Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-11-18
The Cincinnati Enquirer, says:

Kentucky, in search OF q igginVe
slave. On Friday about twilight. he
met his slave on sixth street, East of
in company with.a eolored +
man. Mr.. l. cSllared bis man ard
cried for assistance, whereupop the
two turned upon him and beat him
most severely.
ANOTHER New TERRIToRY.-The
inhabitants residing north Of the
Columbia river, in Oregon Territory,
are in favor of a division. Public
meetings, have been h cid in. the
counties of Clark, Pacific and Lewis,
and strong resolutions adopted ip
favor of the organization Of new
Territory.
Another Rescue Of a Fagdre,-A
few days ago, fugitive slave was ar
rested at Ottawa, Ill and an officer
started to convey him to his owner
at st. Louis. He had not proceeded
far, however, before he W rs attacked
Eby a mob, and the fugitive rescued.
Cal,forala.-BigIer, Dem is elect
| ed Governor by 1900 n majority, and
Pu1dy is e lected Lieutenant Cover
| mol. Both of the Dem9cratic Con-
gressmen, and all the State ticket
elected by maiorities angling from
one to five thousand. There is also
a strong Democratic majority III the
Legislator e.
The value of American Consul
ships is sadly overrated. That of the
| Havana Consulate, as the returns
Show, is worth only fir pm seven to
teight thousand dollars a. year from
official emoluments Gen. Campbell,
in the last years of his services, re-
Ieeived but SIX thousand Even the
Ibest we have abroad, that of Liver
lpool, is worth but ten tiiousa nd dol
lars year, and the actual office eX-
Ipenses Of the Consul are five thou
Isand--N J. Eng.
/ r. II. Kaufman was killed last
week in Giles county, Tenn, by
'Iyoung man named ndwell, who fed
There are but three banks in New
4 Orleans, and they are frequently un-
lequal to the culinary demands of
trade. Such is now the case. Cot
ton is accommodating and daily de-
pressed in price for the want Of ex-
change facilities Bills On New York
are to large extent uns llleable-the
best rates 3 to 81 per cent. discount
for sixty days sight Sterling is
proportionabIy difficult Of hegotia-
ton. The New Orleans press is daily
urging the adoption OF the Free
Ban king System of n. York.
The whole cotton growing portion
of the Valley of the. Mississippi,
, suffers by the effect, upon tie sales
, Eof cotton, of this want of a cireula-
ting medium at the great Cotton
Emporium of the South.
A Great Land 7diiaL-The Du-
buque Ipwa) Express says;
1--WE learn that suit has been in
stituted IN the U. S. Circuit Court Of
!; of this District by the heirs Of Du-
buque, to recover the whole OF the
land lying along the Mississippi nv
er, above and below the city, for
+ eighteen miles, and running back
from the river nine miles, in which
boundary is comprised the city, our
whole mineral region, and many Of
the best improved farms in the coun-
try"
/ Corn! Corn! CofR!- Nobody will
starye. There is an abundance Of
corn in Montgomery, above the wants
i0l the country, TO supply the deficit
IN Chambers. Hilf ad9zen wealthy
planters there have spfIiciency to-
supply US all The price cannot pos
sibly exceed 81 Fer bushel, at Gus
setta, and may possibly BE- got a short
time hence at 10 cents.
I We XII ow one large planter who
can spare. 1000 bushels His price
is 81, delivered at any point on the
Railroad; the corn to be put in two
buShel sacks-Cham (4ia) Tn, =
The c aJan Prisoners -Ex-Presi.
dent Tyler has written letter TO
Calderon de la Barca, the Spanish
Minister, soliciting his inteTeession
for the release of all the Cuban pris-
oners- Dir. Tyler says, If a sacrifice
were wanting to deter others from
the commission Of a similar offence,
it has been offered up. The ven
geance OF a great State has fallen