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W. A. SINGLETON, Editor aud Proprietor. yoL. ii. Bate* and Itulos for Legal Adver Using. ■ Sheriff Salon,eaeh levy... $ rt faaaloH, each levy 7.0 Jus Collector'llsale*. ouch levy 4-00 Citation for Letters of Administration and ' (iuan1hmnhip...................... t • *-00 jVimUcHOonfordtnmlsetonfroin Aumiuistratlon OainliuiiHliipaml Enecutorahip 7.00 AiiulleaUuti for leave to Bell land lor our sq’r.. 5.00 Votive to debtor* uud creditors 1-00 l.aml Hales, lsl square, it, each additional... 8.00 sa'* of perishable property, por square 2..a I>-rav notice, 00 days 7.W Kotice to perfect service 7.00 ltules ni si to foreclose mortgages per sq r i.oO itules to establish lost papers, per square.... 3.50 Holes compelling titles. .. 3.50 miles to perfect services in diverse cases 10.00 Application for Homestead 2.00 All Legal Advertisements must be paid for in ud “Sflaud. &c., by Administrators, Executors or Guardians, are required by la w to be held or, the First Tuesday in the month, between the hours ot tell in the forenoon and three in the afternoon, at the Court House in the county in which the property is tW \mires of these sales must lie given in a nubile ga seiti in the county where the land lies, if there be am- and if there is uo paper published in the county lieii' in the neareat gazette, or the one having the argest general circulation ill said county. 40 days nrevious to the day of sale, Noticesforthc sale ot personal property must he, niven iu like manner ten days previous to sale day. Notice to the debtors of creditors aud an estate '''Noth'e that applicatioimvhl be made to the Court of Ordinary for Leave to Sell land, &c., must be publish ed once a week for 4 weeks. . ~ Citations for Letters of Administration Guardian dip etc. must he published 30 days—tor Dismission f t nut Administration, Guardianship aud .Executorship 4 "l/Idesdf Foreclosure of Mortgage must bo publish ed monthly for four months—for establishing lost papers for too full space of three months-for com ‘ 111,,,, tales 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 or dered. _____——. 4S.*i UUonic W7ii. UtBtWI, A'iTORKEVS AT LAW, BUENA VISTA. GA* \V ill practice in the Courts of this Statee and the District and Circuit Courts of th. United States. iiiclilff-ly, fdcAfaola: Ouse, Smithville, Georgia. {sap-Meals on the arrival of all trains Fare as good as the season affords. |Vino. 50 cents a meal. jOtrnij'A v r,“ A TTORNEY AT X, A. W, 1! Oa \ A v IST A, GA. T. L. WISOOH, Jfl. fi>. BUENA VISTA, GA. {©"Calls may he left at my resi dence at a hours of the day or ii:glit.“W D ft. E. T. MATHIS, iiucllU \ istll, Cjrti Culls loft at my office or residence promptly attended. Dec'if -1 y attorney at law, AM KItICUS. GEORGIA. Ulim-h 10-1 vr. MftMCAL NOTI(UIS. Hr. S. W, Woodruff will promptly attend a 1 calls in bis profession. Day or night. He also continues to treat with liis usual success, all kinds ot Chronic diseases of long standing. Female diseases will receive his special attention—his remedies are mainly taken from the Vegetable kingdom, but in his treatment of diseases, he seleetsfrom both Vegetable and Mineral,asmay be most clear ly indicated. Dr. Woodruff does not profess to be able to cure all cases but will certainly be candid in giving bis opinion in every ease t tat may apply to him and exert himself to the utmost of his skill to cure all who may place themselves under iiis treatment. Dr. Woodruff can be found ail hours of the day lit, his store, and nt night at his residence North East corner public square, unless ab sent on professional tiou IW, (public SQUARE,) AMERICUS, GA. JS_ EASON, - - Prop ritor. First Class accommodations, Two Dollars per Day rgTNo efforts wiU be spared to make the “French House” the popular hotel of Amer icas. The best fare that the market affords, polite and attentive servants and comfortable sleeping accommodations will .always be fouud at this House. Itia conveniently situ ated to the business portion of the city, the post office and the depot. Tails's gWESL, ESTABLISHED 1850- Opposite Passenger Depot. JUaeon, Ga Three Dollars Per Day. Meals 75 Cents, - - • Lodgings 7o Cents. This Popular Hotel, E. E. Brown A st Proprietors, after a trial of twenty years, is ill opened to the public, with all the modern im provements and increased facilities for the ac commodation of the Traveling public. The proprietors respeotfully return their grate ful thanks lor the very liberal patronage extend ed the House for Twenty Yoaiis, and assuro their many friends that (hoy will use their host endeavors for the futuro to give the same satis* faction that they have in tho past. Every attention given to ladies and fannies. BUENA. 'VISTA, MARION COUNTY, O A.. MAY 0,1877. Written for tho Bacna Viata Argus. Ilomcsfcitei liinv Mr. Editor: Sir: —I have not yet heard a man express himself publicly on the Home stead Law, who did not remind me of a man walking on slippery ground; and why? Is it because they are trying to please both the friends and foes of the law? They differ no less on this, than on other questions of im portance, and I think when a man is so sensitive as to the ground on which he stands, lie will get off as easy, and with as few steps as possi ble. That, however, is not the way to test the solidity of tlio ground they ought to occupy. They ought to thoroughly discuss the Homestead Law, and not be afraid of making themselves unpopular. It seems to me that the purpose for which gov ernment was formed, is in direct op position to such a law as the home stead, having any foundation in a constitution or a code of principles. Government was formed for the pro tec ion of 1 fe, liberty and property, and when a constitution goes beyond, or stop short of the accomplisment of these ends, it is defective, and does not meet the end for which it should be framed. When a clause is put in a constitu tion authorizing a legislative enact ment which says in effect: that A can buy B’s property; take the home stead and hold it, and never pay B one dollar ; does such a constitution meet tho ends for which it should have been framed? Reason says, no. But, it is said that “A cannot homestead on it until the purchase money is paid.’’ Vet A may, and some have done so, step over to C, and borrow the money to pay that note, and then he is all right for a homestead. Does a constitution which allows such injustice meet the ends ol justice? I think not, and believe you will admit tho same. It protects the property for A, when in fact it is C’s, and ought to be pro tected as G’s only. I dare say that no one would favor the homestead placed in C’s condition, not unless he believes right is wrong, and wrong is right. If the government wants a man to have a homestead, let it give him one, and not force Lis neighbors or friends to do so. Be iust before charitable, is good logic, or a sound fact, l’he homestead is not right, it is unjust, it is an abomination. I have no idea that it has benefited one man in twenty, who have taken it. Their credit is ruined, confidence in them is lost. Many fail to make sup plies to support their families, and they have to do without, or waive their homestead rights, and pay from twenty to one hundred per cent, be cause they have a homestead. These men have injured not only themselves and their own families, but poor men who have not taken a homestead, and have none to take, by forcing them and theirs to suffer from tho same pGr cOuLfi&ts Ou, accounts ur motley. All this comes from the homestead clause in the constition, which has driven people to the necessity of tak ing it, not to keep from paying those with whom lie has waived the right of homestead, hut very proba bly his neighbor, or those, in fact, the very persons ho should feel in duty bound to try to pay, has driven him to the necessity of taking it bvthc enor mous per centago charged. Some say that it is humanity to have a -A. DEMOCRATIC IFAYMIX/'S' NEWSPAPER. homestead, to keep from turning widows and orphans out door be cause, forsooth, their husbands and fathers liavo been unfortunate, im provident, intemperate, or in some way lost what they might have other wise kept. This may be a pretty theory, but the practice is burden some, and the principle is rotten as it can be. It is poor government and miserable mercy which secures home for one family, a widow and her orphans and turns two others upon the charities of world. Where is fhe difference ? The one turned out may, (or tho husband and father) have worked hard, and made it honestly, before man and God, and now when they come to die, they die believing that their families will be turned out upon the cold (for cold it is) charities of the world, and some other family reap the benefit of their hard earnings. And is this what some call humanity? If it is, I want none myselt nor do I think any one else wants it. Some people fa vor a homestead as long as someone else wili bestow r it, but don’t want to bestow it themselves. It is claimed this homestead is of no value, it is too large, and the poe plo can waive and sell or eat it up with some commission merchant, that we need one not so la> go, one they can’t waive, can't eat out, soil nor get rid of in any manner, under heaven ; a Jifa time possession, and then to the children and on down through ail time to come. Here is a man that, takes if, ho has got a life time homestead, can’t sell, give, nor waive it, if lie, in any way, gets out of provisions, and goes to his mer chant, willing to buy them, they refuse so sell to him, he has tak en the homestead, what is he go ng lo do ? He can not do without them; he is compelled to have them ; his children are crying for bread, and he has no way to get it, except by steal ing, or by leaving his homestead and working with someone for rations. What then will it be worth to him or his family. It is worse than our present one. Let. us not have any at all. Lot every tub sit on its own bottom. That is the only way it can stand ultimately. Let every thing a man lias be subject to his debts, and I assure you, lie will not contract any more, than he can pay. Confi - deuce will be restored, widows and orphans will have homes, and our country will again prosper. It is all nonsense to talk about a a man or men, as a general thing, doing right, without being force by just and equitable laws and if we have a Homestead, at all, which I do not desire, let it bo small, and not to effect the debts, contracted prior to the taking of tho Home stead; men can deal with them, un- and with open eyes and not he swindled out of what they sold in good faith. I dare say there will not he many who will take the benefits of tho homestead law, when it will only effect their future contracts, and this is the only way, that I can conceive of to have a homestead in accordance with jus tice, and the principle upon which governments are form, for the pro tection of life, liberty and property. With the homestead law, it is almost, if not quite, impossible for our offi cers to make their bonds, and I doubt very materially, whether one halt of the' officers in our county have com plied strictly with the law, or not. One fugitive is now in Alabama, that would have been brought to justice, or liis bond paid, had it not been for the abominable homestead. Yet sou l l will contend for a homestead in tho facduf all this. It has been, and is yet a curse upon our people. It brought, or helped to bring, them to poverty, and from poverty will come deration. VOX POPULI. *. * ♦ - * —~ The Ciijiliiiii of Ihe^Caribooi Old Hezekiah Gatherem was a sol id man of Poston. Like a great many other men simi larly fixed, by reason ot his wealth, old Gatherem was as conceited as a col lege graduate, and as contrary as a drove of Kansas mules, and as proud as a young parson ; and when in the fullness of time, Jack FuHa way, the Captain of the little brig Cariboo, asked him for the hand of his daughter Jenny, old Gatherem’s face grew as red as the good port wdne he was in the habit of drinking, and nothing but Captain Jack’s rath er muscular appearance saved him from being kicked across the street into the baker’s shop opposite. ‘What, sir, you— you. the captain of a miserable little West India su gar-drogher—marry ray daughter!’ ‘Certainly, sir. Wouldn't think ot taking her without marrying tier,’ said Capt. Fnriaway, coolly. Old Gatherem rang the bell vio lently, and ordered the servant to show Jack the door. Don’t trouble yourself, Mr. Ebony,’ remarked our maritine friend, p’ac i lly. ‘I rather labor under the de lusion that I can manage to find iny way out alone. Good-day, pa. Hope 10 find you in a better humor some other time. I won’t object to Jenny on account of her near reladves.’ But Jack departed rather ruefully for all that, for bonny Jenny Gath erem had gotten him fast tangled in her golden brown hair, and it had been his waking dream during many a lonely watch on deck, as the little clipper Cariboo danced merrily over the phosphorescent waves of old ocean, to make her Mrs. Furlaway and he had even gone so far as to re solve to be a very dutiful and re spectful son-in-law to that disagree able old person, her lather. Jenny met him just around the corner, like a faithful little sweet heart,, and Jack dolorously enough told her the diref il result ot his in terview. ‘Never mind, Jack, dear,’ said Jenny consolingly, ‘something will be certain to turn up favorable. Wait patiently, and if the worst must come, why— ’ And the young dams; l’s eyes spar kled in a manner which presaged no very good luck to the solid old per son of Boston. So Capt. Furlaway squared the yards of his skimmer, the Cariboo, for the West Indies, and by way of giving vent to his ill feeling toward Mr. Hezekiah Gathercm, carried sail on his craft until the water roll ed in torrents over her sharp bows and the old salts wondered what the and —euce had come over the ‘old man,’ that he cracked on so much dimity, and, finally settled down into the be lief that he was racing fer a heavy bet with tho famous Fiery Cross, whose long black hull and towering pile ot canvas had lain on their wind ward quarter longer than any ship had ever yet succeeded m doiDg. Much port wine, much conceit and ranch bad temper had made old Gatherem sick, and tho learned leeches of tho Hub bad advised a change Of air, and recommended the balmy atmosphere of the ever-faith ful isle of Cuba, so that cheerful old gentleman packed his trunks, and, fearing some enterprising young Bos tonian might steal his daughter while he was gone, also packed her along, and took passage in the A1 clipper Skymme Mylke, a ship owned by va rious pious persons, and named by them after their beloved pastor. Tim Skymme Mylke boomed along at a roaring gait and soon the lights of Boston harbor were far behind her. The solid old paify was very sea sick, and as he tried to heave his boot-heels upward he hove curses deep and wrathful at the doctors who had persuaded him to trust himself to the uncertain motions of a shard clipper divided into a head sea. Though the Skymme Mylke was owned by persons of piety, and nam ed after a person of sanctity, her master Capt. Ralph Rattler, was by no means religiously inclined. Xo one ever knew whether Capt. Rattler swore most or drank most. At any rate he drank enough to carry sa.l until his ship opened a seam, and while he became conscious that ho was cracking it on a little too heavily and endeavored to take in some of his canvas, the gale saved him the trouble by sending his masts over to tho leeward, and the gallant Skmine Mylke rolled and pitched and floundered, opening more seams, and commenced sinking rapidly. At last down went the ship, and Capt. Ralph, his sea-chorubs and the passengers, committed them selves to the tender mercies of a rickety raft, with scant provisions and water, and for a week or more they scanned the lonely sea with anx ious eyes for a delivering sail. Jenny bore up bravely as women generally do, but her grumpy old parent had ceased to be solid, and the lamentations of Jeremiah were as zephyrs compared to those he sent howling through the atmosphere. He vowed he would give his whole fortune to the captain who would rescue him, he sworo he would add himself to the bargain, and wait up on his deliverer as a servant daring the remainder of his natural life. At last, one day a white spot not larger than a seagull’s wing appear ed on the horizon, and soon the roy al of a square rigger could be seen, and then one sail after another rose out of the sea with wonderful rapid ity. ‘That’s a skimmer,’ said Captain Raph. ‘That’s an angel, sir,’ said old Gatherem. It was not long before a sharp Ut ile brig dashed by, and hove to with in a hundred yards of the doleful crew on tho raft. Jenny could not restrain an excla mation of joy as she read the word ‘Cariboo’ in golden letters on the quarter-boards of the new comer, and when Jack made his appearance on the quarter-deck, she waved her handkerchief at him in a very frantic manner. Jack, not knowing who it was, was acting in the coolest possible way. Soon a boat, manned by sturdy rowers, was alongside, and the wo- Annual Subscription S2OO :isro. 28 j men and children were taken on board of the Cariboo. Old Gatherem prayed to be taken among the first, but tlm second mate of the brig, who was in command of ihe boat, was obdurate, and he was forced to content himself with the re flection that he was saved, at any rate. When Jenny’s foot touched the deck of the Cariboo it stopped just long enough for her to bound to the arms of the astonished Fnriaway. As the novel writers say when they get hold of something they can't properly describe, ‘wo drop the cur tain upon the scene.’ And now we grieve to relate that Capt. Furlaway was guilty of a very reprehensible stratagem, having for its object the destruction of the peace of mind of Mr. Hezekiali Gatherem. Hu handled the brig like a pilot boat, and laid her close aboard of the rafh ‘Raft ahoy!’ be hailed. ‘Are there any doctors of divinity on board ? ‘Sir,’ reproachfully exclaimed a long, lank man, who had just arisen from a codfish-box ‘we are from Bos ton ! There as seven of us,’ ‘One will do,’ responded Jack. ‘The rest of you bad better offer con solation to my father-in-law-who is-to* I>e, Mr. IJezeldah Gatherem. The boat is going for one parson and some more of the passengers.’ ‘When the second batch were safe ly on board of the Cariboo, Jack again- hailed the raft: ‘I say, pa,’ said he, ‘l’m going to marry Jenny. WiU you give me your consent?’ ‘No,’ came grimly from the raft. ‘Then, I’m obliged to say that you will be very apt to inhabit that raft until you do give us your consent. Nice place, ain’t it?’ It was all the six brethren could do to keep him from jumping overboard, but finally a sea a little wetter than the others brought him round, and lie roared something which sounded like: ‘Take her anil be—happy !’ only ‘happy’ wasn't the last word. So the long, lank parson from Bos ton, made them one and indivisible as they stood on the windward side of the quarter-deck, and, after the remainder of the unfortunates were safely on board, the Cariboo bounded lightly, with a spanking breeze, to ward the port of modern Athens. And Capt. Jack Furlaway says that nothing but pure coaxing ever in duced the old gentleman to consent, but Mr, Gatljercin has his own opin ion about that part of the subject. A Rcraurkablc Calf. Wo heard yesterday of a calf that is certainly n great curiosity. It is of the Ayrshire breed and is owned by Capt. Brit Da vis,near Green Ilill. At six months of age the calfs udder was so largo that it was milke 1 and half a gallon of milk was obtained at the first milk ing The calf is not yet one year old, is not weaned and is milked twice a day. The milk is used freely by the freedmen on the place who pronounce it very palitable. Our informant states that Capt. Davis proposes to test the milk shortly in order to ascertain if it will make butter. We deem this the most remarkable freak of nature of the kind ever happened in the State of Georgia. If there ever was a simi lar case we would like to hear of it. —Lumpkin Indt.