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IACV? Jump Aboard the Engine "In Dcace there's nothing so becomes ? b man a? modest stillness ana humility. a A man, caught in a railroad cut, a Beheld the engine comme up. . t And glanced on either sido lum, but Q No hole to hide in saw he. He looked ahead, behind, below, j As doubting which way he ahouhi go. But after all he did not know. And sorely puzzled was he. ? The engineer was very cruel, . And kept them plying hard the fuel, * For ho had not that precious jewel The milk of human kindness. ] Aloud he shriek'd and shriek'd again, 3 Threw up his arms with might and main, But all his cries could not restrain j Tho cruel hearted engine. Men sometimes think, and think quite fast; . His time for this had come at last; So vowed ho, as he stood aghast To jump aboard the engine. And so ho did, and so must we, Who used to bo so great and free, But since we're in tue cut, you see, Let's jump aboard tho engine. Four years wo tried to block tho track, And force tho thing to turn and tack, But since we could not keep it back, Let's jump aboard the engine. Thov'vo sent our rulers down to us, Who now havo all things in a muss, But never mind, don't \"t us fuss. But jump aboard tho engine. You Bee they ur'dl the thing conduct, You see we can't the thing obstruct, So let us try and reconstruct, By jumping on the engine. We pilots havo, as well as they, Or had them on a former day, And turn up yet some great ones may When we got on Che engine. Its speed we cannot now restrain. And should we dare throw off tho train, They'd put the darned thing back again. So let's jump on the engine. Let Charley Sumner have hie way, And Stevens bellow for his prey, With Handy Andy let me say, Come, jump aboard the engine. If at the engineers we growl, The firemen will but louder howl, And be if possible moro foul Than when we're on th? engine. No doubt we'll have a joUy trip, No doubt we'll have good feUowship. And since they have got us on the hip," We'll jump aboard the engine. Well, if we don't, what shall we do! The cut's too long to heel it through, And then we're bound to "go up" too, Or jump aboard the engine. W. W. W. [Metropolitan Record. THE tOESEBG* BY A. STEWART BLARRISON. "You've been a whaler, Ben?" "Ay, sir, I have; many long years ago, tho'." "Now, what do yon think of as the most perilous o? your enterprises?" "D'you mean vrhat I think most difficult-wonderful-Bke ?' ' I nodded. "Well, sir, I've been pitched ont of a boat many a time; once, I recollect, that I was pitched out and got a *-/vn/?b with his tail as well. Lord bless you! it j?i??v> a headache for a month, to say nothing of the "Ever seen any ice?" "I should say I had. There's a note-book in that corner drawer-no; that one^ under^a&olii ice in it. ZgPib&u it, pictures and all. Why I drawed thea? five-and-twenty year ago. Hardly seems like it, tho'. It's a rum story, it is-sort of Ro? binson Crusoe like. You've read that?" "A good many times. Did you ever know anybody -who hadn't." "I never knew a youngster that hadn't. I believe that book's been the cause of more boys going to sea than any that was ever "written." "Suppose we look over your note? book; I should like to see your story." "Oh! it isn't written so that you could understand it; but I'll look at it, and tell you the story, if you like -but I must begin at tho beginning, as they say. You know I once felt a kind of hking for a girl; call her Esther Thompson-I don't say that's lier real name, but that'll do. She didn't carp much for me, and I was only second mate then. I thought it was that, so I tried to get a first mate's berth as soon as I came home from a short voyage I'd agreed to go, to make np my time to the owners. She said she'd wait and not marry any one till I came back. With that I went off. When I came home I went there and she was gone, they didn't know where. I soon learned that, about a month after I left, there had been a handsome sailor-fellow after her, and she seemed took with him rather much. I'd been gone about eight months. I talked to mother about it, and aftor a little I found that she thought Esther was not fairly done by, by this chap, Montague Fitzjames, as he called himself. In short, she was mined, and had run away. "I went nearly mad at this, and set out to find her, and after about three months I found her at Man? chester. I didn't go into her place at first, but asked some questions about her in the neighborhood, and found she'd got a child-a boy-and Ayas working at shirt-making for a living, and was quite a decent woman. I knew she'd have died rather than be what some would have turned to in her case. So I went up and saw her. She was dreadfully thin, and her eyes bright and far back in her head. The baby was lying in a cradle by the fire-such a little bit it hardly kept the room warm. " 'Esther,' says I, 'do von know me?' "She looked up and saw me." " 'Ben!' says she, and then fainted ff dead in her chair. . t "I toot some water out of the g asin, and sprinkled her face a bit; ndid the top hooks of her gown, t nd took off her bit of velvet round ? he neck. She came to, and broke 1 mt: " 'Oh! Ben, Ben! I've done wrong, t ! know it, but I've suffered the pun- ] shment. I've not seen him now for bur months, come Wednesday, and i he child's a month old to-morrow. Dh, Ben! I know I've done wrong! i JTou must forgive rae; he was such a ?andsome man and so fond of me. i [ know he didn't mean to wrong me. ' ' " 'It was a queer notion of ber's, I that I should forgive her 'cause he | : was such a handsome chap. I was rather, till the small-pox spoilt my phiz. I says to her: " 'Esther, you've done wrong, I know, but it's not for me to punish you. God has begun that, and there ain't wanting them as will be willing enough to help Him punish a woman, if they ain't willing to help Him any other way. I'm sorry for you, Esther. I'm not going to blame you, I want you to go home again. ' '"No, no, Ben! I can't do that. Why all the girls of the place will mock me.' "Says I, 'I can't help it, Esther; but think of the old man and the old woman at home. I came home three months ago, and have been looking for you ever since. I saw them not two weeks back, and, if you'd have heard him ask if I'd found you, you'd go back.' " 'I can't-they'll curse me! I know they will. I can't go back. Father was so looked up to like amongst them alL No, Ben! I can't go back.' " 'Esther, they won't curse you, I know. I found 'em just mad when I went to them first, but I went to the new curate, who was just come to the place instead of old Jenkins, and told him about it, and ho came down to see them, and read them that chapter about the prodigal son and about the lost sheep, and talked to 'em, and old mother cried-I saw him wipe his eyes, too-so they won't curse you. <"ome, Esther, go back with me-do now. ' " 'Back with you, Ben? No, not that. Why, they'd speak against me, Ben-say I was soon suited again.' " 'Go back, then, anyhow, will you? I tell you, if you don't, you'll kill the old folks.' "She began to hesitate at this, so I left her to herself a bit, for I know enough of womankind to kn '"\at when they hesitate it's best to ... *m alone-let 'em seem to choos> >f themselves. "Well, she agreed to go at last; then came another difficulty; she was a fortnight behind in rent. I told her I would lend her some money. I knew she would not take it as a gift, so I made her sign a paper for one pound, and she paid, and next day we came home. I took her to the old folks, and then left them all to , gether. I was not one of the family, you knfl??., ?Afr~TiieuJijTf?y~~were al] gratitude to me. I took it all as matter-of-fact as possible, though I could have blubbered my eyes out. Then came another hitch; they had inquired, and no one would employ her. I hadn't thought of this, but I didn't say anything about it then; but when I left, I went to the curate again. "I don't know what made me take a fancy to him, for I was not a regu? lar pious man, never could see it that way as some people do ; I sup? pose we ain't made all alike; but one day I saw him pick up a child that had tumbled down in the road just outside the village ; pull out his white handkerchief and wipe the mud off its knees and hands, then find a clean place to wipe its eyes with, give it a penny, I suppose, and then walk a little way with it back, holding his hand. I didn't know then he was the curate, for his clothes were not black, but a suit of reddish gray; no white choker either, but just a sailor's knot and the ends flying. Well, thinks I, when I heard who it was, that beats me-his white handkerchief, too he's the sort of Christian I like, so I went to hear him at church, and I liked him there, too. Well, as I was saying, I went to him next day about ll o'clock; he asked me in, and his wife was sitting there. She was a little gray-eyed woman, very pale and thin, more like a little girl than a woman, till you noticed her. " 'Alice, dear, this is Mr. Stevens, that I told you about. ' " 'I remember; I hope you found her, Mr. Stevens.' " 'Yes, ma'am, I have-I've come about her.' " 'Sit down, Ben,' says he. I do like a fellow who calls you by your Christian name-seems more friendly than Mr. So I sat down. "Now, what can we do for you, eh?' "I told him that nobody would employ her, as she'd lost her charac? ter, and that her father and mother could not keep her, though she might Uve with them. So I asked him if he'd mind paying her to make shirts for a man in Luverpool I knew. He'd pay sixpence each for the making of the shirts, and I'd leave her my half pay, for I made up my mind to go a long voyage, if he'd make it ont so that it should seem as if she was earning more for the shirts than the sixpence, for I knew she'd never take the money of me. Well, he agreed to do it. ?For,' says I, 'I think we are all of us too much down on a woman when ehe goes wrong. What rould it be?' says I, 'if people were 0 serve us men in the same.way? A ;ood many of us would have to heg^ '" 'Ben, ?ays h?, you're right, here!' starting from his chair quite ixcited like; 'you're right, man!' and ie groaned as if he was in pain. " 'My dear "Walter,' said his wife, ind she put her hand on his shoulder. 2e sat down, trembling like. " 'I meant no offence.'says I, {none, ur. I-' " 'No, Ben, I know it; but ? ran lom shot tells sometimes. ' "I noticed that she'd let her land slide down from his shoulder, and had caught hold of his hand with both hers. She was sitting just a Little behind as he sat back in theeasy chair. She thought I could net see in the shadow of the chair, |ut I could see, and she was holding his hand as hard as she could. " 'No, Ben,' says he; 'but ke're none of us better than we shoulflbe, and ought, therefore, to be less harsh than we are. I've no reason to com? plain, though, thank God.' He turned and loosed back at her. "I never s..w such a change come over a woman's face before. She opened hor gray eyes and looked at him in a way that put me in mind of a flash of sheet lightning in the twi? light in summer-when ifs not ijuite dark, you know-and the light bf it makes it seem as though dayWas come back again. I never saw Inch a look; it said as plain as words]she knew all and forgave him, and hyed him enough to die for him. Iiidid me good, that look, and when i've been inclined to joke about wopen being censorious and fault-fine ^ig, I've thought of it. I think she itc u have had what some women w\dd call 'good cause' to find fault frorrihe way he spoke, but she didn't. Bo they agreed to give Esther my l?f pay, so that she should think it cpe from the shirts. *N "I went down to Esther just befo> I left, to say 'good-bye,' and tell ti/ about the work. " 'Esther,' says L 'I'm goingi. long voyage-perhaps four years} whaling. You know I went two i three voyages before. Now, dop leave the old folks again, there'? good gili. You'll never find that-f "I was going to say 'fellow,' but j didn't; for you can't do yourself mci harm in a woman's eyes than to ci j her lover names. ; "'You'll never find Fitzjam/;) unless he comes back here, I kn<|| so don't leave them.' II " 'Ben,' says she, and the tell were in her eyes, 'you've been! friend to me. I'll never forget it. y know he'll come back-I'm sure of J and if he don't, I'll never marry 4 other man. He never meant to i me a wrong like this, I know. I got into mischief through drink; 1 never meant me to come to this, know.' " 'God bless you, Esther. Gool bye. ' ) 1 She came up to me, put her ar*; around my neck, wa~ seJ " 'Ben ' sa vs she. you always see ^ ?eu, _w> ^ me-aiwayg ?id, at . that's why I kiss you. You've be? ; a good brother to me ; I wish you '. never have tried to be more. ' " 'Good-bye, Esther,'and I kisst . her for the first time in my life." My friend, Ben. Stevens, has . '. cough, which obliges him to use lj handkerchief now and then. Tl red and yellow Bandana was in vigd ous action for a few seconds now. j "So I determined to go on a whi in g-voy age, as that was the li.ir de fife I knew, and hard work keeps! man from thinking of himself an his feelings. Ta1 ing in the foresa with a North-east gale blowing don leave a fellow much time to look ii side himself, neither does harpooi ing, when you like to do it like a mai "Well, I went, you see, to Abe deen, and shipped for mate in tl Belle of Aberdeen, Capt. Macaulay We left in March, and reached Car. Farewell about the middle of Apri but as the wind fell dead as we le the harbor, we got into the Spitzbe: gen drift, and were carried with it f far as sixty-six degrees North; the we met with a regular Norther! breeze, that chilled you through [ j sniff it. j "Of course, it froze us up, bei}. j early in the season, and there i j were till nearly the end of May\tn I wind North the whole time. 1 I "One morning, after breakfast, tJ ! Captain says to me: " 'Mr. Stevens, there's a little Wex i in the wind this morning; it may j j round South, so that we can get o! j of this, perhaps, if the ice breaks i < j with it.' n " 'I was in the nest this morning said Cummins, our second mate, 'ar?' it seemed to me that that shore-larS reached open water. ' li "'Might be worth while to cut bit to get into it, in case this don get Southerly,' said the Captain. ' ' 'Might be worth while to track : and see. We could get some game* perhaps, if we didn't find what wj want about the lane,' says I. ? " 'That's true,' says the Captain^ 'We'll see how the wind is in an hour and then get up a party to go.' "Tho wind shifted a little to th? ! North'ard, so we got up the party; ! the Captain, of oourse, couldn't leave i the ship, so I was one, and he told ! me to take my pick of tho men. "J chose a fellow, I think," said I Ben, reflectively, "the handsomest j chap I ever set eyes on. His eyes ! seemed to dance when he smiled; and ? a jollier, more good-natured fellow I I ?ever knew. Lord, what songs he I used to sing- -anything-comic or love-songs! "Why, to hear him sing 'My Pretty Jane,' in the forecastle, of ? nighty tras a regular treat. I've -heard many a one at the singing-gaf?s at Liverpool that couldn't come near him. And dance! I never saw a fel? low so smart on his legs. He used to do the "Lancashire clog-dance in an old pair of cut-down sea-boots, and ?rou'd hear the clatter in thc ice hills ike the muskets at a review. I quite loved the fellow-he did his work so easy-wanted no telling-saw your drift in a minute, and I don't think he missed the weather earing once the whole voyage. Jack Sands, he called himself. "There was another I took with me, 'Sleepy Sam,' they called him. I've known him to go fast asleep on the look-out, and the ship pitching no small way neither. "We took a bag with some grub and our pannikins, in case we should have to spend the night out. "It was not so mighty cold as you'd think in the day-time, for we were only just inside the winier ice-line, and with a South wind that would shift to the jNbrth'ard past us. INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITY.-The moment a man parts with moral in? dependence; the mom en c he judges of duty not from the inward voice, but from the interests and will of a party; the moment he commits him? self to a leader or a body, and winks at evil because division would hurt the cause; the moment he shakes off his particular responsibility, because he is but one of a thousand or million by whom the evil is done-that mo? ment he parts with his moral power. He is shorn of the single-hearted faith in the right and the true. He hopes from man's policy what noth? ing but loyalty to God can accom? plish. He substitutes coarse wea? pons, forged by man's wisdom, for celestial power.-Channing. [CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT.] PEMlVtaN oo/uot BOUGHT of the Government Agents. For sale low, to arrive, bv Feb 14 GREGG A CO. G. DIERCKS, Watch-maker and Jeweler, /-? HAVING removed to John C. y7V Secgers' store, on Main street and (SiU&engaged competent workmen, is now prepared to REPAIR WATCHES and JEW? ELRY, and to manufacture plain GOLD RINGS and JEWELRY according to order. Feb 18 New Store. .)t--y-a~>^ THE subscriber y?x ? a OrfcSl8 ha?Py A0 in~ Bpsfl wt I k^'rdfcrdcJB form his old cus- Bl i i ^ jUj \T?B^HBr tom 11 l a 8 n d i I ~*"? fl zuw&StSnikfv i e n d s tii.it. jjiillB!1 ?gra '.Pho?nix"-like, bis store bas rioen out of ? smouldering ashes into a substantial brick building of goodly proportions, in which I parties wanting storage can be accommo 1 elated. All description of goods received !*or uale on consignment; and where he will te.aa 8^-*i\jm%vf#b&r*n%rroT sale, as usual, at tho lowest prices, at wholesale and retail. E. STENHOUSE. A Feb 4 Imo* 'j Land Agent. ^CIPECIAL attention paid to purchase and :k5 sale of PLANTATIONS, FARMS, [.DWELLINGS and REAL ESTATE of every ^description in South Carolina and the "Southern States. Office-Court House I Square, Columbia, S. C. Feb S j Bank of Hamburg, S. C. I A CONVENTION of the Stockholders of tXjL this Bank is called to meet at their [Banking House, in this place, on WEDNES? DAY, the 28th of February next. Attendance, either in person or by proxy, .'fe earnestly requested, as matters of great importance will be presented for their con ideration. J. W. STOKES, President. *i Hamburg, S. C., January 23, 1866. !. Jan 27 Imo STEAMBOAT Lil FROM > Columbia to Charleston. rHE NEW and FIRST-CLASS LIGHT DRAFT STEAMERS GEORGE and "'ASHION are now prepared to make cn agemcnt8 to take Freight from Granby ,anding to Charleston. AU goods for ' arded bv this lino will be insured, if de ired. Also, forwarded to New York, and dvances made upon the same, if required, j |Feb 14 Imo A. L. SOLOMON, Agent. mm & MILLER FACTORS, SHIPPERS AND IMM?$'? MEftCHANTS, OFFICE IN COTTON TOWN, ILL store or attend to tho forwarding of COTTON, PRODUCE, FURNI URE and GOODS entrusted to their care. , WiB also sell HORSES, MULES, CAT LE, Ac. We pledge ourselves to use every endea it " to promoto the welfare of tboso who n y favor ns with their patronage. e, H. CRAWFORD. L. P. MILLER, y- 3" Charleston News, Newberry Herald, [\\ insboro News, Chester Standard, Abbe o lianner. Anderson Intelligencer and i?iiville Mountaineer will publish two , ?ks, and forward bills. Dec 30 Kerosene Lamps, &c. FULL supplv of KEROSENE LAMPS, ; , A. OIL, CHIMNEYS, Burners, Wicks, .12, in store and for sale at low prices, bv '*>n 23_DIAL A POPE. ' io] Public Notice. ?ft'tuSINESS requiring me to be absent from this city and State for some time d'ilome, I hereby give notice that during Rti absence and until notice to the con Ll v, I have appointed LEVIN A PEIX 0 my attorneys in fact, n 2? time MOSES LILIENTHAL. DAN. CASTELLO'S GE8AT SHOW AND MORAL EXHIBITION. J. M. NIXON, MANAGER. THIS completo CORPS OF ARTISTS will have the honor of appearing before the public of COLUMBIA, (hi Levy's Lot, Opposite Phoenix Office, FOB Two Days Only! Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 26 & 27. First nerformanee will be given on MON? DAY AFTERNOON. There will be a GRAND PROCESSION Of the company through the principal streets, forming a splendid cortege, at ll o'clock a. m. MONDAY, February 26. This troup will be headed bv tho Great Clown, DAN. CASTELLO, The Jester, Hnuiorltt, Orator and Performer. He will introduce his inimitable perform? ing Russian Horse " C 25 _A- HES. . This horse was raised in Southern Rus? sia by a Circassian soldier. Like the Ara? bians, ?ic nomadic people of his tribe form the strongest and most inviolable attach? ment to their unexcelled horses. They make their favorite coursers their special companions, and train them to bc very fleet and intelligent. Tho Circassian, dur? ing one of his wandering tours, became very needy, and soon found eager pro? posers for the purchase of his splendid norse. At last he consented to part with him. He was brought before the pur? chaser, and there ensued a scene that has been used as a subject of a poet's pen. At a signal from him, the horse, "With flowing tail and Hying mano, With nostrils never stretched by pain, Mouth bloodless to the bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unscarred by spur or rod, Thc bounding horse-tho wild-the free Like a wave that dashes on tho sea. Came proudly thundering on." There stood the noble horse, the admi? ration of every bohohVr. No steed of thc Tartar or Ukraine or Arab breed could be more beautifully formed. Never did Land? seer or Rosa Bonheur see or imagino a more perfect animal. His thorough-bred Trick Horse A.ndy Johnson, HIS COMIC PONY AND HIS Educated Mules, HE WILL EXECUTE HIS FL Y IX G LEAF , OR LEAP FOP LIFE, EVERY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. Notice. THE Moral Exhibition ! The Manager has, at great expense, ob? tained the services of HERR LENGEL, tho Lion King, together with his WONDERFUL LIONS AND LIONESSES? This exhibition will take place prior to tho commencing of tue CIRCUS PER? FORMANCES, thereby giving visitors an opportunity of having a perfect view of these "Lords of the Forest" before Herr Lengel enters the den, -<o that those who come specially to see the animals may re? turn homo with their families, The COMPANY conipriso some of the finest performers-male and female-either in Europe or America, consisting of : EQUESTRIANS, VAULTERS, ACROBATS AND GYMNASTS. DAN. CASTELLO and Mr. CHARLES PARKER, tho two great Clowns, will ap? peal iii everv oerformanco. HERR LENGEL will enter the den at 2 j and 7? o'clock. *ji~ACorpa of Ushers are engaged to | seat our patrons, and tho public may bo assured t:a.t thc strictes! order ypfl H^jeo wim Sill bc preserved. PKICES OF ADMISSION. Admission.$1 00 Children.50 cents Colored Persons.75 *' Fob 18 G C. D. MELTON. SAM'I. W. MELTON MELTON & MELTON, Attorneys at Law, COLUMBIA, S. C., WILL practico in the adjoining Dis? tricts, and in Union, \ork. Chester and Lancaster. Office on Assembly street, second uoor South of tho Catholic Church. Jan 31 _ Brno For kiayor. JAS. G. GIBBES is respectfully nomi- ! nated for next Mayor. _Jan 11__MANY FRIENDS. MES8BS. EDITO as: Major THEODORE j STARK is respectfully nominated as a can? didato for thc office of MAYOR of tho city of Columbia-to be filled at the casuiug election in April next-bv his Dec 28 MANY FRIENDS. Tho friends of Dr. A. N. TALLEY nomi? nate him as a candidate for Mayor at the ensuing election in April next. Nov 2 * Sup'ts Office, Cha .-lotte & S. C. R. R.. COLUMBIA, S. C., JANUARY 1, I860. ONE HUNDRED LA? BORERS wanted, to work on thc track. Applv to WILLIAM REY? NOLDS, Section Master, at the Depot. Jan 3_JAS. ANDERSON, Bnp't. THROUGH ROUTE NORTH, VIA CHARLOTTE AND GREENS no no. N. C., AND DAX VILLE AND WCHMOND, VA. Riiiiiiagaiiiil STAGES leave Columbia, S. C., daily, connecting with Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad: Arrive at Charlotte, N. C. 2.30 p. m. Leave Charlotte.3.00 p. m. Arrive at Greensboro, N. C.. .10.00 p. m. Leave Greensboro.'10.20 p. m. Arrive at Richi.lond, Va. 3.15 p. m. the following day, connecting with ovenmg trains for Washington and all tho North? ern cities. Close connections made, and no delay on this route. Nearest and host route North. J. FITZ JAMES, Agent Jan 2? Smo R. D. A P. Railroads. Gen. Sup'ts Office, CI& S. C. R. R., COLUMBIA, S. C., FEBRUARY 12, 1866. THIS Road is now completed to Ridge? way, and Passenger and Freight Trams running as below Leave Charlotte (on arrival of the North Carolina train) at.10.00 p. m. Arrivo at Ridgeway at.8.00 " Leave Ridgeway at. 5.45 a.m. Arrivo at Charlotte at.2.50 p. m. Feb 14_JAS. ANDERSON, Sup t. Greenville and Columbia Railroad. j GEN'L SUPERINTENDS OFFICE. COLUMBIA, January 28, 1866. ON and after WEDNESDAY next, the 31st inst., tho Passenger Trains will ] run daily (Sundays excepted) as follows: ! Leave Columbia "at. 6.00 a. m. " Alston at.11.00 " " Newberry at.12.50 p. m. Arrive at Abbeville at. 6.00 " " at Anderson at.8.10 " " at Greenville at.9.00 ?' Leave Greenville at. 4.30 a. m. " Anderson at.5.30 " " Abbeville at. 7.45 " " Newberry at.1.10'p. m. Arrivo at Alston at. . 2.55 " " at Columbia at. 8.00 " There will be about seven miles of stag? ing still between Freshley's and Alston. Passengers will be furnished with tickets through, including the road, stage and ferry. 60 pounds baggage only allowed on stage to one seat. J.'B. LASSALLE, Jan 28 General Superintendent. Schedule over South Carolina RR. GENERAL SUP'TS OFFICE, CHARLESTON, January 18, 1866. LEAVE Charleston at.".. 6.00 a. m. Arrive at Columbia.4.25 p. m. Leave Columbia at.6.00 a. m. Arrive at Charleston.4.15 p. m. Jan 18_H. T. PEAKE, Gen. Sup. South Carolina Railroad Company GEN. SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, CHARLESTON, January 16,1866. ON and aft.pr thia date, ia avenger and Freight T-ains will run on the Augusta Branch to Graham's, as follows: Leave Charleston.0.00 a. ra. Arrivo at Graham's.1.30 p. m. Leave Graham's.9.10 a. m. Arrive at Charleston.4.15 p. m. Jan 17 H. T. PEAKE, Gen. Sup.' Fire and Marine BEING appointed agent for several FIRST-CLASS INSURANCE COMPA? NIES, I am prepared to insure to any amount against fire. Amongst the offices for which I am agent are the well-known Metropolitan, of Now York; Continental, of New York; and National, of Now Orleans. These oflices alone have a capital of ovsr $2,000,000. Policies made payable in either gold or currency. JAMES G. GIBBES, Agent. Dec 29 "_ INSURE VOI R LIVES; APOLICY OF LIFE INSURANCE IS THE CHEAPEST AND SAFEST MODE of making a certain provision for ono's family. BENJAMIN FRANKLIN: Nott'nt; is so uncertain as life. No provision is perfect that is contingent upon the duration of your life, ?vhich is not immediate. The onlv IMMEDIATE provision is that provided by LIFE INSURANCE. It provides a SECURITY to tho family of every man engaged in business. It is a species of property that costs nothing but thc premiums; it requires no repairs, has no taxes, calls for no outlays, and its conditions do not change. Call on H. E. NICHOLS, Agent for the following OLD, RELIABLE and POPU? LAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES: .ETNA, OP HARTFORD, CON!?., Assets 82,000,000. GLOBE, OP SEW YORK, Assets, nearly S^,000,000. \ORT? r'JUP-OLIXA MUTT:AX,, OF HA? LEIGH, Assets, nearly $1,000,000. CORNER OF WASHINGTON AND AS? SEMBLY STREETS, COLUMBIA, S. C. Jan 18 3m_ H. E. NICHOLS, GENERAL MStmjWCE AGENT, Corner of Assembly and Washington Sis., REPRESENTS a number of the best both Northern and Southern-compa? nies, possessing an aggregate capital of over $23,000,000. LIFE, FIRE, MARINE, INLAND AND ACCIDEN? TAL RISKS taken on equi? table terms, and all losses promptly paid. J&W* Policies mad*; payable in Gold or Currency, "?a Engine, etc., for Sale. AFIVE-HORSE ENGINE, in running order, with polleys, etc., for ?ale low. Apply at this office. Dee 31