Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1853-02-17
Items Of News.

now estimated at l65.000.
David Francis diedIin Boston on
The pad inst, in consequence of
being Bitten on one>ofhls fng'rs by
d horse.
A fellow in Pennsylvania under
took to go down an iron mine in the
shaft, but fell out of the bucket and
went feet foremost to the bottom,
over seventy feet, but sustained no
injury.
On the 8 inst nine slaves were
sold at l.ynchburg, Va for an av-
erage Of 81 GAO II cents each.
DR., Bethune, in a recent lecture,
says: There are passages in the
messages OF Andrew Jackson, that
for lofty and noble pathos, are not
surpassed By any writings, not sac
red, on record.
The King of the Sandwich IS
lands proclaims day Of public
Thanksgiving in the autumn OF each
year.
Tie Catholics of New York city,
it is said, will commence the frec-
Ition o. a athedral, in The spri =, 10
cost 100000.
In 1916, there were 68, 525 acres
of cleared land in Sullivan co unity
n. Y, and in 1850, 9f,429-an in
crease Of over 5000 acres per year
According to the assessors, there are
over 100000 acres Of land in tn.
county which yet require clearing.
The establishment or increased en-
dowment of eleven Old School Pres
byteri;in Colleges at the West, is il
contemplation.
/ The Chicago Tribune gives a lon
list Of the Presidents and CASHIER
/ of nearly all the banking institutio n
in that State, who have been in
dicted by the grand jury for lille ga
banking. Nearly all have given bal
to appear.
I The New Orleans Bulletin says
that "the present condition of the
! planters OF the South, iii pecuniary
sense, is infinitely more favorable
than at any time within the last ter
or ffteen years.
1t is s;lid that at least eighteel
thousand persons go to the top o
Bunker Hill Monum ut every year
/ DisPute betpeen .Slatss.-.i dis
pate ha 5 arisen between the State
/ Of South Carolina and Georgia il
/ regard to their RES ,ectlve bouuda
Frles- Georgia cIaiI ns the excIusir,
jurisdic ton Of the ! ava pnah River
which South Carolina denies.
A copy Of the EIliet Bible, print
ed at Cambridge, Mass, in The IN
dian Ian guage, IN 1850, y as recent
ly Shown 10 the Historical Societ,
of Ohio, in Cincinnati This VA
the property OF john Alden, wht
died in 1856.
s ecimcns of red sn'i'y were re.
Gently exhibited al the Il s>ex insti
Iute, in Salem Mass ThIs SNOW
was brought from Tie -Arttic region,
where il falls coniuosll, and ii
great abundance. il lospke as if j
were saturated in blood.
Two brothers, Friend men, re
Gently engaged III wrestling mattel
IN Tuscarawas co, Ohio. One "a.
thrown, and, becoming cnraged
beat the other 10 death, Il it'll club
He was arrested, and Is Ipv in pris
on am aitlng his trial.
The Massachusetts Scihte has re
pealfd the law requringAicrimiual.
to b4 kept in prison IL months be
fore execution.
I'll e Minnesota Pioneer Of the
18th says the upper Mississippi i.
lrozd more than 100 miles, anC
heavily ladened teams were crossin.
Th ere are 1870 persons engaged
in the civil and diplomaticlseryice o
| the United States.
Over one hundred thou sand hog:
were killed and packed at Terrt
Haute, Ind, this season. This is a
large increase over last years opera.
tions.
The loans Of New York city banks
are estimated at Sl00,000,000. on a
capital of $17,5O0,O00, and specie
basis of S9,500,00O.
The number Of still-born children