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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
Coming Out from Them.

The Central Democrat says: "a
general stampede appears to be going
on among the Know Nothiugs
throughout the Union. A council in
Haywood county recently met
burnt their charter, books, etc.. and
resolved to vote uauimously for John
son aud Currin. Sixteen have re-
Gently left the council at Mason s
Grovein this county, determined to
vote the democratic ticket through.
out. In Mississippi, 46 left couu
Gil at one meeting, while in Ken
lucky they are leaving the sinking
ship by hundreds. So motto it bel
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

DIseRAcEFUL RIoT!-Gha,}es C.
Growe, Esq. Assassinated at Lynch-
burg, Tenn We are informed by a
gentleman who was present at the
speaking at Lynchburg on Tuesday
last between Mr.. Grove and his com.
petitor, Mr.. Cowden, that in the
course of Mr.. Groves remarks the
crowd composed almost entirely Of
democrats, became excited to des-
psration. Pistols we're drawn and
for time speaking suspended. DR..
Bonner, Of Fayetteville, more despe-
rate than the rest, drew his pistol and
threatened to fire, when the gallant
Grove, overpowered by numbers,
barred his bosom, and defed his en-
emies.
Col. Grove acted CALAMITY through.
out and came off more than conquer
er.-She16yviUe Erpositor.
We are informed by gentleman
who was present, and in whom We
have reason to place the utmost con
fdence, that the above is supremacy
ridiculous and shamofully false.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
For tho Fayetteville Observer.
Tribute OF Respect.

Lodge, No. 6S, of Free and Accept
ed Masons, held at Fayetteville, Tenn,
July 2, A. L. 1856, A. D. 1855, the
following preamble and resolutions
were unanimously adopted:
WHEREAS, The painful intelligence
has been communicated to us, that
our worthy brother, THOMAS A. Ow-
EN-, has departed this life, and that his
mortal remains are ready for inter-
ment; Therefore,
Resoloea, That as a Lodge, we
proceed at the hour appointed for his
burial, to pay to him the last solemn
tribute of our Order, by the perform
of those ceremonial honors which our
brethren in all ages have paid to their
honored dead, and that we wear the
usual badge Of mourning for thirty
days.
Res0lusd, That the solemn inter-
ment Of his mortal remains, and the
wearing Of the badge Of mourning,
are but small part Of that duty
which we owe to one, who, in his life.
was closely bound to us by those ties
which unite human hearts in loves
warmest and strongest Affections
That the remembrance Of bis ami
mated existence--at ali times sc
suggestive to US Of true Masonic prin
ciples and excellence ought to be
engraven on our hearts in character;
more imperishable than any epitapl
which may be traced upon his tomb
and that we ought to bear in our bo-
SONS a feeling Of sorrow, above ant
beyond ali the forms, modes, an(
shows Of grief-a feeling deepe
and more real than the trapping ant
| the suit Of woe which the careless
heart wears, to hide its own insensi
biIity.
Resolued, That in our opinion ht
discharged, in a manner, surpass
ing ordinary faithfalness, the relations
which, as Mason, he sustained tt
his God, to his neighbors, and to hi
kindred, not forgetting those duties
which he owed to himself as man ant
citizen; that like true Mason he
seemed ever to venerate and adore
the Great Author of his being-tG
act towards his fellow-men upon the
golden principle of doing as he would
be done by-to his family and kin
dred, with the most ardent and devo-
ted attachments-and as to himself
as an immortal being, vending his
way through the worlds pilgrimage.
and preparing for the glories of a
higher existence.
Reso1rea, That as citizens Of this
community, we regret the loss Of
that liberality which was ever amongst
the first in acts Of public benefit, ev-
ler ready to foster the spirit of i'm
Iprovement, and open as day to ''melt-
ing charity"
Res0lOed, That we tender to his
relations and kindred the sympathy of
hearts, who can judge by their own
feelings, Of the anguish and sorrow
which afllict others-that there being
no bereaved wife Or unprotected or
phans, to whom We can tender the
sweet consultations of friendship, we
ever abide in the confident hope that
he has met the lost and the beloved
ones in land where no pestilence can
sever the ties Of an eternal union,
By order of the Lodge:
w. W. MoNELLEY, Sec.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
FssESCas.

Fg'HE coPartuersLip heretofore ~,
"A existing between the under Scs-1s
signed is this day dissolved BIZ mu- S=-~SN<
tual consent. The business will in the futrrs
be conducted By Mr. Thompson. at the sars
stand. where he viii be pleased 70 attend to
all orders for Groceries from Bedford ard SUI
rounding counties. All those indebted TO tbs
old firm are earnestly requested to come for
ward and close up amount due US by Cash or
Note, as i is important that the old bissr esq
should be closed up as soon rs possible. Tbs
Books viii be found in possession of 10. II.
Thompson. either of US however. are fully
authorized to make settlements for the ola
firm. m. ELLIOTT,
10. II. THOMPSON.
SbaTbvv;ffs c.,. OF 1874
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
The Baptist church at Yellow Lea

The Baptist church at Yellow Leaf
Mississippi, passed, a few days ago, 9
resolution of non-feilowsblp with
''Kuow Nothings." The Presbyte.
ry Of Chenango, Pa, at recent
meeting, resolved: That, in the judg.
ment Of this Presbytery, the prin-
ciples Of our church exclude from
communion the members of the Sc
Cret society called know Nothings,
and the members of all such secret
societies, and that the Presbytery
direct the enforcement ofthis opinion.
Similar action has been taken by
other ecclesiastical bodies.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
A G A r D.
M. " D. Wallace:

NJ. " D. Wallace:
DEAR SRI hand you this fol
the purpose Of informing my fellow.
citizens, that the report of my being
a know nothing is false. / never be-
ionged to them, and never had any
idea Of joining them. Please copy
this, and you will oblige yours,
CAMPBELL G. KEY.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

The Legislature of Connecticut
which adjourned on the 30th ult,
passed a law by which the courts Of
the States are forbidden to admins
ter the oaths necessary to naturalizs-
ton, to any foreigner who must con-
sequently seek the United States
courts if they desire to become siti-
.zens. This virtually nullifies the nat
uraiization laws of the Union, in
their application to the foreigners who
reside III portions of the State re-
mote from the large towns to which
the sittings of the United States
courts are generally confined, and
viii probably have the effect, which
was doubtless designed for it, to Sc
r;ously retard ia uralization.
A proposition to amend the State
constitution, in a way which viii de-
prive all naturalized foreigners who
are not familiar with our Language OF
their votes, passed both houses of the
Legislature by large mJorities, provi-
ded it be approved and sanctioned by
the people. It provides that no per-
son shall identified to vote unless he
can read distinctly and with facility
any clause or section of the constitu-
ton or laws Of the State or Of the
United States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

The number of Jews is said to
be rapidly increasing in all the cities
throughout the west. Memphis has
about eighty male and fifty female
Jews which would give a total of
$50 including children. Cincinnati
has at least. ten times that number.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

! AN AMERICAN IDEA" In Mil
Creek township, Union county, Ohio,
It young man named Simpson Price
was felled TO the ground and left Tor
dead. lie had abandoned the K n.
lodge in that place and attended
democrat meeting; for which the
Supreme order denounced him as
a perjurer, and threatened him with
vengeance.
The BALL sEr IN MorIoS.-Wiere
wU it Sop. In New York, a course
! of lectures is advertised, and the
subject is--"Episcopal Msthodism,
Anti.American in its Spirit and
Tendencies Foe to Republicanisin. "
This is only the beginning Of the cad.
If the fires Of persecution be once
kindled, whom will they no!consume?
A private note from a gentleman,
who has travelled extensively through
East Tennessee, dated at Kingston,
Sullivan county, says: "The speak
| ing at Tazewell, Beans Station, and
Rogersville, passed off finely. Gov.
JOHNSON will make decided gain in
all the counties in East Tennessee
that / have been in. The democra-
cy are in the finest spirits, and are at
the work as | never seen them be-
FORE
The proprietors Of the Cincinnati
Enquirer have been notified by tie
city authorities that they must issue
no more papers on the Sabbath; and
Mr.. Eclestein, of the same city,
pays twenty dollars fine every
Monday morning for selling soda
water on Sunday, and makes forty
dollarz at that.
The Calaveras (Cal.) Chronicle says
that as two gentlemen Of Moquelumne
Hill were riding out a few days since,
a rattlesnake was seen to cross the
road just ahead of the horse. One
Of them instantly jumped from the
buggy, chased his snakeship, caught |
him by the tail, and with whirl snapped
his head of. The snake was about
four feet long and had six rattles.
We would say to oar political
friends in other sections Of the State,
that in Franklin county, "the work !
goes bravely on" IF the party is as :
July aroused to their daty throughout !
he State, the majority of Governor ,
Johnson will be overwhelming. l.
Our opponents are busy TOO, but on !
Every stump they are defeated by {
he champions of good old-fashioned .
Democracy, religious liberation, and
liberty of Winchester
Star.
A few day since man went to tie t
abroad depot in Holyoke, Mass, just a
S the cars were starting, and took the J
hoes eff an infants feet, as part pay ]
or a debt its mother owed him. b
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

A French chemist says that he
has discovered that. by grinding tea
in the same manner as coffee, before
Infusion, the quality Of exhilarating
fluid obtained is nearly doubled. !
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

Men who have once been in the
know-nothing order are the best expo
nants Of It's frauds. Thus the Louisville
Courier exposes the platform fraud
very eonclusively in the annexed
paragraph:
A Multiplicity Of Platforms.-The
split in the once great American par
ty-a split which all candid and OBJ
serving men see, utterly precludes
the possibility of success in national
campaign-has been productive Of
the formation Of a multitude Of plat
forms which may thus be enumerated:
A National platform which notwith-
standing it's name, is repudiated by
the entire North, and the State OF
Georgia and Louisiana, at the South;
a Pennsylvania platform, Louisiana
Catholic platform, Georgia platform;
Ia Massachusetts, platform, made out Of
double concentrated essence Of Alb
olitionism, an Ohio, Indiana, aud an
Illinois Platform, pretty much like
Massachusetts, if not a little more so;
North Carolina platform, which
allows foreigners to vote, but denies
them the right to hold Office; a Blti-
more platform, which permits <. N.
Mayor and Common Council to ap-
point Catholics to Office, and several
other platforms male up as cireum-
stances req1ire, to suit their respect
i've Ioca' ties But as contemporary
apay remarks, and the force Of
which will be fully appreciated here,
nowhere has there yet been a plat
form made by the party which ig-
nores office.seeking or repudiates
"spols" hunters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

sy Our readers will please ex-
cuss the absence Of editorial, and the
reduced quantity Of other reading
matter, in to-day's Observer. Sick.
ness and death are the cause.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

The Wag Party.-A movement
has been started in PHILADELPHIA for
the reorganization of the Wing party
on BASIS exclusive Of alfeonnection
ENffh secret orders.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

There is great deal of poetry in
dying for ones country, the glory
of ''death-bed on the battlefield,
and all that; but statistical returns
Show that the great majority of sol
disrs die of the dysentery, which must
be a very different affair.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
THE TEMPER OF THE soUTH.

HE ! GMTEt (F ne SOO fh
Concerning the slavery question,
the South has not been for many
years 10 so quiet mood. There is a
perfect placidity of sentiment
throughout the slave States. We
have no Indignation meetings; no
torrents Of defamation aud denun-
citation; no fiery, threatening resolu-
tions. For'all these, there is deep
deep calm. And the reason is, that
at length, after decades of pickering,
the whole section is agreed that the
day IS at hand At length--at
length, and for the first time in many
u long year the South occupies her
true position, untrammeled, aud look
ing only to the constitution, for the
measure Of her rights" For the
first time, too. she sees her fanatical
enemies clothed with full power to
do their will in the House of Rep
reseutatives Of the United States.
And thus there is made, for the first
time, the true issue between the
North and the South. How it will
be decided is another question, but it
is glorious that it is 10 be decided;
that a few short months will give the
conflict its cullnination; and that
whether or not the hordes Of free-soil.
ers aud abolitionists are driven back
iimpotent, ovefpowersd by the innate
conservatism Of the whole people
our real relations with the antagonist
section will be brought out in bold
rslief The day of hypocrisy and
duplicity will DO over; our friend;
will be our friends, and our enemies
our enemies.
There never vas time so fu'
) of hope for the South, and for thu
maintenance and extension of slave
ry. The wit of man conId not devis,
for US q better relation than TIM
which wa occupy to the forces o
free-soilism. Wc battle mol for hal
oar rights but for tie Whole. Ou
enemies have ample power in on
House to do that thing which al
parties in the South have said woult
Il be cause for dissolution; and for al
the purposes of detriment to th'
South, the act Of that House will b
as potent as if the deed could b
carried through all the parliamentary,
, processes necessary to make it a Ian
The representatives who thus contro
the House are melted by frantic
, bowling constituencies at home. Gar
then receGe? The South cannot.
Out of this "nettIe danger" if The
South has true menin Congress, shall
she "pluck the flower safety The
whole people of the South see the
question as it really is. They are
assured, at least, and sre rejoiced by
the assurance that pro-slauery and
no.slarery are at length to have an
honest, fair, open fght-and they
have courage and faith.
So We say, the "good time" is
nearly come. God hqsten it! Oar
people see its approach, and hail ii
with quiet satisfaction. There is no
need for notes.-the final contest is
inst ahead, and we could not avoid it
If We wouId,nor would weif we could!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

STRICT attention given to the sale of all
~ Country Produce and Manufactures, to the
Receiving and Forwarding Of Freight, and to
the filling of orders in this Market.
December II. 1S54-12m.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

Eeaesiastical-The Methodists Of
Canada West, at their late meeting,
made two important changes in thsir
church poiity. They have consent
ed to extend the period Of the minis
ter's residence, on a circuit, from two
to five years, in any case where re-
quest to that effect enanates from the
quarterly meeting Of circIit- They
have also consented 70 admit an equal
representation OF clerical and lay
members al the annual district meet
ing Of the convention.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
EGDHHG zee
aNMA,A,R.a

with large Rooms and Stalls, well furnished
with provender, and good 0stler always ready.
There will be no pains spared on our part, we
promise good order and all things right side up
charges moderate, Call and see us when
you come to town--try for yourselves. and
there will be no need of putting ourselves, this
the 1st day Of January. 1855.
W. II. & NJ. d. MOoRES, Proprietors
February /, lS55-12m.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

SsyS YEARs' MAn-The Mobile
Tribune says, thzt il November, l846,
a gentleman in Baldwin, mailed a let
ter to a house In that city. Il was
never received until last week. when
it came exactly to is destination after
al absence of nearly seven years.
Il would be pleasant to hear that le.-
ter give an account of its travels du-
ring this long period.
Politics must be running high at
Paducah, if what the Louisville Cou-
rier says BE- true: .'The other day a
man was drowned at Paduoah, and
such is the political excitement there,
(says the Louisviliian) that the crowd
that had gathered around the spot
seemed only anxious to ascertain to
what party The Gnfortulass individual
belonged"
A white woman vas found dead in
Shipper Lane, Philadelphia, on Monday
evening, who had for some time pre-
vious been in the habit Of swallowing a
quart Of liquor daily!
MURDERs.-There have been six
hundred and eighty-two murders in
the United States during the past
yesr.
A more promising corn crop was
never seen in Louisiana than that
growing this season.
The Evansville On. y paper re-
cords the death Of dog from grief
aud starvation at his masters grave.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

The Dsnsville On. y paper re-
cords the death Of dog from grief
aud starvation at his masters grave.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

FLOUR!FLOU1s.
" r keep constantly on hand 4 -
w large quantity of Flour made 49,
at the Bedford Mills, which we warrant equal
to the Cincinnati or ST. Louis Flour.
COLDWELL & CUMMINGS.
Dec. 1. Shelbyville, Tenn.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-17

,.a[.X IN
scouting spirit oftho Church would result h an
indignant uptisine,of 4 superior force which
would crush them ii cncc. The PtpIlts, lei a.
lone, left 70 themselves, may lie d good citizens
as any. tits only whenthelr spiritual tyrants
perceive that something may be accomplished
"for The goodlpf the church, and call upon them
to carry out fI|llr designs, in the name of relig
ionr il Is only then that they become dangerous.
It is the policy Of the church by all means and
every where to increasesller power. waiting for
ga given time and suitable circumstanees.' q for
the exsrclseof that power. His the policy Of the
American party to resist this ~aggressive poll
cy" by constitutional means. for surely they
have a constitutional right to vote FOR the best
interests of their country.
In the closing part Of your communication
you wax eloquent in exhortation and quote from
Washington noble sentiment which every A
merican can consistently endorse. Though We
cannot compete with you in the hortatory style
yet we will exhort all American citizens, wheth-
er native born or foreign born, to join the great
American party in their efforts to purify our po-
litical atmosphere and preserve our country from
impending dangers. SO that "the bosom of Amer
lea" may be always "open to receive, not ouly
the opulent and respectable stranger; but the
oppressed and prosecuted of all nations AND ALL
RELIGIONS, whom we should Welcome to part.
cipation OUR RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES, Sc
&C., TO the fullest extent Of Westinghouse mean
ing; and to this end, let us exhort you, like him
to beware of s'the insidious wiles Of foreign in
huence."
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-17

voLUNTEER to make speech that day,
as charged BY the Dem, all Of which I
am ready to verify by goodly NUMBER
|of resp able.witnesses. 1.-THE Editor
Of the Democrat can't understand what
is said in order to REPORT, some one else
had better be sent on such bnsiness.-I
have here entered general denial and
can and would give in detail, what |
said on each point and my authorities,
but / do not wish to burden You or your
readers with a long history Of what I
said in order to defend myself against
charges which / can but think were made
for the purpose of injuring the Native
American cause or myself am not
apprehansive however, that what the
Democrat has said or can say will do
either. N. Z. PUGH.
Ang. 18th, 1856.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-08-17

A Distinguished MI i preachex coules outl
- ! lettet 1rnouncing The Americas party, and
calling on % Msthodisk especially preach
ers. to leave the ORDER Ill D nSke lis appeal
more effective, be warns them ne shade Of the
venerated Wesley. The Ants do not see iii this
any appeal to sdenominational prejudicese but
laud him to the skies. Another distinguished
Methodist sends to the Momphis Eagle and En-
quirer . letter from John Wesley, allowing that
he argued The cause Of the American party seventy
1--WE years ago. Atonce the Ants see that fhi,
is an appeal to "denominational prejudices.''
The presses Of tie Ants have long been crying
out that the time Of the Methodists would come
next, and are now parading around the opinion Of
some individual who pronounces that the Method
ist Church government is not republican in its
form, and they cry aloud that this lons predicted
attack is at last commenceds They not even
show that the individual is K. n, and cannot
show that the American party aremore response
BILE for his opinions than the Democratic or the
Wing party. But at the same time, an orator In
Louisiana takes the opposite mode of attack In
stead of seeing an attack zpou the Methodista, he
sees that the whole movement is a Methodist af-
fair. He says:
"Out of the city Of New Orleans, the only
parts of the State in which Know Nothngism is
stubborn and unyielding, are those in which the
Methodist persuasion largely prevails; the people
in those parts are not crowded by foreigners;
there are none amongst them; but the hostility
of the Methodsts to Catholicism is well known,
and, as they consider themselves engaged in re.
ligious crusade against it, they cannot be chang
| cd.
"The war against foreigners is little more thar
la pretext. War to Catholicism is the true ain
and object of the association. 1t must remain ex
clusiyely Protestant or it cannot liye."
We leave it to the Ants to reconcile all thess
inconsistencies.