Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-09-23
A Washington letter in the

A Washington letter in the n.
7. Tribune says:
There is a rumor. here that the
Consul at Havana effected mach
for the men that were shot, through
third persons, whose peculiar posi-
ton enabled tlrefn to do what the
Consul could no, have done. The
prejudice naturally existing against |
him as Southern man, Ia GeOfgi-
am crippled any effort he might
make.
r Bounty Land Cases-There were
S,452 bounty land cases reported
upon in the Third Auditors office
during the month of August. The 1
Pension Office has issued IN all
since January last about 10000
land warrants. under the act Of
September, 1850. The Natidnsl
InselIigencer says numerous ella inns
for arrearages of pay in the va Of
1912 have arisen since she passage
of the bounty land act; and Although
not one in fifty is allowable, still the
labor Of Investigation is necessarily
very heavy.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 13.
! We have accounts from Havana
10 the 7lh inst. These acco puts
state that the Spanish Consul il In.
! terestipg himself in the comic It Of
/ the 4 herican prisoners, and the
American citizens are contributing
| lfberally for the same purpos e.
'Fhe American Consul refuses in-
terferi4g in their behalf.
The cotton crop in Rutherford,
we LEARN from reliable sources will
average from 800 TO 800 poun rs to
tie acfe. In some sections of the
country. the corn is remark ably
fine. In others it is rot very dbun-
dant; but upon The whole il is huch
better than last year.-Ma15r4es5e-
drO' Telegraph,
! PoH 1.-The probability, fro m all
that " e can learn from our ex-
changes, is that Pork will rule high
this Till The Western ma kcls
Twill probably open at about four
cents.
h LEYEEISG OF ARKANSAS SWAMP
LANDS The Commissioners, APP
pointed under the Arkansas law,
proceeded yesterday 10 let out con-
tracts for Ieveeing the Nlissif siPri
Opposite this city, and up and down
the riy err nearly the entire ltngth
of Crittenden county. Many Of
our most enterprising citizens were
pr esent and some of them took co.'s
ltracls. --Memphis Eqgle, LII. z
The cotton crop in many por~
tons Of Texas has been CT Itirely
destroyed by the worm / , the
neighborhood of Victoria it i esli-
mated that destruction will n pt fall
short Of forty thousa nd dollars
worth. In portions wi ere Il e sea-
son has been dry the cotton is a.
most destroyed by the dronth, and
where it has been wet it is dest royedI
by the worm. The co ton c fop 10
Texas will fall far short of what
was expected.
! The Memphis Eagle says:
i II is rumnred that Col. Jefferson
Davis is to take the place of Gen
eraI Quitman. as the candidate of
the States Rights Party Of Nissis>
sippi for Governor.
Famine in Alabama.-The Mays
] vile Eagle publishes letter from
Pickens county, Ala, which states
THAT there is famine IN that part OF
the county this year, and bat pub
lie meeting had been held at which
lit was resolved TO levy tax tobuY.
corn from a distance, aud sell il 10.
those who are able 10 pay Ior it.,
and give it to those who arc not.
! A Havana correspondent Pf the
New Orleans P5eeyuns sayf that
1.-The bodies Of Crittenden an4 Kerr
were buried With all the others,
and as il is impossible to rec9gnize
them, it is not Likely an attempt ~ i'll
be made to take them to New Or
leans.
I Something Rcnorkatle-A friend
of ours, says The Louisville Courier,
/ "a short time since met two id Jivil-
Il ed IL