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THE NATIONAL REPUBLICAN. m Editor. g|| i. i HH'iTuiv MON >.\V KXi'EPTK! 1 ' warn it mi gl» PBIXTIMJ COMPANY. ■■'.-'•mr. o: tso U 3 Gov nnno.'. PRICE : 9? a* 2 50 > '>.v. v ■■■■ • » « <c» fitbscribi'ri. 3 r-tnirict-.ly On"' . .ill.-'. Sq&M?' enabled t" . .ill orders SpnSH .!..!• Prl::!: li:;r. r than any other otli.-e in the March 1. In'S HHH|| (From NO tv V 'rk Albion. ■Stroke of a Pen. HH|i CHAPTER 1. srn stood together in the ■|K>f a Imluiit; house at I lythe. BHic-.v figure ;in- tat net ie.itit HH sloping panels nit'! he was t!: > --n vo n tin t tt grid'. pa: iml arra-s --■■■d I‘t Han a ,'fr.iti. Captain So brouzed by exportin' to ■■■his Mae eye. were .'till both BHft. ami Ms hit!c. tin ugh grey, glossy, iI is Sell closely hut his exp.' 1 n was :er a trifle weaker, while his dignity conferred l>v Cap grev heard. The -■ -ti was Hlllr. Ma'e.tlm os- r: e-nine, did he say ?’’ alraid eomniit iii . if. the truth is it may last wish I could Slay, hut it i- Not that I suppose he again, ’..tit-e..- w. old have him at the cud. l’oor t"' 1 in the bright hlue ■W , W*«Eenee for a minute or two, Scton spike again. ■MB! girl Helen is. How she I believe she has hardly oiner !." was taken ill." to have e .mo t" her." 'itid rejoined Captain Scton : mother's death 1 have never 1 sometimes think she that she has lost all weak:.t-s, and I : believe is weakness. However, to receive ]leh ■n. and you you eatt for her when lie ttl! the It isiness mat up it y .u. t" . -ill I can get "f tii- 1 r nw ty- :■]•■•• t , \ >ui, inquired the son. hr .ll.erli'.. 1. 1 mid d"uht much But, of curse, I for Helen.” it all to he settled upon a '[tteer will. You see my HHd of US both, and as we Wt re BHi!. he had never thought of and yet he eottltl not SBBHpaind to divide the property. he died, and eroteliety. way I can account for the was to go first to my B|Bli"!i to m -. and atterwards to survivor. Henry telling } i. !. v -■ ■ 11 1 ■ • rlli 11 perhaps. to have t-M y.m HHH propt rry will reiiet >’ lit- :r in you little dream nf. Shauregali, in Bengal, lias knew ; but 1 had more in it than 1 ever told yni : my whole Lstun". liut for going *•’ happen, I believe 1 a ruined man. Heaven can't help t'ccliny the relief, HI sorry enough for my poor n t for my own sake, (lod ■■■it \vaild have been bard to I ha i ruined y u and Mary." ■■n va- silent: be bad grown so near the brink of min. bis mind. Suppu.-e bis recover ! .Such things bad ill .uglit pa.-sed. II- knew ly ii m - ; i lam, that ii was nu rely a pne -tion breathed freely again He, at : wbi h !.e longed t . make to hi- father, and iia 1 rend' red it easier to had turned again to the ■HH "'as g 1/i:..; ab i.-ly from it. .in'! summoned up eoiirage brea-t Ids father of his y ting eoii'in so - . a to be " ben the door ot the room in quukcr like, utiruttt that I'ell it; soft folds round figure, drr>o]iiri" now from ■|B» and anxiety of the last few Ngnt there seemed to be no about Helen Scion’s pale BB|Kdcd hair; but to those who an indescribable charm tiir-tdt l.r wn eye-', -dimmed in tin- ever-varying play and in the set of the little -lend.-i- white dimat. Henry found out this charm, and himself that he loved her: "t had given him no encour HJ||Hd rather seem -1 to .-brink IV mi more tender than'cousinly. not despair, lie loved her hut lie was not an humble not his nature to fear full |H|H depended upon his personal HMglHftdd himself that lie would Hjv her. ami to bis mind the turn had now taken had almo-t into a certainty ; not, iu HBHHini. it must be said, from any lllll^Blo tight of this fortune which bis father and to him, Ipiipß ~ v ml ! he left penniless, but Captain Scton should lie protector, Henry thought ■■Bit"rally turn in her grief to the ready to welcome her, and ■■■ was waiting to shelter her ■IH- Henry Seton was not impa it would he well to give ■■■■'‘t of his affection, which, ■HHBtiKbt not lie ready to accept, her mind to receive the MB' the natural course of events, HH I installed under his father's BHhHw l not yet found an opportunity ■■■■ Meantime -lie came in. Very jSHfißp " :i “ a ' h" udtiiti ' 1 tov, ird' AUGUSTA, GA., SUNDAY MORNING, MARCH 1, 1868. her uncle, very sorrowful and gentle her look- ~ . “Dear uncle, I thought you would bo going soon. 1 camo down to say good bye." ‘•lndeed, yes; I must start at onoe,’’ said Captain eton, pulling out bis watch. “I suppose there is no ohango ?” “No; none/’ Helen’s voice quivered a little as she gave the answer. “Good-bye, my child ; I am grieved to have to leave you. I shall be back the moment I can get affairs at Vienna settled. God bless you 1” Captain Seton kissed Helen affectionately, shook hands with his son, and was gone. When the sound of whoels had died away, Ilenry Seton turned to his cousin ; she was preparing to leave tho room. “Don’t go, Helen,” he pleaded ; “can’t you spare mo one minute? I have some thing to say to you, and you are not wanted upstairs.” “Yes, I must go; don’t keep me,” said Helen, nervously; but when her cousin quietly detained her and placed her on the sofa, she was too gentle, or perhaps too subdued by grief, to resist. Henry took his place beside her, and sptjkc in a low, tender voice. “I only wanted to ask you to let me help you as much as I can, now my father is gone. Nothing in this world could give me suoh pleasure as to be of use to you.” “Thnnk you,” began Helen, feebly, “there is nothing”—but he interrupted her. “Helen, I cannot bear that you should treat me as a stranger; you must not. This is not the time to tell you how 1 love you, and yet no, Helen,” detaining her as she would haTe risen, “don’t be afraid ; I will not go on. Don’t toy to answer me. I only said it that you might know what happiness it is to me to be allowed to do anything for you.” But Helen drew her hand away and stood before him, tho drooping figure erect, the clear eyes looking steadily into his. “Henry,” she said, and her voice did not tremble now, “you must never speak to me again as you have just spoken. I was afraid you were thinking of—of something of the sort, and it dias made me seem un grateful for all your kindness. But now you will let me treat you as a dear cousin and brother, and remember that I have asked you with all my heart to forget what you have said, and never, never to think of such a thing again.” How earnestly she spoke, and with what gentle kindness she held out her hand to him at the conclusion of her speech ! And yet Henry fancied it was only maidenly coyness that prompted her words. * ‘Dear Helen, dearest cousin,” he said, holding her hand in his, “I have been too abrupt; but I have not asked you for any answer yet, and I will not take one. Let me be to you nowin a brother’s place, but,” and he attempted to draw her nearer, “nothing but the knowledge that you cared for some one else would make me give up the hope of being some day nearer to you than a brother.” Poor Helen ! The allusion swept away her hardly maintained composure, and her head went down in a hurst of {ears. There was some one whom she did love, and who dearly loved her, and he was far away. That was not all. Helen had long known that her father was living up to tho very verge of his income; but she had supposed that the bulk of liis property was settled upon herself, and it was only within tho last few days that she had become aware that her father’s self-indulgence would leave his daughter without provision for the future. She knew it npw, and with it came the knowledge that weary years of waiting were before her, and before that other per son, if, indeed, poverty did not separate them for ever. It was torturing to have her grief for her father embittered by such a prospect—torturing to be unable to help reproaching him in her thoughts even in his dying hours. And now Henry had sharpened the pain, Helen would fain have hidden her love from all the world, but his last words forbade it. “I do care for some one else.” The words came out with effort, and a burning, painful blush. Henry slowly and unwillingly released her hand, and she drew herself away, and silently quitted the room. When he was left alone, Henry rose and walked up and down with hasty strides, What a fool he had been to be so prema ture ! Why had he not ascertained before hand the existence of this rival ? Yet, in spite of his words, he did not relinquish hope. Probably, after all, there was only some foolish, girlish fancy in the way, that would, that must fade before his own earn est love. He felt he could not give her up. No, he would win her yet; ho would, be could, she should yet be liis. So, notwithstanding what had passed, Henry Seton went to bed that night, if not satisfied, at least a determined and by no means desponding man. Henry Seton sat alone in the little room at Hythe which had been given up to his use. His face was grave, but not sad. On the table by his side lay a few business papers; but he was not reading them. He was rest ing, leaning back in his chair, and thinking of the future. Helen was now an orphan. Her father had died four days previously, and with his death the necessity for self-com mand on her part had departed. The exer tion had been prolonged, and the reaction was severe. -Helen passed her days in bitter fits of weeping, and though she did not re fuse to see her cousin, she shunned al! allu sions from him to her loss, or her present position. Once she had sent for him to her room, and given him a clear statement of her father’s affairs so far as she knew them ; but she had asked no question in return. He was glad of this silence, for he shrank from tolling her that she was dependent on his father; but he would have liked to be allowed to comfort her with tender words. He could not venture to make the attempt; there was a certain dignity about the quiet, delicate girl, even in her grief, which held him in a kind of awe. He thought of her and of her forlorn position very tenderly as he leant back in his arm chair. He thought how her presence would brighten the house that would be his father’s—Helen's old home; how it might be her home in a truer sense some day, if only she woult> allow it. On the whole, his reflections were not unhappy. A postman’s knock interrupted them. Ilenry Seton had heard once from his father since he left England. He had written from Vienna, whither urgent legal business, un dertaken for a friend in India, had taken him. Matters had been arranged, and lie had promised to write again to fix the exact day of his return. But the letter that was brought in, though it boro tho post mark of a German town, was not in Captaiu Seton’s hand, nor in any writing which Henry knew. It was directed in an irregular foreign scrawl, anil on breakiug the seal two letters dropped from the cover, one in English, the other in German. Henry took up the Eng lish letter first. It was dated from an «b FIVE DOLLARS A. YEAR. scure village in Germany, and ran as fol lows : “Silt, —I grieve to have vent bad tidings to communicate to you. Last Monday, when the diligence in which I was travel ling stopped at this place to change horses, I was appealed to by the priest, who en treated me to receive the last words of an Englishman unable to make himself under stood in German, who was lying dangerously ill of a fever in the inn. On nligbting, 1 found that the gentleman’s name was Cap tain Seton ; ho wus conscious when I saw him, and seemed relieved at hearing an Eng lish voice ; but he was in the last stage of exhaustion, and sunk rapidly. He gave mo your address, and sent his last lovo to Mary and Helen. lam sure you will forgive me for using these familiar names, as I do not know to whom Captain Seton referred. He gave no other directions, and, indeed, wag scarcely able to articulate. He appeared to me to have been sull'ering from acote fever. Tho priest tells me that when the diligence arrived the day before, Captain Seton was unable to stand, and had to bo lifted out. I presume he intended to have gone on to B—. Os course I remained here. Unfortunately, this village is so remote that no really good medical advice could be obtained till many hours too late. Captain Scton expired on Tuesday, the 15th October, at two o’clock a. m. Allow me to express my sincere sympathy on this melancholy occasion. I have directed that all Captain Seton’s effects should bo packed up; and if you will be good enough to communicate with the priest (here followed his name and address) he will take care that your instructions are attended to. It was advisable that the funeral should take place immediately. “I am, sir. your obedient servant, “Edward Wilson.” The letter was rend, and Ilenry Seton mechanically stretched out his hand for the other. He felt dizzy and sick; but the blow was not realised ns yet. The second letter was from the priest, a hall-educated German Catholic. He wrote, however, with sincere feeling, and with deep contrition for having, when driven to extremity, pressed Mr. Wilson to visit Captain Seton’s dying bed. The Englishman had not known the extent to which fever, of an acute typhoid kind, was raging in the villages around. Immediately after finishing his letter, he had been seized with sudden faintness; he had been carried to bed, and in twenty four hours more he had paid (or his act of charity with his life.' The priest entreated Henry Seton to break the news to Mr. Wilson’s relatives, and lamented again and again over (he two deaths, the last of which he laid at his own door. These wee the letters. For full five minutes after he had laid down the last, Henry Seton sat like a man stunned by a blow. Then a sudden impulse came upon hint; he seized his hat, passed quickly through the passage, and let him self out at the front door. Once fairly upon the beach, he stood still; the glare of light seemed to dazzle him. It was the first time he had left the house since his uncle’s death, and within, the closed blinds had made a kind of shadowy twilight;* without, the autumn sunbeams danced merrily upoli the blue waters, and the waves came rippling to the shore with a delicious murmur. The beach was almost deserted, but upon the terrace were one or two officers from the School of Musketry conning their books. Henry Seton turned away and walked rapidly and unsteadily up the avenue that leads from the beach to Hythe proper. He never raised his eyes towards the soft green hills, nor the grey church round which the houses clustered. On, past the withered stems of the trees which the sea had destroyed— past those on which the autumn tints glowed— through the high street, where one or two persons turned round to look after him, ho never know or thought where ho went till he found himself opposite tho barracks. Then he paused, gazed round him for an instant, and turned again towards the shore. He walked now with a still quicker step, like that of a man who has a definite object in view. Soon he turned into the dreary road that leads towards Romney Marsh. Past tho targets, at which groups of soldiers were aiming—past the long range of beach ' used as a drilling ground— past the scattered cottages that lay here and there along the shore ; faster and faster he walked, the hot »nn beating down upon his head, and glar ing up from the stones under his feet, tho perspiration standing in great drops upon his forehead, until he reached a solitary pool, some miles from Hythe. No human being was in sight; nothing living, except one or two carrion crows hovering over the stagnant pool, and a few sheep in the distance; noth ing to be seen but a stretch of long coarse grass, a wall of shingles shutting out the sea, the sky above, and the melancholy black pool. Here Henry Seton paused. He wiped his forehead, threw himself at full length on the grass, by the brink, covered his eyes with his hand, and tried at last to look. his position in tho face like a man. He was ruined. Even grief for his father’s loss was swallowed up in that thought. The imprudent investment, easily forgiven when another fortune seemed ready to replace that which had been lost, now stood like a wall of ice between him and his father’s memory. Not yet could he mourn for him as a son, and the consciousness of this added bitter ness to his anguish. And in losing his for tune he lost—what? He lost his position in life, his home, his chance of rising in the world, his love. Yes, Helen never would be his. She would be an heiress, independent of him; doubtless she would scorn him, if he, penniless and friendless, should presume again to address her. Yet who could love her as he loved her ? He twisted upon the ground as if in bodily pain. Presently he took up the fatal letter and read it once more. “Two o’clock, a. m.!” He had no need to look again at the hour. And his uncle had died at eleven on the same morn ing. What a difference it would have .made could his father have lived only twelve hours longer; Two o'clock, p. m., —how the change in that one letter would have altered the color of his son’s life! The change of a letter! He clutched the paper convulsively in his grasp, and buried his lace in the grass to overcome the thought that had flashed into his mind. But it would not bo subdued; it came again and again, even though he loathed himself for it. How easily that one letter could be . altered I The stroke of » pen-knife, the stroke of a pen, and it would lie done, and detection would bo impossible. No Englishman had been near his lather’s death bed, save the one who had so speedily followed him to the grave ; no one hut him self would visit that obscure German village to inquire particulars; the priest would soon forget the exact hour at which the stranger died. Yes, it might be done; only if it were, he, Henry Seton, who had always looked down from his pinnacle of sulf csteem with condemnation for tho erring, and contempt for tho weak, he would know himself to be a villian. Yet who would bo thq,loser? Not Helen ; for he believed that but for her possession of this accursed for tune ho could win her love. Ilia devotion would secure her happiness, and the riches would all be hers. And if not Helen, who ? There was no one else; no other relations near or remote would suffer; but . Again and again he wrestled with the suggestion that had come to him, tearing up tufts of grass, and biting them, in the bitter struggle; ngain and again he root, as if to return home, and end the temptation, again and again he sank down beside the pool to gaze ouce more at the fatal “a. m.” After each struggle the temptatioq * seemed to grow stronger, the power of resistance weaker. Alas ! he was yielding—yielding! The sun had long set > when thore crept into the house at Hythera man with hair damp and heavy with dews, with slouching gait and wears step, a different being indeed from the Henry Seton who that morning had sat musing so calmly in his arm-chair. He entered noiselessly, and passed into his room. When tho lawyer, a personal friend of Mr. Seton’s, who had been summoned from Lon don, told Helen the next morning of her uncle’s death, her first impulse was to try and comfort her cousin. “Where is Henry?” she asked, rising; “I will go to him.” “You had better not, my dear,” interposed the old lawyer, gently detaining her ; “he i3 in no stale to see yon ; I never saw a man so broken down by grief. He seems com pletely overwhelmed. lam afraid I ought 1 1 tell you before I go,” he added, after a little hesitation, “that this will make no dif ference in your prospects. Your poor uncle died on Tuesday at two p. m,, just three hours later lhan your father.” [2b be concluded next Sunday .] Rail Road Schedules. Macon and Augusta Railroad. SCHEDULE OF MACON AND AUGUSTA O RAILROAD— Leave Camak daily at 12.30 p.m Leave Milledgeville 5.30 a.m. Arrive at Milledgeville 4.10 p.m. Arrive at Camak 9.00 a.m. Passengers leaving Augusta or Atlanta on the Day Passenger Train of the Georgia Railroad will make close connections at Camak for inter mediate points on the above Road, and also for Macon. Passengers leaving Milledgeville at 5,30 a. m. reaches Atlanta and Augusta day, and will make close connections at either place for the principal points in adjoining States. E. W. COLE, General Augusta, January 7, 1808. jaß—-tf Change of Schedule on the Central Railroad. ON AND AFTER FRIDAY, JULY STH, the following Schedule will bo run between Augusta, Macon and Savannah ; Leave Augusta at, 8.45 a. m. k 8.05 p. m. Arrive at Macon 8.25 p. in. k 5400 a. m. Arrive at Savannah* 0.25 p. m. k 4.50 a. m. Leave Macon 7.05 a. m. J? 6.15 p. m Leave Savannah..... 8.00 a. m. k 6.25 p. m. Arrive at Augusta 5.45 p. m. k 3.15 a. m. A. M. Train from Augusta will connect with S. A. & G. P. R. train at Savannah, antTHfil ledgcvillc at Gordon. p. M. Train from Augusta connect with Trains on South Western, Mttsdfeec, and Macon and Western Railroads. J. Mi frffUKIRK, ju4—tf Master of Transportation FAST EXPRESS LINE TO THE NORTH. Augusta to New fork in 49 Hours. FARE $32. GREAT ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILWAYS. NEW AND FAST SCHEDULE, NOW IN OPERATION, with complete and continuous connections from New Orleans, Mobile, Montgomery, via Atlanta, (or via Col umbus, Macon, and Milieu), to Augusta; thence via Kingsville, Wilmington and Weldon, to Richmond, Washington, Baltimore, Philadel phia, New York, Boston, and all principal points North and East. No Change of Passenger Cars between Wel don and Acquia Creek. No Omnibus transfer at Petersburg or Richmond. Fare as low as by any other route. At Weldon, Passengers have choice of the following Routes, viz: Crisfield and Anna messie Line, Washington or Inland Line, Bal timore or Old Bay Line. Tickets good by either route. FAST EXPRESS—DAILY. Going North, via Wilmingt’n., via Wilmingt’n., Weldon, Welden, Ports- Richmond, mouth, and Cris- LISAVE. and Wash’tn. field (Annamessicj l New Orleans .... 4.00 p.m 4.00 p.m Mobile 2.30 p.m 2.30 p.m Montgomery ... 0.00 a.m 6.00 a.m Columbus 12.45 p.m 12.45 p.m Macon 6.35 p.m 6.35 p.m Atlanta 5.45 p.m 5.45 p.m AUGUSTA 3.40 a.m 3.40 a.m Kingsville ......11.30 a.m 11.30 a.m Wilmington ... 9.30 p.m 9.30 p.m Weldon 0.20 a.m 6.30 a.m Petersburg 9.45 a m Richmond 11.10 a.m Washington ... 7.00 p.m •Portsmouth 10.45 a.m Baltimoro 9.00 p.m Crisfield, Md 6.00 p.m Wilm’tn., Del ..11.57 p.m 11.57 p m West Philad’a,. 1.30 a.m 1.30 a.m N. York(ar’ve) 5.20 a.m 5.20 a.m *To go North by old Bay Line, leave Ports mouth 7.30 p. m. Going South, via Washing- via Crisfield, ton, Portsmouth and Richmond, Weldon (Anna- LEAVE. and Weldon. mcssic Route). New York 7.30 p.m 7.30 p.m West Philadol.. 11.05 p.m 11.05 p.m Wilm’tn., De1..12.10 a.m 12.30 a.m Baltimore 3.50 a.m Washington ... 6.10 a.m Richmond...... 1.25 p.m Petersburg 3.05 p.m Crisfield 6.30 a.m Weldon 6.25 p.m 6.25 p.m Wilm’tn., N C 2.55 a.m 2.55 a.m Floronco ........ 8,31 a.m 5.31 p.m CbTeston,ur‘vo 2.30 p.m 2.30 p.m Kingsville 12.05 p.tu 12.05 p.m Augusta, ar’vo 7.40 p.m 7.40 p. Savan’h, ar’ve, 4.50 a.m 4.50 a.u Macon, arrive.. 5.00 a.m 5.00 a.m Col’s, arrive ...11.15 a.m 11.15 a.m Atlanta, leave. 7.00 a.m 7.00 a.m Montgomery.... 7.00 p.m 7.00 p.m Mobile 4.00 p.m 4.00 p.m N. Orleans, ar.. 6.00 a.m 6.00 a.m *To come South by Bay Line leaVe New York at 8 40 a.m, and Portsmouth 2 p.m. Passengers by the 3.40 a. in. Fast Express from Augusta reach New York TWELVE 110URS IN ADVANCE of oompetinglinos. BAGGAGE CHECKED THROUGH ELEGANT SLEEPING CARS on all Night Trains. THROUGH TICKETS GOOD UNTIL USED, with option to Paasengois of stopping at ter minal points, can be obtained at Ticket Offices of all couucoting Roads in the South in Augusta, at the Office of the South Carolina Railroad. P. H. LANGDON, Goneral Southern Agent. Fo further particulars Inquire of ISAAC LEVY Local Agent, 136 Broad street, Augusta, 1 Georgia. ootSO—tf Oreat Reduction in Rrices AT THE EMPIRE BOOT AND SHOE EMPORIUM. EDWIN F. BLODGETT & CO., V SO*- BROAP ftTRECT, AVGUSTA, CIA. LriiSE* E? ss sLfEx*"’ " and b “’ "'~“ d S,M, “°“- Soots and Shoes, EVER OPENED IN THIS CITY. i Q „' A Ki n eXpC ? CnC i o i twont J years, and buying strictly for eash, e ? b c us . to Bel , l t<J our customers at from 20 to 25 J per cent. -y j an can purchased elsewhere. P all and examine, as Goods will be freely shown and one price asked. MILES’ CELEBRATED BOOTS and SHOES a “ ot T h " B ?£> TS and SHOES from manufacturers of note m tho United States. N. 8.-No Shoddy or paper-stuffed SHOES KEPT AT THIS ESTABLISHMENT. nov7—6m RAILROAD SCHEDULES. Change of Schedule on the Georgia Railroad. JS&iRjSsH ON AND AFTER THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th, 1867, tho Passenger Trains on the Georgia Railroad will run as follows : DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. [Daily, Sundays Excepted.) Leave Augnsta at 7.30 A. M. Leave Atlanta at 5.00 A. M. Arrive at Augusta at 3.30 P. M. Arrive at Atlantaat 8.30 P. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 8.15 P. M. Leave Atlanta at 5.45 P. M. Arrive at Augnsta at 3.00 A. M. Arrive at Atlanta at 6.45 A. M. BKRZELIA PASSENGER TRAIN. Leave Augusta at 4.00 P. M. Leave Berzelia at 7.10 A. M. Arrrivo at Augusta 8.50 A. M. Arrivo at Berzelia 5.45 P. M. Passongors for Sparta, Washington and Athens, Ga., must take Day Passenger Train from Augusta and Atlanta. Passengers for West Point, Montgomery, Selma, Mobile, and New Orleans, must leave Augusta on Night Passenger Train at 8.15 P. M. to make efose connections. Passengers for Nashville, Cerinth, Grand Junction, Memphis, Louisville, and St. Louis, can take either train and make close connections. THROUGH TICKETS and Baggage Checked through to the above places. PULLMAN’S PALACE SLEEPING CARS on all Night Passenger Trains. E. W. COLE, ' General Superintendent. • Augusta, G a., Oct. 8, 1807. oct9—tf PERKY DAY IS’ vegetable PAIN KILLER. WE BEG LEAVE TO CALL THE ATTEN TION of tho public to this long tosted and unrivalled FAMILY MEDICINE. Tho PAIN KILLER is a purely vegetable compound ; and while it is a most efficient Rem edy for Pain, it is a perfectly safe medicino, even in the most unskillful hands, for SUMMER COMPPAINT, or any other form of Bowel Disease in children or adults. It is an almost certain cure, and has, without doubt, been more successful in curing tho various kinds of CHOLERA than any other known remedy, or evon the most skillful physician. Iu India, Africa and China, where this dreadful disease is ever more or less prevalent, tho PAIN KILLER is considered by tho natives, as well as European residents in those climates, A SURE REMEDY. Asa Tonic for the Stomach, it is unrivalled. A few doses will relieve severe cases of INDIGESTION, and it is often a perfect cure for DYSPEPSIA in its most aggravated forms. Its tonic and stimulating properties, arousing the system to vigorous action, render it a most effectual cure for COLDS AND COUGHS, when used according to directions * ’ For external application, it is unsurpassed by any medical preparation known. RHEUMATISM and Nouralgio Affections aro quickly relieved and ofton cured by it. Any soreness in the Muscles or Joints can be relieved by its applica tion. It euros instantly the most violent TOOTHACHE. It should always be kept near at hand, to be used in casos of severe BURNS OR SCALDS. If applied immediately, according to directions, it will give instant relief, and prevent blistering. It is peculiarly adapted to the wants of SEAMEN, and persons making sea voyages, and no vessel should sail without a supply of it. One captain writes us : “I have mado sovcral voyages—often with emigrants—and though I keep a good medicine chest, and have several times had a good deal ol sickness on board, I have found the Pain Killer so efficient in all cases as to entirely proclude tho use of all other medicines.” One positivo proof of its efficacy is, that the sales have constantly increased, and wholly upon its own merits. The effect of tho Pain Killer upon the patient, when taken internally in cases of Colds, Cough, Bowel Complaints, Cholera, Dysentery, and other affections of the system, has been truly wonderful, and has won for it a same among tho medical preparations that can never be forgotten. Its success in re moving Pain, as an external remedy, iu cases of Burns, Bruises, Sores, Sprains, Cuts, Sting of Insects, and othor causes of suffering, has so cured for it such a host of testimony, as an almost infallible remedy, that it wilt bo handed down to posterity as one of the greatest medical discoveries of the nineteenth century. The magical effects of the Pain Killer, when takon or used according to directions, are certain. You have only to bo euro that you buy tho genuine articlo and adhero to the directions in its use, and you will admit its wonderful medi cinal properties. Tho genuine Porry Davis’ Pain Killer is nyw put up in panncl bottlos with the words Davis Vegetable Pain Killer blown in the glass ; and with two steel engraved labels on each bottle— one an excellent likeness es Perry Davis, the original inventor of the medicine, the other a steel engraved note of hand—none others can be relied upon as genuine. The Pain Killer is sold by Druggists and Grocers. PERRY DAVIS A SON, Proprietors, J»10 —2m No. 74 High st., Providence, H I Georgia Printing Company, Publishers. NEW YORK HOUSES. Special Notice. .*iir 7 - ’ r< RESTORE YOTO SIGHT. - [ I \ W X. • Spectacles Rendered Useless. TH E MOST EMINENT PHYSICIANS, Oculists anti Divines recommend the nse of the CORNEA RESTORERS for Presbyopia, or Far or Long Sightednoss, or every person who woars spectacles from old age ; Dimness of Vision or Blurring; Overworked eyes; Astheno pia or Weak Eyes ; Epiphora, or Watery Eyes ; Paiu in the Eye-ball; Amaurosis, or Obscurity of Vision; Photophobia, or Intolerance of Light; Weakness of tho Retina aud Optic Nerve; Myodesopbia, or Specks of Moving Bodies boforo tho eyes; Ophthalmia, or Inflam mation of tho Eye and Eyelids, and Imperfect Vision frem the effect of Inflammation, etc.; Cataract Eyes; Ilemiopia, or Partial Blind ness ; and many other Diseases of the Eye. Cure Guaranteed or Money Refunded. ONLY CORNEA RESTORER IN THE WORLD, AND 2/te Best Restorer of the Eyesight Known. SO SAY ALL PHYSICIANS. They can bo used by any one with a cer tainty of success, and will receive immediate beneficial results, without the least fear of injury to the eye. Circulars sent free. NEAR SIGHTEDNESS CURED By the Patent Myopia, or Cornea Flattcnere Only known Remedy in the World—has proved a Great Success. For further information, price, and certificates of cures, address Dr. J. Stephens & Cos., P. O. BOX, 926, Office, 840 Broadway, NEW YORK. STEPHEN’S MAGICAL EGYPTIAN ORIENTAL EYE OINTMENT will euro in flamed eye lids, stys, and prevent stys. Travelling Agents Wanted. GOOD COMMISSION PAID. Selling of the Restorers is a pleasant and honorable employment, desirable for all Ladies, Clergymen, Teachers, Students, and Farmers, and for all who desire to mako an honest living by an easy employment. All persons -asking for terms to Agents must enclose twenty five cents to pay postage and cost of printing mate rials containing information for Agents. Town Agents Wanted. uov27-dawly -A. SAFE CERTAIN, / \ Speedy Cure NEURALGIA IBhiyers alJSeuralgiajf AND ALI. / nerv ° us 111 Rrtrrti are Magical. TT IS AN UNFAILING REMEDY IN ALL A cases of Neuralgia Faeialis, ofton affecting a perfect cure in less than twenty-four hours from the use of no more than two or three Pills. No othor form of Neuralgia or Nervous Disease has failed to yield to this wondorful remedial agent. Evon in the severest cases of Chronio Neuralgia and geueral nervous dorangoments—of many years standing—affecting the entire system, its use for a few days, or a few weeks at the utmost, always affords the most astonishing relief, and very rarely fails to produce a complete and permanent cure. It oontains no drugs or other materials in the slightest degree injurious, even to the most dolioato system, and can always bo used with porfoct safety. It has long boon in constant uso by many of our most eminent Physicians, who give it their unanimous and unqualified approval. Sont by mail on recoipt of price, and postage. One package, SI.OO, Postage 6 cents. Six packages, 5.00, “ 27 “ Twelve packages, $9.00, Pogtngo 48 cents. It is sold by all wholesale and retail doalers in drugs and medicines throughout tho United States, and by TURNER A CO., Sole Proprietors, 120 Tremottt Street, Boston, Mass. oct6—6mdAw NEW YORK HOUSES. FURNITURE! FURNITORE•' '■ FWiU iDEGRAAF & TAYLOR, ST and 89 BOWERY AND 65 CHRISTIE STREETS, NEW YORK, d™ o “SooS, assi.igw' pAK, ' o, FURNITURE! SPRING BEDS and BEDDING IN THE CITY. CANOPY and HIGH POST BEDSTEADS, Expressly for Southern Trade. STEAMERS AND HOTELS FURNISHED AT Wholesale Prices. KNOCK DOWN CANE WORK AND TURNED POST BEADSTEADS, In Cases. All Work Guaranteed as Repre sented. Our facilities for Manufacturing defy COMPETITION. jel9-ly JOHN B. FULLER. 47 DEY St' NEW YORK CITY, Manufacturer and Dealer in PORTABLE AND STATIONARY Steam Engines & Boilers From 2 to 250 Horse Power. Most approved Circular and Upright Saw Mills, Grist Mills, Sugar Mills, and all kinds of Mining and Plantation Machinery on hand and built to order. Shafting, Pullies, Leather and Rubber Belt ing, and all kinds of Iron and Wood working Machinery. Machinery and Railroad supplies in store and Bhipped at the lowest rates. jar LATEST AND BEST IMPROVEMENTS ON ALL OTHER INVENTIONS !-®$ RESTORE YOUR SIGHT— USE ONLY Dr. J. STEPHEN’S & CO.’S Patent Cornea Restorers, or Restorers of the EYESIGHT, Will restore impartial sight and preserve it to the latest period of life STEAM GAS A.\» ~Water JPipes, BOILER FLUES, And all kinds of Brass and Iron Fittings Tools, etc., for Steam and Gas Fitter’s use. The best and largest assortment in the city and at greatly reduced prices. Send for Prlee List. NEW 30 BARREL TURPENTINE STILL With Extra. Heavy Uoitom, All complete, for Sale much below Cost. Stills of all sizes built to ..order and DISTILLERS fitted out at the lowest rates EVERY KIND OF Plantation Machinery, ENGINES, HORSE POWERo, GRIST MILLS, AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS Os every description in store, and for sale at the lowost rates. COTTON GUNS AND COTTON PRESSES The host McCARTY GIN EVER MADE With the TAYLOR, EAGLE, BROWU SOUTHERN and the New CRAVEN Saw Gins, Cotton Presses, With Engine and Horse power, and all supplies in store, for sale at the lowest rates, by J. B. FULLER 47 D Street, New Yorkdifctr seS—ly Similia Similibus Curantup. HUMPHREY'S IIOMEOPATIC SPECIFICS, HAVE PROVED, FROM THE MOST ample experience, an entire success; Simple— Prompt—Efficient and reliable. They are the only Medicines perfectly adapted to popular use—so simple that mistakes cannot bo made in using them; so harmless as to be free from danger, and so efficient as to bo always reliable. Thoy have raised the highest commendation from all, and will always render satisfaction. Nos. Cures. Cents. 1, Fever*, Congestion, Inflammations 25 2, Worms, Worm-Fever, Worm-Colic 26 3, Crying-Colic, or teething of Inlants 25 4, IMarrhffia of children or adults 25 6, Dysentery, Griping Bilious Colic 25 6, Cholera Morbus, Vomiting 25 7, Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis 25 8, Neuralgia, Tootache, Faeeache 25 9, Headaches, Sick-Headache, Vertigo 26 10, Dyspepsia, Billious stomach 26 11, Suppressed, or painful Periods 25 12, Whites, too profuse Periods 26 13, Croup, Cough, difficult Breathing 25 14, Salt Rheum, Erysipelas, Eruptions 25 15, Rheumatism, Rheumatic Pains 25 16, Fever di Ague, Chill Fever, Agnes 50 17, Filesjblindor bleeding 50 18, Ophthalmy, and sore or weak Eyes 50 19, Catarrh, acute or chronic, Influenza 50 20, Whooping-Cough, violent Coughs 50 21, Asthma, oppressed Breathing 50 22, Ear Discharges, impaired Hearing 50 23, Scrofula, enlarged Glands, Swellings 50 24, General Debility, Physical Weakness 50 25, Dropsy, and scanty Secretions 50 26, Sca-Sickness, sickness from riding... .80 27, Kidney-Disease, Gravel t)0 28, Nervous Debility, Seminal Emis sions, involuntary Discharges 1.00 28, Sore Mouth, Canker 50 SO, Urinary Weakness, wetting bed 50 31, Painful Periods, with Spasms 50 32, Sufferings at change of life 1.00 33, Epilepsy, Spanns, St Vitus’ Dance 1.00 34, Diphtheria,, ulcerated Sore Throat 50 FAMILY CASES Os 30 large vials, morocco case, conlainiuga specific for orcry ordinary disease a family is subject to, and u book of direc tions, *lO OO Smaller Family and Traveling cases, • with 20 to 2S vials, from M Bpeciflcs for Private Diseases, both for Curing and for Preventive treatment in vials and pocket cases—B* to so These Remedios, by the case or single box, are sent to any pnrtof the oountry by Moil or Express, free of charge, on receipt of the HUMPHREYS’ SPECIFIC, HOMEOPATHIC MEDICINE COMPANY, Office and Depot, No. 562 Broadway, N. Y. Agents . A XcKITNER, STEVENSON A SHELTON W. U. TUTT, Augusta, o*. Dr. Humphreys is consulted daily at bis office, personally or by letter, as above, for sit forms of disease. f *4—l2m dAif JVO 182