, "*1 -4P _ A T. - * * i r * < ' | I . sas Efliaaiia spas mis. ^ P *' ' ? - =^==^--==^ ?-? . - , = . * xi BY F. M. TRIMMIER Devoted to Education, Agricultural, Manufacturing and Mechanical Arte. $2 00 IN ADVANCE * VOL XXIII. SPARTANBURG, S. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1806. NO 41 flihB ! TIIE tftBlUSfe ?IPM2&2f IS rVBLIIHKD RVKRT THURSDAY MOIUMIVG, a t Two Dollars (Specie) in Advance. HATES OF ADVERTISING. One Square, First Insertion, $1; Subsequent Insertions, 75 cents, in Specie. Wimlilnftou Ncwn and GoNttlp. Wash inotom, October i!5. Arrival of Lt.-General Sherman. Lieutenant Genetal W. T. Sherman ar rived here by this evening's train, ;md will be the guest ot General Grant. Generals Grant and Sherman attended the perform? ance at the National Theatre this evening. (tonortil miortiinti lioc iiAnn muiGwl I*'*1*" tor.the purpose of consulting with Gen. s Grant upon the reconstruction of the army, t His arr, 18UG, and a-jaiii on September 1, by ( the Coiiiinittee on Retretiehiuent, with re ference to the J spusi'ion made of all cotton and oth r propeity coming into the hands of Treasury agents during the war. t has been prepared under the supervision t ot the Commissioners of Customs, and has s been sent to the Secretary of the Treasu ury. National Bank Items. I The following items are from the quar- t terly reporis of (he national banks, Ociobei | 1st, 18GG: Total loans aed disbursements v 8G0G,238,808 ; United 8lates bonds deposited to secure ciiculation, 8331,7-3.- a 200; other I'nited S'ates utid securities . 51 804,054,150 ; specie on hand, 88,170,135 . legal tenders. 8-05,70J,041 , Capital stock # *I 15,1:78.969 ; surplus fund $03,359,277 . national circulation, $J85,I?9,553 ; individual dc|Misiti'?, 8563,510,57U; Unitcu " States deposites, Sod,4JO.819. I Emancipation of Slace* in Cuba and Puerto Pico The State Department has received offi u cial copies ot Spanish official documents including onj which is intended to rend* i ini|K>ssihie the successful prosecution ui the Afr can slave trade in (Jubu and l'uer to Rico, and also a copy of the decree ol the Queen, declaring any person of coloi who may he in servitude in those Provinces emancipated and free on touching tin territory ot the Peninsula audits adjacent islands, or on arriving within the juris/ diction and maritime zone of the same. whatever may be the cause of his landing on the said territory, or nndiug himsell 1 in the waters of its jurisdiction. Negro Voting.?The New Vork Her aid's correspondent, in his report of the concluding proceedings of the Albany Negro Convention, says: * < 44 A curious position of the Convention openly expressed in the two addresses, one to the Democrats and one to the Kcpub lirans, is to be found in the fact that they advertise ill these documents t<1 cast their influence and their votes with the party that wiil grant the colored element ot the State the largest number of favors. With this object, as already stated, they have appointed committees to wait on the vart ous leaders, and sound them on the sub ject ol the pending issues in the campaign, which action has already caused some com ^ motion among the said leaders and wire pull' rs. A .small nuuiher of the delegates, among thctn Colonel Win. Rich, of Troy, are tor clinging to the Republicans at all hazards, hut 1 think the majority arc in clined to make decided overtures to the Democrats." As a man nntned John Stubbing*, oi Cirtling, Cambridgeshire, was watching a hive ol bees ubout to swarm, the queen alighted on his head, and was immediately followed hy a whole swarm. Stubbing* had the presence of uiind to stand perfectly still, and in a lew minutes the bc? s completely covcrod one side ol his head, leaving him only sufficient breathing space. As soon as they were settled, his wile swept them off into a hive, and lie escaped unhurt. ^ George D. Prentice speaking of the death of a young lady says : 44 The close of her life was as calm ns the fulling of a quiet stream; gentle as the sinking ol the breeze that lingers for a time around a bed ol withered roses and then dies for very sweetncss." Sequel to EDGAR A . I'OE'S "RAVEN Sl'artanul.'ru, S. 0., Oct. 18GG. Messrs. Editors :?Enclosed you will Bud a curious Poetical production, which may afford your readers some ii.tcrest. A short sketch of its history may add to its interest. In February, 18G4, your subscriber was >n his return from home to the A. N. Vu. The train tailed to make the connection at Lluleigh, N C., and the passengers were jonscquently detained twenty four hours During this time .4 party of soldiers, myself n the number, visited the Asylum. Alter ooking over the interior of the building, ve passed into the back grounds. Here >ne ot the inmates who was at large in j he grounds, cainl to tnc and nccustv-i on j 11 u very friendly and lamiliur n. mm j aying that he knows tne well, had m n | ne often, &c. He immediately began ntreat nic very earnestly to no round ;ee his friend i,awender, tliat he wtisanv ous to see me F? aring some evil d"sig:. is well as an infringement on the regitl;i ions of the Institution, I at first ntus. . o go, but after much persuasion 1 went vith him round to the window of his rierd's room. He was highly delighted 0 see me, called me South Carolina a oon as he saw me, said ho knew ine well >nd began h s conversation as with an in iuiatc friend. lie was about twenty five years of age lis countenance was very fine and quite in eilectua), and had evidently ticeu w?d ducated. He volunt crcd to make us ;; pccch on the general topic of the time ilso some splendid music on the violin le cntertaiued us for some time, very it crestiugly so too, an J as we were about t< eave him entreated vfs to remain at d In vou'd tepeat some poetry \v*e did s< ind he repeuted a good many pieces wn 1 good deal of animation and expression Vtnoug them was the one 1 be.id you. 11 ivowed it was written by Ivlgar A. IVc ifter he had eri^sed the River Styx, ancut to him and that uo one hut luuisci :ould hold coiuiuuuiu with l'oe, Ac. On leaving, I rt quested him to send uic i r?nnv i?l th?? ivl w?i? 1... ? - ?- ?"?? J.MVVW U ??V 'ilU, ill- (III 'auie time writing uu> the >mjuin\ii. el tor. .\lvKO n v . t For within my in., . t|._-. Scorning iitV I- .1 y .11 g, Hiipi'l'"- : tn i. , n:ig.ii>h Throng.. 1. > l>.< l? pen ?loor Came a H.w kn loul mi l -able Like those evil birds ? ! table. Downward swooping where the drooping Spectres haunt the Stygian shore. Jhosts of agonies departe I, festering noun Is that long had smarted. Broken vows, returnlcss niurniiigs. griets an 1 miseries of yore. By some art revived; undaunted, I gazed steadfast, the enchanted, Itlack, internal Haven, uttered a wild dirge note, evermore. Hazing steady, gazing madly on the bird, 1 spoke and sadly. Broken down too deep for scorning sought for nierey to etnplore ; Turning to the bird 1 blessed it, in tny bosom I caressed it, I Still it pierced my heart and revelled in the palpitating gore. I grew mad, the crowning fancies, black weeds they, not blooming fancies. Made me think the bird a spirit. Bird I cried. " Ho bird no more," Take a shape, be man, be devil, be a snake, rise in thy revel, Front thy baii(|uet rise, he human. I have seen th e oil belore ; Tiiou art a bird, but something more. Tapping, tapping, striking deeper, rousing from tny body's keeper. Thou bust oft erewhilesought entrance at the heart's great palace door Leave me, leave me, gloomy demon, fiend or spirit mi nt inhuniaii. Strike me llirougli, but first unveiling let lite scan tliee o' r aud o'er. Thou art a Bird, but something more. Still with sable pinions flipping, the great Kaven, tapping, tapping. Struck into my breast his talons, vast hi" a iog* outspread, and o'er All my nature cast a pallor, hut I strove wish dying valor, With the poignard of repulsion, "(liking thro the form it wore. Of a Hiid and something more Oh thou huge interna Kaven, imagine (lot hell's king hath graven, Image growing more gigantic, nui t if i he Stygian shore Leave inc. leave me. I beseech thee, 1 , I not of vrotig impeach thee, I cried madly, then earth opeucd, with a tiro zen eartlupiake roar Downward, downward, circling, speeding, cries of anguish still unlieding. Striking through mo with his talons, still that Haven shape he bore. Unto Erebus we drifted, his huge wings by thunder lifted, r Beat 'gainst drills of wlute flamed lightning I sprinkled red with human gore ; 'Twits a Bitd. hut Demon more. t " I'm no Bird," an Angel Brother, a Bright p.rit and none other. I have waited Bli-slul, tended thee for thirty years and im>re. In thy wi.d illusive madness, in thy Blight, disease and sadness. 1 have sounded, tapping, tapping at the spirit's Eden door. Not a Bird, But Angel more. In tny I' linytoniati splendor, in Zcnobiati reguance lender, Mor?* thail Unman, though Aureliau the kingly name i Bore ; 1 have Iclt my Angel palace, dropping in thy sorrow's cnulice. Consolation; on, 'twas blessed, sweet, thy pillow lo bend oer. Not a Bird, Love's Angel more. Sinning i -wu with lig t E ysian, through the pearly gates ot vision, | i'ii th\ ?r-i e soul lighted laticy, wheu across i lie tdi.n . oer floor. I t ti e -pi. .1 moonlight laden, with scfft dews li- r. i r -es n \ dclill, ! -i.nuwaid siitl 'Nepenthe," drunk By treauinig hards of yore. J Lude:. ?- die's iiiock.ug lever where through ell: on gioves. lorever, [ . .w no -pee winds, ml the Love Bird-, leti their rapture o'er nud o'er, , . loin earih ? hell b. drills haunted, from it evil disenchanted, I have Borne ihec gaze upon trc, did'st thou sec uie ne ci be lore t l'h?n I wakened, if to waken, be to dwell B\ griet forsaaen, Vith the Bod who dwell with Angels, wit-. sh.uitig age of yore, vud I stood sublime, victorious, while below lay earlll Willi glorious denims of Angels, shining crown like, on her tcmpies evermore. Nut on Earth, tin E, a Bit iTHKit Mir.tr.. l.egal UerNitin. A deetsioti lias been given in the I'm .ite Court nf Sumter County, Alabama, uibracing the following points : 1. The oriiitiiit.ee of tin "Mate Coiivmi on anil the ilitlereiit Acts he Icgti lium tut* the pii'ti-ctioii of atiiiunistr.it.us, xeeiitors and guardians, are valid; aim it es:iiients made by tlieiu in good laith, to the late Confederate securities, umlct oior of law. will now he upheld ; the iuillitig upmi the estate,ai d not upon mum -ueh executors, administrators or gu ir iitins. 11 Contracts made during the wnr.whieh recognized the lawInlness ut Cntiledciuti liotnls and Treasury notes, and wh eh wen r limi v* 1111 VI 111 ??..t iiu ikPaiiifiiiiuiol ? " I"' ?" ??. !?. (J illcct ons dI ill bts ilm* :iii estate by llu* personal reprcpreseniative, in I'oi federate Treasury notes. will o upheld n mailt* in pood faith, even tliuUpl. the dt bt wax due heiore I lie war, ami the note* be e.nue worthless in the hands of the admin istnitor. 4 U"here rights hail already hoon vi st ed before the surrender, or ai l> have been pel toi inetl tin it el* the laws then in loree. the public policy which existed .1 tin time such rights aecru -I, and not present pulley, will control the ipicstion of then legality ; and loyalty to the National (?ov einineiit does not reijutre iiiterferei ee with ! past such past tr nsai-tnuis, it lories l\ j made, and in a cordaiice with the laws ol ( the St.ite at I he tare it. I In- lliiniistrator in this case, hav. inp oi ouod laitli sold a larpe amount ot cotton, by tin- advice and order of the I foliate Court, hi l>tid, lor a lair price, and inn ii.p taken a note tor ihc purchase Heme} tioni the purchaser, which was de Itvered to the pu.irdiun ol the heirs, ami ultcrwaids collected in Coiilederate inotiey, he is not liuhle to account u*_:uin Im said e-ottoii ; ai'luMi^h the same was made with i'elei'ellCe to the market priCO iii Collted eraie ii oiiev. At ii recent mectinc ol the ' Jrand lrnl<'( ! . !i ' ttldirot (Kid j elloivs lit ii.ili iiiioi ? it a,. r?-j orted tli tt the receipts lor Insi ....i ? .t r?* ?.7.oiiii; expenses $J2,000 !ti vli.it! iiuiiiIht ol initiations during ti.e j,ca. tvert' 30,000. Total nicinbe rsliip iKO.UUO; number of patriarchs, admitted I00j wlioiu 1111 in or olp:iiri'i.chs? 'Jo, f?l Hi; Revenue ??t I indues, Sl.?J'?3,UU0i P.til lor relief, $i)3l,0u0 Kevetiue of encamp j meats, fclGtSjOOO; paid lor relief, 882,000 1&4_ From Washington. Corres/zuiidem uf the C>u-icr. Washington, October JG. The investigation into the charges ug-inst the Baltimore l'olice Co; mission era com me need to day. it was the opinion in hat city, that the charges would not In noticed, or at least to such an extent as n justify their removal; hut that it' the o\ deuce should leave no douht of their no conduct, their rem val would cause noou break. Thus, it would Sv.eiu, that there still some remaining regard lor law a order in the country. It :s evident that great number ol political p rtizaus In r and tlirough the Northern States, woue plunge the country into a civil and soei.i war, to morrow, if they c> uld do it. an this spirit id iniseli cf s not confined to one side mi Northern political parties. it the liaUiumrc iiuhroglio do not mri. the purpose ut the itndical agitaiurs, the. will >0011 find some jtmr pretext tor rev. iut ion. Conservative men who have lately so journed in or reside lu Western N?w 1 >?rk hi oi io us that, in tlunr opinion, the K.iu .Ca s will ie elect .Wr. Peiitou. There iiit.e or no ex, eetainm on the part ol in ol 11gent Co seivatives that the Stale w. ? pirate itseit politically front the utile .Northern Slates, id hough the ci v ol New I i 01 iv i?? humropontun, ami win o|ve a lar^ major 113 lor the imncrt a'lve candidalit need not he Maid that tin* country is .el 11 any . i~in ol ilie poj u a?.us ile, oil leal nnio ot I lie presence o Vnil'eW Johnson, W'.iS exee. ilIli_ 1V niea ihe p? ojile eiowoled around hi> cairia_? ml, hy seizing it-. whe Is. sir ve to dela.o inn anioi,o>t tle-m, and lie dr. ve nil tunheers which Halt lift the It . cur toe plae. eon Id wholly repress. Ileal utiioik ul' Taws, We han' intoruiation which leads us to iclieve th.it C e Ile. mue 1 utiini s?ion, m|i oiuled to make inv-slioatioiis into tin uhjeci of revenue and : . r. p n thereon. a 111 recoiiimeiid a rediteiion or ak nii oil itircly I lie fjx on mjiiur.ictuies ami raw ] articles. as w? l! as a r?-?tnoti??n ol the in oiur lax, probably to three per writ a great relict, mid the eo. ton producers would certainly nj oce with i xeeedinj great joy Hut the class ol iio-n upon whom Keileial taxation presses hoio est, and who would consequently he iiios heiietit ed by a lessen I lit; ol the lax, is Ilia numerous one ol men on small salaries who struggle lor existence. For thesak I ol the whole cottntiy in general, hut t? i the sake ot poor men in particular, otigh we to wish lor a reduction ol taxes, i ! _ Tin; IT NNSVi.VANU Cons Chop.?.N I'liil uielphia paper snv> it is csiii>i:it?> : ili.it t e corn crop of I VnnHVlvania lor tin , ' pies lit year will amount to almu iiO.OlMi t | OlHI t-uslir Is. belli*; all average yield ( thirty IliP-e ' Ushfls lor each acre p'aiit o I : Last year the corn crop o| that Stat . amounted to 115.177.I'M) hu>h> In. ami *>(! . U_8 acres were planleil in corn, be lira I'll average ol about lortv hiphcls ?o the mi 1 bast year s crop was va uerl at $ N.85W.l6N I he corn croji of I Hi d-, luoi year, cxciDu- i . od 177,000,000 busbclf. 1 JJiJt -te Stie. Ifl'? itlucliiui'al. Court huh in session. alio uinid the mill* tiplieity of business which crowded u{?.n .1 Sheriff at term tunc, he wa? led to the lour ot a 'euotiful widow on the tunny >ide of thirty, who. by the w.iy, had often .est owed itiellini' glance* on the aforesaid Sheriff, lie was admitted. The con 1 usi n and fright which the arrival of her \ i-itor occasioned, set off to greater advantage tlie cactivating charms ot the udow M. ller cheek bore the beautiful .eiidid tints of the apple blossom ; he* lips sent led th : rosebuds, upon which the lew set li gered, and her eyes were like ju-vers ot * upid ; an glances ot love and eiid rn. ss with which they were reseui it.I arrows which only invited a " lasau" (pardon the pun) to do full execution. Vtter a tew co>. ni n-p ..c remarks. " Madam," said the matter of fact Sherlf, ' I have an attachment for you." A deeper b.ush than usual mantled the checks of the lair widow, while the glance I her dow case eyes were centered upon ner beautiful foot, wlueh. half conceded ?y flowing drapery. |iatt.i| the floor. She villi etpial candor replied : "Sir. the aiiHclinieii. is reciprocal." For some rime Hie Sheriff maintained .hi astotiished sihnco, and at length suid : " Al.d.uii. will you proceed to court?" ? I *P ??? .? ? ?? *' ' 1 *' * 1 **f . . w. . i.r vi-u.n-111 iru i iic* iiiuy . wit 11 i merry laugh; thee shaking lior head, l>e ^a:d : " No, sir. though this is Imp year, I v 111 nut take advantage of .he license herein granted to my sex and the:efnTo refer that you should prticeed o court.'* ...i. dudam. the justice is waiting " * Lei luiu wait; L aa. not disposed to oiriy matters, uud besides, sir. when t e rem ay is perloumd, I wish you to unicrstanl that I greatly prefer a minister 0 a justice of the pe.ee." A tight dawned u|hiii the Sheriff's brain. " .d.idam." said lie. rising from his chair itn solemn dignity, '* there is a great ii-take here ; my language lias been misoiderstnod ; the at'aehinent of which I .. eak was issued lr? neS*" IjO.-T UY .Not ran. I Ml a OUNTY pa1 Kit ?tienerally speaking fiut 'ittle i?j?iriiere is attaeli d to ilie taking of a eounty ew-puper. I his neglect and lndiffeience nl us | netted reward the other day. Some tttin* ago gentleman in this town van appointed an auditor to distribute the hi :> in the hand .if an administrator inotigsi ihe er d tors Notice of the ailiiior was pu dished in two of the County apers. 1) ?o happened that a f?-w creditors rci iitiii hi a certain portion ol the co nty ho had co leetively claims to the amount l set en or etglit hundred dollars, from i he neglect of taking a county paper never heard < ) the audit until alter the icport of ihe auditor hi i been confirmed by the co rt 'I hey then came into town to injuire a'-out the likelihood ufsecuring th< ir ei 11111-; Cii'liil upon an nttoruev who ex ? uuhied into the matter, ami informed them liut tliey lunl forever lost their money, i .d wi presume charged tln ni live dollars or the iiiform.it.on. All this resulted in eittg too j eiiurions or ton careless to subribo lot a county p per. I h >e gentlemen have learned a lesion li it will t?!?t them the balance of their vi'.i aml serve as a warning to others who mi th same nn lives tail to take their county paper. fuiisidciuhle f-. I ng isexi tinted through ut tieoi-oia j list m w "ii the - n t ?j et I reudi.itioti It is thought that an eff rt w 1 e in.nil at ilie inccii _r ol ttio i.egl.-l.ituio, n November. to r. lievc the }hhi le t'loiu ivinent oli r\rn debts c oil ructed during nd |? mi to In late war I he pleas urged or repueiation are tlm lov ol".slaves and In- I imill- oi the crops I he aliiouu of in it ', r.'tui ned in iln* Sta e for IMiG is in. o,u"i>; ii, 6i?2tt,iJJ-,777; loss to St..t over ?4G.?,0UU,UU0. W hen a gentleman st res at a young ... ?y. and she stares at him, they are apt mint to the region of love by a pair t stares. " Now then. Joseph, parse courting, ml a teacher 10 ? rather slow hi y ton ting is nn irregular transitive ih, indicu'ive iiiood. present tense, third r-llll Mini fclln II -I IHHiil'iii' .....I " i <1 .Jo-C|.h " Well. but wli.it docs it a^roe with?" mandril > he teacher " It arrets vvrh?wi h ? with all the i!s in town,'' exclaimed .)<>sr|>b " I> ? \ou like novel* 7" usked Mi.ci Z^eiahl nt her buck wood# lover " 1 v er ate .my ; hut I'in death on [Hwaim ' I a lean sellf Ins wntrb for filV dollars, uys it liaek tor only dn. ..f>, then sols u i luiiy Uvi- (in lais tniv* iniieli u cs ho alte in 'ho transactIm ? It h" ks as it he made fifteen dollars, but he divlu't. i