Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-01-29
Items of News.

The official statement of the GEN.
sus of Oregon Territory, shows that
there are 2s74 dwellings, and exact
ly the same number of families, in
that territory; and that while the
white males number 8I42, the white
females only number 1915. The
colored males number l19, colored
females 81. Farms, 1854; manufae-
turing establishments 81. Total
population 1928, and deaths du-
ring the year II.
About 5000 miles of telegraph
are now in operation in the United
States a nd in another year there will
probably be 10000 miles.
The Pittsburg Chronicle states
that the number of coal-boats lost
since the first rise in the river this
season is ninety-two Averaging
these at 1900 bushels, we have a
total loss of 100000 bushels of coal
in this one season, and these are not
all the losses.
The total amount Of gold dust and
bullion exported from San Francisco,
from thu lst of January to the l4th
of August, was according to official
reports, SIS, S38,3O4.
The Hamburg News says it is in
formed, from Russia, tina. the whole
standing army of that country was to
be on q "war footing, in the fullest
sense Of the word" by the 18th Of
Noyemb Der.
The Washington Monument is now
over 102 feet high, and rapidly pro-
crossing. The structure will be 500
feet high when completed-the high
est monument in the world. 1t viii
: cost about million Of dollars, to be
raised by voluntary contributions
from the countrymen Of Washington.
Within the past few days we have
been shown several counterfeit $40
notes on the Bank of Louisville.
One now before us is dated 1st March,
l849, letter B. No. 1706. In the
| centre is a female figure resting on
some boxes or bales, and on the left
end is a head of Washington, and
also a woman with a sheaf of grain
in her arm, both of which are very
badly engraved. The note is well
calculated to deceive the careless,
but it can be readily detected if
closely examined by even an ordina-
ry judge. The engraving is quite
coarse and badly executed, and the
, signatp pres are only tolerably well
imitate d.-Lou. Corr.
According to the estimates OF the
Secretary of the Treasury, the sum
r needed for the General Government,
for the fiscal year ending June 30th,
;. 1853, amounts to over fifty million
of dollars. Nearly twenty millions
of this sum are required for the Ar
my and Navy.
The Houston Texas Beacon says
that tn e Sugar crop on the Caney is
the bes It that has ever been raised in
that section.
Up to the 18th ult., there had
been about ten thousand hogs
slaughtered at Indianapolis. The
number of hogs packed there will be
Iabout the same as last year, with an
increase in weight Of from twelve to
Fifteen per cent.
! The DEBT OF TExAs.-The Austin
Gazette contains the report of the
Auditor and Comptroller on the pub
lie debt of Texas, giving the clear
and ineligible description and class
ifcation of the character and amount
of be liabilities of the late Republic.
1t appears that the whole ostensible
or face value of all the claims filed
accord ing to law is S9,647,253, of
which the par value is S4,807,764;
and the whole amount not fled ST.
S99,B8, worth S2,019,5l4; making
the total ostensible debt Sl2,436,-
991, Or S6,827, 278 par. This in
cludes interest.
/ SPI hrs AND SEGARs.-It is said
that t he S Secretary Of the Treasury's|
Report will show the curious fact
that, in Il fiscal year '5O-5l, the
amount of imports of
Bran y we're : s2,i24,6OO
| Other Spirits 100000