The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, June 21, 1867, Image 4
By the Uiver, In Jan?.
We stood by ibo river, my friend**nd I,
One beautiful night in June;
Oh, fair was the river and calm tho sky,
Our hearts were boating in tune
In tune to the last good night of the birds,
In tune to the breeze o'crhead,
In tuno to tho loving, musical words
That each to the other said.
Though our smiles were raro and om
words were few,
God knows how happy we wore;
Wo trusted each other's affection truo,
Wo felt that tho world was fair
Our kindred spirits were nicely strung,
Duetting in perfect tone;
Oh, friend, wo wero carolees, blithe ant
young.
By tho river that night iu Juno.
We stood by tho river, my friend and I,
Tho summer was scarcely past;
But a chango had como over earth and
sky
Sinco wo saw tho river last.
A few of tho rosos had died away,
. A song-bird or two was hushed;
But tho earth lookod mournful that August
dav,
For our hcarta were dry and crushed.
Wo left tho still river, my friond and I
Wo saw it never agpin,
Aud years, bearing changes to brow and
eve, . ,
Have glided away sinco thou. .
Oh, stoadlast, my friend! with tbo earnest
eves,
My'fricnd with tho brow serene,
O'er" tho vanished past wo may minglo
sighs,
Spito of weary miles botweou.
It will notbo'long, for my oyos aro dim,
Thv raven hair must bo white;
We shall meet once moro by a river's brim,
Death's river, dear, will not fright.
A Granger will mark with a careless rye
Two graves in tho church-yard sod,
Whilo wo stand by tho river, my friend
and I,
That gilda the city of God.
A SCOTCH TAU*
CHAPTER I.
Hid away in the loveliest part of
Perthshire, nestling among tho often
sung Braes of Balquhidder, lies Loch
VoeT, upou tho shores of which Hob
Roy lived and died; and where, in
tho quiet lonely kirkyord, rests
"Clan Alpin's omen and her aid."
There are M'Gregors still in thc
clachan of Balquhidder; M'Gregors
who speak with glistening oyo and
heightened color of the chief, and
amongst whom no toles aro so popu?
lar as thoso which treat of tho wild
days wheu tho clan with tho "name
nameless by day" was at once tho
t?rror and protection of tho country.
Every child knows tho story of tho
feHds between tho M'Lorena and tho
M'Gregors, and how tho Stewards of
Appin, coming to help their kins?
men, were met by tho clansmen at
tho clachan, where Rob Roy chal?
lenged any oue of Appin to single
combat, eager, by over such personal
hazard, to avert the horrors of a but?
tle. They will teVi you, too, how tho
great Duke of Athol exhausted his
timo and patience trying to catch
Rob Roy, and the story of the fune?
ral, when Lady Glenfalloch, think?
ing her brother was slam, sprang
ni>on the Duke, and, dragging him
from his horse, gave him such a
taste of the tenderness of tho M'Gre?
gors, that ho took timely warning
aud retired, leaving Rob to bury his
mother iu peace and quiet.
Some ten years ago, a descendant
of Rob Roy's,'Helen M'Gregor, was
the beauty of Balquhidder. Helen
was a fair, blue-eyed, golden-haired
lassie, with whom lifo hud been one
long laugh, and to whom tho world
seemed to bear neither frowns nor
clouds. Her father, Tam M'Gregor,
was a farmer, and well to do for his
station ; his sons helped him on the
hills, and Helon was a tidy hand in
the house, quito ablo to take many
cares from her mother's shoulders.
Their cottage stood away from the
dachau, near the foot of Meal-mack.
A lovely littlo steading it was, too,
with high grey rocks ou one side,
ou tho other an oak and birchwood,
among tho branches of which the
soft summer breezes, when they had
kissed the lake into a ripple of de?
light, would sigh, aud r >sper their
pleasant songs of bright .md warmer
lauds.
Tam's cottage had served tho wants
of many a generation of M'Gregor:-.;
here a littlo and there a littlo being
added, ns tho owner's family in?
creased or his fortunes prospered.
The thatch was matted together by a
flourishing growth of various plants,
wall-flowers and house-leek predomi?
nating. Rosos and honey-suckles
flourished in tho narrow border, and,
clustering round the windows, met
gay and thriving geraniums, votive
offerings from tho gardener at Glen
buckle, who was one of Helen's many
admir?is. Helen, being fancy-free
herself, was wont to make a joke
about love; and not caring for either
fairs or gatherings, escaped much of
the gossip which attaches to other
girls. Yet, quietly as tho little
maiden lived, she could no more
..void lovers than can the violet hide
away her treasures from tho boc.
..Love will venture in what lie darna
weel bo seen," and accordingly
Helen's lovers were neither few nor
slack iu making their way to the
farm; while, much to tho girl's dis?
comfort, her mother took pride
to herself in counting tho stalwart,
well-to-do Iuds, who would take
a placo by tho ingle nook, and,
whilo talking to tho fanner of the
owes, wool aud inurkots, would
hope to catch a stray glance, kinder
than usual, from Helen; who, how?
ever, went on with her spinning as if
no oyes wero seeking hers, and there
was no such thing as lovo or wooing.
And many a lad doubtless thought
with Hobbio Elliott, that "whirling
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' a bit stick wi' a thread trailing to it"
was but poor and tiresome work.
Ono man came oftener than the
rest; so often that it was whispered
about that Helen and. Duncan wero
courting, nor did_ Duncan attempt to
deny what he wished in his inmost
' hoart was true. He had loved Holon
long, and only waited for a farm to
enter the lists openly. Now, he had
. a farm and a decent house to tako a
wife to, he thought the right timo
had come; and soon, seciug he had
tho good will of both father nud
mother, he was content to wait pa?
tiently until some happy day, when
I Maggie's heart would waken up, and
his love meet its reward. And if
Duncan was patient, it was because,
nover having doubted his success, he
experienced a sort of gratification in
beating down lu's passion, or antici?
pating from a distance the time when
Helen would spin by his own hr rth,
and pay him back teu-fold for . hat
she made him suffer now.
The houest folk in Balquhidder
called Helen a lucky lassie, and
watched the courting with general
interest, not unmixed with envy, for
Duncan was ono of the handsomest
and steadiest of the young men ;
more than that, and what, perhaps,
went even further among the girls,
Duncan was tho champion wrestler,
ronner and hammer-thrower, and
twice had he carried off prizes from
tho Braemar Gathering. Duncan's
courting had made no further impres?
sion upon Helen when the Gathering
of 1S?- drew on. All tho world
weut to Braemar that year, and Dun?
can, much to his own surprise and
the indignation of the Balquhidder
people, was beaten both in wrestling
and throwing by a new-comer-a
young man who, by his superior style
of dress and manner of speech, was
evidently from a different part of the
country, if not indeed of different
rank in lifo to that of the irate young
Highlander; and when standing, hot
and angry after his last failure, ho
was by no means comforted by see?
ing Helen's cheeks reddon beforo the
glances of the victor, who, caji in
hand, introduced himself to Tam
M'Gregor as the son of his old friend,
Niel Lesley, and saying that he had
como to tho Gathering on his way to
Balquhidder, his father having told
him of the sheep-farming there, and
how, for auld acquaintance sake, he
might be lucky ejOiigh to get his les?
son in the management of flocks
from Tam himself-a lesson he meant
to put iu practico as a farmer in Aus?
tralia. Tam was pleased to find his
friend had not forgotten him, nor
was he proof against tho compliment
neatly offered to his farming skill.
Moreover, thero is never a lack of
hospitality among the Celts, and Tan;
made his young friend welcome to Ibo
best his houso afforded BO long as he
liked to stay.
Niel was a fair-haired, blue-eyed
man, tall and light-limbed, but with
tho muscles and sinews of a prize?
fighter. He had been at the High
School in Edinburgh, was well-up in
modern topics, and able to hold forth
upon subjects which rarely readied
the cars of tho inhabitants of the
Braes, except when the shooting sea?
son brought down tho great folk, and
tho great folk brought their servants;
then politics, parliaments and the
'court woro familiarly discussed in
every shieling.
Niel was no idler, either in work,
or play, or love. Everything ho sot
his hand to ho did in tho manner, we
aro told, is sure to succeed. So no
wonder that, falling iu love, as ho did
at once, he roused what poor Duncan
had watched and waited for in vain;
and, waking up tho sleeping heart,
brought the love-light into the sweet
hazel eyes, that .softened and drooped
now na they had never done before
auy man's gaze. Thero was uo ques?
tion of love speech between the two,
and yet, before the summer came,
Helen had found out what a different
placo love could make the world,
Thero had nover been such heathei
ou the hills, or bracken and wile
roses ou tho braes, as now bloomed
tho love-filter was acting and naturi
took tone, as it always does, from tin
heart.
"How bonnie you're growing, Nd
ly!" said Tam one day, as Holei
carno running up thc grass,, her hui
escaping from the sky-blue snood
the gay cotton short gown cominj
half-way down tho striped linsey pet
ticoat, which waa just short enougl
I to show her neatly-clad feet am
shapely ankles, coquettishly arrnyei
in bright stockings, with elaborately
I embroidered clocks. "What's com
, to the lassie, wife? She's brcakii
! tho hearts o' half the lads in th
place. There's Duncan, puir lad
i lient a smile he'll gio now, but gang
; ns dour-"
j "Wheesht, faithed" cried Helei
shutting his month with a rosy lit tl
j palm. ."Hero's Duncan cominV
! As she spoke, Duncan stalked u
to the door, lt was easy to seo tin
something had gone against th
grain; the expression of his face, til
tone of his voice, his very gait, wei
changed; his clothes were thrown o
' with a carelessness unlike forme
? days, and his eyes, restless an
blood-shot, turned uneasily tollelei
ns he mado some common-placq r
' mark to her father concerning tl
I weather.
Helen's color deepened. Som
thing in the man's eyes struck Uko
knifo to her heart, anel lay the
rankling, making tho hot bloe
spring to her face, anel the hand th
bael been on her father's mon
clench fiercely, as if to beat ba<
some burst of angering indignatio
Bat the flash faded the next moment,
and a shudder shook her from head
to foot; for Niel came in from the
hill, and as he tamed the oorner of
the hedge, and Duncan's eves fell
upon him, Helen saw the thick black
brows drawn passionately together,
the big veins start like knotted cords,
and the strong teeth set hard in the
nether lip. She saw thia, and even
then her heart sank with, an unde?
fined fear; but it was not until some
days afterwards, when the braes were
ringing with tho1 mysterious disap?
pearance of Niol Lesley, that tho full
significance of that look was revealed
to her.
CHAPTER IL
' Many and various were tho reports
circulated, until, by tho expiration of
four days, thoy nil settled down into
one strong judgment against Niel-a
judgment which Helen's outburst of
grief and pale-striokcn fuco unwit?
tingly strengthened; und it waa firmly
believed that Niel, having won her
love, had grown tired of her, and, to
rid himself of her and his debt of
gratitude to her father at 0UC0, had
mudo ?i moonlight flitting. Duncan
openly took little part in all that was
said, so much so that those busy peo?
ple who aro always, in al! ranks, look?
ing after their neighbors' affairs, be?
gan to hold him up ns nn example of
unselfish generosity. There was one,
however, to whom his silence had a
different signification, and that was
Helen, who, from tho day tho alarm
was given, had remembered that af?
ternoon when sim saw, as plainly as
if written in black and white, thc
hatred unto death stamped in Dun?
can's face. Shu alone, watching ns
nono other could, heard tko impa?
tient manuel* of speech and saw thc
strange look that had come upon thc
man's face: aud a horrible suspicion
and dread filled her mind, harder to
bear than all tho cruel things raised
agaiust Niel's character. There was
ono small ray of comfort left-a col?
ley dog she had given Niol had dis?
appeared tho same day ho was missed.
Ile must bo alive, if Moss was with
kim; and if ko had run away, as tho
people said, would scarcely take such
a continual sting to his conscience as
thc faithful dog must be. ?So, i ii spite
of tho deadly fears that would, at
times, overwhelm lier, Helen held
fast by hope, hiding her anxiety ns
best she could by getting a\v.y
amongst tko hills, and wandering
about where she would mot t no ont
to pity or comi?lo with her.
Tho fifth day had como; it was n
busy time, too, for they wore gather?
ing tho llocks off tho hills previous
to tho shooting seasou; and so ii
carno about that Helen fell in with n
Hock in a lonely pass on tho road tc
Ben Lodi, and, eager to escape thc
shepherds, she scrambled up thc
banks, and kid herself among thc
whins.
Down tho pass carno tko sheep, fill
ing tho air with their voices, stopping
now amt then to* snatch u menuhin
of heather. Prcseutly, glanciugnwaj
to tho kill-sido, Helen caught sight o
a dog, bounding down over scaur ant
bush; but not until it was nearer,
and, diverted by tho soumis in th?
glen, had turned asido and taken it:
stand upon a rock, along tho foot o
which tho slice]) wero passing, die
she recognize ber old colley, tho ven
Moss she had given Niel. Holen':
heart leapt to her mouth, asshe lean
forward to watch tho clog, who, fall
ing into his old trade, stood yelping
and howling over tho flock, wakinj
every echo in tho pass, and rousing i
perfect storm of bloating.
Helen tried to whistle, but her lip
wore shaking and dry. Then sh
called him by name. Tho dog cami
rushing np to her, and was sooi
whining at her side, licking her hand
and face. As soon as she could se
anything clearly through tho tear
that wer?; blinding her, sho saw tko
a blue- ribbon was tied round Moss'
neck, nearly hidden amongst th
thick wool. Holen recognized th
ribbon; it had once boon hers, an
sho knew no hand but Niel's cool
hnvo tied it tkerc, and-. lint RIK"
denly sho ceased thinking. Sho kn
unfastened the string, and found
little bit of white calico, and read o
it. written in tho words, ttlfelp! licit
cr\s ( 'rag."
Helen cannot tell to this how sh
got home; but, in littlo more tba
liait an hour, tho clachan was ch
sorted, and men and women were a
on their way to tho Reiver's Crag,
barren rock among tho mountain
from which il was said a Cumherlun
reiver had boen fiting in the old day
Tho mis, moss and muirlnud wei
soon crossed, and, l>3* evening, Ni
Lesley was rescued from a livir
dfcttlj, and safo, but not sound, :
Tnm M'Gregor'a. Sound, poor lai
they whispered, ho never would 1
again.
"Ho had slipped over the Cm
and, in going down, had caught at
wkin-bushiug, which chocked tl
impetus of his descent, and inste;
of going to tko bottom of the ciel
he had tallon on a ledg< . Hore Mo
had followed, but it was thc four
day before ho could pct tko fnitkf
dog to leave him, and boar hon
tidings that might save him."
Such was tho account Niel ga*?
and such was tho story that m
Duncan ns ho como from Cullundt
whither ho had gone early ia t
day.
Timo passed on, and tho shoot!
season brought mauy a visitor
Tani's cottago, for Niel's story w
tho romaneo of the year. Ho w
still unable to walk, but his heal
was nil right, and tho doctors said
might get strong again in time. N
never complained, nor could he, with
such a nurse ns Helen Ant1 erin g round
'him, propping him tip with fragrant
pillows stuffed with fresh gathered
heather and bracken, gathered, too,
by the little hands that were so strong
and ready with their labor of love.
It waa only when pain kept him rest?
less, at night, that the thought of
being a cripplo for life crushed him,
and' brought out all the training
gaven him by a good mother, and the
stauch religious feeling inherent in
almost every Scottish heart, the spirit
that gave the world what Alexander
Peden called "the praying folk,"
who carried their religion triumph?
antly through those terrible days
when a bloody scaffold was thought a
good shelter.
It was ueorly a month since tho
I day Niel had been carried home
I from tho Crag. Night had just come,
j still, wann, and almost like twilight.
I Tam Avas smoking his pipe prepara
I tory to his early bed-time, tho women
folk wi re knitting, and Niel, lying
? upon il couch tho laird's sisters had
sent him, was reading "Rob Roy"
I aloud, much to Tam's perplexity,
! who interrupted many times with
I denunciations against tnc text. Snd
j donly tho open doorway was dark?
ened, and Duncan stood in the eu
try.
"Welcome lad, cried Tam. "1?re
j ist in time to hear tho havers they
I buik folk pit in prent aboot tho
M'Gregors. Read that again, Niel,
that whar ho says-"
Rut Duncan interupted him.
"I didna cross the door to hear
less read. I cam to speak aboot a
lee, to tell ye"-and his voice grow
louder and hoarser as he spoke
"to tell ye that ano ye liked weel
is a leer. We're ;t' frien's here," he
said, in a different voice, looking
round.
"Ay, ay, man. Sit down," said
Tam, taking his pipe out of his
mouth, and turning to have a better
look at Duncan. "Why, what ails
yo mau?"
"Mickle ails me, Tam M'Gregor,
and I earn on grousomo errand. I
hoc come to tal;' awn' yo'ro faith in
mau for evennair, and to shame a
hypocrite wi' the fair truth."
Helen laid down her knitting and
drew nearer Niel; Tam glanced at
him too. Niel's face was crimson,
and his eyes, all dilated eager, stared
up at the great wild-looking man
glowering down upon him, who went
on speaking.
"Niel says he slippet doon the
Crag. He didna slip. Au enemy-"
"Stop him, Helen!" shouted Niel,
trying to got up, but failing, he
pushed the girl towards Duncan.
"Stop him, for God's sake! The
lad's mad. Ho doesn't know what
he's Baying. Don't listen to him,
Tam. Ho's a line fellow, and you all
hear me say it. Duncan, man, shako
hands with me, and do go quietly
away, and let well alone."
Duncan's answer was to drop down
upon his knees by Niel's side, and,
covering his face with his hands, sub
aloud.
"Na, na, Niel, I canna let alane.
I m au m tell them. Let me bide,
lad; it's the littest place. And winni
I hao your forgiveness I'll gang on
my knees to the Almighty, but 1
canna ask Him till I hae confess?e
my sin."
"Well, lot me tell it, Duncan,'
said Niel, gently laying his ham"
upo . tho kneeling man's shoulder.
"No!" cried tho other, sternly
"I'll ito get tho warst. Tam ant
Helen, I am a murderer, or as bad
for I had tho thocht in my heart'tt
take his life. Niel cut me ott wi
you, Nelly. Mad wi' jealously, '.
said we'd gang to tho Reiver's Cia?
and fight, and tba best man shal
win ye. Niel wad hardly gang til
1 telt him I'd ca' him through tin
country-side for a coward, ami thei
he went. Rut whan 1 got to the to]
of tho Crag the diel got possessio!
o' me, and catchin' him unaware
hurled him ewer, thinking deed mei
tell nae tales. I nover thocht o' th
colley. Whan I hcered tell h
was fund, I was like to gan
mad. Every fut I thocht was
pollis; but whan tho days passed
and Niel never tauld, it was wa
than a'. The hot luirnin' coals wet
heaped on my heed, burnin' an
smotherin' i' the brain, tell thi
gloaming tho thocht earn to make
clean broest, and than gang aw;
what- I'd never seo a kenned fae
till tho day o'judgment. Oh! Nil
man, yo Icon what loving her ii
but oven you canna tell what m
heart was, and how neither bluid m
damnation wert! only worth if
could only ha' won her lure. }
canna forgio me, Nelly lass, for
Inn- made him a cripple; but just sa;
'Duncan, i'll ask tho Lord to lurg
ye,' and I'll gang awn1 content."
Tani was tho last to hold out tl
hand ot' forgiveness; but he, too, d
so at last, aud then Duncan wei
away.
Upon the top of tho bank 1
turned, and, cap in hand, stood loo
ing at tho cottage. "1'u.r la
he's proyin', maybe," thought Mt
M'Gregor, who had followed her o
favorito to the door.
Two years afterwards, and a ft
weeks after Niel and Helen wero mn
ried, a lotter came to tho former
letter written by a comrade of Du
can's, and then they knew for t
first timo ho had enlisted, and, goii
to India with ono of the gallant i
giments afterwards nicknamed "i
Colin's petticoats," the poor broke
hearted lad had found tho death
: coveted before the walls of Luckno
I and waa lying mortally wounded
the hospital, where ho dictated his
first and last letter to Niel, bidding
him good-bye, and telling bim to let
the Balquhidder folk know tho true
story of the Reiver's Crag.
"George, do you remember the
story of David and Goliah?"
"Yea, sir; David was a tavern
keopar and Goliah was au intempe?
rate mau."
"Who told you that?"
"Nobody; I read it, and it said
that David fixed a sling for Goliah
and Goliah got slewed with it."
Why is tho letter K like a pig's
tail? Because it's tho end of pork.
State South Carolina-Richland Dist.
IN THE < uMMOX I'LEAS.
John p. Southern vs. Gamet V. Antwerp.
AJtaehnii.nl.
XTTHEREAS th.? plaintiff did, on the
Y> llrst day of October, 1866, file his de?
claration against the defendant, who (as it
is said; is absent from and without the
limits of this State, and has neither wifo
nor attorney known within the same upon
whom a copy of th?: said declaration might
bo served:
lt is, therefore, ordered, that tho said de?
fendant do appear and plead tu tho said
d?claration, on or before the second day of
October, which will be in the year of our
Lord on" thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven; otherwise linal ami absolute
judgment will then Ix; given and awarded
against him. 1?. lt. MILLER, C. C. P.
Clerk's Office, Richland District, October
1. ism;._Oct lt ""[_
State South Carolina-Richland Dist.
/.V THE COMMON PLEAS.
Ed. Roo vs. G. V. Antwerp.- Attachment.
W rll LUCAS tho plaintiff did, on thc
\ V Hrst day of i Ictobcr, 1860, tile his de?
claration against the defendant. who (as it
is said) is absent from and without the
limits of this State, and has neither wife
nor attorney known within 11 io same upon
whom a copy of tho said declaration might
be served:
1: i- ordered, that the said defendant do
appear and plead to tin1 said declaration,
on <>r before the second day of October,
which will In- in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven:
otherwise final and absolute judgment will
bc given and awarded against him.
D. It. MILLER, C. C. P.
Clerk's Office, Richland District, October
1. ISO?._Oct ll .')i|
State South Carohna-Richland Dist.
IN TUE COM MO y PLEAS.
Wcisker Brothers vs. G. V. Antwerp.-Al
t'it'it ment.
TTJIIEREAS thc plaintiff did. on thc
VV fifth day ol October, 18G6, tile bis de?
claration against tho defendant, who (asit
i- said'is absent from and without the
limits of this State, and has neither wife
lic-r attorin-y known within the same upon
whom a cop?- ol thc said declaration might
be served:
lt ?a, there foro, ordered, that the said
ilefendant do appear and plead to the said
declaration, on or before tho sixth day ot
ii. tuber, which will be in the- year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-seven; otherwise final and absolute
judgment will then lie given ami awarded
Against him. D. H. MILLER, C. c. P.
Clerk's Office, Richland District. Octobci
?). u?o?. oct ii r??
state South Carolina-RichlandDist,
IN TUE COMMON PLEAS.
Abraham Stork, Survivor, vs. Keatinge A
Uall.--.Ufoc/oiioii.
\TTfl EREAS tlie plaintiff did, on tho Isl
VV day of May, 18G7, file his declara?
tion against the defendants, who, as it is
said, arc absent from and without thc
limits of this State, and have neither wifi
nor attorney known within the same upoi
whom a copy of the said declaration might
be served.
It is, therefore, on motion of Messrs
Arthur, Melton A Melton, plaintifTs attor
in y .-, ordered, that tho said defendants di
ap"p< ar and plead to the sahl declaration
on or before the second day of May, wbiol
will be in the year one thousand eight hun
il red and sixty-eight: otherwise, tinal am
absolute judgment will then be given am
awarded against them.
D. D. MILLER, C. C. P.
Clerk's Office, Columbia, Richland Dis
trict, May 1, 1867. May 4 q5
State South Carolina-Richland!Dist
IN THE < OM MON PLEAS.
Zealv, Scott A Bruns vs. Keatinge A Ball.
Atlachment.
XTTHEREAS the plaintiffs did. on th
> V 22d day of November, I860, tile thei
t?cela rat ion against the defendants, wh
(as it is said) are absent from and withou
the limits of this State, and have neithe
wife nor attorney known within the sam?
upon whom a copy of tho said dcclaratio
might bc served:
lt is, then tore, on motion of John Ram
kc tt, Esij., plaintiffs' attorney, ordere?
that the said d?tendants do appear an
plead lo thu s..id declaration, on or behn
tho 23d day of November, iwr.T; othorwisi
linal and absolute judgment will then I:
given and awarded against them.
D. B. MILLER, 0. C. P.
( h i k's Office, Rii bland District, Noven
ber '22:, 1806. Nov 23 5ti
State South Carolina-Bichland Dis
ly THE COMMON PLEAS.
Geo. W. Swepsson vs. The Memphis an
Ohio Railroad Company.-Attachment.
rilli I', plaintiff having, ou the 1st day i
JL May, 1867, filed his declaration, and
appearing that Wm. F. DeSaussure, Eat]
i.- tho attorney of "The Memphis and Oh
Railroad Company," the absent debtor
and Ls a resident within the limits of th
Stat? :
On motion ?.f M< ?srs. Arthur, Melton
Melton, plaintifTs attorneys, it is ordere
that a copy of lie declaration in this ca
he served on the said W. F. DeSaussut
F.-<; , attorney as aforesaid, with a copy
this order endorsad thereon; and If tl
Kidd "Tho Memphis and Ohio Railro:
Company," the o< fendants, shall not a
pear and make thc ir defence to this actio
on or before Ibo sci on?! day of May ne:
judgment shall be given end awardejd f
the plaintiff. D. ll. MILLER, C. 0. P.
Clerk's Office, Columbia, S. C., May
lsi>7. May 1 ip"
State South Carolina-Richland Di;
IN TUE COMMON PLEAS.
Henry Willis vs. Wood C. D?llens.-All?t
ment,
XTTHEREAS tho plaintiff did, on tl
VV firs! dav of October, im*>(?, life his tl
claration agaiust the defendant, who fat
is said I is absent from and without t
limits of this State, and has neither w
nor attorney known within the sam?- up
whom a copy of the said declaration mig
be served: ...... ., .
It is, therefore,ordered,that thc saul?
fendant ?lo appear and plead to tho sn
declaration, oil ?r before tho second day
October, whiel wni bo in tho year of o
Lord one tho wand eight hundred a
sixty-soven; oiherwiso linal and absoh
judgment will C'en bc given and award
against him. D. B. MILLER, C. C. P
Clerk's Office, Richland District, Octol
1, I860. Oct ll 5c
Laurens Railroad---New Schedule,
OFFICE LAURENS RAILROAD,
LAUUENH C. H., 8. C., May 2:t, 1807.
ON ami after MONDAY next, 27th hist.,
tho trains wUI run as follow s until fur?
ther notice. Tho Road having been com?
pleted through to Newberry, freight and
passage will bc considerably reduced:
Leave Laurens at 5 o'clock a. m. on Mon?
days, Wednesdays and Fridays, and arrivo
at Newberry at half-past 10 o'clock.
Lcavo Newberry iU 25 minutes past 1
o'clock on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur?
days; thus connecting with both tho up
and down trains un the Greenville and Co?
lumbia Railroad on the dava above desig?
nated. JOSEPH CREW'S, Sup't.
June f
Daily Trains on Blue Ridge Railroad.
??? fSM I - S *t?~W ...
SUPT'S OFFICE O. Si C. R. R.,
COLUMBIA, May 80, 1SG7.
ON and after tho 1 r-t ?lay of June, tho
Trains of the Greenville and Columbia
Railroad Company will bo run daily (.Sun?
days execptod) over tho Pine Ridge Rail?
road, between Anderson and Walhalla, to
couueet with the up and down trains of tho
Greenville Railroad. R. SLOAN,
?lune >_Sup, (i. ,y c. i;. H.
Sup'ts Cilice N. C. Railroad Co.,
B!
COMPANY .SIKH'S, MAY 27, 1SG7.
tTNTIL further notice, Passenger Trains
J will run mi this Hoad as follows:
Mull Train-East.
Leave charlotte daily 12.10 a. m.; Greens?
boro 4.51; Haleigh'.?.IS. Arrive in Golds
boro 12.10 p. m.
ll"<A'.
Leave Goldsboro 1.07 p. m.: Raleigh :l."0;
Greensboro 7.5S. Arrive in Charlotte
12.10 a. m.
Passengers make close through connec?
tions-cither way- at Charlotte, with tho
Charlotte and South Carolina Railroad; at
Greensboro, rf? Danville and Richmond:
at Raleigh, ?;<i Weldon and Hay Lino and
Annamossic Line. Also, connect at Golds?
boro with Mail Train on Wilmington and
Weldon Hoad, to and from Wilmington.
Time from Charlotte to New York forty
hours, by either roule.
May 29 JAS. ANDERSON. Sup't.
General Superintendent's Office,
CHARLOTTE Ss S. C. RAILROAD,
COLUMBIA, S. C., May 2,1807.
ON and after SUNDAY. May 5, tho scho
dulo of tho Passenger Trams over
this Road will be as follows:
Leave Columbia at.5.SO p. m.
Arrive at Charlotte at.12.15 a. m.
Leavo Charlotto at. 12.20 a. m.
Arrive at Columbia at. G.5Q a. m.
Close connections are made at Columbia
and Charlotte with mail trains on tho North
Carolina and South Car Una Railroads.
By this arrangement, passengers by tho
Greenville Road may go immediately
through Eastward, and have no detention
in Columbia.
THROUGH TICKETS aro sold at Colum?
bia to Richmond, Ya., Washington, D. C..
Baltimore, Md., Philadelphia, l'a., and
New York city-giving choice of routes cia
Portsmouth or Richmond-and baggago
checked. Tickets arc also sold at Char
lotto for Charleston and Augusta.
An Accommodation Train, for freight and
local passage, leaves Columbia at 7 a, m.,
on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays of
each week, and Charlotto on the samo
days and hour; arriving at Columbia and
Charlotte at 7 p. m.
May:! C. POUKNIGHT, Sup't.
Schedule over South Carolina R. R.
GENERAL SUP'TS OFFICE,
CHAIILESTON, S. C., March ll, lbGG.
ON and arter the 13th inst., the Through
Mail Train will run as follows, viz:
Leavo Charleston. 8.00 a.m.
Arrive at Columbia. 5.20 p. m.
Leave Columbia. G.50 a. m.
Arrive at Charleston.4.00 p. m.
March RI II. T. PEAKE, Gen'l Sup_T._
Greenville and Columbia Railroad
PASSENGER Trains will run daily, Sun?
da vs excepted, as follows:
Leavo Columbia at. 7.15 a. m.
" Alstou at. .. .. 9.05 "
?? Newberry at.10.35 .?
Arrive at Abbeville at. 3.13 p. m.
" at Anderson at.5.10 "
" at Greenville at.5.40 .*
Leave Greenville at. fi.00 a. m.
.. Anderson nt.0.30 41
" Abbeville at. 8.85 ??
" Newberry at.1.20 p. m.
Arrive at Alston at.2.45 "
at Columbia nt. 4.40 "
MIDNIGHT RAIDERS !
BEWARE of theso midnight marauders
and disturbers of '.nature's sweet re?
store., balmy sleop." Get a bottle of tho
infallibb "BED BUG DESTROYER." Now
is the ti.no to get rid of them, and sccuro
peace ami comfort. For sale by
FISHER A HE1NITSH,
April 4_Druggists.
READY-MADE CLOTHING.
FTYHE ladies, gentlemen and young pco
X plo of Columbia, who may be in want
of "SOMETHING TO WEAR,1* aro respect?
fully and earnestly invited by the ladas of
the Industrial Association to call a; their
Work-room, in tho Female Academy, and
examine the articles which they have- now
ready for sale. Some one will always bo
found ready to exhibit the rt ady-iuade gar?
ments and to recovo ord irs from tho-o
who may wish to have work done neatly
and prompt Iv.
Tho object of the Association is to fur?
nish constant employment lo Hmso who,
having been impoverished by the war, now
depend on the nccdlo for dailybreath
Dues nut such an object commend itself to
the hearts of our citizens? Or must tho
anxious applicants for work be told that
ovi'peoptt prefer Northern-made garment*,
nnd that there is, therefore, no more work
for than? Shall it bo said that such an
Association as this cannot bo sustained in
the capital of South Carolina?_JBU 10
NAILS, NAILS) NAILS.
At the Sign of the Golden Pad-Look.
?>/\/"\ KEG'S superior quality CUT
?\)\J N MLS, in store anil for sn'o low
for cash by _ JOHN C. DIAL.
LONDON LAYER RAISINS.
AVERY choice article, at wholesale and
retail. JOHN C. SEEGERS Si CO.
May 10_
GRAIN CRADLES.
At the Si gil of tue Golden Pad-Lock.
ALARGE supply of superior GRAIN
CRADLES, modo expressly to order.
ALSO,
10 doz. SCYTHE BLADES. In storo
and for salo wboleaalo or rotail, at low
prices for cash, by JOHN 0. DIAL.
May ll