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ilucna 3Ui.stit wr "... ~rn '" r r" . ■ ; * ' -3 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 - 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. . _ . 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.