Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-04-01

"edi y, u not quite all killed
10y 'he cold Of January and the
DEATH OF MILITARY DoG.-Tbe
Dutch papers announce the death Of
Aesfor, a dog, who has followed the
NTH division of'inlantry, now in gar
rlson at Maestricht, in all their
marches since 1927. He was with
the regiment in their last CAMPAIGN.
and at the siege of Antwerp lost a
claw by shot from howitzer.-
Returned to Maestricht, he spent,
there tie last twenty years of his life.
and died in his tBenty-lourth YEAR.
lie was solemnly inferred under the
wall Of the fortress.
THE MAINE LAw.-The Ohio State
Temperance Convention has voted
out the blaine law as notfcaleuIated
70 promote temperance, and resolved
in effect, thata true reformation
must rest upon moral suas;ons.
The Ohio Legislature has indef-
nltely postponed the resolutions re-
ierrlng the Maine Liquor Law to the
vote ofthe people.
NOVELIST TURNED MlNIsTER.-J. II.
lngraham, the widely known author
of "Laftte,' . ''The Quadroon,' aud
other piraticaI and highly eolored
novels, was ordained to the Episco-
pal ministry, at jackson. Miss, Oh
the Sth inst.
On Tuesday night last, the store
of our townsman. NJ. L. L Wright
was entered, bis safe forced, and
1leenty thousand Doszdrs stolen.--
So far as We-have been able. to learn.
Mr. Wright has no knowledge Of any
circumstances fixing suspicion Oh any
one as the perpetrator Of the outrag3.
Let the public be on the alert. lis
OF great Importance, not only I'd 3lf
Wright, but to the Community gon-t
eraIy, that the villain be detected,
-4.lstatG R.p4JEcaa.
p AWARD OF THE CoxGREssIovai.
j CHLoEoFoRM Communicable
special committee of the Unitets
States House of Representatives.
appointed to investigate The rival
ctflnisto the invention OF ch|oretorp
TOT the relief of pain in Surgical
operations, have decided in favor Of
Dir Morton as the rightfal inventor
and VIII report a blll an arding him
/ SI00,O00 from the Treasury as a
compensation fbr the use Of chIoro-
iorn N their army aud navy.
Reuben Eilmondson, better known
as Jack Bowers" the most noted
tlHcf of Mississippi valley, died
Lately in 81. Louis. He was six
ty- three years Of age, and stated in
a confession which he made lust
before his death lhat lie had been
arrested one hundred and fifteen
tunes, az d incarcerated in various
prisons sixty-one times.
The Texas Legislature has r,ss
ed law providing that no.taxes
shall be collected in that State foE
two years, as the State has just re-
celYed five millions from the L.. 5.
for lands. We know Of some peo-
pie who won't pay taxes law or no
law.
The Philadelphia papers IF the
9th inst, announce the death Of
Bela Badger well known a few years
since as an active whig politician.
Tie died at the Quaker Insane Asy-
pm at Franklord.
a western paper, in an obituary
notice SAYS ,hat the deceased mad
also been for several years a direct
or in a baAk-notu ithstandino
which he died Christian, uniyero
sally respected" Truly a STRANGE
circumstance.
Prof Emmons, State Geoiopist Of
North Carolina, in letter to the
Governor, expresses the fullest con-
idence that there is an almost mex
h sou rec of coal in that
State. Prel ininary examinations ri
several points establish the fact that
the stratum is seven feet thick. and
the quality excellent.
DEATH OF TIE PoET MooRE-Ope
OF the items of European news Just
received by telegraph is the death
Of the great Lyric Poet, THOMAS
Moore. lie died at Superior cot
tage, Devices, near the seat of his
noble friend, the AIarquiss of Lans.
iowne, on the 9th ult., in the I'D