Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-04-08
Items Of News.
MEMPHIS, March 81.

lowI ing are the names of those killed.
VIM. Petit, of Quincy, ILL.,, Henry
Cook, of st LOUIS. S. Barker, L.
Bar er, NJ. Barker, Joseph Mcdonald,
Ono! A. Mcdonald, of Indiana; and
Mike McGurney. Scalded-AV. Stat
nord, of st Louis; Matilda Housley,
w. J. Mcdonald, Sr., w. Housely,
and an infant of Mrs. Barker, all of
Indiana; VIM. Blythe and VIM. Mag
room, hands; and the first engineer
scalded slightly. The cause of the
accident is unaccountable.
FELL DEAD On Tuesday night,
the dwelling Of Martin CARRIER, Ne ar
Eaton, O., was destroyed by fire To-
gether with its contents The fami-
ly were absent at wedding and the
origin of the fire is unknown. Whilst
conte mplating the smouldering ruins,
Mr.. J., a man of about fifty years Of
age, remarked there is all | am
worth, and fell down dead
Parker, whig member of Con-
gress from Indiana, has introduced
bill 10 give the fugitive slave a
trial by jury in the place where he
may be arrested. This, it is well
known, would be complete nqll,e
fication Of the law. 1t had Just as
well be repealed.
Attempts are being made TO put
the Maine Liquor Law through the
Virginia Legislature.
Capt. Nose McLellon, of the Tele-
graph No. ., has made over THREE
thousand runs to and from Cincin-
natl. He ought to know the riv er
pretty we'll.
Roses were in full bloom, at I'd w
Orleans, on the 10th ult.
Snow'is still five feet deep in the
woods above Mousehead lake, Me.
The total lumber of enigrants who
have arrivedin this country from
other nations, from 1910 to 1850, is
l,552,S
There has not been a couple di-
vorced in the State Of South Caro-
lima since the Revolutionary war.
Thirty years ago Mr. James
Amory, purchased a tract of land sit
uated between the Sixty-third and
Seventy-third streets, New York,
containing about sixty-three acres,
For this tract he Paid $780,
Within the past month this property
has been sold at auction, having been
divided into nearly 1000 lots, and
the purchase money amounts to a
Itrifle over 100000. Thus the orig
Iinal Investment has doubled every
sixty days for the past thirty years.
The Governor Of Texas, in conse-
quence of the low state Of the Treas
ury has directed the treasurer to Is
sue the United States bonds lately
received, to the amount Of one mil
lion.
At a recent conference of churches
in Groton, Mass, the bible used by
John Rogers, the martyr, and car
red by him to the stake, some of
the leaves Of which bear the marks
of the flames, was brought to the
meeting by descend amt of the mar
tyr.
AnOther Difficulty Nth Enqlmd.-
It's stated that grave misunder-
standing OF misinterpretation of the
Oregon Boundary treaty in relation
to British vessels navigating the wa
tiers under the United States juris-
dlctlon, within the boundaries and
along the coast of Oregon Territory,
IS the occasion of correspondence
which is just now going on between
Mr.. Webster and the British Minis
ter at Washington, MI. Champion.
New LIQUOR MoyEsE ENT.-We see
from the New York Herald that
paper is to be started in that city to
sustain the sale of ardent spirits, and
oppose all Legislation prohibitory of
it. 1t starts with capital of $780,
600, which will be increased to $780, |
900 if necessary. This is certainly I
a new feature in journalism. Every |
thing these days has its organs, and /
groceries are as much entitled to them t
as many little big man who has
)ne.
The Stage.-We find the following
Wait going the rounds of the news
papers. Mr.. Maeready must hold in
Il repute the profession to which he
las devoted the greater portion Of
lis DAYS.