Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-07-08

Ooi1ON DLOOAlS were eXlDlteu III
Benton county, on the 10th inst
we heard of some being plucked in
this county on the 21st.-HantsmHs |
4AdUocate.
| Methodist Church Subtitle New
York Commercial says-4We learn
from the Christian Advocate and
Journal that the book agents of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, acting
upon the suggestion of the Court in
the late trial respecting the church
Property, have proposed to the COM
missiOners Of the Church South, @an
adjustment of their preferred claims
by legal arbitration under the au-
thority Of the Court We are glad
to learn this, and trust the South
will, with equal promptitude and
cheerfulness, meet the proposal "a
ivorably.
Counterfeit gold dollars are in cir
culation in considerable numbers in.
Cincinnati.
The Attorney General has deci-
ded that members Of Congress have
the ranking privilege during the
whole time for which they may be
elected. :
The actual majority in favor OF
the adoption Of the new constitu,
ton of Maryland is I0.4IS, official
returns having been received from
all the counties in the State.
The Illinois State Register, the
Heading Democratic paper in that
State. and the Shawneetown Adyo-
cate, come out strongly in favor Of
the nomination of Judge Douglas,
of Iii, for President.
RHODE IsLAND.-The General
Assembly Of Rhode Island adj
ljourned on Saturday last after a
session Of four days and q half. A
large amount of business was trans
| acted, as we learn from the Provi-
dence Journal. Among other acts
passed was one TO reorganize the
school system; and a secret ballot
Jaw similar to that enacted by the
last Massachusetts Legislature.
We heard Of a sale of III bales
of Mastadon Cotton yesterday, at
IL cents. It was the crop of DR..
Bourne, OF Ebert county, Ga, and
was sold by Messrs F. 4. Willis &
-Saeamuah Geo. RepuJ Acan.
THE CRoPs.- The wheat crop in
this vicinity, is nearly all harvested.
The yield is very large-better than
| it has been for several years past.
Corn, oats, and hay promise most
abundant crops. = Tineenaes (Lad.)
Gazette.
The last San Francisco papers no
tice the arrival there tf over two
hundred Chinese, and one thousand
more were on their way to CaIilor-
mia, attracted by the success oftheir
countrymen who had returned, and
by their glowing representation Of
the richness of the mines. The
greatestexcitementpreyale led among
the Celestials in consequence OF
these reports.
The cat Trade in Cdforna.--
The San Francisco correspondent
of the Journal of Commerce, under
date of April lst, says 1.-The
steamer Ohio, on her last trip from
San Diego brought into port an i'm
portaiion of cats, 90 in number
They cost at the place Of embark
alton about 40 cents head, and
sell here from ten to twenty dollars
cash, according to size, sex, and
general condition. A few passen-
gers on board The steamer told me
that they had very musical time of
it.
. The TIDE CHANGING The
louisville Courier says "The tab
ular statements accompanying De
Bows Commercial Review, for
May, show that, for the last three
years, the exports Of cotton have
diminished from the port iof New
Orleans more than twelve per cent.
and have increased from the port .
Charleston nearly Is per cent
The increase at Charleston, and de-
crease at New Orleans, was largest
in the year 1850, after the ope ming
81 the railway 20 Chattanooga, evil
lently showing the capacity Of rail
ways to draw the heavy trade from
he irregular navigation of the
rivers Of the West. The
'esults will be, probably, equallysig-
lificant when the large tributaries