Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-01-20
Items Of News,

10 Upper cent. and declaring that
they will act as Western dealers dc
with their produce-tare their hogs
heads themselves.
The Hon. Henry CLAW having re-
signed hrs seat IN the United States
Senate, TO take effect on the first
Monday in Sept, 1852, The Legis-
lature of Kentucky filed the vacau-
cy on the 3Oth nit, by The election
Of IL E Hon. Archibald Dixon
Ihe tote on the last ballot was as
follows
SerienM Balzot-=Guthrie So, Dix.
on II, Garrett Davis /, Morehead L.
underwood Il, Helm I.
Ho p. Archibald Dixon is conse-
quentl y, elected United States Sem
ator from Sept. /, 1852, 10 March
4th, 1855.
, The ls Neg Orleans pieayune states
'i'a' 'iere Was actually slight fall OF
snow about quarter to o'clock on
the AFTERNOON of the 18th ult., in that
city, and that some children, white
and black, who had never before seen
the article, were frightened half out
oil their wits BY its appearance.
The deposits of. gold at the q. S.
Mint, in Philadelphia, from the 1st
December up to the Goth, reached
the large sum of s3,43O,OO0.
The Ohio river was firmly frozen
over opposite Cincinnati, on the goth
ult-, and foot passengers were con-
stantly CT ossing on the ice. 1t has
not been frozen over previously since
1888.
! The New Orleans Delta attributes
tIhe decline of that city to the ehor-
NOUS taxes impos ed on real and per-
sonal property The annual tax on
the meats and vegetables consumed
there, amounts to $2OO,000 Gro
GERS who sells liquors by the quart
and pint pay an annual license of
Slo0 each. Wholesale merchants
and other traders pay d tax of $40.
Retail dealers are taxed S14, Com
mission merchants pay a license of
$40. boarding houses Or hotels with
bars are taxed $3.50 year, and an
other dollar for each boarder they
are prepared to accomm odate, boaId-
ing houses without ba RS are taxci
$40 each. Restaurants wifi bars pay
a tax of $3.50, each Billiard table is
taxed $40, Livery stabl is are taxed
/ $50 year, Commission merchants
residing temporarily in New Orleans
are taxed 500, Bathing houses pay
1920 year. And so on through
all kinds Of pursuits, whether neces-
sary for the public welfare, or ifnmor-
tai in their character and tendency,
with very little discrimination.
David A. Deadrick, Esq, has en-
tered upon the discharge of his du-
ties as q. s. Pension agent at Knox
vile. 4
The Mobile Tribune states that
probably .one-third OF the members
of the Alabama Legislature never
saw railway.
GeOrgia.-The aggreg gate value of
real estate in Georgia, according to
the late census, is Sl20,S85'627.
and Ofpersonal estate S209,356,O52.
A Determined .,Sympaihjzr Lieut..
Massinberd, at whose no use Kossuth
lodged when in London, has resigned
his commission In the British army
and come to this country to see Kos
suth, and put himself at his disposal
as volunteer for the war of indie
pendenee
In the county OF Rutherford, du-
ring the year 1851, there were TIA
marriages.
COUNTERFEIT NorEs.-A counter
felt bank. note has made its appear
ance in this city, which is likely to
mlslead even experienced judges. A
considerable amount Of the article is
supposed to be deposited here, as
several hundred dollars of it were
offered yesterday morning at one of
our exchange offices. 1t purports to
be of "The Northern Bank Of Ken
lucky; Branch at Richmond-letter
A, No. 435; for 500. w. T. Scott,
Cashr; Jno. Telford, Pdt.''
The counterfeit note may be at
once detected from its being shorter
than the genuine.-Cn. Com.