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SAMUEL WILLIAMS •Will be found at bis old stand, ready to •hoe your horses, and ,do anything else in his Liue. Solicits public patronage. np2 THE 9AMILTOIV WEEKLY VISITOR. A Model Newspaper. THE SAVANNAH DAILY NEWS. The Savannah Daily Morning News is acknowledged by the press find 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 r test and freshest news has astonished its contemporaries and met the warm approbation of the public. During the yeat 1873, no ex pense of time, labor, and money will be spent to keep the Morning News ahead of all competitors in Georgia journalism, jnd to deserve the flatter ing encomiums heaped upon it from all quarters, ’f’here hag, as yet, been no serioqs attempt made to rival the telegrams which the News inaugura. ted some years ago, and the conse r qnence 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 and 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—ijideed, 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’Stateg Rights principles, and labored, with an ardor and devotion that know 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 v ill be added. The Georgia npws items, with their quaint and pleasant humor, and the epitome of Florida affairs, will be continued during the year. 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It contaius Thirty-six solid columns of reading matter, and is mailed eo as to reach subscribers with the utmost 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 respects, an indispensible adjunct to every home. Price—One year, $2.00 i 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. Estiix, , Savannah, Ga. Notice is hereby given that, from this date, the legal advertising of Harris county will be published in the Hamilton Visitob. B. H. Williams Sheriff. J. F.,C. Williams, Ordinary. N. 11. Barden, Clk. Sup. Ct. Hamilton, Ga., Jan. 29, 1873. THE WEEKLY SUN. ONLY $1 A YEAR. & PACES. The Rest Family Papery The Best Agricultural Paper ; The Best Political Paper; The Best Story Paper; The Best Fashion Reports; The Best Cattle Market Reports; The .Best Paper Every W ay. The Weekly New York Sun—B pages, 56 columns—sl a year, or less, than 2 cents a number. Send your dollar. Address, The Sun, JjTew York City. HAMILTON, HARRIS CO, GA, FRIDAY, MARCH 28,1873. TRIED AND APPROVED! ©HHMIFUSS? 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Burke <fc Cos., Macon, Ga. janS'l HARRIS SHERIFF’S SALES. 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 of sale, the following pronsajy, to wit: Lot of land No. 246 In’the 21st District of originally Muscogee, now Harris county, con taining 202 j 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 Wm. P. McGhee vs. Geo. H. Jjryan, admin istrator of Thomas Hickson, deceased. Prop erty pointed out Ly plaintiff’s attorney. Also, at the tame 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 all 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 eastei n portion of lots 235 and 214, containing in all 153| 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. Mobley, by their agent, U, S. Williams. Bold es tije remainder interest and -property of said deceased, to satisfy a fi fa from the Superior Court of said county in favor of Thomas M. Gorton, adminisßrat<;r, bonis nou of James Simpson, deceased, vs George H. Bryan, administrator upon the estate of Thomas Hickson, deceased. Also, at the same time and place, 110 acres of land in the 22d district of Harris county, on which diaries H. Trammell now resides and occupies the same, number not known, bounded by the lands of Mrs. Murrali, F. M. Trammell and Alford Smith. Levied on as the property of Charles H. Trammell to Wit infy a li fa fpFued from Hards Superior Court in favor of W. C. Johnston vs. said Trammell. Also, at the same time and place, part of lot No 244. in the 18th District of Harris couDty, continuing 160 acres, more or less, bounded by a line running across said lot due North and South, crossing Sowhatchee creek at the south end of the old mill-dam place. Also two acres on Southeast corner °,f * ot No. 243, arid 20 acres ol lot No. 4, on the stae of said creek adjoining said 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 fl fa issued from HarruTSupefior Court in favor of Sarah Moore vs, said Mullins, B. 11. WILLIAMS, Sheriff. k. w. j)usi;s, pmM mp, BAR AND RESTAURANT, Corner of Gilmer and Randolph Streets, WEST POINT, GA. ' (ET Also a first class barber shop and good sleeping rooms connected witn the bouse 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 arc hereby notified to show cause, if any they have, by the Ist Monday in March next, why said letters should not be granted.' Given under my hand and official signature, this Jan-. 29, 1873. J. F. (J. Williams, jan3l-30d Ordinary. GEORGIA—Habsis Coukty. James Patillo makes application for letters of administra idn upon tbe estate of James Hatchett, colored, late of said county, dec’d All persons concerned fire hereby notified to show cause, if ariy'they have, by the first Monday in April next, why said letters should not be granted. Given under my hand and official signa ture, this 2Cth day of February, 1873. * J. F. C. WILLIAMS, Ordinary. GEORGIA —Ha rri* County. J M Davis, administrator of James G Davis, deceased, makes application for of dismission ; All j) arsons concerned are hereby notified ,to show cause, if any they have, by the first Monday in May next, why said administrator should not be dismissed. Given under my hand and official signature, this 3d of February, 1873. J F C Williams, Ord’y. Bissolution. The firm of Cowseit & Pitts has been dis solved by mutual consent All persons in debted will please call and settle within the next ten days COWBEBT & PUTS. Hamilton, Jan. 9, 1873. THE BLUE AND THE GRAY. A Story of the Late Civil War. Were there a hundred veterans of the Army of the Potomac who never marched' through Winchester, Vir ginia? Onp d°uhts it when the records of the war tell him that the town-was captured twenty-three times during the war. It was “ Yank ” one month, “ Johnny ” the next, and the inhabi tants got so at last that they dared not pronounce for either side—they chfmed to be neutral, and only asked the soldiers in blue or the soldiers in gray to let their chickens alone. If the list year of didn’t sweep it away, and the fire has spared it yet, there stands an old brown farm house, with a front yard filled with cherry trees, and a lot of mulberry trees growing, up and shading the south end of the house. It is a cozy place for two old white-haired parents to sit on the veranda and rock and doze in thp sunshine while a strong armed son cheerily in the growing crops. I saw it thus once, and 1 saw it af terwards when the storm of ’ war swept ovpr and aroijnJ it, staining the green grass to a red, aqd when passionato men and fiery horses swept through the fields and dashed qt each other a§ thq black smoke lifted for a moment. One day in the spring pf 1862, the dispatches said that the’Confederates had been driven out of Winchester, and the Union forces held possession. I was not with the victorious party, but a few days after, when the Con federates came back so close that they held half of the town and the Union forces the other half, I went down with half a regiment of cavalry and a few battalions of .he infantry to hold the ground. Army operations-had hardly com menced for the spring, and the Con federates were determined iq hold the line of communication open ns long as possible. J had a heavy back ing a few miles away, and knowing this, £le Confederates only cared to keep me from advancing further than Winchester for the time being. We had our pickets as thick as bees in the Northern suburbs of the town, but the main force was back on the road near the old farm house, where the ground offered better advantages in case of an attack. Wa had been in camp loss than a day when I uscef tained that the farmer’s name was Hastings, and that he had one of the handsomest daughters in all Virginia. He asked for a property guard around his farm, and iu seeing that the guard Was properly pasted I had occasion to enter the house.' There ‘ wasn’t that bitterness then which came in alter years, and we could all speak very freely without any fear of offence. The farmer was old and weak, 'and w hen I found out that he was a firm believer in secession and rebellion, I had no angry or hot words to giye in reply. Where should one look for Southern feeling If riot in the loonies of Southerners ? The wife was old and feeble, and the son away in Richmond, and it was natural enough that I should make up my mind to stand between beautiful Kate Hastings, and the in conveniences of war, as much as I could. I don’t think I violated any of the rules and regulations when I promised the family that their property should be preserved from raiders and their personal liberties abridged only so far as ihe safety of iriy command re quired. Of course I could not allow them to be passing back and forth between the linos, but they should be free to move in'any other direction. I tell you right here that I jijfvev saw a more charming, lovely woman than Kate Hastings. I lost my heart the moment I saw’ her, as any other man would. But I was not so idiotic as to believe that I had only to say {he word to make her my wile; in deed, I very much doubted from tljo first if I ever should or could win her. “ I trust that we shall all be friends,” she sweetly said, when I was about to leave the house, ‘.‘lt is a cruel war, deprecated by rill for its wounds and griefs, and civilities from captors to captives will certainly ways be appreciated.” There was an invitation to call whenever I had. the opportunity, but there was that modesty and dignity in the lady’s look and bearing, which made her anything bp.t a Jove-sick maiden to be easily 'won. Well, we pitched our camp; had camp routine; changed pickets; skir mished with the ’ Confederates, and things at length went so-so from one day to another, I sat on the veranda and smoked with the old man; I took tea with them; I riad to Kale, and once in a while talked love, or was just going to w hen she would check me. She was thoroughly Southern in sentiment. I knew it, and therefore we passed politics over lor something more agreeable to both. Finally the day came for Winches ter to change hands again. A rein forcement of cavalry had come jto the Confederates, and one day at nodn they made the fact known to us. Our pickets came running in, fighting as they came, and closely followed by cavalry, and we had only time to form a battle line before the enemy was along our front. We had a sharp fight for half an hour, during which time many a good soldier hit the dust on either side, and then my command had to give way. We were hard pressed in front, £.nd being flanked, when the order was given to fall 'back slowly to the ridge half a mile north of the farm house. As we fell back I saw that the old house had been torn here and there by shots, and fearing for the safety of the family, wo carried them along with ns. All were badly frightened, and made no objections beyond the shots of their friends. Step by step, giving the enemy qs good as he sent, wo fell back to the ridge, and there we halted. The Confederates came as far as tjie farm house, and there Mr mod their line and rested', throwitfg up a breastwork and mounting a cannon to command the road. Wo threw up defences, formed a uejy line, and by sundown everything was going along as if no battle had occurred, and a hundred men in blue and gray had not been sent to their Jong sleep. There was half a mile of neutral ground between us, and the pickets thrown out were hardly a stone ! s throw from each other, An hour after we fell'back, the Hastings family came to me from a farm house where they lmd taken refuge. I knew that they wanted to return home and w.as therefore ready for the old man’s question. “ Of course you can go,’! I replied, though it paiued me to think that I should lose Kate’s society. “I only ask that you repeat alter me an oatlt| that you will not give your Confed erate friends information concerning us.” They repeated the words, and wo walked down to the picket. A hand shake all around, and then they took their leave, and jriv air castle came toppling down. The chances were haVdly oue in a soore that 1 should over see either of the three again. Having soeniinglv gained all they desired, the Confederates did not seek to drive us further. Several days passed without even a shot from the pickets, when one day, to shake off the rust, I rode with two companies of cavalry which were bound on a raid around the east of Winchester to secure information concerning the strength of the enemy iu that direction. We bad a long ride of seven or eight jhijes, V’hPn coining to afiurk inThe rorid, the major took one com piufy arid myself the other and pushed up the forks. We were riding along carelessly enough, when all at once the bushes by the roadside shot flames and smoko. Everything was cqufusiqtj at the sudden aftacj;. 'My horse leaped to one side and then ran up the road. The cavalry •mpu, some of whom wero wounded, wheeled about and galloped down the road, and were soori out of sight, and the over in three minutes. “Hold onj hold on I Surrender, Colonel!??"shouted a hundred voices at me, and directly my horse carried me into the midst of a hundred caval rymen, handsomely coucealod iu a bend in the road. “Good afternoon, Colonel,” re marked a deep, rich voice op my left. “I’m sorry for you, but then you could have fared worse I’’ I looked around and saw a colonel of cavalry, a handsome man, with bright, black eyes, and long, black beard. His face wore a good natured smile, and be held out his hand to me. “ Yes, I might have, been killed,” I replied, accepting his hand. “I desei ve this for my inexcusable care lessness in not sending scouts for ward.” The cavalry camp was only half a mile up the road, and as tho com mand moved along, the Colonel and myself rode in tho rear, lie intro duced himself to mo as Colonel Lo Ville. We commenWd on my cap ture, the war, etc., and had sighted the camp, wh en he suddenly inquired: ‘/Have you noticed, Colonel, that the road bends three different times between hero iind tbe forks?.*’ “Yes, I think it does,” 1 replied. “ Weli, now,” be responded, “it will be an easy matter for you to es cape. Ttirri your horse suddenly, give him the spurs, and you can reach the forks in five minutes. If any men chase you, and they will, the bend in the road will save you. I shall cry out the moment you get started, and n\ay shoot at you, but •shan't hurt ypu. “You are rather given to d yy jokes,” I replied, endeavoring ; to laugh. “Such things are not down in army tegulalions.” “ Nevertheless, I mean (JJI jay,” he replied. “We are now ten rods behind tho men, 'Wheel your horse and make him do his best. Tbe fir ing will have caused the troops on the other road to fall back, and you can soon come up with them.” 1 looked hard at him, lut his countenance stood the test. I be lieved'he meant what he said. The thought came into my head that he meant to shoot me down, but 1 re pudiated it when I had looked him' over again. “ Well, Colonel, God bless you,” I said; “if the fortunes ol war ever make you a prisoner, I will do as much by you, if it co*ts me my sword,” I wheeled my horse, gave him the spurs, and was off like a rocket. Tho Cdlouel called to me to stop, and emptied his revolver in shooting oyer me. Just as I passed around the first bend, I heard the cavalry after me; but they might as well have saved their horses. Iu ten minutes I was again with the Union troopers, and wo were on the gallop back to Winchester. I did not feel free to gq into par ticulars iu regard to my escape;, and the mep Rid officers looked upon it as a great thing, inferring that I’ had fought my way qut. It puzzled me more than I can tell to account for the generosity of the I had never seen him before; had never known of a similar instance, and all my pondering failed to bring the re motest satisfactory solulion. But 1 was to secure a solution at last. For a vveek or so wo had a mono tonous life at camp, without a move ment on either side, and then we de termined that Winchester should change bauds again. In council we planned an attack. Part of the in fantry were to advance by the road, part to attempt a flunk movement oti the enemy’s left, assisted by cavalry, and I was to load the balance of the cavalry, dismounted, in an attack on his right. Everything was quietly arranged, and oue noon we gave the Confeder ates a return surprise. The first in timation of 'our programme was the driving iu of the pickets, and our men came gear lpaping their breast work. However, tile enemy quickly rallied, and then wo had it hot and heavy; carbines cracked, bugles soun ded, the terrific cannon roared, the ptqskots rattled, men shouted like demons, and a pall of smoko covered it all. Having plenty to do to defend this point, tho Confederates left their camp exposed for us to dash at. We swept down upon'them, and then it was a hand fight. Someone dashed at me through the smoke, and I lunged back, f-eeljug thqt my sword had found flesh. They charged and were driven back; we" charged and dyoye thepi. I caught sight of fluttoririg garments, and we pressed forward, and the next moment stopped close to a wo man who was kneeling beside a wounded officer lying at full length on tho ground.' Through tho blue smoke I caught her eyes fixed or mine in tprrible re proach, and above' the cWh of arms and the shrieks of the dying I heard the quick words; “You have killed him—-now stab me to the heart!” It was Kate! I hardly know what happened du ring the next five jnjiiiites, but at the end of that time we had driven the enemy back into the village, aiul a few minutes later, clear out of the Southern suburbs. Then I very has tily returned to tho battle field. d'ho dead were lying all about, and the wounded were crying out on every hand. The work of paring for the latter had already commenced,- and 1 went straight to Kate, who was weeping and sobbing over the white face of a Confederate officer. “Go away 1 he U dead forever she wailed, as I came nearer, “War is but murder; be was murdered !” Stooping down, I found that the officer had a sword cut in the shoul der, and that* pistol ball had creased his skull, stunning him fop a titrio. Even as I made the examination he moved a little and groaned out, and in two or three minutes' was fully conscious of Iris situation. Kate was lik# ri 1 lujjatio. She laughed and cpied until the powder stained soldier thought the noise of battle had driven her crazy. Tbe old house had been riddled again and again, but tho farmer and his wife weye’ unhurt. It was only a little way off, and when we had carried tfie officer there, a surgeon dressed his wounds. The dead were buried, the wound ed sheltered and dressed, and, when niglit- came, our lines were ftdvribccd so as to put Winchester behind us. I did not go back to thri farm house until the next day. The officer’s face was so stained with blood and pow der when I saw it the daV beford, that 1 had no idea \vho it was, merely noticing that he was a colonel of cav alry. What Was my great surprise, then, to encounter the phia.of' Cob Lo Ville as I entered a bed-room at the farm bouse. “Good gfternoon, Colonel; I am sorry for you, but you could have filed worse,” I exclaimed, repeating the words he had used when address- ing me as a prisoner. lie was bandaged up, and was still veVy weak, but he sriiiied cheerfully, and cordially held out his hand for a shake. I saw in a minute how matter# were, lie was Kate’s lover. I had duly to notice her blushes and the tender look in her eyes to he'kure of the fact. Then it chme to me that Le Ville had been with those who drove us out of Winchester. He had heard from the Hastings family that ali had beeii well used aud-courteously treat ed, and to show me that it was Ap preciated, he had allowed me to es cape. It gave me a hitter pang to feel th..t any further struggle on my pan was hopeless, "hut 1 tried to shake off any sour feeling; I was in duty bound to take the Colonel’s word of honor, if no more, that he should not attempt escape. It luay seem strange $2 A YEAR to yon that I. did nqt. The official report of the battle forwarded to my superior did not even mention the fact of bis eaptui e. ’ ■' I s<tw tbe .Colonel almost every day. In a week ho wqs able to walk around! I saw that he was somewhat anxious to kuow what disposition would be made of him, but 1 left him to work out that problem. Gue morning $ missed him. No one seemed to know what had become of him, and I di4 not press them for particulars. The Colonel and I were even! • ‘ Well, there came an order which took me to a post a hundred miles away, and in the hot campaign I came near forgetting the Hastings family and the Colonel. . .. . • Or* day, when a regipijgit of Union cavalry was hurled against ft thousand Confederate horsemen; and when victory seemel about to perch upon our flag, a battery of artillery played such havoc among us that thq bugle blow a retreat. , 1“ the confu-’ sion thirty or fopty of us were cut off and made prisoners. “Good afternoon, Colone), I am sorry fpr you, but you could havq fared worse.” Close'’ at my right hand was. Col. Le Villo, henrty and well, aqd hiq sabre not yet sheathed after the fight, A hundred men wondered as we shook hands; but we fully understood it ourselves. “ I cau’t let you rido off as yoq did boforc,” remarked the Colonel, as h4 1 fiassed with me behind the jine of >attle. “ But you shan't do long a prisoner. I’ll have* you exchanged within three days,” **•?-' , And he kept his word. While other officers went off to Richmond, I went to Washington, and then to my regiment, duly exchanged. Ilia influence wag what effected it. Ho was not married yet, but he in formed me that he should be in L few months, and, in his joking way, invi ted me cordially to his wedding, which wns to take place at the Hast 4 ings farm house. “J' think I’ll come,” I replied; “ and in case I should ; capture ybu 'again, I shall clear off this debt: you ors one ahead now,” Nothing was more frequent than to change the cavalry from left td centre, from centre to right, and back and forth, until it might be said oif them that they did not belong to any. one’s division. So I thought nothing strange of it when iny regiment took a inarch of seventy miles, and brought Up onp night on the voad to Winches', ter, not half a mile from the oJ<f jbr;n house. There was to be an advance oil that road, and we were to take th< front. Infantry and artillery were, ji force at our backs, and we from a scout, sobu after *3arx, the the Confederates were certainly ol the retreat, leaving not a solder hfs tween us and tho farm house, There Was no one in command to order mo to make an advance, and as wri Had selected a camping spot,' no advance was made. ',"*T ’ Something kept tflllipg me all the time that Col. Lo Yjlje was near. I could not shake ‘off the voice, and so I wandered down the road where the pickets wero ktatipued. The advance was within a dozen rods of the farm house. As it had not been disturbed, I pushed verjf rapidly almost to tbe house, followed wiilpiho reserve picket. ™ Ev- thing was still around the place, but we saw shadows op th‘e curtains, and finally entered the yard and walked up the path. Nearing the door, I heard a deep, solemn voice reading or repeating a cere mony. Stopping boldly up, followed by the men, I opened tho door upoA a niarringe ceremony. ‘‘ *” ” Col. Le Ville, in toll uniform, held the hand of Kate Hastings; a minis!, ter stood before them, the parents oft either side; one or two citizens were there as witnesses. The group was thunderstruck, and for a moment one moved or spoke, “Good evening, Colone’,*’ I re marked. “ You invited me, yon rtn member, and I am here.’’ * I held the door #o that none of my men had looked into the room. J now whispered to them to go bac| to the road and look sharp, arid them entered the room. The clergyman had taken a seat, but was ordered to go on, and no explanations were then made unta Miss Kate Hastihgs was made Via Col. Le Yille. Then we efjiljjra&l„ There was 'aughing and crying, anda “ regular time,” as the old ladies say. The Colonel did not know that the Confederate rear guard had passed on, but was intending to wed Kate, arid move Souih an hoar after. Ha looked at me and read my decision! and Kate leaned on his shoulder and went that lie was again a prisoner. * What happened? Well, nothing to you, I don’t want lo hear anything about “army regulations,” “ conspiracies,” “court? martial*,” and such talk. It is, how! ever, my opinion, that 'CoL Lb Villi got away somehow.' *% n t v * I was down in the Shenandoah Valley k few months ago, and whorit do you think I took dinner Withl The Colonel looked as bright and happy as anew silver doIISt, 'Sim Kate was more charming thafr ever. The war rested hard upon both, Ke and love had made the fhriw e a little paradise, and there WS* ! - pif< (and INCH’DEO OK TOT ?AOS.)