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_ VOL. I—NO. 10. Cljtiiiiniil'oit Visitor D. W. D. BOULLY, Propkietok. CASH SUBSCRIPTION RATES. One copy one year |2 00 One copy fix months ou One copy three months • "5 Any one furnishing live subscribers, with the money, will receive a copy free. Subscribers wishing their papers changed from one post-office to another, must state the name of the post-office from which they wish it changed, as well as that to which they wish it sent. All subscriptions must be paid in advance. The paper will be stopped at the end of the time paid for, unless subsetiptions are pre viously renewed |lf Fifty numbers complete the year. CASH ADVER USING RATES. ' Space 11 mo 3 rooa | 6 mos |l2 moa • 1 i nc h $2 60 $4 50 $6 00 *lO OJ 2*• 450 725 11 00 18 00 3 <• 500 9 Oil 15 00 22 00 4<• 550 11 00 IS 00 27 00 Jcol 65014 00 25 00 35 00 col 12 50 25 00 40 00 60 00 1 col |22 00 41 01 62 00 100 00 ~ Marriages ’and deaths, not exceeding six lines, published free. Payments quarterly in advance, according to schedule rates, unless otherwise agreed upon. Persons sending advertisements will state the length of time they wish th'.m published and the space they want them to occupy. Parties advertising by contract for a given time, will be charged extra for everything outside of their legitimate business. LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS. Sheriff’s sales, per inch, four weeks. .$3 60 “ mortgage fi ta sales, per inch, eight weeks - ...... 050 Citation for letters of administration or guardianship, thirty days 3 00 Notice to debtors and creditois, forty days 5 00 Application for leave to sell land, four weeks. • 4 00 Sales of land, etc, per inch, forty days 5 00 perishable property, per inch, ten days ••••■• 2 00 Application for letters of dismission from guaidianship, forty days... 5 00 Application for letters of dismission from administration, three months 7 50 Establishing lost papers, the full space of three months, per inch 7 00 Compelling.titles from executors or administrators, where bond has been given by the deceased, the • full space of three months, per inch, 7 00 Estray notices, thirty days 3 GO Rule for foreclosure of mortgage, four months, monthly, per inch 6 .00 Sale of in6o> vent papers, thirty days. 3 00 Homestead, two weeks. v 2 00 Business Cards 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 Spoeial piven to Operative Snr gfrv and treatment®)! Chronic Diseases. Term* cash. Jas. M. Motoloy \pill continue to practice lw in all the State and United States Court*. Office, Hamilton, (la. B. A. Bussell, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HAMILTON, GEORGIA ID" Special attention given to collections. CHATTAHOOCHEE HOUSE, By J. T. HIGGINBOTIIEM, WEST POINT, GA HENRY 0. CAMEIiON, Attorney at Law , HAMILTON, , GA HR. J. W. CAMERON, HAMILTON , GA. Special attention to Midwifery. Charge* moderate. 33Einos Dossier, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, WAVERLY HALL, GEORGIA Special attention will be given to all busi ness placed in my hand* no 2 ly w. J. FOGLE, Dentist, COLUMBUS, GEORGIA Office in the building of the Georgia Home Insuiauce Company. icbzl lyr JN T KIIST jtIOUSE 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. SAMUEL WILLIAMS Will be found at big old stand, ready to shoe your horses, ad do anything else in his line. Solicit* public paticnage. nc2 A Model Newspaper. TIIE SAVANNAH DAILY NEWS. The Savannah Daily 'Morning N6ws is acknowledged by the press and people to be the best daily paper south of Louisville and east of New Orleans. Carrying with it the pres tige and reliability of age, it has all the vigor and vitality of youth, and its enterprise as a gatherer of the la test and freshest news has astonished its contemporaries and met the warm approbation of the public. During the year 1873, no ex pense of time, labor, and money will be spebt to keep the Morning News ahead of all competitors in Georgia journalism, and to deserve the flatter ing encomiums heaped upon it from all quarters. There has, as yet, been no serious attempt made to rival the telegrams which the News inaugura ted some years ago, and the conse quence is, that the reader in search of the latest intelligence always looks to the Morning News. The 'tele graphic arrangements of the paper are such that the omissions made, by the general press reports are prompt ly and reliably supplied by its special correspondents. The Morning News has lately been enlarged to a thirty-six column pa per, and this broad scope of type embraces, daily, everything of inter est that transpires in the domain of Literature, Art, Science, Politics, Re ligion, and general intelligence; giv ing to the reader more ami better di gested matter than any other paper in the State. It is, perhaps, needless to speak of the politics of the Morning News. For years and years—indeed, since its establishment —it has been a reprsen tative Southern paper, and from that time to the present, in all conjunc tures, it has consistently and persis tently maintained Democratic States Rights principles, and labored, with an ardor and devotion that knew no abatement, to promote and preserve the interests and the honor of the South. The special features of the Morn ing News will be retained and im proved upon during the ensuing year, and several new attractions will be added. The Georgia news items, with their quaint and pleasant humor, and the epitome of Florida affairs, will be continued during the year. The local depaitment will be, as it has been for the past year, the most complete'and reliable to be found in any Savannah paper, and the commercial columns will he full and accurate. The price of the Daily is SIO.OO per annum ;-$5.00 for six months ; $2 50 for three months; SI.OO for one month. Tin? TUI-WEEKLY NEtVS. This edition of the Morning News is especially recommended to those who Lave not the facilities of a daily mail. Everything that has been said in the foregoing in regard to the daily edition may be repeated of the Tri-Weekly. It is made up with great care, and contains the latest despatches and market reports. "The price of this edition is $6 00 per annum, $3.00 for six months, $1.50 for three months. TIIE WEEKLY NEWS. The Weekly Morning News par ticularly recommends itself to the farmer and planter, and to those who live off the lines of railroad. It is one of the best family’ papers in the country, and its cheapness brings it within the reach of all. It contains Thirty-six solid columns of reading matter, and is mailed so as to reach subscribers with the ntmost prompt ness. It is a carefully and labori ously edited compendium of the news of the week, and contains, in addition, an infinite variety of other choice reading matter. Editorials on all topics, sketches of men, manners and fashions, tales, poetry’, biography, pungent paragraphs, and condensed telegrams enter into its make-up. It contains the latest telegraphic dis patches and market reports up to the hour of going to press, and is, in all respect*, an indispensible adjunct to every home. Price —One y’ear, $2 00 ; six months, $1.00; three months, 50 cents. Subscriptions for either edition of the Morning News may be sent by express at the risk and expense of the proprietor. Address, J. H. Estii.t,, Savannah, Ga. Ildi?” Notice is hereby given that, from lliis late, the legal advertising of Harris county will be published in the Hamilton Visitor. li. 11. Williams Sheriff. J. F.Xi. W ilLIAMS, Ordinary. N. IfTIMRDKN, Clk. Sup. Ct. Jan. 29, 1873. THE WEEKLY SUN. ON4Y $1 A YE.IB. 8 PACES. The Best Ewnily Paper; ThediestMgricultural Paper; The HoSt Political Paper; The Best Story Paper; The Best Fashion lioporls; The Best Cattle Market Reports; The Best Paper Every Way. The Weekly New York Sun—B pages,'sG columns—sl a year, or less than 2 cents a number. Send your dollar. Address, Tine Sum, New York City. HAMILTON, HARRIS CO., GA., FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1873.’ TRIED AND APPROVED! ASSffi) SUSS STERLING’S Southern Series of School Bocks! 1, Sterling’s Southern Primer—in paper covers, 4S pages, per dozen, 90 cents; in boards, 48 pages, $1 08. 2, Sterling’s Southern Pictorial Primer, profusely illustrated with new and handsome wood-cuts, and adapted as well for a gift as a school book, with elegant illuminated cover —l2 mo, 60 pages, per dozen, $2 40. 3, Sterling’s Southern Elementary Spelling Book, pp. 128, per dozen SI. 4, Sterling’s Southern First Read er, 101 pages, 25 cents each. 5, Sterling’s jjfoutheru Second Rea der, 216 pagesAlw cents each. . 6, Sterling’s Southern Third Rea der, 240 pages, 60 cents each. 7, Sterling’s Southern der, 312 pages, 90 cents each. 8, Sterling’s Southern Fifth Read er, 456 pages, $1 25 each. 9, Sterling’s Southern Little Ora tor, 142 GO cents each. 10, Sterling’s Southern Orator, 544 pages, $1 50 each. Sterling’s Southern Copy Books nine numbers—per dozen $1 50. Published by J. W. Burke & Cos., Macon, Ga. . jau3l 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.” •r —— - "+ • • 9*' 1 1 ifek 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.