Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-06-24

subscribed TO the Cotton Factory,
lis about $4,000. We are salts
flied that a moderate degree Of OK
ertion on The part of those inter
ested, would in a short time secure
the whole amount, And thea ou!d
dawn a new era in the history Of
dlarksville e IarkspMeJ6trsQaiar.
FLooD IN.TnE UPPER MIssIssIP-
Pr The St. Louis Times Of the 9th
in an article giving an account IF
the disastrous effects Of the flood
in the Upper Mississippi and its
! tributaries, says:
We had considerable converse
lion yesterday with steamboat off
GERS, relative 10 the effects of the
flood, ON the settlements bordering
Oh the upper streams, and all con
cur in the opinion that the damage
is immense. Thousands Of farms
are entirely under water, and their
improvements and stock SWEEP.
away-an amount Of loss, to repair
which will require the labor Of
years. the steam-boating inter
ests already afford a realization OF
the injury,to some extent Freights
are scarce, and boats arriving
bring light cargoes only. No one
has any thing to ship-ihe flood
has submerged or carried all away
EARTHQUAKE AT MEMPHIS
The Enquirer Of the 9Th has the
following paragraphs:
THAT EARTHoUAKE:-Did any
body shake except with the ague,
last Saturday? We confess that
we for one did not hear or feel any
trembling of old mother earth, but
some Of our citizens with more
sensitivencs assert confidently that
there was the "merest taste in
life" of an earthquake here last Sat
urday. As no evil consequencere
suited, however, we only record The
fact tina: this part OF the planet had
a fever fit on the day and date an
nounced.
EmANcIPATIoN OF SLAvEs.-A
provision has been adopted by the
Virginia Reform Convention, in
Committee Of The Whole. prohibi-
ting the Legislature of The Stale
from passing any law for the eman
cipation Of slaves,
Governor Dinsmore. of New
Hampshire, in bis message says the
State debt at the commencement
Of the fiscal year was S29,997-
At the close Of the year, IT will be
not far from $4,000, an increase
within the year of about $4,000.
Lynch lar in. FlOrfda--We learn
from Jacksonville, Fla, that man
named Harden, and also colorod
man, were executed by lynch law
at Milton, in that State, on the 30lh
ult, for numbering a man named
Smith. They were apprehe nded
soon after the commission Of the
crime, and Immediately hung by the
populace.
| Panama Razrocd-The supcrin-
tendentof that road writes that it
is completed from Navy Bay tc Cat
toon, (en miles, with the exception +
OF one and a half miles to be bullt on
piles, and will be finished in june
KENTUCKY ELEcTIoNs-The re- !.
turns show the election of the FOL
lowing Circuit Judges 4
District /, Rufus K. Williams; q
Henry ]. Suites; 3, Jea Sc w. Kim
cheloc;'4, Ashur w. Graham; 5,
Zacbarial Wheat; 6, William ].
Bullock; :, John l.. Bridges; 8,
James Pryor; o, Walker Reid; 10,
James w. More; III, w. c. Good
loo; IL, Green Adams.
CommonmeaJih's Attorney.-- The /
Teturns show the election of the fol-
Towing persons to the Office Of Com !
monweallh's Attorney.
District |, Oscar Turner; 2, T.
Towles; 8, Alfred Allen; 4, Frank
lin G. Harvey; 5, E. b. Gather; 6,
Nathaniel Wolfe; 7, p. B. Thomp
son; s, r. B. Carpenter; 9, Richard
IL. Hanson; 10, b. d. Lacy; IL,
Stephen holland; IL, Granville
Pearl
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