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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 I MMMMM-MMMMM9MMM?--1 ' 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