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, B. M. C. Rl iWELI., Editor,
Ki ri s A. KI SSKLL, Allorlatr E.lltOr
Bueuo Viiita, M irlon 00., Git-
FRIDAY MORNING, JANUARY 28th, 1870.
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Rev. Rufus A 1 Russell, otir Associate
Editor has gotie to Macon, to assume
temporary business relations in that
His services are not lost t,o our renders,
however, as ho will retain the same po
sition on the Ahgcß, that ho has here
tofore held. His business relations in
Macon only enables him to Be of more
benefit to the paper.
Babcock’s Trial.
The St. Louis whisky trials were
resumed on Wednesday, before
Judges Treat and Dillion, and from
now on until their close rich and ra
cy disclosures may be expected. The
case of General Babcock will not be
e&lled until the last day of the month,
but once before a jury, it will hardly
be second to the Beecher trial in the
importance which will attach to it
The President’s interference in the
preliminaries at St. Louiß by the re
moral of General Henderson, and
the special efforts made to prevent
Babcock’s indictment, have aroused
the attention of the whole country.
As to the possibilities and probabili
ties of the trial, some things may be
gleaned from the following extract
from a St. Lonls letter t® the Chicago
Tribune:
Public sentiment here is very
strong against Babcock, and, if the
jury shall be at all susceptible to
such prejudices, his conviction is se
cured. His failure to put in a per
sonal appearance, and plead to the
indictment, after he bad shown such
a precipitate inclination to vindicate
himself, made a bad impression to
start on, and a number of things
have happened since to strengthen
public opinion against him. The re
port—whether true or not, does not
matter—that the President had en
deavored to secure a nolle prosequi
in behalf oi his private secretary, had
a bad influence for “Bab,” aDd the
prejudicial feeling this engendered
has becu aggravated by further ru
mors that the President has used hie
efforts to arrange a plan of prosecu
tion that would insure acquittal.
The government attorneys say that
they will have no difficulty in send
ing Babcock to the penitentiary. The
authenticity of his hand-writing in
his dispatches formerly produced,
and also of letters and dispatches to
be produced, will be established be
yond a doubt, thus fixing his connec
tion with the ring. The transmis
sion of money from Joyce to Bab
cock w ill also be proven.
An important witness against Bab
cock will be Colonel Parker, Internal
Revenue Collector for the Colorado
District. It is stated that he has in
his possession certain testimony di
rectly implicating Babcock. Parker
has been summoned to appear at the
trial, which takes place on the 31st.
Babcock is said to have no less than
eight prominent lawyers engaged for
his defense, enough to convict any
poor devil on the continent. His
line of defense is as yet unknown.
The proposition to amend the con"
fttitution of Mississippi so that no
person can vote who cannot read
and write meets with unqualified ap
proval.
A large building for the manufac
ture of malleable glass by the La
Baste process has been commenced
in France at a cost of $635,000. The
building is 163 yards by 160. It has
been assured that utensils, such as
fry pan, etc., can be used on a hot
range, and will resist the fire just as
well as iron or any other metal. Al
go. glass chimneys for lamps and gas
burners are made, and will not break,
in fact, there is no limit to the varie
ty which can be made of malleable
glass.
Moktoh’s Figures. —What a villian
Senator Morton is. In his speech onj
Thursday he stated that the expenses oi
the Slate government in Mississippi
were over $5,000,000 by sixty (the val
ue of Confederate cnrrency be as one
to sixty) and Morton’s veraeity will ap
pear in its true light.
• The Tweed million suit has been
postponed a fortnight in conscience of
the sickness of Dudley Field’s wife.
GEORGIA NEWS.
Hon. T. M. Renfroc has been elect
ed State Treasurer, without opposi
tion. The right man in the right
place.
It is rumored' in private circles,
that Hon, Potiphar Peagreen, of
Tugaloo, intends to challenge Count
J. C. Harris, of the Savannah News,
to mortal combat, by reason ©t the
Count’s sarcasm. Let the laws of
Georgia, in regard to dueling, be en
forced.
Such a vast number of marriages
are now taking place in the State
that wo really cannot burden our col
umns with them all. The harder the
times become the greater havoc does
Hymen make.
The barn of Mr-Walter Wray, of
Green county, was recently burned
with all his corn, forage and some
cotton.
The farmera of Brooks county are
offering bacon for sale They are on
the high road to wealth.
Harris, of the Savannah Morning
News, says: “Georgia is still sending
her idiots to Texas.” If this Texas
fever continues, the State will soon
have no further use for her insane
asylum.
The editor of the Valdosta Times,
received a few days ago, three turn
ips, which weighed nineteen pounds.
Pretty large turnips.
A little orphan, residing with a
gentleman near Valdosta,, recently
became tangled in the gearing of a
cotton screw and was crushed to
death.
The Valdosta Times reports the
killing, a few days ago, by some gen
tlemen seining in Ocktahachee Lake,
a huge alligator, measuring twelve
feet in length and weighing near
four hnndredpounds. This is probably
the largest Georgia aligator on record.
The last issue of the Valdosta
Times contains the following sum to
tal of murders, that have occurred
in that vicinity:
Two weeks ago was recorded the
Lilling of Dick Pounds; last week
that of Murphy Carroll, and to-day
that of Walter Scott (col)—all in our
confitv.
Dr. W. B. Folks, editor oftbe'iVay
cross department, of the Valdosta
Times, eayst
It is said by those who have suc
cessfully tried it that banana plants
dug up and bedded as you would su
gar cane seed will keep green all
winter and set out again in the spring
will be sure to bear fine crops of fruit
every year. Make a note of this.
The Columbus Enquirer says that
Mr. T. T. Mathis, of Stewart county,
raised on twenty-two acres of land,
thirty-three bales of cotton. Besides,
it adds, he makes enough corn to do
him, and meat for his family. This
is hard to beat.
Married, on the 16th Inst., at the
residence of the bride’s mother, by
Rev. W. P. Jordan, Mr. J. J. Bush,
of Albany, and Miss Hattie Foster,
of Quitman county.
Gov. Smith has appointed Hon.
Cincinnatus Peeples Judge of the
Superior Court, Atlanta Circuit, and
Hon. Richard H. Clark Judge of the
Atlanta City Court. These nomina
tions have been confirmed by the
Georgia Senate. Gov. Smith could
not have made better appointments.
The Georgia Railroad has perma
nently resumed hersemi-annUal divi
dend of four per cent. But the old
Central, of Wadley grasping, monop
oly fame, can’t afford even an occa
sional dividend to it3 many suffering
stockholders. The cash on hand can
be used in speculative purposes to
better advantage. Who wouldn’t be
a railroad is mil
lions in it.”
Gov. Smith hns reappointed Judge
A. C. Pate, as Judge of the Oconee
Circuit. He has also appointed Hon.
Martin J Crawford, of Columbus as
Judge of the Chattahoochee Circuit.
Both of these appointments are con
sidered good judicial selections. The
latter gives his Circuit general satis
faction.
The Alert, one of the new naval ves
sels constructed by Johnny Roach, head
of the Peneylvania branch of Robeson’s
navy rise, and which has been in com
mUrion a \ eat, is so unsafe that her
boilers aie now called the dynamite
boilers. Tb'ay were in irnmim n. d<n
gei of exploding last summer when the
cadet engineers were aboard, and since
that time she baa been pronounced un
fit for sea service. That is why she is
not ordered to Port Royal, and r. m .ius
it ihe navy yard in Washington, the
terror of every naval officer,
Notes from the Capital-
Interesting Letter from Representa
tive Miller.
non TOMBS MAKING TUB POT BOIL YOB A
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.
Correepomlonce of the Argus.
House op RkpreSbntativks, \
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 20, 1016. \
Mr. Editor: —Your valuable and
interesting sheet reaches me regu
larly at this place, and I do assure
you that it is quite a treat to pe
ruse its columns. Thinking that a
line from this point would be wel
comed at the Argus office, I pro
ceed to give you some of the dots.
Weliada large meeting last night,
in Representative Hall, which was
addressed by lion. Roht Toombs,
on the subject of a Constitutional
Convention. His speech was time
ly and to the point, producing im
mense applause as he poured forth
his eloquence and logic, advocat
ing the calling of a convention
now! He gave conclusive argu
ments, showing that this is not our
{the white man's) Constitution;
that it was forced upon us by the
Dutch, the Irish, the Nigger, the
Carpetbagger, the Scallawag and
worst of all the Yankee.
No people should accept a Con
stitution made by another people,
and if such is forced upon them,
they should throw it off the first
opportunity. Gen. Toombs show
ed by irresistible argument that
the source being corrupt the funda
mental law itself is corrupt; that
five millions of negroes and scalla
w’ags had been “injected into the
Stomach of the Body Politic and
consequently the whole system is
sick. Let us have a Convention
now and make a Constitution for
ourselves, and now is the day of
our salvation, to-morrow is God’s.
The bill calling for a Constitu
tional Convention, is set down for
Thursday and -will call forth a con
siderable debate. The report of
the special committee of nine sub
mits the question of “convention or
no convention” to be endorsed on
the tickets of the voters at the time
of electing delegates.
lam opposed to this. I think
this body is as good a judge, as to
whether we should have a conven
tion, as eighty thousand freed
slaves. And the submission of this
question will give the leading Rad
icals the opportunity of anticipat
ing the action of the Convention by
speculating as to what the Conven
tion might do, and thereby pro
duce a division in the Democratic
party, on tho question of Home
stead and other questions, which
would come before the Convention.
Let the Convention be called by
the Legislature; let delegates be
elected, convene, make a Constitu
tion (which ho doubt Will give the
negroes ar.d all others, all the rights
which they now have under the
present Constitution), and let the
same be submitted to the people
for their ratification or rejection.
I am proud to let the citizens of
this State, and especially those of
our county kflow that I have con
fared with the chairman of the
committee on education, and that
he as chairman has presented a
bill to the House, which will great
ly remedy the evils which exist in
the machinery of the present dis
tribution of the educational fund of
this State, stopping the great leak
ages of the fund before it reaches
the recipients. The hill covers
the views of the question, which I
have entertained and frequently
presented to the citizens of my
county. I think the bill will give
full satisfaction on this subject.
Yours Ti*uly,
E. W. Miller.
P. S.—l am proud of the Argus,
it exceeds my sanguine expecta
tions. E. W, M.
ii ~
Norwalk, Ct., January 24. — The re
sidence of Jos. Ingersol, clmirmaker, of
the New York ring, has been burned.
Loss SIOO,OOO. Insured for SBO,OO
TELEGRAPH & IBSSBN6H
FOR 1878.
Great Keduction!
On and after tut January, 1870, onr
Mammoth Week y, The Grout Fondly
I’sper of Georgia, containing 64 col
umns, and the largest in the South,
will be sunt to subscribers at
$2 a Year,
and postage. This is but a small ad
vance on cost, of blank paper. Weekly
for six mouths, $1 41m] postage is 20
cents a year.
The Semi-Weekly
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and Fifty Cents for three months.
The stiring events of (he Great Cen
tennial Year of American Uistory,
which includeujhe Presidential smug
gle, will render 1870 one of the most
memorable in onr annals. Everybody
in this region will need the Telegraph,
and we have put down the price to ac
commo'.ate their necessities aud pecu
niary status.
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structive, one that fosters a taste for investi
gation, and promotes thbughtand encourages
discussion among the members.
THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN
which has been published weekly for the last
thirty years, does this to an extent beyond
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the only weekly paper published in the Uni
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Patents. A bound volume containing the Patent
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THANKFUL for past favors I respect
fully solicit a continuance of the
patronage of the good people of Ma
rion. Prices reasonable, and extra in
ducements offered those at a distance to
visit my office. Rooms on Lamar St,
two doors from R (J Black’s Shoe Store.
September Bth.
sMl' SS
IT will get a copy of THE LA
GRANGE REPORTER for
six months: the PREMIUM WEEK
LY OF GEORGIA: took the gold
medal fit the State Fair in 1873, as
the nest con ntry weekly in the State
W n a r i r w 1 1.1. do.
“typography, make-up, business,
rediiig matter and editorial man
agement considered. ” SEN DONE
DOLLAR AND IRY IT FOR SIX
MONTHS. Specimen copies free.
mm. mm
IE LA GRANGE REPORTER
not merely a local paper. Besides its lo
cal arid miscellaneous reading, it lias a de
partment devoted to the farm and garden
a department specially adapted to household
reading; one devoted to State news, one to
news or the Southern states, and one to th
news of the world, collated With great care
from the telegraphic dispatches as found in
the best metropolitan dailies. Especial pains
are given to the news columns, the design of
the publisher being to give his readers the es
sence of the nows, gathered from all sources
and boiled down. By this system, the read
ers are kept informed of all events ot import
ance that happen anywhere, and the publish
er thinks he can justly claim that in this re
spect the LaGrange Reporter has no s iperior
of its class. Terms $2 a year; $1 for six
months. Send for i peeimen copy. Address
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LaGrange, Ga.
m ADVERTISEMENTS.
BUENA VISTa
High School
The Spring session of this school will begin
on Monday, January 3rd, and close on Thurs
day, July i 3th, with a public examination,
concert and exhibition, embracing two
days. The Fall session will begin on Monday
September 17th, and dose Friday Decern*
her Ist.
BATES or TUITION PER ANNUM.
Primany Class $20.00
Intermediate Clivns 3u.00
Advanced Class 40.00
Music on Piano Forte, with use of
instrument 55.00
Board can bo procured in the most respect
able families at from 10 to 12 dollars per
month. Tuition has been reduced to the low
est ante helium rates, to meet the stringency
of the times and the poverty of our people,
so that all who attach any value to education
may avail themselves of its advantages. It
is believed that the rates of tuition in this
school are less than in any of like pre
tensions in the State. The Principals are
Southern men, of large experience, well
known in Middle and South West Georgia
as faithful and efficient instructors of youth,
and are determined, in renewing their old
positions here, to make this Seminary second
to none in the State or country, where the
young of both sexes may he thoroughly pre
pur and for any class in College or any pursuit
iu life. J. H. Dunham,
IP. W Kenneri.t,
Principals.
Butiaa Vista, Ga., Dec. Ist, 1875.
PEACOCK’S SUPERIOR
I received ft single 801 l of Cotton from my
Son in Columbus four years since, it is of green
or brcivn seed variety. I have planted of them
over since and believe them to be more prolific
than any cotton I ever planted. I sold a few
bushels of them last year, I can spare this win*
ter 10(1 Bushels and will sell them at Two Dol
lar- per Bushel if called for by the first of Feb
ruary. I have made on one extra acre this year
two thousand pounds seed cotton, and I will
say this, that I have fairh to belieue that thesi
eed are so far ahead of any I have planted
that I am willing to put in $25.00 with any num
ber of men who will plant any other variety ol
seed on one acre of land, and the one making
the most take all the money.
BENAJAH PEVCOCK.
Four miles West of Buena Vista, Marion Cos. Ga.
~ WekSfs ~
PLANTATION
HIT,
Always Alleviates and Generally
Cures
RHEUMATISM, SORENESS and
SWELLING of the Breast, PAIN
and WEAKNESS in the Back and
Joints, The severest BURNS can
Speedily be cured and should be
Apptied immediately.
For Horses & Mules,
IT STANDS
WITHOUT A RIVAL!
And Speedily Cures Most of their
Diseases requiring a Lminiment.
a
And you will Never be Without it.
Ask your Merchant for it. Sold by
dealers in Bmgs,
And By
L, E. & H- E. WELCH,
Sole Proprietors and
WHOLESALE Om-gistß,
Nov. IQ.-tf ALBANY, GEORGIA.
MASON WOM
I take this method of informing the
citizens of Buena Vista nn<l Mariou
county, that I am prepared to do any
kind of mason work, such as plasteriug,
brick laying, building chimneys or
brick houses, any kind of stone work,
etc
I am prepared also to do any' kind of
work on graves, as walling them up With
brick, etc,
LEONARD CUQUILLARD
Buena Vista, Dec 24tli 1875
1876. THE 1876.
COLLI,\SWOimi INSTITUTE,
Located Near
TALBOTTON, GKORGIA.
•I. T. MoT.AUGFILIN, Principal <t Proprietor
G. \V. MAXON, Associate Principal.
Geaded High School fob Boys <it Yotjnq Men
Spring Term begins Jan 17th, ends June 30th
Fall Term begins August Ist, ends Nov. 17th
EXPENSESi
Tuition in Primary Department, per year, $20,00
“ Intermediate ** 30,00
“ Grammar “ “ 40 00
“ High School 60,00
Incidental pee, per month, 2Ao. 2,50
Hoard paid in advance,for the Term, per month 10,00
All expenses for Six Months, Including Hoard, Tui
tion, Washing and Incidentals, SBO, $92 or OS, For
One year, paid in advance, sllO, 8)60 or $l6O, Accord
ing toClass. Dec, 24-ltn*
# 1875 —*—1876
JEL*a. fi_ iew
FEMALE COLLEGE
OUR Scholastic year is divided into thre<i terms!
beginning September 20th, January 3rd, April
Ist, and closing Commencement Day, the last
Wednesd2y in June.
CHARGES PER TERM,
Board and Tuition $69.00
J/usicand use of Piano 19.00
Payments in advance or monthly.
A. *l. FLEWEL&EN, President.
CHEAP fUm PURE
J. w. .i. vsu: Y,
DRUGGIST & GROCER
bi i:m vista, ca.
DRUGS MEDICINE
KEROSENE, PATENT MEDICINES
POTASH, SOAP, ’
STARCH, COLOGNES,
FANCY SOAP, PAINTS,
OILS, GARDEN SEEDS,
PIPES, CIGARS,
TOBACCO.
STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES,
WINDOW GLASS,
CONFECTIONERIES, BACON
FLOUR, LARD,
STTfMD AL ’ CHEESE,
SUtiA K, COFFEE
CRACKERS, SALT, &c., Ac.
iif sris of sms mwoos,
Hats, Boots, shoes, Tinware, Hardware,
Cutlery, Crockery, stationery, and
Notions Generally.
I have removed from my former stand, South of the public scpiar®, to
Wiggin’s 0 a Stand, West of Pablo Square
A’here I will be pleased to serve my old friends and as many new one# is
wi l favoh rue with their patronage. I have made a change in iny business
discontinuing the sale of some articles and substituting others In their place#
—have ordered a line of leading articles of Staple Dry Goods—all of which
I intend to sell cheap.
J". W. ANTSLEY,
October iota, isV5.-ct Buena Vista, G*.
The Place to Buy!
We keep on hand and are constantly receiving from Easterh and Western
markets all goods usually kept in a first-class Furniture and House Furishiug
nods Es tablishment.
FURNITURE.
PARLOR SUITS, EASY CHAIRS, LOUNGES, &e.,
Dressing Case Suits Com/nsn: Bed Room Suits,
at Prices from SSO Up/vards; Dining Room
Chairs, Tables and Saifes: Office Desks, ' .
. Counter and Desk Stools and Chairs.
Chairs; bine Cane heat. Wood Seat and Cottage; Wash Stand*, Tables, Bu
reaus, Bedsteads, Lounges, &e.; Mattresses: Spring Beds, Feathers, &<•..; Baske’s
best assortment in the city; Brushes: Ilai., Clothes. Shoe, Dusting and Shaving-
Brooms: Floor or Sweeping, Hearth and Whisk; Upholsters Goods: hair, cloth’
reps, buttons, gimp, taeks, &c.; Picture Frames: pic me frame moulding, and
frames made airy size desired; pictureeork, nail, add tassels-
BABY CARMIAOES;
Looking Glasses, Looking Glass Plate in piece, Window Shakos, decorated mi
plain; Window shade goods, various widths, and colors cat and made to fit any
-ize window. 1
CHINA. CROCKERY 1 GLASSWARE,
China, dinner and ten sets; chin* by piece or dozen, decorated or plain; lamp,
lanterns, thandeliom, wicks, chimneys, kerosene oil and lamp goods generally-
Fancy and holiday goods, fine variety; Cutlery: table and pocket, fine assortment
imported and American, both direct from manufacturers, and Bold very low.
Spoons, forks, castors, &c
BURIAL BASIS & BASKET
Metallic and Wood, all siiscs, at prices ranging from six dollars to two hundrer
dollars; full line of cheap wood coffins always on hand, for ladie, gentlemen
children; Burial robes, and unkertakers hark ware. next door north
of Waxelbaurn & Gyles’, Colton Avenue. livsidence close to store in honse of
Judge S'S. Boon, Calls night or day, by telegram or otherwise attended
faithfully.
S. Anthony & Sons,
“ DR. E. T. IMATHIS,
Buena. VistAj O-iA.
Calls left at my office or residence promptly
attended. Den'24-ly
MJIIITT,
ATTORNKYAT XjA-W,
buesa vista, g,v.
7. L. WI2DOM, M.
BUENA VISTA, GA.
■
jggyCalls may be left at my resi
dence at all hours of the day or
night.”®*
October Bth, 1875.-1 y
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VERMIFUGE.
A safe and sure Cure far Worms.
Harmless in its effect on the system,
and sure to improve tits condition of
the Patient.
Sold by dealers in Drugs and Med
icines and by ? T. I<\ HENRY, CUR
RAN & CO., 8 College Place, New
York.
L E & ME WELCH,
WHOLESALE DREGISTB,
Nov. l#.-tf ALBAXT, GA.