Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-02-25
BULK Pork FOR NASHVILLE

We saw Yesterday, going on board
: the West Newton, for Nashville,
! 30, 900 pounds Of bulk pork. Five
years ago, any man TO have enter
tanned for moment the idea of
shipping pork 10 Tennessee-:hat
land logs and hominy-wouldhave
been looked upon as deficient in in
tellect. This is another evidence
of the consumptiye demand for
: provisions of every description
throughout the country. Specula-
tors are taking advantage of tie
city, and even at the present
early day there are but few desira-
Eble lots in first hands.-,@ Louis
Y Int. IIh.
The value Of the dry goods i'm
ported at New York during the
month of January, was $780,
l0S being more by two millions of
dollars thanthe corresponding month
last year. H
/ On Wednesday, the 9Th inst, the
Virginia House of Delegates passed
a bill authorizing subscription on
the part of the State of two-ffths of
the stock of the Manassas Gap Rail
road Company.
The heirs of an ehgineerwho Was
recently killed near New Orleans, BY
the explosion of a locomotive under
his charge on the Carrollton Railroad.
brought suit againstithe Company for
damages. The case was tried at New
Orleans last week, and the Court de-
eided that the action could not be
mai ntained. It~was shown on the
trial, that the deceased was aware Of
the dangerous and unsafe condition
iof the locomotive, and that he vas
commit ting wrong on the public by
running it at the time of his death.
A lady who undertook to- give a
prize concert in Covington, Ky, was
taken in dtnauee vize by the authori-
ties of that place, and kept in jail
until the time advertised for the con
cert had passed. The sapient faith
ers of that city conceived prize con-
certs to be sort of gambling, and
resolved to give it its quietus
Gpaes--A company of these
strange wanderers visited Northeast,
Cecil county, Maryland, last week.
They travelled in wagons, ard lodge
in them at night, Notwithstanding
the severity of the weather. They
came from England, and have been in )
this country about three months.
They conyersed in English, but that
an unintelligible jargon among them
selves. They relieved the good peo-
pie of Northeast of much of their
small change by fortun telIing. :
ILLINOIS AND TIE Coupro,usE.-
The resolutions offered by Mr.. Ed
wards, of Sangamon, on the subject
of slavery, passed the House of Rep
resentatiNes on the ODD ultimo. after
a short debate In favor ofthe Com
promise measures the vote stood
ayes Sc. lnoes IA For rascindin,e
the Wilihot proviso resolutions
ayes 80, hoes -.
For tho " eek ending Feb /, there
were EXPEDITED from New York $685.
Apo in silver specie, total this year
81 ,296,291. There's where the sill
yer goes.
The ANNUAL report of the State
engineer and surveyor of New York
has just been issued 1t states that
the whole number of miles Of rail
road in operation on the 3Oth Sep
last was 1883 81, in the
course of construction 4S4 81;
Into use from January / to
Sept. 20,202; cost of construction of
these 202 miles, SS,266,44S fl.
Total expenditure for railroads in the
State to Sept. 80, 1880, S6O,769,-
797 OIL.
The Ohio Lawyers in the Legisla-
Lure want a printing establishment
set up il the penitentiary. The
printers have held meeting, and
accommodated a lawschOolalso. This
S fair bit! But we opine that
press would do more goed to
he conyicts than legal school,
which might sharpen thewits of those +
Who have already outwitted others.
a New Haven paper reports that
me hundred American gentlemen
lave subscribed $4,000, andF en-
gagged a first class vessel, for a trip
o the Worlds Fair at London.
During their stay there, they in
end to make their home on board