Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-23
Items Of News.

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Aug. 9th, published in the Charles
ton Courier, of the 9Th inst, esti-
mates the loss of the Spanish
troops 10 their eneo unters with Lo-
PEI, at 1900.
The Emperor Of China has IS
sued a decree, by which the free
exercise Of the Chr istian religion is
permitted throusho nt the -N hole -ex-
tent of the Chinese Empire
This movement is ascribed to the
circumstance that the Emperor
was educated by d Christian lady,
in whom his father had great conf
dence. This is D OF to be sure, "a
Geographic despat eh,' but we do
not vouch for its correctness.
The SPANISH CoNsUL.-T't1e
New Orleans Or escent says: Il
seems that This gehrlemeh reported
at Havana that he would have been
mobbed in New Orleans, had he res
manned here. Iiis fears magnified
the danger. His person was en-
tirely safe, and bis office would not
have been touched, had be prompt
iIy surrendered the lelter RS he held
| for the relations o + the i cad. His
closing his consul ts wa a foolish
act, entirely uncalled fof, and cal
culated to enbarrass the relations
between Spain and the Union.
I ALLIANCE BETWEEN AUsTELA AND THE
UNITED STATEs.-The Philadelphia
Bulletin understa1 ids that the Chew
lalier Hulsemann, minister from Aus
ltria, will shortly dad to the hymen-
ial altar, a lovely ind accomplished
4 American lady from the sunny South.
\ We have not he bird whether MIR.
Il Webster has been consulted in re-
lgard to this arrang Pment.
Il 'DIscovGRED m TME.--An at
tempt was made on Monday, BY
one of the prisond rs in I e Peailen-
tiary, to fire the building. A coal
4 of fire, enveloped in some combus-
I iible matter. was inserted near the
roof on the outside of the building
! and when discov cred, had burned
! about fifty shingIks rs. ID was easily
h exiinsuished, and .he damage soon
repaired. With the present able
managome Mt at that Institution
! such attempts are very foolish, anC
are certain to bring a severe pad
dling'upon the perpetrators.
Wig
4 A man named Pharaoh recently
} HING in Pennsylvania for murder
addressed his father, who wa:
standing near the IgalloMI 5, as follow.
Father, you k now J gu have no
acted good part towards me; yol
: have never affor led me good ex
ample TO follow, but permitted me
to grow up in ignorance and vice.
What terrible words are these L
be addressed to father, by a sol
: standing under the gibbet!
THE G RoPs.-Accopnts from 81
: directions, says the Atlanta (Ga.'
Intelligen GER. seem to concur il
showing that in consequence OF the
: late drought an unusually small cro[
) of corn ! will be made throughout
, the south. The. cottd n crop ha:
ais 10 suffer ed materially IN most d
1.-The southern states from the same
cause.
f. The Cincinnati Enquirer Of the
11th inst, says:
We gather from the papers that
on the first landing OF Lopez the
| CD plain G eneralof Cuba immediate
" sent 10 the Governor Of .Jamaici
loI aid in defending the Island, and
! tha t it was promptly granted. Thl:
we ihfer from the statement in tic
Kingston papers, and shall probably
learn hereafter The particulars.
i PROLIFIC CorToN.-We have on
our table d couple of specimens Of
tn Pomegranate prolific, or we would
term it, the Multi Boiled co ton
The specimens are upper segments
of the stalk, and contain in a cluster
I.10 bolls, as thickly studded as grapes
The stalk commonly sustains, we are
informed $50 bolIs. This variety
was obtained in Arkansas by oql
friend Col. A. P. Greene, Of the
firm of Siddall, Greene & Co., Of Ne v
OrIeans.-West Tenn. Wing.
/ Turning the Tide of Trau a.-A
tie number of the st. Louis Re.
publican contains a card signed b
Ii committee Of gentlemen On Ibebali