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The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08
Beat 'gainst drifts of white famed lightning
sprinklcd red with human gore
Twas a Bird. but Demon more.

Beat gainst drifts of white famed lightning
sprinkled red with human gore;
Twas Bird but Demon more
"Im no Bird an Angel Brother, brigh,
p.rit aud none other.
have waited bh-siui, tended thee for thirty
years and more.
In thy wild iilusive madness, in thy blight
disease and sadness.
l have sounded. tapping tapping at the spirits
Eden door.
Not Bird, but Angel more.
In my imyreni"n sp'endor, in zenohian
regnancc tender,
Nor than Roman though Aurelian the kingly
name | bore;
l have lett my Angel palace, dropping in thy
sorrows cnahce,
Consola'I"n; Oh, twas blessed, sweet, thy
pillow to bend Ger,
Not Bird, Loves Angel more.
Snining i"wn with lig I Eiysian, through
the pcarly gates of vision,
tn Thy 'r'uce soul lighted fancy, when across
the chamber fOur.
Fell tAc >pi.It moonlight laden with soft iews
from trees N y dcuu.
shaken downward still - 'Nepcnthe," drunk
by rcaaiug barls of yure
tuic:. - iIic's mockiug fever where through
cis"n gr"ves forever,
Low nc spice winds. aud the Love Bird,,
Tell their rapture DER and DER.
from earth > hell b, drifts haunted, from II
evil dIscuchanIcd,
| have borne thee gaze upon nc, dtd'st thou
see me ne Ell before
rhcn l wakened, if to waken, be to dwell b,
grief forsaScn,
With the God who dSclt with Angels, viii.
shining age OF yore,
And stood sublime, victorious while below
lay earth with glorious
Realms of Angels, shining crown like. on her
temples evermore.
Not ON Earth an Eden more.
Earth cried. thy clouds are shadows, from.
the Asphodelian meadows,
u the sky-world. floating downward earl
rains that from them pour,
owes o n Heaven, thy mother bore thee. ana
the father, God bends DER thee,
i's his hand that crowns tiny forehead, thou
shalt live forcvcrmvre.
Not earth Edou more.
gem hath many gleamings. and a day ha,E
many beamIngs.
mi garden many roses, thrilled with swcc.
ness TO the Gre,
y the soul has many ages, aad the iiic-bp.
many cages.
ut The hearts great gospel opens, where Il,
seraphim adore.
Not on earth in Eden more.
laughter,
hen the mothers breast DER leans il on tn
sainied spirit shore
ike Apollo the far darter, the poet and ,h,
martyr,
Ill chant pgeans of soul music that shall ly
forevcrmore.
Nor FRIEND, BR ,THEE MORE.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

NEGRO FoTING-The New York Her
AIDS correspondent, in his report of the
concluding proceedings Of the Albany
Negro Convention, says:
A curious position of the Convention
openly expressed in the two addresses, one
to the Democrats and one to the Reput
leans, is to be found in the fact that they
advertise in these documents to cast their
influence and their votes with the party
that will grant the colored element OF the
State the largest number of favors With
this object, as already stated, they have
appOinte! committees to wait on the vari
Gus leaders, and sound them on the sub
ject OF the pending issues in the campaign,
which action has already caused some com
motion among the said leaders and wire
pull'rs. A small number of the delegates,
among them Colonel VIM. Rich, Of Troy,
are tor clinging to the Republicans at all
hazards, but think the majority are in
clined to make decided overtures to the
Democrats"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08
Sequel to
E d G AR A. POE'S "RAy :"
SPARTANBURG, S. c., Oct. 1866

SPARTANBURG, S. c., Oct. 1866
MEssRs. EDIroRs Enclosed you will
find curious Poetical production, which
may afford your readers some Interest. A
short sketch of It's history may add to its
interest.
In February, 1864, your subscriber was
on his return from home to the A. n Va.
The train failed to make the connection at
Raleigh, N c., and the passengers we're
consequently detained twenty four hours
During this time party of soldiers, myself
in the number, visited the Asylum. After
looking over the interior Of the building,
We passed into the back grounds. Here
one OF the inmates who was at largr in
the grounds, cam, to me and accostci nc
in very friendly and familiar manner
saying that he knows me well, had seen
me often, &c. He Immediately began Il,
intreat me very earnestly to 20 round ,,
see his friend Lavender, that he was anx
ious to see me Fearing some evil d"sig.4
as we'll as an infringement on the regula
tions OF the Institution. / at first rcfus,.,i
TO go, but after much persuasion | went
with him round to the window of his
friends room. He was highly delighted
to see me, called me South Carolina "a
soon as he saw me, said lie knew me well
and began h s conversation as with an in.
tiuate friend
He was about twenty FIVE years of age
his countenance was very fine and quite in
tcilectual, and had evidently been wei
educated. He volunt cred to make Us :,
speech on the general topic of the time
also some splendid music on the violin
He entertai ned us for some time, very i,
terestingly so too, AMI as we were about I.
leave him eatraated us to remain an d h.
would repeat some poetry We did :,
and he repeated a good many pieces VIII
IA good deal Of animation and expressirn
Among them was the one | scnd you II,
avowed it was written by Edgar A. Poe
after he had crossed the River Styx, an.
sent to him and that no one but hiurse.
could hold communion with Poe, &c
On leaving, requested him to send me
copy oi the piece wl.ich he did. ut tn,
same time writing me the accompanyiu
letter. NERO
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08
She.iH's Attachment.


Court was III session. and amid the mul.
uplcity Of business which crowded upon
Il Sheriff at term timc, he was led to the
ioor OF 'eaut,ful widow on the sunny
side OF thirty. who. by the way, had often
rcsto~cd meltin" glance> on the Aforesaid
Sheriff. lie was admitted. The confus-
N and fright which the arrival of her
VISITOR occasioned. set off to greater ad.
vantage the captivating charms of the
widow vi. Her cheek bore the beautiful
n'endld tinis ot the apple blossom hes lips
r"Sem led tn rosetuIs, upon which tho
lew yet Ii gered, and her eyes were like
iu'vers of upid an giances of love and
cnd"rn' 50 with which they were resem
led arrows which only invited beau"
(pard"n the pun) to do full execution.
\i'er few CO.. m mp &c. remarks.
Madam, saId the matter of fact Sber
tt, have All attachment frr YOU"
y deeper bush than usual mantled the
checks of the far widow. while the glance
her dow cast eyes were centered unon
ncr beautiful foot, which half conce led
~ TO" ing drapery. patf",i the floor. She
With equal candor replied:
SIR. the attachment. Is reciprocal"
For some time the Sheriff maintained
an asf"miShed siiuficc, and at length said
Madam. will you proceed to court -
" ir 'ceed to cou-t. rcplied the lady. with
merry laugh; then shaking her head,
be said:
" No, sir. though this is leap year, 1
viii not take advantage of he license
herein granted to my sex and the: einre
r"' "rcier that you should pruceed
court"
ga Madam. the justice is waiting"
" Let hin wait; | al. not dis; osed to
larry mariers, and besides. sir. when @
'"rrm ~ is rert"rm.d, | wish you to un-
''rStAnd that greatly prefer minister
ga justice OF the pe.ce.
~ light dawncd upon the Sherff-s brain.
Madam. said he. rising from his chair
VT" s"!e'n" dignity, there Is great
"'>take here my language has been mis-
understood the attachment of which I
leak Was issued from tn, OH e of squire
-. and commands me tn hriny YOU
i"Sfdnt before him to answer u cont. mpt
c"u t. dis"beging a subpoena in the
'asc oi Smirh vs j nes.'
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

WAsHINGroN, October 25.

oetoocr
Arrival Of It, General Sherman
Lieutenant General w. Il. Sherman ar
rived here by this evenings train, and will
be the guest OF General Grant Generals
Grant and Sherman attended the perform
ance at the National Theatre this evening.
General Sherman has been invited here
for.the purpose of consulting with Gen.
Grant upon the reconstruction of the army
His arrival has no reference to an imme
diate change in the war office.
Presidential! pardons.
The following persons who were con-
cerned in the great rebel ion were pardon
ed by the President yesterday and to-day
+ II. Puckett, Louis ana; h. Kingswor.
thy, Arkansas ! David GarvIn, w. S. Mul
lins and Simeon Adkins, South Carolina
The d..position of Cotton and other property by
Treasury Agents.
The statement called for by resolution
OF the House of Representatives of May
%, 1866, and again on September ], by
the Committee on Retrenchment, with re
ference to the j sposi'ion made OF all cot
ton and 9th r property coming into the
hands OF Treasury agents during the war,
has been prepared under the supervision
OF the commissioners of Customs, and has
been sent to the Secretary of the Treas
ury.
National Bank Items.
The following items are from the quar-
terly reports OF the national banks, Ocrobcr
LIST, 1866: Total loans ard disbursements
$6O6, LBS, sos; United States bonds de-
posted to secure circulation, S33l ,7t3.-
200; other United States and securities
S94,954, $50; specie on hand, S,l7O,l35
legal tenders sos, ,76O,64l capital stock
Sll5,27S.969 surplus fund S53 .359,277
national circulation. 1885, 70 ,55S; indi-
vidual depositcs, S563, ,5lO,57U; United
States depositcs, $50, ,42O,Sl9.
Emancipation Of Sldres IN Cuba and Puerto Rico
The State Department has received Off
cial copies ot Spanish official documents
including one which is intended to render
impossible tho successful prosecution OF
the Afr can slave trade in Cubu and Puer
to Rico, and also a copy of the decree OF
the Queen, declaring any person of colo,
who may be in servitudc in those Provn-
ces emancipated and free on touching the
territory OF the Peninsula aud its adjacent
islands, or on arriving within the juris-
dlction ard maritime zone of the same
whatever may be the cause of his landing
on the said territory, or nnding himself
in the waters of its jurisdiction.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

AS man named John Stubbings, Of
Cirtling, Cambridgcshire. was watching a
hive OF bees about to swarm, the queen
alighted on his head, and was Immediately
followed by a whole swarm Stubbings
had the presence Of mind to stand perfect
Iy still, and in few minutes the bees
completely covered one side of his head.
leaving him only sufficient breathing space.
AS soon as they were settled, his wife
swept them of into hive, and he escaped
unhurt.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

Lost BY Aor TAXING A oUNTY PA.
R-General'y speaking hut little inpor-
incr Is attach d To The tax ing nf a county
rw>paper This neglect and difference
hd lis rr'ctichl reward the other day.
Some time ago gentleman in this town
vas appointed an auditor to Distribute the
rn:s IN the hand Of an administrator
n.on.si The cr d tors Notice of the an.
'lior VAS published in two of the county
aprrs.
1t 81 happened that few creditors re.
I iIus IN certain portion OF the co nty
'h" had collectively claims to the amount
II seven or eight hundred dollars. from
The neglect "t taking Il county papnr never
heard "i the audit until after the ,eport
oi HE auditor Eal been confirmed by the
c""rt They then came into town to in.
iuirc ahouf the likelihood # securing their
claims; called upon an attorney who ex-
'nlntd INTO the matter, aud lu formed them
hat they had forever lost their money.
i'd WI presume charged them five dollars
'"r the intornat.nn. All this resulted i'm
'rIng too lenurinus or too careless to sub
>'rioe ior county p per.
h'se gentlemen have learned les, on
hat will last them the balance of their
YES nnd serve a. warming to others who
rom IN same motives fail to take their
county paper.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

We have information which leads us 10
cli"vc that q t Rc.anuc tummis> sion, .p
nlnfCd To make inv, s,inations int, m,
,uhJccl oi revenue aud 10 cp,rr thereon.
viii recommend a reduction or ak no uti
'nureiy the fax on manufactures aud raw
A'tcies, as we'll as Il reduction of the IN
come TAX, probably to three per cent an
incomes over ii Thousand dollars aud cut
ung II of under all that amount. It l.
believed, too that tie Secretary OF the
Treasury will endorse this Recommendation.
III hIs own report To Congress next Deccm
bcr.-.N y. HcruH, AN oat.
This is good news t. everybody at the
South However much We may he divid
cd i'll regard to other questions, we are al
oi one opinion as TO the propri"ty OF li.hr
cning the almost intoerablc burden ol
taxation that now wei-hs down ur eucI-
-lcs, crushing uut the life from all kind>
"i business There is scarcely "a singlr
man In the South who would not feel sucl
reduction n i great rchcf, aud the ca,
ton producers would certainly rcjplcr with
exceeding great joy. But the class %. men
upon whom Federal taxation presses hare
est, and VINO would consequently be- mos
benefit ed by II lc>scning oi the tax, is tna
numerous one OF mcn on small salar,c.
who struggle for existence. For the SAX
OF the whole country in general, but f.,
the sake OF poor men in particular, ou.h
we 10 wish for reduction of taxes.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

George ID. Prentice speaking the death
ola young lady says: "The close Of her
life was rs calm as the falling of quiet
stream; gentle as The sinking of the breeze
that llngers for time around bed OF
withered roses and then dies for very sweet
ness"
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

The PENNSYLvANIA CuRN CRuP.-A
Phihdel phia paper says it is cstjmatcG
that corn crop of Pennsylvania Tor The
pres mt year will amount To abuu SO 900
900 bushels. being an average yield
thirty three "ushrls for each acre plant q
Last year The corn crop al that Stat
amounted 10 35.l77. lO6 bushels aud $50
9-S acres were planted III corn, bcin. an
average of about forty bushels 10 the acr
Last Year = crop was Vi ucd AT 3 < S3S. g.
The corn crop at IiIi'.'i>, last year, exceeu.
cd III 100000 bushels,
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

Considerable f. Ing Isexhib,ed through
nj Georgia just now "n the subject I re-
udiItion. 1t is thought thar an eff rt W
made at The nIccil. z oi the Legislature,
IA November. I" relieve the people from
ny ymrnt oi Z, r'd'n debts contracted dur,ug
nd 7 Ior to he late war The pleas urged
ior rcpuciatinn are tho los of slaves aud
he ininr" oi The crops The amoun, of
r"prrty returned in The Sta.r Tor 1866 is
S2"0Ouo,on0; IN 1850, S,i2U, ,3222,777; loss
tn State over Si65, 100000.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08
Important Legal Decision.

\ decision has been given in the Pro
ate Court of Sumter County, A!abam;,,
mbracing the following points
|. The ordinance of the state Cunvcn.
on aud the different Acts Of he Lr-l>-
ialure Tor the protection of administrators
Xccutors and guardians, are valid; ana
N cs:mcn's made hy them in good ialih.
III the late Confederate securities, undci
o!or of law. will now bc upheld the los
iallng upon the estate, ard noI upon Suc
-uch executors, administrators or eurr-
dians.
= Contracts made during the war,which
recognized the lawinlness of Confederate
bonds and Trca,ur. notes, aud VIII Oh wer,
then valid, will not be pronounced void.
3. Collect ons OF dohts due an estate
hy the personal representative, in Con
tcderatc Treasury notes. will 'e upheld II
made in good faith, even thuugl. the d, tt
was due before the war. and the notes bc
came worthless in the hands Of the admin
Istratur.
4. Where rights had already been vest
ed before the surrender, or acts have been
performed under the laws then in Iorcr.
the public policy winch existed II the
time such rights accrued, and uoI present
policy. will control the question of their
legality and loyalty to the National Gov
crnmcnt does not require interfere, &C with
past such past tr u>ac'ions, If homes ly
made, and III a c"rdaucc with the laws OF
the State at The tine
D. The administrator in this case, hav.
ing al GOOD faith sold Il large amount OF
cotton, 10y the advice and order of the
J rebate Court, IN 1868, Tor Il fair price
and havih. aken note for The purchase
money tiom the purchaser, which was dc
!ivcrcd To the GUARDIAN oi the heirs, and
afterwards collected in Confederate money
he Is not liable tn account again for sand
cotton; although The same was made with
reference TO the market Price III COnicd
crate money.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08

At a recent meeting of the Grand Lodge
90: ,l.r Order ot Odd ellows at Baltimore,
It "a, reI ortcd tnat the receipts Tor last
..o..T were 81 900; expenses $4,000.
!Hu Who number oi mutations during
the yea; were 10000. Total membership.
10000, number of patriarchS, admitted.
5,l00; whole nun cr of patrln. chs. 20.
500; Revenue of Lodges, 81, ,563 900; paid
for relief, S53l 900 Revenue of encamp
ments, Sl6S, 900; paid Tor relief, $1,000.
The Carolina Spartan. [volume] (Spartanburg, S.C.) 1852-1896, 1866-11-08


W hen gentleman 80 res at young
..hy, and she starcs ut him, they are apt
." cunt to the region of love by pair
pi starcS.
Now then. joseph, parse courting,
nd teacher to rather slow boy
tou ting Is an irregular transitive
crb, indicative mood. present tense, third
r-"n, and sim ular number, and so on,"
I'd Jo.cph
We'll but what does it agree with ?"
maudcd he teacher
1t agrees wi'h-wi h-with all the
hIs In town., exclaimed Joseph
Do Nou like novels p asked Miss
"z-erald of her backwoods lover IL
.Ner ate any; but l'm death on p''S>um.'
/ man sells his watch for fiity dollars,
uys it back lor Ioty d".ar>, then sells 1t
a. iurty i've dc lars how much "a es he
lake in the tramSncti"u? Ii locks as If
he made fifteen dollars, but he didn't.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-07

A Western exchange complains that it costs two
bushels of corn to send one to market, distance
of one hundred miles; one hundred bushels to get
a pair of boots, one thousand bushels to get suit
Of clothes, and two tons of corn for one ton of
coal.
If the statement be true, the hardy men of the
West will have relief in some shape or another.
What a pity that they should have joined in a
crusade that has destroyed their great Southern
market for corn, meat and mules! Why didn't
they read and heed Gen. Bragg's manifesto to
them in his Kentucky campaign? We have al
ways maintained that Nature designed the West
and South to be bound together in alliance of
geographic, commercial, political and agricultural
interest 1t is not too late to perfect it yet. Nay
the DEGREES of Nature will have sway and must
prevail over the theories of dogmatists and the
greed of section. The march of Empire does take
its way Westward, and the sceptre of dominion
over this great country must be wrested from the
grasp of domineering New England. We find this
paragraph in an exchange:
There is a powerful movement throughout the
Northwest in favor of free trade and the modifi-
cation of the protective tariff to arevenue basis.
Free trade leagues are being organized in the
leading towns and cities.-[Mobile Advertiser
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-07

A HUMOROUS DRIvER.-A veritable Jehu, who
drives one of the stages of that line that runs up
to High Bridge, perpetrated dry joke the other
day. midde-aged female passenger requested
to be left at Forty-ninth street, and so when
Forty ninth street was reached, Jehu reigned in
his horses and stopped. The old lady got out,
and staring wildly up at the drivers perch, ex-
claimed
"Well, now, l should like to know why, in the
name of goodness, you have carried me mile
beyond where wanted to stop?'
you told me, madam, to leave you at Forty
ninth street"
We'll, meant Twenty-ninth street and, any
way, you might have known where I lived, for
ride up here every week in your buses"
Madam" said Jehu, with Napoleonic compo-
sure. :" I've druy stage this line about ten years
or less, and never yet missed leaving passenger
where he or she directed me to leave him or her
| and, madam, if you don't know where you live,
you'd better move |"
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-07

LATE FROM HAvANA.--We have received full
files of the Havana Diario de Ia Marina and Siglo
to the LIST inst.
Of general news they comprise nothing that had
not been received by way of New York or this
city, whether from Spain, from South America,
from Mexico or from the West indies
Of the Havana markets, the reports show that
no changes of the slightest Importance had taken
place. In sugar there were no operations, and
quotations were nominal.
The shipping intelligence contains nothing what
ever which is not either old or not of general in
terest
The papers are destitute of anything of a local
character of sufficient interest to call for notice.
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-07

LETTER FROM Gov BRowNLow.-The following
is an extract from letter addressed by Governor
Brownlow, of Tennessee, to Hon. W. D. Kelly, of
Pennsylvania, under date of the Oath:
These, the secessionists, are the class of men in
the State who loud in their praise of the Presi-
dents reconstruction policy. have fought them
for the last quarter of a century, and by the help
of God viii not surrender to them now in my
declining years. Should the Federal government
turn us over to the tender mercies Of the galyan-
lied, amnested and hardened rebels of Tennessee,
will take my family and go North, and live and
die in peace.
The idea of Brownlow' living in peace anysohere
is rather absurd. 1t is question whom his Satanic
Majesty will abdicate in favor of-Brownlow OF
Butleri
New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-02-07
ADDRESS.

SO DUBLIN, 1865
Brotbers-We address you in the name of Ire
land; our right to do SO is no vain assumption.
We representthe manhood of Ireland as surely as
the Congress, which, on the Fourth of July, lT76,
declared the English colonies free, represented the
people of the thirteen United States of America.
There was then an English garrisou-there were
waverers and slaves and traitors-7in America
We have all these in Ireland now. But the Ameri-
can people were self-reiiant and selfsacrificins
and resolved to win their independence in the only
way a nations independence was ever won. So
we boldly assert the Irish people at this hour
there has been work doing throughout the length
and breadth of the island, and even in the midst 0
the enemyis country. f.sg5 szs,. g :.
That work is done. p
So far, sustained by our brethren of the grea
Republic, in the face of danger and opposition, W,
at home have done our part Il l8Hg
We know our strength; we are not cropping il
the dark.
A point has been reached from which we can Sc,
the goal clearly. efa
Let us go forward and the hour of Ireands de
iiyerance is at hand. To stand still were to sea
her doom. .;9a blsH 3H@
Which shall it be? We have now to decide
whether this island shall resume her place among
ihe nations Or continue the slave of England--tht
nvhis Oh crushed and impoverished people-til
mnat remains Of her old race have tumbled into
graves, or drifted away to.the ends of the
Ihe salsatiotiof the long suffering land is in the
hands Of her own children + 81 I'll 2 -
W. my are you prepared or willing to do,
| W uo hot cry out to you to come and break our
chalns while we stand idly nv
4 we call upon you to aid the Irish rn,y ~ ma
pendence which soon shall stand face In faca ~
| the enemy. " iase VIII
j We ask loan for which Ireland will he Won,
! debtor. And, in the name of the Irish neonIe W.
nave engaged that the debt shall be paid within