Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-07-08
Item Of News.

II ~ l4CC. A4etaANN ,Ot~7ttA< $500
recently at Lake Providence, La, at
1.-THE age of no years. He was a ma
tive of Africa, but had spent il CEN
Htury in the us. He was the SER
want Of one of Washington's guard.
| According to the returns of the
census, the number of copies Of
newspapers printed in the vi s., ev-
cry year, is 422, 100000.
! Massachusetts is pretty thicllly !
populated. 1t is estimated that She
has a population of I26 to every
square mile of her territory, while !
New York has only 67.
| Tt is estimated that the annual
product of all the cotton mills in the
us, is 250,000,000 yards; and the !
consumption of cotton 100000 bales,
100000 of which are consumed in
: the Southern and Western States.
The manufactured value of this pro-
duct is estimated to be more than
SGT 100000.
| The Army worm, which was a.
willie ago making such a havoc in
this region of country, has made its
appearance in the vicinity Of Quincy,
Illinois.
I Verdict IN a Gambling Case-An
interesting case was decided in the
NJ Y. Superior Court, on Thurs
day. 1t was the case Of John Fay
lor rs. Shirlock Hillman, torecov
eriS3,500 paid by Taydor to Hill
man for gambling debt. This is
lone of the instances where ruin
great and immediate has been
brought on by a propensity for
gambling. Taylor got with his
wife $1,000; be borrowed 81, 900,
and by gambling failed for SIS, 900;
lost an extensive comb establish,
ment, and is now a cartman in
New York, earning 81 pei day
/ Verdict Tor plaintiff in the full
amount claimed.
a Tetsr an Rope Dane f.-The
Paris paper S mention the case Of
Madame Saqui, v DO at the adj
| vanced age OF rs, is now dancing at
6 the Hippodrome. In her young.
days, slfe " as patronized by Napo-
; Ieon, and retired from the stage
: many years since with a fortune,
which she LOST by endorsing for her
brothers.
} Hon. Ste phen A Dougla }, Of ILL
, nois, we a Re informed, idte pds to
! speak .befor e the people il twenty
! eight States of the Unio b, during
the present Presidential cal y]ss.
The New York Democrat Gays he
is authorized by perso a klio is
ready and able to stake the money,
to say he wi bet $50, 900, that Gen.
i Pierce, if he lives, will be the next
president Of the e. S. The Balti-
more Argus adds TO the alb bve, that
/ Joseph II. Herret, of Bos ton, puts
Il up $4,000 on the same. Lots of
bets may be had in Baltimd re on the |
/ success Of the nominees, be tiers taxi |
ingall risk, for Pierce and King are
i names that were not born. to de- !,
4 The Racine Advocate, of the
9th, states that Lake Michigan
seems TO be getting higher hnd high I
er, aud fit goes on much longer,
will run over and fina an outlet in
the Mississippi; that's aI.'1 |
A Mrs. Hayden, of Nuremberg,
/ Mas IS, died on the first of this
month. The day previous to her
death she rode to the village, appar-
emily as well as usual, but on the
day Of her death she was attacked
with what is supposed TO be the
black jaundice, and expired The
same night. 1t was predicted, by
some of the spirit rappers, that she
would live but six weeks. and it is
reported that she lived but two
days over the time predicted.
The American population of Lii
IBERIA is now about 5000, inhabi-
ling territory stretched oyer 500
miles Of coast. They have built
about twenty cities and towns
They have made treaties by which
one hundred thousand natives are
brought under their laws, and near-i
Iy a million have abandoned the
slave traffic. The money to ac-
complish this good has not exceed
ed a million and a half OF dollars.
Mrs. d. Sincerbox, of Storm
ville,' Duchess county, N. T., has