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VOL. I—NO. 10.
Cljtiiiiniil'oit Visitor
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LIVERY AND SALE STABLE,
At the Brick Corner,
Within twenty steps of the Car-shed,
WEST POINT, GA.
W. L. WILLIAMS, Proprietor.
TilOS. S. MITCHELL, M. D,
Resident Physician and Surgeon, .
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
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State and United States Court*.
Office, Hamilton, (la.
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ATTORNEY AT LAW,
HAMILTON, GEORGIA
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CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE,
By J. T. HIGGINBOTIIEM,
WEST POINT, GA
HENRY 0. CAMEIiON,
Attorney at Law ,
HAMILTON, , GA
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HAMILTON , GA.
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w. J. FOGLE,
Dentist,
COLUMBUS, GEORGIA
Office in the building of the Georgia Home
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COLUMBUS, GA.
. J. W. RYAN, Prop’r.
Frank. Golden, Clerk.
RUBY RESTAURANT,
Bar and Billiard Saloon,
UNDER THE RANKIN HOUSE.
janlO J. W. RYAN, Pkop’b.
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li. 11. Williams Sheriff.
J. F.Xi. W ilLIAMS, Ordinary.
N. IfTIMRDKN, Clk. Sup. Ct.
Jan. 29, 1873.
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HARRIS SHERIFF’S Sa7,ESL
Will be sold before the Court-house door
in the town of Hamilton, on the first Tues
day in April next, within the usual hours < '
sale, the following property, to wit:
Lot of land No. 246 in the 21st District of
originally Muscogee, now Harris county, con
taining 2021 acres, more or less. Levied on
as the property of Thomas Hickson, deceased,
by virtue of an execution issued from the
Superior Court of said county in favor of
Win. P. McGhee vs. Geo. H. Bryan, admin
istrator of Thomas Hickson, deceased. Prop
erty pointed out by plaintiff's attorney.
Also, at the same time and place the re
mainder or reversionary interest of the estate
of Thomas Hickson, deceased .after the term
ination of the dower, or death of the widow
of said deceased, in ail that tract or parcel of
land lying in the 21st District Harris county,
Ga, ( known as lots Nos. 233, 234 and 215,
north half of lot 216, and the eastern portion
of lots 235 and 214, containing in all 753 J
acres, more or less, the same being better
described and known as the Myra T. Hickson
dower lands, now occupied by J M. and R.
B. Mobiey, by their agent, O. S. Williams.
Sold as the remainder interest and property
of said deceased, to satisfy a fi fa from the
Superior Court ofsaiJ county in favor of
Thomas M, Gordon, administrator, tie bonis
non of Janies Simpson, deceased, vs George
II BrJ-an, administrator upon tiie estate of
TLOuiuS Hickson, deceased.
Also, at the seme time and place, 110 acres
of land in tiie 22d district of Harris county,
on which Charles H, Trammell now resides
and?occupies the same, uumtier not known,
bounded by the lands of Mrs. Murrah, F. M.
irainmeil and Alford Smith. Levied on as
the property of Charles H. Trammoll to sat
isfy a fi fa issued from Har is Superior Court
in favor of W. C. Johnston vs. said Trammell.
Also, at the Fame time and of
lot No 214, in the 18th District of Harris
county, containing 150 acres, more or less,
hounded b? a line running across said lot
due North and Sonib, crossing Sowhatchee
ctetk at the south end of the old mill-dam
place. Also two acres on Southeast corner
of lot No. 243, and 20 acres o( lot No, 4, on
the side of said creek adjoining Bftid land,
known as the J. B. Moore place, occupied by
W. J Mullins when levied on. Levied on
as the property of said Mullins, to satisfy a
li fa issued from Harris Superior Court in
lavor of Surah Moore vs, said Mullins.
B. 11. WILLIAMS, Sheriff.
It. W. DUKES,
miLM) &&M)©|L
"bar and restaurant,
Corner of Gilmer and Randolph Streets,
WEST POINT, GA.
IT Also a first class barber shop and good
sleeping rooms connected witn tire house
My friends iu Harris county are invited to
give me a call when they visit West Point.
GEORGIA— Harris County.
John D. Gillespie makes applica
tion for letters of administration on
the estate of William Culbreath, de
ceased.
All persons concerned are hereby
notified to show cause, if any they
have, by the Ist Monday in March
next, why said lettereriishould not be
granted. W *
Given under my hand and official
signature, this Jan. 29, 1873.
J. F. C. Williams,
jau3l-30d Ordinary.
GEORGIA—Harris Cocktt.
James Patillo makes application for letters
of Rclministra ion upon the eetate of James
Hatchett, colored, late ol s iid county, dec’ll
All persons concerned are hereby notified
to tshow Cause, if any (hey have, by Ihe first
Monday iu April next, why said letters should
not.be granted.
Given under my hand and official signa
ture, this 26th duy of February, 1873.
J. F. G. WILLIAMS, Ordinary.
GEORGIA— Harris County.
J M Davis, administrator of James
G Davis, deceased, makes application
for letters of dismission :
All persons concerned are hereby
notified to show cause, if any they
have, by the first Monday in *ss®ay
next, why said administrator should
not be dismissed.
Given under my hand and official
signature, this 3d of February, 1873.
J F 0 WfixiAMS, Ord’y.
Dissolution-
The firm of Cowscit & Pitts has been dis
solved by mutual consent A!! per,or,* in
debted will please call and settle within the
next ten days COWBKBT & ITMB.
Hamdtoa, Jan. 9, 1873.
l'rom the Randolph (Ala.) Enterprise.
A Chapter of Scrapes. *
liY SANDY HIGGINS.
It scorns to be the fate of the Irish
to got into scrapes, and furnish
amusement for the rest pf mankind.
Warmhearted, brave and impulsive,
they are often betrayed into difficul
ties by their very good qualities, by
their love of something strong, and
still more frequently by their igno
rance of many of our customs. .
In one pf' our towns of Alabama
there once resided a “publican and
sinner’.’ by the name of Budford, who
not only “ knew how to keep a hotel ”
but who did keep one, for the enter
tainment of man and beast. Late
one Sunday evening twoUther seedy
lookimg sons of the Emerald. Isle
rnade#eir appearance at bis door,
when one ot jiierii remarked :
“ Lsndlorcraan yer take in a pair
of way-farin’ men, who spent all their
money!’’
“ Certainly,’’ replied mine host,
‘•but as I have a preacher staying
with me to night, I must beg of you
Ifo keep good order.”
“Av course we’ll behave deent,”
replied and, accordingly they
were ushered into the sitting room,
where they found the preacher, who
endeavored to entice them into con
versation, but the result proved a
failure, for they were evidently not
to be betrayed out of their good be
havior.
In due time supper was announced
and our two worthies started for the
dininieg-room, Pat ahead, while Bar
liie brought up the rear. The floor
of the eating-room was a step lower
than that of the adjoining room, a
fact of which Pat took due notice,
but Barney’s attention was so taken
up with the table that he marched
straight on, stepping like a blind
horse in a potato patch, evidently
intent on getting to the eatables as
soon as possible. When he got to
the step he walked off, pitching his
head against Pat’s back, knocking
him under the table and piling him
self along side.
“ What in the duvil’s name do ye
mane by coming into a gentleman’s
house iiqthat style ?” asked Pat ma
king a vigorous effort to get to his
feet.
“Whisht, Hat!” replied Barney,
“ don’t disturb the company with
your bad breeding.”
“By St. Patrie 1” said Pat, “if it
warn’t for disturbin’ the company,
I’d h' ° the breath out o’ yer car
cass, ye bog-irofclijug spalpen.”
“ Jist wait, Paddy, my boy. till we
get out o’ this, an Pll tacho ye a few
manners,” replied Barney scrambling
to his feet, tmd taking a seat at,the
table, where ho was soon joined by
Pat, and the meal proceeded y : .thorn,
any other mishaps, .. .
eaten tbeir fill, they you c . wot ft?to '
the yard where a well had , be
gun. It was about five feet deep,
and as it was uncovered, and t'.„
night dark, Barney tuinbleu, neck
and heels into the hole.
“Oeh, mu therl’’ he yelled, “ I’m
done kilt, entirely.”
“Shall I go for the praste?” in
quired Pat, kneeling down at the
edge of the hole.
“Go for a rope an’ cart, an’ a
doctor, to help me out of this, Pat,”
yelled Barney. “Quick, there’s snakes
in this Hole,” and Barney commenced
clawing at the sides of_the well with
frantic haste. By Pat’# help he was
extricated, burning with ire, and
rushing into the house, he burst
forth:
“jhanlord, yon ought to he prose-
sir!”
for, Barney?” inquired
Butiford,
“For havin’ so many’ holes about
yer house,” replied he. “Theres a
hole in yer kitchen, an’a hole in yer
yeard, an’ every where I go there’s a
darned hole to fall into!”
“ Ah, my friend,” said the preacher
“the Bible commands us to take
heed to our step#.” *
“Take heed to*the divill” roared
Barney. “Don’t it say if a man
digs a pit he shall fall into if? an’ ain’t
I fell into it mfself, an’ near y broke
my necifc, by the job l ’
“Don’t swear, my friend,” urged
the preacher, while Budford was en
joying the scene.
“ But 1 will swear !” replied Bar
ney madder than ever. “ Show me a
bed lanlord, an’ see ol I’ll finish killin’
myself Entirely.”
They were shown their room by a
grilling but their troubles
were not ended. The bed-room was
lighted with gas, and they eyed the
uiinsual light with wondering eyes.
“Say, snow-ball,” said Pat, to the
negro, “how in the wurruld do ye
put out this light?”
“Jos’ turn off de gas,” replied
Sambo, as he took his woolly head
out of the door,
“Turn off the gas, is it?” said Pat
as he sat on the side of the bed and
stared with a puzzled expression at
the burner. “ Barney, dear, where
does the light come lcom ?”
“Dont ye see it jiat blows out ov
that hole?” replied Burney, with a
knowing look, SB he ||bceedcd to
take oil' his clotbfe. >
“ Web, Barney, jist put it out and
coir.e.to bi and,” continued Pat, as he
threw off his clothes and tumbled in
to bed.
Thus instructed Barney rrnde two
or three vigorous blows without ef
fect. Then lie endeavored to pinch
it out. &
“Mother of Hose, !” yelled he.
“ there’s niver a wick in it, at all, an’
I’ve scorched my fingers, as though
they were the light in question.”
“Why don’t you turn off the gas,
as the nngur told ye, ye spalpeen ?”
queried Pat.
“Good .for yoz!” replied Barney,
and taking hold the pipe he gave it a
vigorous wrench, breaking it loose,
aud admitting a perfect whirl-wind of
gas and tire. The yells of fire soon
brought Budford to their assistance
who finally set matters right, and
left them to their ref >se. About
daybreak they awoke, ar being very
thirsty lmiTied on their clothes and
started down stairs, but they had
hardly begun the descent when Pat,
who was behind, stumbled, and down
they both rolled together, coining to
the bottom considerably mixed. A
regular game of fisticuffs was the re
sult, which was only ended by the
arrival of the landlord, who restored
their good humor by giving them a
generous drink of the ‘oratur.’ Noth
ing, however, could induce them to
remaj-u to breakfast, aud they depar
ted, vowing that Budford’s tavern
was a regular trap.
The Bridal Wine Cup.
“Pledge with wine—pledge with
wine,’’ cried the young and thought-
Jess Harvey Wood; “pledge with
wine;” ran through the bridal party.
The beautiful bride grew pale the—
decisive hour had come. She pressed
her white hands together, and the
leaves of the bridal wreath trembled
on her brow; her breath came quick
er, and her heart heat wilder.
“ Yes, Marion, lay scru
ples for this once,” said the judge in
a low tone, going*towards his daugh
ter; “the company expect it. Do
not so seriously infringe upon the
rule of etiquette; in your own home
do as you please, but ip mine ? for
this once please me.”
Every eye was turned towards tfce
bridal pair. principles
well known. Harvey had been a
convivial ist, but of late, his friends
noticed the change in his liabitß; and 1
to-night they watched him to see, as
they sneeringly said, if he was tied
down to a woman’s opinion so soon.
Pouring out a primming*' cup, they
held it with tempting smiles towards
Marion. She was very pale, though
more composed, and her hand shook
not, as smiling back, she gracefully
accepted the chrystal tempter, and
raised it to her lips. But scarcely
had she done so when every hand
was arrested by her pt&<Mg excla
mation of “Oh! hoy tcrrimeT”
“ "What is it ?” cried one and all,
thronging togethecr, for she had
slowly carried thdglass out at arm’s
length and was fixedly regarding it
as though it were some hideous ob
jeot.
/ Wait,’’ she answered, while a
I' 'it, which seemed inspired, shone
fiv-ru her dark eyes; “wait, and I will
‘ ” you. I ecD,” she added, slowly
pointing one jeweled finger at the
sparkling *uby liquid, “a sight that
beggars all 'description, and yet, lis
ten —I will paint it for you if I can.
It is a lovely spot; tall mountains
crowned with verdure, rise in awful
sublimity around; a river runs
through, and bright flowers grow to
the water’s edge. There is a thick
warm mist, that the sun seeks vainly
to pierce.. "Trees, lofty and beafttiful,
wave to the airy motion of the birds;
but there—agr >up of Indians gather;
they flit to and fro, with something
like sorrow upon their dark brows.
And in their midst 1' as a manly form
—but his cheek, how deathly; his eye,
wild with the fitful fire of fever. One
friend stadds behind him—nay, I
should say kneels, for see, he is pil
lowing that poor head upon his
breast.
“Genius in ruins—O! the high,
holy looking brow! why should death
mark it, and ho so young? Look
how he tlifbws back the damp curls 1
See him clasp his hands! hear his
thrilling shrieks for ilfe! mark how
ho clutches the form of his com
panion, imploring tc bo saved, O!
hear him call piteously ms father’s
name; see him his fingers to
gether as ho shrieks for his sifter —
his only sister—the twin of his Soul
—weeping for him in his st*taut na
tive land.
“Seel” she exclaimed, while the
bridal party shrank back, the untasted
wine trembling in their faltering
grasp, and the judge, fell, overpower
ed, upon bis seat?—“seel his arms
are lifted to heaven—he prays, how
wildly for mercy! Hot fever rushes
through his veins. The friend beside
him is weeping; awe stricken. The
dark men move silently away, and
leave the living and dying together.”
There was a hush in that princely
4>arlor broken only by what seemed a
mothered sob from some manly
bosom. The bride stood yet upright
with quivering lips, and tears stealing
to the outward edge of her lashes.
Her beautiful arm had lost its ten
sions, and the glass, with its little
troubled red waves come slowly to
ward the range of her vision. She
spoke again; every lip was mule. Her
voice was low and laiut, yet awfully
distinct; she still fixwFncr sorrowful
glance upon the wine cup.
“It is evening now ; the great
white moon is coming up, and her
Imams lie gently on his forehead,
lie moves not; his eyes are set in
their sockets; dim are their piercing
glances; in vain his friend whispers
the name of father and sister—death
is there. Death —and no soil hand ;
$2 A YEAR.
no gentle voice to bless and soothe
him. liis head sinks back! One.
convulsive shudder—he was dead !’’,
A groan ran through the assembly.
So vivid was her desription; unearthly
her look; so inspired her manner, that
what she desribed seemed actually to
have taken place then and there.
I hey noticed also that the bridegroom
hid his face in his bauds and was
weeping.
“ Dead!’’ she repeated again, her
lips quivering faster and faster, and
her voice lnore broken; “and there
they scoop him a grave, and there,
without a shroud, they lay him down
in that damp,’reeking earth; the only
son of a proud fat her, the only ido*
lized brother of a fond sister. And
he sleeps to day in that distant coun
try, with no stone to mark the spot.
There he lies—-my. father's son—my
own twin brother! a victim to this
deadly poison. Father,” she ex
claimed, turning suddenly, while the
tears rained down her beautiful
cheeks, “ father, shall I drink it now ?’*
The form of the old judge was con
vulsed in agony. He raised hot his
head, but in a smothered voice he fal
tered: “No, no, my child—no!”
- She lifted the glittering goblet, and
letting it suddenly fall to the floor,
it was dashed in a thousand pieces.
Many a tearful <jye watched her
movement, and instantaneously every
wine glass was transferred to the
marblo table on which it Had* been
prepared. Then, as *he looked at
the fragments of cwyst and, she turned.
to the company, saying', ‘‘Let no’
friend hereafter, whe loves upi, tempt
me to peril my soul for wine. Not
firmer are the everlasting hills, than
my resolve, God helping me, never
to -touch or taste the poison cup.
And he to wnom I have given ray hand
—who watched oVer giy brother’s
dying form in that last solemn hour,
and buried the dead wanderer there
by the river, in that land of gold;
will, I trust, sustain mein that re-
Kolvtj, Witl you not my husband ?”
His glistening eyes, his sad, sweet
ipule* was Iter answer. The judge'
Tteft {be room, and when an hour af-
he returned, and with a more
sdMrUd manner took part in the en
tpaMtomtent of the bridal guest, no
orfWbUld fad to Beetjjatim‘t® baa
determined the enemy at
once anil former from his princely
home.
Those who were present at that
wedding can never forget the impres
sion so solemnly made. Many froffit
that hour renounced forever the so
cial glass.
*• Stop My Paper.” —Every pub
lisher of a newspaper has heard this
tremendous order from offended sub
scribers, imagined by the offended to
boas dangerous as ft stroke of light
ning, but is in reality no more harm*
less than a musqniJjaJ>ito. A gooff
story is told Philadelphia
Post of M r..M propri
etor of the Ledger. By
his course on some jjublic question,
on which ditfprot rf persons had dif
ferent opihigfßs, Mr. Swain had offen
ded a number *of readers, one of whom
met him on Chestnut street, and
and thus accosted him; “ Mr. Swniny
I’ve stopped the Ledger.” “What
is that, sir ?” I’ve stopped the Ledg
er,” was the stern reply. “Is it
possible?” said Mr. bwain. “Mv
dear sir, what do you mean ? Com*
with me to my office.” And taking
the man with hint. he entered the
office at Third and Chestnut streets.
There they found the clerks busy at
theis desks; then they ascended to
the editorial rooms and composing
rooms, where everything was going
on as usual; finally they descended to
the press rooms where the engines
were at work. *• I thought you told
me you had stopped the Ledger,”
Mfid Mr. Swain. “Sol have,” saiff
the offended subscriber. “I don’t
see the stoppage. The Ledger seems
to bo going on.” “Oh 1 1 mean to
say I had stopped taking it.” “Is
that all ?” exclaimed Mr. Swain;
“my dgar sir, you don’t know how.
you alarmed me.”
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V3T The Rome Courier has a well
written article on newspapers, from
which we copy the following para
graph :
" The value of a newwpapejyjf an ed<
ncator in his family is Iwrolliable.
N o volumes of books can present the
same amount of valuable reading
matter, collected in suph pleasing va
riety, as is presented By wo miscella
neous press of the country. In it is
given in weekly installments, the 'his
tory of the age in which wo live.
Ho place so obscure, no home so
it may not find and en
ter. Pis to tliis class that we would
address thisjarticle, not iu behalf of
the moral Juitellectnai, and material
interst of our Country,
' 1 ms r
Without a Parallel. —Th; New
York World sqys: A few years since
there resided *n one of the counties
of South Carolina, two respectable
citizens. They were of the same
surname; they were also cousins;
they were members of the same re-
Tgious denomination; their wives
were sisters; they wore both nulhtier*
when South Carolina took the lead in
this political adventure. Each one
was the father of -thirteen children;
each one of these men bad three sons
?and ten daughters. Where can a
parallel to this be found ?
When times are du% thea
you should advort’se.