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VOLUME I.
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WUITTKN roil THIS dukna VISTA ARGUS.
Turbos forllie Li^islittnic.
Mr. 'Editor :
As you suggested iu your paper
of lust week, the time is n*-ar at hand
when the people will be called upon
tv select a suitable pa, son to repre
sent them in the House. The mo
mentous question now is, who shall
it be ? I, iu common with a large
portion of my fellow-citizens, have a
preference, whose claims I beg leave
to disc ss through your interesting
columns.
Mr. Joe Tarbox, presumably of
Redbono, is a gentleman of fine com
mon sense, splendid natural talents
and honest and bold in his convic
tions, stooping neither to the Juger
naiit of education nor to tlio tyrant
of fashionable etiquette. He is a la
borer in the field and a countryman
—an honest sou of the soil, who
breathes the pure air of heaven and
earns his food by honorable toil. He
is a member of no Church, but swears
freely, drinks deep and a ‘ hail fellow
well met;” he will therefore not be
opposed by the Methodists because
be is a Baptist, or by the Baptists
because he is a Methodist —but all
Church members can conscientiously
enlist under his banner, with a holy,
Christian assurance that no denomi
nation can claim him for its o-v n. He
docs not seek flic office, which is
claimed bv some to be the"paramount
reason he should have it. He is op
posed to Free Schools and schools of
all sorts, looking upon them all as
oppressive impositions, established
tor the benefit of the few at the ex
pense of the many. Ho is opposed
to the county court, not so much on
the ground of expense as ol tee fact
that it circumscribes Ids liberty. He
is opposed to the local option whisky
act, because it excludes from the
county one of his necessities. He
believes that the use of whisky and
br.bery in elections is perfectly.legit
imate. Ho does not object to hug
ging his colored brethren on election
days to secure votes.
As to his qualifications ? I have
mentioned them. 11 is mind and tal
ents are in their crude, ‘rough dia
mond’ state, it must be admitted, but
that is rather 14 his favor than other
wise. Polish a mind with education
and polite culture until it glitters,
and its possessor straightway wants
an office or affects to be a leader in
politics. The sentiment now is for
mind and genius in their crudest
state. My candidate can read and
write, and, I suppose, is a good far
mer, which are now the only qualifi
cations required of a candidate —the
people do not insist so much on his
reading and writing as they do upon
his being a farmer. These I consider
sufficient grounds for insisting upon
the claims of Mr. Joseph Tarbox to
the suffrages of an industrious farm
ing people, who are emphatically
tired of seeing the offices filled and
the government run, by lawyers and
other professional men about towns
and cities.
E Pluribus Unl'.m.
A venerable English divine, who
had bean dining out the night be
fore, went into a barber shop one
morning to be shaved, .lie saw
that the barber had been getting
more drink than was good for him,
for it made liis hand shake very
much, and, naturally indignant, he
began to give him a little moral
advice, bv saying: “Bad thing,
drink!” "“Yes,” said the barber,
“it makes the skin much tender
er.”
-A. DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSP APER.
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA., JULY 28, 1876,
The llcMi‘l. ok Napoleon.
The very interesting series of arti
cles entitled “Napoleon at St, Hele
na,’’ by one of tho Emperor’s attend
ants, which have been appearing in
The St. Janie's Magazine, have now
come to an end with the death of the
Emperor. Francis Stewart, the nar
rator, give a curious account of a scene
which took place at the funeral of A’a
poleon. “I had in my hand his heart,
which he desired Marshal Bctrand
to have embalmed, placed in a silver
vase, and sent to his son, Napoleon
11. The lie-art was unusually large
and very fat; and bclorc it was sold
ered up all the French servants, by
their own request saw —it, some of
them kissed it, and falling on their
knees, offered up a prayer. 1, wish
ing to do as they did, foil on my
knees too, which seem to gratify
them, but of course, as I did not un
derstand what they were praying for,
I said no prayer, neither had I suffi
cient ‘stomach’ to kiss the heart, al
though Napoleon had been a kind
master and a benevolent friend to me.
Sir Tbos. Reade and Sir -Hudson
Lowe having seen me on my knees,
the latter said when I came 011*5 ‘So,
Mr. Stewart, you have been praying
too; I did not know ydu were a Bap
tist-.’ Sir Thomas Reade said, with g
sneer, ‘Have you been nay ing to the j
devil to take his heart as well as his |
body T ‘No, sir,’ 1 replied; ‘[hero j
will be no occasion for any praying
to'the devil to take your body and
heart, because he has had Them ev
ery since I knew you !’ ” Such con
duct on the part of officials
toward a dead enemy certainly well
merited the sharp reply of Stewart,
and seems to justify the intense fcel
ingagainst the guardians of Napoleon
which is experienced by Frenchmen.
The story is a most extraordinary one,
and deserves investigation—Exam
iner.
New York Post
Gen. Custer,
George A. Custer was a native of
Ohio, and was a cadet at West
Point from 1857 to 1801, entering
the United States army immediately
upon his graduation and receiving a
commission as second Lieutenant in
tlie Second Cavalry corps. In that
position he engaged in the Manassas
campaign, and served in the first bat
tle of Bull Run. In Julyq 1862, lie
was made a first Lieutenant in the
Fifth Cavalry, and during the Mary
land ci mgaign he served as Aide-de-
Camp to Gen. McClellan, awl took
part in all the great battles of that
campaign, including South Moun
tain and Autietain. In the summer
of 1863 be was made a Brigadier
General of volunteers, and he did
good work in the battle of Getty
burgh and iu the various skirmishes
in the pursuit of the enemy to War
renton, Va. He was breveted a Ma
jor in the regular army on the day of
the Getty burg battle.
In the campaign of 1863 lie was
constantly on duty, except for a week
or so when he was ill, and in 1861
lie obtained a promotion in the reg
ular army, receiving his commission
as Captain on the Bth of May, and on
the 11th, after the battle of Yellow
Tavern, being breveted Lieutenant
Colonel. For gallant services at the
battle of Winchester, on the 19th of
September, 1864, he was breveted
Colonel, and a month afterwards he
was breveted Major General of vol
unteers. On the 13t.h of March, 18-
60, he was breveted Major General
in the regular army, and„duriug the
succeeding month ho was made a full
Major General of volunteers, Since
the war General Custer has served
as chief of cavalry in the Bepar'ment
of Texas and as commander 011 the
Western frontier.
Gen. Custers career was a remark
able one. lie entered tho army as a
mere b->y, and at the close of the rebel
lion had participated in most of its
battles and had become renowned as
one of tho bravest soldiers in the
United States, In the present In
dian campaign lie was serving mere
ly as a Colonel in command of a reg
iment of cavalry. Gen. Castor re
cently contributed some interesting
articles to tho Galaxy magazine of
this city about his experience as an
Indian lighter, and another scries of
articles on military topics by him is
now in course of publication m the
same magazine. Ho was too promi-
uent a man and too brave an officer
not to have enemies, nnd it was as
serted only a little while ago that he
eagerly left his post on tho frontier,
aym important moment to come to
•Washington as a witness against
Belknap —an assertion which is easi
ly: disproved, as a dispatch has been
made public in which the Genera!
asked to be excused from testifying
in person, tho very reason that his
presence was necessary in Dakota.
Titcrc arc persons who freely express
their opinion that the evidence widen
Gen. Custer gave against Belknap
|was tho cause of his appointment to
a subord nato position in the present
campaign.
- O
The Slaughter ot Custer’s Com
■uaiid.
APPEARANCE OF THE BATTLE EIELI).
A party was sent on Custer's trail
m look for traces of hi t command.
They found awaiting them a sight ii t
to appal the stoutest heart. At a
point about three miles down the
right bank of the stream Custer had
evidently attempted to ford and at
tack the villages. From tho ford the
trail was found to lead back up to
the blugs and to 1 lie northward, as
if the the troops had berni repulsed
and compelled to retreat, and at. the
same time had been cut off from ie
gaining the forces under R no. The
bluffs along the right bank come
sharply down to the water and are
interspersed by numerous ravines.
All a’ong the steeps and ridges, and
in the ravines, lying as they had
fought, line behind line, showing
where defensive positions had been
successively taken up and held tilt
none were left to fight for, huddled
in a narrow compass, horse and men
were piled promiscuosly. At the
highest point lay Custer surrounded
by a chosen band. Here were Ids
two brothers aud Ins nephew. Cols.
Yate and Cooke andCapt. Smith, all
lying in a Circle of a few yards.
Their horses beside them. Here, be
hind Yates’ company; the last stand
had been made, and here, one after
another, these last survivors of Cus
ter's five companies had-successively
thrown themselves across the path
of the advancing enemy and had
been annihilated. Not a man lias
escaped to tell the tale, but it was
insciibed on the suffice of the bar
ren hills in language more eloquent
than words.
Custer was surrounded on every
side by Indians, aud the horses fell
as they fought, on the skirmish line
or line of battle. Custer was among
the las who fell, but when his cheer
ing voice was no longer heard, the
Indians made easy work of the re
mainder. The bodies of all save the
newspaper correspondents were strip
ped and most of them horribly muti
lated. Custer was shot through the
head. The troops cured for the
wounded and buried the dead and re
turned to their base for supplies aud
instructions from the General of the
army. Col. Smith arrived at Bis
marck last night with thiny-five of
the wounded. The Indians lost heav
ily in the battle. The Crow scout
Annual Subscription, $2,0
NUMBER 43.
stirvivod by biding in a ravine. 7/e
beli ves tho Indians lost more than
Iho whites. The village numbered
1,800 lodges, and it is thought there
were 4000 warriors. Gen. Custer
was directed by Gen. Terry to tin 1
and feel of the Indians but not to
light unless Terry arrived with in
fantry, ami with Gibbon’s column.
T -o Herald’s correspondent Kellogg
is kil.ed.
[From tho M*con Teltgr.ijUi am] Messenger]
C'oi. Hai-Aeiuaik Kclircs,
Macon, July 13, 18TC.
Editor 'Telegraph and Messenger :
—lt is evident from the returns of
primary meetings in different coun
ties that I am not the choice of a ma
jority of the citizens ot Georgia for
Executive honors. Recognizing
this fact, thong- 1 other counties yet
to act would add to my list of sup
porters, it would not change tho re
sult:. It would therefore be fully in
me to continue longer in the canvass,
thereby injuring my friends and cre
ating, unnecessarily, further divis
ion in the Democratic party. Believ
ing, as I do, that the will of tho ma
jority should govern, I cannot con-
sent to remain longer in au attitude
of seeming opposition to that will,
relying upon a contingency that
might happen under the operation of
two-thirds rule, to thwart it, and
thereby place in position someone
who is not the choice of tiie people.
1 cannot be a party to any arrange
ment, for it is against my sense of
justice and of right, and, therefore,
retire from the canvass bowing sub
missively to the verdict of the peop
le. Iu so doing I would not intimate
to those friends, who have been so
lecteu, in my interest, how they
should act in the premises, for I am
well aware that their intelligence and
patriotism will guide them iu that
line of conduct, which will result in
good to the party and benefit to the
peoi)|i/.%1n retiring,.afiow 1110 to say
to those counties who have honored
me as their choice. I mean all that
language can convey, when I say I
heartily thank you for your gener
ous confidence. To the press I re
turn my grateful acknowledgments;
-to some for their disinterested sup
port, to others fur the manly cour
teous and kind opposition they have
given ine. True, a very small num
ber have by their personal allusions !
and unkind insinuations injured me, j
but in so doing they have not elevat
ed die character of their journals or
grown in the esteem of a fair mind
ed public. To those friends, who for
months gave me encouraging assur
ances of confidence and support, then
abandoned me and joined my oppo
nents. I will only say I freely forgive
you, knowing as I do, that human
nature cannot withstand the bland
ishments of position and the allure
ments of office. To the Democratic
party 1 would speak one word. Let
not envies or jealousies cuter your
ranks and divide your forces. The
contest we are about to enter will re
quire united efforts to ensure a victo
ry. In the past I have labored zeal
ously for harmony in your ranks,
knowing it was essential to success.'
For that harmony l would sacrifice
personal ambition to day-—preferring
party success to personal elevation
at the expense of that party. 1
shall therefore not cease my efforts iu
that direction iu the future, but, as
a private in tho ranks will still be
found ever willing to strike “with
might and m an” for Democratic uni
ty and victory.
Respeeifutly,
Thos. Hardeman, Jit.
'l'Ue Travel of Plants.
Alexander brought rice from Per
sia to the Mediterranean, the Arabs
carried it to Egypt, tho J/oors to
Spain, the Spaniards to America.
Lucnllus brought the cherry tree
•‘which lake its name from Cerasus,
the city of Pontus, where he found it,
to Rome as a trophy of his Mitlirida--
tic campaign, and 120 years later, or
in A. 1)., 46, is Pliny tolls its, it was
carried to England.' Caesar is said
to have given barley to both Germa
ny and Britain.
According to Strabo wheat cauic
originally from the banks of tho In
dus, but it had reached the Mediter
ranean before the dawn of authentic
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j history. Both bailey and wheat
j came to tho now world with i's cou
| querors und colonists and tlio maizo
j which they found hero soon went to
Europe in exchange. It was Known
in E’nglaud in less than fi t.y years
alter the di.-covery of {America; it
was introduced to the Mediterranean
countries by wav off: pain nt the end
of the sixteenth century .'and the Ve
netians soon carried it to tlm Levant-.
I.* ii.. c-iuM iiji um ahuHIUC Lfl
Hungary, and gradually spread east
ward fo China.
The sugar cane which with its
sweet product, was known to the
Greeks and Romans only as a curi
seems to have been cultivated in In
dia and China from the earliest times.
Its introduction into Europe was one
of the rc-ults of the Crusaders, and
thence it was transplanted to Madei
ra, and early in tho sixteenth centu -
ry from that Island to the West In
dies. The original home of “King
Cotton” was probably in Persia or
India, though it is also mentioned in
the early annals of Egypt, and had
spread throughout Africa in very an
cient times,
I he potato was found in Peru and
Chili by the first explorers of these
countries, who soon carried it to
Spain. It is said to have reached
Burgundy in 1560, and Italy about
the same time. It appears to have
been brought from Virginia to Ire-
laud by Hawkins, a slave trader, in
1565; and to England in 1585, by
Drake, who presented some tubers to
Gerard, who planted them in his gar
den in London, and described the
plant in Ins herbal; and it was also
introduced by Raleigh at about the
same date. But it was slow to at
tract attention, and it was not until
a century later that it began to be
much cultivated. In 1663 the 11 oval
S’ claty published rules for its cul
ture, and from that time it 'fapldty
gained favor. w The Dutch carried it
to the Capo of Good Hope in 1800,
and thence it made its way to India.
Tlicßridal Ciiaiatie:'.
lie was tall and awkward, but
both were a nervous aspect of ex
ceeding great joy . They entered
a hotel in Chicago, and after ho
bad registered bis name “and la
dy,” lie said to tho clerk :
“See here, mister, me and un
wife have just been spliced and I
am going to show Amanda Chica
go, if it takes a mule a day. Now
give us one of them rooms like tho
temple of Solomon, you know.”
The clerk called a bell boy, and
said :
“Show tin's gentleman to the bri
dal chamber.”
At thi direction the tall rustic
became instantly excited.
“Not by durned sight! You
shinehaired, biled shirt, dollar
breast pined, grinning monkey,
ye can’t play that on mo ! If lam
from the country, ye don’t catch
me aud my wife sleeping in your
old harness room.”
And lie left the hotel.
Atlanta Sunday Telegram : Mr.
Davis Kellem, one of our most belov
ed and trust worthy citizens, hdu
died on last Friday, and who will be
buried to-day by the Knights Tem
plars, is reported to have made a
most wonderful revelation concern
ing his cousin’s untimely death, dur
ing his recent sickness. Our inform
ant says that lie, in company with
several other lriends,- were sitting at
the bedside of the sick man, when lie
suddenly rOused himself from an in
sensible stale and in a very excited
manner admonished some invisible
persons to bo quick or the mules
would kick his cousin Tube to death,
and then in dispair lie fell back on
the bed saying, “It is too late they
have killed him." His friends at the
time did not know what to make of
his strange behavior, but two days
later they received a letter from
Ilawkinsville stating that his cousin,
Mr. Tube Kellem, had been kicked
to death by Ins mules at about the
time that he had spokcu of the mat
ter here m Atlanta. Dr. Amos Fox,
Mr. Henry Banks, and other reliable,
gentlemen of this city were present
.at the time and testify to the authen
ticity of the occuirenco.