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About Weekly Gwinnett herald. (Lawrenceville, Ga.) 1871-1885 | View Entire Issue (April 7, 1875)
G VtfINNETT HERALD. I prBUS HED EVERY WEDNESDAY, BY --fPL-ES ft BRACKENRIDGE. tYLE U M. PEEPLES, Editor. RATES of -w-Ciii::::;:::::!!« l)° e r nV three months 50 tion rates are cash—payable sa or provisions. in fflon J np obtaining five subscribers, and will receive a copy free. tbe ? wr l«« wishing their papers i from one post-office to abother, tllD?e t»e the name of.the post-office ral?t J .irh they wish it changed, as well ' r0 !?^ rt which they wish it sent. PROFESSIONAL ■ CARDS. -SbTTl^inn, - - ««•* „ . _ i,i s professional Services to the si£of Lawrenceville and vicinity. Office and rooms, for the present, lt tteGlobe Hotel; March 2,1874. WM. K. SIMMONS. & SIMMONS. attorneys AT LAW, Georgia. Practice in Gwinnett and the adjoining r L, mar 15-ly counties. N. L. HUTCH INS, attorney AT LAW, e LtWBESCEVILLE, Practice in the counties of the Western Circuit and in Milton and Forsyth of the , Blue Ridge. mar 15-ly TYLER M. PEEPLES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, IAWBESCEVILI.E, GA - Practices in the counties of Gwinnett, Hall, Jackson and Milton, pension claims promptly attended to mar 15-6 m drTe. D. LITTLE, M- D-. DUlutli, *- - Georgia., Having recently located at Duluth, on the Air-Line Railroad, tenders his pro fessional services to the citizens ot the surrounding country. The advantage ot a practice of eight months in the Louis ville hospital has enabled him to keep posted with all the new discoveries in medical science. A good supply of drugs on hand. tfrit Office near the depot. November 10,1874. [nov 11—ts. A CARD. TIJR undersigned has permanently established his office as Surveyor at the Law Office of Colonel Francis F. Jnhan, in Lawreuceville, Ga., where lie will be pleased to see persons wishing Surveys excuted, or to receive their orders, which will be promptly attended to. Homesteads, Dowers and Partition Surveys alone are r> quired to be done by the County Smveyor; all others can as well be attended to by the undersigned, whose long experience enables him to hope that he will receive a liberal pat ronage from his fellow-citizens. Respectfully, FRANCIS P. JCHAN. jan 27-6 tn. THIS PAPER is ON FILE WITH ' -IT" 1 ITM—TTT ■Rati, c"ss? 1 «■ CHESTNUT LOUIS. MCR. I On and Jfer Monday, October 19th. lS'd, traijfwill ruu upon this road daily, as follows: WGHT PASSENGER—NO. 1. GOING NOIiTIL Reave Atlanta 5:51, p. m. Arrive at N. (J. It. It, Junction 8:15,a.m. d ay passenger—no 2, going south. Leave N. C. It. It. Junction 6:00, a- m. Reave Buford 6:57, p. m. Wve Suwannee 7:18, p.m. Reave Duluth 7:39, p. m. Reave Norcross 8:12, p. m. Arrive at Atlanta 9:18, p.m. TOCC °A daily PASSENGER ACCOMMODA ‘riON (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) NO. 3 GOING NORTH. Reave Atlanta 3:18, p. m. t j ave Norcross 4:'.'4, p. m. Gave Duluth .... 4:42, p. m. Leave Suwanneee 5:Oo p. m. Rave Buford 5:18, p. m. Gave Flowery Blanch 5:42,p. m. rnve at Toccoa 8:27, p.m. r ° <IOA daily passenger acoommoda- IlON ' (SUNDAYS EXCEPTED) —NO. 4 COMING SOUTH. Leave Toccoa 3:54. a. m. Gave Flowery Branch 6:33, a. m. Reave Buford 6:55.a.m. Gave Suwannee 7:14, a. m Rave D u i u th 7:31, a.m. Rave Norcross 7:46, a.m. n ve at Atlanta 9:18, a. m. A "mmodation passenger and freight NO. 5— GOING NORTH. . *. Te Atlanta 7:09 a. m. Arrive at Charlotte 2:0 a. m. 1 ommodation passenger and freight, no. 6—coming south. Reave Charlotte 9:12, p. m. r Ruford... l. «: I r. u '" Suwannee 2:54, p. m. * v uluth 3:18. p,m. Art' 0 Noreross 3:42, p.m. -‘'eat Atlanta 5:12, p. m. R* Y. SAGE, Knjj. and tjupt. Weekly Gwinnett Herald. T. M. PEEPLES, PROPRIETOR ] Yol. Y. GENERAL DIRECTORY. Geo. D. Rice, Judge S. C. Western Circuit. Resides at Gainesville. Emory Speer, Solicitor General Western Circuit. Resides at Athens. COUNTY OFFICERS. Sheriff, James M. Patterson. Clerk S. C. Court,W. L. Vaughan. Ordinary, James T. Lamkiti. Treasurer, Robert N. Robinson. Tax Receiver, W, M. Hunnicutt TaX Collector, Moses Marlin. Surveyor, Robert N. Mafiatt. Coroner, Janies J. Glover, BOARD CO. COMMISSIONERS. R. D. Winn, Chairman ; D. M. Byrd, E. J. McDaniel, Burton Cloud, W. VV, Paiks, BOARD OF EDUCATION. R. D. Winn, John R. Moore, VV. I WoodwarJ, D. M. Byrd, J. C. Maguire, J. L. King, County School Commissioner, MILITIA DISTRICT OFFICERS. Ben Smith's [3lGth] District—Post Office, Auburn, John MandetSjN. P. and ex-officio J. P. W. P. Cosby, J.P, Berkshire [4osth] Dsitrict — Post 0/fice,Swcet Water. Ezekiel Mathews, N, P. and ex' officio J. P. James W. Andrews, J. P. Cain's [ss2d] District—Post Office, Camp's Mills. J, J. Boss, N. P. and ex-officio J. P. VV. P. A. Timms, J. P. Cate's [4(>Bili] District —Post Office , Yellow River. A C. Hutchins, N. P. and ex officio J. P. Andrew J. Webb, J. P. Duluth ] ) 263d] District—Post Office, Duluth. James S. Love, J. P. Goodwin's [4o4(h] District—Post Office, Suwannee. W. 11. Jinks, N. P. and ex-officio, J. P. J II Brogdon, J. P. Hog Mountain [444//t] District — Post Office, Gain's . William Davis,P. and ex-officio J. P. J W. Mitchell, J. P. Harbin's [47Bth] District —Post Office, Lawrenceville. John B. Coffee,N. P. and ex officio J. P. Fredrick Patrick, J. P. Lawrenceville [4o7th] District —Post Office, Lawienceville. Andrew L. Moore, N. P. and ex officio J. P. C. A. Allen, J. P. Martin's [s44th | District—Pont Office, Sweet Water. T. D. Mathews,N. P. and ex officio J. P. G. W. Miner, J P. Rockbridge [s7lst] District—Post Office, Stone Mountain. Joseph Mote, N. P. and ex-ufficio J. P. William E. Betts, J. P. Pinckneyville (406th) District—Post Office, Noreross. W. G. YVigley,N. P. and ex officio J. P. James A. Miller J. P. Sugar Hill (550th) District—Post Office, Buford. W. W. Wilson, N. P. and ex officio J. P. James M. Roberts, J. P. POST OFFICE. Office kept open every tiny, ex ! cept Sunday. Suwannee Route,daily—Mail leaves Lawrencevillo at 7, a. m., and arrives bark at 12 in. Monroe Route, weekly—Leaves Lawrenceville Friday, at 0, a. in., and arrives back at 4, p. in., Satur- I day. | Cain’sP O. Route.weekly—Leaves Lawrenceville Thursday at 7 a, in., | and arrives back at 12 in. Stone Mountain Route, weekly.— Leaves Lawrenceville Wednesday, at 7,a. in., and arrives back at 4,p. in, Jefferfon Route, weekly.— Arrives at Lawrenceville Friday,at 11, a. in., and leaves at 1. p, in. Sweet Water and Yellow River Post-offices supplied via. stone Mountain Route. Hay Bieck.Looansville and Wind sor Post offices supplied via. Monroe Route. Chinquapin Grove, Auburn, and Mulberry Post offices supplied via. Jefferson Route. Camp’s Mill’s Post office supplied | via, Cain’s P, 0. Route. Lawrenceville,, Ga., Wednesday, April 7, 1875. Civil Rights. The passage of the Civil Rights bill at Washington has developed a good deal of popular feeling among “American citizens of Afri can descent,” as well as among those of the Anglo-Saxon race, who see in it only an effort to make political capital out of the disinclination ot the white race to associate on even terms with the negro. Even the poet, it will be seen, seizes upon the subject as replete with interest for his rhyme, and so gives us UNCLE IIANNIBAL. “Good mornin’, Uncle Hannibal; hab you heard the glorious news? I)e swidgel righises bill am passed, and now dey can't refuse To pass a culled gemmen to the front seats in the show, Or to let him in tie big hotel and de best room on de flo’. “I golly, Uncle Hannibal, dis niggahs happy now— He’s gwine to sell his mule and cart, and, it lie can, his cow; And he’s gwine to take de money and dress Miss Din ih gay, ! And sit among the white folks eb’ry ebenin’ at de play. ! “I used to be so ’ligious, and pray dat when I died, I’d go to lieben and fly around among de swanctified; But l’se not so anxious now, you see, since I hab got my rights For heaben was nuffin more to me dan equality wid de whites. •‘You’s silent, Uncle Hannibal —is you ailin’ anywhar? Pr’haps you hadn’t ought to stand in de ebenin’ air”— "No, chile, l'se well as ushill, but it grieves me through and through, To think how little wisdom lies in what you’s gwine to do. “Deni great folks up in Washington who passed dis triflin’ bill Hab forced upon de Suddern folks a mightv bitter pill; But while it harrows-up dar souls and stirs dar fiery b ood, It don't do us poor culled folks a s'mgle ounce of good. “You keep your horse and cart, my chile, and don’t you sell your cow, But stay at. home, if you arc wise, and follow up de plow — De field’s de theatre for you, and if you tend it well, You'll live as good as white folks live, and have some corn to sell.” Barm knas Mix. Gallatin, Tf,nn., March 6, 1875. An Editor Murdered. —Cliailes K. Dandis, a prominent and infill-' ential citizen of Vineland, New Jer sey, shot and mortally wounded Mr. Carrnth, editor of the Vineland Independent, in the office of that paper on Friday morning last. A dispatch says: “Carruth and Landis have long been bitter personal en emies. Such a town as Vineland, with its free love, Spiritualastic and woman’s rights elements is sure to be the hot bed of factions of all kinds, and it vva3 not many years he fore Landis, who was the founder of tile place, found that the town was outgrowing his authority. I lie Vineland Weekly was his organ,and the Independent that of the opposi tion. The war has rag-d for several years. When Landis went to Europe some months ago, Carruth intimated that lliere was trouble be tween him and his wife. ’1 he latter was the daughter ot Commodore Meade,and with whom Landis elop ed some years ago. The immediate cause of the attack was an article in Carruth’s paper, which although no persons were specified was appro priated by Landis,and in a towering rage he rushed into the editor s office and committed the murder.” The statement of the legislative committee of Massachusetts that they had paid George \Y illiam Cur tis $1,001) for his oration on the late Senator Sumner, ami which that gentleman says he declined to receive, is explained. Mr. Curtis declining to receive the money, the committee, unknown to him, au thorized Miilmore, the American sculptor at Rome, to execute a bust es ttie departed statesman, at a cost of SI,OOO. The bust is expected to arrive daily, and will be ioi ward ed at the expense of the committee to Mr. Curtis, to whom, had it not been lor the newspaper agitation of the matter, it would have been a surprise. —A young planter in Elbert county wrote to his factor in Augusta about the sale of some cotton and imme diately afterwards indicated a loving epistle to bis sweetheart. Conse quence, the letters got mixed, and now the young man complains that he cau’l hear ftooi his factor. “COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE!” THE CODE. A Dtiel in Missouri in Early Times—Two Shots and Then the Drinks Were Set i p. The Sadalia (Mo.) Bazoo relates the following good story: Twenty years agp the dilapidated old burgh known as Georgetown was one-of the most thriving vil lages in Central Missouri It con tained as jolly a Set of souls as ever lived, always ready for a light, fun or foot race. Taxes then were about one fifth of one per cent, and good wtiiskey could bo bought for thirty-five cents per gallon. All the haul work was done by the negroes, while the “white trash” killed time playing cards, horse racing, perpetrating all kinds of practical jokes, and drinking the aforesaid cheap whiskey. It Was no disgrace then to go on a week’s spree, as the best people in the country frequently did. Col. Samuel A. Lowe, now of St. Louis, was then the County and Circuit Clerk and ex-officio Recorder, and even then had tune to spare, which he devoted to the worship of Bacchus. Then, ns now, Sam was a little insulting when in his cups, and on one occasion insulted a citizen of the place, a high strung Yirginianj who now lives in Sedalia, and follows the same business he was then engaged in. The “F. F. V.” pocketed the in sult for the time being, but it soon came bis turn to get drunk, and then he called Samuel to account. Samuel wanted to ap logize, but this would not wipe out the insult with the Virginian, lie wauled to settle it according to the code id' honor. Tills gave a show for fun, and the bystanders took Sam out and told him he must accept the challenge. But he was not as bloodthirsty then as lie has been since getting command ot a regi incut of St. Louis militia, and asso ciating with such daie devils as J re Colcord. lie revolted at the idea of killing a man, and was more greatly moved at the idea of being killed. After a lengthy conversation, ami being assuicd it would only end in fun, lie ag ecd to accept, and designated his second, a fine looking young doctor, who now resides in St. Louis and is engaged in the insur ance business. “Old Viiginia’ chose his friend, and the terms were soon agreed upon. The parties were to fight with the old fashioned horse pistol, loaded with ball; were to meet at a point on Muddy creek, to bo selected by the seconds. They were to place their backs to gether, and at a signal were to match eight steps to the front and wheel and fire. Hour of meeting, 10 o’clock the morning after the acceptance. The news was soon heralded over the town of the coming duel, and all kinds of speculations were made as to the lesiilt. This kind of sport was something new and pleasant, and the saloons did an extra amount of business that night, and many beds were untouched by persons who were afraid they would over sleep themselves and miss the sport. At last the morning came, and the while of the male population were on the (jui vive. Ihe line of march was taken up, and the pro cession wended its way toward the romantic spot known as Cedar Bluff. The Virginian had sobered off considerably, and began to repent of his rashness. Having arrived upon the ground chosen by the seconds, he readily agreed to settle the dif ficulty with one shot each, h.e quent libations were indulged in, and both of the principals showed they were the worst by liquor. The excitement ran at fever heat when the duellists were placed in posi tion, back to back, and. the eight paces were stepped off. Hie sec onds act'd in ilio double capacity of bottle holders, and each gave his man a drink, when hands were shaken and farewells exchanged. The word, “Forward, march!” was given, when each ot the princi pals marched direc’l)’ to the front, eight paces, and wheeled as the word “lire” was given. Eacli man shot, hut not at his adversary, as then- was an eight foot lull between them, the seconds having chosen the top ol a ridge or ‘back bone, ’ and each man had inarched out of sight or the other. The crowd were not long iu seeing the “pint,” when a loud hurrah went up, and the Virginian “set up’ many a gallon of old rye over his duel. I lie prin cipals were the best of friends be fore nigh', and went together on a jolly spree. Emigration to Texas. Richard Wilkerson for a while a citizen of Pulaski county, tuck the train at Me Uie, on the Macon & Bruswick Railroad, about the 24th of last Dec., destined for Texas. Mr. Wilkeison’s family ol a wife and seven children, went with him. When they reached New Orleans Mrs. Wilkerson became sick, and as they had but a small amount of money, it was arranged that she should be taken to the l ily hospital, and hei oldest son Noah, left to wait upon her, while her husband and the six other children should go on to Texas to prepare a heme. Mis. Wilkerson soon died, and in a few days her soil followed her to the grave. By this time Mr Wil kersou had reached Houston, Texas, and was also taken sicK, and, being In reduced circumstances, he, too, was compelled to go to the hospital in that city. Soon afterwards the news reached him by letter that his wife and son had died in New Orleans. He lingered hut a lc\v days longer, and death ended his troubles on this soil and his body found a grave on Texas soil. Little Abe, aged three years, and next to the youngest child, also took sick and died about the same time. T hus by the hand of death were five little orphans left in a strange conn try at the mercy of strangers; but there were kind people there who gave them assistance. Mr. S, M. Miller, the general ticket agent at IlpuSton gave them tickets for a portion of the way, and wrote them a kind letter to oilier railroad olli cuds detailing their sinH'erings and misfortunes. A Mr. E. E Sumner, of Lincolnton, North Carolina, came with them to Opelika, Ala., and rendered them valuable aid along the route. Passengers also gave them assistance in small contribu tions of money and by all such kind favors they were enabled to reach llawkinsvillc one day last wetk. They have a sister, Mrs Saluda Mitchell living in this coun ty, and 4ho children have sought her house for a home. The little babe, a boy about eighteen months old, was left with a gentleman in Texas. The children report that tlicir father, mother and two broth ers all died with ‘black tongue fever.’ — 11a whinsville D ispa tch. A Diamond Story. —An old man, well known is Id ussels, who would appear everv alternooti with ina lliematic.il regularity in the Saint Hubert Cara !e, where he would walk for exactly one hour from 4 to 5 o’clock, died recently in that city'. The oldest dwellers in that quarter of Brussels remember to have seen him take his daily pro menade for many years back with out conveisitig with any one. — Among his papers a will was found, in which lie asked to he buried in a neighborhood cemetery by his wile’s side, and requested that a person wiio now fills an exalted position in St. Petersburg might be tuformed of his death. It appears that when young he had been employed in a diamond-producing district of Asia. One dav lie found an enormous dia mond and determined to secure it for himself. The difficulty was how to escape the lynx-eyed agents. He made a deep wound in the calf o( liis leg iu which ha concealed the dia mond. lie then pretended that he had been wounded and Lis leg was bound up and he was authorized to leave the district. He succeeded in escaping to Russia,where he sold the gem for a large sum It is now one of the crown diamonds of Rus sia. Having thus acquired wealili, our hero traveled all over the world, In England he married a young iadv, who died in Brussells some years ag ). After her death lie did not wish to leave the city where she was buried, Mr. and Mrs. Barron of Cincin uatti, are a strangely mated couple. Mr. Barron is a German and cannot speak English. Mrs. Barron is an American, and cannot speak Ger man. How tlleir courting was done is a matter for conjecture. How they disagreed has been published. The husband, after they had lived together a month, wlrpped his wife brutally. She under-tood that well enough,the language of blows being universal, and bad him arrested, — Iu court an interpreter helped them to converse with each other, ihe husland promised reform, the wife forgave, and they went home to gether. [s2 A YEAR, IN ADVANCE. The Unwritten Side of Great Men. We alwiva think of great men as j in the act of performing great deed* i which give them renown, or else in ! stately repose, grand, silent.and mu j jestio. And yet this is hardly fair; because the most gracious and mag nificent of human beings io bother themselves with the little tilings of life which engage the Kt tention of us smaller people. No doubt Moses snarled and got angry when he had a severe cold in his head, and if a fiy bit his leg while he was in the desert, why should we suppose lie did not jump and use violent language and rub the sore place? And Caisar —isn’t it tolera bly certain he used to become fu rious when tie w6ul up stairs to get his slippers in the dark, and found that Giilpliurnia bad shciVed them under the bed so that he had to sweep around them wildly with a broom-handle ? And when Solo mon cracked his crazy bone, is It unreasonable to suppose that he ran around the room, and felt as if he wanted to cry ? Imagine George Washington sitting on the edge ol the bed and putting on a cldan shirt, and growling at Martha bocause'the buttons were off; or St. Augustine with an apron around his neck hav ing his hair cut; or J oan of Ar>! holding her front hair in her mouth, as women do, while she fixed up her back li-iir; Napoleon jumping out ot bed in a Irenzv to chase a mos quito around the room with a pillow; or Martin Luther in a night shirt Hying to put the baby to sleep at two o’clock in the morning; or Al exander the great with the hic coughs; or Thomas Jefferson getting suddenly over a fence to avoid it dog; or the Duka of Wellington with the mumps; or Daniel Web ster abusing h s wife because she hadn’t tucked the cover at the foot of ihe bed; or Benjamin Franklin paring his corns with a razor; or i/onatlian Edwards, at the dinner ta hie, wanting to sneeze just as he got his mouth toll of hot beef; or Noah standing at his window at night and throwing biicks at a cat. A Tolkuo Ghost Story. — Last week a respected citizen died in this city, and was laid out in funeral robes preparatory to interment next day. That night two watches sat in the room a Ijoining that in which the corpse was lying. The door be tween the rooms was pushed to, hut not la'ched. Along towards mid night the watchers began, as watch ers will, to amuse themselves by telling gliost stories. If there is any place or time when a ghost story can lie told with a popular thrilling effect it is in the “dead waste and middle of the night,” in the immediate propinquity of a corpse which has just yielded up the gliost. So it proved in this in stance. As the narrator proceeded with the blood-curdling recital, lie and his auJilot instinctively turned their eyes towards the door of the room in which the dead man lay,— ,/ust then the relator said : “At that minute an awful groan was heard, the fights turned blue,and there was a smell of brimstone, the door opened of itself, and in walked 11 The knob of the door to the corps's room turned slowly, and the door swung open with a long screech. The relator shrieked: “Tiieie it does come !” and w iih a convulsive bound, threw his nrina around his companion's neck.— Every individual hair upon the lat ter’s head became as rigid as knitting needle, his fingers worked like impaled fish worms,and he gasp ed out: “llowly Mary! mother of "then his while lips became du.nb with terror. This inteiesting tableaux continued for a few seconds, when the parties not seeing any spiritual visitor, recoveied in a measure their preseuce of mind, and then they dis covered that the door had been opened by a draft of air.— Toledo Blade. About half the population of Norwich are in a state of frenzy over the following puzzle : “To five and five and fifty-five the first of let ters add, 'twill make a thing that killed a King and drove a wise man mad.” It was published first about twenty years ago, and never has been correctly answered. But they say there is an answer.— Bulletin. The Bulletin observed in its next issue: “A correspondent writes that the answer to the riddle published Monday, is *ACe.’ He says that an Ace is the only thing lie knows of that will kill a King, and he's seen four of them break, wise man, if they didn’t make him mad.” GWINNETT HERALD. RATES OF ADVERTISING, | J VV j 2 W | 3 W | 1 M | 3 M 1 $1 00 61 50 $2 CO 62 50 96 00 2 200 300 400 500 12 0(1 3 300 4,5 t 500 fi 00 15 00 4 400 500 700 800 Wi 0 ) \ col. 5» 0 700 80010 00 20 ort col. 0 0 » 13 00 IC, 00 18 00 30 00 1 col. 16 00 22 012700 30 050 00 And by special contract for a longer time than three months. A square is one inch in depth of column The money for advertising is due on the first insertion No. 3. A Town FaHii. Oar attention was called a day' or two since to an old gentleman in this city, who owns a house and ttvd acres of land, on which it is situated; who comes as nttur ‘‘living at homo and boarding at the same place,” as the next one, lie lias not bought over twelve pounds Of bacon in fifteen years, raising three or four hogs on his own lot each venr, that furnishes him bountifully, Ho keeps three or four cows, and sells milk and butler enough, with vegetable# from his garden, to winter them.— ll is garden is also a source of re venue, for during the winter and spiing he always has something in it, such as turnip salad, “collards,” and from it potatoes, which brings in a little money ulrtiost daily. The remainder Of his lot is planted in com, that yields finely,which breads him, and also fattens his hogs, with the aid of the “slops” from his kit chen, From this patch lie gets a sung little amount of peas, shucks and fodder, which he stores aw«v for his cattle, and each year has a beef or two for sale. He makes his own laid after killing liis hogs, and about the only things of any con sequence in the eating line he lias to buy, are Hour, sugar and coffee. His family Consists of three per-* sons, one of whom has been an in valid for many years. Of course he lives economically, and when not engaged in working in his lot (and we should have stated he gets liis manure from his cow lot,) he is en gaged at his calling, from w hich he makes a sufficiency to pay liis other expenses, lie' is quite an old man, liUted for liis honesty and integrity and we doubt if there are a halt dozen people who know of what wa have written. — Griffin News. Ail English journal suggests d novel method of increasing the rev enues of a state. We reproduce the arguoments to let our legisla tors into the secret. The tax laid liy the slate on amusements, and some of our special taxes, are very unpopular, and perhaps the propo sition tint comes from London wiil be useful if a substitute should he demanded by the people. 11-.ar the Ball Mall Gazette : “It is surprising that among the many schemes for increasing the revenue in the least iiksome method to the community the imposition of stamp duties on offers of rnariiago lias never been seriously considered.- There can be little doubt that such an import would not only lie cheer fully paid, but would biiug in a considerable sum annually’ to tho exchequer, it would, moreover, do more than anything else to put an end to those ‘breach of promise cases’ which giwe rise to so much unseemly mirth and dcseciate some of the noblest feelings of our imper fect nature. If it were rendered illegal to make a proposal or accept one except by a stamped document, it would be impossible for the most heartless ti dier to get out of his or her engagements on tho ground of •no serious intention.’ This plan would, moreover, throw a spirit of earnestness into social intercourse which is sadly required. Unstamp ed professions of admiration or affection would be looked upon not only as hollow flirtation, but as at tempts to defraud the revenue, sub jecting the gay deceiver to penalty, part of which would go to tho in** former. Those who fancy they have sounded the depths of woman’s love with the plumb line of sentimental novels should ponder over the true story of Mary Ann Dowling, an orphan, of W illiamsburg, New York. The object of Mary’s adoration was an individual about twentylttfi/ years old, who rejoiced in the ro mantic title of James Dolan, alias Frauley; and who is described as an uncouth and burly man, with beetle brows and a peimatieiit scowl. But that Mary thought none tins less of him on these ai-eonnts is proved by the fact that sire rode all the way' from New Yoik to the 18ing bring State prison, where the gentle James was confined for fehmy for a term of years, to marry him. Tho ceremony was performed by Chap-* lain Canfield The happy bride-* groom returned to his cell and the* bride to New York, there to await, through the long, long years, tho liberation of the man to whom she was so strangely united. —“A home without children is like high heaven without angels,” says a Kentucky paper. YVejitst want to have him get out of bed four times a night lor a month to keep the ba by’s legs coveted up.
