Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1851-08-05
Items of News.

The salary of the Cover nor Of
Virginia has been fixed al ) 5000,
land the convention have dtcHied
that the Lieutenant G6vernor shall
have no vote in the senate.
The workmen on The Ohio and
Pennsylvania rail road,near beaver.
recently found a petrliied snake
Embedded in solid limestone rock,
some sixty feet below the farib's
surface. Its size was ehorli Gus
sixteen feet in length, and IN he
middle at least four inches in GAM
eter. Ii is said TO be almost ak per-
feet in form and feature, as when
alive.
A correspondent Of The n. J.
Dry Goods Reporter. states hat
fourteen millions dollars worth ii
cigars are annually imported into
this country from Havana.
II is estimated that when The rail
roads now in process Of conslsuc
ton, about TO be undertaken. and
which will be completed in d few
years, shall be all i'll operation, the
trip may be made between ST. Lou
is and Boston in foriy-six hours
between ST. Louis and Washington
city in forty-four hour s..-and be-
tween St Louis, Phila deIphla aud
Baltimore in forty-iwo hours.
COUNTERFEIT Cols.-Goli dol
lars, quarter aad halt eagles, so
closely resembling the genuine, as
TO deceive the best judges Of coin,
are being uttered in the different
towns and cities. in the east, and
will be likely 70 find their way here.
in the various operations of trade
1t will be well therefore, for our
business men TO be on The ALERT
Banner.
SOLDIER WARKASTs.+Tlhe
following paragraph lromthe New
York Herald gir es some idea how
the sbrewd spe tulaiofs at wash
ington manage t9Iget out land W ar
rants in az, anceI6f thousands who
may be waiting there on expenses
/ for warrants to settle upon:
| Any man wis hing TO get out q
wiarran: and p tent witk0at dcikY,
can, by making present Of ten
dollars IN each pt the two Offices
fabovc named, step before twenty
or thirty thousand warrants which
have been for long time OH file,
waiting their turh, and CONG into
market suaicien Ily ID adsabce to
command high price. Spfcula-
TORS who are SO c pniinualIy engaged
in l0GSing M G laimants, bhy up
claims for about $40 cash. nv p3,-
ling $40 for hurrymg the certificates
through the La hd. Office, and as
much more for i urry ing the Wbr
rant through I'll e Pension Office,
imaking so, which added 10 lho
first cost, makes total Of s90-
and the market price here is $3.50
each, giving pr ftof $50 On each
y arrani- The SPECTATOR has thus
almost the monopoly of the market.
The New fotk Tribune df the
Eth inst says: We Itarn ihht tie
negotiations, cOu sequent uP0h tie
earnest recomIh endation Of tic
Court, for an amicablc settlement
Iof the unfortunate dispute brrne cen
the two branches Of the AletIiodi>t
Episcopal Church, have tailed, the
South making it prerequisite that
the justice of her claim 81. III lie
admitted. and the North rclIsing 10
make any such acknowledgement.
/ GREA b LAND SALs-Thfee mir
lions five hundred iIoHsand acres
OF the Public lands viii be offered :
for sale 4t ST. Croix, Wlscon Sill. du-
ring thd month Of august. This
will be the largest sale of public
land evI er made. TIE land lies
principa y along the ST. Croi k river
TIE belle. II is pleasing to
learn that amid all The diStnfbaIfces
in Franc there is growing de-
mand lot the scriptures. Ordinary
book-scl Iers find call for them,
and sell not less than 600 copies
@ %haPs , i By F'h' s 5Ds
APor Eelain Ma nufactoryis aboD
To he est bblished Jpn Stockton, Ddli-
fornia, y the Chinese. 1he (fitld
spar ii Which This beautiful ware IS
n ado isIfdund i'm largel masses I'm