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SMtr gunw distal —■■• ■ .-yji ■' - . --. T-"-""a Iv£. C, RUSSELL, Editor & Proprietor. tmtvcr -awt —^..xa%! lluemi ‘Vi**!!, Marital Cos., Ohm c, xr-zr — .. *■ ~tt, FIfcPAY MORNING, A/AY 30, 1870. —*——— rufusU. BhAl'li-f Hnabsence of five y <#*> *ex-Governor s JJ. Bullock, prince oftlid Gcorgiro carpet-bng thieves, was brought back to At lanta on the 18th inst., under a re quirftiSl from *tli# Gove iflqr.'i' He * wadily gave Wfoid, prominent men of both parties going pn itj We tear tlmt bringing bin? into Georgians a prisoner fto *tjial at tins time, is peculiarly nilfrrHuiiativ For fiT’e yoars be liiMch a fu gitive from Ggpigiay 4>f Albion, Nqw place of bis aboda being notorious ih ,this State. Jmy time durii% tbe live years, a requisition couldfl'avc been made. Wq are tstiMaf "tiiat it lias not done was an “oti,year” in It coulS bave then. Had it been postponed un til next year, all Ifazitnt'vwiulclbave beert gvo.idgd. ' f* , But on tbe eve qJ a vitally inj.portanJ*cfarn* paigu. His presence will cement tbe Republican parfyu&ore %nly t^getbei'r—ftm Badicalßf^fedj ? 1 "it the trial intogi party lie an extensive jj|2pifal influenco*Ub6th DcmocraSp and Republicans vent on Ins koud with out solicitation; aM #jjiiy,_ were “cheek by, jowl” wit£i limd, lit the halcyon/Tays of Radical thievery, bave sepeflted of their ffhehre tnrned to Democratic ernnka —all these may be alienated •agaiiy by bis appearance, and they nfhyjiold the balance of ''power. Moreover, he will probably escape punish ment anyhow. Should tbe /State fail tb convict him, tbe effect will be very injurious. For these reas ons, we would prefer to have his trial when there is no political ex- citement. We do not attach blame to the Executive. By his strong arm has the hydra-headed monster of dis honesty been laid low, and Georgia will be forever grateful to him for his labors in that direction. We only doubt the judgment and pro priety of bringing Bullock to Geor gia at this time. Troubles between the -whites and blacks have broke out afresh in Mississippi and Louisian na. Several have been killed on both sides. AN OPEN LETTER TO HON. THOS HARDEMAN. Dear Colonel: As Ben. E. Bussell, editor of the Bainbridgc Democrat, has seen pro per to afflict Gen. A. H. Colquitt with an “Open Letter,” informing him that the said Ben. E. Russell had gotten himself into a newspaper dif ficulty with the undersigned, editor of the Buena Yista Argus, and pit iously appeals to him to interpose his influence, I have resolved to follow suit and ask your intervention in my behalf—although neither I nor Gen. Colquitt are at all inconvenienced by the buzzing of his knat-ship’s wings. I wish to call your attention to a lew misrepresentations contained in that “open letter” to Gen. Colquitt, though I cannot see for my life, whnt personal interest either you or Gen. Colquitt have in the individual diff'er- King between A. M. C. Rus n. E. Russell. The Dem >re me a copy of Buena Vista Ur ate of May 12, which claims to be the paper of all in your support," Ac. Neither 1 nor my paper make any such boast, but I do claim that I am an earnest and honest advocate of my choice for Governor; and that I will support as Honestly and zealous ly the nominee of the Gubernatorial Convention, whether it be yourself, Gen. Colquitt, or any other equally good ami etUciont man. , The-qauie letter says: •‘Tli, editor, in hi onl for you, Ims Vault <*mkd ( 4l , of truth. so fur tliut I oanno- mill,*' Ac. • Kovor did mortal lrmn miss the tenth as tar afliis man does. Ik* gnoses not to recognize me, not of the question of veracity us, but because I adminls tefeoßp him his own physio, That’s \kiai Irots mad about, and ho knows itas well as liis readers dota What fie the ’founds of truth,” is a statement I maSkthnX the citizens ot Decatur nreferruAOtm quiUfor'Govcflor—not. tlmt tlrfr do nlNd you in the highest esteem, bifct; that the times being ripo fed Cblquitt tlicy prefer him. IP ig,pass ing straiigc that Decatur, where Col-* •qultts n.qno is dearer than any other, fluouW bc*lor yon ,* while air t lie sur rounding counties arc a unit, not against you, but for your rival. I believe that you have a host of person al friends In Decatur, as of las all ovef Georgia*.* I have delighted ton do you honor in the past and wi 1 re mice to honor you in the future. I have never said or written one sen tence to your disparagement, nor of any other„carididate flow before the people. When the Macon Telegraph &xMtsacnger annpunced you 115 its, preference.*l stated emphatically that you were Itnyrbcond choice, should GeA. Colquitt mil td'r<-6eire£he nom iiv4io>, I was sincere in it, and still entcrtaittwAhe same kindly Jqellngs towartf-fty. My reasons for supporting Colquitt in -{Reference to'yourseif, can be sim - ply stated without casting aiiy un worthy reflections upon you. He ip, I iialicve, the choice of a large ma jority wif o'r Democratic citizens; is pro-eminently fitted to fill the posi tion; the exigencies of the State and party demand a man his distinctive qualifications; his services in behalf of Statoand country deserve rewnfid and recognition at tic hand's of the people;’aud you have been honWedby them time, and again, since the war, while ftfe has Dot- There, fore, Lam for Colquitt, with my en tire energy and influence, above all others, until the concentrated wis dom of the State, in convention as- v sembled, shall select a Wandard bearer from the iist of her noblest and wisest sons. But this 13 a digression. The De mocrat man tells Gen. Colquitt that I have by inference or insinuation accused him of writing all sorts of things against him. I did not intend for my article to convey any such im pression. I knew not what he had said or might say, in his paper or out of it against him—but that whatever it was or might be the people of De catur would not be influenced one particle by it. That is what I meant and nothing else. I quote again from that precious instrument, his “Open Letter:” “Now, in all friendliness, I would advise you to place a muzzle on all such mad dogs. * * * Such articles never benefitted any man’s chances of success, and if persisted in will surely injure yours/' A covert threat is conveyed in this extract, which may be stated thus: If Gen. Colquitt does not prevail up on A. M. C. Russell to cease his at tack upon Russell E. Benjamin’s sins, (I have attacked no oneelse’s) some body will fight against him. Who? The offended party, of course. That offended party can he none other than Russell E. Benjamin himself. The rest of the world don’t care a bauble, how much I pitch into his diaphragm. But Colquitt need have no fears that our personal differences will aflect his chances one iota. The Democrat’s support would probably injure him as much as its opposition. Just heie, Colonel, I will assure you that it matters not how much your adherents war upon tne individ ually, their trespasses will never be laid at your door. I would not be guilty of such an act of injustice. Gen. Colquitt docs not direct my course in regard to himself or any other man. My support was freely given by me and is undirected by him. Ido not trade my influence for “oats” or any other sort of bribery. The Democrat man seems to think that I charge him with being iguoi ant ot the sentiments of the people of De catur. Ido not. I merely charge him with misrepresenting them. Hereafter, none but candidates for Governor will be called upon to ad just the private differences of these two branches of the Russell 1 ouse. And instead of blowing one another’s ‘ daylights” out, when we can’t agree, we’ll just drop some candidate for Governor “An Open Letter” about it, whether he is interested a “conti nental” or not. Colonel, we would be rejoiced to have you visit our comity and favor us with an address. You will not find one enemy to you in Marion county. On the contrary, a host of friends will welcome you as one of the noblest of Georgians. Hoping, sir, that you will not per ceive anything ludicrous or farcical in the Democrat man’s “Open Letter to Gen. A. H. Colquitt," or in mine to you, permit me to subscribe my self Your Friend and Fellow Citizen, A. M. C. Russell. AN OPEN LETTER TO GEN. A. H. * COLQUITT. # From the Buinbrldge Democrat.] Dear General : As you art? not a subscriber t!c Dumocuat and probably never wPo a copy of it, I liAve thought proper, ou account of certain misrepresenta tions of my position in the Guberna torial canvpPfs, to adopt this method of mldresstng yon. J have had the honor of standing in the same line of battle with yourself on several fiflds, when the blood of our brave was freely given tor the honor of ourjov cd South. Asa soldier, I have, nl wavsjjju^^-ou; as a civilliun you dtffTneveriiatl my unqualified respect and esteem. The premature opening of bernalorial canvass has been the moans of much unnecessary discus sion, as to the relative merits of as pirants'fpr the nomination, among the press of the State, and ns there has been a good deal of .it a corresponding amount of misrepresentation followed as a nat ural cdflsequence. Excrdsirig“'the light and prerogative of a freeman, I "have seen fit to announce my pref erence for a nominee to the position. First I declared for Governor Smith, and while / Might have been over -zealous in 1110 advocacy qf his claims, at tbe same' time I never >wrote one disparaging won! against, any other aspirant in the field; al though some of the papers most, strenuouely engaged support have led you to *liifljfrothcrwise. I have beforo’me, a copy of the Buena Vista Argus, bearing date of May 12, which claims to be tie pa per of all in your support, anu I find one or two statements contained m an editorial therein to which I re spAttally call your attention. ‘The editor, in kis zeal for you, has tran scended the limits ot truth so far that I cannot recognize him, but in or der that you may know him and cor rect his mistaken lei’for in youp be half, I propose, for my own gratifica tion, to set myself aright before you. In tbe course of the very uncalled for arricie against me the edi tor of the Argus says, referring to you: “We do. not believe that their ad herence could be shaken by anything that the Billingsgate editor otthee a tors aid sheet has said or will say in his disparagement.'’ [The italics arc mine]. Now, General, 1 have neveT*wKt ten one word to your disparagement —on the contrary, whenever i ex pressed an opinion in regard to you, been just th3 reverse. TfifShe Democrat of March 23, I wrote an editorial in reply to this same Argus man in which the following sentence occurred : “Geueral Colqmtt will never cease to be held in the highest estimation by us. llis reerd is untarnished, his character is spotless, ami his in tegrity unquestioned As far back as March 2, I wrote in the Democrat : “We can’t see how Colquitt’s Gu bernatorial aspirations can be affect ed by the failure of the Southern Life Irisuiance Companv, nor do we be lieve that anybody thinks so.” In reply to a persona! attack, by au anonymous wa ter, on the (kh of April, I find in the article in the Democrat, this only, in reference to youivcif : “We have no doubt Gen. Colquitt has many strong friends m Decatur county. To that we do not object.” Now I respectfully submit does this look as if I had ever said any thing in your disparagement. I think not, nor can any sentence ever written in the Bainbridge Democrat be tortured into the slightest possi ble thing derogatory to your char acter. Upon declaring for Co l . Hardeman, after a careful survey ut the situation, believing him to be the choice of our people, and possessing great admira tion for his ability and talents, I wrote as follows in the editorial announcing his name : “We shall advocate him zealously but. fairly, and in which advocacy we will be ea.eful to disparage the chances of no other aspirant in the field.” Now, General, I think I have made it plain that your supporter in Buena Vista has sadly misrepresented the facts in the case, and that while I pre fer Col. Hardeman to yourself, I, at the same time, am anything but your ene my. Again, from the editorial in the Ar gus before me I quote the following outrageous language: “When it (the Democrat) gays that the Democracy of Decatur prefers Hardeman or any other man to Col quitt, it deliberately, wilfully, defiantly lies.” (The italics are mine). Now, in all friendliness, I wou'd ad vise you to place a muzzle on all such mad dogs. It has been years since the Argus man lived in Bain bridge, and it iooks as though I ought to know something about a people I have been in close connection with for twenty years. Such articles never benefitted any man’s chances of success, and if persisted in will surely injure t routs. Now in all candor, General, I have been long of the opinion that the unmethodi cal advocacy of the Arhus man would in jure yon, but lie seems 10 have lost siaht of every idea, but the insane one of, as he thinks, earning you on his shoulders. IJo fully believes (lint l*c holds your nomination within the palm of his hand, and, hence already feels the ‘‘oats” that ho experts when you are “triumphantly e'er ted yet at the same time I think he might have a lit tle pity on a poor unfortunate who does r.Ol happen to on such a higli-v wav to glory, disikrctlon and profit. Would he see von- 0 hero during the upWass, and I assure yon yon wonwmect with a hearty wel come from ns all, for you havo a warm place in each of our heartiu In con clusion, let me say. thal w-hile Coft Hardeman is my decided preference,* if the people in their wisdom select you for their standard 1 rearer, I will follow you as I did in the “days that tried men’s souls,” eitlfomto viciorv or ije-j feat. Yours /fcsoertfirlly* Bufl* *. ftcssti.ak* SYNOPSIS OF DR. *LOVICK PIERCE’S LETTER! The hour for the rceeplion of fra ternal messengers front the N Mctho ; dist Episcopal Church South, lgtving arrived, that most interesting cere mony took plaqe. "With the cSCept iotvof the upper tior v which ..was- well fillcS, every part of aq.idemy was crowded, many Standing during the entire The** desk in front of the presiding Bishop (Janes) and all the secretaries and ofricfal re porters ranged at the front .platform were decorated with immense bo qnets and wreathes of rare flowers. The scene was a happy of Christain amT 1 floral wcfco^M Rev. Dr. Toss, President of the Ann? dletown University, and Rev. J. P. Newman, of Washington City, wag formally introduced to Bishop Janes, jnd the conference and the fraternal messengers, Rev. Jas. A. Duncan, I). D„ President of the Randolph Macon College ot Yiigiiria, and Lod don C. Garland, LL D., Chancellor of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tcnn. Tbe, messengcML on rising on the platform and howiiN%their sain tation to the Bishop and the Confer ence, were cordially welcomed with prolonged greeting. Bishop Janas, on welcoming them, expressed in trie most feeling manner the regret of Bishops and Conference at the ab sense of Rev. Dr, BoVick Pierce, one of the fraternal messengers from the Church South, who started on Ins, way to this Conference, but was dc iained by infirmity of age. An address to the 15 shops and del egates of the Methodist Episcopal Church, ir. conference assembled, written by Rev. Dr, Lovick Pierce, was then read. After expressing the j great plea ure lie experienced in his I appointment as fraternal messenger, Dr, Pierce.says : “Asa regular ap pointee in this fraternal delegation, I furnish an instance to the history of American Methodism, such as I think it likely was never befored known, in a man being sent, abroad in any diplomatic ministry in the ninety-second year of Ins age and in and in the seventy-second of Ida ef fective ministry.” He then alludes to his being sent as a lone fraternal messenger from the first general con ference South, after the division iu 1848, to arrange for and settle on a basis of intercommunication, so that there should be two annual confer ences instead of one. He showed that all the difference between us is the rejection of that messenger by the general conference in 1848. He al ludes to the wintry night of twenty one years that followed his rejection, succeeded by tne star of hope that appeared in. the voluntary visit of Bishop Simpson and Dr. (now Bish op) Harris to the meeting of our Bishops in St. Louis in May, 1869. The address then reviews the prog ress of Methodism, generally, and concludes : “And finally, let us, as two companies of brothers, entrusted with the lost precious patrimonial estate, to enjoy as trustees and en large and increase as guardians for an indefinite posterity, see wnich of us can so use our portion of this Methodist capital as to make its per centage of income the test of compar ative fidelity, industry, devotion to its polity and its principle of opera tion, as its founders and lathers turn ed it over to us. Let us do this as brethren of ono heart and one mind and one great aim and end, and the future will show that our division in to general conferences and jurisdic tions was a benefaction instead of a deprivation. We will watch each other only with godly jealousy for a faithful progation on 01m undivided Methodism. This is as fair as it can be; so it is my last will and testa ment—turning over to my succes sor mv estate in Methodism. Final ly, brethren, farewell ; bo perfect, be of good comfort, be of one mind, live in peace, and the God of love and peace shall bo with you. “(Signed) " L. Fierce,” 1 NEW UIWEjttISEMENTS m. fell m. 0 -TRXfMTAfION „ARRANGEMENTS/-., \ y.) , ,* % \ fHE , ' v b v ‘ , * . tJWUQ THE *■ , ' ,r , . ■ . . 'AMTjmmMa-Mfln-of* .Visitors to all Points South, Mi Railways and atUlphia, 1 hjjvATi.ANfic.Co.Wr Ltxfe will during the progress of UlO (Smtrimial UvjiiWwn nf'thr Atnitnl itales |*e, ckit. for (fie patronage South,‘rmims %f *ratA|Tortath>n nn4 forms of rickets inmri‘vjfiahJp>mutPrliilldahihia.Mhaf InnaensuraUly essel -nil other pities in*point of * Qirect Daily fe* ' - Comfort&me Accommodations ' Variability of Transit Economy of Expenditure. To enable, to.beUldnv, die duiol'ined resources of theUUilway Lines SouCH of Norfolk, Urgei her. wi.iji 1 Babirnore,Steam .Backet Cimpany and the Old Doihinro-n Siei'iwWiij> ha eiwployed and ihr indirid uaf tourist, the soiyal party of ten, twenty*or more, or the civic or military organ’zation of 100 to 1100, can each bo cored for ia amanner that will satisfy iheir desires. . . , l’ricc.nTsls, Time Caffls a l l needful information wifi be ia hands of our Agents Uy*/|prii istli, . A . ' 'a* * ft will tie to the Intent m every i.ndivMnal and each organization propose ing to make ibis Afip to eoinilmiiirate with the unde signed.* * A Centennial Exhibition Guide Book as authorized by the Commission will lie given in the purchaser of each JeutennialTieket. PQ&M, \ .- % 4 rm,cf ykjgr^jr^4r \ ijfiit •Hftiqf iSif!, u Iw* . Sw* ** -BP * OP \ . MICHAEL* & STEVEN'S -9 Is on band, consisting of .A. COMPLETE LXLSTE OF DRY GOODS. NOTIONS, CLOTHING, HATS, HARDWARE. TINWARE. CROCK ERfY Siltii Xwvl® §i®iif§j G-EOCEPIES, TOBACCO, CIGARS AND BOOTS AND SHOES, \V assert that we will lie glad to duplicate the Regular Retail Prices t> Columbus or Aniericns on these Goods. We mean business. Give us a tr.ulf and be convinced. Our Stock o! amm is the largest in the place, and for the money can’t be undcrsolrf. Come and see us and oblige, HcXICIIAEL & STEVENS, . Buena Vista, Ga., May 5, 1875.-el Legal Blanks! Legal Blanks! A T T XXI3 ARGUS MM OFFICE. We bavo on hand and for sale at the Argus Office, a large number of Legal Blanks, which we offer at One Dollar per Quire, Cash. They consist oi the fol lowing named blanks: Garnishment Affidavit and Bond.. Summons Garnish ment Attachment. Sciero Facias. Bill of Indict ment. Directions for taking Interrogatories And Interrogatory Commissions. State Warrants. Mortgage Fi, Fa. Execurions. At tachment for Contempt. Magistrate’s Summons, Fi Fa and Subpoena, Sup. Court Subpoena- Summons before Grand Jury. Clerk’s Certificate to Juror. “Waiver of Homestead” Notes- Cost Executions. Land Deeds* De clarations- Bond for Ap ppearance. Address A. M C Rl iSELL, Prong BUENA VISTA, GA.