Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-06-17
Items Of News.

TIE american QI HunudJ. ~
tried to get some additional infor-
nation on the subject yesterday
but were unable to do so:
! We learn that the Directors Of
the East Tennessee Bank have filed
bills against MIR. Fiske, the principal
Stakeholder in the bank, to prevent
him from casting the votes Of iadi
ylduals to whom he had transferred
stock. Mr. Fiske in turn filed bills
against the directory, and the result
is, the Bank is now in the hands Of
areceiver appointed by the Chan
cellor. The proper course to be
taken by those holding the notes OF
the bank we do not know.
GQrcrnor Of Ergima.-It is a sin
gular feature in the present consti-
tuition of Virginia, that the powers
OF the Governor cease the very mo-
ment he passes beyond the limits OF
the city Of Richmond; or, in the
language of the constitution, so
soon as be leaves the "seat Of Gov
eminent"
THE Cuban Sympathscrs of New
Orleans had a meeting recently for
''the purpose Of considering the
best means of celebrating the ia
king Of Cardenas. 1t was agreed
Ito hold a mass meeting, and 10 have
ia processio IN on Monday night of
last week, BY torch light, Tor the
purpose Of the celebration. The
meeting was well attended.
The Illinois Legislature, at its
last session, passed law authors
zing Geological Survey of the
State, and appropriated $4,000 to-
wards defraying the expense Of the
same.
During the week ending the 1st
inst, there were IS deaths at st.
Louis, Of which 81 were from chol
era. The latter were mostly new.
ly arrived emigrants.
The poultry Of the United States
is valued in the statistics at &c.,
000,000-the State Of New York
having over two million invested in
it. In the egg trade the city oi
New York expends nearly a mill
lion and half of dollars annually.
THE METHODIST CHURCH CASE
We find a Geographic. dispatch in the !
Baltimore Sun, under date of the eve
ming of the 50th, which says: at is
inferred that the decision of the
judge in this case will be in favor Of
the claimants" that is, of the Meth
odist Church South.-N Union.
The city of Louisville has sub
scribed ST, 100000 to the Louisville
and NashvilleFRailroad-half to be
paid by taxation, and bonds issued
for the other half.
We learn from the Maury Intelli>
gencer that the number of bales of
Cotton which have passed the first
toll gate on the Columbia road 10 I
Nashville from September 1, 1851,
to June |, 1851, is l4,l63. sThisl
cotton we. presume was mainly
grown in tho counties of Giles and |
Maury.
TIE FUGITIyE SLAVE LAW IN Mas
sAcHusErTs. The Senate Of Massa-
chusetts, on the 10th inst, passed
the following resolve on slavery byl
a vote of thirty-three yeas to five
nays. Of the five nays, two are said
to be wings and three democrats:
Reso10cd, That Massachusetts, pro-
tests against the Fugitive Slave
Law as hostile to the sentiments of
christianity and abhorrent to the
feelings Of the people of this Com
monwealth-that such law will
naturally fail to secure that support
in the heart and conscience of the
community, without which, any law
must sooner or later become dead
lie tier.
Death of q Distinguished Citizen
?f Mississippi Colonel Thomas II.
Williams, of Pontotoc, departed this
Life at his residence in that place on
the Sd inst. Col. w. has faithfully |
served the State in the Legislature,
in the Senate of the United States, /
IS Trustee and Treasurer Of the
State University, and IN other public
trusts.
INFAMOUS OUTRAGE--The Rev
johnson, officiating Epis
3opal minister at Tuscaloosa, Ala,
whilst on a recent visit to Lowndes
.onntv in that State Yvas vavlayedi