Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-03-18
Items of News.

CLERGYnEN DIsQUALIPI ED.-The
Committee in the Virginia Constitu-
tienal Convention, to whom the sub
.ject of the qualification Of members
of the State Assembly was referred,
have reported a clause which disqual-
iGes ministers Of the gospel aud
priests of every denomination from
holding seats.
The London Times says that, Eat
the end of the next half century,
the Americans, Il aying population
of one hundred and ninety millions,
will make smallfWork with the Cana
das and the West Indies. There
cannot be doubt that if the Union
lasts that time, the Unite States
will be the greatest nation the world
ever saw"
An HONEST OBITUARY.-A western
paper, announcing the death Of res
ident of the county, says; " He came
to his death by too frequently nib
bling at the essence Of the still-worm,
which soon placed him in a non-trav-
cling condition. He lay out the
night previous 70 his death, near a
cotton gin in this place, and was found
too late on the following morning for
medical aid to be of much impor-
lance in staying his breath. He had
been a regular tippler for the last
half century" =.
A MONEY CRIsIs.-There has been
pamphlet recently published from
the pen of the Hon. Samuel d. Ing
ham, formerly Secretary of the Treasu-
| ny under General Jackson in which
he predicts crisis In our monetary
syst TEN, arising from the change Of
relative values as between gold and
silv er, Mr.. Ingham recommends the
coinage of a limited amount Of small
silver coins lighter than those now in
use, which would protect them from
expectation and their use III the arts
and likewise prevent the eyilof the
circulation Of small deprecated for
eign coins and small paper money.
SLAVE TRADE AT HAvANA-We
learn from letter to the New York
Tribune, dated Havana, February 10.
THAT at the close Of tho previous
week six hundred and ten newly ar
rived African slaves we're landed east
of Cardenas. They were sold at the
rate Of thirty ounces each, realizing
an aggregate sum Of $4,000 ounces,
or $3ll, 100.
CHEAP POSTAGE. -Barnaba Bates,
who is backed by sufficient amount
of capital, has memoralized Congress,
offering to carry all the lette rs, papers,
&c. on the Post routes in the United
States, for ten years, at uniform
rate Of two cents for every half ounce
and fraction of an ounce, prepaid,
and papers for half the rate now
charged; and he and his associates of
fer to pay the United States one NIL
lion of dollars for the contraet-to
to pay 100000 at the end of each
year land yet Congress hesitatcs
about reducing the rate of postage
representative Mirror says a
gentleman just returned from San
Francisco, says that he would rather
be hanged in New York, than die a
natural death in California.
Fagtipes LcaeTag-We learn that
within a few days past, quite a num-
Der Of fugitive slaves, who lived in
Bos ton since their escape, some two
years or more, and others for short
er period, have left that city. The
nur nber is stated by some as high as
one hundred.
Cardinals for tic United ,Slates.-
Cardinal Antinelli, the minister of
the Pope, it is said, proposes to Gre
ate three cardinals in this country,
two of whom will probably be Arch
bishop Hughes and Archbishop
Eccleston, of Baltimore.
COL Benton.-Mr. John G. Riyes,
in his reply to the runlor that
himself and +. p. Blair, are about to
start a Benton papar says, "While
the correspondent of the Express
assumes to tell the public l was ma
king preparations to support Col
Benton, / had it from his own lips
that he wouM nod be q candidate for
the Presidency"
AsHwooD SEMINARY BURNED.-I
The American yesterday r eceived
the following despatch from Gen.
Pillow The loss is q serionS one.