Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-12-08

Henry forgeteS--A Troy, n. \ !,
correspondent of the New York Her
aid states that distinguished pol
itician of that city has been detected
in forgeries to the amount of $780,
900 to 10000 His friends we're
meeting the notes as they fell due,
and no prose cution would probably
take place.
4 JPad Cutie in Teas. On the
! Colorado and its tributaries wild cat
tie in large numbers are still found,
Notwithstanding the spread of civil
ization into the Texan wilderness,
and frequently they get among the
tame animals, and occasion much diff
ficulty.
Important to PostmasterS. The
Auditor OF the Treasury for the
Post Office Department has issued
a circular. notifying contractors
! that from and after the first day Of
January, 1854, tut one draft for the
pay upon each rohte per quarter
/ will be paid, or fled for payment
in his office = this draft should state
upon is face that il is the only one
for the qua rt,r, end The route for
which it is drawn, and the sigma
ture thereto should be attested by
the postmaster at the place where
| it may be drawn, and one other
witness. and each assignment there
of should be attested by two wit
nesses.
GEoGRAPHY.--The Lon don
Chronicle announces the recovery
of 9l,S0O from an English thief,
who robbed his employer and fled
to America. FL states that he was
followed TO the United States by an
English detective policeman, and
"traced to a place called Geneva, in
The State Of Albany"
Senator Douglas Travelled over
the principal parts Of Russia, in. Q
long carriage, night and day, at The
rate OF ten miles an hour. Ii con-
tanned a sleeping room and kitch-
en-, so that lie seldom left it, except
for information and observations
He penetrated TO the confines Of
Tartary, where there we're 3OO,-
600 persons, Slberians, Russians,
Ausirians, Calmuck Tartars, Cir
cassians, Gsorgians, Turks and I
Persians.
The French papers speak Of the {
new Partisan dish, fried rattlesnakes,
as novelty Of their own inventions.
ii is not. In the old Florida war, $
SON. men, discovered that rattle !,
snakes were good to eat, and used |
10 COOK them as a pleasing change
after salt-horse and hard biscuit
We have been assured by one who
served In that war, that the flesh OF
the rattlesnake is delicious id the !
extreme surprising even tn ht of
the frog, both in flavor and d. lica-
CIV of texture.
Railroads in Ala6ama.--A large
Of railroads are in an adj ]
state Of progress in Ala. ,
bama- This State promises soon
TO be chequered throughout its
whole extent with the iron track.
A colored preacher has been de- a
nouncing AbolItionism in Preble :
county, Ohio. He says the agita- 7
tors have put back human emanci- y
patton one hundred years,a land tight ?
ened the chains Of the slave. ?
Printing School for Girls. The $
printing office Of the New York ; ;
has. been converted into F
school for teaching girls to sci b
ypes- Upwards of thirty, it is b
aid, have already been instructed s.
n the art, and new scholars are tai Y y
ten as fast as situations are OBJ
Ill
aimed for those taught. lpr
A Cincinnati nlagistrate--one Mr.. br
iozier-has had bis buggy insured an
nd a lightning rod put on it. 'e'