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fh< guena Ufota , 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. oue juiiohT" 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 Will be seduced to THREE DOLLARS a vesr snd postage —20 ceuts. Fur six months $1.50 and postage. Daily Edition Ten Dollars a year and postage. Five Dollars for six months’ Two Dollars 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. CLiSBV, JONES <fc REESE. Jarf2B-tf. it mm, tt mr&i murc ? IT pays every manufacturer, mechanic, in ventor, fanner or professional man, to keep informed on all tiro improvements and dii coveries of the age. It pays the head of even - family to introduce into his household a newspaper that is in 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 that of any other publication, in fact it is the only weekly paper published in the Uni ted States, devoted to manufactures, mechan ics, inventions aud new discoveries in the Arts and Sciences. Every number is profusely illustrated and its content* embrace the latest and m o.st in teresting information pertaining to the Indus trial, Mechanical and Scientific progress ot the world; descriptions, with te mtiful en gravings, of new inventions, new implements, new processes, aud improved indns'r ei of ~1 kinds; useful notes, recipes, suggestions anu advice, by practical writers, for workmen and employers, in all the various aits, form ing a complete repertory of new inventions and discoveries' containing a weekly record not only of the progress o the industrial arts in our own country, but also of ah new dis coveries and inventions in every branch ot engineering, mechanics and science abroad The Scientific american has been the foremost of all industrial publications for the past thirty years. It is the oldest, largest cheapest and the best weekly illustrated paper devoted to engineering, mechanics, chemistry new inventions, science and industrial pro gress. published tothe world. The practical receipts are worth ten times the subscription price And for the house and shop will save many times the cost ot subscription. Merchants, farmers, mechaires, engineers, inventors, mahufacturers, chemists, lovers of science, and people of all professions, will find the Scientific American useful to them It should have a place in ever}” family library study, office and counting room, in every reading room, college and school. Anew vulume commences January Ist, 1876 A ynnr’s numbers contain 532 pages and severe. 1 hundred engravings. Thousands of volumes are preserved for binding and refer ence. 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Address for the Paper, or concerning Patents MUNN k f'O. 37 Park Row, New York, Branch Of fice, Cor. F & 7th bta., trashing ton, I). C. W. P. BUST* na G 3 if AMERICU3, ----- GA. 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 J. T. WATERMAN, 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 ©. SU 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.