Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-04-01
DEATH OF MAJ. NoAH.-Mai. Noah.

the able, brilliant, and always humor-
Gus editor of the New York Sunday
! Time S, is no morel He died in New
York on Tuesday last, as We learn by
telegraph. Few men connected with
the press of this country, have ae-
CURED so deserved reputation as an
|indep endent writer and thinker as
the deceased, and his death viii be
generally lamented by all who have
made an acquaintance with him
through the journal which he mas so
long conducted with rare ability.
Ex-Gov. Quitman, of Miss, was
on the 10th ult rendered public
dinner, by a portion Of the citizens
Of New Orleans-which he accept
ed, signifying that any time between
that and the 18th would be Soon
Ivenient" to him.
FAILUREs.-The name of the
cotton operator at Charleston, who
failed few day ago, is S. B. Ber-
nard. MIR. Bernard failed two or
three years ago. The house of
Gilbert, Camp s. Co., hatters, of
Water street, n. T., has suspended
payment. Their liabilities are sta
ted at 100000, and their book as
sets $4,000.
ToRNADo.-Wc learn from the
Minden La Herald that the town
of Belle Vue, in that State, was re-
Gently visited by a tornado, which
Frustrated to the ground nearly ev-
cry house in the place. Fortunate
ly, however, no person was seri-
ously hurt, though a number were
buried beneath the ruins. The
storm is represented as having twist
ed off trees fife en- or twenty feet
from the root, and swept the tops
clear away. The, wind was pre-
coded by rumbling noise similar
ito that which usually precedes
the shock Of an earthquake, and
was distinctly heard a distance of
eight or nine miles.
The "secret BALLOT law has been
carried through the Senate of the
State of Massachusetts, BY coali-
tion majority 1t obliges every vo-
ter to seal his ballot up in an enve-
lOpe before putting il into the ballot
box-the State 10 furnish the enve-
lopes.
The Lavacca (Texas) CONNER
ci@ states rumor as prevalent in
that place that large aud extensive
silver mines, have Just been discov.
ered in the western part of that
Sta tie, not more than one hundred
mil es from the Gulf.
llss Dix is preparing TO visit the
pri$on in Virginia, North Carolina, /.
and Georgia, to busy herself, In
deed, during the SIMMER, in the
abb of misery, vice, destiIutlon
and crime. We are pleased, says
the National lntelligencer, to hear
that She is not completely disheart-
ened by the failure Of her beneyo-
lent scheme for the benefit eof the
insane.
The Mileage allowed Messrs
Wright and Gilbert this last session
of Congress, for their journeys to
and from California, is $4,000
each, being accordiDgto the usual
-ly travelled route by way of Pana-
ma, which is 1000 miles. DR..
OWNS constructive mileage for the
extra session Of the Senate amounts
to $1,000
Mr.. CoRwrN's ILLsEss-A let
ter from Washington says:
MIR. Secretary Corwin has been
confined to his chamber for the last
ten days, but is now convaIescent.
Should the weather become fair,
he may get out the latter part of
this week, but he will hardly be able
to attend to the important labori-
Gus duties of his station for the next
fortnight or more.
The estimated value Of property
belonging to the city Of New York,
which is laid out as public parks or
walks, according to-the N Y. Tr:-
pune, is SS,986,000.
The Census returns disclose the
notifying fact, that there are in
Virginia nearly eighty thousand white
persons over Fl years Of age who
cannot read a nd write. Is it not
lime that effective steps should be
aiken TO diminish this alarming and
Increasing eyil?-C hnrI0ttesmUe nd
'ocate.
GOLD ON THE EsTUMus.-By an