Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-03-25

stood Cass l0I; Douglass r.
Buchanan was withdrawun The
convention then appointed Cass
electors delegates TO the national
convention. !
Baron RouGE, March, II
The Wing, Louisiana, State
Convention, met in the House OF.
Re Observation-Disclosures very
lar e-ercry parish represented
Mi lard Fillmore and John J. Crit
ten den were nominated by accla-
nation.
BosToN, March 10.
Returns from New Hampshire
indicate the election OF Martin, and
! a Ilajority Of Senators in the Lee
gislalure for the Democrats.
/ The election Of Mayor of De-
! ire it came of lew days sircd =
II Ie democrats carried the day by
pNar,is of 500 majority. Detroit
cit has been strongly wing hereto
fore.
Hihe Norwegiaus have started
ianpiher paper in Wisconsin i is
nblished at 'InmansYiIIe, and is
democratic.
/ Shocks Of an earthquake were
FL at Jaclsonporl, Ar kansas, and
GiieenviIIe, s. C., OF the 23d uIt-,
but no damage done.
/ 1t is said the old rn chair Of
lll4 patriot john. Hancock, was sold
at auction in Boston, t9r SIC.
Col. John B. Weller, Dem, has
been elected Z. S. Senator from
i California, in place Of Col. Ere
mont. Col. Weller was formerly
from Ohio.
4 Mr. Clay has so far fecoverel' as
10 be able TO ride ont ID CARR aSe.
SIGSs FOR lS52.-The people Of
this country have never reelected
wing President. They havemey-
} er elected two wing adminislra-
lions. They have now pat i pow
fr democratic governors in t wtnty-
six States out oi thirty one, lea wing
whig governors in five ST ties
! They have large democratic ma
jority in both houses Of Col grcss,
prepare d to maintain, substa nllally,
as it no " is, the existing den iocrat-
ic legislative policy Of the country.
1t is reported that | he id preda-
f4tions by the Indians in Florida have
been exaggerated. Only a few
:, cattle had been stolen, \ compa-
ny of militia had bee raised to
drive item OF.
Senator Gwin, Of aIiIornia, is
Represented as living in prillcely
sly in Washington. His vile is
the acknowledged leader of supper
tend4 M in that city.
A destructive fire at Pitlsburg
on the evening of tile Goth, de-
stroye ed an extensive range Of ware
hous4s from Water to front Street,
inclulling tie Custom Iiouse-ioss
estlm ated al 60 to $4,000.
Tile "Boston Bee is Of the
opinion that the name NV hig," was
| deriv fd from the initials Of the mot
TO Of the Scotch Cuven4nters: ave
hope in God W. II. /. G.. We.
howe yer, suggest as more proba-
bic oflgin, that il was adopted from
the Scotch void "wIlig," which
means ''soW milk. "
We learn from a friend who
conve rsed with a gentleman lronI
Columbus, Miss, that all Tie stock
for til { Mobile aud Ohio RallI Dad
in lha State u to Pc ntotoc, bad
been taken, and that the contracts
will shortly be let out lpr the grad
ing. Pontotoc is aboht 60 miles
from our State lina-J4cks0a WIG.
During the firing Of the field
pieces on the arrival of kossuih at
louisville, the premature explosion
Of a cartridge SET fire 10 the boards
Of two Germans, and their lives
were saved BY being thrown into
the river.
IWFh IS C0rrect2-Governor Nc
Dougd u, in a recent message to the
Legislature of California, says the
number of Indians in that State is
100000. The census returns say
32,281. The entire number Of In
dams inhabiting all parts Of 0 ur
country, according to the latter au-
thority, amounts to about $4,000.