Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-05-06

Five hundred murders, it is sta
tied, have been committed in Cali
fornia, and yet not a single murder
er has been regularly sentenced TO
DEATH
A Model Baak.-We are inform.
ed that Saving Institution in Rich
moud, Ya.,-a regular bank of dis
count and depos (which has been
in existence more than twenty
years, has not, during that time,
lost a cent. IF this is really the
case, we should like to know some
thing of its history and how il was
managed.
Too much of q good Mingt-T The
Canadians are getting quite tired of.
receiving fugitive slaves. They do
not regard them as the best kind Of
emigrants, and are meditating meas
ures to close doors.
Host Singular Cas-. in the par
tish of Llanfihangel, Wales, a young
servant girl, near her confinement,
opened her side with pair Of scis-
sors, and delivered herself Of full
grown infant. She was detected
in the act of stitching up the wound.
Medical aid was Immediately pro-
cured, but she died at the house Of
her parents, in a few days, from
modification.
/ The Cincinnati Commercial of
the 2lst inst, says that fifty thou-
sand dollars will be raised in that
city towards the erection Of the
great cathedral, in Washington, D.,
, c., by CATHOLICS.
The Grand Jury of Georgetown
District, South Carolina, have pre-
sented as a nuisance all transient
persons from the -slayeholding
States who enter the district in the
winter for the purpose of trading,
Establishing, and duck-shootins
'Fbe jury believe them to be inluri-
Gus to all classes Of The population
and solicit the intervention Of the
Legislature.
CHoLERA.-Despatches from N.
Orleans announce fifteen deaths
from Asiatic cholera in that city,
during the week ending last Satur-
day.
| Newspapers IN the Vonld-There
are 10 rf wspapers published in
Austria, II in Africa, d in SPAN,
20 in Portugal, 80 in Asia, IS in
Belgium, 50 in Denmark, 30 In
Russia and Poland, 300 in Prussia,
800 in other Germanic States, 500
in Great Britain and ireland, and.
1900 in heInited States.
The Montreal Courier says that
three Roman Catholic institutions,
in Lower Canada, possess a total
income larger than the whole Pro-
vincial income.
COTToN.-Accordingiio the New
Orleans Price Current OF. the 18th
inst, the total receipts Of cotton at
all the ports up to the latest dates
amount to l,960,976 bales, making
the increase as compared with same
date last year, 200,24 bales. The
decrease in the exports to the North
in l22, 500, 800 bales.
The London Times says, that
the actual increase of the revenue
of Great Britain for the year, as
compared with the receipts of the
preceding year, is 9446,1l9, and
the amount of surplus revenue in
band at this time, after providing
for the charges on the Consolidated
Fund, and for the payment pi sup>
ply service in Great Britain is g.
1850
II is estimated that oneself hth Of
the population of New b edford,
Mass, come under the rnmedi>
ate supervision Of the polio au
thorilies. Last year one ii ousand
and sixiyfve persons were arrest.
ell in that city. Nearly half of
these were charged with drunken
ness. At the same time they have
a great horror of any law but the
"higher law"
The Cuban Expedition now on
foot is said to be headed by Gen.
Mirabeau B. Lamar, of Georgia,
and Senior Gonzales, of Havana.
1t is said, also, that Gov. Towns, Of
Georgia, is identified with the en-
terprise, which has for its object
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