Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-06-10
Items Of News.

VIZ SOuiSS VI oAiAe SoA eAiS
ton was made To 4 per cent. In
1894, the inter- est was reduced to
81 per cent, In 1880 it was fur
Their reduced to 8 per cent. The
present ministry have it in contem-
plation to reduce it to D per cent.
The rate at the Bank of England is
now per cent.
EUROPE contains 3,907,195 square
miles; The United States contains
3,22l,595 square miles; so that the
area of the United States is nearly
equafto all Europe.
A S1IILE.-A Roman Catholic
priest, some time since, in Germany,
ON entering the pulpit, took walnut
into it. He told his hearers that
the shell was tasteless and valueless
that was Calvin's church. The
skin was nauseous, disagreeable, and
worthless-that was the Lutheran
church. He then said he would show
them the holy Apostolic Churc h-
he cracked the nut and found it rot
len.
AN ARMY OF LAwYER s.-Accord-
ing to Livingston's Law Ledger for
1852, our country has $4,000 Law
yers, whose an ual income is not far
from $36,000,000.
MEAeHER TIRE PATRIOT EscAPED.-
Thomas Meagher, the "Irish Patriot, "
who had been transpor ted to Van
Diemen's Land, by the British Gov
eminent, and made his escape, has
arrived safe in New York. This news
will cause the hearts of thousands Of
Irishmen in this country to beat
with joy.
1t is said Hon. A. O. P. Nicholson,
Of Columbia, Tenn, is to be the sue
cessor of Maj. Donelson in the edit
orial chair of the Washington Union.
A man named Livingston, week
before last recovered a verdict against
the Nashville Gas Company, for
$1,000, The company left an iron
lamp post lying across the pavement
Livingston fell over it and broke
his leg, and sued them for damages.
The Maine liquor law has passed
both houses of the Massachusetts,
Legislature, and has been signed by
the Governor. 1t is to go into effect
in thirty days.
A number of the citizens Of Nash
vile are about to buy and lay out an
extensive burying ground somewhere
in the vicinity of that city, which it
is intended shall be an ornament
equal, in time, to Pierre LaChaise,
Greenwood, Laurel Hill, OF any other
of the most celebrated burial places
in the world.
The GROWING CRoP.-Letters from
New Orleans state that the cotton
blooms have already been seen in
that vicinity, and that accounts from
the Red River country speak of the
cotton crop in that region as hav wing
attained a most promising stand
We have news from Mexico of the
9th May. The city was the scene
of numerous alterations daily, and
in one week lG murde rs were COM
mitted. RobbeTies we re of daily oc-
currence. A conducta arrived at
Vera Cruz on the 7th inst, with
S1,700,O00 m specie.
The St. Louis Republican says
that large amounts of money, prln-
cipally from the East, are in that
city seeking investment.
The st. Louis Republican says
that new counterfeit $40 dollar notes
of the Louisiana State Bank, well
executed and liable to deceive, are
in circulation in that city.
USING CANCELLED POSTAGE STAMPS.
the last ten days the post
master at Utica, N. r., has detected
three persons who have used post
stam ps which have been used on let
tie rs, and made two Of them pay the
penalty of their fraud on the depart
M nt. The penaltyis fifty dollars
for each offence. 81
Our exchanges from every direc-
ton state that the prospect for the
ems uing tobacco crop is gloomy for a
large quantity. Plants were exceed
ingly scarce, and in many places
tho se planted out do not promise so
we'll. Such is the case in our ,coun-
try, we learn. -RwsariNe Ky Her