Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1852-01-06

STATES, bldSSdCiluStttS. rev OTks
daiiee, Connecticut, Rhode Island,
lew Hampshire, Vermont, Chic,
New Jersey, or Virginia stocks for
circulating notes, 10 be eqHal TO six
'er cent. stocks-the keeping OF the
notes at par in Boston. ard the Civ
ng of bonds by the Directors and
stockholders, to make up any de-
iclency. s In case the securities
should not prove sufficient for the
redemption Of the notes, bonds and
on productive property
10 two ffths its value, exclusive Of
the buildings thereon.
EXTENSIVE BusINEss..-They
have a bar room ID California one
and fifty feet lorg, in
which forty barkeepers are en-
ployed, eighteen hours ont Of the
twenty four, in retailing liquors, at
twenty five cents glass.
KNITTING MAcHINE.-There is a
knitting machine in operation in
Philadelphia, which knits three
hundred and eighty stitches at eve
ry tnrn Of a small crank, which
crank may be easily turned by hand
from one hundred to one hundred
and fifty Revolutions per minute, or
at The rate of about three million
per hour.
Some Cotton, equal, it is said, to-
Sea Island, has been raised en Long
Island, by Mr.. A. 2. Kicker, Of
New ton, and il is believed that it
can be made a profitable crop by
little attention. Tobacco has also
been raised on the Island With sat
lisfactory results.
4 The Butchers,o numbering 5000
Imen, all appropriately dressed and
on horseback. marched in the pro-
! cession to receive Kossuth in Phila-
ldelphia.
The markets of the first .1and
second Municipalities Of New Orr
{ leans were recently leased for one
year, for Sl93,55O. The gross
amount collected BY the city for all
its markets exceeds 100000.
4 Lydia S. Hall has recovered, in
an action before the Supreme Court,
in sess sion at Cambridge, Mass,
I Sl400 damages Of the city Of Low
lcIl, Tor injuries received by her in
Ifal Hing upon the icy side walks of
that city, BY which her thigh bone
was broken, and she was confined
10 her bed for several months.
| The Savannah Morning News
says: "Welcoae ag1rql fr0m Tsnnes-
sr-Willlin the day or two past,
our city has been visited by large
Iparty of turkeys from Tennessee
They are in good condition, and
Just the sort to make one Of a Christ
mas dinner party. Such OF them
as are not engaged to entertain our
guests from AiiiiedgeviiIe, will be on
hand for tile holidays
This is what railroads do. And
I've venture TO say there is hardly a
county in East Tennessee that
cqald not in pinch send off five
thousand dollars worth Of turkeys
every year, with other poultry in
proportion.-hnorrYe PleIe an.
LRGIsLATING FOR RAnR0ADs.-The
Vermont Legislature is wiling that
the cars s hall go by steam, but not
the conductors. So it passed an
act the late session which forbids the
employme4 it of conductors, engineers,
brakemen, or switchmen, ''who shall
make use Of intoxicating liquors as
a beverage and the employment Of
such per on exposes the company
to fine Of $500 to $4,000, besides
being liable for all damages that may
result.
The Postmaster Generals report
recommends a uniform rate Of one
cent on the newspapers weighing
less than two ounces. Distance less
than two Thousand miles, and over
1T double the amount.
MARYLAND CoUNEBFEITs.-Twenty
dollar notes on the Farmers and
Mechanics Bank Of Carroll county,
Maryland, have been put in {ircula-
ton recently.
There are said to be Al place
OF public worship in New York.
A writer in the National lntelIi-
gencer estimates the population Of