wonld have won a decisive victory. ■■■■■ ——» # ‘— ~~In its endeavors to popularize a good class of literature. The Independent trusts it will meet with gen eral encouragement. Such is the hold of the fire and brimstone story papers upon the public, that the effort is very largely educational. The Independent circulates principally in the homes of the honest toilers of the city, who, having no public library to draw from, nor unlimited means of their own, are thereby prevented from enjoying the books and magazines from which they might profit The correspondence and stories published in this paper are chosen to supply their need asfar as possible. Frat.k E. Stockton s latest work will very shortly be commenced in this paper, and as it is not obtainable in any other form.everybody will surely enjoy it.