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

ment, 1t IS stated, has been IN this
country for some time, selecting a
large qaantity Of pitch-pine plank,
liiabers, spars, masts, &C., for the
use Of the government arsenals and
ship yards at Cadiz. This is tao
it acknowledgement of the superb
ority of American timber. A large
quantity of pitc.-pine has been Sc
lected for cannon-mountings, the
American pine being considered IN
equalled for that purposeI-N +.
Express.
The Springfield Intelligencer
says--The Turnpike from this
place to Nashville is progressing
finely, and all that is to be done
now, TO make it a complete Turn>,
pike Road, is finishing; and that
will be done in short time by the
energetic Contractors concerned.
i The price of bread in Paris is
fixed the lst and Ilth Of every
month by the police; at last account
it was selling at the rate of two
and a half cents per pound.
4 Nearly a hundred fugitive slaves.
after a long residence in Boston,
have, since the extradition Of Sims,
, fled for safety to Canada. Even
, they can now see that the law can
; be executed in Boston. Where
are all those brave and fiery heart
, ed abolitionists, who, a few weeks
} ago, held meetings in Boston, pro-
claimed that the la " could not and
should not be executed there. and
; boastfillly invited all the fugitive
slaves in Massachusetts to come to
) Boston, pledging them full protec-
tion'
The three cent pieces are in cir
culation-and on the outer edge OF
} one side are the words s'United
J States Of America, 1851" and in
! the centre a six pointed star, with a
shield; on the other side are thirteen
: stars, with G and tie Roman char
i acters Ill within the letter. The
piece has the whiteness Of silver.
and is not miIled on the edge.
DoCroRs.-Five hundred and
, eight NJ. DIS have been made by the
Medical Colleges of Philadelphia
) since the commenc enent OF the year
, 1850.
, DR.. Ifawes, of Worcester, Mass
has invented a machine which turns
off in perfect state, $4,000 envel-
opes day.
There is factory in Birming-
!, ham, England, which, incredible as
it may seem, turns out six thousand
pins per minute.
GEORGIA Lumber appears to be
a valuable article of export. A
j ship has just been chartered there
to take 400, 900 feet to Cadiz. and
over million more have been OF
dered for the same destination.-
The supplies have hitherto been
derived from the Gulf.
Judge Hopkins, Of Alabama, de-
: clines the appointm ent of Commits
sioner to adjust California land
claims, to which he was appointed
by the President and confirmed by
the Senate.
The Boston Journal says: Fears
are expressed that the policy of re-
Ipudiation adopted by the Spanish
Government, which offers to pay
its creditors two shillings on a
pound will prove contagious. The
majority Of the Governments OF Eu-
rope will be forced, sooner or later,
to adopta similar policy.
1t is stated in letter from Rush
vile, Illinois, that a white man, who
was blacksmith by trade, and hay-
ling large family Of children, was
arrested lately on account OF in
veterate habits of intemperance,
and tried by jury as a vagrant. He
was convicted and the judge SEN
tenced him to be so ID at public auc-
Etion, for the term OF four months.
The sale actually took place.
A late arrival from Galveston
brings word that the Indians are
again at their work of plumber and
murder in the Valley Of the Rio
Grande. The planters along the
river are in the greatest alarm, the
Indians having killed or wounded a
party Of herdsmen near the river,
between Brownsville and Camp