Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-07-29
Items of News.

The following account OF the cart b
quake shock felt at New Madrid Of
The ID:
an E~tAquaks.--Yesterday (Wea
nesday) this place was VISITED by
good old fashioned earthq1ake. H.
The shock continued longer alHid
was more severethan any lett iJ.'
several years. A rumbling noise in
the earth, resembling the sound Of
thunder, preceded and followed
the shock. Our contemporaries
may boast of their tornadoes, hail
storms and overflows, but when
they come to earthquakes, they are
no 'Ew har." We expect TO get one
up one Of these days, after the style
of lSl17l2, when we will slow
them that "some things can be done
as well as others"
Sincellhe above was written; we
learn by gentleman living in the
vicinity, that the earth opened III
several places near West Lake,
and that an opening several yards ia
length, occurred in'the yard Of MIR.
VIM. Connolly, about eleven miles
from this place. 1t also opened
near the residence of Mr.. Silas Bea-
vers, about six miles from here and
sand and alter, our informant saws,
was thrown to the height of forty
or fifty feet. This is the first time
that the earth has opened, or that a
"bIow" has occurred siLce the great
earthqua Ike Of 1912.
CALF oRNIA FUGITIVE SLAVE
LAw-We learn from our cores
pondent that fugitive slave law
has passed the house, with a fine
prospect Of going through the Sen
ate which provides that any person
who may bring slaves into the State
in good faith may be permitted
TO send them back in specified time,
and il makes it the duty Of sheriff.
and other officers to aid in the exc
Icution of tie law. The provisions
Of the act embrace all those who
carried slaves into the State preyl-
Gus to its admission iuto the Union.
I-MempAis AFpc&
The last Memphis Eagle gives
the following gloomy account Of the
condition OF the crops in West Ten
nessce, &c:
The DrougH andMe Crops We
have just returned from visit to
the interior, and during our abb
sence have heard more complaint
in regard TO all the growing crops
than il has ever been our fortune
to listen to before. The drought
has now lasted more than two
months, in all the surrounding couu-
ties of North Mississippi, West
Tennessee apd Arkansas. In eve
rY direction, as far as we could
hear from, the corn crop is in a man
ner utterly cut off, and the cotton
crop ha S been SO much injured as
TO preclude the possibility of n orc
than tw o. thirds of an average crop
If it does not rain within the
week, more than half crop cannot
be mad c. We were assured on all
hands hat the prospects for both
crops: at this season, was never
known TO be SO gloomy before
The Columbus, Ohio, Journal
states tllat the wheat crop of that
State is VERY large, and that the
greater portion Of it has been Sc
cured in good conditions; and that
although the corn crop is not adj.
vanced as far as usual, it neyerthe-
less pro misses to be good enc.
GRA ssuoPPERs.-The Washing
ton, Pa, Reporter is TO ID by farmers
from va rious parts of that country
that Young grasshopper are becom-
ing alar mingly numerous, In some
parts OF Ohio, they have never been
SO numerous, and they are literally
eating up the meadows and oat
fields IN some sections.
The Baltimore Patriot of the
18th, contains the following inior-
nation fra m Virginia as to the pros
poets of the tobacco crop.
The Winchester Republic says,
the pros pd cts for crop Of tobacco
in this State is much worse than
last year. Few planters have any
thing like plants enough to reset.
Many crops have been planted over,
and many of the plants are very
small. Aplanter OF Charlotte coun-
ty says it IS impossible TO expect q
full crop. This will keep Tobacco o