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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-11
GIeaniues fran Onr Exchanges,
IHN EiIfo,got ,SprinLLags.

There are about sixty divorce ca
Sc pending before the Supreme
Court Of the little State ofRhode Is
land.
The General Conference of the
Methodist Church South will meet at
Columbus, Georgia, in May inst, and
among the most important businesss
will locate the Methodist book estab
li5fment
The Canada Times says That should
Ptince Albe rt have his health, and
the Queen survive for ten years to
come, The IsIand-of Grcat Britain win
have to be old 20 defray the expen-
Aes Of the royal family.
During The month of February,
in San Francisco, there were but
four marriages and ten divorces.
a violent hali-stOrm passeu over
Lewisburg, Va, last Thursday. 1t
is stated by She Era that the stones
were three fonrths of an inch in diam
eter. and that about 5000 panes of
window glass were broken by them.
Decrease Of oil BacAelors. The
m brriaue statistics of tins city for
1853. Show, saws the Boston fray7
olIer. that daring the year an unu-
suallv large number OF old bache-
lors, from thirty TO forty five years
of aye, have abandoned their state
of solitary blessedness, and taken
to themselfe wives.
At the municipal election held
in Tuscnmma, Ala, last week, the
Cd ontest as pretty warm belweer
the liquor and anti-iquor candI.
dates. "The no grocery men,
xa Us the Enquirer, &c carried the day
triunphantl,,' an1l elected thell
AIsyor and Aldermen opposed to II
censing houses ior the sale Of ilquol
by the drink.
The New York Weekly Iribml
h as a circulation Of l03,630 copies
President Pierce has signed lh'
bin authorizing the construction 0
six steam lrigates.
A report from Florida says iha
Billy Bowlegs has declared wal
d gainst the whites d doubtful.
Jefferson county, Ind, annually
sends to market from $4,000 tc
$4,000 pounds Of wo&-
A work of supererrogation- u
ing for 'weak tea at cheap bOarf'
ing house while rebellion relsns II
China.
During the past nine months Tor
ty-fiye vessels at sea have peer
struck by lightning.
Fifty thousand born subjects o
ENGLAND are employed in the ner
obant marine of the United States
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-11

Another New Territory.-It 1t is sta
tied that the people of arson valley
have agreed to ma Ike application to
Congress to oe Sc parated from Utah
Ind formed into a new Territory, to
be bounded on the east by the Goose
Greek Mountains, north by Oregon,
and south and west by California
The area included within these linn
Its is about one-third Of the Terrific
ry of Utah, of which it is the west
ern part. 1t is remote from the
Mormon settlements, and its inhabl-
tants are not Mormons.
At tie celebrated clock insnnfac
tory in Connecticut, $50 meD are
employed, and the clocks Rre man
blactured at the rate of 600 a day
Each clock passes through about
! 60 different hands. More than hall
the clacks inade in Connecticut are
sent 10 Europe.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-11
Hear the tolIing of the bclls--

Hear the tollingof the bclls--
Iron bells. fdy eompels
What a world Of sblemn thought theif mono
In the silence Of the night,
How we shiver with alright
At the melancholy menace Of their tone
For every sound that floats
From the rust within their throats
Isa groan.
And the people-ah, the people
They thatdwell up in thestecple,
AIralone.
And who, tolling, tolling, tolling
In that muflled monotone.
Feela glory in SO rolling
On the human heart stone--
They areneither man nor woman
They are neither brute nor human
They ase .Ghonls
And their king it is vi ho tolls;
And he rolls, rolls, rolls.
Rolls
A paean from the bells!
And his merry bosom swells
With the pean Of the bells!
And he dances, and he yells;
Keeping time, time, time,
Ina sort Of Runic rhyme.
Tothe pean Of tho bells
Oh. the bells:
Keeping time, time, time,
In a sort of Runfe rhyme,
To the throBling of the bells
~ OF the bells, bells, bells--
To the sobbing Of the bells;
Keeping times time, time,
As he knells, knells, kneIls,
In happy Runic rhyme,
Toithe roilingof the BELLS
OF the bells, bells, bells,
20 the telling ofethe bells
of the bells. bells, bells. bells,
Bells, bells, bells--
Tosthe moaning aud the groaiiing of the bell
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15oa,gl T.a5t 4haaIIl
The Bells.

Hear the sledges with the BELLS
Silver bells! ftell.
What world Of meriment theft melody fore
How they tinkle, tnkle, tinkle,
ln the icy air of nishti
While the stars that overspfinkle
All the heavens seem to twihkle
/ With d crystalline deliBht
| Keeping time. time, time,
] In a sort of Runic rhyme,
To the tintinnabulation thatso musicalI well.
From the bells. bells, bells. bells
| Bells. bells, bells
From the jingllis and the tinkling Of the bells
Hear tile mellow wedding bells +
Golden bells [tellsl
What world of happiness their harmony fore
Through the balnly air of night
How they ring out their delight
From the.mo ten golden notes,
And al i in tune.
What liquid ditty floats
To the turtle-doye that listens, while she gloats
On the moonl
Oh, from out the sounding cells,
What gush Of euphony volumipously wells!
How it swelsl
How it dwells
onthe future, how it tells
OF the rapture that inl pels
To the eswinging and the ringing
OF the bells. bells, bells,
OF the bells bells, bells, bells,
Bells, bells, bells
To the rhyming and the Ginning of the bells,
Hear the loud alarum bells
Brazen bellsl
What atale of terror now their turhulency tells!
In the startled ear of night
How they scream outtheir alright
Too much horritied to speak,
They can only shrek. sIrriok,
Out OF tune, lire,
In clamorous appealing tothe me, ey Of the
Ina mad expostulation with the deaf and fran
tie fire.
LeaIins higher, higher, higher,
With desperate desire,
And resolute endea9of
Now--now to sit, OF never,
By the side of the palc-facpd moon.
Oh, the bells, bells bellsl
What a tale their terror tells
Of despair!
How they ciang, and clash, aud roar!
Whata horror they outrour
On the bosom of the palpitating air!
Yet the car, it fully knows,
By the twanging
And the changing,
How the danger ebbs and flows.
Yet the car ardistinetly tells,
IN the jangling
And the wranglings
How the danger sinks andtswells,
BY the sinking or the swelling inIthe anger Of
Of the bells, [the bells
OF the bells bells, bells. bells,
Bells, bells, bells
In the clamor and the clansor OF the bells!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-11

1t is stated that France and Eng
land are in accord, concerning affairs
in Italy and upon the Rhine; as well
MS in the East. If Prussia and Aus
tria should finally side with Russia,
France will raise an Italian movement
rgainst Austria while Sir Charlts Ma
pier will act against Prussia The
principal Belgian paper repea IS the
statement. According to it two Au-
glo-French camps will be established,
one upon the RI Aine, the othe upon
the frontiers Of Piedmont.
At the close Of the present. year
there will be in operation in | 5oston
forty Banks, With capital Of $751;.
100000, averaging nearly o1e mil
lion to each Bank.
! Education III T6yinia.- The
Richmond Wing argues the heces-
sily for adopting more e1licient
syste IA OF educ rtion in that State.
1t tsays:
''Every decade exhibits a rapid
aud fearful incdease Of tliis u hass oil
ignorance. In 1910, the unmber
of the nnIetteled in Virginia a.
mounted to $4,000. In 1850 ii
exceeded $1,000. AT this rate it
will not require many centuries TO
extiIiguish all knowledge Of letters
in the State.
The Griffin (Ga.) Union Of the
9th says that Il Ie late frost has Sc
rioGsy injured the wheat a nd to-
italy destroyed The forward corn
and fruit jn thHt section.
/ 4 gentleman in Alton, Illinois, has
invented q pocket pistol, which, il Is
said, will prime itself and fire thirty
six times in Succession, II IS onli
4 six inches in length, though il vii
throw ball with sufficient force Il
pertorate an INCH plank at the dis
tanee Of an hundred feet.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-11

A LONG BoY.-The Democrat Press,
Pf Cnicago, says: "There is a boy
now IN this city who is fifteen years
Of age, and measures six feet eight
inches in low-heeled bolts. lie is as
straight as a tall Lake Superior pine,
intelligent, aud proud being ives
tern product. His father and moth
er are both larger and taller than
himself.
YARDS re- DwELI.ING IIdusEs. "A
bill has passed the Pennsylvania Sen
ate, requiring dwelling-houses hereaf-
ter erected in Philadelphia to have
yards Of at least eighty square feet,
and also a separate and welI-construc-
ted cess-pool. The penalty for yio-
lating the law is $780,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-05-11

LETTER POSTAGE the house Of
Representatives on the 18th, the
Post office committee reported a bill
to increase the rates Of postage to 3
cents, if prepaid and 10 cts. if not
UNITED STATES NAvY.-The United
States Navy consists of 40 vessels Of
war, with 2ll5 guns, while that Of
Great Britain numbers 667 vessels,
with II, $3.50 guns, and that of France
52S vessels, and I, IA guns.
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-01

=
! U. s. BANK AND TARIFF. THE Cincin.
natl Gazette has broken ground in favor Of
a United States Bank and o High Protec-
tive Tariff The whig press, generally, is
assenting toit. Already have they em-
barked ina crusade thatis designed to re-
'tard emigration insthis country. Men Of
sense and Intelligence wereled to believe
that the treaty made by our government,
through tComodoresP Perry, withthegovern-
ment Of Japan was subscribing the interests
|of Commerce and theearise Of Civilization.
They must have been mistaken. Cali home
youg ships, destroy your commerce, abol-
ish Your ship yards Dive out Catholics.
close the ports against every body and eve
Irything, and we will become most happy
people. Thus, in spirit, say these Wing
philosophers. - Chil.EAdu. gis s'sa
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1.-THE HARD; OR A PRoTEsT. - Benton
tSrAkDFRoMuNDER"--Hdrd Money Men.
4LET'ER R1P.'--ESerybody.
We are advised, by what we regard as
good authority, that he Treasurer of State
has Just issued circular to the several
county Treasurers, instructing them that
after the first day of December, now close
at hand, no moneys will be received for
State tares, save GOLD and SILVER.
We understand that the Treasurer has
been driven to this alternative by the con-
duct of certain banks Of this State, in hav,
ing sold him Eastern Exchange. without
having, at the time of presentation, any
means at the East with which to meet
their obligations. o. a-
This, however, may be only one of many
reasons for his extraordinary ORDER bul
we doubt not, whatever may be his rea
sons and motives, the people of the Statt
will, in good time, have them in detail. =
Gin. Enqvtfer.
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..2urTrNe THE "FEE DOLLAR Law" IN
FoRcE.-Mr. M. KENsEnzs has instituted
six suits against the officers Of tie Ports
mouth Branch Of the State Bank of Ohio,
for having violated the provisions Of the
"Ten Dollar Law passed by the Legis-
lature Of last winter. If afew more ex-
amples'' were made Of these arrogant in
stitutions, we think it would have a salu-
tary effect upon their morals. At least II
would teach them to pay a little more re-
spect to the laws Of the land.
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JoHr VAN BuREN's LAsT.-John Van
says that the Administrator. is the only
party that has gained victory in the New
York election. Bronson, theman whom
it removed from the Office of Collector oi
New York, appealed to the people on that
measure by being q candidate for Govern,
ment and the result is, the people have
sustained the eo,lrse.of the Administra-
ton by four hundred thousand majority.
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TsCIi.ics h, ,he PnIpit.

Z
The New York papers Of Saturday pre-
vious 70 the day Of election, were filed
with notices of sermons on political sub.
Fiects, to be preached from the pulpit on
the Sabbath following. The Church Joar'
aal,9 (Episcopalian, commenting upon o9n
this, extraordinary feature Of the times,
tpertinently inquiries: !. aa. sa@ ssa5'
I y" What is thereason of allthis ~ Has
the old fashioned Gospel--which weshavc
been accustomed to believe was the Evcr-
lasting Gospel-been at length exhausted
and worn thread-bear? Is notextfreSh
enough now for preachers and people, ex-
cept it be taken from the Gospel according
to the daily papers?e Is it that the min
listers are tired of the old topics Of gpace
and salvation, and no longer believe that
I" Gospel of which they pretend to be
"preachers?p The point we now wish
to make however, is, that in the country,
where, aas we have fondly hoped Church
and State--religion and politics - were
thoroughly and forever divided, popular
preachers are rapidly rising to bc the lea
!. ders Of political parties; and pulpits ore
found to be-as in times of old--the best
recruiting drums to beat up voters for po-
flitical partisans. And a corresponding
!! change has taken place in politics, too, as
jwelLas religion--both Of them riEag and
! falling upon one pivot-por -poauh. Al
|, the pulpit, therefore has grown politics,
1.-THE stump has waxed pious,' and if 7" Ne
Ibraska :" rings out Justify from the meet
ling house, It is only in sonorous union
with the ".higher law +" resounding from
] the halls of Gongress. !. .L-l 4
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uslfia, Auala. IA Turkey.

4 AItou.h Seres epol ~ now the point "
Fhid eSs N eJ is turlel, and all othe5'
hattsk, Wen hough elosly connected
kithihe 6hal issue Of De struggle, mhst
appear insignificant, yet tha affairs Of the
Bannhianp provinces are bcenning 80 inis
portant that public attention may ftly be
called to them. No one who has watched
events during the last few weeks will be
surprised to learn, that the iH-feeling be-
tween Austrisnsand Turns is every day
becoming stronger, and the alliance from
which 50 much Was expected is already
dissolved so far as the sympathies Of the
two nations are concerned. The. course
which Austria has taken may be regret
Ited, but II IS not. rtnnatural The feelings
which prompt her actious are not difficult
I to, divine She has had all through but
| one end IN view 10 enadcipate herself
| from the pressure Of Il protection that was
almost yassalage, and to extend her power
lin the regions to which she fancics she
| has claims which there is now an. opportu-
Unity of asserting. The ,Moldo-W WalElebian
provinces contain a people akin to that
which iihabits contagious territory il
lboth the Russian and Austrian empires.
IN Bessarabia the, Romantic race Is mn
merous, but In the southeastern pro- Einces
! Of Austria italso forms a LARGE part sof tlt
lpophlation. Hence there IS a natural fiy.
airy between the two empires as to which
shah occupy the dsbatable ground and in
fuence the semi-independent people who
tstill call the Sultan their sovereign. The
navigation of the Danube is ancther cause
secret jealousy. Austria holds the head
waters Of the river, Of which the Czarcon-
/ trolls the mouth. The lucrative traffic d
the Austrian steam Companies may be- q
any time arrested bya movement or even
a threat of the Czar, and in the last two
/! years their losses must have been very
great. So.far, then, there is natura
hostility between the two empires, which
cannot ba entirely quenched by mutaa
obligations and common fears. But, Of
4 the other hand, Austria is, as much al
Russia, ayerse from the. relinquishment Q
Fall protective rights. She has no ipten
ton that the provinces shall become al
integral part Of . new and regenerate OF
toman State, and her own ambitious view,
lbe,checkad forever by treaties having TIL
sanction Of united Europe. It is now
easy, to. understand the policy of Ffanci
1Joseph through the, whole contest. Iii
Ito place himself. in, the position of medi
lator, to bring this war to. a close Yithou
'Eallowing it to, set Europe in flame, (
keep his complex and deliberately organ !.
lized empire in safety, to sand well witt
1.-THE combatants on both sides, and aboy'
Hall, to extend his influence in the northern
provinces Of Turkey, in accordance, Wit
the helelitary policy Of his race eo'
4 London Times.
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AV There are various kinds Of mean
ness in the world, but there is none more
contemplate than receiving newspaper
for years and then sneaking off without
paying for it We have some experience
ofstheSkind. The Post Master will write
that Mr.. Small Sneak has left town, and
that his paper is not called for. We al
ways write such a, fellow down as an un-
mitigated scnundrel, who would steal his
grandmother's grave clothes. 'has' i. +
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IA RETURNED Y LIBsRIAN. N.---Thomas
Chester, Esq a acolored native OF Haf-
who has been residing in Libe-
ria fufthe last5eighleeI months. called
upon us yesterday. He bears with him
i certificate. under the bfoadF seal, that
be, is an attorneysatslsw. in good stand-
ing, &cs He hassip possession many cu-
riosjties and samples OF minerals, 'and
enioyediexcellsnthea ile.speaks We
tyslavorably 81 the countsy. and its; ad.-
yaptages, and intends teldrhinginla short
time = Hasris5ufg HeruM SfSiisffg fSs
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NONRYl MONEY! Il MONEY

Persons knowing themselves indebted to
v iOs aaysSi;sing. Job work &papeEss
vould confer ! hsor BY calling and set
ting the saIhe. Those subscribers to the
DisPpssh who afe yet.in arrearge are es-
pecialIy requested to come toward and
pay up Don't fail, gentlemen 70 heed
tbs request
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EARrHs-Some genius has descdhedthe
earth as q place Of poverty, toll, vexa-
ton. want pain, sickness, trouble, per-
plexity, marriage, murder, birth, robbery,
cold, music, acting, preaching, praying,
conversion, hypocrisy, raseahty, election,
defeat, victory, fighting and death, n 5 v
Think we shall take our hat and absquata.
late soon--yery. .b.sii
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Rw The Wing papers throughout the
State are buisily engaged in explaining
the causes Of the numerous Bank failures
and apologisug for the rotten concerns
and their dishonest officers. Why don't
they also sympathize and shed tears over
the numerous failure Of merchants, dc,
which occur every day. The former are
licensed toteheat and rob the people and
when they burst they are entort'taates! The
latter are private individuals, possessing
little or no political power and thence gre
sconndrels. 8
We look upon the system Of bankingas
bait for scoundrels to catchat, and Wing
papers at their tools. lAt
The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1854-12-01

re- "THASKsGlvme DAY" was gen
orally observed BY our citizeds. Divine
service was had inthelprincipal Churches,
and everything posed ios pieasahay and
quietly.
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!. Over three hundred and forty thousand
dollars Of free bank currency, says the
indianapolis Sential, were Cancelled by the
Auditor of State during last week, There
is not more than 90, 500, 900 Of this des-
cription Of money now in circulation Of
which the banks probably hold $500, ,o0O-
making the entire circulation Of free bank
paper among the people about three mil-
lions Of dollars. Most of this amount is
now in Indiana.
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The. three hundred thousand slavehold-
ers could no more dissolve this Union than
three hundred thousand ants could disrupt
the Rocky Mouptaips,-- Buffalo Denaoc-
racg sia s.gss 1aS .a 2i
When John Breugh was candidate for
admission to the bar in Cincinnati, the us
ual farce Of aniexamination was got up, in
trusted to several of our best lawyers
Among the many facetious questions pro-
pounded twas, Z" Can one man constitute a
mob ~ John responded, Certainly, if
he can get a few fellows to help him."---
So can the three hundred thousand slave
holders" dissolve the Union, when they
have the pestilept horde of Northern Abo-
litionists to help them Gin. Enq.sa s,
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Q a0laa i .As psn0elall0


invocation to union In the Democratic
FAxtys
However much disappointed deadets
in.the temporary defeat Of the
party, there Is not an intelli-
yenA-adsessarY~ef that party in-the .eeuA--
Iry who does not admit to himself, in this
its hour Of gloom, that the democracy viii
shortly recover its strength and renew in
the early future its glorious and substantial
victories Of few years ago, This uuien,|
willresult. for two causes; ftst the differ
thce between combipation made success
ful by its hostilities aloae;s and, secondly I
the sense Of danger to our common coun.
try, now rendered more imminens. when,
in too many cases, Except that Of New
York, )thelast fanaticism has unconscious
fIy aided the Oldest and. the worst--we al
hide to thclfusion in most Of the free States
between the foesoftfe rights ofthe States
\ and the advocates Of religious intolerance
However democrats may have heretofore
differed, whether on personal grounds or
on public questions they cannot long be.
kept apart when they see the efforts max
ing to break up the foundations Of an
r g.
organization which for more than half
century, has been soimportant an eelsl
Iement Of the public safety. and the gen
eral prosperity. Nay, the very fact
that the victorious majorities in the sey-.
eral free States. are already torn by the
contentious Of rival isnls, each claiming the
barren honor Of the triumph, shows how
little the nation can expect from those who
have succeeded at the ballot-boxes in mo-
ment Of impulse and Of passion. Even
those who might be disposed, therefore to
Igratify their own disappointments BY
wounding the democratic party. and by
destroying it, will turn from the discour-
- S Dpao n;;vat;or which e not ! un,;t mon
anr 6na ,o,ra.t nr;inc;nle win tbo,' tb,'9 north.
-. G, ;;nst,noe 10 reodv i n,,t q
AZ. to, !, ! ~ eon,h;n.t;on ,,b,cb has 1u sor
;tln.do,.. .,,a, nal, I,,noa,n ansn,;es, ~ tba
.o,t,,~ = aass;nsr of Msss.cbnsatts pa.
saSI sY N vi. ~ Thaasa,,s sfa,ons
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IN economical administration OF bne Ieu-
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FourD DEAD. Last Saturday evening,
WIN. WALkrn, Esq, an old and highly
esteemed citizen Of this city, was found
dead IN lis room. He was last seen on
Thursday afternoon preyiousSandit is sup
posed he died that night, from an appo'
plectic fit. 5ssF.,s