Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-05-20
Items Of News.
PHILADELPHIA. May 10.

have robbed the State of Pennsylya-
mia of over 100000.
SINGULAR CAUSE OF DEArH.--A
most singular cause of sudden death
occurred in South Boston day or
two since. A little child of MIR. L.
L. Bieknell, who resides on Silver
street, near D. street, but twoand a
half years Of age, had been i'll Of
typhoid fever for some days. The
fever had just turned, and strong
hopes were entertained that it might
survive, when suddenly an organ
grinder struck up a tune directly in
front Of the house. Ina moment
the child sunk back and died There
was no doubt the sudden alarm
caused by the noise Of the organ VAS
the cause of its death. The shock
was too great for the little ones
strength.
HIGH PRlcrs.-At the sale of
Aiken, S. C,Iby j. c. sproul & Co.,
on the 9th Mt, nincty-seven negro
men-ages from 20 to 40 years
sold at an average price of S857,
| and eighteen boys-ages irem Is TO
18-at an avekge oIS656. There
were about eighty mules sold, some
of them very inferior, atan average
Of sos, the highest bid being Sl6-
and the lowest $40.
The New York papers are ON
planning oil the high price Of pro Wis
ions in that city. Butter is selling
at 81 to 81 cents the pound, Al d it
difficult TO get good article at
/ that, You cannot buy, says the
Express, a good beefsteaf; for less
than 10 cents a pound. Veal, NUT
ton, and other meats are proportion
ately high. Potatoes are also SCI lgce
/ and dear-say 81 % the bnshel.
Hon. John Sergeant Of Penn for
Imerly a distinguished politician Of
that State, died in Philadelphia, on
the Esd Of April.
/ a traveller in Texas says: "The
! whole country, after you CROSS the
Brazos, is. rapidly improving. 7
The editor oftbe U. S. Review, a
monthly, published at Syracuse, n
Y, says tha5 he belongs 10 no parly
/, and is free from all ''isms, rheumat-
ISM excepted.
! Professor Johns on, corresponding
secretary Of lie y National Institute,
and well known in the scientific
world, fell dead suddenly, on the
I27th, at Washington. 1t Is said that
in making experiments in his hbora-
tory, he had inhaled some deleterious
gases.
E.Z. C. Judson, or Ned Buntline,
was married near Hannibal, he, Oh
the goth ult.
The value of property is rapidly
increasing in New Orleans. The pa
pers Of that city attribute It to the
probable construction Of the great
Nashville and Southern Railroad.
A SNAIL Sign FROM TIE WEST
Col. McCarty; a member Of tae In
diana Senate, was recently nominated
by the Wings of that State as their
candidate for Governor. He i'm
mediately resigned his seat in the
Senate, and new election was had,
which resulted in the success Of L.
i. Todd the Democratic candidate,
by majority Of 6Sl,4
A CONTESTED SEAT IN CONGRESS
The committee on elections in the
House Of Representatives have re
ported a resolution declaring the
seat Of the Hon. H.. NJ Fuller, Il
whig member Of the Luzerne dis
trict of Pennsylvania, vacant. 1t
was contested by Mr.. Wright, dem.
According to the new regulations
to which the press Of Spain and It's
colonies are subjected, Editors must
be 25 years of age and pay taxes
of 1000 reals in the province OF
Madrid, OF elsewhere from 500 to
1000. Offences Of the press are OF
eight kinds; against the King and
royal family, the State, public peace,
society, religion and morals, author
ty, foreign powers and persons. The
Government may forbid the intrb b.
duction of foreign publications.
The increase of the manufacture
of beet-root sugar in Prussia is enor-
nous Within the last two years it
boSaimoxt Ioohlod Tho ouootif1,