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flyer's Sketches of Southern Literature. THE PAST AND PRESENT. NO- 13. Southern Writers and Authrs. By JUDGE WILLIAM ARCHER COOKE, of Florida. Author of the Constitutional History 'of the United States and Common and Civil Law in the United States. THB HUGUENOTS, OR REFORMED FRENCH CHURCH. BY WM. HENRY FOOTE, D. D. This distinguished writer and divine is the author of ‘Sketches of Virginia and North Car olina,’ which has been noticed elsewhere in these papers. At the time of writing the work under consid eration, he was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Romney, now West A irginia. It was written during the late war, but was not published until 1870. While this work was passing through the proc ess of stereotyping, under the supervision of the venerable author, he was called from the la bors of the church on earth to the anperishable joys of the heavenly sanctuary. The dedication of this work is worthy of no tice, and should impress itself upon the educa ted and thoughtful reader. It bears on its front the philosophy of history. It is dedicated to those who love the development of great principles; to those who admire patient contin uance in well-doing and endurance of evil. The author indicates that the work was writ ten in times of great personal trouble, why, we are unable to say, unless it was during that pe riod of national distress, which mantled the war of secession. In the work which we now notice, the ‘Prin ciples of the Huguenots in France, at Home: the Huguenots Dispersed in Europe: the Hu guenots at Home in America’ presents the form iu which this admirable history is projected. It addresses itself most instructively and inter estingly to the historic student. Indeed, there is a rich vein of the philosophy of history per vading the narrative of the Huguenots which should be appreciated by the Christians of all departments of the evangelical church. It man ifests the hand of God in history, and illustrates the faith of those whose trust is in Christ, al ways immoveable, ultimately triumphant. The term Huguenot was applied to the French Protestants or Calvinists. The philosophy of the word is doubtful. It is agreed among such scholars as French, Dr. Hook and Worcester that the word means in German, ‘Confederates, ’ it was as such originally employed, and applied to those who leagued together, or confederated, to preserve their civil liberties against the en croachment of the nobles and the authorities of the Romish Church. The history of this party, its origin and progress show the necessity at that time of a combination of men of different occupations, • and classes in life, to confederate together under a common Christian banner to maintain alike their civil and religious rights; for it was the curse of the age, that made civil liberty the slave of ecclesiastical tyranny. The people were compelled to make opposi tion to Christian rights the cause of civil liberty and it was under such circumstances that the word Huguenot was applied to the Reformed Church of France about the middle of the 10th century. The great contest in France which resulted in the overthrow cf the Valois line, and the es tablishment of Prince Henry of Navarre, by whom as HenryIV of France, was issued the Edict of Nantes, It was the influence of the Hugue nots, representing the liberal princioleB of civil liberty as vitalized by Christianity that placed Henry of Navarre on the throne and he protect ed them politically and religiously. The cultivated reader is acquainted with the history of this French Reformed party. Rich- lieu, Prime Minister of Louis XIII, captured the city of Rochelle, the stronghold of tne Hu guenots, and about the year 1628, broke up their political organization, and forbid their having political assemblies. The religious organiza tion was left and they had their national synods which existed for more than one hundred years. But the wickedness of the government, fearing the progress of true Christian reform, induced constant and frequent encroaohments on tha privileges of the national synod, and their only bond of union ultimately was the Bible; their confession of faith; their book of discipline; and their forms of worship. The annulment of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, put an end to the separate existence of this illustrious syn od and of the whole body of French Reformers. The Huguenot, by the action of the tyrant, then over the French, had a choice of three things. 1st. Abjuration of his religion: 2nd. Continual persecution to death: 3rd. Exile. Many were put to death; some abjured, and about five hundred thousand went into exile. The learned, venerable and pious author of ‘The Huguenots, or Reformed French Churoh,’ appears to be well read in the library of volumes in relation to the vast and mighty events of the sixteenth century, and well and philosophically does he appreciate the incalculable value in a civil as well as in a religious sense of the princi ples so firmly cherished by this church—part and parcel of the great Calvanistic move, whioh England and more especially Scotland and Hol land so successfully placed on its immovable basis, with the crown of ever lasting triumph. We need not mention, nor can we go into the details of the history of these events which have made many volumes; yet we take pleasure in calling the attention of the reader to the follow ing eloquent, true and instructive extraot from the work. ‘The peculiar interest of a third part of the sixteenth century, extending from 1526 to 1559, is In part, that literature, science and religion having found their long lost, yet true founda tion, began to erect glorious, ever-during fab rics slowly, yet surely, more and more admira ble as the work advanced, till the top stone shall be laid, “with shoutings of grace, grace, grace nnto it.” Literature was exercising herself in portraying some important subject in fitting language. The moral, physical, mental and spiritual world was searched in its varied de partments for themes that might interest and captivate. Thoughts, feelings, actions and principles of high import, stood before men in words, like the ancient Greek statues chiseled from the rock of exceeding excellence, under stood, felt and appreciated. Science discovered her true foundation to be the laws of nature; laws given to the natural world by Him that made it, laws given to the world till it shall cease to exist; and was assiduously and patient ly searching for them, undiscouraged by mis takes and failures. Men were watching the prog ress of things in the natural world to discover the process of the wonderful skill by which they were wrought. And now after the passage of three centuries we admire the progress of true scienoe in unfolding the mysteries concealed, but never hidden from mortal view. Religion sought and found her long lost foundation in the nature of man, and of the God that made him, and in those relations existing between them as explained in the revelation God made to . Literature could easily find her materi- she had only to open her eyes. Scienoe /.all her powers, and wait, and labor, and labor and wait, and catch by little and little the .truth she searches for, she must dig deep in the mines; she must follow patiently the indica tions that lead to the rich treasure-house. Religion considers man and God; man for time in preparation for eternity; and God, who is and was and is to come the Almighty. Man is weak and unwise, God is strong and wise, and merciful, and good, and has given to man an unfailing guide to lead him to Christ, ‘who is the way, the trutn and the life, without whom no man comes to the Father.’ This is true and ap plicable philosophy in writing of the French Re formed Church, and our author makes it clear as a principle in the philosophy of history, when he continues: ‘Religion then rests on the suffi ciently revealed will of God, and builds all the hopes of men on Gdd’s written, unchanged and unchanging promises, open for the perusal of all men. And the advance she has made in three centuries shows the weakness and folly of man, and the kindness and mercy of God.’ The above very beautiful and truthful remarks which we have quoted from the author, may be followed by the quotation we make in relation to the history of the times that surrounded these brave pioneers along the perilous pathway that ultimately led many of them to bloody but in nocent and pious graves, and many more to the triumphs of civil and religious liberty. _ He continues: ‘That part of the sixteenth century from 1526 to 1559—in its strifes,commo tions, revolutions and bloody campaigns, em braces tones of history, and volumes have been written to convey to posterity the designs and doings of the leading men in Europe. The events that came clustering and confounding their import, gave increased vigor to the exer tions of religion, science and literature. The rubbish of ages was cleared away. Charles \ held the kingdom of Spain, the Netherlands, the great dependences in America together with the crown of the Germanic empire, and repell ed the invasion of the Turks, under which Eu rope had been dishonored, with that spirit and bearing of tyranny that wrung from his Protes tant subjects the sad exclamation—(‘Twice easi er to serve the Grand Turk than the Emperor!) He put forth his mightiest efforts against the reform in Germany; and signally failing, resign ed his crown and died in retirement.’ The author makes some very forcible and truthful remarks in relation to Henry VIII whom he calls the brave king of England. ‘Henry severed the connection of the Church of England with Rome, and asserted and main tained his right to be head of the English Church in temporals, and its adviser and defender in spirituals; and carried the reform,as far as agreed with his ideas of his perogative as king, irre spective of any form or discipline of the Church in other nations. Proceeding boldly and defi nitely, he made an impression on the minds of Englishmen and the heart of the churoh, that the Pope Las never been able to eradicate or countervail; and then passed after his legally murdered wives, to meet his reward, leaving the kingdom and Church of England to become, in the opinion of an intelligent Frenchman, ‘the bulwark of Protestantism in Europe, an epithet in which that kingdom and that church glory.’ The contest of Henry VIII with the Pope of Rome, did incalculable good, and will last and continue to produce good as long as time shall endure. The history of the Huguenots in Europe is clearly and well written, and accords with all truthful narratives from the most creditable wri ters of the awful blood-thirsty tyranny, and in human cruelty inflicted, not only by the French Government but by the policy of the Roman Churph on the unfortunate Protestant Chris tians. This is a very instructive,and to a large extent, a religious work; not doctrinal nor sectarian, but full of the practical influence and tendency of true piety, in purifying the heart and render ing indomitable the fortitude of the Christain believer. It is also refreshing and encouraging to the conscientious man to realize as he does,in the history of the Huguenots, the power of god liness to resist every hardship, to over come the most distressful resistances and to defy the tor tures of the most violent death, rather than to surrender even by verbal or written recantations the honest convictions of a Christian heart. The revocation of the edict of Nantes was the most disastrous event to the prosperity of France that had up to that period ever befallen the nation. It crippled her manufacturing indus try, embarassed her financial policy, reduced the value of real estate, and inflicted a long and lasting blight on the pure and more elevated literature of the country, from whioh it has not to this day recovered. All of these evils fol lowed the suppression of Protestantism in France, and the compulsory emigration of more than five hundred thousand of the best popula tion of the country. The cry of the departing Huguenot, the wail of the Christian exile, blent with the lamenta tion of women, the heaving breast of the patriot saint unheeded by the remorseless tyrant, yet ascended to that ear ever open to the voice of the distressed. And though amidst the heaviest mental agony, and physical suffering these poor exiles found home and happiness in a foreign land, the historic philosopher of the present day can trace the great advantage to other nations by the banishment of Protestantism from France. They wended their painful pathway along land and sea, and settled in England, Holland and America. The work before us, interesting on account of its general history—its moral, political and re ligious views—is peculiarly attractive to the American readers; discussing as it does some of the leading elements of American colonial history. . . , All of Protestant Europe participated in the benefits of Huguenot exile. More than two hundred Huguenot ministers were scattered through the united Provinces ot Holland; many of them settled in England. And Saurin, Aladdin, Du Boze, Martin and many others, extraordinary orators and divines, as they were, extended an influence appreciated by the ed icated classes of England and Holland even to the present day. It was peculiarly fortunate for North Ameri can Colonies that so many of them were induced to come to this country. Admiral Coligny in 1562 obtained permission from Charles IX and dispatched two ships from Dieppe, under Gen. Ribault to found a colony in Florida, at that time a country of indefinite extent, embrac ing the Southern Atlantic shores of North America. Many noble families embarked under that skilful captain. He touched th^ Florida coast at the mouth of St. Mary’s river, but coasting northward along what is now the Geor gia and South Carolina shore, they landed at a place they called Port Royal. This colony suffered to such an extent that they embarked for France in an indifferent boat, but they were taken up at sea by an English vessel, and safely carried to Europe. Coligny made another, which was his third effort at colonising America with Huguenots, and located them on the river St. Johns, but thoy encountered a sad fate. The Spanish court was remarkable in its hostility to the Reformed Frenoh Cbureh. The Spaniard Pedro Melendez, irvaded the oolony, in time of peaoe, made prisoners of the most of them, and hung them upon trees around, where might be read the inscription: ‘Hung as heretios not as Frenchmen.’ ‘Protestant Europe was indignant; the Frenoh court made no reprials,’ In 1823 the Huguenots were found interspers ed among the Dutch settlers on the banks of the Hudson. The families comprising New Amsterdam were in part Dutch and in part Frenoh. The states of Holland had ever been the refuge of the persecuted. The Reformed Dutch church was organized in doctrine and in form like the Reformed French church. The refugee Huguenot, and the Hollander could embrace each other, and were bound together by a common faith, and united in purity of friendship, in moral and in religious princi pals. There was also an emigration to the colo ny of Massachusetts which opened her doors to the Huguenots. In 1685 a company of Hugue nots sailed from France for Boston. In 1686 a church was founded in that city for the refugees. Peter Faneuil the son of a Huguenot, presented in 1712 to the city of Boston a building for the convenient assemblage of the people on occa sions of public interest, and this the present old ‘Faneuil Hall.’ Bowdoin oollege situated in the state of Maine, then part of Massachusetts, received its name and was endowed by a literal descendant of a Huguenot. The largest and most important Huguenot colony was formed in Virginia In the year 1678, William of Orange gave a grant of land to about three hundred of the unfortuate exiles. The grant of land was on the south side of James river, extended forty miles from tide water up the river, located in the present counties of Chesterfield and Powhatan. In 1700 about two hundred more came. They continued to arrive until the colony consisted of between seven and eight hundred. They built a church near the river, at a place they named Manakin, near the present location of Manakin town ferry. The Legislative Assembly of the colony was extremely generous towards this noble band of exiles. It was for some time conducted on a principal of commission; every thing made either for ware, or food was deposit ed in a large and commodious stone house, and once a month everything that was necessary for family supplies was drawn from the grand de pository. .The writer of this article has heard from the lips of a son of the celebrated James Pleasants, United States Senator from Virginia, Gov. of the state, and Secretary of war under Monroe, that his mother, the venerable widow of Gov. Pleasants had the key to this old stone house in her possession up ts the time of her death. This colony remained together until about the year 1720, when it began gradually to separate, and its members to marry with the surrounding population. Many of them removed to North Carolina and settled on a stream they named Trent river, attar an Englishman who had intermarried with a Huguenot family. In the counties of Powhatan, Goochland, Chesterfield, Cumberland, Buckingham and Flavonna lying along the James, are to this day many members of this noble, early Protestant family. If space allowed, we could mention many whose names, the othography of which is in some instances slightly changed to suit the popular pronunciation, yet evidently belonging to the Huguenot colony. It is a tradition, and was sustained by the authority of Dr. Alexander, formerly of Hamp den Sydney college; afterwards of Princton, N. J. by whom a history of the James River colon ists was prepared, that on inquiring he had been unable to discover an instance of a member of the Huguenot families being tried in a court of laws, or arraigned for offence. Tradition often forms a beautiful feature of history; we have frequently heard in connection with old and respected scions of the colony, some of whom still flourish along the banks of their native James, jthat there was a man named Chastaine, who enjoyed the sobriquet of ‘Honest Guardian’ and that it was the wish of the dying parent that this good man.shaild be the guardian of his children, and not required to give bond or security. His good character being a moral bond that the requirements of the law could not strengthen. These remarkable people have left the impress of their moral principals on American society. In New York; in Massachusetts; in Virginia; in the Garolinas; the North Hollanders, the strict and systematic Puritan, th*e high toned, and honest cavaliers could mingle in the purity and the graces of public and private life, with the unsullied Christian refugee, who left the vine clad hills of France, its endearing clime and lovely valleys, to escape the tyranny of a throne, the atrocities of which are blots on the pages of human history, to find civil and religious liberty in the untainted wilds of North America. The History of South Carolina is illustrated by many elegant and accomplished families descended from the Huguenots. The author says: ‘To do justice to the men of Huguenot descent in South Carolina, would requires volume.’ ‘In political and literary life, they are among the foremost to think, and divise, and persuade, and accomplish. The literature and polit ical history of the state open their pages to reveal to mankind, and to posterity the talents, and acquirements; and moral worth, and public and domestic virtues of these people, whose ancestors were hunted out of France, as weak- minded, rebellious people by a lascivious, bigoted, tyranical king, and a persecuting, fanatical priesthood.’ A true and beautiful compliment to the people of that state, still preserving its exalted position in the national galaxy, and proving by high character its de scent from pure ancestry, and its allegiance to those principles of morality and virtue public and private that will sustain its former history and present exalted position politically and so cially among the American states. In their madness the court and clergy of France gave to the nation of Europe and Amer ica the secret springs of their prosperity.’ Daniel S. Wetherbee, an old man living in Milford, Mass., was missed on the second of July and not found till the twenty-seventh. When found he was lying on the ground, part ly across a log, trying to get a drink of water out of a hole he had scooped in the mud, using the leaves of the pitcher plant to drink from. About twenty-five feet from his drinking place he had constructed a rude shelter of sticks, moss and twigs, just large enough to crouch down in. Here, almost dead with hunger, yet with ail his reason left him, he made himselt a home, crawl ing to the mud-hole for water and succeeding in catching a frog or two, eating them raw with roots and checkerberries. He was within fifty rods of a travel'ed road and within twenty-five rods of a cultivated field, yet so faint that he knew not the direction of any human being, though a house was within a half a mile. For twenty days he had no fire, and he was starving to death when found. He was cared tor by the Selectmen. A receipt from James McClarnan to P. Cline was caught by the recent tornado at Wallingford, Conn., and blown to Peace Dale, R. I., sixty-five miles distant in a direct line. Whenever and Wherever Diseases o.*a choleraic type prevail, or there is cause to apprehend a visit from them, the system should be toned, regulated and reinforced by a course oj Hostetter’s Stomach Bitters. Perfect digestion and a regular habit of body are the best safeguards against such maladies, and both are secured by this inestimable tonic and alterative. The Bitters are also extremely serviceable in remedying such dis orders. If prompt 1 '’' taken in bilious colic, diarrhoea and cholera mo: bus, the disease is usually frus trated. In diarrhoea cases, it is only necessary to restore' the tone of the relaxed bowels, and this is one of the spreifle eTects of this medicine. Wind on the stomach, heartburn, biliousness, nausea, headache and other symptoms of disturbance in the gastric amd hepatic regions are also speedily re lieved by this excellent remedy. As a family medi. cine it is invaluable, since it promptly and com- p’etely remedies those ailments which are of most frequent occurrence. 159-lm, RAILiROAD G-TTITDIE- MEMPHIS IID CIMLESTOI hahjROad. Memphis, Tenn.—On and after June 9th, 1878, the following passenger schedule Will b« operated : GOING EAST. GOING WEST. READ DOWN. READ UP. Lve 12.20 a.m Memphis 12.05 p.m. Arr “ 3.02 “ Grand Junction 9.35 a.m. “ “ 3.50 “ Middleton 8.15 “ “ “ 5.08 “ Corinth 7-37 “ “ “ 10.15 “ Decatur 2.40 “ “ “ 3.00 p.m Stevenson 10.35 p.m. ‘‘ Arr 4.45 “ Chattanooga 8.30 p.m. •• CREAT CHANCES Have lately been made on this line. This road has been newly ballasted, and the track repaired with steel rails. These improvements make it second to no other road in the South. TO THB EAST Close connection is made for all Eastern and Southeastern cities. ROUND TRIP TICKETS —TO THE— Springs and. Pleasure Resorts A U —OF— Vei^e^ee & Vii^iriia On sale at principal (Stations at GREATLY REDUCED RATES. First-class Day Coaches run from MEMPHIS TO BRISTOL WITHOUT CHANGE. run from Memphis with but wieepm? wars onechange(atLynchburg)to Washington, Baltimore. Philadelphia & New York. TO THE WEST Close connection made for all Arkansas & Texas Points A full set of First-Class and Emigrant Tickets on sale at all principal stations. Only DAY COACHES ars one Change of Sleeping G (at Lynchburg) 1 ° Between New York and Memphis. run between Bristol and Memphis without change. Baggage Checked Through ! No SUNDAY OKL.i For further information as to rates, schedules, etc., address either P. R. ROGERS, General Western Agent, Dallas, Texas. JAS. R. OGDEN, Gen. Passenger Agent, Knoxville, Tenn. T. S. DAVANT, Asst. Gen. Passenger Agent, Memphis, Tenn. CENTRAL ROUTE! HOUSTON AND TEXAS CENTR AL_RAIL W AY. Freight and Passenger Accommodations Superior to any in the State. TWO EXPRESS TRAINS EACH WAY Between HOUSTON, and ST. LOUIS, and CHICAGO. FAST FReTgThT LI OS RUNNING BETWEEN TEXAS and ST. LOUIS, KANSAS CITY and CHICAGO. Pullman Palace Sleeping Cars DAILY between TEXAS and both ST. LOUIS and CHI CAGO, and intermediate points. Special inducements to immigrants and people siring to settle in the State. RATES Of PASSAGE and FREIGHT ALWAYS LOW GOING NORTH. No. 1, St. Louis Express leaves Houston daily at .7:30 k. a. No. 3, Chicago Express, leaves Houston daily at 6:00 p. K. GOING SOUTH. No. 2, St. Louis Express arrives at Houston daily at 9:30 P. M. No. 4, Chicago Express, arrives at Houston daily at .9-00 a. m. Apply for any information to A. ALLEE, No. West. Pass. Agt, 101 Clark st., Chicago, 111. F. L. MANCHESTER. East. Pass. Agt, 417 Broadway, New York. H. A. SWANSON, J. WALDO, Gen. Supt. G. P. and T- Agt. HOUSTON, TEXAS. f-7t THE THIS & PACIFIC RAILWAY WITH ITS CONNECTIONS OFFERS TO THE IMMIGRANT FACILITIES UNSURPASSED BY THOSE OF ANY OTHER LINE. They are Carried on First Class THROUGH TRAINS, in Commodious and Comfortable Coaches. NO M ID MU HT TRANSFERS ! ■O CLOSE CONNECTION MADE AT ALL JUNC TION POINTS. 200 DPOTTIfcTIDS ' AGGAGE FREE ALLOWED EACH EMI GRANT PASSENGER. The undersigned will, on application, give any par ticular information desired. Will procure Ties eta, at tend to checking of Bagga.e, and. afford any assistance in their power. „ GEOGRAPHICALLY CORRECT MAPS of Texas and the counties on the line of the Texas & Pacific Railway furnished on application, also all information aa to Tune. Connections and Rates of Fare. Apply to or address M. Miller, Gen'l East. Paas. Ag’t, 415 Bread way #. Y. Thou. Derwln, Gen’l N. W. Agent, 101 Clark Street, Chicago, 111. -OR- Gsa. Noble, W. H. Wewmaa, Gen’l Freight Ag’t, Marshall, Tex. H W. Thompson. Jr. Gen’l Pass. and Ticket Ag’t, Marshall, Texas. Gen’l Superintendent, Marshall, Tex. Atlantic and Gulf Railroad. Gbnbral Superintendent’s Omen, ) Atlantic and Gulp Railroad, V Savannah, July 19th, 1878. } On and after SUNDAY, July 19th, Passenger Train* on this Road will run as lollows: NIGHT EXPRESS. Leave Savannah daily at 2:35 px Arrive at Jessup daily at 5.-20 p x Arrive at Thomasville daily at 6-05 k x Arrive at Bainbridge dally at 8-45 * K Arrive at Albany daily at 9:5# a x Arrive at Live Oak daily at 12:40 a x Arrive Tallahassee daily at 6:00 p x Arrive at Jacksonville daily at 6:35 A X Leave Tallahassee daily at 6:00 A x Leave Jacksonville daily at 5:00 px Leave Live Oak daily at 10:40 px Leave Albany daily at 2:30px Leave Bainbridge daily at 2:45 p x Leave Thomasville daily at 5:45 px Leave Jesnp daily at 6:25ax Arrive at savannah daily at 9:15 a x No change of cars between Savannah and Jacksonville and Savannah and Albany. Sleeping cars run through to and from Savannah and Albany. Paesengers from Savannah for Fernandina, Gainesville and Cedar Keys take this train. Passengers leaving Macon at 7:45 a m (daily except Sun day) conncctat Jesup with this train for Florida. Passengers from Florida by this train connect at Jesnp with train arriving In Macon at 5:15 p m (daily except Sunday.) Passengers from Savannah for Brunswick ana Darien take this train, arriving at Brunswick 7:09 a m. Passengers from Brunswick arrive at Savannah 9:15 A M. No change of cars between Montgomery and Jackson ville. Pullman Palace sleeping cars run through to and from Savannah and Jacksonville; also through sleepers from Montgomery, Ala., and Jacksonville. Fla. Connect at Albany with passenger trains both ways OX Southwestern Railroad to and from Macon, Eufaula, Montgomery, Mobile, New Orleans, etc. Mail steamer leaves Bainbridge for Apalachicola every Monday at 9:00 a m.; for Columbus every Wednesday at 9 A M. Close connection at Jacksonville daily (Sundays cxcep- ed) for Green Cove Springs, St. Augustine, Paiatka, En- terprise, and all landings on St. John’s river. Trains on B. and A. R. R. leave junction, going west, Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 11:14 A M., and for Brunswick Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at 4.40 p.m NIGIIT FREIGHT—PASSENGER COACH ATTACHED Leave Savannah, Saturdays exeepted, at 5:45 pm Arrive Jessup, « “ 9:55 p m Arrive Macon, “ “ 6:35 am Leave Macon daily at_ 7:30 p m Leave Jessup daily at.?. 6:25 a m Arrive at Savannah daily at 9;15 a x ACCOMMODATION TRAINS—EASTERN DIVISION. Leave Savannah, Sundays excepted, at 7.00 a m Arrive at McIntosh, “ “ 9.45m v Arrive at Jesup “ “ 12.00 m Arrive at Bluckshear “ “ 3.10 p m Arrive at Dupont “ “ 7.05 P m Leave Dupont “ “ 5.95 a m Leave Blackshear “ “ 9.25 a m Leave Jesup ** “ 12 55 P M Leave McIntosh “ “ 3.00 fi Arrive at Savauuah “ “ 5.45 p x WESTERN DIVISION. MONDAY, WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY. Leave Dupont, at 5.30 a x Leave Valdosta at 8.15 am Leave Quitman at 9.37 am Arrive at Thomasville at 11.45 pm Leave Thomasville at 2.00 p m Leave Camilla at 5-03 p M Arrive at Albany at 7.10 p m Leave Albany at 0.00 p M Leave Camilla at 8.35 p m Arrive at Thomasvil’e at 11.15 P M Leave Thomasville at 1.80 p m Leave Qititmau at 1 3.45 p m Leave Valdosta at 5.15 pm Arrive at Dupont 7.30 p M J. S. Tyson, Master of Transportation. H. S. nAINES, 20-tf General Superintendent. “SUNSET ROUTE.” - h * —o— Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway. THE ONLY ALL KAIL ROUTE TO SAN ANTONIO. THROUGH EXPRESS EAST Leaves San Antonio Daily (except Sunday 6.20 a. m Arrive at Houston 4.50 p. m Arrive at Galveston 12.35 a. M THROUGH EXPRESS WEST. Leaves Galveston Daily (except Sunday) 4 33 a. sr. Leaves Houston 9.30 a. m. Arrives at San Antonio 8.30 P. M. 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