Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-04-08

o. fuimore and Graham for Presi-
dent and Vice President. The dem
ocrats In this State, We see, hold+heir
State Convention at Madison, on the
18TH of April, to select delegates for
Baltimore and ticket for Presiden2
tial electors.
a lottery Of watches, jewelry, &c.
was recently drawn in Boston. The
amount Of goods at stake was Sl3.-
600 Oh, moral cityl
Lorenzo Liberal, of Woodstock,
Virginia, has invented a machine that
viii turn out from $4,000 to 100 600
bricks per day.
1t is stated that in the eitv Of.
Norfolk there is not II single book
bindery. 1t Contains a po6ulatjon Of
about 1900.
1t is denied that Louis Napoleon
has separated from Mrs Howard
formerly Of Baltimore, She is still
IN Paris.
Twenty years ago it cost five dol
lars to have a pound Of cotton spup
INTO yarn, it now costs thirty cents.
It is said that the fortunes Of the
kothsehIlds are not less that S73j.-
100000.
Taxes in California are getting to
be. very onerous. The assessments
ior the ensuing year upon real and
personal estate, VII exceed those Of
last year 40 per cent.
Last week train of cars, without
passengers, made the run from
Poughkeepsie to Peckskill, distance
) : miles, in thirty minutes.
A female named Helena Judge
was recently guillotincd in France.
Who confessed that she had caused
the death Of % persons BY poison.
I There we're 1900, building erected
in the 9th, 9TH, 10Th and IIth wards
Of New York during the last clever
months.
One million and quarter Of gold.
from California, was melted on The
Oth instant between the hours Of !
ahd 3 clock in the melting depart
nhent OF the Mint, in Philadelphia. I
This IS the largest amount ever melt
led in one day since the establishment.
of the Mint.
1 The bill to exempt homesteads to
the amount &c $1,000 passed the
Senate of New Jersey on "Wednesday.
and only needs the signature. Of the
Governor to become law.
We have often heard of strange
ttlnss1+strange freaks in nature
yet we must knock under TO the G4et
that the n. y. Post saws there is a
living horse III That city, having in
ms eye living animal, some three
inches long, which moves with as
rapid and tortuous a motion as an eel
or Il water snake.
Gen. B. p. Smithson announces
himself an independent candidate for
Governor Of Arkansas.
The total bank capital of Ohio IS
S7,SFS,7GI; Circulation SlI.545-
105;. Specie S2,S0G.9O2.; Eastern
Deposits 81 ,S2j, $40, Notes and Bills
Discounted S19,24I.225; Due 10
Individual Depositors S5,723,S49.
TIE PLAGUE-It is stated that
much apprehension is felt in New
Orleans of theapproaGh of a new dis
ease which is called the plague, and
is is now said to be prevailing in the
West e India Islands A disease
called by the same name has made
lis appearance in some parts of the
West. It's said to be like the cbol-
era, but more fatal, Whether il i
t same disease as that which goes
!. L
by the name of plague in the east is
not stated.
be spring elections in New
l 1rE, exhibit very satisfactory re-
suits to the Democratic party. In
some oil The strongest democratic
counties, where the old feud ragged
rom 1917 TO 1850, the Democrats
seem TO be closing up their ranks.
and to be uniting in earnest. On
The other hand, the breach amon@
wings, the "Silver Grays." and ,Lo
oollies," seems TO be vidcring
Rich Eng,
kossrkh hats have been coll -
, ,'s" =, 11h 1lty, and sent through
'o' tl ,, Union: TO the value Of half
million OF dollars Mn, ,C,o,,r