?? ? J II lit II m ** ? 4 * ' 1 * - - - I tsi gflstisifl sa&asits. . # BY P. M. TRIMMIER Devoted to Education, Agricultural, Manufacturing Mechanical $2.00 IN ADVANCE VOL XXIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1866. NO St , THE IS PUBLISHED EV1BT THURSDAY MORNING, at Two Dollars (Specie) in Advance. m rates of advertising. One Square, First Insertion, SI; Subsequent Insertions, 75 cents, in Specie. notice IS hereby given that application will be made to the Legislature at its next Session for an Act of Inoorporatiou for the Presbyterian Church of Spartanburg, C. 11. Sept 18 33 tf notice TS hereby given that application will be made I I at the next sitting ot the Legislature for a renewal of the act of incorporation of the Nazareth Presbyterian Church, Spartanburg District. Sept 6 32 Sin notice! The commissionkrs of free 8CHOOLS are requested to ineet at Spartanburg C. II. on tlic FIRST MONDAY in NOVEMBER next. Teachers will have their claims properly made out. nml present them to me by the 16T1I of OCTOBER next. JOSEPH FOSTER. Chairman Board Commissioners. 8ept 27-35?4 NOTICE. ALL persons living in Spartanburg District indebted to the subscriber for services of imported 8tallions, " AYSGARTII " and BOSQUET," are requested to make payment to Messrs. FOSTER. & JUDD, who are author ized to receipt them. W. C. GIST. September 27, 18G6. 36 4t NOTICE. TIIE blacksmith books of Dtt. J. J. VERNON, deceased, arc placed in my hands settlement and collection. All persons L thus indebted, arc hereby notified to settle the " same on or before the tirst day of September next. T. O. P. VERNON, Att'y. August 2 27 tf NOTICE. PERSONS indebted to the Estate of CASSANDRA BARNETT, dee d, are hereby requested to make settlement by the FIRST of OCTOBER next. All who fail to do so will tind their Notes in the huuds of an Attorney for collection. M. F. BARNETT, Ex'or. Sept 20 34 tf Executor's Notice. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of GIDEON 11. KING, will make immediate payment to the undersigned. All huving itlnim, I'-.-.- ? ? > - emu i?iaic mm Ilium ilieill 111 properly attested to eitlier the undersigned or to Farrow and Duncan. JONAS BREWTON. Sept 20 34 tf Notice "to Debtors. PERSONS indebted to the e?tute of RICH ARD B. SMITH, are hereby requested to meet me at the Court House, on Salesdays in September and October, for the purpose of making settlement. All who fail to make settlement with me by Salus.lay iu October next, will find their notes in the hands of an Attorney for collection. Give attention to this and save cost. S. K. SMITH, Aug 0-28-td Administrator. N ot ice. ALL persons indebted to the Estate of IIENKY BIS HOI', deceased, are herewith notified that their NOTES AND ACCOUNTS must be paid on or before the 10th day of October next, or suit for tlie same will be coniiucuccd, as we are obliged to wind up the Estate. Parties iudebtcd will please not pass this notice by, as we do not wish to sue, but will be compelled to do so to save our selves. C. 11. MARRY, JNO. BURNETT, Administrators. Sept 20 34 3t Estate Notice. ^ A LL persons indebted to the Estate of P. P f\ S. HUNTER, deceased, arc notified to make immediate payment All claims over the amount of TWENTY DOLLARS, will be settled with Farrow &. Duncan, Attorneys. All sums of and under the amount of Twenty Dollars. will be settled with Snm'l Lancaster, esq. All persons hpving claims against the estate will hand tbein in properly attested to the un dersigned. POLLY W. HUNTER, Administratrix. Sept 20 84 tf Final r? ndcrsoti I reproached Leach at once with the scandal, which Leach denied with great emphasis; whereupon Anderson shook his list in iiis face and exclaimed, "You lying , you did, lor pa saw you," at the same time putting his hand under his coat. "So you will shout me, will you?" yelled Leach, and drawing his six shooter, he fired, and young Walton fell, pierced through rue iuugs, tin: blood gushing iiom his mouth and nostrils. Just then Mr. Walton, the cider, rushed up and fired three shots trom his pistol directly at Leach, hut missing him entirely, slightly wouuded Captain A. 'J'. Mosely and a tie gro. Once more L('acb fired, and the el der Walton lay on the sward a corpse The ball entered just above his heart, severing the tuain arteries and causing instant death. Anderson lingered until Monday evening about 2 o'clock, when as they were closing the grave over all that was mortal of his father, his soul joined him in the spirit world, liut the tale of death does not end lure The Rev. James 11. C. Leach, 1) !>., a highly respected J'rcsby tcrian minister, died soon alter hearing o! the bloody drama in which his sun had acted so prominent a part; possibly in con sequence, though as to this no one can do ought but conjecture. Mrs. Walton was one of the wives of Hubert, the aeronaut, whose cars were cut off in Louisville, Ky., for bigamy. Soon after their marriage he ran off with her money, leaving her destitute; though legally free?for he had two wives living when he married her?Mr. Walton became so enamored with the beautiful widow that he bought her wedding cloiln-H, and lavished on her every luxury that wealth could procure, until the recent affair which led to the double homicide. Leach has been justitied on the plea ol self defence. ? 1 Mr. Davis.? A dispatch from fortress 1 Monroe on Wednesday states that during the interview of Bishop (Jrecue and lLv. Mr. Kelly with Mr. Davis, liishop (Ircene 1 mentioned the great desire prevailing throughout th.e South of having him released, and stating their intention, if meeting with his approval, of proceeding to m Washington for the purpose of having a | ' personal interview with President .John ! i son, and persuading him to liberate Mr. ! i Davis. The latter replied that their efforts s would he futile. His counsel, Mr. O'Con- j i or, and more lately, the Hon. William If. j 1 lleed, had both personal interviews with 1 the President for the same object, and the only answer to their petitions was, that he (Davis) would have to be tried under the I charges now pending against him, before i both a military and civil tribunal Pro viding, of course, that no now unforeseen < circumstance should transpire in the time I intervening before a trial should take I place, but for the present bo had given up f all hopes of a release from his confinement, i '1 he two gentlemen, however, have left for < Washington. I Colored People west North.?On \ Wednesday evening sixty-three colored 1 people?thirty men and thirty-three wo- ' men?were sent from this city to Provi dence, by way of New York, from the agency of Mrs. J. S. Grilling, to be distributed from the latter named city to their destined homes. They wcro all eoinfovta 1 bly dressed and in clean condition. Since ( April last more than a thousand have been < sent into Northern families, besides a large 1 number that, under the auspices of the I Freed man's Bureau, have been sent, in t accordance with their desire, to their old i homes or elsewhere in the South. A car i load is 6cnt every week.?National Intel- < ligenzrr \ Accident at Niagara rails. The following details of the sad accident which occurred at Niagara Falls on Wednesday last, brief allusion to which was made a few days since, ure received by mail: It seems that 011 the afternoon of Wednesday last, Mr. Cooper, the postmaster at Chippewa, on the Canada side, two miles above the Falls, started with Frank Lcutzc, a ferryman, to cross the river in a small boat. Usually the course is to pull about two miles up the river before attempting to crass, hut on this occasion the unfortunate men secuicd to have imagined that the heavy wind blowing up stream would counteract the fo:cc of the current, and consequently attempted to cross in a direct line. When near the ecntre of the stream, the folly of the hazardous feat became apparent to the occupants ol the boat, who, despite the effort of the oarstuan to stetu the s'.vilt current, soon found themselves gliding swiftly to the thundering cataract below. Still the terror stricken boatman plied his oars with frantic energy, while his companion, rushing from side to side of the boat and wildly gesticulating, ?>ite ously appealed for assistance from those on shore, but which, ol course, these horrorstricken observers were unable to render. As the boat drew nearer and nearer the mighty cataract, the velocity with which it was hurried on, hccatuc accelerated, un til striking the rapids near bloat Island, the little craft was for a moment caught in the eddying circling current, out of which it, however, soon shot, and in an instant afterward reached the verge of the precipice, over which it plunged with its human freight into the loumiug abyss he low. Hundreds of persons lined the shores and gathered upon Goat Island, niute wit ncssos of the terrible ride of death. It is considered very singular that Lcutzc, the boatman, who had crossed and re crossed a hundred times in all kinds of weather, should have so sadly misju Iged the lorce of the current, and over estimated to such a degree the strength of the wind. Although diligent search has been made lor the bodies of the unfortunate men, up to the latest accounts no trace of either had hoen disc over?J TIorkiblk Accidknt.?The Kiclnnond Times gives the particulars of a shocking accident which occurred in that city on Thursday last, at llaxull & Crenshaw's flour mills : M rs. l.illie Ann llarlow, wife of Mr John I'. Harlow, the shipper and superiu leniient i'l the mills, hud, iu company with two or three lady acquaintances, visi ted ilie establishment to witness its extensive operations, and alter passing through every story reached the top of the hu;l 1 ing, where a lew minutes were spent in viewing the intricate machinery and surveying the surrounding country from the lolty height at which the} were standing. On turning to retrace their sli p.-, Mrs. Harlow's dros thru 1 against the revolving cog> ul the ponderous " t 'oiiv? \or,' which, almost as quick as thought, d:ag? ged her forward and into the maehineiy, literally cutting her into Irauineiits. The body was severed entirely in two across the ell st, both arms WeTO cut oil, all 1 other portions of her person were h ml.I) inn-lnd. One of the'arnis Icll to the story below, while the litclcss trunks rdle i over on the lloor, and streams ??1 Mood spirted from them for several foot around. Mr. Taylor, an employee, standing mar by, made every cllort to extricate her, but finding himself entangled was compelled to let go and tear himself louse. I he remains were placed together, put in a collin ?nd earned toiler husbands residence a short distance oil. The .scene which en Hied when Mr. Harlow readied the .-pot was truly heart-rending -udi grid wo iiave never seen exceeded. i? . m Mr. William Cameron, in liis return Irom abroad, lias brought with bin. h one i pair ul cuius or eassioiwaries, which are lesignatcd in the dictionary as ' a kind of jstrich." Tliey are rather more ferocious however, and possess a power for desti ne tiveness and digestion which is perfectly luvage. I hey weiv believed to be unite lame when lliry reached Hie city, ami ilie jwner uiiiinhly turned tliun louse on his awn. Last evening two interesting cairn d children and several pigs were missing from the vicinity. The inference is painful, but as public journalists we arc hound to state facts as they occur, or at east as they seem ?/' (crsiurj Index. A special to the Philadelphia Ledger Yoin Washington says Thurlotf Weed, who is really the netive and controlling alitor of the New York Times,) who has teen here on a political mission, which is )cliuvcd to have for its object a loodifteaion of the Presidential policy, so us to se:urc the early representation of the South ti Congress, through tho adoption of tho Jonstitutional amendment, returned to S'ew York to night. What In Truth. Snid a dying young man to me, in rc- )j ply to my earnest entreaty that lie would j cast himself as a lost sinner on Christ, "there are so many diOercnt creeds all ( protesting to he drawn from the Bible, that I know not what to do, or what to ^ believe." And turning to his wife, with 81 whom he had passed I ut three short years, e he said, "she I eels just so too." P "But," said 1, "does the idea thai there :i are so many different views of what the " B;ble teaches, alters the fact that there is k' truth somewhere i Suppose you are a perfect stranger in this regi. n, and are in* " tjuiriiig the way to Boston One says, go ^ due north, another says no, you must go east: a third charges the other with false- ^ h od, and assures you that the only right 81 way to Button is South. \V*ill you sit 11 down, especially when some grrat pecuni- c ary inte'rest depends on your heintr in Bus u ton at a certain time, and k.-iv "Tln.ro nm h so many opinions on this question, that I fc will ?io nothing, I will make no further at- (1 tempt to reach Host on ; in fact I doubt * whether there is such a place as Boston 11 after all '{ v "Or counterfeit money is passed upon " you. rl he notes look well, they all prout- w ise welt. All state upon the face of them 8 that they are true bills, the true 'fives' and 'tens.' l)o you say, does any sensible a business man say, upon finding that they are worthless, '1 will have nothing to do with money of any kind; I will let the whole thins entirely alone. 11 "Why then do you not exercise the same ^ common sense about the Bible, and the e way to find our its meanings? Grant that. 11 there are different opinions as to what the truth really is; that docs not prove what the practical conduct of so many asserts, that there is no truth anywhere. 1 "Only seek lor Religious Truth, my ^ I dear," said 1, "as you seek for any other tkind of truth, with the same singleness of 11 purpose, the same zeal, the same dUcrinri 1 nation, the same sense of personal respon- 1 sibility, und you will find it. You are ^ thrown on your own responsibility here as 1 everywhere else. You are to dig for the 1 truth as for hid treasures. God has pro? 4 vided helps enouuh. With sincerity, with * .; ?< .4. l.u'.do wind, with a prayerful spirit, ' you ear.not fail of planting your feet on 1 the tuck of God's eternal truth." Tax on Cotton.? Hereafter the inter 1 nal revenue tax on cotton will be includ v ed in the price when sold. For instance * good middling, which was quoted l ist week ^ I at 2b cents, will henceforth be quoted, with the tax of three cents per pound ' added, viz : til cents, if the price should 1 not vary. Of course the producer, or own , er of ihe eotton will pay the tax, Ac. In ', future the Southern reports ot the market 1 will be in accordance with this State of j 8 : aUairs, as in the present custom ill Savan ^ j null and Cliar'oHtou. ( ' Mr. Hi own," said a constable to tliis t ubi.jtiii u.s personage the other day, "h >w J v l many cows do you own?" "Why do you <| ?-k w.i- the query. "Itecause I widi to * ' levy on them,'' was the prompt rejoinder, t j * Wlet me see," said Mr 1>, abstract o idly, "how many cows does the law allow " line?" "Two," rejoined the constable, o Two," said Mr. I>., with good-natured as I toib-huieiif; "well if the law allows me two, t 1 \m-1i it Would make haste and send the 1 other along, as I h-irrji't hut our !" An l'astern editor says that a man in New Y"ik cot hi nisei t into trouble by mar- _ r\ing two wives. r A W e.-tern IMitor replies by nssuring j f his ooieinporary that a good many men in | 0 that scetion have done the same thing by J c marry in*; one. t A Northern editor report that quite a v number of his acquaintance found trouble by barely promising to marry, without go 5 : ing any further 1 "Times are so hard I can hardly manago to beep my nose above water." said a husband the other night to his wife, who i was importuning hi in for u new dress, j , "No," she replied with some asperity, "but you manage to keep it above brandy and I water easv eiion h 1" A waggish husband recently cured hi* ( s wife of divers iI 1m in this wise; he kissed j1 the servant j;irl one uu ruing, ami pot 1 caught at it. Mrs. .1. was up in an instant. v She lorpot all her Complaints, ami the man 1 of the house declares that he has never had to pay a cent for help" since. ?? ? m ? Tragedy has its comic accompaniment, ' oven as the host wit has a sad clement. < Washington wa> amused a few days since 'i with the vi -t of an irreproachable married f lady, who-aid, "Ah! I u in so sorry fur ,-i that accident on Sunday I have not been able to p. t any gentleman to speak v*lth me since I've heard ol it " llnn.d K Uknjamin?K* Secretary r lionjamin niado his first appearance as a barrister on the Northern circuit in Eng. land in August. The English papers s praise him. t I 'I II Tho Oxford (Mississippi) Falcon pub. slics a letter dated in Dublin from Hon. acob Thompson, one of the cxilted Con? . derates, in the course of which he nys ; " 1 ussure you that, with all her faults, love my couutry. Thero is no other uch country ii. the world. 1 have visited very kingdom and people which have any osition auiong the nations of the earth, nd with the intension?if ever 1 could nd an acceptable place?to .settle down and at her my little fan ily around me, end here, in quiet, spend the remainder of iy days, but I find no plaoe in which atn willing to leave my family. No, lor <>od or evil, the best couutry is in th? Jnitcd States; and if there could only b? ecurity of person, property and reputation, . would be the most desirable country on arlh. At all events, those dependent on ic, 1 w int them to remain and abide the ite and destiny of their country. What hall become of me is of but little oonse? uence ; my days of usefulness are past, ly sun >3 last hastening to its sitting, but jy will shall be that when life's fitful foor is over, my body shall be buried be? oath the soil which has been fattened >*ith the blood ot my ancestors in tho iruggle for its independence." Mr. Thomson complains bitterly of the ccusation of complicity in Mr. Lincoln's nurder, aud Buys: " 1 weigh not my own fate as a feather n tho balance; I only hope to live until shall have power under the law to proscute the perjurer aud inflict punishment ipon those who have wronged me*" The Memphis Daily Commercial says ; The cheapest leaf tobacco gr^wnand pre* >ared\for market in the Southern States and comparatively little of this staple is rrown elsewhere in the Uuion) is aoiu u ibout six ceuU per pound. This tobacoo >ays an internal revenue ot forty cents per jouud ! And the best article of leaf to>acco, which sells for only 15 to 16 cents ?er pound. The tax on cotton, indepen* lently of its flagrant illegality, is onerously )ppro3sive; it will amount, upon an aver* ige, to thirty-three and one-third per cent. ^ 'tut tho Ua on tobacco, equally unjust, in i constitutional poiut of view, amounts to ivc hundred or six hundred per cent, on he raw material. Missouri, Kentucky, Virginia and Tennessee aro the tobacco states; and, upon that single article alone, hey pay an iuterual revenue tax of $19,* )UU,000. Sale or tuk Largest Farm in Ii<.1 Nois.?A few days since Michael L. ullivant sold his farm ot 22,000 acres, ying six to ten miles south of this place, o Mr. Alexander, of Morgan couuty, for eventeen dolluis per acre, or three hun* Ired and seventy four thousand dollars, ash. Mr. Alexander also bought the lock, grain, hay, and farming uteusils on he place of Mr. Sullivant, which made the t hole amount ot purchase money nearly or juite live hundred thousaud dollars. Mr. Milhvaut has vet a "ulaee" of fortv.fiw? w : ~ "" V "7*** ln>u>und acres in Irocjuuis county, beside Id land. Mr. Alexander will "stock'* the 'farm" immediately with three thousand r more head of cattle. He will ship five lundred head per week to maiket from his point. Wc Manu" oat here, and do nisiiiess generally cu a large scale. llomtr (C'hunijiiun County} Journal, Chinese Mode of Making Change. ?A novel way of making change ocourcd at Hong Kong, China. An Ameri* an having complained to a native judge I a tailor who hud cheated him, the offiial sentenced the culprit to fifty blows of ho baxtinado?a sentence which was at nice executed, and the American charged iitv cents cost. The judgo, not being able o change the doliar given him by the American, the lattor humorously told him o take it out in the same manner. Aoordingly the tailor was again tied down nd received fifty more blows, thus makng up in bis own person the required liangc. A Prussian named llooscn Quist, a tnior, of Chicago, being accused of stealing ome money from a fellow-boarder, denied lie charge, and called upon God to strike ?itn dead if bo was guilty. No sooner rere these words uttered than he fell dead. I'hc stolon money was found in his pockcL Atlniiral Raphael Semmcs, formerly of he Confederate navy, has become editor n chief and part proprietor of the Mobil# iare te, a new and sprightly daily. Penlleton Col.-ton, Judge Advocate of the 'onh derate Navy during the war, is to be eaistant editor. ''Young man do you l?elieve in a future tato ?" "In course I du??and what'a no.-e [ intend to enter it aa soon aa Betsy jets her things ready." * "I have not loved lightly," as tho man aid when he married a widow weighing hree hundred pounds.