Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-04-22

the New York Institution lof the
Blind is $50.
Horses are said to be unusually
scarce in India ia and Kentucky.
1t it is state as fact, and if true,
remarkable, that there has not been
"a couple divorced in the State Of
South Carolina since the revolution.
Mr.. Edmund Burke, of New Hamp-
shire, formerly one of the editors
of the Washington Union, will it is
said, be electe ID Senator from that
State tg succeed ID Mr. Hale.
The Texas papers announce the
death Of Taylor White, the greatest
stock grower III the State. The sum
iof $4,000 in specie was found in
his safe.
| KosSUTH IN CALIFoRNIA.-A reso-
luton in the California Legislature,
sympathizing with Kossuth and
Hungary, met with so much opposi-
ton that it wal withdrawn.
! Mai. Ward, a member of Congress
from the 4th (Danyille; district in
kentucky, delivered speech on the
7th, in the House Of Representatives,
in defence Of Gen. Scott, and in IA
yor of his hoIn iuation for the Presi-
dency. III
A LIVE SNAKE ELECTED FRoM TIE
SToNAcH-Remmka5ts Ciws.--The
Charleston (Mass.) Aurora states
that VIM. S. Sanford, of that city,
who has been sick for two years, and
was supposed to be in decline, took
some Indian medicine which caused
him TO cough and reich violently,
when be threw from his stomach
living snake, about eight inches in
length, almost perfectly white, with
sharp black eyes. Mr. Sanford
drank water from brook in Maine,
some two years since.
A SIGSIFIcANr FAcT-Ea!4s Of
Stoc. IN ltg LFxlagf6a and .UaysrIs
lRe.lroad-At the recent sale Of the
effects Of the late 3Ir Grimes, o.
Bourbon county, 30 shares Of stock
in IL e Lexington ard Mays}.ne
RaiIrd lad, $50 per shaEe) were eclJ
at $40 70 each-only Is cents l,ss
than the subscription price. This
IsheNs the value in which he stock
IS held in one of the counties through
which the road is to PASS.
House rents in New York are
enormously high. In. Chambers
street, medium houses rent for ST.
100 and | ,300; in hurry and VAR
Iren streets prices range from 1900
TO 1900. Large new buildings in
Park Place rent for !, 900 and 5000,
and in Vesey street the best three
story houses for 1900 and 1900.
In the uptown streets, three-story
houses rent generally for from $500
Ito 1900.
CURIOUS "A most extraordinary
phenomenon is mentioned by tie
charleston Me rcary, namely,
comaon house car nursing a rat with
her kittens, The Mercury states
that the rat VI; Is brought into the
family circle about ten days since,
and has since received from the old
feline, all the attentions which She
extends to ,her legitimate offspring.
The, Maine Liquor Law was or
dered to a third reading in the New
York Legislature Clover House, on
the 3lst ult, by vote of 81 to So.
The law to prohibit the mauulac-
ture and sale Of spirituous liquors
passed the Senate Of Pennsylvania
by vote Of II to Is.
| THE CROPs IN TExAs.-It is said
that the crops in the Western part
Of the State never looked better.
Many planters have got through
iscraping their cotton, and some have
corn two feet high. Vegetables are
abundant.
| A severe st brm passed over a por-
ton of the eastern part of Shelby
county on las Sunday evening, ex-
tending into Fayette county. a
large number Of houses AMI gins
were blown down, trees torn up by
the roots, fen es leyelled with the
ground, and b number Of persons
badly injured. We heard of no lives
being lost. The greatest damage
was sustained about Lafayette and
on the road to Moscow.
Putrid sore throat is rarinc as