Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-11-04
Items Of News.

new anu important uoctnne Wheil
has been promulgated in Boston, that
the estates of citizens of q city are
liable to be taken in execution for
the debts Of the city in its corporate
capacity. Here We have the docu-
ments:
0FFIcEoF THE CRY SOLICITOR,
BosFoN, 18th of May, 1852.
In the opinion Of the undersigned,
the private estates of the citizens of
Boston are liable for debts lawfully
contracted by the city and wheney-
er a judgment is rendered against the
said city, on account Of any such
debt, the execution may be levied
upon the property Of any inhabitant-
(Signed) PELEG w, CHANDLER.
City Solicitor.
The foregoing opinion of Mr..
Chandler, the City Solicitor: is un-
doubtedly in conformity with the law
OF Massachusetts.
tSigned) DANIEL WEBSTER
Mrs. Priscilla Underwood, Of JET,
ferson county, Iowa, aged ninety-three
years, is the mother Of seventeen
children, grand mother Of forty, great
grand mother of one hundred and
thirty-two, and great great grand
mother of four.
The Mississippi Legislature met in
extra session on the 4lh INST The
old officers were continued The
chiet object Of the meeting is to re-
district the Stale for members oil
Congress ccording to the new APP
.'porlionmelt law. Gey. Foote says
nothing definite in his message OF
,internalimprovements,a hich is con
sidered great fault. lie praises
the working OF the compromise
measures.
John Campbell, OF Boone county,
KY, raised this season twenty lhon-
sand water -melons on eight acres
/ of ground, ten thousand were sold
in the Cincinnati market. Great
melon ground this
| MARROW Els ApE.-A few weeks
ago, at the U. States ArInory, Har-
per's Ferry, grind-stone, from its
velocity explo led, and separated in
five pieces. Its fragments passed
through the vi ndow back and front
of the shop, doing no other injury tc
the building than knocking out the
sash. The stone weighed about l.
500 lbs. was four feet in diameter
and one foot in thickness. Mr. Johr
W. Webster, who was grinding OF
the stone at the time, and Messrs. ]
F. Price and John Mason, who were
close by, escaped uninjured.
JUDIcAL DEcIsIoN.-The Sn.
lpreme Court OF Pennsylvania ba.
decided in favor Of the principle
that whether a suit Of divorce is
brodghi by husband or wiies the
husband must pay the Wife's, att6f-
neys fees and expenses Of suit.
Singular Node Of Committing Smi-
eide. --On Monday morning last,
William Ii. p Heare of Hampshire
county, Va, put an end 10 his ex-
istence in very singular manner.
Having raised all but the Bottom
rail OF a fence near to the house 10
which he inserted in the opening a
rock which kept the rails iafenough
apart to allow him to Hace bis
neck between them, he tIan $50 il
is supposed took another rock and
knocked out the one which he had
placed between the rails, which, fall
ling down on his neck caused suf1so :.
cation.
FABRICATED NEwsPAPERs.--Our
files Of papers from California are
Of varied hues-the majority being
dirty brown, bat others OF gayer
colors, pink, ofange, green, buff,
sc. There appears 10 be a great
scarcity Of prin ting paper in Cali
iornia, and wrapping paper, or such
other substitute IS can DC procured,
is necessarily used. The San Fran
cisco Journal sa Us:
The Sacramento Age continues to
reach us on good white paper, man
ufactured of four sheets Of paper.
the size Of ordinary foolscap, pasted
together; an evidence, we take IT,
Of decided enterprise.
MISERABLE END.-The Jacksonl
Of the oath ult., says
that Franklin l.. PIummer died in |
that city on the Tuesday previous,
in great restitution. Dir. PInmmerI
was once Representative in Con |
yress from Mississippi, prominent
candidate for e. s. Senator, and