Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-10-13
Glsanings from the Wayside,
WITH Editorial Sprinhlluosl

dlcate the election OF johnson (uem.
for Governor. Two democratic and |
one whig congressman elected !
Mules are in great demand in Mis- /
souri,; the young are bringing from
$40 to $50, and the grown from
800 to $3.50.
The National De mocrlt says that
a Slight fall of snow was visible in
New York, on the l 9TH ult.
DISEASE AMONG THE FIsH.-The +
Neuces Texas Valley, Of 3lsl ult.. /
has reliable information that the
fish in the Gull ar e dying off and
being cast ashore by thousands
The beach of Mustang and 81. Jo-
seph's Islands, it is said, is covered
with their dead bodies. Il
The ST. Louis Conference of the
Methodist EPISCOPAL Church, at its
late session, adopted a resolution
requesting the &c neral Conference
to change the church rule on tenn
perance so as 10 prohibit the sale
Of ardent spirits BY members of the
church.
The Northern Bank of Alabama
is now in operation in Huntsville. =
It's notes are in circulation
The sum of $l,766 so had been
collected at New York last week, Tor
the relief of Wick burg, where the
fever was raging faarfully at last ac-
counts.
| There are only 400 or 800 citi-
zens now left in Jackson, and it is
believed nearly hal of them are sick.
/ Very few recover.
I Breckenridge CO., KY, it is said,
viii moi produce one eighth Of
crop Of tobacco I lis year.
/ A clergyman, about leaving Ma
son county, KY. for Virginia, last
wee k, was arrestqd and put in Jail
for debt, but was soon bailed out.
! The Governor pf South C4rNina
has appointed Thursday, The 18Th
inst, as day ,It fasting, humiI
iation and prayer, throughout the
State.
Il ,ast week, three thousand barrels
FofS ard, costing 81 a l0c pound,
wer e shipped fl pm ST. Louis for
New York.
Texas papers represent the corn
and cotton crops of that State as
promising large yields.
! The Emperor of Russia has order
ed new levy Of recruits for the
Rus sian army, to commence lst of
November.
Ex-senator N. P. Tallmabge, of.
New York, has taken the stu mp in
favor of the Spirit al-Rappers
DEATH Oh AN EDlToR. The CO.
lumbia Sout b Can Gilman, announces
the death of Col. T. W. Selleck, edi-
tor of the AbbeJille Banner, who
died on the Goth ult., in the 29th
year Of his age
The recent freshets have caused /
great injury to the rice crops in South
Carolina.
A great Methodist Missionary
demonstration will take place at the
Metropolitan Hall, N. Y, on the 2lst
November Il
Five conyicts broke out from the
room of the New York Court of
Sessions last Friday, and made good (
their escape.
A few days ago sale Of Durham !
cattle and Coisw3rld sheep took !
place 10 Bourbon county, Ky. One !
bull brought s6,OOI, and IA III 81
DO. {
A New BUsINEss.--A team re-
emily made its appearance atStock- j
on, California, with load Of suow,
our days from the Sierra mountains I
L was sold at 20 c ents a pound. l..
Some 1900 acres Of land have re- \
emily been purchased in Iowa, on
which colony of monks have set
led. Among their habits, it may be
nentione ed, that they never minglei \
nth the world, and when they put on 81
ew clothes, that sui is kept on wa v
ing or sleeping, till it falls off or be- 81,
ONES unfit for wear. w
A fire engine at Lancaster, Pa !
gently threw a stream Of water to b.
ia heioht Of 178 feet 6 inches. =