Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-10-14
A Man Buried ALue-An Irish

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man who died suddenly on the rail-
road, was buried at Wheeling on
Tuesday. Those who attended the
funeral, after lowering the coffin into
the grave, returned to their homes,
leaving a man to ill up the grave
1t appears that after throwing in a
few shovels full of earthhe was alarmed
by a singular noise as of kicking and
struggling in the coffin, SO that he ran
away. Coming up with Mr. Fitzim-
mons he told what he had heard, and
10th Immediately returned, raised
and opened the coffin, and found the
man turned on his face and his per-
son warm. The Gazette says that
if the coffin had been opened when
the commotion was first heard, the
man might have been saved, and that
he died solely from suflocation.
Real Estate in the vicinity of New
York is commanding a very high
price. Sales OF land have taken place
within few days, at Staten Island
at 81 500 an acre, and off tie sea
shore, at $1,000, $1,000, $500,
$500 and $3.50 in many parts Of the
Island. An acre, Cedar Grove, the
lease of which expires next month, is
offered for SALE There ate 20 acres
of land there.
1t is said tina, the United States
have lately acquired from tie Sioux
Indians tract of land 500 miles
long by l40 broad, making ll2,000
square miles, or more than twice
as much as the whole Of New Eng
land.
Death of the Duke Of Wellington.
1t will be percer ed from our
foreign adyices, received by the
! Canada, TO be found in our lele
graphic column this morning, tina.
the great warrior of EUROPE, Ar
thur Wellesley, Duke of Yelling
ton, is no more. Apoplexy has
done that which the bullets of the
enemy failed to effect, and the vic,
tor of hundred battles, on whom
honors were showered with an un
sparing hand, is now content with a
tomb. ''Death alone" as the great
Roman Satirist truly observed, ''ma-
keith appear how small the little
bodies of men really are The
Duke of Wellington was the fourth
son of the second Earl OF Morning
ton. and was born at Dangan Gas.
tie, in the Comfy Of Wealth, ireland,
on the l<t of May, 1869, cousc-
quently at the time Of bis death he
was in his S4ih year lie is snc-
ceeded in his vast estates and title
by his eldest son, the Marquis of
Douro.
A short time ago, two little boys
were 1sing a kite in Glasgow
Green, Edingburgb, Scotland The
kite had obtained very considera-
bic elevation. when vivid flash Of
the electric fluid struck it, and in
the twinkIing of an eye, The kite,
tail, and paper appended thereto,
and the greater part Of the twine,
" ere consumed, leaving the poor
little fellows staring in utter amaze
ment at the Disappearance Of their
favOrite.
There are in Virginia, 500 BaP-
list churches, 5000 members, and
5l3 ministers. The Rev John
Clay, the father OF Henry Clay, was
a Baptist preacher, and resident
of Hanover county.
The present force in ireland is
larger than it has been for the pre-
vlous six months, amounting 10 up
wards OF $4,000 men
TIE rag they Erecgtte Criminals IN
China.-A correspondent gives an
account Of the execution of fifty-three
criminals at Canton on the Ist of
May. After describing the prepara-
ton, he says they we're all made to
kneel in row, and executioners, with
sharp and heavy swords, commenced
chopping the heads off with very lit
tie ceremony, using both harda and
never giving more than one blow,
man attending behind holding the
arms up, causing the neck to be in q
proper position. When the head
rolled in the mud, this party gave
the body push or a kick to throw
it on the ground from the kneeling
position. Fresh swords we're used
after every three or four cuts we're
made, and the whole affair could not
have lasted more than two minutes.