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TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 13, 1866. SKETCHES OP TRAVEL. BY G. W. W. / LETTES NUMBER XIX. HAMBURG, GERMAN?, 18G6. Tho stirring events of tho past few months add much interest to the groat Prussian Metropolis. I spent two days in Berlin, and regretted tho tune af my command would not allow mo a week in this in . foresting city. Tho Prussians aro an enterprising .. nation. "Whatever they undertake must bc exe? cuted on a grand scale, and thoroughly. 'I havo seen no whero in my travels a more striking monument than that erected to the memory of FBBDEBIO THE GBEAT. It is truo, *u.?y nave been slow in offering this tribute to one to whom they aro so much .indebted for their greatness. FBEDEBIC was to Prussia wha WASH? INGTON was to the United States. Ho waa both a hero and a statesman, and is regarded as the Father of his Kingdom. The monument in all its proportions is splondid. The horse on which the King majestically sits is a noblo looking ani? mal, Boventeen feet in height. The entire monu? ment itf B?rne fifty feet high. The bronze pedestal is of huge uimensions, and is raised on blocks of beautifully polished granite. The entire monu? ment consists of at least forty figures, and, as a work of art, it has never been excelled in Em-ope. I drove through a beautiful grove of trees that would do credit toan American forest, to the Pal? ace of Oharlottonhof, situated a few mileBfrom Berlin. The buildings, although fine, will not com? pare with the dazzling palaces of the city. The sight of the palace is good-standing in a park, beautifully ornamented with trees-tho growth of centuries; the walks are lined with orange and choice shrubs; but there is a stillness and want of lifo in the old palace/^und I felt as if moving among scenes of days long passed away, while I really stood in the home of living mon? archs. The marble statues scattered through the park have a dingy appearance; they look like neglected monuments ina deserted churchyard. The most interesting spot in these grounds was the mausoleum in which the late King FREDERIC TH. and his queen he interred. Except that of. NAPOLEON'S in Paris, these tombs aro the finest I have seen on the Continent. The lay figures are exquisitely out in pure white marble; the delicate bluelight admitted from the domo of stained glasB adds greatly to the beauty of tho monu? ments. The Queen was quito young when NAPO? LEON, in 1806, entered as conqueror of Berlin. She was a clever and spirited woman, and NAPOLEON suffered in the estimation of the Prussians in con? sequence of his treatment of their favorite Queen. She died at the early age of thirty-five, while FBED? EBIC lived to the age of Bevonty-two. No travel? ler should leave Berlin without visiting theso mag? nificent monuments. In one of the public squares are exhibited a large number of cannon captured recently from the Austrians. The Royal Botanical Gardens in Berlin are not as extensive as those in Paris, but the exotics, which grow in mammoth glasshouses, interested me very much. The environs of Berlin, with their handsome private dwellings and magni? ficent public parks and pleasure grounds, filled with beautiful trees and flowering shrubs, sur? pass anything I have yet seen in Germany. Villas ?nd summer-houses for refreshments are scattered through these parke. Under these grand old trees rich and poor assemble to listen to the music or mingle in the dance. Berlin was the birthplace of the most distinguished naturalist 'the world ever produced-Baron VON HUMBOLDT. HO was a great favorite with the sovereigns and people of Germany ; and his name is universally honored and respected for his vast acquirements, attained by ex? tensive travels, research and study, and his mind was clear and active even at tho advanced age of eighty-four. No man of his day possessed such general information or had seen so much of tho habitable globe. His great mind grappled with and comprehended nearly every branch of human knowledge. He was eminently a working man ; he knew the value of time,?nd that knowledge was only to be acquired by toil, and it is said that he seldom slept more thap four hours out of twenty four. When this ripe scholar had reached the age of three-aoore-and-ton-full of glory and renown it seems ho might well have rested from his labors; but not'BO; he was as diligent in scientific re? search at eighty as at any former period of his Ufo Would that th? young men of our country, whose ambition it is to retire from business at forty-to live a life of ease and idleness-would study the life and imitate the bright example of tho great ALEXANDER HUMBOLDT. I left Berlin early in the morning. A few hours by the "Bghtning express" and I find myself in the quaint and to me deeply interesting old town of Hamburg. In the new town aro splendid streets, with magnificent buildings and royal palaces, while the old is composed^of narrow streets and alloys, filled with a population of tho poor. I explored one of those alleyB, where I found tho people even mora degraded than in tho "Five Points " of New York. I proposed to my guide to accompany me. He declined upon the plea that gentlemen did not vi?it such placea. Just imagine a street six feet wide, with houses on each side from four to six storios high, to say nothing of tho cellars beneath, all of which aro occupiod, each room frequently accommodating two or more families. Tho3o narrow stroots aro several hundred yards in longth, and what adds to the filthiness and discomfort of the buildings, is that there ia but ono ingress or ogress. Tho dirty, half-clad wo? men stared at me, tho smut and grcaso dripping from their black faces. The squalid childron bold out their hands, begging for coppers. I stopped to take a poop into alley No. 2, when my guido as? sured mo the small-pox and [cholera wcro raging there. I had seen enough of poverty and wretch? edness, and had no desire to extend my visit among that clas3 of citizens. I inquired of a phy? sician in reference to tho hoalth of thoso dirty alleys, and ho informed mc that tho mortality was nof; groater hero than in tho best portions of Hamburg. I was surprised to find in ono of tho richest oifcie3 on tho continent so much poverty and degradation. Tho childron who aro born and reared in theso dismal courts, or the Fivo Points, New York, are no more affected by tho polluted air they broatho than aro tho rats which infest those haunts of filth ; but aa immortal beings they are corrupted by tho vicious atmosphere that sur? rounds them, Hamburg is ono of tho oldest of the Freo Oitios ol' Gormany; it invites tho rich commerce of tho world to enter ita magnificent harbor almost freo of duty. Immense cargoes of mercliaiidiao aro discharged from vessols that lie in tho middle of tho stream into small barges; these are rowed to the warehoa?OB, at less expense than if thc gooda wore landed at tho docks from tho ship.i. ? drovo j along tho banks of tho river looking at tho milos I of shipping, and waB Biu-prisod to seo no docks; j but whon I witnessod tho facility with which tho j groat cargoes wero transi'erred, by means of light- ! crs, to the storehouses, thc absence of docks was ' explained, . Here you rind ships from nearly every nation. The star splangled banner, as it waved proudly over the fine American ships, sent an elec? tric shock through my veins-for the first time in my wanderings I felt homesick. To a citizen of the United States there is something grand in thc Stars and Stripes. It is a flag that commands the respect of all nations. Tho gigantic war through which wo havo just passed has proved to tho world that the States, when united, form an irresistible power, and aro not to bo trifled with, cither on liind or Bea. May our groat Republic for all time to como cultivate' peace, friendship and amity. G. W. W. *: The Belt Across the Continent. Tlie Great Pacifie Railroad-An Interesting History. A correspondent of the Chicago Republican, who accompanied the recent excursion party over tho Union Pacific Railroad to the ono hundredth parallel of longitude, has written a full account of the road, which is of such interest that wo copy tho material parts. It should bo promised that another Pacific Railroad is in rapid progress due west from Kansas City, two hundred miles south of the Plate Valley route, described below. This lower route is the ono in which St. Louis has the most interest, as it is an extonsion of the Pacific Railroad of Missouri. The directors of each of those roads are striving vigorously to roach tho mountains with their tracks before tho other. Thc Republican's correspondent says : BOUTE OP THE UNION PACIFIC BAILBOAD. Tho Union Pacific Railroad, commencing at Omaha, follows tho valley of the Platte river for five hundred and fifty miles, or to the base of tho Rocky Mountains. Omaha, upon the Missouri river, is nine hundred and sixty-eight (barometer) foot above th? level of the sea. Ono mouth of tho Platte is fifteen miles below Omaha, and to roach the Platte valley, the road mal?es a detour nine miles southwest, and'then follows the natural val? ley formed by this river. Partaking of the nature of a prairie, the valley, as it extended westward, has boon for many years considered an arid plain. It covers an area of about five thousand square miles, and varies in width from three to twenty miles. North of the valley the country ?B a rolling prairie, gradually decreasing in fertility as it ex? tends northwesterly to the British provinces, whore the intense rigor and length of the winter, and the sandy sou', have almost entirely destroyed all vegetable lifo. The railroad follows the north bank of tho Platte for throe hundred miles, and then crosses tho North Fork and keeps up the north side of the South Fork to its headwaters at the foot of tho Rocky Mountains. There aro but five bridges of any size until the Rooky Mountains are roached. Tho flrBt is over tho Elkhorn, one hundred miles east of Omaha, and is a truss bridge of the most approved pattern, built upon stone piers, that will last for half a dozen centuries. Similar bridges have been built ovor Shell creekj the Loup Fork, tho Wood River and the North Fork. No streams of any B?ZO flow into tho Platte from the south side, the natural tendency of all streams of this valley being to run southward. No attempt has ever been made to navigate the Platte, or to improve, it for navigation. It is a rapid stream, spread over a very large surface of ground, vory shallow, and yet BO full of quicksands as to render it unfordable. Its banks are continually changing from side to side, owing to tho washing of the sand as in tho Missouri. Unlike the lattor, however, it never has freshets, and never inundates its banks. Its rise and fall is limited to six inches. Tho water is never clear, but of a muddy, sandy character, caused by tho washing of its 'banks. For practical illustration it may be said that tho Platte, rising ki the West, nins weBt to its mouth, in tho Missouri river. Its tributaries rise in tho north or northwest, and, running southeast empty into the Platte. Its southern tributaries. Skull and Salt creeks, have clear water and rocky bot? toms. It will be Been that nature has laid out tho whole Platte valley into little valleys bisected - with rivers and creeks at various intervals, and lined the river banks with the richest bottoms or valleys, covered with an alluvial soil, and varying in width from enc to six miles. Timber of various kinds is found upon all the small streams. Tho cotton-wood, however, prevails to the greatest ex? tent. There is no doubt,, wore it not for the an? nual burning of tho prairies1 and tho grass upon the bottoms of valleys, V the wholo Platto valley would bo covered with timber, as it is whore the fire could not reach that we now find the oak, locust, cedar and cottonwood, and it has been fully demonstrated in the various Western States that where the fire has been kept off a particular tract for three years a strong growth of timber starts out, and rn ton or twelve it is large onongh for posts, rails or general building purposes. POPULATION OP NEBRASKA. Over two-thirds of tho population of Nebraska lies south of the Platte valley, and the largest por? tion along the Missouri river; out of fifty members of the territorial legislature, over thirty are elected south of tho Platte. The line of tiavol opened by the omigrants start? ing out from Omaha tb cross the Plains to the gold mmes of Colorado, the Mormon harems of Utah, and to the Pacific coast, have induced many farm? ers or ranchmen to settle along tho wagon trail of the overland route. Theso found a ready market for their corn and cattle in the emigrants, and, later, in tho mining regions of Colorado, which raised nothing to feed themselves. Tho Indians and the wolves have for many years roigned su? preme on the routo, and it was necessary for omi? grants to travel in large bodies for self-protection, and for ranchmen to fortify themselves and build stockades for their cattle. Thoso disadvantages but few were willing to meet, and consequently we now find settlers so rare upon these millions of fertile acres. LAND QUANTS. The land grants of tho Pacific road aro the fin? est ever given to a railroad. One-half the land for twenty miles upon both sides, with the right to locate at any point the amount they do not get on the last onq, when tho title is not now in tho gov ommont. . ThiB will make them the owners of the entire valley after they get out beyond the Burveyod and located lands which, probably, do not extend over one hundred miles, ior all lands on the then sur? veyed line aro withdrawn from the markot until, thoy got what they desire. So far, thoy havo no lands taken up oxcopt at whatever stations they needed for immediato uso, and in locating thoso at random they aro safe, for they will get tho titlo whonever they dosiro it, and tho cities, towns, villages and farms aro theirs to locate, to Boll, and to build np. Durant can literal? ly Bay, as ho rides out with his iron horse into tho howling wilderness and startloB tho Indian from his lair,' "I am monarch of all I Burvoy; my rights thoro aro nono to dispute." TIMBE a FOB RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION. When Dr. Durant announced, one year ago, that ho wanted ono million of cross tios for immediate uso, and three millions in two years, overvbo ,y laughed at tho idea. "They must be had," he re plio.f. "I will havo thom." ' Evorv sourco was ap? plied to. Soon ono party agrocd to furnish a largo lot. and another a lot, bul thoy wore bringing in cottonwood, a spocios of timber liko unto a pumpkin or a cucumber, which looked woll enough, but had a reputation for not boiug roliablo over night; but. tho resources of man aro as end? less as his desiros ?ire bouudloss. "Bring on your cottonwood," tsaid Durant, and un tho Missouri and down tho Missouri, out of a thousand ravines and gulches rang tho sound of tho invader's axe and soon came a perfect torrent of ties; tics of oak' of cedar, and of cottonwood. ? THE ''BUBNETIZINO PBOCESS." I To make the latter available, an iron boiler a 1 hundrod feet long and Ovo feet in diameter wau ? brought into requisition. It waB filled with tics, ' and tlie apertures hoing closod, a steam ongino oxhausted the air. which emptied thc pores ol' tlie wood, when a solution of zinc was iujoctod, which, pormcating tho fibres, hardens tho wood, and in drying givo3 it well-nigh a motalic appearance and weight, which guaranties its durability for about twelve years. EIQnT HUNDBEO AND FIFTY THOUSAND TIES AND TELEGBATU POLES already havo been laid hy the company; 150,000 inoro must go down' ero the work ceases for tlie winter-2500 to tho milo, andoxtra for sidings. For fuel cottonwood was bought for from eight io tWOlVO dollars por Cord at Omaha; and conakler ablo was bought and delivered on tho linc of Ute road for a disianco of ono hundred and seventy-five miles, at prices varying from five to (en dollars per cord. Beyond 'that point no wood or tic3 couldbo had tutti! a point was roached distant two hundred | und twonty-iivc miles, whero wood is again found I on thc Platte and eon th of it, and hauled to tlie' track for $8 per cord for assorted kinds, and c ties ior from $1 to $1.50. Two hundred and miles from Omaha, and south of the Pla! found a bolt of red cedar, about thirty mileB and twenty-five miles long. From this the pany have cut ono hundred thousand cedar c ties and telegraph poles-enough for several drod milos, and probably euough to reach Rocky Mountains. This cedar grows in the ca; where it is most probable that tho wild fowl dropped tho socd, and, protected from fire am col?, bleak, piercing winds, they havo been ni into lifo, and once securing a foothold, soon cd their heads to bid defiance to all the olen combined, and now they are found ready to i glad the hearts of the Pacific railway pioneers THE WATEB QUESTION. Water is easily reached all along the ron digging from eight to twenty feet. Tho com have constructed water stations at convenient tances, and with station houses of a size and < acter not excelled by any of om1 Ea, tern n The water is pumped up at present by hand tho company will soon introduce windmill that purposo, the perpotual winda that go ho\ over the Plains furnishing all the necessary pc RAILWAY SHOPS AND STRUCTURES. The company have built shops at Omaha fo. construction and repairs of thou1 cars and eng that bid fair to rival, in efficiency and build, t of any of our Eastern roads. They are all of b and are all so laid out aB to enable tho compai extend them indefinitely. The company are running twenty-one locomotives, and next sun will increase it to ono hundred. They have only three hundred cars, but in less than a will have use for two thousand. By March they will be able'to turn out from thoir own si at Omaha ono car a day, and probably soon do and oven trobl? that number. * THE DIVISIONS. The road will bo divided into working divis of about ono hundred and fifty miles cac i, ant though the same cara will run from the AUahti tho Pacific without any change of their freii tho engines will only run over one division. Fi Omaha to the mountains there is to be no gi over thirty feet to the milo, and tho trains mach there for tho west go through just tho same, thoir roturn the all-down grado will enable tl to bring back any quantity of coal or stone ballasting the road. Tho first working dirie terminates at Grand Island, one hundred t sixty-five miles from Omaha. Here the comp have nearly completed a brick round-house their engines, and shop for repairs. The n relay or ond of division will be near Cottonwc where similar brick buildings will be erected. '. brick are made at Omaha, although there ?B plo of the flnost brick-clay all along the road, u] the bluffs or terraces at tho edge of the pru bottom i. THE TRACK. Tho loam and sand make an excellent bank the track, and the surface, forming a kind of pac does not easily turn into dust, and soon cov over with grass; thus, in a groat measure, keep down tho dust which is such a terrible plague all travellers. It is the intention of tho compi to ballast tho entire length of the road with un broken stone, Bimilar to the Pennsylvania Cont Railroad. On their reaching the Rooky Moi tains they will send return loads of stone on their construction trains. AN AIR LINE. No road ever yot. built rans on so straight a 1 as this. East of Columbus there is an air fine eighty mileB, without the slightest deflection: wL in the last" two hundred and fifty miles of tri there is probably not twenty curves in the ont distance, not an embankment over twelve f high, and not a cut over that depth, with onb bridge in a half day's rido. Thia road has eve advantage; that will enable it to make tho fast time of any railroad in the world. HIOH SPEED. On its return the late excursions-train was co posed of nine cars, ana\to show the guests wi could be done, it ran at the rate of a milo a minn or sixty miles per hour, for some time. ' Five ht dred and fifty miles from Omaha to the mountai can be run in fourteen hours with perfect safe and allow for passengers to stop and get me. and tho engines to supply themselves with wo and water. From New York to Chicago, by way Pittsburg, is 911 miles-time 80 hours; from Cl cago to Omaha, by way of Northwestern, is ? more, and time 22 hours; making 1958 miles in hours, or three days from Now York\to Dom City. Ono weok to go from Wall street, spend day in a Colorado gold mine, and /eturn to t Broker's Board. s PROSECUTION OF THE WORK. But turning back to tho end of the track reac ing away out over the Plaina, wo find grading pi ties at work for a distance of a hundred milos b yond the end of the rails, seventy-five miles a ready for the ties, except some small gaps, th will oe filled up in ample time, There is a brid; to bo built over the north fork of the Platte, fr that is already partly done, and will cause no d lay. The track has boon laid this summer at tho a erage rate of one mile and six-tenths per day ? every working day in the month, and making i allowance for rainy days or want of material. Tun hundred miles of rails, chairs, &c, have been tal on up the Missouri River this summer and lande at Omaha. More. is on the way. but thc freezin up of tho springs that supply the Missouri Riv< at its head will leave so little water in tho diann as to stop navigation in ten days more. Before tl work is stopped this month they expect to ha's throe himdred and twenty-five miles in runnin order. By January 1st tho Chioagoand Nortl western will have completed their road toCounc Blufl'8, whon all the future material of the Unio Pncific will pass through Chicago on the way t Omaha. The itom of freights up tho narrow and tortuou channel of tho Missouri has boon an enormou one. To get engines and cars up from St. Josepi (from whij . point nearly all the freight was taken a boat'i vi -J constructed on purpose, and s built'. \\ ? ! v three, feet of wator.: It cot to trails iv from the Bhops inthoEaBi wherothey tv J.M t.from $1700to $2200each and cars from $2-30 t o $1000 each, It is evidon that all rail communication next summer will re duco tho itom of freights from thirty to forty pc cont. While no road has ever boon so cheapl gradod, nono have ever been built under so man; disadvantages and exponaos, and tho whole work may woll look on with wonder at tho almost magi build ol' two hundred and eighty-six miles, now ii running ordor. Tho wonder is increased as yoi look upon tho map and soe it built afar off fron any otnor railroad, and only the Missouri River ti furnish a channel for supphoB. THE SURVEYS. For tho last six months tho railroad eompam has had four corps of onginoers feeling around fo a pass through tho Rocky Mountains. No rout? has yet been adopted. Colonel S. Seymour, con Baiting engineer of tho comp my, and Genera Dodgo, chief-engineer, have spoilt several woekt in tho mountains, personally inspecting tho varioui paBSCB. They have just roturnod, and will Boon b< able to rocommond a route. It is most likely that thoy will cross a hundred milos north of Donvoi City, whore thoy can got along without tunnelling Pivo Bcparato routes havo boon surveyed: Ber thouil's Pass, wost of Denver; Bolder Pass, twontj milos north of Denver; Cucho a Pondre Pass, fifty five milos north of Denver; Crow Crook Pass, aoventy-fivo miles north of Denver, and Lodge Polo Crook Pass, ono hundred milos north of Den? ver. Tho last three como out at tho west sido upon Laramio Plains, and tho two first upon the Middle Park. Lodgo Polo Creek v/ould be tho shortest, but has a tm mol of a mile and a half in length. Crow Crook is tho longest, but has no tunnol. t?B?rthoiid's Pass has a tunnol of about three and aimil'iniloB in length, and Boldar Pass ono from four mid a half to live miles long. Tho groat object now is to get thc road built, and t io Crow Crook route having no tunnel, will probably be adopted, and a branch mn down to Denver City. THE OTAGE ROUTES. j Holladay'a overland mail nov/ starts at Fort ! Koarny, ono hundred and seventy-live milos from Omaha, passengers and mails going that distance on tho railroad. From Koarny tiio stages keon on thu south side of tho Platte until thoy reach DouVor City. A pontoon brid co han been sent up thc road ?.nd will bo thrown over tho river at Cottonwood, und tho connection with tho road at Fort Koarny bo nbandouod on Novombor 5, thus saving eighty milos moro of staging, and Ioavin? only forty-eight hours of stagos from the road to j Denver City. When tho road . tops for tho wintor it will-probably havo readied Julobburg, and tho I transfer bo made at that point, loavinp about thirty-six hourn ol' singes ibr the next throe j months. THE covEj>Nat2:w cdSratKisiosEnfi. Tho Pacific railway ia especially ?ivoroii ainonp American radway enterprises, bbeuiso of tho cx istonco of naturel obstados and bulk of under? taking that would rest fatally on any embarking of privat-o capital in tho work, it could not bo built without Government aid. Tho Government has ap? pointed if" Commisioners io sipxrviio ipd.es amine every mile of track before it is accepted; and this was faithftdly doneby the Commissioners present on tho late occasion. Their functions are not an ornamental-sinecure, as the history of their connection with the. road abundantly shows; rail? road men all agree that it is well built. A bit ol' history pertaining to the Eastern Division of tho Union Pacific and Kansas route well illustrates this. It was most scrupulously exa'mined some months ago. and to the loss of contractors, but out of the controversy as to points of difference of opinion grew tho most important summoning in testimony ever gaijherod from railroad experts. THE BUSINESS ASPECT. It is very difficult.to estimate tho business of tho Pacific road. Colorado, Utah and Montana have a population of probably a quarter of a million. In 18fi-l it was estimated upon very carefully prepared data that forty millions of pounds of froigiits were carried over tho Plains in wagons. In 18(55 it in ; creased to two hundred millions of pounds, and I employed 9,000 wagons. 50,000 cattle, 16,000 horses and mules, and ten thousand men as drivers, guards, &c, making tho cost for freights alone last year nearly enough to pay $50,000 per milo for the construction of tho road.. Thousands of passen? gers were carried at $175 per hoad from tho Mis? souri river to Colorado, and $350 to Salt Lahe City. Now tho Overland Stago Company charge $125 from Omaha to Denver, ?- $250 to Salt Lake City, and about $400 through to California. If tho Pacific Railroad charges one-half tho present rates they will double and quadruple tho freight and passen? ger businoss, and mako tho road profitable the i brst year-this independent of the business from j tho A tlantic to tho Pacific, that will only commence when tho road shall have been completed from ocean to ocean, and the tide of the world's com? merce ebbs and flows through Chicago. A Treacherous and Deadly Foe?! CATARRH! PAIN AND NOISES-IN THE HEAD. Dr. Norton's New Reinedy FOR CATARRH, AND MODE OF TREATMENT IS THE ACME OF PERFECTION. IT BREAKS UP THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE AT ITS Fountain HeadTTtad removes at once all the wretched symptoms of this loathsome malady, such as Pain in tho Temples, Offensive Discharges, Obstruction of the Breath? ing Tubes, Repulsive Breath, Snapping Sounds in the Ears, AbDont-Mindedness, Montai Depression, Dimness of Vision, Sore Throat, Hacking Cough; restores the sense of Taste and S meilland permanently cures the disease in all its types, forms and stages, with absolute cortainty. This romcdy and modo of treatmont, like tho disease, is peculiar. In consists of the inhalation of harmless li? quids from the palm of the hand. Tho immediate relief it affords is alone worth ten timos the cost of tho reme? dies. Norton's New Pamphlot on Catarrh is out. Informa? tion never before published. Call at our nearest Agency, or send a stamp for it. Prepared by GERRIT NORTON, No. ll Ann-street, New York. { *. Drs. RAOUL & LYNAH, CITY APOTHECARIES, November 1 thEtuCmo Agent for Charleston. ACCOUNT BOOKS, SUCH AS RECORDS FOR PUBLIC OFFIOE8, Ledgers, Journals, Cash Books, Day Books, kc, con? stantly on hand, and made to order, and with any de? scription of Ruling. None but the best- workmen em? ployed, and the best ra ater?ale used. A practical experience of twonty years in the above line, and with facilities unsurpassed, enable me to war-1 rant satisfaction. BOOK BINDING AND JOB PRINTING Da all ita branches, with new type, new presses, and advantages not excelled in this city. Lawyer's Blanks, Titles, Bonds, Mortgages, kc, ko., on hand and printed to order. tuthslyr December 14 1?AM31?HIL??M HAS NOW OPENED HER BUSINESS OF FORTUNE TELLING AT No. O CLIFFORD STREBT. Hours from 8 in tho morning till 9 at night. November 10 CHEROKEE O THE OBKAT INDIAN MEDICINE, Cures all diseases caused by self-abuse, viz :- Spermalor rhea, Seminal - Weakness, Night ? Emissions, Loss oj ' Memory, Universal Lassi? tude, Pains in the Back, Dim ?ness of Vision, Prematuro j Old Age, Weak Nerves, Diffi? cult Breathing, Pale Countc 'nance, Insanity, Consump? tion, and nil disensos that fol? low as a sequence of youthful indiscretions. Tho Cherokee Curu will rcstoro health and vip:or, Mop tho emissions, and effect a permanent cure nftor all other medicines havo failed. Thirty-two paso pamphlet sent in a scaled envelope, freo to any address. I'rleo $2 por bottle, or three bottles for $5. Sold by all druggists ; or will bo 6ent by express to nay portion ortho world,-on receipt of price, by tba eolo proprietor, Dr. W. R. MEEWIN, 37 Walker Gt,, N. T, ) Cures all Urinary Com? plaints, viz: Gravel, Inflam? mation of the Bladder and. Kidneys, Retention vf Urine, Strictures qf the Urethra, Dropsical Swell? ings, Brick Putt Deposits, and all diseases tliut require a diuretic, and when used In conjunction with tho CHEROKEE INJECTION, floes not fail to euro Gonorrhea., Gleet and all Mu rous Discharge* In Malo or Female,'curing recent cases in from one, to three days, and la especially recommended in those cases of Fluor Albus or Whites itt Female*. Tho two medicines used in conjunction wiil not fail to remove this disagreeable complaint, und in thoso ?asea ? hero olhcr niodlcloea havo been used without snccess. Price, Remedy, Ono Hollie, $?, Three Eotlle/>, $5. " Injection, " " " $5 T ho Cherokee " Cure," "Pemtrty," and "Injec? tion" aro to be found in all well regulated drus ctoros, and arc recommended by physicians and druggists all over Ibo world, for their intrinsic worth and merit. Sumo unprincipled dealers, however, try to deceive their customers, by selling cheap and worthless compounds,-in miler tu muka money in place of those. Bo not deceived, li tho drug? gists ?ill not buy them for > , wricc to n?, and wo wl!l rend them to you by expr?s, securely jacked and free from observation. Wo treat all diseases lo which-the human ?-yst"ui ?3 subject, and will bo pleased to receive full and exp?ait statements from ?iTOnihobwo fiilc;l to receive relief heretofore. Ladies or ppntlcnien can address us m pe'tytc* con? fidence. "Wo desire to Fend our thirty-two pago {.nmphtct free to every lady and gentleman in the land. ? AddrvBsnl! k-tlers for pamphlets, medicines, or ad vi co, to the solo proprietor, (?> ?. Dr., W. E. MERWIN, ll Waiker St., K. Y. ._T ?? - . tk.itr.iyr GEO. LITTLE & ..CO'S, FASH ION AB LE S LOT HIN fi ST? BE No. 218 KING STREET, UNDER VICTORIA. HOTJEJU.. WE OFFER TO THE CITIZENS OF CHARLESTON AND THE PrjBLIC| GENERALY A NEW AND FEEfiEE assortment of CLOTHING, received by the feet arrivals from our manufacturing establishment at Now Yara,, such as: .... - Superfine and medium quality of BLUE, BLACK 'AND COLC?ED MIXED CASSIMERE BUSINESS SACKS: AND COATS ** " w SUPERFINE BLACK DRESS-FROCK. COATS % . . . - ? v .. SUPERFINE BLACK AND COLORED VELVET VESTS SUPERFINE BLACK AND COLORED CASSIMERE PANTS .;??'?-> SUPERFINE BLACK AND COLORED OVERCOATS AND ,SACKS. * AXgO, PANTS AND VESTS OF ALL QUALTTTES, AND PRICES TO. SUIT CUSTOMERS. V ALSO, ' .s A large assorbnont of MEDIUM AND LOW-PRICED CLOTHING, euitabje for plantation hands and laborers,; such as BACKS, OOATS, MONKEY JACKETS, PANTS AND SHIRTS,' all low-priced, and no m?stalo, Catt and eee or youTBervee, at No. 918 KING-STREET, under Victoria Hotel. GEO. LITTLfc & CO. November 6 .tutbsitaios CHOICE FAMILY ! GE0CEM1S, YATES &t BRO-,; No. 449 KING-STREET, FOUB DOORS NOKTH OF GA-UjI??XJ?^a j , - . : . v.' '-? ? c.??'%).:? J?BEP CONSTANTLY IN STORE A FULL AND WELL ?ELE0TED STO0I? OF CHOICE FAMILY GROCERIES, ALBS, WINES, LIQUORS, <SeC., WHICH THEY ABE SELLING AT REASONABLE PRI0E8. G00D8 PURCHASED FROM US WILL BE DELIVERED TO ALL PARTS OF THE CITY, RAILROAD DEPOTS, &0., WITHOUT ADDITIONAL EXPENSE. , LIBERAL INDOOEMiNTd OTTERED TO THE TBADJ?, AT THE SIGN OF THE "BIG PITCHER.". November 8 - . thetu 2mos FASHIONABLE BOOT AND SHOE STOBE. JOKTJST WALLACH, 3STO. SSO KI3STC3- ST,, OPP. BEA-TJTAIIT. BOOTS, HOE .TRUNKS, VALISES, ETC, AT RETAIL. TT AVING RECENTLY RETURNED FROM THE NORTH, WITH A NEW, LARGE AND VARIED STOCK 09 BOOTS, SHOES, TRUNKS, VALISES, Sc., ' ' I am prepared to favor all. who may ply me a visit with Goods as cheap as the cheapen t. There will always fe* found on hand, a large Miior tment of Ladies and -Gentlemen ' i CUSTOM MADE BOOTS AND SHOES. Jj , Also, LADLES', MISSES' and CHILDREN'S BOOTS, SHOES AND G AITERS always on hand. X , j would also call special attention to my assortment of y TRAVELLING TRUNES AND VALISES, {Being folly assured that my Stock cannot be surpassed by any dealer in this or any city South. FLA-^STT-?LTIOlSr SHOES AND BOOTS, FOR MEN, WOMEN AWD ?HlLDRMIi. No means or expense have been spared to make my present Stock one of the most.attractive; and7 aa all the goods nave been selected by myself, in portion, I can warrant satisfaction to all who may give me a call. JWDU NOT FORGET THE NUMBER.-ffiR No 260 KING STREET, OPPOSITE BEAUFAIN. 49" Messrs. G. B. GIBSON and 0. A. SPEISSEGGER would be happy to see their friends at the I above establishment. tutba 2mos \ October 2 ESTABLISHED 1825. THOMAS J. FLACK & SONS, IMPORTERS & DEALERS IN BRANDIES, is, n, wis, II, m; No. 52 SOUTH STREET, BALTIMORE, AMLID. A LARGE STOCK OF THIS FINEST GRADES OF OLD MONONGAHELA, RYE AND BOURBON WHISKEY CONSTANTLY ON HAND AND AT LOWEST PRICES. . November 8 tbatu 3moe NATIONAL MARINE AND PIKE 9 or IST JEW ORLEANS. CAPITAL,.' .$500,000 RISKS TAKEN, MARINE AND FIRE, ON F ATOE A BLE TERMS, BY HENRY COBLA. & CO., Agents. October" 20 fitutb.30 9 Market and liing Streets. ALFRED RAOUL, M. D.A. M. LYNAH, M. D. ARE CONSTANTLY RECEIVING FRESH AND well Helcctod stockn of DRUGS AND MEDICINES SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS PATENT MEDICINES TOILET AND FANCY ARTICLES PERFUMER*.', SOAPS COMBS, BRUSHES, kc, kc, whi.Oi they offer to the Public and the TRADE in tr?n? erai at tllO LOWEST CASU PRICES. Caji aud exarSino our etock. PRK8CRIPTlO."IS Put np at ?Ul hourn, day ?nd night, .wHh.the greatoet care. J 1 BRIDGES & LANE, MANUFACTURERS AND DEALERS IN RAILROAD AND CAR FINDINGS, / AND Machinery of Every Description. ALSO, TAFT'S PATENT BOLLING LEVER SHEABS ?ND PUNCHES. No. 50 Courtlamd-st., corner of Greenwich, N 23 W YORK. EAILROAD AXLES, WHEELS, CHAIRS, 8PD?E8, Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Car, Ship and Bridge Bolte, Iron Forgings of various kinds, &c., kc. STEEL AND RUBBER SPRINGS, LOCOMOTIVE AND HAND LANTERN'S, Portable Forgos and Jack Screws, Cotton Duck for Car Covers, Brass and Silver Trimmings, Belting of all kinda-, Baggage Checks, &c., ko. ML Also, Agent? foi tho manufacturers of CAR HEAT. LININGS. ALBERT BRIDGES.JOEL C. LANE. November (J , tuths6m? H(?MES & C?LDEB, SUCCESSORS OF HOLMES & CO., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN PAINTS, OILS, GLASS, ETC., V0S.J26 MEETING AM) ff HASEL STREETS, CUAKLESTON, 8. C. VM. E. HOLMES.Late of HOLMES k Co. VM. CALDER.Charleston, 8. c. ?&rt'-'r W- . . . ? ?