Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1854-04-27


/ Trustwor thy accounts from st. Pc
tersburg, state that the war is unpop-
ular among the mercantile classes,
and that in consequence Of this feel
ling, an order had been issued forbid
dibg the assembling in the streets OF
grpups of over two persons.
CorToN STATISTICS. The receipts
OF Cotton at all the shipping ports
/ the present season to the latest dates
am unt to 1,774,027 bales-being
Ia decrease from correspp nding dates
of last year of 523, 9OS bales The
exp ports to foreign ports during the
sa Ine period show like decrease of
45O,473 bales, and those to U. S.
no tbern ports decrease Of l08,-
1882. The stocks OH hand and ship
board at latest dates are | Ala bales
less than those Of the same time last
year.
LAND TITLES IN CALIFoR NtA.--The
ISupreme Court Of California has made
an important decision, decl4 airing valid
all grants made in accordance with
the Mexican law. The effect Of this
will be to Ioust hundreds from lots
held by them for years, and restore
them to the original grantees. 1t is
considered death blow to The squat
tiers, aud will cause millions Of prop
erty to change hands, by the mere
operations Of law.
/ We have seen (says Tho Wash !
ington ,Sfar,) letters from dislin-
guished seaman now in BFemerha-
yen, dated March 10Th, sa ying that
The English fleet at the N pment Of
its departure for The Baltic, was in
fine condition, and full Of fight; and
hat the Russians were sell ing their
merchant ships as fast ss possible,
aud The Government was causing
the ice 10 be broken UP, tp enable
Them to get their ships of war iur-
her up, under The pr ole ction OF
heir fortresscs lie adds, conf i
lenlly, that the world wi soon
hear Of the exploits OF Admiral Ma h
der, IN that quarter.
1t is said that about 1900 new '
,ost-offices have been created In the
United States since the 3Oth Of June
asst, when the number was 22,220. +
While in America the proportion
{ persons who go to school of some =
lind is one in five, in Russia it is one
a two hundred and tw enty! v
Chicago papers contain a Cd II for Il
Sabbath Convention, to be h old in
hat city May the 18th, and designed g
0 include the whole North West. =
The citizens Of Memp hisare taking y
tops to secure the establishment of !.
le Southern Methodist Book Con =
ern at that place. W
The first book printed in the New b
World, was in the City Of Me xico. h
was printed in the Spanish Ian ar
lage in 1914. 81 81
There isonly one paper in Egypt NJ
small monthly sheet, in the A rabic di
ngpage, at four dollars a year. 1t h ha
devoted mainly to the powers that
}, and every one in the employ Of BIZ
e Pacha is obliged to subscribe. tn tn
ToBAcco. The Danville (Va.1 pTi
egister states atthe tobacco plants thu
We not suffered material damage wi
'm the recent severe ather. Pi
lere is plentiful supply sta1ding or or.
the beds. e a1
The Pennsylvania State s. nate oni
s passed bill to punish wanton ma
lelty to animals. The first Of
ice, 3 fine Of SIS, the second from aic
0 to 20. VI
Annexation with the United States i lea,
the subject of constant discussion {
present among the inhabitants Of fee 5s
Sandwich Islands. J
Horace S. Leonard, Of WardsbOro, ]
:, says the Boston Post, was a
mber of the Methodist church, but mil,
such a deyilish temper that he am
with his wife for merely t Tag
ting d neighbor, and, after sulking ohal
eek, went into the woods and cut Add