olass than in previous years, nnd two commodious brick stores are in process of construction, and still lnrger ones are under con tract. All nre occupied, and a dozen more nre needed. A hotel bus been ejected of 75 rooms, and is constantly fall of guests^ and a new one is contemplated, to bo built of brick, at an early day, A club of young men bttye erected an opera house which would.be cred itable in a city of 10,000 inhabitants. The Brunswick A Albany. Railroad are constructing their box, platform and express, baggage and mail cars, and a company is forming to con struct oarsou a larga'Soale.« . A company of English and Boston capitalists has been., formed aqdluv corporate:!, who propose to engage in an extensive commercial business at an early day, with steamers ruuuing direct to New York and Boston, and to Liverpool, nod ultimately to other foreign ports; who propose to estnb- lisb an immigration depot for the South at Brunswick, nud establish banking facilities. Ovex one-half mile of wharves have beeu constructed and occupied, and wore are in process of construction. This is tbe Brunswick of tbe pres ent. We submit that few cities in the couutry present more gratifying evidences of healthy growth. This growth is based selely on a naval store and 1 Umber business. Onr two roads reach the finest cotton regions of tbe South, and when the B. & A. R. B. is completed into Alabama, we have tbe right to expect, with proper investment of capital, the handling of 600,000 bales Of cotton eaob year.— Truck farming is becoming an impor taut industry, and, so soon as w< have rapid and sure transit to North ern cities, will become still more im portant A word as to our future, iurwl the reasons why we have the right t'n look forward from the bright, pres-nrt to a far brighter fnture. The Georgia coast, ns anyone can see by an exami nation of the Atlantic const liu« of the United States, curves westward further thsii at any other point north or south .of it. This gives every G-or- gia port on advantage over the other Atlantic ports, to nuy point ip the Northwest, West, South and South west in distance. Brunswick, being in the extreme western portion of this ptirve, has the advantage in dis tance .over every Atluntie port. She is nearer Siin Francisco than Now York is by over 600 miles. The dis tance from Lonisville to New York ia 878 miles, nnd to Brunswick is 762 miles—a difference in favor of Bruns wick of 116 miles. From St. Louis to New York is 1,117 miles; to Bruns wick 994 miles—a difference in favor of Brunswick of 128 miles. Continuing this comparison as com pared with Savannah, and we find Brunswick 77 miles nearer Montgom ery than Savannah, 131 miles nearer Albany, Gn., than Savannah by tbe Central Road, and 85 miles nearer than Savannah by the S., F. & W. Road.' Brnnswick is 24 miles nearer Atlanta, Ga.^than Savannah, and, by tbe projected line of tbe Erlanger-Se- ligman syndicate’s system via Selma to Memphis, about 100 miles nearer than Savannab to Memphis. Stating this proposition generally, there is no 1 point west pr northwest of us that we are not nearer to than any other At lantic port. For these figures the writer is indebted to Judge James Houston’s admirable address to the members of the Southern Commercial Convention, held in Memphis May 18tb, 1869, and they may be relied upon as accurate. This difference iu distance, though, our harbor* were only equal to other South Atlantic ports, is an exceeding ly important consideration. We pro pose now to show that Brnnswick, in many important particulars, 'excells any Atlantic port south of Chesapeake Bay and Norfolk, by reference to tes timony which cannot be doubted. In 1837 Chmmodores Glaxton, Woolsey and Sbubrick, commissioners appointed by the U. S. Government to report upon the best AMantio port, south of Norfolk, for a naval station and yard, iu an elaborate report, in which tbe advantages and disadvan tages of all tbe ports from tbo Chesa peake to Key West, inclusive, were clearly stated, reported in favor of Brunswick as the best port, nil things considered, for tbe purpose.* Sabse- eqtly, in 1855, our delegation in ogress unanimously sigued a me morial to tbe Seoretury of the Navy, urging the importance of the estab- lisbihent of a naval station at Bruns wick, in pursuance of which a site was bought. That delegation con sisted of Robert Toombs, Wm. Daw son, David J. Bailey, Elijah W. Chas tain, Jnnins Hillyer, David H. Reese, James L. Seward nnd A|ex. H. Ste phens. This memorial would prove of great interest if space could be- found in this trade issue for its publi cation. el* KJUT ,F Succinctly stated, the special ad- - vantages are as follows: AH needful water over onter bar, 17 feet at low water, with .rise and' fall of tideB of seven feet, giving 24 feet '-rt '••**& * ••• Land-locked harbor, affording am ple protection from stornis. Ample anchorage grounds, Hnd am ple available deep water front. Healtbfnlness of location, assured by tbe fact that we arasurrounded by salt water, and demonstrated by onr mortuary report, which compares fa vorably with tbe cities of eamo size iu bill nnd mountain sections^ With 6,600 miles of railroad finding an outlet here, and to be connected with the Southern Pacific at an early day, coupled with the advantages possessed by our harbor, from onr present standpoint of continuous and healthy growth, wo have tbe right to look forward witb complacency to tbe fatnre, remembering, of course, al ways, that “tbe Gods help those who help themselves.” Respectfully, C. P. Goodyear. * Tbe report referred to is so in structive aud fall of facts and data of importance to Bronswiok that we publish it elsewhere in this our trade 188 ue.—Editob.