The daily phoenix. (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, September 26, 1869, Image 4
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' BT SIB BDWAUD DENNY.
Sweet WM the hour, O, Lord, to Thee,1
. At 8yobar's lonely well, ",, '
When B poor outcast heard Theo there
~ Thy great salvation tell.
Thither ene oeme; ont, bb,' her heart,
All ?IM with earthly caro.
Sream'd not of Thee, nor thought to find
The hopo of Israel there.
Lord! 'twa? Thy power nneeen that drew
The stray one to that place, -
In solitude to learn from Thee
The secreta of Thy grace j
There Jacob's erring daughter found
Those streams unknown before,
The wat er-brooks of lifo that make
Tho weary thirst no more.
And, Lord,, to nt. Ba vile aa ehe,
Thy gracious hps have told l vt
That mystory of lovelroveal'd ." .
At Jacob's well of old.
In spirit, Lord, we've set with Thee
Beside tho springing well
Of life and peace, and heard Thee there ?
Its healing virtues tell. k.
Dead to the world, ?re dream no more
Ot eai thly pleasures now;
Our deep, divine, unfailing spring ?
Of grace and glory Thon
No hope of.rest in aught beside,
Ko beauty, Lord, wo see:
And, like'Samaria's daughter, seek'
And find our aid in Thee.
A WASTED LIFE.
I wonder if there is no dm g in tho la?
boratory of the Indian alohemist that
will prodnce sweet, dreamless, refreshing
slumber. It is almost s un-rise, and I
have not slept. While my brother of?
ficers were recuperating in sleep their
casted energies, after yesterday's hard
xaaroh, the bitter, onrsed past kept me
awake. There they lie, still sleeping as
peacefully and quietly as children after
play, as if there were no war, no enemy
at our out-posts. I wonder if this is the
fatalist's premonifton of death 1 I never
felt, so on the eve of a battle before.
During the long hours of the watch have
I paced to and fro like a sentinel, while
my life passed before me like the unroll?
ing of a scroll. First came childhood's
guileless, happy hours, humanity's hal?
cyon days. Then a mother's kiss was
on my brow, and no dreams of oursed
ambition had hardened my heart. Ob,
why did not those days last forever; or
why did I not die then, when I could
have breathed away an unsullied life
upon my mother's breast, ere sho Lad
felt the torture of an ungrateful son?
Then came youth's golden dreams and
bright days spent in my native -Hinge,
where my proud, imperious spirit made
many enemies; though a mother's influ?
ence was over me, and under ber sacred
guardianship I could not wander far
from the path she would have me travel.
With early manhood, I began to feel am?
bition's power, and its deadly charm
drew me on until I was in its toils. Then
I became fretful and peevish to my mo?
ther, and cold toward dear Marie, whom
I known from childhood, and who was
then my affianced bride. Finally, after
receiving a merited reproof from my
mother, I joined the army, and was gone
before she was aware of wnat I had done.
When it was too late, I informed her of
the act, and she and Marie paid mo a
farewell visit. Never shall I forget mo?
ther's parting kiss, or Marie's tearful
farewell, though too greatly elated to
think much of such things then, for I
was a soldier, and on the road to fortune
and to fame. Soon I regretted my pre?
cipitate folly, and oursed the hour I first
heard the drum or learned to keep step
to martial musio. Never did I poss such
a night of agony as the one previous to
my first battle. I prayed then as I had
never prayed before, and promised my
Maker if he would spare my lifo until
my term was out, I would return home,
livo a life of usefulness, and make mo?
ther and Marie happy. Then carno the
battle. First a few straggling cannon
shots that bound along before us, then
strike the ranks, sending some poor fel?
low into eternity. It was only through
rigid discipline and fear of tho officers
that innate oowardico did not gain the
ascendancy; and force mo to run away.
I wish I had gone; disgrace would have
aurely followed, but I would have lived
to some purpose afterward. We were
decoyed into an ambush, and under thc
concentrated fire of infantry and artille?
ry, our ranks went down like grass be?
fore the mower. The earth seemed to
rock beneath me, and the air to be thick
pith the missiles of death. After the
irst paralyzing shock had passed,
'ear was gone, and I was a demon. I
orgot I had a musket, and ran to and
ro, begging the men to form and chargo,
hough scarcely conscious of what I said.
?Ve were compelled to fall back, but the
torrid scene around me and the smell of
inman blood seemed to have intoxicated
ne, and I was among the last to leave
he field. While we were crossing a lit?
te ravine, I was struck; a sickening lun?
ation came over me, and I lost con?
ciousness. When my senses returned,
was lying in a barn, with cool cloths
ipou my head, and my arm bandaged to
he shoulder, while around me were
cores of my companions, whose groans,
ighs and muttored curses were fearful,
remembered all, and prayed that my
rm might be amputated, and I dis
harged and alloT/ed to rotura home,
'hat name scented to bear a sacred
weerno.-j in the sound. I wept like
hild, and again promised, if my life was
Dared, to devote it to the good of my
>llow-men and the happiness of those
ho loved me. Upon hearing voices
ear me, I removed the oloth from my
>rehead, and saw the Emperor before
ie. I, too, was under the magnetism of
lose cold gray eyes, that seemed to turn
ien to toys, to be played with at will,
[o asked the surgeon about my wound,
nd then, as if thinking me still unoou
nous, took the Cross of Honor from his
reast and fastened it on mine. The
ast was forgotten. The spell was on me
rain. I was ambition's victim still, and
>r in gin g from my couch, shouted,
Vive Napoleon!" When he called me
eu te u ant, I was delirious with joy, and
?
refused the opiate that w*e finally forced
down my throat.
Wheal again awoke I found my cona
mission and furlough bj my side, with
the necessary orders for transportation
to my. home. With a Joyous heart dfd I
again walk tba streets;of my native Vil?
lage, and Vf it h feverish basto and hurried
strides npproaobed my mother's humble
cottage. Ob, If I only had her arms
around my neck now, her pure kiss on
my brou-, and, as then, feel the warm
clasp of Mario's hand and .see her joy?
ous upturned face, while- her tear-dim?
med eye looked lovingly into mine. At
first I was quite happy at home and most
sadly regretted I was not free to remain,
but so soon as the army bulletins reached
our village, I was- transformed into a
hero. Those who onco would have
spurned me from their door, now fawned
upon me as if I was far their superior.
Being thus feted and feasted by thoso
with whom I never dared hope to associ?
ate, I was again in tho toils, and the pic?
ture of the happy days to come, when
Marie would be my wifo, and mother's
presence bless our humble home, paled
before the brighter hirings of ambition.
Before my furlough bad expired, I began
to feel ashamed of my humble parent?
age, and no longer acted, toward Marie
os my affianced wife, though she uttered
no word of complaint or resentment,
Had not my heart been dead to every
appreciation of the pure and good, every
Srompting of manly honor and the calm
ictates of reason as to the promotion of
my own future happiness, I would have
married her then. At lost came the day
of my life of all others the most accurs?
ed. I had dined at the chateau of a no?
bleman and returned home under tho
influence of wine. Mario and mother
attempted to induce me to retire,- but I
only taunted them with their inferiority,
as well as what I had accomplished and
the name I had won. I finally fell into
a drunken stupor, after having most un?
feelingly lacerated the hearts of the only
two persons in the world who loved me.
When I awoke late next morning, my
wound was inflamed, my nervous system
unstrung, and my head feeling as if it
would burst. In this condition, the sad
faces before mo wore a reproach I could
not bear, and I soon made an opportuni?
ty to vent my spleen upon Mario most
harshly. Mother would not Btand that,
and instly took her part against mo,
.which enraged me all the more, and I
broko forth in a most heartless strain,
informing them I was no longer a child
and would not remain where I was, dic?
tated to and treated as one. Turning to
my servant, I ordered my accoutrements
to the village inn, whero I could take tho
public coach and joiu my command.
When mother saw I was going, she arose
from tho chair upon which she sat, sob?
bing like a child, making one tottering
step, convulsively stretching her arms
toward mo, she exclaimed:
"Oh! my child, come back," and fell
fainting into Marie's arms, who ex?
claimed:
"Mr. Louis should be ashamed of him?
self, though it is not he that speaks
thus."
There were two spirits within me strug?
gling for tbe mastery. Ono prompted
mo to throw mysulf beside that inani?
mate form, and in tearful repentance sue
for pardon for the agony my heartless
cruelty had caused, but tho demon con?
quered, and I strode away. That was
the last look my mother ever gave me on
earth. Those were tho last words her
lips ever pronounced that reached my
ear, but the glare of a burning Moscow
could net light up tho shadow of that
appealing look. The ten-fold deep thun?
der tones of the volcanic throes of tho
Kremlin could not drown the words:
"Oh, my child, como back." When next
I saw my mother, sho was cold in death.
Her marble cheeks brightened not at my
kiss; her cold hand gave back no recipro?
cal clasp, and those rigid features, relaxed
not nt my pleadiugs of pardon or wail
of despair. What a mockery my life
then appeared to me. For one look of
forgiveness from thoso closed eyes, one
loving clasp from those cold hands, if in
my power, I would freely have given all
proud ambition had accomplished since
tho beginning of time. Then I heard
Marie's footsteps and felt her cold hand
ou my forehead.
"Oh, Louis, do not weep; sho is free
now, and from fur out beyond you
twiukliug stars, whero earth's shadows
never reach, those dear angel eyes will
still beam lovingly on you aud mo."
I looked nguiu and saw no expression
of pain or sorrow on that face. The
coutour ol the mouth seemed moulded
by an angel smile, and over all there
shone a reflection of tho far-off glory, as
if immortality at the instant of its flight
had stamped its impress on the clay it
left behind. I was only allowed two
days at home, and when I bid Marie
goud-by, sho took our betrothal ring from
er linger, and turning her i'aco up to
mino, filled with nothiug but leve for j
me and dark despair for herself, she1
said, "Mr. Louis does not lovo me now
aud must take this back, but with it I
give him this camoo with, my profile
upon it, hoping it may sotuo time re?
mind him of poor Marie, who will al?
ways love him dearer thau life. But be
foro you take the ring, let me kiss you
good-by, Louis, for I will never have the
right to kiss you again. Farewell, may
1 you be happy." Had I not been a
fiend, I would have thrown up my com?
mission and lived for that pure, unwa?
vering heart; but I stifled tho gentle
monitor within and was soon at my post,
amid the excitement of active service;
but I could never efface- the memory of
that expression of utterly hopeless de?
spair. At last, by trickery and subter?
fuge more than real merit, I attained the
rank of colonel. When tho Emperor
called my name and banded me tho com?
mission, my first thought was of mother's
joynt the news of my promotion; thou
came the soul-sickening thought that I
had murdered her by my own fiendish
conduot. I reeled and would have fall?
en. A deadened conscience was still
alive to the presence of that grim skelc
ton guilt, as'*ith burning fittgeSs it
branded its uiurk of possession ?n th?
souL, , When the. wojW .sidled m* brave
and honorable, aud I won commenda?
tion from the noble and tho good, I
was, indeed, the whited sepulchre
Within was the foal, sickening! stench
of guilt-a heart full of cursed memo?
ries, , which, if men knew, they would
turn away from in loathing, disgust aud
horror. Then I met Lucillo, whom I
thought the most beautiful wo luau I had
ever seen. Men like myself never real?
ly love, and I did not care for her heart,
or think what a wife she would prove.
My admiration was excited-anibitiou
and her encouragement did the rest, aud
soon I was her most abject slavo. lu her
I found nothing but beauty, savo her
family influence would behr mc up to a
higher station, and she was a more step?
ping stone to that attainment. I hod
never thought she loved mo with that
unwavering fidelity abd unquestioning
devotion that Marie once bestowed ou
me, but I regarded hor as unequivocally
attached to me, and counted upon her
family influence to secure my promotion
to a higher rank, previous to our ma' -
riage. In pursuance of this object, I
obtained a leave of absence in order to
visit Lucille at her father's residence in
Paris. When I called on her, I was
chilled to seo my division commander in
the room, acting more like ono at home
than a visitor. I chafed under his pre?
sence, and when ho had gone I showed
my jealousy and my imperious spirit in
my manner, as well os the questions I
asked. Theso seemed to arouse her
pride, and the interview passed most
frigidly., I did not think of tho contrast
between.Lucille's temperament and that
of submissive, unquestioning Mario, and
upon my next visit rather imperiously
asked that she, as my affianced wife,
should not receive tho visits of tho Go
neral, hinting that his character might
bo such as would compromise hers. In
an instant I saw I had gone too far,
and realized that I had made a fearful
mistake.
"Colonel Levasseur ia very polite iu
thus slandering one of the oldest friends
of my family, who is his superior officer. "
My anger was aroused, and I refused
to apologize. She arose and swept from
tho room, saying:
"Good evening, Colonel. The servant
will show yon down."
I was so completely thunder-struck
that it was several minutes before I
could collect my scattered senses and
walk down stairs. I could scarcely re?
alizo that all my visions of tho future
could bo so rudely dispelled in so short
a time, and for such n frivolous cause.
Next morning I received our engage?
ment ring, in an envelope addressed
in the General's hand-writing, but not a
line, or even a word, from Lucille, and
I saw all then; I felt os if fate had set its
seal on me, and I was already doomed,
though I had none to blame but myself.
I had wrought my destiny with my own
hands-had reaped of my own sowing
and the measure I had meted to others
had been measured to me again. Bul
my senses were dulled ; I was dead to the
keener pang3 of anguish I had dealt tc
those who once so fondly loved me.
What a mockery poor Mario's words
wero then. "May you bo happy.'
Happy! yes, happy in the consciousness
that I was alone in thc wide, cold world,
with none to think or care for mo, whe
thor I lived or died; happy in tho hale
of a military reputation, and with it tin.
enrses of God ou my head and a hell ir
my breast. I spent the remainder of mj
furlough in ono constant rouud of dc
basing dissipation; thud attempting tc
light the darkening shadows of despaii
that were fast gathering over my path
way. I was not surprised, when joining
my command, I heard of Lucille's mar
riago to the General. For once I hac
met my match; had found a heart n?
cold, unscrupulous aud calculating
though not so guilty, as my own. Soot
I began to feel her cold, vindictive hear
through her husband's power, and I an
only a colonel yet. But this will bo t
desperate battle, and if he is killed I au
sure to succeed him in command
What is that! Thc enemy have openet
fire on us as they form across tho field ii
front. "Adjutant, form the regiment!
Hore is another opportunity to hid
from myself again. Arc! my orders neve
coming, and my men to stand here al
day and bo shot dowu like sheep? Ah
hero is the courier. "Colonel Levasseu
will at onco form against the enemy nm
clear his front; thou take a position ii
the field, with his right resting on th
road leading to the village" How fear
fully pregnant with meaning arc th
concise words aud disjointed sentence
of a military order! In these few line
do I read the death warrant of hundred
of the brave men around me. Battalion
forward, march! Steady, steady! Clos
up to thc right. Now we are in rang
aud the effect is truly appalling, and
can hear the shots" crash through th
ranks Uko tho rattling of hail-stone
against a window pane. Steady, stead}
Keep your ranks there! Captain, clos
up your men. Great God, the line i
faltering! Forward, my brave men, foi
ward. Iiemember the honor of Lu Bel
France and tho names of battles you
courage has stamped upon your bannoi
Forward, forward, I say; I will cut dow
tho first mau that falters. Halt, hall
you cursed cowards! Halt, and fort
your ranks fronting to the enemy! Ol
ricers, close up tho ranks and take you
places at the head of your coinmauds
Battalion, charge! Here is to France
Vivo Napoleon! Pick up those colox
and hand them to me; I will carry thei
through their ranks or into
My God, I fear I am wounded! Yos
I am on tho ground; cannot sec and nc
fearfully thirsty. I wonder where I wn
struck; my chest seems crushed, but
think my horse has fallen on me, and i
is his blood making mc so wet. What a
agony of thirst! My tongue fools lite
rally hot; my throat burning, and th
veins in my temples are on fire, while m
limbs and spine are freezing. A shei
must have burst close to my eyes, for
feel the flame in them yet. Am I to lay
here forever and no one come near me?
I muet get np. Oh, I am powerless; my
attempts to rise aro but contortions. I
never knew the agony of thirst before,
and now all the cool springs I ever saw
float tauntingly by. I cari tee the spring
at my boyhood home; hot* tempting its
crystal stream appears. ' There is the one
we camped at after the battle of Auster
litz, and there the one at which I
quenched my thirst during the battle
before Moscow; I would give tho world
for PU? draught of water from betweeu
(he floating ice in the Dnoiper, as I drank
it wji.ile my companions were firing their
last r??na. Tbero they are now, their
faces still black with powder. Oh! if
Marie were only here, I am 6uro she
would give me rolief. When I get well
again, I will go back to that appealing
face and tell her how my heart was al?
ways her own? and beg her to love me
stiil. Th?njVriU ? prove, by a life-long
devotion, the sincerity of my repentance,
and spend the remainder of my days in
doing.good. I wisli I had not fought
with/ Capt. LaRue. The erie? of his
wife are ringing in my ears now. I wi3h
I hud paid that poor seamstress' bill; her
appealing face is before me yet. I should
have'had that, stone placed over mother's
gravo, and paid that small annuity to her
servant. I must attend to all these things
so soon as I am well, and theu Mario will
be so happy. My God, I fear I am dying!
No man ever endured such agony and
Lived. What a cursed mockery my lifo
bas been. I have never lightened tho
load of a single heavy heart or dried a
tear of sorrow. None have been hap?
pier in knowing me. I have been a
curso to all who loved me, and, in death,
nono will miss me. Oh, if I could be?
gin life again, I would try to bo happy
and mako others happy too. I would
give a thousand lives such ns mino for
one moment's case, and ono kiss from
Marie's pure lips. I can still feel that
red flame iu my eyes, but am wounded
internally. I feel my heart is bursting
and I am dying without tho power
to clasp or kiss mother's or Marie's pic?
ture.
There, I can seo now. My orderly is
running toward mo, and my horse is not
hurt. Truly, my thoughts have passed
swifter than lightning, for I can seo that
it has been but a moment or two sinco I
was struck. What an awful sound my
voice makes when I attempt to speak. ?
hear tho orderly exclaim:
"The poor Colonel is dead!"
Is it so? Is this tho end? An awak?
ened consciousness that I am thought
dead, proclaims that I am lost, lest! Ma?
rie, pray for me. God have mer
lu a village church-yard of Southern
France stands a plain marble monument,
the first linos of which express the opi?
nion of the world-tho homage the sol?
dier wins. The last two are upon the
base, almost hid by the growing vegeta?
tion, though indelibly but delicately
traced, as if by au amateur hand. They
comprise but tho motto upon the title
page of au unwritten history of one
wronged, bruised, but unwavering, lov?
ing heart:
Sacred to tho Memory
OF
COLONEL LOV?S LEVASSEVR,
Killed by u BOlid shot while leadiug on
his Regiment at the Battlo of Waterloo,
June, ISIS.
His unsellish heart, truo nobility of
nature and heroic devotion to his coun?
try, proved him to be ouo of tho noblest
sous of France.
Heavenly Fa'.ner, for Thy Sou':? sake,
grunt he may rest in peace.-MARIE.
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DRINK is thc CAROLINA HOUSE,
Wa-hi:: {t<v? etrcet. near Sumter.
OgfTOIjCnAMPAGNE COCK-TAILS; Gin,
^.iW?BSf brandy and Whiskey Smashes,
a ll' ZpJmcpa and Cock-taiU; Sherrv and
^**c?!Wa Catawba Cobbler.-: Claret San
garees; Lemonade and So la Water; besides
excellent Lager Beer. LUNCH every day, ai
j ll o'clock. R. BARRY, Purveyor.
June 7 _
Family Supplies.
**? 0E0ICE GllEEN AXD 1JT-ACK
ll^ffl 10 c*eoa HaMan Maccaroni,
IT- INL Young America a::d Cutting
Fresh Country Batter,
Primo Leaf Lard,
Extra Family Flour-in bags and La.rrcla,
Reeker's Sou-Raising Flour,
Baker's Chocolate and Coco;'.,
Superior Cider and White Wine Vinegar,
J:iva, Laguara and Ilio Coffees,
Orange Sucar-cured Hamd,
Breakfast ?aeon and Country Cured Hams,
Jeffreys'and McEwen's Scotch Aies,
Barclay & Perkins' London Porter,
Catawba Wine aud Cham: ague,
Heideick Champagne- and Claret,
All frosh, and for ?ale low bv
Jun? 4_ E. x G. D. HOPE.
Tobacco'. Tobacco'.!
IJ^ BOXES COMMON TOBACCO, at low
3 ) boxes Fair Chewing Tobacco.
4 boxes Extra Rock City Chewing Tobacco.
1 boxes Commonwealth Chewing Tobacco.
P> boxe- Ro?e Bud Chewing Toi a.-co.
July 3)_JOHN C. sEZGEP.i4._
City of Columbia Bonds.
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE.
Ci LVMEIA, AllgUSt 12, 13''>'J.
ALL over-duo Bouda, Coupons and interest,
and all Boude issued hinco 1st January,
1SU7. bearing ?ix per cent, ?uteri st, of thc city
of Columbia, will be converted into seven per
cent. Bonds, on application at this ofllce, in
conformity with a resolution of the City Coun?
cil. J. S. M< MAHON,
AU? 13_City Clerk.
"THE POLLOCK HOUSE.
191 Main street, Columbia, S. C.
- 3. TX X? TTL 1? qt f=i O^T^T
Wine Bottles.
20
GROS8 Wine Bottles,for gale by
Feb 14 E. A Cw. D. HOPE.
Smoking Tobacco.
lOO EBSSDS FRUITS AND FLOW
100 pounds Comm' nwealth,
Jn-ii received, aud a nure article, for -jaie at
JOHN (". SEEGERS,
July -20 Ale ;.:i 1 Lager Be* r Depot.
BAR IRON,
j PLOW STEEL,
'NAILS,
METALS,
GUNS,
AND C
HARDWARE
WHOLESALE STORE N
RETAIL STORE CORNER KI
sept i Olaarles
South Carolina Railroad Company,
GENERAL SUPT'S OFFICE, SEPT. 15,1869.
fjri?? WBWBesMlgv THE following Sehe
fflH!5K5?S3H?r!!?we<lulo for "Passenger
Trains will Le unserved from tbie date:
DAT PASSEXGEB TR Al X.
Leaving Columbia at.7.45 a. m.
Arriving at Columbia at. 4.40 p. m.
MUHT EXFBESS TRAIN.
Lcaviug Columbia at..... .... 5.50 p. m.
Arriving at Columbia at..4.45 a. m.
THE CAMDEN' THAIN
Will continue to run tho following acbedulo:
Tit I- WELK I.Y.
;Moi:days, Wednesdays and Saturdays.)
Arrive Columbia 11.00 a. m. Leave 1.45 p. m.
DAILY (.SUNDAYS EXCEPTED ) ll.
( Leave Camden C.35a.m. Ar KipgviUe9,20a.m.
Lve Ringville 3.15 p. m. Ar Camden 6.05p.m.
Sept 10 H. T. PEAKE, Genera,! Sup't.
Important Notice to Shippers.
CniBLoiTC, COLUMBIA AND AUGU&TA B. B. CO.,
G EX EBAL FBEIGUT ANO TICKET ALI'S OPFICE,.
COLUMBIA, S. C., At?gbet 12,18G9.
THE SEA-BOARD INLAND AIR LINE
FREIGHT ROUTE is again opened for
business Rud offers SUPERIOR ADVANTAGES
to the Merchants of Columbia and up-country.
RATES- NEW YORK TO COLUMBIA.-First
Class $1.35; Second Class $1.20; Third Class
$1.10; Fourth Class S0o.; Fifth Class60a., per
hundred pounds.
SS- Rates and Classifications to all other
points North, same as tia the Charleston
lout e. "Su
The Steamship Lines connecting with and
forming part of the Sea-board Inland Air Line
are as follows. BE CAKEIUL AND Snip nv THESE
LINES ONLY:
Boston and Norfolk Steamship Co., End of
Central Wharf, Boston-E. Sampson', Agent.
Old Dominion Steamship Co?, Pier 37 North
River, New York-N. L. McCready, Pree't.; of?
fice 187 Greenwich street, corner Dey street,
New York.
Philadelphia and Norfolk Steamship Co., 14
North Delaware Avenue, Philadelphia-W. P.
Clyde, Agent.
Annamessio Line, cid Delaware Railroad
Depot Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Balti?
more Railroad, Philadelphia.
BaltimoroStoam Packet Co., (Bay Line,) foot
of Union Dock, Baltimore-B. L. Poor, Agent.
S?- In shipping froight for Philadelphia bo
careful to mark thc packages and note on Bill
of Lading whether it is to be forwarded by
Clvdo's Steamers, or via Annameesic Lino.
For further information, address
E. R. DOR8ET,
Aug 13 General Freight and Ticket Ag't.
Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta R. R.
KSg> BW HHHB PASSENGER Trains
?Kflfy-yy- taKSSMgwill run aa follows:
GOING NOHTH.
Leave Augusta, at.7.40 a, m.
" Columbia, S. C., at. 1.25 p.m.
Arrive at Charlotte, N. C. 8.10 p.m.
COMING SOUTH.
Leave Charlotte, N. C., at.5.50 a. m.
?' Columbia, S. C., at.12.50 "
Arrive at Augusta.6.15 p. m
Through Tickets on salo for principal points
North aud South. Baggage cheeked through.
Cloeeconuections made North and South.
June 23 CALEB BOUKNTGHT, 8np't.
Spartanburg and Union Railroad.
r:r3?339E3 ^ an(* aiter tuc 8th June inst.,
gggggUg Passenger Trains will leave spar?
tanburg C. H. Tucsdaye; Thursdays and Satur?
days 5 a. m., and arrive Alston 11.80 a. m. Re?
turning same day, leave Alston 12.80 m.; arrivo
Spartanburg 7 p. m., por following Schedule:
Down Train. Up Train.V
Miles. Arrive. Leave. Arrive. Leave.
Spartanburg 0 5.00 7.00
Pacolet......l0 5.45 5.48 6.12 6.15
Jonesville... 19 6.25 6.30 5.29 5.33
UnionviUfc...28 7.15 7.40 4.S? 4.45
Santue.37 8.23 8.30 3.37 8.45
Shelton.48 9.23 9.25 2.36 2.40
Lyles Ford..52 9.49 9.50 2.09 2.12
Strother.56 10.11 10.13 1.42 1.45
alston.GS 11.30 12.80
June 5 TIIOS. B. JETER, rrobident.
Oifice North Carolina Railroad Co..
SI? TTT CTiTtaSpq THEfollowiug is the
gjjggjMggggsohednle for Passen?
ger Trains over this road:
Leave Charlotte.. .^.20 p m Arrive. .5.45 p m
" Greensboro 1.55 a m and 11.45 p m
" Raleigh G.50 a. m. and 6.20 p. m.
Arrive Goldsboro 10.20 a m Leave. .2.20 p m
Through Passengers by this linehave choico
of routes viii Greensboro audDanvilleto Rich?
mond, or v ia Raleigh aud Woldon to Richmond
or Portsmouth: arriving at all points North ol
Richmond at same time by either route. Con?
nection made at Goldsboro with Passenger
Trains on Wilmington and Weldon Railroad,
THE CENTRAL SHORT LINE.
_ THE following is tho
uectiens suro to a.l points North. South. Weet.
Going North. | I Going South.
Leave 7.40 am j Augusta I Arrivo 6.15 pm
" 1.25 pm I Columbia " 12.50 pm
" 8.25 pm I Chat-lotto | '.' 5.50 am
" 1.30 am I Greensboro " 12.15 am
.? 11.15 am I Richmond ! " 2.45 pm
" O.dO pm : Washington j !? 7.00 am
" 10.45 pm i Baltimore I " 5.08 am
" 2.35 am ] Philadelphia I " 12.50 am
Arrive6.19 am Now York I 1-eavo 9.20 pm
Tickets l?y thisroute are OPTIONAL-either
ein Danville and Richmond. Weldon and Rich?
mond, or Weldon aiu*: Bay Linc-good till used.
Greenville ana Columbia Railroad
SUPT'S OFFICE, COLUMBIA, April 10, 1S69.
rffriswr.tSTJgStran PASSENGER Trains run
?BmSx?3KESt& daily except Suv day, con?
necting wiih Night Train on Cuarles?ton*Road:
Lve Columbia 7.00 am Lve Greenville G.G0 am
" Alston S.55 " " Anderson 6.45 *'
" Newbery 10.85 '? .? Abbeville 8.15 "
Arr Abbeile 3.30 pm .* Newberry 1.25 pm
"Anderson 5.15 " " Alston 3.00 "
" Greenville 6.00 " Arr Columbia 5.00 pm
Trains on Blue Ridge Railroad run as follows:
Lve Anderson 5.20 pm Lve Walhalla 4.00 am
" Pendleton 6.20 " ?? Pendleton 6.40 "
Arr Walhalla 8.00 " Arr Anderson 6.10"
The train will return from Beltou to.Ander?
sen ou Monday and Fridav-mornings.
?TAMES O'. MEREDITH. Oenernl Sup't.
Laurens Railroad-New Schedule.
Tfi5?TtEH MAIL Trains on this Hoad run to
yUBP^yiBSrctnrn samo day, to connect with
np and luwn Trains on Greenville and Colum?
bia Railroad, at Helena; leaving Laureas at 5
A.M., Tuesdays, Thursdays aid Saturdays
and leaving Helens at 1.30 P. M. same dave.
Jul\ 9 J. S. BOWERS, Superintendent
& CO., _
MILL ROCKS,
BOLTING CLOTH,
CIRCULAR SAWS,
HOES,
PLOWS,
. ENERAL
MERCHANTS.
O. 39 HAY XE STREET,
VG A ND MARKET STREETS,
ton, SJ. O. Sm?