The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, February 21, 1866, Image 4
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