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W. A. SINGLETON, Editor and Proprietor.
YOL, IT.
Cavtrs
t . k*t Uiulunii W. U.
AiTOIt,\EVS AT EAW.
BUENA VISTA. GA-
Will practice in the Jourts of this Statec
Aiul the District and Circuit court* of th.
United sule*. iuch3.-ly,
WoAfo o HOuse.
oiUiUlVlllO, GOOV o Ui.
Meals on the arrival of all trains
Fat c as good us the season affords.
J’i i.-e. ho cents a meal.
]2.J!I.IBU'A v r v
ATTOBNEYAT LAW,
UI’ENA VISTA, GA.
I\ L. HliDO 11, itt. U.
BUENA VISTA, GA.
tiny bo left at my resi
dence at a hours of the Uay or
lugUt.-%r
DR. E. T. MATHIS,
i. u. uu V itu, i*
IThIIh left at my office or reaidonce promptly
aiWudwJ.
bIMMOHS & SIMM3NS,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AMKItICUS, GKOUGIA
-5 arch id- i >r.
JaS. L. tfHASINCTON,
TAILOiI,
BI'ENA VISTA, U..OUGIA,
IV ul 1 r<-*pctfull_v atuiomcc t * the [u.l.'i. 1
ad ins ti ’enJa ill ti lien still at. liie po-;
r-ady for ail I:. is f tail .1 i g— C iui g
iut, Keimir ng, tl-aimii (t. sc. Tliose want
i.,jj measures los hd io iu 'a can gel ill tn
01 Him. csr Latest* * \lea ami fiismoH** .l- |
°ii iuixl. J s>. L. 13A*SIN(TON
MEDICAL i\mi
Dr. S. W, WonDßrrr will promptly atten 1
all cain in bis pru'aesimi. Day or night.
lie also eo tinuee In treat w ith Ins ti ini
•ueceta all kind* ol I'nronic diseases of long
eta tiding Female diseases will rewire his
apeeiai attention—lns rennsiies are mainly
taken fr in li e Vegetable kingdom, hut in
Ins treatment of disease , he seleetslfout hotli
Vegetable and Mineral, as nun be most eleat>
|y indiented Dr, Woodruff does not proles'
to be able to cure all eases but will certainly
bo candid ingiv g his opinion it. <-vet y e is.
that may apply to him and exert himself to
*he utmost of his skill to eulV ail who may
place themaclves u..der Ins treatment , ltr.
Woodruff can be found all h tire of the day
at his store, and at night at Ids reeidigr
North Enat corner public sq a e, unless til}
cent on professional hahnes .
FBMCII 110 1 13,
(PUBLIC SQUaKE, )
AMERICUS, GA.
JB. ILAfcCN, - - Frcp ntu
F.rat Class acc.mmuLtion, T.ie Collars p?i I'av
jgyNlo efforts will be spared to make the
•*l'bench House" the popular liote <>. Amer
icus. The best fare that the market aflor Is.
polite and attentive servants and eomiortali t,
aleeping accomiuoda ions wi 1 a ways be
found at tins House. Uisconvenient y situ
ated to the busiuess portion ot the city, the
post ottide and the depot.
USWHh_H t'JEt,
KSTAm.lsill-ID 1800.
Opposite * ai-cugerD pot. a.ueon, Ga
Three Dollar Per Day.
Steals 73 Cents, - - • Lodjinys 73 Cents.
This P >pu’sr Hotel. E K Drown S “
Propiictors. alter a trial "f 'wenty years is id
opened io tlie pub ic, wiih alt the unnlern im
lirovcmenis and increased taeitn e- f..r the ar
cotninadal ion <>f the Ti aveiing public
The pri prictur* respee fudy retu-n their grate
ful thanks mr the Very liberal
• and the House for TwKSTr V au. and *surt
their many Irieuds that ibey will use tlieii bosi
endeavors for ihe futureJl give the saute sail
factioo 111 it they lave in the j art.
iff' Every atiei.tiun given to ladies and
lam lies.
H. 13.F1 'KINCK, J K. PIUXCK.
IS, 0. &J. K. PBIJICB.
umtav, sAt,s
—AM)-
FEIB STABLE
DrAl.kKs in
Horses, Mules, Carriages, Bug
gies, &c.
Horn**, Buggies. Osrriagei and FTaeko to let.
et reasonable rate!—Good &tieds and Lull
lor Stock Drovers.
Cotton Aveuue, Americua, Ua.
J3UErSTA. VISTA. MATtION COUNTY GA., MAY 30 1877.
THE SECRET.-* OP MA3ONRY.
[Boston Commercial liul’etin.]
Tha story is told of a Mason's wi e.
Who pi tailed him almost out of his Ufa
I'o learn the socr.it what trer it bo—
The mystic word*ot Vnonary.
Said he. .‘Now. ‘ary, if T shoo'd tell
The awful words I know full well
W hen yon get mad, my darling dear.
You’ll rip tli’-p‘ out that a 1 may hoar."
Said she ‘Oh Ed vard. n ;ver' qovor!
They'll rest iu ray in art's r *ce s lorever!
I ell me, Edward and never more
ha l I scold or trot, or slam the door;
And I’ll try to be quiit with all in might.
No matter what hoar you come at night.”
No man, nmess he be made of wood,
■ ou and ras'at an offer so fair and good,
so he said • Now, nary, >lv woe or wca'
Depends on t .e word I'm about to rove il "
•Vli. Ned ” site answtr and, “you may depend,
I' 1 keep the secret till life shall eml"
Said le. “the secret that Masonr screens—
fhe awl'nl words are—Po k and Deans!"
scarcely a w ek had passed away.
When .1 ary got m id, tut what did she sav t
he shonted out that a . m ty hear,
“I’otk and beans !’’ I've got you tbr.
©omwttaicatiott.
CONVENTION QUZS riONT”
Mr. Editor:
I see Citizen has honored me with
a lengthy notice.
lie miecmistmes my meaning bv
thinking I ha I rdVrence to him, or
any ote h* re. He lias. I suppose,
heard in co mn n wits u< al.tla:
so.nc emine.t lawyers not’d parts
f his State haw :aid tiieir '‘uient
and lire and now depends ou a C n
vention.”
We have no lime now to reply to
him, Wi. have more import uu wmk
ahead of us.
We wi 1 say, however, this much :
If there was nop nut in < nr emm .-
nicat "n, Ci izen was more Iron hi and
about the abscence of tli .-p i tthau
we, slu took two and a half c litmus
iu di.-cussing it.
Much has been sni I ub ui th
homes lead, ami a diversity <>t opnions
are entertain and by both tin* , jipo
uent of the law, and .he Convent on
niist.
I have be n o po* <1 t > the t me
stend. I have nev r 'aken it, a.il
I hop I n< v r will. Non ■ of im
relai.es down lo third cousin ever
avtttletl themselves o' its lie eti s.
I w is mi • ■ I toe up n, who thought
it would have I e n better at ti ee ose
f he war, to have wiped out all > i
the o il and bts and have cornuim Cod
anew. I o-ved t o iii.iu, and h(I
th usinlsowi g to me. Tli* Con
sti utton of the United ■ tales : or.lid
.Malting void, c-n racts b tvyeen par
ties ami w pug ou was impossibl- ;
vet, il i could liav • be. u done, it
would lin e b on better I r u I par*
lies. Toe convention was
in the h 'iKes tai winch they enacted;
tor tlie very d-bl t out which the
homestead was in > tided to s iuUl t.e
debtor from p yin , were tlie ou y
debts which had te be paid.
Bit. Mr. Editor, teople and po'i
t cians blame the homes ead. and n
Radical c nv n ion f->r all our poli 1-
eal woes. We think they and) iot go
back to the star ing pout. Let u
iuve ig : te toe lac s.
Toe hoaiHStc id has done -oine
harm, and Inis doncoome good. The
evils of tlie law we all know. Sme
.ft ,c b niofits of the law is tile dim
inution of oppression, and the p e
ientive if I uded rist cracy, like the
privileged louls < f England, who
sei v© tli ir country so patrioti a ly(?)
It lias, io, materially diminished the
pauper c'.a-s of which bo much l- often
said, and so little telt. The home
stead and exemp ion law, is an effect
of a cause, nnd is no mor.* responsi
b e for tho evils of wli clt there L so
Ig.cat complaint, than the water
•A. DEUOOBATIO PAMILV NEWSPAPER.
v' h*-el iti f>r Iho turning of the mill
mtk. i ntii grind uml both do to
1, 0111 U C uu C.
L t us hive tijrate the fact w icli
eliminate iu th s gr. at- e< nv . ti u
ue.e-hit.. l*i'.or to the war, l.t> e
a us a co. tain amount ol pmpc ty ex
empt. .loin levy a lui sale, l’eop oDo
Came lUVolwd a U olilic.aos cou
ocv, U tue idea t, a ho ..tailing must
lie and no or ill. lr reed. do mi I j. on
er . ly, woul i produced s rcss. The
exemption ul ilut ime \v s ..ot suili
cient ia t.mt emergency ii ili- fwa
h ugli in uS ay L.w Tti i Stay Law
well'll allow ton cr and tor to sue, get
judgm ni.and mak t i ini pay the c> t
but woiitd not allow him to rat inly
the judgment. Tuis Ljustice wa
eontiuued ye t" aft y ar. With t>. s
worse than homestead iniquity, iicor
gia seceded, t.nd ft 1* lour ye is, with
waiting war, sh.' carried his i k>:>.
totch, upon her fidelity toco trains
refusing all the whi.o t ■ allow c e<li -
ors to 8.11 propei'iy for the sii f c
tion of tli, ir just and gicatly nea ,cu
c'aiins. The .illicit bu ei ‘ scalawag
liom steaii,” i owe er gn tit it.- i. jus
l e., is not the root our fin.tncu.
t cables, it is ou y a branch :_ru n
up from a long r ot, turning de*p
down ju ih. pa i diet' Sta. Li v suit
straituhi Tit w.r progivs e I ail ,
cl isc i wttli ihii h ig it to jus', oblige
tion resting u, on our peopc. 1 lie
sit render broiigi' entitle p.ti n <u
s a very. tie- li sis • pin wuich the va
iiditv of nnr debt* res“ and, v\ .- were
refuse I mnua ration by the gov rn
hi tit: !m<t i" iliiu : w t . wh c i o pay
ilm t! It .hoi' years w.iieh poitieian
had ref t.-e It" allow it* lected; wan
a tl starvation, covetous heard a-,
ui.n tlcnio aliztsil liv the wa , and sa •
p ii'et in >o| , witn n ili.-tr sse•.
soldi tv re'urneii Iron a v.in pt shea
ti li, to sec nothi g but tec is re.o .
vtiich tn s'y litvl tiuggl •w h r I an.,
.wig to prevent afflicting be country,
ivlicl wan te cessaiy. Ha i oar Deni
o ra ic po iticiaus not s >■ titled r. I cl
a tl na.'tctl tav laws but allowed, in
sti a , ere itorp to sell the property
~t debtors i • l av their debts, m i t
the pro er y wo ibl in a 1 probability
haw cliati .and amis, as i wili a}wiiys
di>, soon ror uter, tli re would io'
Imvfi Dee i a.nv ne e sitv f -r a R. tfu-a 1
cove tion to t em; t tn relieve t
nop e. b e use tov would
ha e paid i h con ederate tti ney
bct'. i'e the surrender. L t i*c re
sp >nsibi it v rest where it b long .
As the a r is fd’.l of I agrance <>l
this ci aract r I will notice olh
cl ses ol vOnv uli nist. fc> me dear
ly nve ‘•the ho is-> oar fa hers bail .'
••On. lathers’” premises had sev ra'
kinds ol’houses au< ah u them wer
ifterem od >rs, in some ol w i h we
stil fee a dee . inter st: not so much
howi vei as and and •■our lather . ’ 'l n>
couveiitionist, in their nomina ing
co iveutions Im'C anticipated tins
rtiguttle it. 1< la ivc to the flesh pots
and o orifo ous curdm* o f ‘our In
thcr” by try i g to put on the danger
breaks to k *ep tlm convention from
adopti--g ’.heir dangerous attd od -ft
ous jailing lor debt, or establishing
whipping post and qualification* tor
voting. Conveutiouist ought not to
blame oheis for using their own
tbuuder which is producing buoli con*
stenmtion among themselves. Yet
they do aud then vow they have
never heard an argument advanced
against the convention 1 Columbi
ana 1!
Bat I have digrets.d a little and
i will return.
Uu il ec mlv poll Iciots con'd see
It .thing lut Ri! alive, sral w g
Ism, in il o bom st ad w ieli si link
s > nine i ‘‘of th scalawag" as to re
quire a conv. rition. Hut now fe>
ing curse ' and denounced it, n and
r. ceived all the gains possible out of
it, tie fragr nee of this seal,wage
nous principles must ba made inaticn
.1) e.
Hear this ye men who wan a c in
vention to have tiie homestead abol
ished. Tuis is sharp in-oasis one*,
n i sn u and be iHiiic 1 and avoided as
g eat yas Stay L.ws, a id ail othe
ex post facto or relroac ive law.,
.•iiuuld bo.
Lei us suppose a case of iual eu
ale Jrjjrance, b cause we think it s
wrong to ;_i c ouc man, or set of
,icn. benefit., ot whiC-i o h rs u and i
tikeCtrcii nsiauet's would bn Deprived
A. il. and 0. owe II saoJ,od aeli,
under the . x.sdug i.oiuest ad law.
I'm y take I . D. can col.ee iug iii'
de >t only by se zing the proceeds,
tlepe .l it, and D, can only e. ntiuue
lae e .deciion IV mi he proceeds.
Suppt s•, however, afer taking
the present boniest a I, A. L. an i C.
~md e .o . du mg I)' . solve C' ob
t . 11 debts to tile UIIIOU .t ol $300,0h
o.ic i against iii u, and after the ro
p a’* o| t e pr sent U\. should,
t.ioiiph ho diiig a hoiucstcad ng.drist
i)., sell h iii out of his itouie. I think
he sliak w mil begi.i m toe center
and su idtv tiie ci cu ide.cuce. lit
nppo e me maleinabia Deuiocrai c
fray ranee stoiild lie g veu Hi s scai
av .g -see t,” Then 1) woul ii ave
the adv ntage of A. b. t l , b eaus
ai wo..id bo inalienable au l the rs
not.
Every chang- thov propose would
.vors vvors - oi tic p-or th.n rie >
m ii. Under tiia proposed changes
. ma i ca ' be forced ag dust hi, 'ire
esi into iioni lead, in sue t a way
s to 1- i nlie bl,- 1 r anything or
to any person. U dor tin- p eseu.
aw, li waiving a mi i can ge. n c
essur.es ot' If ;unh r the p opos and
0..a ages, h- co dd not, i> t would I)
a imrd uto die itw wliieli wool i re
ii ve i.iiu.
Bettor let it nlonc. People aiv
ccuslouied to >t, arc becoming ro
c incited lo .t, and co ins s y monei
--au be collect id under them when
pr per steps have b<en t ken, and
all class sac cont inuing to the in
terpret iti >u given by t e courts. The
pr sent h line, tea I does not force an
Hones, man not to pay id, debts, l>u
u ih r tlie pro, osed Detaociatio in
ali nib litv ot ho u stead sc u ology
an honest nun may b: forced no. to
ti) pay i ie.n.
And this is the po itioal leprosy,
1 understand, must of the con
veil ioa leaders are wanting. 1 te 1 !
\ou, Mr. E ito . the result ot every
convention. M e litiguti -u, uncertain
ty, and legal p rpHcily, sncce and ng
them, and • spect illy the last one;
whose effort to bring us over a f in
fill chasm ol Democ. a ic fl lanuering,
should te teh us the da -g rs, a id dil
ficuUies att end ex post facto or i\ tro
uC ive legislation.
luiipne, if you will, the planter
of this day, bulldozing the tcuaut,
whi o or black, who sltouid fall ill
debt to bis lotd at the end of tlie ]
year. Or the | uithaser ot dry goods
who should fail to pay I is merchant.
I say, imagine the crowds pushed in
jail, as a pretext, to get their labor
a 1 reduced rates tor a longei time.
Imagine your sons pushed away from
the polls because they do uot own a
ertain slim of money, or cannot tell
anything .boit Sin til’s Grammar.
lin gnc a whole train of legal sire
so immanent as to require iiistrnu
i nsf.oin themselves to their dclc
g it> s, and wi> can certainly not bo
.•ensured j ist'y, when tureutlonists
theiuselv. s see lit to instruct. T hen
i nag ne- tlio3e instructions not to be
Mirth a snap.
We will I ok n r tor some other con*
veutionist in our n it.
Esceptio.
THi UMLIABLE HOMESTEAD.
Mr. Editor:
I h .re is -uch a tiling as being kill
ed wit ti k u Incss. Our politic ans
are becoming too kind. They are so
dbaai I.* to determine to give to ev
ery man a horn stead. The) are so
kind an \ g uerous heartel, and love
the and ar people :o greatly, and have
grown so magnanimous lor lich tolks
I. .at they need some men ion. Mr.
hdltor, I wi 1 te 1 y-n what this re
min is me of, when the Devil took
Jjsus “up into an ex ceding high
mountain, and showed Him all the
kii g loins ut Hie worl I, and iheglon
of them, uml sai l : all these diings
wi 1 I gi e Time, if Toon wilt fall
own and worship me." So it is
wilt the polit e an, “..II these t irigs
wi]rr , giietheo”iftbi.u wil onlyvo e
fr me. The mostanmsinj par of his
off r which tiie Devil untie, just like
that of many politicians, was hat the
old fraud n ver owned a foot of laud
In ai. the world.
Th v are not only going to give n
o nestcad, but they arc going to fl
il sa that ain tn cannot uivh it. It
• eat ers not if his torn crib and
larder give* out, and li s only chance
of repleuiishing them ia by a waver.
uid Itis ta id y may be starving, or
his horse may die, because there is
u .thing t > fo and hi u on, and his crop
may be lost for want o. ran itts to run
it, and starvation and run stare hi n
>.. ev, ry side. His situation will be
somewhat similar to that ot Satan in
Milt n s Paradise L >st, w.ien he was
hurled from the batttemeu s of
Heaven. Nine dnyv was he falling,
until he landed in o tho yarning
av r. so - Hell when rousing himself
from the stupor occasioned by his
fail, lie surveyed the sttirounuings
and soli) quised as follows :
“Me miserable !
WutcU way stiiill I 3y ?
Which way I fly is He 1;
1 tay sail am i tell!
Au i m the lowest depth ;
A lower depth still threatens to euguli."
Tli * is a very good picture of the
man -add ed with ft home-tead. He
is not allowed to do with Ids prop- rty
a, lie may see fit. He is not looked
upon as being competent to transact
nis oin business, but must have
guardians appoint and for that, purpose-
Tell me. where i3 the man who is
w l'itig to give up all h s rights,
ior the pe ty privilege of getting some
holy’s property wi.houi compensa
ii ,u. If there should be such a man,
when he gets into trouble he can
have none of my sympathies. Tin
pit wide i ho dug lor others, will
piove to bo the one into wli'ch he will
fall himself. I believe that all in. n
should deal fairly, and hono ably,
| Men should never contr ict a debt
without a reason .bio prohabil ty of
paying it. lu sticn c .sesthen, there
will be hut little need ot a homestead.
I know it has been argued, that “a
man is in debt to his family.” This
ld> ny. How can he owe nis chil
dren, when be has never bought any
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property or borrowed ai y money
from them? If he ho has ever got
any pro *rty from his wile, eren she
cunnot come in on an equality with
his creditors, because in nine cases
out often, the wife has had the bene
fit of his indebtedness, and in eq
uity has been benefit ted more than
creditors. Now, Mr. Editor, I think
we should beware oi the politicians,
who are so anxious to give us ail a
homes cad. Come out agaiust them
on the wall.
MENS TeKEL UphaESIX.
Chinese Women.
The wie and daughters (says Pow
er) oi the Chinese farmer walk about
th - world with such feet as it baa
phased God to give them ; ami very
pretty feet and ankles they generally
■ re. In fact, what ever want ot beau
tv of lea.ure there may be among th*
Chiu i se Women, no one can deny
them the iner t of remarkably beanti*
lul f et, ankl -a, hands, aid arms.
Ot he lvst of the figure one can judge
but iuaiffereutly from their peculiar
though n..t u graceful Costumes. In
tu country villages tue young girls
and m ttrons may he seen ai their
mtor-, or grouped together beneaili
the iree*, or iu the yard attached to
ho tse, engaged in household or iauu
oc upation, laughing tue while in
merry cuorus to their work. I hav*
of eu, from the back oi my horse,
oo!;ed over tha low walls at such a
group—bat the r. suit was rarely
complimentary; for on a me coy
damsel < aichmg sight of my Saxon
face she w .uld scream an alarm to
.he rest, who retreated to the house
with a general screech. On reach ng
ih -tlireshol 1, h iWi-vor they would
generally stop >o giggle at the object
of th. ir fears, on tiudin M him not pur
s ling ritu savaga intent; or
sometime* the respectab e bearded
patna ch would lake th-m by tn*
snoukler, and iu .vpite of the r affected
re ist lice, push tuein all out
in the yard calling jokingly
to me at the same time, in some in
compreheiuible gibberish, probably
to eat the in up. I flattered my. of,
however, that I was not sufficiently
u ightial io a ar u them very much,
with a whole village with u call.
Suicide near Geneva.
Mr. Lewis Mcßride, near Genera,
was found in his com crib, wi h hi*
throat cut, on Tuesday morning last.
The Columbus Times says: "In
his bund or uear the body was found
h s razor, wi h which it is auppos*
lie did the hurtable deed.
The unfortunate man was about
sixty years of age, and leaves a wife
and a large family of childr. n. most
ot whom, however, are grown, to
mourn his untimely death.
vVe could learn of no cause assign
ed li.r the rush act. He was a good
farmer ami to all appearances a pros
oc ens one.
A Texas newspaper informs it*
readers wl at kind ot people they
want in tliai Slate. They have twice
too many doctors and nine times too
many lawye-s. In tact, they propose
to “swap oft” fen lawyers io ona
northern fanner. They would like
io ha vo n tew more good preacher*
and a great many less poor ones.
But the great want is fanners; “flvw
i mil ion good laruies” will tveievs
welcome within the borders of Texas.
But they want “early rising, bard
working, sober, good managing
men.
A Grasshopper Remedy.
We have had ibe grasshopper* hatch
ing out here for some time psst very
numerou'ly, but the pests nrs bginning
to be things of tue past. We have got
ihe upper hand of them. It is very
simple and easily managed, aud we ftis
killing millions of them.
Take a pi ee <f sheet iron, say ten
feet long, slid iwo or three feet wide;
turn up one side shout ons foot for a
back; saturate.a piece of cloth (calico
or anything) with coal oil and p'ace it
on the sheet iron; place the iron on ths
ground, and two boys can draw it. Ths
'hoppers wilt jump into it as it is drawn
along. They touch ths coal oil aud it
kills them almost instantly.— Ex