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A.. Ivf. O. E'JSSELL,
Editor & Proprietor.
lluona Vistn, oMurion Cos. (!•
FRIDAY MOltNlxa, JULY 11, IH7f>.
NATIONAL D ; MOCHATiC TICKET.
FOR PRESIDENT,
SAMUEL J.TILDEN,
or xkw york.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
TUB i wmnsk*
op ixnrAX.o
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Tiide:! and iili'iiilrivlis.
Wo place at our mast head this
morning the national Democratic
Ticket, with the firm eouvictiojfeftkat
it will be triumphant in the Novem
ber election. It is a splendid ticket
on a sound, popular platform, and the
entire Democratic pariy, the indepen
dent masses and the great fragments
which have be n rent asunder from
the Republican party, on account of
iis corruption, are harmonious in
their support. Wc heartily indorse
the platform and the candidates, be
cause they represent the true princi
ples of post helium Democracy and
are unqualifiedly committed to the
great mission of reform. All of our
influence, small though it be, shall be
devoted to tlic success of this ticket.
The XiCgistsilcrt'.
The time has now arrived for our
people to east about them for a suit
able person to represent them and
the party, as a candidate for the Leg
islature, in the approaching election.
The greatest cii cumspection should
bo exercised in making the selection,
and no hasty stepis or premature com
mittals should be made, for upon the
judicious choice of a member depends
our personal interest, and county and
State welfare.
Wc would caution our citizens not
to commit themselves to this candi
date or that, until later in tic can
vass, when the claims and qualifica
tions ol all the candidates have been
made known.
Seuatoiiiil Coiiveitlioit.
Some of the leading Democrats of
Marion request ns to say to the Dem
ocracy of Chattahoochee and Musco
gee, that they warmly endorse the
recommendations of the recent Con
vention of Chattahoochee. that the
Senatorial Convention be held at
Cussctta.
Cussetta is the most cliigihle point
in this District, for holding the Con
vention. It is equi-distnut from Bu
ena Yista and Columbus, and the
delegates from Marion and .Muscogee
can attend the Convention and return
the same day. The session of the
Convention at Columbus would in
volve the loss of three days’ time,
and the outlay of funds for board and
other expenses. Furthermore, as
Chattahoochee is entitled to the Sen
atorial candidate, under the rotation
rule, it would be but fair for th e
Convention to convene at Cussetta,
where the facilities will 1)0 greater
than at Columbus for investigating
and passingjudgrnentupon the claims,
qualifications and acceptibility of the
various aspirants lbr the nomination.
Let the Convention bo held at Cus
setta, by all means.
Two highly respected young ladies
ol'Columbus, have testilied, bel'uie
the Baptist Church trial of Kendrick,
that they saw Tannic Bush and Kd.
Vandenburg come out together in the
rear of the Baptist Church late in
the evening ou the 15th oi Septem
ber, 18T5, hand in hand. Many ol
our respected citizens believe that
Kendrick is innocent.
Twu iiiml Comity.
, — *
The importance oflho clti/kus of!
the county meet
ing was str,kingly illustrated in the j
recent Convention. Tho town ol i
Buwiu Vista, was two to one m luvor
of Jlardoman, while the county was !
two to one in favor of Colquitt. The
result of that Convention shows the i
[lower ol tho country people, to have 1
a controlling voice in the affairs ’ol j
Uic county. The citizens of the country !
■oinetitnrs complain that the politics of!
jpn: county and itsoffices arc controll
ed and monopolized by towsmen. 1!
the complaint is well grounded, who
ijfc blanac ? Which lias the major
'2llio town or tho county? A meet
ofthc Democratic Party is called,
;Sl ail good efFoctivo Democrats are
to attend. * Tho time ap
pointed having arrived, tho cliab'-
man calls tho meeting to order, and :
finds but a small minority from t]i - 1
couuLiy present, the townsmen hav
ing a large majority, ’lust the |
meeting go by default.,because the
citizens of the county refuse or neg
lect to attend? Of course not.
Those present are tlm political repre
sentatives of the county, and its pol
itics labs into their lumas, without
any effort on their part, to produce
such a result. It is the fault of those
who do not, attend, that their wishes
arc not made known and complied
with. When it comes to the distri
bution of offices, it would be an un
called for act of supererogation to be
stow them upon men who take no in
terest or active part in such matters.
Those who stay away from the con
ventions, by their absence, declare
that they do not expect or desire
anything in the way ol offices, or
care to participate m The selection
of officers. It cannot be the town
men's fault, if the politics of the
county is left to their inai;genHmt—
the countrymen have the majority.
The offices, however, arc not nr m>p
olizcd by townsmen.
This town and country pitjisili/e D
all wrong, and productive ol much
harm. The best man should always
bo selected, irrespective of their
local places of abode. The citizens
of the county should attend the pri
mary' meetings, to sec that their
rights arc respected and the welfare
of the State and county subserved.
The citizens of the town should at
tend from the same motive. Then
there could be no room tor complaint,
no ground for susp-cion. The party
would work harmoniously together,a i!
heart burnings and jealousies cease
and the best interests of the county
advanced.
The vote on the Gubernatorial j
Question, up to date stands: For Col- j
quitt, 14.5; Hardeman 2G; Johnson, j
18. The indications are that Colquitt j
will be nominated on the first ballot, j
Jake Bun us has been elected Sher
iff of Muscogee county.
TSic Hefeiit and £>cat!a -of Weis
Cu.-B r.
From the Xew York Snn
The scene of Custer’s misfortune
was the narrow valley of the Big
Horn, a tributary of the Yellowstone,
near the confluence of the Little
Big Horn; or it was in the narrower
valley of the latter stream near i!s
moutli. The meagre accounts which
wc have received by telegraph leave
a doubt as to tlio exact locality where
the clashing cavalry officer fought
the unequal and disastrous battle.
The bloody field was in the land
grant of the Northern Pacific Rail
road, in the centre ol tire Tcrr.tory
of Montana, and on the south side
of the Yellowstone river.
If the number of lodges in the Si
oux village is correctly stated, Cus
ter was out numbered live to one. It
the length of the Indian village up
the valley is correctly stated, the na
ture of the ground is mapped to the
eyes of all who know the country.
It was a wooded, steeply sl&ping slo-1
ping ravine, practicable for a caval
ry attack on}y on a narrow front.; a '
river on one side, a hill vrli good
cover < n the other side; Iho Sioux
emboldened l.v their number* mul,
iln ir absolute command of the t-kuu- j
lion, firing fr> m .she ter downward at;
first, buts. on rushing among the j
heluless cavalry • en and tin.shed the j
fight at close quartets.
it is with profound sorrow that, wc
consider th s gallant Soldier’s iuis!'"r
tiuto. lie evidently ur.ied under the
impulse of his troubles with tho
President, which subordinati-d him
in the e milliard of the exposition,
lie mount to lig|u before Terry came
up, to fight alone, and i lone win a
great battle and harvest the glory
ot a victory which should put an end |
to Sioux warfare. It was a great |
stake, gallantly but madly played-for, I
and ruinously lost. Tho dashingT
cavalry, charming gentleman, and
- scholar paid his Mb and j
the lives of his male relatives and j
die lives of over three hundred of the j
best Soldiers in the army, as the pen-1
ult.v of his rash ambition.
This disaster, following upon Gen
eral Grant's viola :ion of oar trea'y !
: with the Indians, makes a great war j
with the Sioux an inevitable ■
its c :st will be enormous.
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StW.E.I,. ~|
Scrviu, ti e State t hat has just en
.t< red upon active hostilities against
| th Turks, is one ot the northerns
| most of t he tributary districts of Ttir
| key in Europe, separated Irom Hun
! gr.ri by the Danube, and bouadeD
on thu west 'ey Koumnnia, aiul on]
I the east by Bosnia. The area ol Scr-1
| via is c • , ,i i .<i at id,ooo square;
i miles, which is about the area of j
j Alas.sachusctl - mid Cornioiiont. The |
| population v.-as I,CDb,DOT in 1873,
according v > llm census of that year,
which is the latest v.o have. These!
were i! aidy *0 Slavonic descent,
nd mostly Christians of tile Greek
Church. Among them, however,
j were 20,000 Gipsies, 1,800 Jews, and
j about two thousand German settlers,
j Serviu has been under tin: rule of na
i live Piinces since 1815, and was put
I under the protection of the great
! European powers as a somi-indepeu
[ dent State by the treaty of Paris,
: March 30, 1 • s:'. Tho election of its
| rulers is left to the Servian nation
| under the nominal sanction of the Sul
| tan. ! lie pi esent ruler, Milar JObronov
; c I\"., burn in 185-3- succeeded to the
] throne, by election, in 1868, was
j crowned at Belgrade in 1872, and
was married last October to Eraulein
7 ven-Oeckso. He is the fourth
. of ids dynasty, which was ionndtd by
o lender of the Servians iffia.. war.
ift.-u: .'Renoirs agmm-t /uikcy
ah; -h b.-..au in Ist.s and. c, ded in
; i JO, when ti e Turkish govc-mnsem
granted to Serviu a sort of indepeu
| deuce. Tiio ccutivo power is vested
!in the P iece, ins isted by a Council
iof five Ministers responsible to the
| nation. Th:: legislative power is ex
| ercisi-d by two independent bodies,
j the Bt.'U-ito, whose meinb -rs are noio-
I inated by the Prince, ami the Skoup-
I schinn, or House of Sb.-preseijtatives.
| whoso members are elected bv ti.■
j ptoplc. The electors arc t.ho males
of the country who pay direct l ixe.-,
exclusive of domestic servants and
Gipsies, who are denied.the right of
suffrage. Servia is without any pub
lic debtj and her finances h.-vc been
in good condition for several years.
The army consists of about four j
thousand men, and a rcceutlv organ
ized volunteer Service. The chief
trade of Servia is carried on with
Austria, and the chief articles of ex
port is live animals. All the dissat-
isfied provinces and principalities of
Turkey are near Servia. Bosnia ad
joins it on the oast, and east of Bos
nia are Croatia and Herzegovina.
South of Bosnia, and quite near the
Servian frontier, is Montenegro. On
the west of Servia are die Danubian
Principalities, Wuilaehia and Mo!da-j
via, i.ow krown as Koumania. The!
lo al population of S> rvin, Bosnia!
and Montenegro is estimated at 2,-
800,000; and tile population of Tur
key in Europe is estimated at about
9,000,000 of Whom less than
-1,Out),000 are Mohammedans. The
wur, however, js not likely to lie e n- j
lined to Turkey and the insurgent, j
provinces. Ru-Y.i ami Austria aro j
in media: c y interested, ami Germ a-1
ny a so— 'Ot so mueli on her nccouni
but because she has to watch each
of the i-iiiors.
—.
A of War.
ICew York, July 8. —The Steamer
Tybee, which arrived at St. Domin
go the latter part of June, from
Cape Ilaytion,. reports thru at the
latter place, ex-Minister of War Vil
lanueva, formerly of Dominica, under
lit properly vised passport, and while
lat St Domingo a party of soldiers,
under ottiers of the uihbarv Govern
or of St., Domingo, planted cannon on
the wharf nitr.n sixty lent of the
steamer, and then went on board,
notwithstanding the United States
Consul placed the American flag
across the gangway and in the name
of the United States protested
against the outrage, and forcibly
took Valfanueva away. Tie was
piobttbly shot. Consul Jones sent
full details of tlto outrage to So. r-ta
ry Fish, which probably reached Fish
to day.
War in Soiitli Caroiiim.
Augttsta, Ga., July 8'. —There lias
been scions troublo in Hamburg.
()u tho fourth, Herbert Unt.ler and
another citizen of Edgefield County,
while driving through the town of
| Hamb'irg Were interrupted by n e<V
jored militia company, who blocked
! rqs-tbe public highway and prevent
ed them front proceeding on their
I way hone. Complaint was made l>v
Butler''to Prince Rivers, who sum-
Lnumed witnesses to investigate the
matter.
Doe. Adams, Captain ofthc com
pany, was the first witness examined.
Adams became so insolent t,bat{Trial
yrn-tico Rivers arrested him for con
tempt and continued the case un
til afternoon, when the trial was re
sumed. I’lio company proceeded to
court and rescued [the prisoner, Ad
ams. Rivers, who in addition folds
being a Trial Justice, commands"thc
State militia, ordered the company
|to disarm, and, refusing to comply
with his orders, lie called upon the
j citizens for aid to enforce his orders.
[Tin? citizens responded, and the com
! paiiv took possession of a brick build
ing and refused to surrender. Fire
j was opened by both sides, which con
tinued for several hours, with but
little effect. One white man, Mack
ey Meriwether, was shot in tlie head
and killed. His body was brought
to Augusta. Another white man is
reported k lied, and nine taken pris
oners. A small piece of Artillery was
| taken from Augusta to Hamburg, bqt
j after firing a few rounds tho aminu
j nit ion gave out.
The citizens of Edgefield are aided
iby the citizen's of Augusta, and a
regular seige lias been laid to the
j building in'which tho negro militia
; arc entrenched.
Prince Rivers is in command of
tlie citadel. The srige will be con
tinued until the company surrenders.
There arc about one hundred men
in the building, armed with Enfield
rifles. There are hundreds of peop
le on the bridge, between Augusta
jam! Hamburg,-witnessing operations.
There is great excitement in Au
gusta, but there will be no trouble
on tiiis side. At this hour—half-past
eleven—there is a lull in the firing
and hopes are entertained dial the
i members ofthc company will .-:u r< n
l der before' desperate - un asui'.. re
I resorted to.
New Advertisements-
BRIDGE NOTICE.
Ordinary's Office, |
Bri’X\ N tsta. Ga., July 7, 1870. )
|To The P ubSle.
Aec - • ig to uu aoi of the list. Legislature
I 1 liciv .’.'iih submit specifications and plans
J for building two I iridic one on Uchec
j Creek, near J. It. Ditties, and the otlibr on
| Pine Knot Civ at Mi Laughlin’s Mills.
Bids are. solicit:*.! and sealed proposals will
: be recieved until Au gust Bth at 12 o’clock, m.
„ J.\s. M. Lowe, Ord’y.
lichee Creek Bridge-
Bridge 225 ft wida, with 13 framed arches
amt 10 spaces 15 ft long with 5 sleepers to
spun, sleepers at each en l will rest uu sills
j let, in ground 1 ft and at north end, sill pi It
J from bank. (Sleepers, posts and cap .-.Us
! V.'.lOia., mud sills l-.xlo in; Sleepers XV It,
i-ap'aud mud .“ill-) M ft long (exc. pt mini
j sills in creek —these 10 ft) and must L..v
1 good foundation. Highest point of brictg<
■ I iloor) 6 in higher than highest point pres, ut
j bridge, say Bft from mud sill. Mud sills Hi
jft long in creek, supported by piles 12 in. in
diameter driven in ground until they strike
1-soKd ground. These piles cut off just above
ground, under water, tenoned, mortised and
keyed into mud sills. From Ith arch north,
bridge will run on level for 7 arches; 3d arch
north, drop 6 in, 2d, 8 in, Ist, loin—making
Ist arch 2 ft lower than 4th; 11 tli arch south
will drop 1 l’t, 12th 1 ft and lath 1 ft, making
13th arch lower than the 10th. Flooring 2x6
in. 12 It long, except plank over cap sills 2x12
in if ft; planks 2xo in extending whole length
ol' bridge on both sides, raised :*■ in above
level of lloor and secure v nailed to stringers
with 20 ‘IS nails; strips I Jx4 in nailed with 20
‘l.l’ nails across both ends of flooring whole
! length of bridge; bridge balustered with rai -
I ing 3x4 in and posts 8 ft high-3x4 in mortised
i and tenoned into railing and each cap sid an
! keyed; each post braced with braces 3>: i in
' mortised, tenoned and keyed into each post
and cap sill. Timber and and lumber whl be
ofgooc heart pine and lumber free of at I knots
Work to be completed by Ist of September
next and done in a workman-tike manner.
lioud and good security required to comply
with above p an, and no other or further bon- i
night reserved to reject ail bids
sci i'.l i.hls solicited and received unlit
An Sat lu o’clock m. Money due by 15
comber, next J.vs M Lowe,
Vista, Cla, July 7. lS7(i Ord’y
f ridge at, McLaughlin’s Mills.
Hr age 207 ft long, 12 H wide and 12 framed
mi . .; Git long; last span at north end to be
1 4 It long; sleepers resting uu sII raised ab nit
1 ft from ground; a Iramed arch 4 ft high at
south end of bridge —and the highest arch 10 ft
long-remaining arches gradual :y diminishing
in heightto both endsjive sleepers to the span
18 it long—Sleepers, cap sills and posts 4x12
in and mudsills 10x10 in, cap and mud sills 14
ft long, mud sills let in as those are to the pres
i ntbridge;Booring2xo in 12 it long except the
planks covering the cap sills, which are toko
14 ft long, 2x12 in; planks 2x6 in, extending
who e length of bridge on both sides, raised-2
in above level of floor and securely nailed to
stringers with 20 'IS nails; strips l.Jx4 in to be
naked with 20 ‘D’ nails across both ends of
flooring whole length of bridge.-
bridge to be banistered with railing 3x4 in,
and posts 3ft high 3x4 m, moi’u l -id u
ouud into each cap sill and railing id
-—each post braced with braces 3 ■ :d
and tenoned into each sill and p‘ id
as above. Timber and lumber u .
heart pine, and the flooring, railing r. . ; posts
free of knots. Work to be completed by Ist of
September next, and done in a workman-litre
manner- Bond and good security required to
eomply with above plan, aud no other or fur
ther bond, flight to reject all bids is reserved
Sealed bids solicited ant will be received
unti Sihday of August, 12 o'clock, M—money
due by 15 November next
llnena Vista, Ga, t Jas M Lowe,
July 7, It 70 ) Ordinary
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS^
1776. CENTENNIAL 11.
TRANSPORTATION ARRANGEMENTS
OF THE
Qttril A Hanfic iganrsf L. ftp
FOR TIIE
Accommodation ofYisitorsfrom allFoints South,
a
The Railways and Steamship Companies between Augusts, Os., and Phil--
add plea, e unprising the Atlantic Coast Link, will during die progress of tho
(Ccntrmikrt ifh'lutnticm of the 'Minted grates
present fur (he patronage of the South, routes of transportation and forms of
tickets upon which to reach Philadelphia, dial inline- surably excel all oilier
lines in point of
Direct Daily Movement.
Comfortable Accommodations
Variability oi Transit
Economy of Expenditure.
J" enable this to l>o done, the combined resources ot tho Kailway Lines
South vf Norfolk, together with those ol tlie Babmrore Steam Packet Company"
and the Old Dominion Steamship Company will be employed and the individ
ual tourist, the social party of ten, twenty or more, or the civic or military
orgatrzulion of 100 to 30(1, can each ho cared for in a manner that will satisfy
dieir desires.
Price Lisls, Time Cards and a ! l needful information are now in the hands
ofonr Agents.
it will he to die interest ot every individual and each oigaflizition propose
ing to make this trip to communicate with the u4e signed/
A Centennial Exhibition Guide Book as authorized hy the Commission will
be given to the purchaser of each Centennial Ticket.
A FQWE*
May 54m General Traveling Agent-
Call on or address the following named agents <>f the Atlantic. Coast, Line:
Jonah H. White, Macon, Ga.; A. L. Reed, Savannah, On.;: 11. V.- Tompkins,-.
Atlanta, <ia.; M.J. Divine, ; \V. J. Walk ginnery, Ala.
jfk *2? THE
news JOS OFFICE.
:o:'
We have on hand and for sale at the Argus Office, a large' number of Legnf
Blanks, winch we offer at One Dollar per'Quire, Cash. Ttit-y consist of the fol—
i-oving named blanks:
Garnishment Affidavit and Send. Summons Garnish
mont- Attachment. Sclera Facias. ©i!l of Indict*
roent. Directions for taking Interrogatories
And Inter rogatory Commissions. State
Warrants. Mortgage Fi, Fa. Executions. At
tachment tor Contempt. Magistrate’s Summons,
Fi Fa arid Subpoena, sup. Court Subpoena. Summons
before Grand Jury, clerk’s Certificate to Juror.
Waiver of Homestead” f4otes Cost
Executions. Land Deeds- De
clarations Sond for Ap
pearance. Address
A. II- C. HUfijSJisM, ProTi'r
BUENA VISTA, GA.
MisccHancous Advertisements.
Sicldall’s
mMmmm
The Cheapest Soap that car:
be used for the following
Reasons:
3 k;ti* will go as far as two of any
• tiiCiv
i— O i * half the usual rubbing being re
quired, thefe is a saving of more than
1 lie entire cotft of the Soap in labor alone
3d—The clothes are made SWEET, CLEAN
a:ul WHllI? without Boiling or Scaldin
thus nil injury to them is avoided. There
is a saving in hiel and hard work, ar.d the
washing is done in about half the usual
tune.
It is also guaranteed under a penalty of
fifty dollars not l<> injure the clothes or hands
and ns one trial will enable any \ erson to as
certain the truth of these statements, it would
never pay the proprietor to engage in an ex
tensive system of advertising and claim such
decided merit for his Soap unless he knew
from positive experience that it would prow
to be in every respect what is claimed for ! ( .
This is a superior Soap for Toilet and SI. -v
--ing purposes.
WARMER, RHODES & CO.,
Wholesale Fancy grocers
C rnrro l A yru ts,
junc2-5w FhiladelpUki, Pa.
(a Ji' UB & i3
AMERIOUS, ----- GA.
miIANKFUL for past favors I reapeet-
I 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. Booms on Lamar St,
two doors from R (J Black’s Shoo Store.
September Bth.
DCEBES’ STfRCH POLSH.
AffimMj ll. ... ■ m i
A GREAT DISCOVERY.
By the use of which Ctfery family may give
their Linen that brilliant polish peculiar to fine
laundry wrk. Saving time and labor in iron*
more than its cbth - coat. Warranted.
Sold l>y Druggfat* n ' Uroccrg Every
vvlitn*. \-r it DOBBINS.
.DOB HI NS, Ultu&y A-. v • • - N. 1 - Mirth Street,
je3<)-3m Philadelphia,
N. G. PKINGE, J. K. PItINCE.
N- G. & J. K. PRINCE,
Mwaav, SAILS
—AND-
De.VLeKS IX
Horses, Mules, Carriage- - ag
gies, &r.
Horses, Buggipo, Va; !ri
atreasonable fares—Good oa -
for Stock Df-vers.
Cotton Avenue, Aniericus-, Ga.