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lU'KSJA VISTA. GA.
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aitokney at law,
BUENA VISTA. GA,
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an,l the District and Circuit Courts of the
United States,
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BUENA VISTA, GA.
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It UI£N A. YiSTA, GA
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ready for all kinds ef tailoring—Cutting, Mak
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HiT!
B B. Hinton, Attorney anil Councelor at
Law, Americas, Gm, if now prcparato pro
cure pensions for the widows ? sflliherstof
the war of I*l2. as well as ponfdoti? foV*l
enmofsaidwar. B , B. HINTON.
ite gtrast fists iXnitw.
A Rebel Scout’s Adventure.
When the Federal army occupied
Culppepor Court House, and the Con
feitcra e army lav in Orange county,
Virginia, Gin. Lee desired certain
information which it seemed could be
best obtained by an individual scout,
and Stringfelfow was selected f,r the
service. It was necessary that he
should penetrate the enemy’s camps,
remaining cocnealed as long as po
sible, and return when he had col
lected the desired mformatiou. His
operations were to be conducted
mostly at night. He wished to be
accompanied by two men, one ol
whom, Farrish by name, had his home
in the immediate vicinity of the en
emy’s camps, and, being intimately
acquainted with all the country, could
accurately guide him from place to
place in the night, the same as by
day I ght. The expedition was under
taken on foot os the distance was not
great, and concealment was of prime
importance. The inen were clad in
their own uniform as scouts, not
spies. The country was a difficult
one for the operation of a scout.
From a long and frequent occupation
by both of the contending armies the
land had .been almost entirely denud
ed of its timber, and only here and
there a few thin clus ers of trees re
in lined One day hUd pass
ed since tiny had entered the ene
my’s line, iind with n grill fall they
commenced their wanderings among
the hoati o camps, mainly with the
purpose of locating the different
corps, and of ascertaining whither
any troops had been detached from
tt.e army ol the Potomac. The night
had been nearly consumed in this
way when, reaching one ol (he clus
ters ol trees of which I have spoken,
they layed themselves down to catch
a few moments of rest. A single
blanket covered the three men.
Ti-t achrfbus, lit al sleep! Their
fatigue wits great, and the night was
further spout than diey had suppos
ed, and Hit? sun was shining bright
in their eyes when a [ arty ot six
Federal soldiers wi ll their muskets
in their hands, pulled off the blanket
which cove red them with a humorous
“Goivd morning, Johney Reb! Woke
up!’ Stiingfudow, lying upon hi
back, was the first 'O arouse nlld to
comprehend the situation. Knowing
that an open a tempt to seize bis
arms would draw up n himself in
stant deatl), he feigned to be only
halt’ awakened, and. much to the
mu be in cm at his tormeuters, turned
upon his side muttering aud giumb
,ing at be.ng awakened, telling them
to go away and let him alone. But
by turning upon h s side he gave to
himself an opport unity of placing his
hand, unolisemed, upon the handle
of hi 9 pistol, and in another second
he sprung upon his feet and opened
(ire. His companions joined in the
attack, and for a lew moments the
Ihe tiring was rapid and fatal, ihe
Federal soldiers stood their ground,
but at such close quarters the musket
was no match lor the revolver. There
was no time to re-load nndcr the quick
eyfcsofStnngfclow.and once tUscliarg
the muskets were useless, A few
seconds terminated the encounter;
in which Stnngfellow found t iinselt
sole survivoi of his party. Farrish
was killed; his other comrade had
disappeared, he knew not how; four
of the Federal soldiers lay dead at
bis lect, and the two others, having
thrown down tlrir guus, were run
uing for the r lives.
But, though victor in this fight,
poriia multiplied themselves around
him. The trees among which he
stood were surrounded on every side
by open fields dotted thick with the
enemy's tents, some at a distance,
some close at hand. Concealment
was impossible, and he must run for
his life; but ruu in what direction he
might, enetnys would be sure to in
tercept his course, for the adjacent
camps had been aroused by the fir
ing, and the Soldiers who had escaped
would be sure to return with others
to avenge the death oi their comrades.
At a distance of a few hundred yards
a little branch made its war through
the open fields towards the liver.
Is banks were fringed with bushes,
and, while it offered only an utterly
lorlorn hope, Stiingfellyw tu:ned to
ward it and ran. He was seen by
those who -had already started lor
.his qapture; seen to cross the open
field; seen toefiter the brush on the
stream, and now vindictive shouts
announced that the enemy felt secure
of their prey. * -Butmotso. Entering
the bed of the stream, a kind Prov
idence guided him to the spot where
the waters had hollowed out for him
a hiding place beneath the roots of
an old stump. Underneath this
bank aud behind theso roots he lorced
his body, having hastily collected
what driftwood was within reach still
further to conceal his person; and
there he lay, half covered by the wa
ter and the mud and awaited the re
sult. From every direc-ion men were
A DEMOCRATIC FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
BUENA VISTA, MARION COUNTY, GEORGIA, WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 1878.
hurrying to the spot, with the perfect
assurance that the daring enemy
would sood be within their power.
For long, long hours did scores of
searchers continue to examine every
foot of the brush that lined the
stream.
Many times did hostile feet pass
directly over Stringleilow’s body, and
once a man more inquisitive than
others stopped, while walking in the
bed ot the stream, to examine the
very spot where he lav. But the
(billwood which he had skillfully ar
ranged for his concealment deceived
tlie man, and passed on without mak
ing the discovery. Toward afternoon
the search was abandonid. But not
until the noise of the camps was
hushed in slumber did Stringfollow
darc to leave his retreat. Then, fol
lowing for sometime the course of the
litile si ream, he passed in safety out
ol the enemy’s line, swam the Kapidan
between the pickets, and, thankful
to God for his deliverance, found
himself once more among his friends.
[Gen. McClellan, in Phttidelphia
Times.
Hogs Killing a Jaguar.
The wild hogs of South America
are very savage, and when aroused
know not fear. One night a hungry
party of explorers camped in a Bra
zilian forest, heard an uproar ol
grunting, squeaking and clacking of
tanks. “Pigsl" ixclaimcd all with
joyful ness, “now we’ll have a dinner.”
Snatching their guns they crept cau
tioulv to war 1 the sounds. Coming
to the edge ol a clearing, they saw by
the moonlight a jaguar standing on
an ant hill, about the leet from the
ground. Surrounding him wer. fifty
or ixty wild hogs, furious in their
<Hotts to get at their enemy.
The jaguar, with his tail stuck well
up the air, and his legs cl. se togeth r
stood Dalancing himselt on the points
ot thehibock. As the infuriated pigs
threatened one side or the other, he
would turn around and face them,
lie was evidently uneasy, and only
wiping for a chance to make a lush
and escape.
In a moment of forgetfulness the
jaguar slight y dropped his tail. In
stantly a pig seized it and pulled;
then another and another, and the
l). ast was dragged from his perch to
the ground.
The battle wur terrible. The yel
low body of the jagm.r rose up itb. ve
the grunting, sqeuling mass of pigs,
aud | owerful his paws struck deadly
blows Then he tell, —tlie uproar
subsided aud the herd dispersed.
The puny of explorers walked io the
battle ground. Fourteen dead pigs
were lying or, the field, but no jaguar
oa its remains were seen.
Presently one ol the party, picking
up a fragment of something, said:
‘•Here’s the tiger!” It was a bit ot
the jaguar skin. He had been torn
to pieces and devoured by tlie sav
age hogs.
Heeded Advice.
Gen. Lee used to tell the following
anecdote of Mrs. Bliss, the wife ol
Col. Bliss, of the army;
At a dinner party given by Gen.
Taylor shortly after his accession to
the Presidency, General, then Cap
tain, Lee, chanced to be on the right
of Mrs. Bliss at the table. They were
discussing army life, the separations
it entails. aDd how bard it ot en was
for an officer’s wife to know what io
do, whether to follow her husband or
stay with her mother. “Ot course,
Capt. Lee,’’said Mrs. Bliss, “like all
men, you think a woman should leave
all and cling to her husband.”
“Not so, madam,” said he; “my ad
vice is, stay as long as vou can under
your mother's wing. You never can
have more than one mother, but a
pretty woman can always supply a
husband’s loss.”
Years afterward he was again at
the right of Mrs. Bliss at a dinner
party, but Col. Bliss had died in the
meantime; his widow had married
again, and, of course, bore a different
name, and Captain had become Col.
Lee. After discussing several sub
jects she laughingly said, —
“Colonel, do you remember a piece
of advice you once gave me ?’’
“Indeed I do, madam. It has
been in my thoughts all day, I would
never have dared remind you of it.
You have followed my advice, I see.”
JPr- served In the grave.
The New York [Herald, publishes
the following :
Last week the body of Mrs. David
Whalley was taken from a grave where
it l,isd lain for five years, iu the Presby
terian church-yard, at Freeport, L. L,
for the purpose of placing it by the side
of the body of her husband, recently
deceased. It was very heavy, and upon
opening the coffin was found to be as
perfect as when buried, white as snow,
aud natural in expression. It appeared
to have been completely petrified’
THE COMMUNE IN RICHMOND
An Incident of the Rebellion.
Mnj. John W. Daniel, of Virginia,
gives the following graphic account
of the appearance and operations of
Communist in Richmond during the
rebellion and how they Were sup
pressed:
When Harper’s Ferrj was captured
at the beginning ol the war, all the
available machinery fur the nntnrfac
lure o! arms was taken to Richmond.
Hundreds of workmen and their
wives and daughters had been em
ployed m the arsenals and machine
shops, and they followed, the machin
ery to the capital in search of employ
meet. They got it. For*a time they
were regulailv paid in good money,
and everything moved smoothly. But
as the currency depreciated they be
gan to suffer. The mohey received
by the woikmen would not support
their families. As the war progress
ed Confederate notes became almost
valueless. Grant had his baud on
the throat of the Confederacy at
Peie: sburg. The wages of the work
men would not purchase food for
their lamdles. They protested, but
in vain. They were too patriotic to
organize a revolution. Ttieir womeu
however, formed a secret society bas
ed on Communistic principles. They
seem to have held that their husbands
were working for the Confederacy,and
the Confederacy was the only safety
of the grocers and shop keepers.
Without clothingand provisions their
husbands and sons must stop work.
IV.is would cut off necessary muni
tions and supplies, tlie government
would fail, and all be involved in one
common ruin. To avoid this, a gen
eral division of food and clothing
must be made. The wivi sand
daughters ot laborers and mechanics
throughout the capital generally join
ed in the movement,
While standing in Mam street one
unorn.ng the Major witnessed an
extraordinary scene, Hundreds of
women suddenly appeared. The
broad avenue was filled with them.
They came filing in from the cross
streets by platoons, and beg;.n to
sack the storm, Hbdow-e>ed and
gaunt witii hunger, nobody dared to
itaist Hum. A crowd of men hung
on ti e outskirts, offering no interfer
ence an 1 expressing no sympathy tor
the shop keepers. The women took
the stores in line, one alter the other.
They proceeded systematically. The
goods were pi!< and upon wagons drawn
by horses driven by female sympa
thizers. Not a word was spoken.
The work was done with terrible
earnestness. \\ In n the nub entered
a grocery a certain percentage ol
them piled the goods upon the out
stretched arms of the others, and
they were borne to the streets and
dumped into the wagons. The wo
men had it all iheir own way. Nei
ther soldiers nor police were in sight
Meanwhile the crowd increased.
Other women heard what was going
oi. and flocked to Mam Street f<*r a
share of the plunder. Not a man
joined them and for a long time no
one made an effort to stop them. At
last Congressman Baldwin, of Vir
ginia, jumped upon a drygoods box
and made an impassioned appeal for
law and order, lie might as well have
talked to the wind. No one paid the
least attention to him. The women
went on with their sacking, and the
bystanders drowned Baldwin’s voice
with their wuoops and cheers.
“While I was gazing at the scene,”
said the Major, “I saw a Captain ol
an Alabama cavalry regiment, with
whom I had a slight acquaintance.
We were both in uniform. We agreed
that something ought to be done to
restore order and stop the robbery.
At his suggestion we stationed our
selves at the door of a store already
overrun. In a few seconds a virago
tried to pass us. Her cheeks and
lip3 were red, but she had a pinched,
starved look, and an eye lika a hawk.
She carried in her arms a half dozen
bars of yellow soap, a piece of dress
silk, a long box of stockings and some
raisins aud herrings. I said:
‘Madame, I beg your pardon, but
you are forgetting yourself. These
goods aic not yours. You hnve not
paid tor them, and you will not be
permitted to leave this store with
them."
“She looked at me,” said the Ma
jor, “in a wild way, as though en
deavoring to comprehend what I had
said, and then went to the counter
and threw down the goods. As she
came back she deliberately took me
by the arm and slung mo from her
with such force that I went spinning
around like a top, and struck the
front of the building so hard that it
took the breathe out of me. She then
quietly gathered up her load from the
counter and walked out The Ala
bama Captain looked. at me and
laughed, but kept his hands in his
pocket and said nothing, I told him
I thought we were out ot place, amt
he nodded* M r e concluded after that
to remain simple spectators.
Meanwhile the women were ap
proaching the Jews’ quarter. Thn
Hebrews were credited with great
wealth It was said that they had
made barrels ol money out of the
Confederacy, and the female Com
munist went at thorn with a qualm of
conscience. Moses and Isaac, how
ever had heard what was going on
above, utid tried to protect them -
selves. They put down their shut
ters, barieaded their doors, ran up
stairs and watched -ifo- preceding*
from the second story windows. But
the women Were not dismayed.
While some of them ran for axes,
others found a long piece of scant
ling and used it as a battering-nun.
The first duoor Hew open amid the
cheers of the outsiders, followed hy
a wail of sorrow from the Jews. “O,
mine Kott I mine Kottl I ish rr in.,
ed! I ish ruined !” was the cry. But
they made no farther delence. In
deed it would have been dangerous
for them to attempt it, for if one of
the female robbers had been hurt,
the crowd of husbands and brothers
would surely have avenged it.”
“And so, ’ said the Major, ‘‘the
spolia'ioti continued. At last a ru
mor ran..through the streets “the
Governor is coming.” It proved
true. Down the hill came Governor
Letellers, accompanied by his staff
and a lew friends. He asci tided a
cart and made a speech, which had
as much affect as such speeches usu
ally do have. The mob of wom< n
kept steadily at work, and the Gov
ernor pumped himself dry without
producing the bast effect. The
crowd on the outskirts opened re
spectfully for him to pass out, and
the Jews moaned more pitiful than
ever. The women pitched in with
renewed vigor, and shawls, sugar,
poplins, bottles cf pickles, ribbons,
washing soda, tnusiius and bags of
hominy were pit died in the wagons at
the doors. Then a second rumor
spread over the c ow'd. The Presi
dent wa3 coining. This also pioved
true. Piesident Davis rode down
from ti e Capitol, fo! owed by Captain
Gay, with a hundred guards, lie
mounted a wagon, and ev rybtalv
was silent. I had seen him several
imes, but had never heard him
speak. So I forced my way within
ten feet of him, and siood spell bound.
It was the most eloquent speech I
ever beard. Tall and slender, he
swayed with emotion like the w How
in the wind. His words were caie
fudy chosen. He spoke of his expe
rience in the Mexican war, and, while
expressing his deepest sympathy with
the sorrows and sufferings of the
children of the Confederacy, sternly
maintained the necessity of law and
order.”
The Major heard that many of the
women stopped pillaging, aud gath
ered at a distance listening to the
words they could catch. At the close
of the speed) the President took out
his watch, and gazed at it long and
earnestly.
“Capt. Gay,” said lie, “order your
men to load with ball cartii iges.”
“Capt. Gay,” said the Piesident,
still looking at his watch, “if this
street is not cleared within five min
utes, order your men to fire down
.Main street until it is cleared.”
“Mr. Davis rode away. Within
three minutes there was not a soul in
sight of the Guards. The mob tun
neled itself into the side streets,
those nearest the President gave the
information to those in front, and
rushed against them with the force of
a wave. “They are going to fire!”
Tlie words were heard by the pilfer
ers ’u tire stores. They knew the
character of Jefferson Davis, and
they knew the reputution of Captain
Gay. Where Davis would not flinch
from giving an older, Gay would not
flinch from obeying it The women
dispersed as suddenly as they came,
and that was the eud of the female
Commune. They never held another
meeting.
Sensible Advice.
The Cedarlown Record givss the
following most sensible advice :
It is getting to be high time that our
people, and especially our young men,
the hope of the country, were learning
that it is to their best interest to stay
here and engage in building up and de
veloping the resoourcea of Geoigia.
Money does not grow oa trees in Texas
or anywhere else. It is made honestly
by hard licks and will directed efforts,
coupled with strict econemy and close
attention to business. It is made hon>
estly by chicanery, shaip practice and
dishonest methods. Now, if a young
man has decided to ‘live honestly, hurl
nobody and render to every one his due,’
he has a broad field for this exercises of
the gift that God hath given him, and
ample protection in Georgia.
The postal commission drew 110,000
for the expenses of their great i*nket
ing tour over ike country.
HEW GOOBS
AT GOLD AND SILVER PRICES.
TItK UNDERSIGNED HA VE JUST OPEERED THEIR STOCK OF
Spring and Summer
And, low as Cotton is, DEI GOODS, many of them, are loteer than Co\to
ever was. We bouyhl some of them cheaper than ever , and trill sell them at
GOLD and SILVER PRICES FOR CASH?
WE KEEP UP OUR USUAL STOeK OF
STAPLE DRY OOOOS, POCKET and TABLE CUTLERY,
CLOTHING. UMBRELLAS,
CARPETS NOTIONS,
HATS, TOBACCOS.
SHOES, AC., AC.
Some Extra Fine Pocket Knives and “Razor Steel” Scissors.
IN OVK
BMSS
We offer soma ENTIRELY NEW FABRICS, BEAUTIFIL IN DESIGN, and very
STY LIS II as well as very CHEAP.
OUR ASSORTMENT of CLOTHING
Was NEVER BETTER—NEVER SO CHEAP ■ It consists of Common and Fine Coats
IVitH and Vest, Linen Skirts and Collars, Gauze, and Check Muslin Undershirts.
OUR “BON-TON” CORSETS
Have proven to be VERY SUPERIOR, FITTING PERFECTLY and GIVING SATIS
FACTION to all who have tried them.
Y\7E offer no INDUCEMENTS to purchasers by selling a FEW LEADING ART!
1 CLES at LESS Til A N COST, but we do, and will satisfy all who take into consifi
eartiou the AVERAGE PROFII'S we charge, that we sell goods as LOW as ANY
house m southwestern Georgia.
Amerlcus. G-oorgia,
Latest War News!!
lias run down the prices of Dry Goods of ALL Kinds to figures never known
before,
LOW E & RUSHXI
during tile panic bought a Large Stock of Drees Goods, in latest styles,
STAPLE DRY-GOODS, NOTIONS, WHITE GO O DS
CLOTHING for MEN and BOYS,
SHOES FOR THE MULTITUDE,
HAf S—GITMIII <f LADIES’,
HARDWARE, CROCKFRY, GLASS-WARES a,o
TIN-WARES, and
SOSEETIIIJVG FOR the IIOTsRI
A REVOLUTION li\ CORSETS I
The celebrated CORK CORSET, recommended by Physicians, because iti
the most HEALTHY and COMFORTABLE.
LADIES AND GENTS’ KID GLOVES, A SPECIALTY.
LADIES and MISSES DRESS SHOES, from the best Factory, made
to our order, every pair warranted-
We are now receiving our Spriag Stock, and respectfully ask our
friends, and the trading pablic to call and see us.
Buena Vista, Ga., April 3rd, 1878. Lowe & Buskin.
BUENA VISTA •
The exercises of this school will bo resumed on Monday, 15th Jan
uary, 1878. The Spring Session will close at tlie expiration of twenty
our weeks, and the Fall Session at the close of sixte.n weeks, making
lorty weeks for the scholastic year.
The rates of tuition will be twenty, thirty and forty dollars for the
year, unless an arrangement now inaugurated can be effected, whereby
wo hope to reduce these rates from 25 to 80 per cent. .As the friends
and patrons of the Institution are vitally interested in this reduction,
we invoke their cooperation in making the school as large as possible.
We are assured that board can be had ia the best families at SIO.OO
per month.
We would urge'upon patrons entering their children at the opening
of the session. & !>AVW \ Principals.
Subscription, $2 00
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