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The moderation which, accord -i ing to tiio Associated Press dis- j patches, lias been exhibited by the ! •white peo)de of Monroe, La., in ail nninistakableei'isis, and the per ect calm prevalent in a parish filled with armed and threatening ne groes, is a sufficient indication of the temper of the Sontern people, and their great t'orbearanco under tiying circumstances. As the New Orleans Times truthfully remarks, the Conservative masses realize thntWe rape rate action in every ex igency, and a moderate cotuse, however exasperating he the enor mities of our opponents, is a victo ry over passion which must, event ually redound to the benefit of the community and stigmatize as false the calumnies which thousands are hired to circulate. The National Republican Exec utive Committee concedes to Tiid en fifteen States having an aggre gated electoral vote ot 120. The Cincinnati Commercial, Hayes or gan, concedes an additional State- West Virginia—making the aggre gate. vote conceded 128. New York, Indiana, Louisiana, Missis sippi,,North Carolina and Florida are not included in either of these estimates. The New York Times's Portland correspondent writes that “L’iairte is doing hard work for the Ilcpub lican ticket.” llarl as it is it must seem like mel'e child’s play pared to the work of explain ing liis railroad jobbery and that offer to use ids influence as Sneak er of the House for a valuable con sideration . Too Tium* —As the dew falls noise lessly upon the tender herbage, hs the present passes sileu.lv ’L" [)as ;, as the perfume of a kindly net, rises lieav , onward unseuu, so the hired gill slips •out of the back way nights with a litlla tea and sugar f >r relatives. The mother of Lieut. Sturgis, who ■was killed in the Custer battle, has be come insane from grief. He was her only son. The entire coffee crop of the world last year was 900,000,000 pounds, of which the United /States imported ovel 300,000,000 pounds. An English farmer recently remarked that lie fed his land before it was hun gry, rested it before it, was weary, and weeded it before it was foul. We have seldotU, if ever seen so much agricultu ral wisdom condensed into a single sen tence. —-**<££"► Agriculture is the basis of all civiliza tion. There we find less vice and immortality. ’ The dairy businesses profitable in Tennessee, Alabama and Geor gia. Sire, one word, said a soldier one day to Frederick the Great, when presenting to him a request for the brevet of Lieutenant. If you say two, answered the King, I will have you hanged. Sign, resplied the sol dier. The King stared, whistled and signed. Lord Brougham once defined a lawyer thus: A learned gciiuGlKdl who secures your estate from your enemies, and keeps it himself. Horses, hogs; cattle ami slice]) can be raised proitably in Tennes see, -Alabama and Georgia. Where there is no intelligence there will be no progress in Agri culture. Hayes is reported to have prom ised Sun—Struck Blaine a choice of Cabinet positions in case he, Hayes, is elected President. Hayes need be to no trouble in dividing out the Cabinet positions in ad- Yance. The appointment of a Cub jnet will novel 1 devolve upon him. Grant, Cameron and Chandler are not plotting for his election. They are playing a desperate game m prevent a fair elect ion, in order that. Grant may seize, the executive power as Brovisipnal Dictator. Alfred H. Colquitt, the Democratic nomiuee for Governor of Georgia, is a native ot this Slate, and a graduate of Princeton. He was a representative in Congress fioiu 185 ft to 1855 and a Breckinridge elector in the campaign of J 8(10. There is a woman in New York Almshouse, 103 years old, who has a heavy giay beard and is shaved oc ntTbiiulh. :i . Miseellnnens Advorlisiimi'iil r —~■^ r — tfr ii —iiimiiir i w.wuvi SQUAREGRAND Pianos Retailed at Wholesale Prices SOOO lor $350. SOSO lor $275. S7OO for S3OO. SBOO for $350 Tim “Mendelssohn” Nano Company HAVE STRUCK. II V lID FAN I'ltldiS, Only One Price for Cash, and a LOW ONE NO DEVIATION! Wa give no dUcoubiH. We pay no agouLS" commissions, which double the prices of ail l’ianoe. We look to the People, who want a first-class Piano at a fair prr.til over cost of mnuusactiire. We appoint the peo ple our agents, and give them our Pianos as low as any agent cun buy equally good Pianos of any other manufacturer, giv ing the People, in a reduced price, what, is usually ex pended in commissions, rent, freight, traveling aud incidental ex penses. The “MENDELSSOHN” PI AND CO. cun sell you aYI octave, rosewood base Piano, 6 feel 19 inches long, with front round corners, carved legs. *'i pon tine and plinth mouldings, with all im provements, including I’ll 11 IvonFraiiw, Over Strung Hiu-s. AgvSl' Treble, ami ErcucU ftvnij.it Action whi’Y, only accompany the best. Pianos j of the most celebrated makers, at the! very low price of $250, §275 or s3oo,ac | cording to style of case, or with four j round corners and full agraffe for $350, ; and guarani os them in every respect • qua! to any Piano made of similar style, or no sale. The “MENDELSOHN” Piano is; manufactured from the very best ma ! teri a Is, and by the most skilled and fin-! ished workman. The manufacture is j conducted by one of the most experi enced Piano manufacturers in the coun try. This is no new enterprise, turning out a poor and cheap piano, made from green wood, and by utile me it mechan ics. Our Piano is unsurpassed by any in the market for its rich and powerful tones, and its adaptation to the human voice in .sympathetic, mellow and singing qualities. It speaks for itself. 9 Wearo willing to place it beside any other make of Piano on its merits, oil her in beauty of ease, or excellence of tone, and “at half the money” of equally good instruments. “The best is the cheapest”— When it costs the least money. All Pianos fully warranted for five yeai s. Send for onr Illustrated and Descrip tive Circular. Tiie “MeiidcTssoltn''’ I’aatao Cos., Office of Miiuuiucleuy. 50 BIIOAW’tV AY, jne2-ly New York. 'WW' Unabridged Dotionaiy 10,000 Words and Meanings not in other Dictionaries. 3000 ] bug ravings; 18i0 Pages Quarto. Price &12. Webster now is glorious—it leave.® 110 t hing to be desired.- - .Pres Hcumo'id, Vasmr College. 1.^ very schoUr knows the value of Hie U work— W. 11. Prescott , the Historian. J Relieve it to be the most perfect dictiona 3ry of the language— J)r. J. G. Holland On peri or in most respects to any oilier O known to me— George P Marsh. r | ''be standard authority for printing in Ish i. office A H Clapp, Govcnuni ut. Printcn I Excels all others in giving and delining sei 1j entific terms —Paendent Hitchcock. eniarkable compendium of bur.ian knowl- V) edge—lP/S’ Clark, Pres't Agricultural College . S‘j ;.C T'fst practical English Dictiona ry extant,’’—[Loudon Quarterly Be view October, 1873] A NEW FEATURE. —To tho 300 illustrations heretofore in Webster's Un abridged we have recently added four pages of Colored Illustrations, engraved expressly for tho work at large expense. ALSO WEBSTER’S NATIONAL Pictorial MCTIOMI 1010 Pages Octavo. 000 Engravings. | Price $5. National Standard. Proof: 20 to 1 The sale of Webster's Dictionaries throughout the country in 1873 were 20 times as large as the sales of any other Dictionaries In proof we will send to any person, on application, tho state ments of more than 100 booksellers from every section of the country Published by G & G MERBIAM, Springfield, Mass /Sold by all Booksellers EMI RATES. Everybody should read the There are lively times auuacr. To oh able ev ery voter in this to tsike a paper find keep fully posted on and Nations I olitics. we will send the Mirror pot* a £ e P°^ nov ’’ until the J sth of IS’ovemher for on‘ Jk v cn< * along your names and money. 73t W. T. OURISTOPfIK.’, a-lp l?’or4 Valley, Ga# THIS PAPER IS ON FII/E WITH tv here Advertising Contracts con Jbe mtuts- Newspaper AdviTtisnm'iils. TtilMlPG & fell! IB FOR 187 . • C ) N and after Ist January, 1870, our A/ hinmo t h Week y. Ihe <•■*- * t Family Paper of Georgia, comamti g* Ot col unttis, and iliw largest in the South, will b sent t<> mhseiibcis at $2 a Year, and postage. Tuis is but a small nd vailoo on cost, of blank paper. Weekly tor six months, $1 and postage is 20 cents a year. Tho Semi Weekly Will bo seduced to TUI!EIi DOLLARS a vear and postage—‘2o cents. Imr six months §1.50 and postage. Daily Edition Ten DollaiS a rear and pi -T. *g h ve Dollars for six months’ Two ]>■ lars and Fitly Coins for three moulds. The stiring events of die Gr°!‘,i, Ceu teuuiiil Vear of Anted can llislorv, which in-olud.o the Ptcsidetitio 1 sting. Gc, ' id render 1813 One of the most no uiuiutde iu -tyiir annals. Everybody in this region will need llie Tisi.eokaPU, . and we have put down the price to ac coiriino 'ale their necessities and pecu | niary status. CUSDY, JONES A REESE. Jan2B-tf, IT PATS IT PAYS ■> F/ffAT iPiWA 'S’ —: — . . . i | 1 pays every manufacturer, mechanic, in ventor, farmer or professional man, to keep informed on all the improvement# and discoveries of the ago. > j Tt pays the head of every family to introduce into his household a newspaper that is in struetive, one that fosters a taste for investi gation, and promotes thought and encourages discussion among the member*; Til? SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN which has b:~rU publisneu weekly lor the last thirty years, duos this to an extent beyond tiiat of any other prd-lication, in fact it is the only weekly paper published in the Uni ted States. devoted to maiiuL'Ctui'es, mechan ics, inventions and new discoveries in the Arts and Sciences. Every number is profusely illnstraS-d and its contents embrace the latest and most iu t<Testing information pertaining t.o the InduD triiil, Mechanical and -cientitic. progress of the world; descriptions, with beautiful cu p-ravings, of new inventions, new implements, now processes, and improved industries of all kinds; useful notes, recipes, suggestions and advice, by praet : eal writers, for wrirkffr m and employers, in nil the various ivta, form ing a complete repertory of new inventions and discoveries* containing a weekly record not only of the progress o: the industrial #i ts in our own country, but also of all new ?B:s --coveries and inventions in every branc]| of engineering, mechanics and science abroad. The Scientific american has been th< foremost of all industrial publication: illr; 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* grcsH. published to the world. The practical receipts are worth ten times the subscription price And for the house and shop will save many times the cost of .subscription. Merchants, farmers, mechanics, engineers, inventors, chemists, lovers of Hcifiice, end. pc -pie of all professions, will iiiui the o cion ii lie American useful to them It should have ; place in every family library study, office and counting room, in every rending room, college and school. Anew valume commences January Ist, 1870. A yliar’s numbers contain 802 pages and several hundred engravings. Thousands of volumes are preserved for binding and refer ence. Terms, $3 20 a yea rby mail, including postage, .Discount to clubs. Special circu lars giving club rates sent free. Single cop. ies mailed on the receipt, of 10 cents. May be had of all news dealers. D A TCMTC* 111 coniiecti'jti with tho Scientific rft I tit a 3 i American, Mutm X- Cos. are Solicitors of dimuicaii and Foreign intents, aud have t-bo largest establishment in tho world. More than fifty thousand applications have been made for patents through thur agency. Patents are obtamecl on the best terms, Models of Now Inventions and Sketches examined and adyice free. A special notice is made in the SCI LA’ lif !C A A/I'.BIO AN of all liiv-.riiions Patented through this Agency, with name and ; - iddence of t.-.e Patentee. Patents aro often sold iu part, or whole, to persons attracted to the invention by such notice. Send for Pamphlet, containing full directions for obtaining Patent.-. A bound volume containing the Patent Laws, Census of the TJ. S., and 142 Engravings of mechanical movements. iVice 2o ceufe. Address for the Paper, or concerning Patents MIJNN X 00.37 Park How. N w York. Branch Of fice. cor. F x 7tli bts., IKashington, I). 0. FAIK, NOTICE. All communication* recommending persons for nomination to office, whether it be for Congress, the Leg islature or county offices, must lie paid for at the regular advertising rates. It is customary with all news papers to charge for this kind of matter. The course of the paper will not be changed at all by the adoption of this rule. This rule en ables tho Democratic candidates or their friends to make their claims known to the people through the Ar gus whether the editor is in his favor or not. A, M. 0, Kussell. April 22—Sms. dealer jn diamonds, miiis, mm Sterling Silver plated waie, Spe lades, Cutlery, Violin Strings, Sew ing Machine Needles, for all jpncls of Machines, Oil, '. Agent for Mar " SafcF - , . i represented, sou at Ad goods gnaraatmla, l * b 0 as low I>nco ns tho Wiu. h , bought forin any miuA, ‘ aijr T A AMEiticUe, - < jl >- KOIA iffsfK (14? k Intflrj lifpnitd &• WaraM 7 jffiD A i/artl i) a vi". ii mm ip, Savannah, Ga. C' l -A -* -tilth I'OLTTIOAL CAMPAIGN OF 1870 whirl* in cl tides National, State and county ehc tfolUt and which will undoubtedly ho tho most he live and hotly eo-titested of any pinoc the ue morahio canvass of 1800 is now fairly opened I The National Democratic Party will thi* year j make a hold, vigorous, and doubtless successful' J struggle for the maintenance and supremacy of those principle* which aro vital to tho prosperity of the Republic and essential to the well-being of the people. In addition to the Presidential election, the people in Georgia and Florida will elect new Slate governments. Tn Florida the campaign promises to be unusually vigorous, and there is a probability that for the first, time since the war the people of that Radical-ridden State will elect a DotnoWuic Slate government. In these campaigns the people of tho South arc deeply interested; and ©very intelligent citizen, who has the welfare of his country and his section nt heart, should acquaint himself with every detail of the great work of redemption aud reform tLuv is now going on. To this end he should subscribe, to and assist j in circulating the Savannah Morning News, an ( independent Democratic newspaper,of proponne i ed opinions and fearless in their expression; a I paper thai-D recognized everywhere as tho best daily in the'SourL Its editorial department is vigorous, fhuughtlul, ana consistent, while its news and local departments arc n..7 rve ’“ ot dustry and compleUmess. Its departme,.. °* Georgia and Florida affairs is not confined to a mere barren summary of events transpiring in thoso States, but is enlivened by comment at once apt, timo'y, and racy. The ample resources of the establishment will be devoted to furnishing the readers of the MOBNING NEWS with the latest intulligonce from all parts of the world, thri.ii '■ cbf pross dispatetlc.a, spool'll tel - .-'irrams, an‘ .jiociaco. rasoonAnnco; and tUrou/h th* i- ’ a will la the larlicsi (■' limit e Iti r . '..a. ' ■' '■ srti- 1 ; 1 1-J-I :■ Ilnffy. 1 year 31i' -d 0 mouths *O. dn “ 3 months 2,50 Tri-Weixkly. 1 year C,oo “ (1 months . . 3,00 “ 3 months .. 1,50 Weekly, 1 yot 2,n0 “ (! months 1,00 ‘* 3 months *>■ • ; .iu ii copies sent free Oit receipt .of 5 et 4 -'. TfdST' Monoy can be sent by Post OlYme Order, RiaiUleriid Letter, ur llxprass, at our risk. J. H- ESTILL, Sfivann'b, Ga. The (icovgiii Daily Commonwealili 111 PUBLISHED EVEIiY EVENING (Except Sunday) By the Common wealth Puwjshino Compasy ATLANTA, GEO KOI A. Anil is erliteil by Col. Cary ll’. Styles, late o tho Albany News, with efficient asiistaut;. The Coturaouwealth gives the current news of the city, Stale and elsewhere, market reports, and vigorous editorids on Municipal,Political and General sub jects. The coming canvass, State and Na tional, will be closely watched anil pro perly presented, while the Mechanical and Agricultural interests of the State will not be neglected. It lias a large and rapidly increasing airculation. Teems—One month, 75 cents; Two months Si 25; Pom months, §2,0i1; One vear, jdJ.UO. COMMONWEALTH PUBLISHING CO., Atlanta, Geoegta Guthberfc Messenger. Oiiers great inducements to advertisers desiring the trade o! Randolph ami ad joining counties. Our Subscription list has greatly increased within the last twelve juontbs. Acknowledging our appreciation of former favors, 'v<; most respectfully so licit continued patronage, believing that future transactions will prove beneficial to both parties. Address J. L. TtjckbJS, Pkop’r, Oil'llbert, Ga Kill All' WKT/HiK CJolia.xia.’fcJ-ULJS, Qa. T K WYNNE&J. H !¥1 ART! N ritoMUiiToits akd Eprrois. To secure a still wider eircnlatio;i in this centennial year—a year of most important events and exciting popular issues—wo offer THE WEEKLY TIMES’ at the following club rates: For ten or more copies, 51.50 each. To any one sending us five subscribers at regular rates for single copies, a copy of tho Weekly will be thrown iu. The Tim its hat he best and fullest tele* graphic dhpatches especially in its reports of Georgia and Alabama news—of any paper in the State. This is no empty boast—we re fer to our columns daily lor proof. Oat commercial -lispalehes are now ample and re liable. Price of the Daily Times, $8 per annum, $4 for six and S2 for three months. WYNNE & WSARTIN. jpisFDSnbsrlbo for the Argus- -It JCjgris the cheapest and best.,./GUI "tlie for th© ' “bines.” Ti CAMPAIGN ARHUS :ifc bc % * *pwess —— t For tin’ j<m ] i> -of o.iabli jirvury ' ilizCll to road 'lie Argus and keep | oiled dul’iiHT 'li'- 1 > ”i t'.i'u'ii, we illdr 10 seiidJHiom this date to Oio I'.W- <tr ■ H nary tor ui.c 10 any ThC~ poll nut I cam— it ,ii will lie on i .ml mmaiHil excitement. Piesident, Vice I’ienident, So tor ami Riq r. .ra in Congts. Oovemdr and Legudatom are to bo elected t his vear. 'I in Arena w ill take tin active part in alt the questions of the day. Commence your suhficriptioh now and keep posted. Addiess, A. M. t!. RUSSELL, Proprietor, Hnon* Visla (h. VXi.XI o The World’s Award again Received by THE rail’s FAVORITE. Sewing Machine Sales for 1874. The table cf Sewing Machine sales for last year show that our sales amounted to 2-*ldD Machines, being a large ioc:v.ov.,-i the proyious year. The table shows that OTR BALF& };XCKFniiD IliUcF OF sY OLD Kit OOM PAN Y lor the peiiud named by the number ot US V.ViMrtchiner* r neiu-iy 1111 U K TIMES those of any other company. It may he fuitlu-r stated ilia'- the sale.-’ of 187.8, ; • .red v.dth those of 1872, show a. relatively larger Increase, i,, v- • and ilie sales ot other makers, for instance, in 1872 we g0'd45,000 machines than any other t v whereas, in 187 3. toe sales were i 13,2:74 machines : '*••'■• • f ’ A, ir highe.-t eouipetitui! 1, (■■ ales were 148,852 machines more than any ther company. > < - iiciuiT Pii; chafing any other. Tom* easy! Paym **fs 7xighr. ; : S t GER COMP VIS* V; No. 173 oruug . dljivupiiitb, <'a OFFICES—I Atlanta, Athens, Augusta, Macon, Columbus, Thomasville Ga, (•. .. nd r ,i u i Ida, F C-, Jacksonville aud Tall all assoc. Ha. J. B. SHIPP* Columbus, Ga., October Bth, 1875. At yt) JBrotid St., Ouluinbu rU Agents f r ihe Argus- The follow. : dir duly author ized Agents, to r ■ eve ad receipt for subscriptions, iverL-euieuts ami Job Work, at 11-'". rv:" JV.- pim'es. L W. Wa. ’’ i ! - Ha. J, C. Royal I "'hb Ha. lllscclT.iiMu dvi’ilisemenls. | 776 The Great Centonnial I 875 Parties desiring information as to the best routes to the CENTENNIAL, or to any of the Summer Resorts or to any other point in the country, should address WREJfIf OHaseral Paeei-njer Agent Kenneaaw lioute, e.i-.-'tf- Attata Ga G iiDIN ARY’s NO iICE OPUIN-ARTS OFFICE, Feb 8. 1876. .Ilderidl persons having advertising JH] ~ through ray office, are done i-> ngy'ihe Printer’s fee iu advance requireu when fll3 t | nße rtion is tuude T"? l e * ‘ ~o t a t,lo to advance the money, and lam not JAS M . LOWE, , . Ordinary Feb 4- R i r'\ ':l%" C.J- : r i A safe and sure Cure for Worms. Harmless in its effect on the system, and sure to improve the condition oj the Valient. Sold by dealers in Drugs ar.d Med icines and by T. F. HENRY, CtJR RAN & CO., 8 College Place, New York. j, JBI &. II IS WELCH. Wli lA.Sr**. J> *iRJ : ISTS Nov ID..- .118.0T,51. Panacea Cor Yonr Wants. ®ar Want boarders, Want, field bauds, Want a situation, Want a salesman, Want to rent a store, Want a county office, Want to -ell a carriage, Want to go to Congress, Want to cure the afflicted. Want a job of carpentering, Want ajol) of blacksmithing. Want to rent or buy a house, Want to sell mPlitlery goods, Want to sell a bouse and lot, Want to go n, the L-g ; la , Want to borrow or lend >ii> nev, Want to ko ] out of bankruptcy, Want to bur canon or produce, Want to do a banking business. Want to advertise to advantage, Want to sell a piece of furnituic, Want to do a warehouse business, Want to sell, hire or buy a horse, Want to sell, buy or tune a piano, Want to sell dry-goods or groceries, Want to sell ■furniture of hardware, Want to do a commission business, Want to buy a second-band carriage, Want to find anything you have losr, Want to sell agricultural iu>plemeir Want to find owner for lost property, Want to buy or sell sheep,hogs or cows Want to sell real estate of personalty, Want to sell your drugs and medicncs, ADVERTISE IN THE BUENA VISTA ARCUS. 4r j n C>OlflT >cr <W town©* Sample worth $1 * w yf&U tree. bTiygoy & Cos., Portland. Aiahm 6c. to O. P. KUVVEIL & CD., Now York, fot r PhinpJilet ol 100 pageF, continuing listA of itOOO novv'spApM’H amieatimatca showing coatol adver iuing it fa a luy afch'JJUeT Aceiil wanted. Ouilit ami fif*,Till T Ei CO., Augusta Mitlnr.