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IT. 7£. BUTT,
ATTORNEYAT LAW,
m'KXA VISTA, GA.
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AMISRI.CU3, ----- GA.
nniTANKFUL for pnst favors I respect-
I fully seWcit a continuance of tlie
patronage of tbo good people of Ma
rion .. l*tiooti ioßaouable, aiicl in
ducements offered those ntr. distance to
visit my office. Rooms on Lamar St,
two doors from R U Black’s Shoe Store.
September Bth.
1675 1876
FEMALE COLLEGE
01 'lt Scholastic y‘-ar is divided into thro* tormst
beginning September 20th, January 3rd, April
Int, anil cloning Commencement Hay, the laid
\Ycdneyd2y in Juno.
CHARGES PR.il TERM.
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3/usic and use of Phmo 19.00
Payments in advance or monthly.
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f'l ;e J’aMsenyrr Depot,
M AGON, GEORGIA.
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In the most elegant stylo, and ;: prepared with every
facility to accommodate its old friends and tho public
generally. It is
CENTRALLY LOCATED,
and
Immediately Opposite the General Fasscnger Depot
-Tlv v Hotel presents unusual advantages to visitors
to the city.
The rooms are constructed and fitted up with a
view to the comfort of the guests, and the table is al
ways supplied with every delicacy of the season.
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Sept24-lyr Proprietors.
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Smithvillo, Georgia.
JKjF-Meals on tlic arrival of all trains
Faro as good as the season affords.
Price, 50 cents a meal.
il. L. FnKKOB. J. S. Eason.
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VOLUME I.
J<br the Bunn a Vislu Argus*
Directions for Making Public School
Reports for the Commission
ers Office.
CIRCULAR NUMBER TWO.
Office of C. S. 0., )
Buena Vista, Geo., r
September 10 th, 1815. )
Teachers of public s’choola will ob
serve the following directions in ma
king their reports to this office.
Blanks will be sent lo them.
Ist. Give the name of the Acade
my.
2nd. Give the name of the teach
er.
3rd. Give the name of tho sub
district in which tlio school hus been
taught.
4th. Give the names of each pu
pil with the number of days each at
tended school.
sth. Give the number of male
beneficiaries admitted in school.
Cth. Give the number of female
beneficiaries admitted in school.
7th. Give the total number of
beneficiaries admitted in school.
Bth. Tho average daily attend
ance in school.
9th. The number admitted in
school, who were over 18 years old.
101 b. The number admitted, who
were under six years old.
13 th. The amount charged for tu
ition ior those over 18 and under C
years old.
12th. The branches taught.
13th. The number pursuing each
branch.
14th. Whether colored or white
school,
15th. Tho length of public school
term.
16th. Whether common or high'
school.
17th. That none of them have at
tended public school elsewhere.
18th. Where beneficiaries have
been received from other districts
than that in which the school was
taught, teachers will report them
separately from those of his distrh t
proper, and in addition to the fore
going points will report the names of
parent or guardian of each, the sex,
tho sub-district and if any were re
ceived from other eorn'ics, care
must be taken to report the county
and sub-district.
All reports to this office must be
made by the Ist of November. Com
pliance with the foregoing directions
will avoid much annoyance and se
cure a just apportionment to teach
ers. Respectfully,
W. A. Singleton, C. S. C.
An Elephant Stoey. —Toll my
errand children that an elephant
here had a disease in his eyes.
For three days he had been com
pletely blind. Ilis owner, an en
gineer officer, asked my dear Hr.
Webb if he could do any thing to
relieve the poor animal. The
Hector said he would try tho ni
trate of silver, which was a remedy
commonly applied to similar dis
eases in the human eye. The large
animal was ordered to lie down, and
at first, on the application of the
remedy, raised a most extraordina
ry roar at the acute pain, which it
occasioned. The effect however,
was wonderful. The eye was in a
manner restored, and the animal
coni and parti ally see. Ths next and ay,
when ho was brought and hoard
the Doctors voice, he lay down of
himself, placed his enormous head
on one side, curled up his trunk,
drew in his breath, just like a
man about to endure an operation,
gave a sigh of relief when it war
over, and then, by his (trunk and
gesture, evidently wished to ex
press his pratituno. — Letter from
Bishop Wilson.
r>EiyLOOP?.A.TXC newspaper.
BUENA VISTA, MARION C’QUHTY, OA., OCTOBER Ist, 1875,
THEiOSi VANGUAIiD.
THE TERRIBLE COLLISION OF THE TWO
BRITISH IRON CLADS.
The mails bring full reports of the
collision in tho Irish Channel of the
ironclad Iron Duke with the Van
guard, on tho 2nd iust., as follows:
The Ships left their anchorage at
about half past eleven and steamed
toward Queenstown. Scarcely had
they left when they were enveloped
in a very dense fog. At a quarter
to one o’clock in the day, about an
hour and a half after leaving the
roads, the licet were off Bray Head.
Tho lookout of the Vanguard, which
was then going only five or six knots
an hour, suddenly saw through the
fog a large merchant ship right
ahead. To avoid a Collision with
this vessel the Vanguard ported her
helm. The result of this manouvre
was to present the broadside of the
the ship to tho bow of the Iron Duke,
then about a cable's length behind.
The Vanguard's officer must have
thought there was time to get out of
the Iron Duke’s way, but he was mis
taken, ior suddenly tho Vanguard
people saw through the fog the jib
boom of the Iron Duke not fifty yards
off. Both captains gave the word to
rovers engines and back, but it was
too late, and tho Iron Duke ran into
her consort with tremendous force,
striking,lipr amidships with her plow
or ram, and dashing in her side al
most from keel ’to The
bows of these vessels are, we need
scarcely say, provided with iron
“rams” for the express purpose of
sinking an opposing vessel by a sin
gle blow, and the event showed that
the Iron Duke was only too well fit
ted for her deadly task. Her iron
beak ground to powder the armored
broadside of the Vanguard, and in a
second the water poured through the
orifice, the engine fires were extin
guished and the vessel began rapidly
to fill. There were some 450 human
beings on board 'the Vanguard, and
as tlio waters rushed into the hold
their situation was a terrible one.
There was no time to even think of
saving property, and it is understood
that not a single article, valuable or
otherwise, belonging to the ship was
rescued from tfie wreck—in tact, of
ficers and men arrived upon the deck
of the Iron Duke possessed ouly of
the clothes in which they steed and
whatever jewelry or valuables they
may have had about their persons at
the time of the occurrence. There
was no time to run down to remove
clothing or other property, and nobo
dy thought of doing so, all being in
tent ujjon self-preservation. The ut
most discipline and coolness prevail
ed, although hope is said to have de
serted the crew; but they.looked what
seemed an inevitable fate sternly in
tlic face, and, the stronger men en
deavored to support and cheer their
weaker shipmates. Both vessels
were powerful “ram3,” but the Iron
Duke was by far the more powerful
of the two, and the fearful effect of
her crushing weight upon the broad
side of her consoit may be imagined.
The first named vessel suffered insig
nificant damages, her bowsprit and
fore gear, or “head-gear,” as it Is
called, having only been carried away
while
THE VANGUARD SUCCUMBED
with guns, ammunition, accoutre
ments, largo stands of small arms,
and, in fact-, with all appointments
'of ‘ h firs’t-ciass man-of-war, whose
construction cost nearly £500,000-
The sunken vessel has been occupied
'for several years as the guardship at
Kingstown. No lives have been lost,
and tho crew escaped unhurt with
the exception of three men, who rc
ceivcd some contusions during their
transit to the Duke. The wails of a
. Javoritc dog, who alone met a wate
ry grave, were heard above the gen
eral din.
At tho lime of the collision it ap
peared that, owing to the density of
the fog, the Iron Duke and Vanguard
at all events were not proceeding at
a speed of more than five or six
knots an hour. On leaving the man
of-war roads in Dublin Bay, the
squadron steered north of the Kish
Light in order to get into the deep
sea track, and afterwards the ships
headed southward. On nearing
Wicklow Head the lookout on board
the Vanguard perceived a large mer
chant vessel looming a short distance
ahead, and in order to avoid running
into her the order was given to put
the helm hard a port. Capt. Daw
kins, of the Vanguard, was on the
bridge amidships when the catastro
phe occurred, and, being in a state
of anxiety, was carefully “coursing”
tlio ship. At first sight of tho extent
of tlio damage done, it
was believed impossible that tlic ves
sel could long remain afloat. The
water rushed in through tho aper
ture, and with a hissing, soothing
sound, forced its way through the ship
in ail directions. Captain Dawkins,
like an experienced sailor, instantly
\ad
EVERT MAN AT II IS TOST,
with peremptory instructions to re
main standing by their duty to the
last. The result was the mainte
nance of the most excellent order.
With calmness and regularity the
boats were lowered and proper prep
arations were made for transferring
the crew on board according to sen.-
ority of station. In the meantime the
Iron Duke, which had become hid
den in the fog after the collision,
again appeared in sight, and also low
ered her boats, and of course her of
fleers and men assisted to the utmost
extent. Tho first batch of men or
dered to descend to the boats wero
Composed of the lower rank —the last
to leave the ill-fated ship were Cap
tain Dawkins and Commander Lan
dy. Naturally enough tho interval
of time between tho colliding of the
vessels and tho sinking of the "V an
gnard was nearly ail occupied in
transferring the crew by tho boats to
tho Iron Duke. No time was left to
any one for saving property. Valu
ables, clothes, all had to be abandon
ed, in some cases, of course, with
great reluctance. Many of tho un
fortunate men had considerable sums
of money in their lockers. In one iu
slancc a remarkable illustration of
affection was given by one of the
tars. When every ono had been got
safely away, tho poor fellow discov
ered that the ship’s dog was left be
hind. Just then the howling of the
animal could be heard as tho water
poured into tho Vanguard, leaving
tlio pot of tho crew r.o means of cs
capo. Jack’s feelings wore touched.
He had always loved the dog as a
second self, and it was with tho ut
most difficulty ho was prevented go
ing, at the imminent risk of bis life,
to the rescuo of tho dog. Though
thankful, as sailors know how to be,
for their miraculous escape, ono of
tho Vanguard men assured mo it was
with feelings of the utmost reluctance
they left their old house, whose sink
ing they witnessed with sadness.
When nows of tho di'cadful occur
rence was brought to Kingston yes-
NUMBER 2.
terday by the Iron Duke the utmost
consternation was occasioned, and
every one seemed anxious to get to
the scene of the disaster. An unus
ually rough, chopping sea, however,
dampened the general ardor in this
respect. The trip was a most un
pleasant one, and beyond tho natu
ral curiosity to see immediately after
the occurrence the place whore such
a magnificent ship went down very
little was to be gainod. Nothing
could be seen yesterday but the top
mast heads over the water, tho royal
masts being housed. Tho Vanguard
went down in eighteen fathoms of
water, the Kish Light bearing west
by northwest, oight miles from the
place where she at present lies.
ADMIRAL TARLETON
is returning from Queenstown in the
Hawk tender, with a number of di
vers on board, and will immediately
visit the sceno of tho wreck for the
purpose of testing what can be done
toward raising tho sunken vessel. It
is understood that one of the hands
connected with the engine-room on
board the Vanguard had the pres
ence of mind to let the steam escape
from the boilers and generators,
thereby preventing an inevitable ex
plosion that would have resulted in
great los3 of life. The Victoria rev
enue cutter, Commander Joseph Mc-
Cullen, left the harbor next evening
to anchor in close proximity to the
Iron Duke in case her services
should be required. The officers of
tho Vanguard have lost all their pro
perty, including their mess plate,
which is valued at £260. It is ru
mored that thero were three chests
of money on board for the purpose
of paying off the men at Queenstown
but this statement lias not been au
thenticated.
Tho accident was a subject of in
tense mortification in Naval circles.
The violation of ordinary prudential
seamanship in steaming in close or
der seven knots an hour in such a
fog is freely commented on, and the
whole affair will be made a subject
of rigid inquiry by a naval court.
Quickening the Germination of
Seeds. —We have before referred to
the experiments made with cam
phor as a means of hastening the
germination of seeds. Some time
ago Goeppert attributed a similar
property to chlorine, iodine and bro
mine. According to tho Comptes
Rcndus, these statements have re
cently been confirmed by the experi
ments of Heckel. The seeds of Ra
phanus Sativus, exposed to the action
of pure water, began to germinate
after an average interval of eight
days; similar seeds, kept moi3t with
iodine water, germinated in five days;
with bromine water in three, with
chlorine water in two days. The mo
nobromide of camphor was found to
exhibit greater energy than either of
its constituents taken separately, or
than a simple mixture of bromine and
camphor, germination occurriug af
ter a mean interval of thirty-six
hours. No explanation of this singu
lar property is suggested. Tho al
kaline borates and silicates were
found to retard germination, even in
relatively small proportions: stron
ger solutions checking tho process
for an indefinite period. Arscnious
acid and the soluble arseniates pre
vented germination altogether by de
stroying the embryo.
PETiiTT Red Die for Wcon. ~4To 2
lbs. genuine Brazil dost add 4 gallons
water. Place the articVs, immersed in
this liquid, in a suitable vessel, boil
fhom for throe hours and let them cool,
thou add 2 oa. each of alum and aqua
fortis, and keop lukewarm until the re
quired shade is obtained,
gut mi mm
A.. x. r:. RUSSELL,
Killtor iSr Proprietor.
katks or stnacttiPTioxi
One Year $2,00
Six Months 1,00
Tlireo Months 75
Alwnya in Advance.
Country Produce tnUn alien SnkriWs cannjt
Pay Cash.
I THE DEW DROP.
I went out one morning Cnrly to
sec the dew-drops; there was one on
every blade of grass. 1 stooped down
and looked at them, and tho grass
said, “Arc you come out to see me?”
‘•No, to see tlic dew-drops.”
A little sparkling drop shook him
self up, “What,” said he, “what was
that!”
* ‘Come out to sec you, beautiful
dew-drop,” I said.
“What for?”
“I love to see tlic blue sky reflec
ted in your bosom.”
“That is because I am pure,” said
tbo dew-drop; “heaven is always
reflected in a pure bosom. Yon can
not see heaven in the bosom of muddy
water, nor in the heart of a wicked
child. Toll tho children who lovo
Jesus to be pure, even as he is pure.”
T picked up tho blade of grass to
look closer at him. Just then tlic sun
began to rise, and the daw-drop
changed from blue heaven color to
growing sunlight. It shone like a
little sun as 1 held it, and looked
lovelier than ever.
“Beautiful!” I said.
The little drop si: 11cJ. “The day
is breaking, and the good sun is
changing mo into tho likeness of
himself. Tell your little Christians
when Jesus shall appear they shall be
like him. But the day is breaking—
tha sun is drawing me—l’m going,
going—”
“Don’t go yet,” I said; “stay and
talk with me.”
“He is sending down his long sun
beam fingers. I feel them drawing
me. I’m going.”
“Stay, little dew-drop,” I said;
“stay and talk with me.”
“Only in the night I live on earth,
and when day breaks I fleo away
to heaven on the beams of light.
Christians are tho dew-drops of Je
sus. They, too, stay on the earth
while tho night lasts, and when hea
ven’s day breaks, and the shadows
flee away, Jesus will ch aw u’p his
dew-drops to himself. I’m going up
to calm heaven —up to tho glorious
sun.”
It grew brighter and heavenlier,
and smaller. I looked and looked,
till I looked in vain; the dew-drop
was gone.
Tho Supreme Court of tho Unit
ed States, in giving their greenback
decision, said that the fundament
al question before the court was
“Can Congress constitutionally
give to treasury notes the charac
ter and qualities of money ?’’ Tho
court decided that congress had
constitutionally given to green
backs “the character and qualities
of money.” Doesn’t that make ’em
money.
The Holly Springs Reporter of
Thursday Inst says: “Gov. Amts ban
made proclamation ordering tbo mil
itary companies of the stale to dis
band at once. No attention is being
paid to his proclamatin, as far as wo
have heard, aud the probability is
that no company now organize will
disband at this particular jnneture.
The Action Of Nicotine.—Smo
kers will doutless find some com
fort in a paper recently published
in Englang by Hr.. Bcnham. Ho
administered nocotino to man and
the lower animals, and found that
it killed the iatter, not. by paraliz
ing the liEart, but by stopping tho
respiration. Indeed, he says it
quickens and strengthens tho
heart’s action, and recommends its
use for that purpose. He fouxd
that nicotine contracted tho pupils,
but its other effects on man were
most variable. This seems in
directly to confirm Hr. Krause’s
opinion, that it is carbonic oxido,
and not nicotino, to which tlio evil
effect of smoking are mainly duo.