Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-10-14

III vi N'fNAfA DOS"CHA W.
bricklayers came off at Columbus
last Wednesday, on a wager of
. 800. The competitors were Fl.
, w. Lewis, of Cincinnati, and Ed-~
! win Hall Of Columbus. The lat
, ter gave sp after work. ne two
hours and a half, in which time Id
laid two thousand three hundred
!, and sixty brick, while Lewis had
laid two thousand five hundred
and Itwenty-beating his compet-
titor one hundred and sixty brick.
rr-MaysUiAe Post Bog.
i The frien ds of Mr.. Webster in
] Sfassachnse tts, it is said, propose
to hold convention some time in
!, November for the purpose Of pla-
cling his name prominently before
\ the country dis a eandidare for tho
Presidency.
The Ne W York city tax this
year is nea rly SB,OO0,0O0. The
appropriation for the Aims Hodsd-
is nearly 100000, and for policef
upwards Of s500,OOoe
I FRosT I've understand THAI
there was considerable frost in Tho
upper cos1try, on the night of the
28th. Not sufficient, however, to
injure the cotton crops. TIE crops
in the mid dle portions of tile State
are reprdsfIitedas being quite I'M
promising.- -SarqnnGd i9eI.
| r. J. Walker, late Secretary CT
the Treasury went out to Europe in
the steamer Atlantic. His errand
is to obtain a loan of Sl6,DOo,0O6
for the construction of the IiIinolsI
Central Railroad.
! Petty Tyranny of Ausfr4a-T'he
Countess blanca Telki Has Just
been sentenced by enc of. the Aus
ian TRIBUNALS, for political Of
fence, to Digit years iIhprlson-
m ent in a dungeon. THUS, neil
tlter sex, BEAUTY nor rank escapes
1.-THE revengsof petty tyranny. E
/ The LATE FRosT.-A friell ID writes
Us from Dickson county, that tho
late frost on the nights of the 27th
Ehnd 18th, done great damage to the
tobacco crop. The people Of Dick
Bon, we are informed, have just
turned theif attention to tho culture
of tobacco. The damage s sustained
is calculated to discourage them; but
We have noIdoubt that Dickson will
soon stand Us, one of the first tobacco
growing counties in the State, her
soil being well adapted to its culture.
l-NaSAg7He Jmon, 3d.
New York, Oct 7.
| Accounts have been receiV ted from
| Brownsville, Texas, up to the 1st
| il st. The substance Of previous ac-
counts Of hostilities confirmed. The
revolutionists are now quiet. NJ
advance had been made from Camay-
go. Gen. Arales is certifying Matamos-
as. He has only 800 men iot tie de-
fence of that city. The women and
children were leaving for Brownsville,
and every preparation being made
I for a vigorous defence if attacked.
General Ar;lles now proposes to take
OFF some exactions on commerce.
CoNMoDoRE PARKER At HAVANA
A letter from Havana to the New
Orleans Pitayune, announcing The
presence oil Commodore Parker says.
fSince his arrival, he has been en-
gagged in investigating the ci.fh..n-
stances connected with the ihhunan
hutchery of CrittenIen and'- his f9I.-
LYNNE companions, and TIE atruci-
ties perpetr4 ted upon their lilfles5
bodies by the Spanish Hopulaee
Here. l have been inforntd ehat
several gentlemen Of the highest re-
spectability have waited on Il be Com
modore, and related 10 him what tIaT.
saw themsel yes in the sfretts and
public places Of the town On tilci day
and night Of the execution !. Tac az
frmations Of these gentlemen morn
than bqar out all that has been rela-
ted by correspondents from here rel
atiye to the atrocities. The details
are Of too disgusting and in4ecel. q
nature to be related in tie public
prints, andto one WAC docs nj BIT know
the Spanish character, would seem
Ike monstrdus lictions.
The Tuscumbia Alabamiah Of the.
30th ult say 5;
The drought In th;s rerioh IS BIZ