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Published Every Wednesday Sttbs.injtip §ittcs, Dasiap Jw. One Year • • • $-• Six Montla ••• 1 Ob Three Months 1 1 - C'anh in Advance. _ Spcolat Antes. Tuio or more subscribing together and payin< CASHLV ADVANCE, can have the Aryu at a year each. Country Produce reeeiv and at the lowest cash prices in exchange for sub scription,for no less time than a year. 1 . -~ - - —— ■_ ... Rate* Bud Roles for Legal Adve Using. .Sheriff Sales, each levy $ MortguKe ft fa saleif each levy 7. tk lax Collcctoi’K sulfß, each levy 4.00 Citation for Lettera of Administration ana Guardianship Application for dismicHionfrom Administration Guardianship and Executorship 7.00 Application for leave io sell land lor one sq'r.. 6.00 Notice to debtors and irudlfcors 4.00 Land sales. Ist square, si, each additional... 8.00 Sales of perishable property, par square 2.f.0 Let ray notice, 00 days. 4 7.01) Notice to perfect service. 7.00 Itnlea ni el to foreclose mortgages per sq’r 8 60 Itules to establish lost papers, per square.... 8.60 ltulea oompclltiiji titles 3.r0 ICnles to pertVct services in diverse eases— 10.00 Application for Homestead 2.00 All Laical Advertisements must be paid jn ad a*lvane. Sales of land. Ac., by Administrators, Kxecntors 4r (Guardians, arc required by law to be held on the j-irst luoaday iutlie month, b'ltw*-a* the hours <-f len in the forenoon and throe in the afternoon, at the Oourt House in the couuty iu which the property is %ituatfd. Notices of these sales must be given in a public gar 7,eft' 1 in the county where the land lies, if there bo any, and if there is no paper published iu the county ben in the nearest gazette, or the one having the argest general circulation iu said county, 40 days previous to the day of sab*. Notices for the sale of personal property must be, given in like manner ten days previous to sale day. Notice to the debtors of creditors and an estate must also be published 40 days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary for Leave to Sell laud, Ac., must be publish ed ouco a week for 4 weeks. Citations for Letters of Administration, Guardian ship, etc., must be published 80 days— for Dismission Atom Administration, Guardianship and A’xccutorship 40 days. ftulcs of Foreclosure of Mortgage must be pnblish evl monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers for too full space of three months—for eoui petliug titles from Executors or Administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased, the lull space of three mouths. Application for llomeHteadinustbepublishedtwice. publications will always be continued according to these, the legal requirements, unless otherwise or dered. an*, nie. 11 lia ion Aw U . IS. ft* ill ton, ATTORNEYS ATV LAW. BUENA VISTA. GA Will practice in the Courts of this jKtatee ruul the District and Circuit Courts of th. United States. mek3i-ly, J. L. C. HLerr, attorney at law, HI!KNA VISTA, OKOROIA- Marnli 10, IS7K-1 jr JK.M.MUTT, ATI’OBNEYAT LAW, IS U EVA VISTA. OA. ~ r. vj>7~ BUENA VISTA, GA. tziri 'alls may be left at my resi-: ,vloiH’O tit a hours of the day or | night. and rTeTt. mat his 7 lSuonu Vista, Gu; ( 'alls left at my offico or residence promptly *.tended. BociM-ly bIMMONS SIMMONS^ attorney at law, AMEItICUS. GEOHGIA. INiarcu JO-1 vr. IHEWICiL VOTK’E. Dr. S. W, Woodruff will promptly atteDil all calls in bis profession. Day or night. Lie also continues to treat with bis usual success, all kinds of flnronic diseases of long standing. Female diseases will receive bis special attention—hie remedies are mainly Uken from the Vegetable kingdom, but in Ids treatment of diseases, lie selects from both Vegetable and Mineral, as may be most clear ly indicated Dr, Woodruff does not, profess to be able to cure all cases but will certainly be enudid in giving his opinion in every case ihatjß&y apply to him uud exert himself to ttie utmost of his bkiil to care all who may place themselves under his treatment. Dr. Woodruff can be found all hours of the day at hi* store, and .at, night at his residence North East corner public square, unless ab sent. on professional business. STOStcii ”Tio tr sis, (PUBLIC SQUARE,) AMERICUS, GA. JS. JASON, - - Prop ritcr First Class accommodations, Tito Dollars per Day No efforts will be spared to make the “FbeNCH House” the popular hotel of Amer icas. , best fare that the market affords, polite and attentive servants and Comfortables sleeping accommodations will always be found at this House. Itisconveuiently situ a*“d to the business portion of tho city, the 3 o t otlioo and the deiiot. ' mwWMWMm IC ESTABLISHED 1866. OppcxUe i'uaacugurDepot. .'1 It.to 11, Ga Three Dollars Per Dav. Meals 75 Cents, - - - Lodyings 75 Cents. Thia Popular Hotel,- E. B. Brown A Proprietors, after'a trial rrf twenty-years,ns “till opened to the public, with all the modern im provWnents aud increaspd facilities fur the ac commodation of the traveling public The proprietors rospeetfully return their grate ful thanks for the very liberal patronage extend ed the House for Twenty YeAP.s, aud assure their many friends that they will use their best endeavors for the future to give the same satis-, factiou that they have iu the f at. <7SB- Every attention given f? Indios and laauilies. THE BUENA VISTA ARGUS I u. c. BUSSELL, Proprietor. VOLUME 11. Ifaetetf HALF-WAY DOINGS. BT EUWIN EV'H i”M, Belubbe l fellow trabelers—in bold in forth to-day, I doesn't quote no special verso for what I has to eav, De Bermon will be berry short, am dis here am de tex : Dat half-way doin's ain’t no ’count for dis worl or de nex. Dis worl dat we’s lihbin in is like a c >tton row, AVliar every culiud gentleman has got his line to hoe; And ebery time a lazy nigger stops to take a nap, Do grass kecp3 on a-growia for to smudd.r up his crap. When Moses led the Jews across de water* ob de sea, Dey had to keep a-goin, jes as fas ns fas can be; Do you s’pose dat dey could ebber hab suc ceeded in deir wish, And reached the Promise Land at last—if dey had stopped to fish? My friends dar was a garden once, wbar Adam libbed wid Eve. Wid no one round to boddor dem, no neigh bors for to thieve, And ebery day was Christman, and dey got dar rations free, And eberythiug belonged to them except an apple tree. Eon all know bout de story -how the snake come snoopiu roua A stump-tail rusty moccason, a-erawlin on de groun How Eve and Adam ate de fruit, and went and hid deir face, 2111 de angel obeseer he come an drove cm off de place. Vow, s'poie dat man and oomanhaduttemp ted for to shirk, But had gone about deir garden, and tended to (leir work, Dey ryouldut hab been loafin wlmr dey had no buainess to, And do debbil nebber’d got a chance to tel* em wliat to,do. No half-way doins bredren! It ’ll nebber do, I say! Go to your task and finish it, and dens de time to play— For ebeu if de crop is good, do rain’ll iqnle de bolls, Unless you keeps a-pickin in de garden ob your souls. Keep a-plowin an a-hoen, and a-scrapin ob do rows, And when the de ginnin's ober you cau pay up wuac you owes; But if you quits a-work’ ebery tune the sun is hot, Da sheriff's gwine to lebby upon ebery thing you's got. Whatober ’tis you’s dribin at, be shore and dribe it through. And don’t let nuffin step you, but do what; you‘s gwine to do; For when you sees a nigger foolin, den, as shoro as you're born, You's gwiue to see him coming out de small end ob de horn. 1 thanks you for de.'tention you has gib dis afternoon — Sister Williams will oblige us by a-raisin ob a tune — 1 see dat Br udder Johnson ‘bout to pass - r aroun de hat. And don't let us hab no half-way doib s when it comes to dat! THEWAR 3ER*S’ DAUeHTER, Marion Hyde was a cripple, but for all that she was beautiful. Her father was a warder in a prison. Among the prisoners was one at the registering of who e name at his en trance Marion bad been present, and -A- DEMOCRATIC F.A.IIVEIILrS' NEWSPAPER. BUEN A VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GA., APRIL, 4, .877, something in Ills youthful though sullen face ’ attracted her pitiful glance. He had stolen repeatedly lrom his benefactor, and finally had admitted imo the house in the night time a gang of burglars, who lmd seeut ed considerable booty and made off with it in safety, save one, after severely pounding the proprietor ol the house. This one who was not able to escape betrayed the complic ity of the young man in the affair. He was tried, convicted and sentenc ed. There was no redeeming feature apparently to the story, but some how that face haunted the girl’s gen tle thoughts. Perhaps it was bi cause she had a young brother wh" was a wild lad, wandering just in dis grace, no one knew whither, and all the more tenderly loved by Marion because of his sad ways. One day as she leaned on the win dow sill, looking with a wistful sad ness into the yard at. the prisoners, one of them look and up, and, cLangi ri as he was in every wan, thin feature, she knew ag.au die black sudeu eye that yet were som bow like an angry , obstinate child’s. Her g.ance followed him as though fascinated, and as he pass from sight she sighed aofly and went iu to look at the prison record for the poor lad’s name. It was Aymcr Preston. The next she knew of him he was in the tick ward. For a few weeks she saw him there, but the gloomy eyes never softened, only gazed straight before them from their hollow sockets, or hid themselves obstinately behind the wasted lids. He never spoke, lie scaicely ate, a d the prison pay ician told Marion that lie w.is dying ot sheer inanition. ‘lt. is my opinion he is trying to starve Liras It' to death,’ he said. Marion drew near the sick ad. She bent over hiai and spoke with gentle firmness. But she might as Well have talked t) the wall, for all Mgn he gave of having heard. Marion left the ward with a shock ed and anxious tace. ‘Let me know if there is any change, or you thing of am thing that I can du,’ she then said to tin doctor. But at dusk the doctor was called away by serious illness in Ins own family, and near midnight the assist ant going his rounds, found Ayimr Piestou dead n bed. ‘lt's either make believe or heart break Dr. Putney said, when word was brought him, and ha ordered that Preston s body should be kept wrapped in blankets and not remov ed till he saw it. The order was obeyed but when three days saw r.o chauge in the form, Pr. Putney having meunwhih exam ined it, it was removed to the dissect ing room. Marion Hyde’s window command ed a view of this misterious and hor ror inspiring apartment. As shfe stood at her window that n ght she thought, with a vajfue thrill of pain, of the one cold still tenant • of that, terrible room. S h e was not a timid, superstitious creature, nor by < ny means given to nervousness ;so when she saw ti e window of the dissecting-ronn slowly Hi;ed, and a gaunt, wild face appear at the opening, instead . o. screaming Or running away, she stood still. Sh& knew that her heart was throbbim wildh, but she knew also that it was no phantom she looked upon. Dr. Tutnoy had heea right all the time, lymer Preston ivue’ Jot abaci, and hu lie was making one wild iffon lor liberty. Minion Hyde stood and watched him. kho could mot have called out just then it he had been’the most desper ate and Imid ned criminal within those walls. Besides, the |io >r wretch wus only mocking himself. Ho con not escape even now ex cept i>y a miracle, sue Saw him stop presently beside a window, which opened into an upper hall, and af.er a long effort raise it and slowly (Lag himself through. Obeying an impulse which she could not at the moment contrail, Marion sofily open, and her door and passed out without her crutch for tear ot tile noise. She reached the hall just a this poor wasted creature after a brief rest, was urging his halt paralized limbs to renewed effort. 1 Al the sight ot her he gasped and dropped it a swoon, and Marion hur r.cd to his side. She dared not leave him, so sl.e waited, rubbing his old hands between her tender palms, till lie at last opened his eyes and site made tiiin comprehend that she wanted lain to come with her. ‘I won't go back to prison,’ he whispered between his set teeth. ‘You peed not,’ she said sirnpl, and led him to her own chamber. There was positively no other ~lace that was safe from the strict search hat she knew would be instituted as soon as he was discovered missinir She procured some garments which had belonged to her brother, and as she goi him such fwd as would be safe for him so eat after ins long fast. Ho regarded all her movements with the incredulous wonderment of a child. ‘What has been the matter with me? 1 he asked, after awhile. ‘I could not stir any more than though 1 was dead, but I knew all that was going On about me. Ugh 1 it was fiighttul waiting there in tne dissecting room I believe it was only the horror of it h Iped me to break the frightful spell.’ ‘1 suppose you were in a sort of a trance,’ Marion said thoughtfully. ‘What are you going to do with me ?’ he asked again. ‘I don’t know, I am sure,’ she said, with a sigh, ‘but you are safe here till I can think.’ . ‘I don't expect you to believe me, i ut I am as innocent of the crime for w hich 1 was brought here as you a re. ’ ‘Guilty or innocen I pity you, you are so young.’ Concealing him till the hue and cry were over, Marion smuggled him through the gates in a woman dress with a basket of soiled clothes. And so the escape of Ayiner Preston’s escape remained a mystery. The years moved on. Marion was twenty-live. Her father was dead. Hot idolized brother had perished in a irrawl. She was aione in the world, an invalid', living ou the merest pit tance earned with her needle, but 'the same swe* t faced, sweet voiced git I who had won the hearts of the prisoners in the gloomy abode of which her father had been warden. One day she was sent to see about some embroidery. She was received by a young lady, aud something in the young girls bright face drew Ma rion gaze uuconc ous y. Where had she seen those eyes, so large aud so intensely black ? ‘Why do you look at me so?’ ask ed the yo,uug giid) with naive eager ness.. Annual Subscription, $2,0 NUMBER 26 ‘Tou remind me of &mie one I have known,’ Marion answered, shin 1%. . tPMXine,II ‘No one ever accused me df look ing like anybody but Robert ibifbre,’ laughed the girl. ' of ©ld.t wf j ‘Ah, yb-s, you do’. I see the r&Mn. hlauce now quite strong,’ arid Mari on s face flushed with emtttidu.' “Per imps yon nre related to him. His 'name was Aymcr Pivrton.’ ‘Oh !’ cried the girl springing up, and you are lame, and your name is Marion Hyde. Tell me, isn’t, it ? I knew it. Oh, Robert what will you say V She vanished from Marion’s aston ished eyes, with (he words on h r lips. She was back, however, in a trice, and with her came a tall, dark haired, heavily bearded young man. ‘Marion Hyde? Is it possible?’ ite exclaimed clasping both the little trembling hands and putting them over and again to his lips, which were quivering with emotion. Sure ly you know me?’ ‘You—you are Ajmer Preston,’ stagmn i’ed Marion. ‘I was Ajmer Preston, I am Rob ert Leisson. A rel. tire of my nu 1 1- er’s left me his for.una on condition of my taking his name. I have seaah'd for you vainly, Marion Hyde. My prosperity has been bit ter to me till now I find you. Oh ! you sha 1 never touch needle or work again ’ ‘No, indeed, that you shalnot,’ chimed in she who had been the means of this happy recognition,andas she said it, both her arms were round Marion's neck, ana she was and kissing her alternately. Robert always said he would never marry anybody but you, and you’ll have him won’t you, dear?’ ‘I have proved my innocence of that charge of robbing my guardian, said Robert, gravely. ‘But it was long before I could do so. Iti Low ed up the man whose testimony con victed me, till he la. dying, and gave me a written confession of false wit ness. My guardian paid him to in jure me. He wanted me out of the way. I will not be so abrupt as to ask you to marry me now, but as this rash sister of mine has said so much I caD do no less than testify to its truth. I have always loved your sweet, dear, face, Marion. I shall never cease to wish it my wife’s face till that wish is realized.’ And thin ho left Marion to his sis ters petting and soothing. ‘This morning I was alone—not a friend in the wide world, and now— ’ A bust of tears came to hov relief. She is Robert Leisson’s wife now, and her beau iful eyes are as dove like as ever with compassion for the unfortunate, “And what should you do,” asked a rather vain lacly of her little nephew, who had been assuring her of ber of his unbounded affection for her, “what should you do, Henry, if your good aunt were to die, and your uncle were to marry again ?” “Why,” replied Henry, without the slightest hesitation, “I should go to the wedding of course.” Indignant boarder to his landlady : “Madam, if you expect lour buckwheat cakes to go into five persons aud lfiftVe auy remainar allow me to say that you are decidedly out in your ritbmetical calculations, for they won't do it, I’ll trouble you for that plate o? hot one you've got concealed behind the sugar bowl.” He got ’em. iu: iwu Vm TO SdiUr W.fitf. Oort. mlOirtfiili hSI. mssnrj , JXKi sss&u neoui topics -alio original Phrtn*.Ssssye Bt £, c £/,‘g and Section. All etrtUfes should bt closely studied, tar-fully and legibly rrtitOm, and only on.ontside if the ikeet. The Editor reserves the nrjht to ntfset tag or all article) rubinitkd to hint, J it, ... Lemon Cake.— one lmlf cupsfii 1 flour, fchnee Hygur. two of butter, nine egg*, oe ten spot nfui salaratna, ttvo lemon , gra! n ; the yellotv simhfcfctlidflour. Squeeze the juitfe ißtn>a cup, and mix the salaratus ih it. Stir quickly fti the eake wlirile foaming. College Pudding.—Half poiind of bread crumbs, quarter of a of a pound beef suet, quarter of a pound of raisins, two ounces of cit ron, half nutmeg, half of one lem on rind cut thin, two eggs, quarter of a pint of milk, quarter pound of sugar; one and one-half hours to steam in a well buttered mold, serve with sauce. The vapor of carbolic acid lias been recommended to alleviate the severity of whooping cough, in cases where it has proved benefi cial a teaspoonfnl of a strong solu tion of carbolic acid crystals and glycerine was well mixed in a quart of water. From one to two gills of this weak solution was evaporated slowly over the gas in the room where the children were asleep or at play (with doors and windows closed ) twice daily. Indian Loaf Cake—One pound of Indian ratal, one-fourth ponnd of sugar, qu; rter pound each of raisins and currants; cutup the butter in the meal, poi r over it as uiuviU oc will make a stiff batter, beat the eggs very light, and when the batter cools pour them into it, add the sugar, dredge the fruit with Hour and stir into the hatter; bake in a moderate oven two hours. Fruit Cake—Two pounds raisins, three pounds cnvrauits, one pound citron, one pound bwtter,one pound sugar, one and a half pounds pre pared flour, oaa gill rosewater, ono gill molassea and ten eggs; spice to suit the tasde; line a pan‘with six layers of paper at the sides aid bottom; bake seven hours in a slov oven; raise the pan about an inch from the bottom of the oveD, and placed a buttered piece of paper on top to prevent scorching. Black Kid Boots.--Put some good black ink (not fluid) into au old cold cream or pomatum pot; All it about half full and set it in a cupful of very hot water, so as to heat the ink: melt down a com mon tallow candle and mix thor oughly to a smooth paste with the heated ink. This may he rubbed into kid with a piece of old flannel. It makes kid boots and shoes very durable, and the kids looks almost new as long as it lasts. A young lady writing to her swain,, is said to have invited.: ’“Hear—> —Come and see us soon. Wc have just got anew lamp, that will turn, down and make it dellcoilsly dark. Your affectionate . • ■ *• Women are said to have stronger attachments than men. It is oVinCed. in little things. A mail is often at tached to ail old hat; but did you ev er know of a woman having ail at tachment for an old bonnet? ‘Father, did jou ever have anoth' er wife besides mother?’ No, my boy; what possessed you to ask su<*> a question?’ ‘Because I saw j- /j! old family bible that you J . Anna Domini, 1836; tu 1 ' mother, for her own* ’ , ttr