Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-01-06
Items Of News.
CHARLEsToN, Dec. %.


rrived on the Isabella, from Havana,
snow fell here and at Savannah, on
he 18th, for the first time in TWEEN
y years. /
Thompson's Bank Note Reporter
mas the following ca tion: +;
ave have been compelled to quote
rs doubtful four of the branches Of
the Ohio State Bank: Farmers
Branch, Ashtabula; Summit County,
Falls; Licking County, +
Newark; Toledo Branch"
The Pamgero Case. We. learn
from the Jacksonville (Fla.) News
that the claim Of the q. S. Govern
ment against the arms, &C., supposed
to have been taken from on board
Of the steamer Pamp4ro, has been
set aside by the U. S. court, and the
property restored to its owners.
A singular circumstance is said to
have occurred in South Carolina al
few days since, An old and inyete-
rate drunkard was bitten by arattle-
snake; the drunkard was not injured
in the least, but the snake coiled it.
self up and died from the effects of
| the liquor imbibed!
A joint resolution in behalf Of
the Cuban prisoners, and bill to
provide for the appointment ofthree
commissioners to revise and simplify
the practice of law, have passed both
houses Of the Indiana Legislatq re.
Coun terfeit $40 bills on the Bank
of Georgia have been put in CT rcula-
on.~>The signature of the presi-
dent and cashier are perfect, b ut in
other re spects the counterfeit bears
little resemblance to the genuine
mote.
The estimates of tn e Secretary Of
! the Treasury Of the isl ms needed fol
/ the General Government, for the is.
cal year ending June so. 1853
amount to over fifty4fve millions o
dollars. Nearly two millions Of tbi:
sum are for the army and navy.
i TIE PETER Of Tho Press.-Tht
Methodist Book concern, in New
York, employs s presses and zoo
hands; the Tract House Is presses
and 275 hands; the Bible House 1(
presses and 800 hands; and the Har
pers 20 presses and 400 hands-to
tai in the four establishments, 81
presses and 1,175 hands, of whom
about 420 are females. The Apple.
I tons also keep Is presses running q
good partof the time
! PLANK RoAD.-fFhe Syracuse
Star says the contract for construc-
Ting the plank road between Lake
Nicaragua and the Head Of naviga
ltlon on the Pacific side, has been
awarded to Elizur Clarke, of that
ciiy, al $4,000 per mile. The
road will be twelve and one third
miles in length and is TO be finished
in nine months. blr. Clarke will
erect a steam saw mill to furnish
the plank, Which will be cedar, and
will carry out his workmen from
Syracuse.
| Hon. John w. Edmonds, of New
York city, Justice of the Supreme
Court, is wholly given over to faith
in spiritual knockings" lie calls
on the Spirits to decide knotty
points of law for him.
REMOVAL OF THE PEAT OF OOY-
EERNMENr.-The following joint res
olulion passed the S enate of Ken
lucky on the 18th by vote Of IL
to IA:
Resolved, &c. THAI a joint COM
mittee Of three members of the
House Of Representatives, and two
from the Senate, be appointed to
confer with the mayor and council
of the city of Louisville, and ascer-
ia in upon what terms suitable build
ipgs and offices can be procured
fof the officers of State in the event
the seat of government be removed
to Louisville, and report the result.
Mr.. Clay's resignation takes eff
feet on the first Monday in Sept,
1852, and not immed iately, as the
Geographic announcement led US to
suppose.
MIR. Geo. c. Henry, merchant OF
Mobile, estimates the Cotton crop
Of 1S50-5I to amount to $3.50. GOO
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