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

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The city Of New York, to be con-
Ierred on him who should be adj
Judged the most heroic Of the
American invaders 10 the late war
with Mexico, has not yet been dis
posed OF; but the committee OF The
common council, charged with this
daty, have fixed a period three
months distant, to determine who
is the mo st worthy TO receive the
testlnoni 81 of valor. The applica-
ton OF candidates must be sent in
within tn at tlme.-N Y. Express.
The fir St press in Virginia was i'm
ported by the city of Williamsburgh,
in 1880. II was weekly paper and
the price Of advertising and sub
seription we give in the following ex-
tract from the first number:
"All persons may be supplied with
this paper a fifty dollars a gear, and
have advertisements {of a moderate
lengthy inserted at ten dollars the
first week and seren dollars for. each
thereafter.
Petitions are in circulation in
Rhode Island, addressed to the Legs
lature, praying fol che restoration Of
the punishment Of death for murder.
4 clerk OF one of the Boston mar
kets recently seized thirty carcasscs
% veal, totally unfit for any person
10 eat, and which had been sold TO
a sausage maker for thirty cents
carcass.
PIorA TERRIT DRY The inhabi-
tants Of CaIson's Valley have applied
to Congress for the establishment of
a territorial government over that
region which lies between Utah and
California They propose the name
Of Piota for the new territory. The
region is said to be capable of main
tanning large population, and pro-
badly it may, in u few years form
new State
The National Entelligcnccr gives
u tahIIIar cfafo1.a,t - Ill -. I, -.
of deaf and dumb, blind, insane,
and ldiotic persons returned by the
seventh census Of the United States.
The aggregates are as follows: deaf
aud dumb, I0,I03; blind, 9,7O5; in
sane, I5,76S; idiotic, 5,706. The
need OF sustal ming the public institu-
tons established for these helpless
beings will be better than ever un-
derstood after such a showing.
VIRGINIA ELEcTIoN.-On We'd
nesday last, n important election
took place III roughout the State Of
Virginia, 10 which for the first time
in the old ID mlnion, judges OF the
local and State courts were to be
chosen.
The Boston Journal says Daniel
Webster is the only Wing who can
under ext sting circumstances, carry
Massachusetts.
The herring fishery occupies in
France ESQ boats, measuring togeth-
er 1874 tons, and having crews
amounting to 7,7J5 men.
Surloin steak is selling ut Boston
at 2Oets. per lb. We need no tariff
on beef.
A division of he Sons Of Tenn
perance has just b cen formed at Cor
pus Christi.
The Council of Pittsburg has
subscribed 100000, in bonds, to
the stock of the Allegheny Valley
Railroad,
There are 46 places of religious
worship in Louisville.
There are between eighteen hun
dred and two thousand barrels of
malt liquor manufactured in this city
and nearly all consumed
here, besides the importatiOnsI-
This fact may startle one at sight,
but here it is, in its hideols reality
Gin Com.
The 6 migration westwar q, especial
ly of German immigrants the Alba
ny Argus states, is very large. The
cars and boats from New York are
crowded with them, and in one week
three thousand had been conveyed
over the central railroad line.
The nett amount subject to draft.
of the treasurer of the United States,
on the 26th of April, was S13,717,-
1863 40.
Strawberries we're selling in the
markets of Baltimore, on the 10th