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-A_. UVL O. BUSSELL,
Editor & Proprietor.
Duimdi V'istu, Murioii Cos., Ctji*
Circulates in tlie Most Solvent
ami Reliable Portion of tlie
State.
Tortus of the sntno uh thoso estab
IrtUcrl by the / Vims Assooiutiou of Goorgia for the
Country /Voss.
BIUh for ad vert! staff aro dnn ou the first appear
nneooftho ailvortlserueut, or when presented, ex
cept when otherwise contracted for.
Rates and Rulesf or Legal Adver
tising.
Sheriff Sales, cell levy $ 4.00
Mortgage 11 fa sales, eaell levy O.lltl
Tax Colleetur’s sfllea, eaeli levy 4.00
Citation for Cettera of Administration anil
Guardianship 4.00
Application for dismission from Administration
Guardianship and Kxeeutnrshlp 5.00
Applieation for leave to sell land lor ouu sij'r.. 5.00
Notice to debtors and creditors 4.00
I and sales, Ist square, $4, each additional... oon
Sales of perishable, property, per square 2.50
list ray notice, 00 days 7.n0
Notice to perfect service 7.00
flutes id si to foreclose mortgages per sq'r 8.50
Holes to establish Inst papers, per square.... 3.60
lodes compelling titles 8.50
llnles to perfect services in diverse cases.... 10. on
Application fo.eilomcstead 2.00
All Legal Advertisements must be paid for in ad
a<sa!es of laud, .he., by Administrators, Executors
i Guardians, are required by law to be held on the
i irsi i'ueseav in tin- month, between the hours of
lull in the forenoon and Hires, in the afternoon, at the
Court House in the county in which the property is
Bl Notices of ales must be given in a public ga
noth'in f .ills where the land lies, if there be
ai, v and a ■ > i. no paperpublished in the eouuty
1 .'iV in t 9 ' gazette, or the one having the
a'rgest g- . .■ ulalion in said county, 4U days
the ' ’iv ■■ p 'rsonal property must lie,
given in like manner ten days previous to sale day.
Notice to the debtors of creditors and an estate
must also be published 40 days.
Notice licit application will be made to the Court of
Ordinary for Leave to Sell land, he., must bo publish
ed ouce a week for 4 weeks.
Citations for Letters of Administration, Guardian
shin etc., must lie published 80 ilays-for Dismission
from' Ad iiiiiistration, Guardianship and A'xccutorship |
■: F I e,-Insure o. .Mortgage must be publish- |
cd montidy for four months—for establishing list;
papers for tue full space ~f three immths-for eom
, ;di„g titles from Execut .rs or Administrators
where bond has been given by the deceased, the lull j
511 Application for Homestead must be published twice.
Publications will always be continued according to j
those, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or- :
derod.
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j£3 . C3r. Simmons
attorney at law,
amkuicus. aiiOßaiA.
Miiruti m-i y±_ _
7s. W. IlVtoii& w. U lliuton,
attouxets at law.
BUENA VISTA. GA-
Will practice in the. Courts of tins Statee
nnil the District and Circuit Courts of th.
United States. mcll ’ > .ll l -L’
J-, Xj. O. H.err,
ATTORNEY at law,
BUENA VISTA, GKOBOIA..
March 10. IS7-1 y r * !
MZ. M. S6l"£ V S%
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attorney -v r r l aw,
UIJKVA VISTA, aA.
PR, E. T. MATHiS,
Baemv Vista, 'GS-a:
Calls left at my office or residence promptly
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BUENA GA.
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ijcnce at ail hours of the day o l '
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October Bt.li. 18i:>.-lv
Hotel Advertisement?*.
: MAEKHAE HOUSE,
ATLANTA, CA,
JAS. K OWENS, : Proprietor,
Immediately at the Passenger Depot.
I-j ARTIES and Families wishing a cool and I
comfortable Hotel for the summer should |
W< ’^T-Special‘ratoby the week and month.
peabod y house,
CORNER of LOCUST and NINTH SI'S.,
PHILADELPHIA !*•
Convenient to all places of amusement and car lines
in the citv* No ebaugea to and from the Centennial
, /1..1 Watson proprietor of the Henry
House clnctnnatti for the past twenty years, and low
PUUadoUddafton, the
houth.
UroWEL’S JEiiLotOl-
Opposite l*assenyer Depot,
>IACON, GEORGIA.
This first-class and well known Hotel has boon
Entirely Renovated anti KUlttert,
• „ moat eleuant style, and is prepared with event
facility its old friend, and tbo public
““"centrally LOCATED,
Immfdiitclv Opposite the General Passenger Depot
This Hotel presents unusual advantages to viators
l0 Tlm rooms are constructed and fitted lip with a
view to tile comfort of the guests, and tho table isul
waj s supplied with . tbe season
BeptH-Iyr E.' WProprietors. _
H. L. French. J ' Ai * S
FRENCH HOUSE,
Public Square, Amencus, Ocorg a.
French & Eason, Proprietor
McAfee House
Smirhville, Georgia.
S@“Mcals on tlie arrival of all trains
Fare as good as the season affords,
price, 50 cents a meal.
A- M- c. RUSSELL, Proprietor. DEMOCRATIC IF NEWSPAPER. Annual Si;-scripticr, C r ',o
VO LUME I.
WIUTTKN FOB THE BUENA VISTI AIIODS
Answer it) Publius.
MAiuon Countv, a4ug. 8,1870.
Mr. Editor:
Tlte communication of your corres
i pondeut Publius I t.bink deserves a
j passing notice. His strictures on the
I County Court I think deserving, With
! regard to the meetings of the lcgisla
| lure and the time they occupy in
i their annual sessions, no alternation
I of cither would be expedient or ad
vantageous 10 the people, so long as
their jurisdiction lias charge of so
much local matter of legislation.
There should be in each county a lo
cal board of at least one dozen of its
wisest men that should have power
to license peddlers, suffer or slop re
tail of spirituous liquors and have
cognizance or all county affairs, that
only affects the interests of the citi
zens of those counties, who need that
class of legislation. The extravagant
mileage which they allow themselves
that Publius has failed to notice, is
more objectionable than ihe rate of
their per diem, for bo assured the
legislator that is not worth that much
at home attending to his own busi
ness has no qualifications to recom
mend him as a fit law-maker for the
toiling masses.
With regard to the doing atvay
with the homestead and relief laws,
of which Publius complains, I would
enquire what is his object in having
these laws repealed ? Is it to 'open
up that curse of the 1 uir.an family the
credit system, which gives b'cusc to
every fool and philosopher to spei.d
his money before he makes it; and
not u a frequently, by little acts of in
discretion in the head of tho family,
reduces his wife and children to pov
erty and beggary, makes the man and
his family slaves, toiling to redeem
his debts that never would have been
incurred, had it not been for this ac
cursed system, causing the cotton of
tlie whole South to be thrown upon
ihc market as soon as made, and the
poor debtor, the producer, without
power to say' what shall be the price?
Has Publius been blind to the effect
of the lien laws, enabling every ad
venturer to hire hands without re
gard to price, and pitch into cotton
making, glutting the maiket, swind
ling the poor freedmen, and not un
frequently pocketing the prices of
part of the crop, and “obsquatnlat
ing” himself to parts unknown?
What do wc pay for tho pitiable
privilege of credit ? I said to a mer
chant the other day, what will you
sell me Macon sheeting at on two
months time ? His reply was, “Our
credit price is 15 cents per yard.
With the money it can be got for 9
cents.”
Think of it! What a per cent! and
yet this is but one instance in millions.
Is it any wonder tho farmer is poor
that Ims to buy on credit; is it a
wonder that tho merchant fails to
collect and that tlie whole country
is drifting to bankruptcy. Stop the
credit system. We will then be
compelled to pay as we go, and when
we c in’t do that, wc won’t go at all.
Then you will see tho price of cotton
remunerating and not sec it paid for
before it is made and taken at the
creditors’ prices. With regard to
1 public schools the local board might
| have the disbursements of the funds
and require tax collectors to turn
the money over to them. The man
agement under existing laws is too
complicated and might be simplified
at a great saving of expense.
Yours Respectfully,
G. W. C. M.
BUENA. VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA., AUGUST 18 1378,
JE It ITS A LEM.
Capt. M. Dwinell, proprietor of the
Home Courier, is now traveling in the
Past, and writing entertaining
sketches of travel for his paper. We
copy the foliou big letter in reference,
to Jerusalem:
Jerusalem, June 14, 187 G.
Dear Courier: Sincd the tints k it i
was conquered by David, Jerusalem j
has been the scene of a large portion
of what might be termed the essen
tial vital events in the history ol
Christianity, that a knowledge of its
topography and geography became
important to the Christian scholar.
This wonderful city is in the midst ol
high, round-topped hills destitute of
trees, exceedingly rocky, yet of
smooth and graceful outline, and
rise one behind tho other for many
miles iu all directions around. Per
haps no important place in the world
has icss variety of scenery. When
you have seen one of theso hills of
Judea, you have seen the representa
tive ol them all. Tho soil on these
lulls where it can he reached is ex
ceedingly rich, even to tins day; but
nineteen-twentieths of the surface is
covered with either hedges or large
rocks and the few little terraces that
can be cleared of rocks, so as to be
cultivated, arc generally narrow and
wide apart. California has been
truly termed the Palestine of Ameri
ca, and no other country I have seen
is comparable to it.
Of course, in the land of Palestine
are many large, rich plains; but the
valley of the Jordan’-is one of the
nearest to the Holy City, ami this is
twenty miles away. There has beer,
no rain here since April, and vet the
trees, and even the few growing
craps of beaus, melons, etc., look as
fresh and vigorous as i! they had re
freshing showers every few days.
Jerusalem is supposed to contain
about 30,000 inhabitants. Ot these,
20,000 ate Jews, -1.000 Mohammedans,
and tho other 0,000 Catholics and
Protestants. Tho present city, in
side the walls, is only one mile long,
north and south, and a half a mile
wide, east and west. Tho city is
built on a mountain, or high hill, and
th s hill has three summits. The
highest ot these is called Mt. Zion, in
the southwest corner of the city,
where David’s palace was. The low
est is Mt. Moriah, in the southeast,
where Solomon’s temple stood; and
Mt. Calvary is a little north of a line
between them, and was outside of
the ancient walls. The valleys that
bound tnesc sides of the city arc lo
cated almost exactly like the rivers
around Rome. The Valley of Jeiios
aphat, and the valley of the brook
Kedron, which is a continuation of
the former, form tho eastern bounda
ry; the Yalley of Hinnon extends
from above the northern limits to
along the western side, then bends
around east and unites wit.li the Yal
ley ot the Kedron, just beyond the
walls of the south. These valleys
surrouud Jerusalem almost exactly
a3 the Etowah and Oostanaula rivers
surround Rome; but the hills inside
tho iwo cities are not located so sim
ilarly, but if you would put the high
est hill of the city whom ihc Shorter
block is, to represent Mt. Zion, the
lowest one where Maj. Smith’s resi
dence is to represent Mi. Moriah, and
one a little higher than the latter, at
the Court House to represent Mt.
Calvary—let this last extend to Col
lege Hill-then have a shallow val
ley a little to the eastof Broad street,
pack all the intervening space with
giqy stone houses as thick ns apples
in it basket, with only little crooked
,eott-paths for streets, dry up the riv
rs, and yon would change modern
Hotue to the .Jerusalem of to-day—
except lliatyou have too much space
outside of the Representative moun- j
bum?.
The cast wall of the city is on the j
brow of the valleys of Jehosophat
and Kedron, which are, say 200 feet i
deep, with steep sides and separates '
the Moriah from Mt. Olivet. Nearly '
opposite St. Stephen’s Gate, which is j
near tiic centre of the east wall, is a
pathway leading to the place where j
St. Stephen was stoned to death. A j
little further on and after passing!
the bottom of'.ho valley, is the gar- j
don of Gethscinanc, the tomb of the
Virgin Mary and the Grotto of Ago
ny. A little down tho Pool of the
Virgin, the tombs -of Absolom, St.
j James and Zachariah, and tlie town
lof Silpani, near where this valley
united with Iliunom. If you follow
right round and up the valley of
Hinndm, the fiFst notable place is the
Potter’s field, bought, with Judas’ be'
hrayal fee, and just after turning the
k>ui Invest corner of the city wall you
come to the lower pool of Gihan, 200
feet long by 100 wide and 20 deep—a
reservoir to retain tho winter water
for summer use, Neatly a half mile
further up is the upper pool of Gihan, i
of about the same size. You lmvc ■
now followed the valleys round three j
sides ol the city. Prom the north-!
west corner of tho wall 'he land rise.-;
considerably higher, and tho Russian ;
Convent and Hospital are located
there —large and fine buildings oir-j
side the walls. In the last few years j
the Germans and Prussians have cs-j
tabiished claims also in this v.einby.
and the Jews have put up a good j
many houses of a suusiaaTal charac-1
1
tor.
My first trip out was to Betide"
Item, six miles to the southwest. We
crossed the vaihy of Hinnom a little
above tho lower pool of Gihan, which
is now dry; and urn large flit rocks
on the bottom are used as threshing
flours, where they are treading out
com (wheat) with oxen in the primi
tive way, that is, by using no ma
chinery whatever, but treading it out
with oxen. We passed near the
house in the southwest corner of the
city where the “Last Supper ’ was
prepared, and a little opposite and
outside the city is the tree dint is
slid to mark the place where Judas
bung himself, and near by the coun
try residence of Caiuphas, tlie High
Priest, on tlie “hill of evil counsel,'
After getting about a mile f om the
wall wo strike the plain of Rephadi
ain, the only plain in the vicinity, It
is about a mile long and a half a mile
wide. A little further on, and two j
and a half miles from tho city, is the
convent of Elijah, that marks the j
place where the Prophet rested when
fleeing to Damascus, and was fed by
angels. A half mile beyond this is
the tomb of Rachel, the wife of Ja
cob, and off te the north the village
of Raman, with its convent, where 1
Zacharias lived and where Elizabeth
his wife gave birth to John tho Bap- j
tist. Itseeinstobe the style about
Jerusalem to put a convent at every
authenticated place where an impor
tant. event, in Bible history transput'-
•
ed. Along here are thousands oi
olive trees, and it is strange, where
, the rocks arc so thick, they get soil
enough to live on.
NUMBER 46.
Arrived at Hcthlebcm, built on the
of a hill. Same style
hero as elsewhere, of gray stone, flat
top houses, packed in us thick as they
can be. Said to have a population
01'2.500 and nearly all Christians.
We soon arrived at tho most con
spicuous building in the place, which
is really a group, for the Church of
Nativity is surrounded by three con
vents, Latin, Creek and Armenian.
This church is very old, yet well pre
served and presenting quite a hand
some appearance. It was erected
by Helena, tho mother of Constan
| tine, in the beginning ol the fourth
century, and is believed to be oldor.t
Christian church in the world. It
has A? dome, but 'ho r n'i is framed
tn
of jLuncnse cedar beams, brought
from Lebanon, and is supported by
f?rty marble pi iars. The main room
is about 150 feet long by 100 witle,
is high and w<l! proportioned. The
church is used as tho common prop
erty of all Christian denominations,
and the Zealots-of the surrounding
convents most on this common
ground to ha to ono another, and fight,
! even here, at the very place where
the prince of peace was born. A
guard of Mohammedan soldiers has
to be kept here constantly to prevent
these Christians from killing each
ojiier. What a commentary is this
on tho bigotry of professed Chris
tians.
The Chapel of Nativity is under
this church and is reached bv de
scending fifteen steps to marble chap
el thirty-eight feet long and twelve
wide. Of course it was not pretend
ed that these waits and floors exist
ed at the time of our Savior’s birth,
but I have no doubt they surround
tho nluce. Immediately at tlie foot
of the stairs, at tho left, the place ol
ihc Manger, a circular niche in the
wall, about four feet wide and three
deep. Golden lumps are kept con
s'an< ly burning before it. The orig
inal wooden Manger is said to be in
the church ol fit. Maria Maggiore,
at II jine.
About ten feet beyond the Manger
and on tho left is the natal chamber.
Ii is about ten feet long, eight wide
and eight high. A couch cut- from
the pure white marble, six feet-long
and three wide, is on the right as
you enter, and engraved on the mar
ble over it was the words “Ilia tie
Yirtjine Maria •Terns Christus nalus
eat.” “Hero Jesus Christ was born of
the virgin Mary.” The Greeks, Lat
ins and Armenians are each allowed
to keep an equd number, about twen
ty, of gold aud silver lamps in this
Chapel. Even in this sacred place,
four Turkish soldiers, armed with
muskets ami sabres, pace their wea
ry rounds to protect Christians from
one another. Before this guard was
established, some tnreo years ago,
tlie Greek and Latm Priests had a
fight, even in this chapel, in which
they broke up the gulden candlesticks
and burned the rich tapestry and
paintings which hung on the walls.
In front of the Manger is the Altar of
Magi, at the far end of the chapel is
iho chamber of Joseph, and on the
side of the empty tomb of St. Jerome,
who spent the latter part of bis life
hero where he died, but his remains
have been carried to Rome.
We returned to the church above
and spent some time in admiration of
the pictures and statuary that, adorn
tho walls. There are a largo nutu
i her of very old paintings here that
j are not very lino specimen of art,
i but tolerably good, and considered
very valuable on account of their
great age. Most of them represent
| scenes appropriate to the place.
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Every Friday.
it ATMS OF ttCBHCUIPTIONI
INCLUDIN'!! POSTAGE.
One Year $2,00
Six Months 1 on
Three Months 75
Always in Advance.
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Sest Advertising Modi uni In
this Section of Georgia.
Mary cud the Child, tho Holy Fami
ly, ihe Magi presold iug their gifts,
tho Shoperds learning tha glad tid
ings of iho flight into Egypt, etc.
Hut beside these there arc some very
fine life-size pictures of the same
scenes in gold and silver bus lvloif,
of wonderful ricly.css and adorable
beauty. In.this church arc three al
tars, one f.r the Greeks, one for tho
- Latins, and one for the Armenians,
and the people were constantly com
ing on, and, generally sitting, but
.sometimes kneeling, arouml these
altars, saying their prayers and go
ing out. while all the wiiiic tiio Mo
hammedan soldiers, whose guns aro
stacked in Ihe main body of tho
church, but wearing their sabre bay
onets by their sides, saunter around
with a contented air of complacent
satisfaction, as if they were thanking
Mahomet that they aro not like oth
er men, even these poor Christians,
that have to be protected from one
another here, in one of their most
sacred places.
But in spite of (ho manifestations
of intolerance among the sects here,
my visit fo Bethlehem was more than
satisfactory—it was full of joy and
consolation, my faith in Christ and
Chrisiian history was made more live
ly ami stronger, and, before leaving
iltc church I returned to the Chapei
of Nativity, to pray the second time
and thank God for what my poor eyes
hud seen, and pray the Savior, who
was here first manifest in the flesh,
to guide and protect me.
Prom Bethlehem we went some
three miles farther, to the three pools
of -Solomon. They are about 150 feet
square and 25 deep, built of heavy
rock laid in cement. They are in a
descending valley, the bottom of the
upper one being a little higher than
the top of tho next, and in the same
way, tho third lower than the see-’
ond. They are supplied from a very
large spring some 200 yards beyond
the upper pool. From the lower one
a stone aqueduct, made of cut stone,
say two feet deep and one and a halt
wide and lined with hard cement,
winds around the hills and , extends
to the site of the ancient temple in
Jerusalem. The length of . this aque
duct is thirty miles, on account of its
numerous windings. It is covered
over with rock, but there are many
openings, all along tho way, where
water can be dipped out. The up
per and middle pools have gates by
which to let water into the lower one,
hi case it should be exhausted. Tho
two upper ones are now empty, but
water now flows from tlie lower ono
to Bethlehem, and until a few years
since, ran on to the great city. This
is a vvondi imil work, and, if really
built by Solomon, must be 3,500
years old. M. I).
Marion Comity Drinia'i'atic Ex
ecatire Committees.
E. M. Butt, Chairman of tho Exec
utive Committee for the county of
Marion.
HUES’.*. VISTA ]>I,STRICT.
B. B. Hinton, Ch’r’u, W. B Butt,
Geo. W. C. Mumo, O. C, Bullock, A
M. C. Russell.
FORT VI? ItY m-TRTCT.
M. G. Brady, ChVn, Win. lj. Brad
shaw, J. M. Lowe, 11. J. Barker, Isaac
Bi uce.
TAZEWELL PISTRICT
W. TANARUS, Stewart, (Jh’r’n, J. M. Halley,
Win, M. Me.Miekael, A. J. McEtmuirev,
I. T. Wail.
JACKSONVILLE PISTRICT.
Jackson .M. Gill, Oh’r’n, W. S. Clem
ents. Dr. Thurmond, Jno. W. SiaugL*
ter, Jacob James.
l’.Kl) BONE DISTRI, T.
J, R. Short, Clt'r’n, A. B. Jones, Jnc-
M. Smith, A. L. Benson, Mollis Belt'.
Piucvtllo District— John E. Hol
i Lis, Ch’r’n. W. A. Clement, J. J.
1 Michoison, W. S. Stokes.
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