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®lw gum Ifaft §tj#s. Tho East Advertising Medium in this Section of Ga. Circulates in tlic Most,Solvent and Reliable Portion of the State. Terms of vt:Vvr‘rtluu! tb same lbo *l *■***; llnSciVßy f‘>r .no CtfliWtfy f*ren. liillH for aavprtiainu.urt.' 'n tho fu st ajipmr- AiuhJ *t tho ndvortisnmoijt, °f wheu PTfisontOfli copt wfcoii tiluv fwisn eon fractal iojj, It at at* and Rules for Legal Adver tising. nWrl/f Sale*,eirh 1evy........ ® £*£{ HortJ!no ft fa snlos, each levy Tsx Collector's sales, each 1evy....... Citation for Letters of Administration ami Guardianship •*,"/ ' ‘ 4 ‘ Application for dismission from Administration Guardianship and Kxocntorship &.uy Application for leave to sell land lor ouo sq r ... f. U> !Notico t< > debtors and credit0r5*.............. Land sales, Ist square, $4, each additional... 9.00 Halos of perishable property, por Bquare -•*> Kstray notice, 60 days • Notice to perfect service , Hales ni si to foreclose mortgages per sq r.... d.w Hides to establish lost papers, per square.... d.uO i rdert romprllinpt tttloa. , ; jU ltules to perfect services in diverse cases.... Ad.ou Application for Homestead ... ••• • • -• ( J ) All Legal Advertisements must bo paid lor in ad ad vancc. Halos of land. fcc., hv Administrators, ExoMiHrs or Guardianh, are required by law to be bold on the First Tuesday in the month, between the, hours ot t n in the forenoon and tlirco in the afternoon, at the, Court House in the county in which the property is Bl Notices of these c-alrra murt br> given in a public ga zette in the, county where the land lies, il there bo miv, and if there is no paper published in the county, tljon in the nearest gazette, rr the one having the largest gtnrral circulation lit said county, 4U days previous to tho day Of sale, Notices for the sale of personal property must be given in like manner ten days previous to sale day Notice to the debtors of creditors and an estate must, also bp published n) days. „ , , N itlce that application will be mane to the Court of Ordinary lor Leave to Soil land, Ac., must bo pubiisii ©d onv- a week for 4 weeks. .... „ .. Citations for Letters of Administration, (. .-uarinan el dp, etc., must bepublisln-d 30days— tor Dismission from adminialratiou, Guardianship and Axccutorship y.'i; U-B of Foreclosure of Mortgage must bo l.ul.lisl 1 ’ od Dboithly for fonr months—for ostsblistiinf! h.sfc papers f- .r too full stmeo of tlireo mouth?--tor com- Kilim' title* from Executors or Ailmiiustratore, where bond has been given by tlio deceased, te full el AppikatVon for Home-toad must bcrublisbe l hviee. Publications will always be continued according to these, the legal rcquti omenta, unless otherwise or dcred. IT. 7£. BUTT, ATTORNEYAT LAW, m'KXA VISTA, GA. Xff P ITTIT it tfc *Ly >Atw ksU f 33® ®OOL gil . 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. Board and Tuition $39.06 3/usic and use of Phmo 19.00 Payments in advance or monthly. A. 11. FLEWELLEM, President. f'l ;e J’aMsenyrr Depot, M AGON, GEORGIA. Tide hrsLclar.s and well known Hotel has been Eidhily licnovatcd and KclUicd, 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. L. E. BROWN k SON, Sept24-lyr Proprietors. McAfoc XZlcciAjao. 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. FRENCH HOUSE, PuLlic Square, Amcritui, Georgia* —§ — FRENCH & EASON, Proprietors. § First-Class Accommodations, Two Hollars per day* Whip Sitvannuit SitoUsw. njBX.tSHED r-ATI.T AD W3EKLT AT SAVANNAH,, GfCfIKGXA, Geo. N. Nichols, Prop’r, Tlio Advertiser is a live, comprehensive nawapapor publishing the latest News and Market Report® from all parts of tho country, particular attention being given to Savannah's Local and Commercial Affairs. In Politics Tha Adrcrtinar will bo r* bold end fearleas sxponeD Of the Democratic Couseruatfvo Creed. To Advertisers. TTnwroolled advantages aro offered,‘ou.r largo and in creasing circulation rendering Ujo Aduertiocr a valu able advertising medium. TERMS:—DaiIy, 1 yoar SB.OO, C months, $4.00, 8 months, $2.00; Weekly, 1 year, $1.75. Agents wanted in every town, y&iaplo oopioa free on application to tide office, 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.