Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-02-25
Items Of News.


as prohibits a moman marrying hel
amt S husband, has passed the Nir
Fginia House of Delegates.
A correspondent of the Murfees
bore Telegraph " iting from Nash
vile, Feb. II, says:
The keenest swindling heard o.
lately took place in this city DAY
OF two ago. A fellow succeeded il
passing off two or three hundred DOL
lars counterfeit lis of the Bank Of
Ohio, on Mr.. WIRELESS broker o n Col
ilege street. The notes are exactly
like the genuine, and are execut ted
in a style equal I'd the best ngra-
wings. Thousands of dollars will be
passed, as this coun terfeit cannot be
detected by any by 1.-THE most expert.
A LEGAL CURIosITY.-The other
day, in the Superior Court of New
York, cause cam on for arguma int,
when the defendap is answe,' was pro-
duced to the court in the shape off a
document of some six thousand Jos.
Judge Duer Inspected the prodigy OF
pleading, and thengravely suggested
that it had by all means better be St nt
to the Worlds Fair as q specimen OF
American industry The judicial 5oa
mot was considered a very fair reilly
| to the mammoth qnswer."
| RODery of the Custom HOu Sc at
uontel9r. The custom house at
at Monterey (Calif ornia) was entered
on the 7th of Dec mber, and robb Jed
| of $4,000. A portion of the mon
ey belonging to Mr., Randall, tn col
lector, and the bad anee to the Gov
eminent. Five men have been or
rested on suspicion. T
Treasury notes outstanding Febru-
airy 1st, SlS9,S11 Ga.
The gold coinage in January at
| the Philadelphia nj lint, was S2,62p,-
9G6 mostly of dou bile eagles; silv er
coinage 76,950;cp upper S2,705,l 3
40. The total gold deposit in Jan D.
airy was S5,0O0,00D, of which ST.
100000 was from California. The
coinage of gold has been greatly d.
unfinished, in consequence of suspeh-
sion of refining operations from the
3Oth of December to the Goth of JAN
uary, partly to enable the melter al I'D
refner to settle his account, and part
ly to enlarge the capacity Of the
mint.
THE New York MINI Tile
bill to establish a Mint lat New
York has failed in the House Of
Representatives, and the New York
papers entertain little hope of IFS
reSuScltatiOn.
Gen. Houston recently stated inIa
public lecture that 10000 emigrants
entered the state Of Texas, acrosstHe
Sabine in the course of last year,
and that during the present year tile
number would be doubled.
On the 9th january the q. s..
Treasurer had subject to draft S12s-I
109.564 50, of which S1,436,34l %
was in the Boston sqb-traasury, $751;
410,131 40 i1 that of New York,
and S4,7111j0 in the mint at Phil
A transfer of S1OepOp
was ordered from Boston. |
DARK FOG IN AMsTERDAM.-A let |
ter from Amsterdam, Holland, states |
that on the 22d of December SD |
thick fog enveloped that capitol
that it was impossible to see yard
ahead. The police Immediately set I
to work and tied ropes from tree tb
tree along the quays, and from dis
lance to distance in the principal
streets, and barrels smeared With
pitch were set ON fire in many places,
10 throw dght to some little dis
lance. In the evening the gas-lights
we're found to be offlittle service, and /
he inhabitants were called on to put
candles in their windows. Notwith- |.
standing all the precautions taken, I
several accidents occurred. /
From aniestimate recently made.
t appears that the corporation ofthe
:ity of New York owns real estate
worth SIS, 505,310 OS.
A Pork TRANsACTIoN.-Mr. John
'igerson and E. Mathews, pork deal
rs of this, city, sold yesterday, III
me lot and 70 one party, five hundred
'arrels Of Nj. 0. and fourteen thou
and five hundred barrels of mess
'ork; the NJ @. at 81 25-the I
ness at So, payable in six months, t
ills upon New York. The sale |
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