Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-30
Items df News.

Decline of Gen. Qmtmaa.-The
Memphis Enquirer, of the 10th;
says. "A private letter from Vieks-
burg to gentlemen here states
that Gen. Quitman has retired from
the canvass for Governor. lie was
then in Vicksburg, and stated that
he believed the Union majority
would be 10000 that he believed
he could be elected over Foote, but
that he did not wish to be Governor
over people who differed so widely
from his political opinions.
: The barque Ranger arrived at
Portland, Me-, from Cuba, reports
the seizure there Of the American
brig Potosi, Of Portland, she having
been caught smuggling guDp0wder
into Havana. Capt. Sawyer and
the second mate, Ransom Reynolds,
being implicated in this evasion Of
the laws of port; were imprisoned.
CRoPs.--A friend writing from
Upton county, TIE mn, says ;the cot
ton crop here is very sbort-will
average from tire 3 to FIVE hundred
pounds per acre. Corn is pretty
good in this countr y.'ZMemphis dp-
peal, 1SA.
STATE oFTHE [ REAsURY.-We have
been kindly shown by Col. Dibrell,
Treasurer, statement showing the
amou Mt of means now remaining in
the Treasury of Tennessee, to be
.S1l5,745 0S. This speaks well for
the financial resources and condition
of our State.-NdstUiUe True Wig.
T7sitorS to he Worlds Fair The
number of passengers to England
from Philadelphia, New York and
Boston, since last February, is said
to be 5000. a large portion of whom
are visitors to the London exhibition.
About 4 400 went in steam ships,
and f,200 in packet ships.
A,l Orchard that wiU Pay
Messrs. Morse & Houghton, of Cleve-
land, have 90 acres all in one OF
chard, 3 miles east of that city,
They have $500 peach trees of tie
best varieties, 1000 apple, 400 cher
ry, $50 ounces, and about 1000
| pear, apricot, nectarine, plum trees,
and grape vines.
Decrease Of Mortahfgn England
I'm 200 there was one death in
England for every 25 inhabitants
At the present time there is only
one death for 45 inhabitants. The
average length of human life has
nearly doubled in that country in
100 years.
Sickness an Teras-The Houston
Telegraph of the sd of August says
that there is much sickness in the
interior, especially among the emf
grants who arrived in the country
last spring. Bilious and remittent
fevers prevail to a great extent Id
the bottoms Of the Brazos and Trini+
ty, and their tributaries, the drought
having exposed them to the sum-
The towns are comparatively healthy.
HoGs.--We have heard Of no con-
tracts made yet by purchasers, in
this city, for hogs. The prospects
are excellent for prices. The, mar
ket viii most probably open at ST.,
The hogs this season will no doubt
be of a superior quality to those of
last, as all from this section will be
corn fed; and there is a prospect of a
much larger number being packed
here than at my season before
EcqhSriHc (Ld) Journal
In a correspondence that ensued
between Captain Platt, of Z. States
sloop-of-war Albany, and the Captain
General Of Cuba. in which TIE former
was endeavorihg to secure the hber-
alton of the hundred and sixty
Americans sent to Spain, the latter,
i1refusing the request, says at the
conclusion of his last communication
to Captain Platt, that ''1ze Tres Of
tie prisoners pre- guaranteed By tie
amnesty contained IN my etrca!m' of
the 24tk Of A,sgast."
This will at least relieve the anx-
iety Of the friends Of the prisoners,
whose fate after reaching Spain, was
until the publication Of
this correspondence.
1t also appears from this same
correspondence that the Captain
as a mark Of personal re-
spect to Capt. Platt, Of our Navy,