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<tk jSums Published Every Wednesday Jtobsiriyturn fflstitgc Jjtcf. On* Year ............ •• • • $-.Ui) Six Months ... .i ......... 100 Three Mont Its • *>* Cnah in Acivun<;< . Special Shit**. 7W IT more subscribing logmher ami parting CASH IN ADVANCE, can hart (lit. Argus at $1,50 a ytnr each. Country Produce receiv ed, at. (he farrest cash prices in exchange for sub scripticn, for no less time than a year. Rate# and Rules for Legal Advcr tising. Sheriff Salof, r.irli levy $ 4.00 Mortgage ft fancied, each levy 7.U0 J’u it Ounce tor'* hhluh, each levy 4.00 OUathMi t- r Jitter* of Administration and (tUiirfU.inshlV 4.00 M’l’lii.ition for diHiniKhiontroni AuminMrution Ouardlaiirthlltaiul Executorship 7.00 Application for leave vo mill land tor olio Hq’r.. f>.oo Notice to clolitora ami TeclitorH 4.00 hand sale*, lat nquare. $4, each additional... 8.00 Sales of perishable property, ler Mjnaro..... 2, fin i'.Rtmy iKO,l;e. A0 rtayv 7.0n ft,, t ice to perfect *urvn.* 7.0 u lluh s ill el to forci'hwe iJwVttfaj'"* per nq’r. .. . B.so Ihiiew to entabliah loal paper a, per square.... B.so Hulun compelliu,: titlew 11..'i1l ituicH to perfect Hervices iu divorae caaea 10.00 Application for HomeatCH l i.OO All Legal AdvertinowejiU luuat be paid for in nl -advunoe. Sales <>f land. At?., by Administrator*, Executors or Uuardiuns, are required by law to be belt! on the Kirat Tuesday in the month, between the bout s of ten in the torer >"U and three in the : ftwruoon. at the ronrt H-.unse in the county in which the properly *.-> situated. Notices of tlnv.i sates must be cive.n in a public- a- Keitein tljec.oiiM;. when toe laud lies, it there te any, and if there i- uo p.incr published in t! m he'll in the near* *t gazette. or the one h;.v -ig th< nrj'est |o. val ciivulatiou in uid county, -Id days previous fo the day <>: sal**. Notices i'oi the Male of personal property must be, •jvon in like in.inu r ten day; previous sale duy. Notice to tho debtors of ortditoi’H and an estate must also be published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court oi Ordinary for Leave to hell laud. Arc., must be publish ed once a week for 4 weeks. Citations for Letters of Administration, Guardi iu * dp, etc., must Unpublished 80days—for Dismission ft ,im Ad ninistratiou, Guardianship and A’xecutor.-mip 4 V days. /fulcs of Foreclosure of Mortgage must be puhlidh .d monthly for four months—for establisbiug lost papers for tue full space of three months—for com pelling titles from Executors or Administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased, the lull space of three months. Application for Homestead must be published twice. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise *r -,le~ed. &t>vcrtisemcnt, MARION SHERIFF SALES. GEORGIA—Marion County. Will be sold before the court house door in the town of Buena Vista, on the Ist Tues day in April next, under and by virtue of three li. Fas., issued from the County Court in favor of \V. 1). Haynes vs. C. H . it John >V, JipjH, the following property, to-wit: One black ma> e, levied on as the property of John W. Epps. ALSO, At the same time and place, the following property, to-wit: 2 'th acres of lot of land number 242. 202 J acres of lot umber 241, and 5o acres off the East side of lot number 239. All in the sth /hstriet of said county. Also one hundred lmsbe sof corn more or less. All sold un der and by virtue of a Ft FH. isiued front (lie .Superior Court of said county, in favor of Susan 1 l. Icmcnts ca. Tic s. 1 Clements and John SV. Clemen.s and Sarah B. Cleuienls, Executors. Property sold as the property of John W. Clements, Executor of I. A. Clem ents, deceased, there being n propicrty ol said estate upon which 10 levy. ALSO At the same time anil |. lace, the following property, to-wit: One bor ng machine and fixtures, as the property of John (Airponter to satisfy a cost li. fa. in favor of the officers ot Marion Supe rior Court vs, John 11. Cnrpenhr. Also, at the same time and place one pump and fixt ures, as the property of the Southern Pump and Pipe Company, to satisfy a cost li. fa. in favor of the officers of Marion County Court vs, .Southern Pump aud Pipe Compa ny. ALSO. Attho same time and place, the following property, to-wit : 140 acres of land, more or loss, adjourning the lands of John F. Hollis on all sides is the luopcrty of oel F Ilusliin. Sr., and J. F. Bushin. Jr., to satisfy a fi. fa. in favor of J. C. Andrews A Cos., vs. Joel F. Itushin Sr., and J. F. Itushin. Jr. .said property pointed nut by' plaintiffs’ attorney. Tenant in possession notified. I) X MADDU.Y, .Feb. 27, ’77. Dept. Sheriff. ■ i ——a— a B. 15. II in lon A. W. 15. Hinton, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BUENA VISTA, GA Will praotioe in the Courts of this fStatee mid the District and Circuit Courts of th. United States, mcli3l-ly, J". Xi. O. BLerr, ATTORNEY AT LAW, liUENA VISTA, GEOItOIA. March 10. 1870-1 yv '3E.jj*7l||TTT, ATTORNEY AT LAW, WHEN A VISTA, GA. ~ !•, li. WISDOM, M. D. BUENA VISTA, GA. WSrCalls may he left at my resi iloiu'o at a hours of the day or lilght.-W DR. E7T. MATHIS, lJiitaiu Vislu, Go; Calls left at my office or residence promptly attended. Dec24-ly SIM MO W S & SIMMONS* ATTORNEY AT LAW, AMFJtICUS. GEORGIA' March 10-1 yr. THE BUENA VISTA ARGUS A. 2£. C- RUSSELL, Propriotcr. VOLUME 11. Xfaetqj.. LOVE, DRINK AND DEBT. Son of mine ! the world*!uTore you Spreads a thousand secret snares Bound the feet of every mortal AVI 10 through life’s long highway fares. Three especial let me warn you, Are by every traveler met; Three to try your might of virtue— They are Love, and 1 trink and Debt. Love, my boy, there's no escaping, 'Tis the common fate of men; Father had it; I have, had it.— But for lovo you had not been. 'lake your chances, but be c odious; Aaow* a squab is not a dove; Be the upright man uf honor; All deceit doth murder love. As lor drink avoid it wholly ; Like an adder it will sting: Crush tho earliest temptation, Handle not the dangerous thing. See the wrecks of men around us— Once as fair and pure as you — Hark the warning ! Shun the pathway And tho hell they’re tottering through. Yet, though love be pure and gentle, And from drink you may be free, With a yearning heart I warn you ’Gainst the worst of all the three. Many a demon in his journey Banyan’s Christian Pilgrim met; They were lambs, e’en old Apollyon, To the awful demon Debt! With quaking heart and face abasheu The wrethed debtor goes; He starts at shadows lest they be The shades of men he owes. Down silent streets he furiive steals, The race of man to shun, He shivers at the postman’s ring, And fears the oieadfui dun. Beware of Debt! Once in, you 11 be A slave for evermore; If credit tempt you, thunder *‘No !” And show it to the door. Cold water and a crust of bread .Way lie the best you'll get; Accept them like a man, and swear— “l’il never run in debt !” Plaint of he Dunning Publisher- AVTEU HIAWATHA. Would you ask me why this dunning Why these sad complaints and murmurs. Murmurs loud about delinquents Who have read the paper weekly, Bead wlmt they had never paid for, Head witli pleasure and with profit, Head of church affairs and prospects, Head of nows both home and foreign, Bead the essays and the poems, Full of wisdom and instruction: Bead the table of the markets, Carefully corrected weekly, By the salesman. Crock Burlthalfer— -Should you ask us why this dunning? We would answer, we would tell you. From the printer, from the mailer, From the kind old paper-maker. From the landlord, from the “devil,” prom the man who takes the letters With a stamp of Uncle Samuel- Unde Sam the rowdies call him: Fiom them all there comes a messngo— Message kind but 11 rally spoken, “Please to pay the bill you owe us, ’ Sad it is to heat such message, When our funds arc al> exhausted; When the last greenback has left us; When the nickels all have vanished; Gone to pay the paper-maker, Gone to pay the toiling printer, Gone to pay tho landlord tribute, Gone to pay the clerk and devil. Gone to pay the faithful mailer. Gone to pay old Uncle Samuel- Uncle Sam the rowdies call him— Gone to pay for beef and Bridget, Gone to pay our faithful parson. Sad it is to turn our ledger, Turn the leaves of this old ledger, Turn and see what sums arc due, us, Due for volumes long since ended, Due for years of pleasant reading, Due for years of anxious labor, Dno despite onr patient waiting, Duo despite our constant dunning, Duo iu sums of throe to twenty. A. DEMOCBATIO FAMILY NEWSPAPER. BUEN A VISTA, MARION COUNTY, O\ , MARCH, 14, .877, Would you lift a burden from us, Would you driven spectre from you? Would you taste a pleasant slumber ? Would you have a quiet conscience? Would you road a paper paid for? Send us money--send us money; .Send ns money— send us money; Send the money that you owe us / WITTEN roa THE BUENA VISTA ABOUS. CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION. XUMBER TWO. In our lust we promised to notice the capital question. It will be re membered that the location of the j Capilol forms a part of that instru |mi nt. Why this is so, no one can tell unless it was done in order to foster a wrong upon the people of Georgia, so securely that it would Lo hard to undo, Was it wrong to remove the seat of government? And would it have been done if the tax-payers ot Georgia had had a voice in the matter? We do not hesitate (o say that its removal was unnecessary, and if so, was wrong, and wc are equally certain, that if the intelligence and virtuous had been allowed the potency of their elective franchise, it would not have been. 15 ,t i 1 may be said the ratifica tion of the constitution by the people, was an endorsement of that instru ment and hence it is a mistake to st. that if the tax-payers had had a voice, it would have been different. In this statement those who resort to this line of argument forget that, we had a Returning Board, who were not very scrupulous in the an nouncement of results. It was never ratified by the people. “Sharp and quick,” had much more to do with its confirmation than did the peo >le. j it' it was wrong, ought we continue I to abide it, when we have it in our i power to correct it; we think not. iitu aside from the fraudulent man ner iu which the change was made, its a matter of economy, we ought to return to Milledgevilje. We itave in Mifiedgevillc, all the building / neces sary for the accommodation of offi cials. Not mere tenements, frail in their structure, endangering the lives of our Representatives and oth er officials, but strong, substantial, magnificent buildings, an honor to the State. These buildings, costing not less than $1,000,000, are not on ly of no use to the State, but are a source of expenditure since it i found necessary to employ a guard for their protection. It may be urg ed by the opposers of the convention that they should be sold. We reply that having been constructed with reference to official occupancy t' ey would bo worthless for any otuer purpose, and hence would seii lot' a mere nominal sum. The sale therefore would be equivalent o a complete sacrifice of the value of the property. It may be as’ od would not this be true of our property in Atlanta? We answer no. Tho ex ecutive mansion was bai l for a pri vate residence and is well ad tpted to 1 tho use for which it. \v. - • “ The Capitol, as it is e died, w-.s orig inally designed lorn Op, m House, and could be us. and for that purpose now. It follows therefore that the property of the S ate in Atlanta could be sold for perhaps its lull value. If wc could realize what the State paid for it, to-wit : $430,000, : wc would have money enough to pay the expenses of a Convention from this source alone, leaving a bal ance in the hands of the Stato of $400,000. No inconsiderable sum. It may be argued that this is an over estimate of its value and with this opinion we ngrec, bui believe it could be sold for $300,000; leaving in the hand of the State, after pay ing tlts expenses ot the Convention, $275,000. Ought not this sum to be raved 7 We think* so. But we can with great propricy stato another reason in favor ot the removal. It is said that flic Opera House is unfitted for the purpose of legislating, and hence in a very short while the peo. pie will bo taxed at least $1,000,000, I'i.i the purpose of erecting a building suitable. Are we willing to bear this additional burden, when it can be so easily avoided? Hut it may be said by those who o; po.se a convention that we have no assurance that if a convention is called that we can re turn to Mil edgeville. We reply that the chances before a convention are much better than before the Legis aitt. e. In the former a majority will accomplish it, in the latter it requires a two-third vote of both branches of the Legislature before it can reach Hie people. The advantage of the Convention is therefore as a majority to two-thirds, in a clear contest an advantage which an economist would be very happy to make available. Let us state the proposition a little differently. Supposeßhc voting pop ulation of Georgia to be 140,000, and an effort was made to change from Atlanta fo Milledgeville by the Legislature, it would require a vote uf 93,338, to work out this result, and much it might be de sired 40,667 votes could defeat it. Then the smaller number could fix upon a large majority the burdens and wrongs of which wc have been speaking. Is this right? But un der the the convention plan. 70,001. could produce the result. So it will be seen that tho chances under the convention -ystem are much better, ami consequently, much, safer. We might urge in favor of Milledgeville its central position, its past history, and contrast its legislative bodies and euactments with the history of legislative assemblages and enact ments of Atlanta, but we do not pro pose to work upon the passions and prejudices of the people, we desire to address their judgement. Wo re gard Atlanta, as tho most energetic enterprising city in the St; to, we look with amazement at her stately buildings and extended and still ex tending boundaries. We are fond of Atlanta as a commercial centre, its outlook is truly flattering but as a legislative locality it is a failure, Reconstructon with its horrors and disgraceful unconstitutional legisla ting, are still fn sli upo the mind of the people. Wc do no. love her oast, s xhibbed by legislative assemblies sim-e she has been the seat of gov ernment. Ought we uot to go back to Mill-dp’Viil-- and ought wo not to adopt the surest and safest meth od of getting back. Let the people now speak! fheopportunity -.goffer ed iu what i.-kuuw as the Convention Bill. We would close, but we are under obligation to discuss iu this commit tea! ion out) other error, to be found in the constitution. Wo must do -o as briefly as possible lest we worry you. Article, 7, Section-, 1. Provides that there snail bu an Attorney Gen eral, his duties are defined in the next section. This is an office crea ted by the present constitution, and is held for four years with a salary of $4,000 per annum, with its per quisites. Is there a necessity for it ? Now that did not exist before the war, if so, wo would bo pleased to know in what resnect. It is true wo Annual Subscription, $2,0 NUMBER 28 had one before the adoption of Uiq present Constitution, but it was not. a constitutional office it was filled by the Soh itrir General of the cir cuit in which the Capitol is lbrfated. It mnv seem a small thing about which to compk.m, but every leak a- pTeets the treasury. Our opinion is that every unnecessary appendage ought to be cut off. Indeed, it s -c u • to bo an office more of a com. pliniomary up. Hi o rather than one ol utility, for wc see that when a ease of importance arises, the Attor ney General has associated with him other members of the bar, who are paid out of the public crib. It may be argued that the Governor ought to have legal advice; would it not be batter economy to elect to that office someone capable of passing upon ■he law, especially since the salary ot such an one would uot exceed the pay of an incapable. We excuse ourself for referring to this office up on the ground that economy, net in name but in fact, should permeate every branch of our government. Iu our next we will present other very important changes necessary to be made. Hoping that the interest we find in the State will be a successful excuse for the length of this commu nication. We are very respectfully, CITIZEN. RULES FOR SPELLING. Tho following rules should!)? .careful-, tv committed to memory, as the knowl edge of them will prevent that hesita tion about the spelling of common words, which is frequently experienced even by the well educated ; All monosyllable ending in 1, with a single vowel before it, have double 1 at the close; as mill, sill. All monosyllables ending in I, with a double vowel before it, have one I only at the close; as wail, sail. Monosyllables ending in I, when com pounded, retain but one 1 each; as fulfill, skillful. All words of more than one syllable ending in 1, have one I only in the close; as faithful, delightful; except recall, be fall, unwell, etc. All derivations from words ending in I have one 1 only; as equality, from equal; except they end in er, or ly, as small, miller; full, fully. All participles iu ing from verbs end ing in e, lose the e final; as have, hav ing; amuse, amusing; except they come from verbs ending in ee, and then they retain both; as see, seeing; agreeing. Adverbs in ly, and nouns in m?nt, retain the e final of the primitives ; as brave, bravely; refine, refinement; ex cept judgment, acknowledgment. All derivations from words ending in er r-tain the e before the a, as refer, ref erence; except hindrance from hinder; remembrance from remember; disas trous from disaster; monstrous from monster; wondrous from wonder; cum brous from cumber, Ac. Ali compound words, if both end not in I, retain their piinmive parts entire; as mill: tones, chargeable, graceless; ex cept. always, deplorable, almost, although, admirable, Ac. Ad muno-yilab'.es ending in a conso nant, with a single vowel before it, dou ble that consonant in derivatives; as sin, sinner; ship, shipper; big, bigger; glad, gladder, &e. Mon/.vviiablesf ending in a consonant with a doable vowel before it, do not imible the co-sonant in derivatives, as s cep, si .wrung; troop, trooper. Ad words of more than one syllable ending in a single consonant, preceded by a single’ vowel, and accented on the last sybable, double that conso:.ant in derivatives; as commit, committee; compel, compelling; appal, appalling; disril, distillet. Nouns of one syllable ending in y, change y into ics in tho plural, and verbs endirg in y, preceded by a conso nant, change y into ies in the third per son singular of the present tense, and ies in tho past tense and past participle; as fly, fl es; I apply, and he applies; I re ply and he replies; I replied or have re plied, or he replied. If they be preced ed by a vowel this rule is uot applies- She guftm gwgwsu 7-gfe;; —=-=.=■-aj 'MO CORRESPONDENTS}. • * ,* ; . * ' li. A,. ; i :! . The Editor AolicitA Abort, irell-witten Con. muukattom, from nl! MetioM of the country, on Agricultural", Political. Literren/ and MteccUa iuoua topics ah*, original Poem*. S.sAay*, Hi ogr.’pleiail Skct<d,c, ' OcAcriptions. Critique*, and Short Ston e lie alto solicits accounts of Accidents, Incidents, Marriages, Deaths and alt Interesting Occurrences happening in the county and motion. All articles intended far publication should be closely studied, Carefully and legibly uritieh, and only on one side of the sheet. The Kditoi reserves the rigid to reject any or all articles submitted to’him. bfe; a key, keye;i play, he plays; we ha?o enjoyed ourselves. Cotopoutld" ’word* whose primitives end in y, ckange y into i; as beauty, beautiful; lovely, loveliness.— Journal of Education. From the Union nod Kreorder, Bedding Sweet Potatoes Some bed sweet potatoes from the middle of, to the last of this month (February,) but the more consider aide cultivators postpone it until about the middle of March. The first plant* that come up wbcu bedded at that time will generally escape the April frosts. Thev are vary tender, and earlier bed ding, if a season of warm weather forces the/., from the ground by the first of April, will expose them to the killing fros Ls. In case of a danger of that sort the bed should be well covered over with straw until it is passed. Two bush els of good sound potatoes will furnish slips enough for about one acre, but it will be necessary to inak several drawings to set out tie acre. It the patch is to be one acre, the better p.an is to bed four bushels and complete the ‘‘settiog out” at. two drawings ; for then as a general rule, the moisture in the earth will cause the plants to root and grow more vigorously than at iater pt riuds when the hot sun forces evapora tion and makes the ground dry and hard. The best place for the bed is a positi .n which slightly slopes to the South, and the trench, three or four feet wide, should be dug from East to West from two to three feet deep. My experience is that a depth of two net will answer. The trench should be fill ed with fresh stable manure within three or four inches of the top. I once used about one third cotton seed, and two-third stable manure, and it appear - ed to do well. My plan was to put down a layer of stable manure first, then a layer of the seed; next more ot tne manure lollowcd with more seed, tho whole finished with the stable manure at least eight iuches in depth. Iha whole bed was then covered with a por tion of the surface soil, taken from tue trench, and some rich earth procured for the purpose. Wli en ti/e bed was finished the sur face was an inch higher‘than tho origi nal ‘ furface of the ground. On this were place the potatoes over the whole surface, but so that they did not touch each other. Each potato was slightly pressed down in its place. Then the bed was covere 1 at least three inches deep with mor" earth. This completed the operation of bedding.Jlt may be P ro f'' er to state, in consequences ol a spell of rather dry weather, I had the bed twice sprinkled with water. Wonders of an Alabama Lake. At the Dickson place, on Bullard Creek, near Six.mile Station, is a ten acre field which is nothing more nor less than a subterranean lake, covered with soil about eighteen inches deep. On the soil is cultivated a field of corn, which will produce thirty or forty bush els to the acre. If any one will take the troub’e to dig a hole the depth of a spade handle, he will find it to fill with water, and by using a book and line fish four or five inches long can be caught. These fishes arc different from others iu not having either scales or eyes, and are perch like in shape. The grouud is black marl, alluvial in its nature, and in all probability at one time it was an open body of water on which has accu mulated vegetable matter which ha been increasing from time to time, until now it has a crust sufficiently thick to bear the weight of a horse. While nooning, the field bands catch great strings of delicate fish by merely punch ing a hole through the earth. The whole section of country surrounding this field give evidence of marshiness, and the 'east shower of rain produces an abundance of mud. But the question comes up, has not this body an outlet ? Although blackish, the water tastes as if fresh, and we have no-doubt but thai it is anything else than stagnant. Yet these fish are eyeless —similar to those found in caves. A blubbering little fellow explained his tears to a companion: “Pa sent mo after codfish for breakfast* an’ I went fishin’ und was gone all day, i*nd now wo have been baviu' scuie balldozin.’’ A subscriber told us, last week, ha would pay his snbscription this week, “as snre as he lived,” If he doesn’t coma in, we’ll publish hisobituary in our next.