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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 Annual Subscription S2OO ISTO. 32 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