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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
A Pretty Foot.

There's magic in lady's foot
And well the ladies know it
And she who has pretty one
Is pretty sure to showit:
At times you, too, are martyred by
The incest little ankle,
That shoots an arrow through the eyes,
Within your heart torankle.
OF course you turn your gaze aside,
And all your bushes stife.
For well you know she's not aware
Her skirts are raised trife;
And should you think she might per chance
Have on loosened gaiter,
Your fingers itch to play the part
Of honest lady's waiter.
But when it trips along the street,
Through wind and mud and vapor,
By sheerest accident you see
How beautifutthe taper;
And as it steps upon the walk.
Amid the crowd to mingle,
Two roguish eyes look up and say.
Il wonder if he's single?"
But would have no lady think, -
fancy her schemer,
And beg her to remember that
The poet is dreamer;
He sees what others do not see,
And seeks for hidden beauty
No pretty face can lure him from
The path of moral duty.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
Vote en the Nebraska Bill.


> Those old line wings who are hal
) ing between two opinions, may tin
something to the point in the follow
a ing letter showing up the Kansas-Ne
braska Bill which is an excellent tes
e fJra man to learn his nationality. |
: is from the able pen Of the Hon. A
I'll. STEPHENS:
From the Chronicle and Sentinel:
WAsHNGTeN, GA, July 9, 1885.
Mr.. JoNEs-I notice in your pub
lication Of the speech made by me- a
'SpaIta, a Typographical error of some
importance, which / wish corrected
The sentence l allude to, as printed,
reads thus:
"If this great Northern question,
| (referring to the Kansas and Ne
braska billy then,h been submitted
to the Southern Democrats present
in the House, when the vote was "a
ken, and to them only, without an
other vote for or against, either from
the North or South, the Bill would
have passed
Theeror consists inputting North
ern where Southern should be; and
the sentence corrected should read
"If this great Southern question,
then, had been submitted to the North,
ern Democrats present in the House
when the vote was taken, and to them
only, without another vote for or a.
gains6 it, either from the North or
the Bill would have passed"
] will take this occasion, also, to
correct some erroneous and conflict |
ING statements which l have seen in
the newspapers, upon the subject of
The exact vote of the Kansas and Ne
oraska bill. The ayes and noes were /
as follows, in the House, on the final
passage of the Bill: /
(Namas omitted.)
This vote is taken from the Con-
yressjoaql Globe, lst Sess. 3o Cong,
Page 1854, and it shows that on the
passage of the Bill in tha House,
here were 113 votes for it and LOO I
lgainst it. The Northern Democrats
Who voted for it are put in italics, and
hose Southern Wigs who voted a
,ainst it are put in small caps. The fol-
owing analysis Of the vote carefully /,
may be useful for future ref
renee, and insert it: Il
n THE PASSAGE OF THE BILL (H. r. NO. |
2S6, "To ORGANIZE THE TERRiTo-
RIEs OF NEBRASKA AND KANSAS" +"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
Sebast0poi.

/ The Washington correspondent o
the Baltimore ,S,m, referring to the
statement that Gen. Pellisser did not
know that battery would sweep the
rayine when the French suffered such
loss, and that niue was to be sprung
under his feet, says that be was not
so we'll acquainted with the defences
Of Sebastopol as some persons in
Washington = probably the Russian
embassy. If the allies had obtained
possession Of the Rean and the NAL
Iakoff they would, says the CORES
Ipondent, at the same moment have
been ext:nguished. According to this
writer, who does derive his informa.
ton from good authority, the whole
of Sebastopol is undermined. He
says:
at is known here that al these
defences have been undermined, and
that the Russians and their foes
would have perished together, if the
assault had been successful. A lab
yrinth Of mines underlay Sebastopol.
The besiegers and the besieged will
alike share the penalty of an assault.
Russia fights not like other ma
tions, for she never hesitates TO sacri-
fee her own people and her own
property for an enemy,a as the history |
of Napoleons Russian campaign and /
the burning Of Moscow attest.
81 am reminded by these lato re.
the allies of the prophetic
warning contained in the address of
General st. Arnaud to the French
army upon the eve Of the embarka-
ion for the Crimea, He warned {
hem that they were to meet an ene- j
ny that had been diligently preparing !
OF war, while France had for forty /
Fears been engaged in the cultiva.
ion of the arts of peace. So it has s
'roved. Russia is found prepared ]
It all points for defense, as well as for I
ggression.'' ]
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

Some twelve or fifteen members of
certain know nothing lodge, not a
hundred miles from here, wished to
quit, a week Or 50 since, and desired
that notice should be given to call a
meeting for that purpose, when the
President refused, saying they would
have no more meetings until after
the election. 1t was only after
threatening to quitanyhow and expose
the thing, that they were permitted
to Withdraw.
This is new feature Of the Bill of
Rights, that a member shall not be
permitted to withdraw until after the
election. Significant fact. Wnches-
ter Star.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
There is no country in the worlt

There is no country in the world
where the people are so addicted to
the medicine eating propensity, as
in the United States 1t has grown
to be a perfect mania--a disease of
itself. The fact is, nature never de-
signed the human body to be such a
receptacle of medicine. If men
would study the laws Of nature, diet
instead Of dragging excess
siyely, be regular in their habits, in
stead Of regular in their excesses, use
common sense and cold water freely
and the doctor as little as possible,
they would live longer, suffer less,
and pay less for the privilege.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02


We have been littls amused this
week at the movements of the Know
Nothings of our town. A couple Of
know-Nothing emissaries arrived
here from Nashville, and immediately
after their arrival it was circulated
over town that they were prepared
and anxious to bet some twenty
thousand dollars on Gentry's election.
Upon this news the Democracy Was
delighted with the prospect Of get-
ting chance to make something; but
10! behold when the Democracy
marched up ready to cover any a.
mount. they, would mention Il the
Know. Nothing braggadocios look
water. We think that this ought
at least to teach certain ,aristocratic
upstarts that the untefrifed Demo:
Gratis Of old Greene are not TO be fool.
ed.-GreeanHe Eaq'e.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
Sam Locking Up.

The Federal Union Of Georgia
says the Know-nothings are trJirg
to keep their spirits up by telling
each other that Sam is looking up
in other places. Sam is looking up
everywhere, and there is u very good
reason for it; the rascal is fiat on
his back, and he can't look in ans
other direction.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
GIeanings from our Exchanges,
WA Editorial SprinUtngs.

DR. Halls WAY OF TREATING A
BAD Cop "A bad cold like measles,
or mumps, or other similar ailments,
will run its course Of about ten days
in spite Of what may be done for it,
unless remedial means are employed
within forty-eight hours OF its in
ception. Many a useful life may be
spared to be increasingly useful, by
cutt&,g q COLI short Of, inthe toNowSng
safe and simple manner. On the
Grst day of taking cold, there is a
very unpleasant sensation of chill
mess. The moment you observe
this, 90 TO your room and stag
there; keep it at such temperature
as will entirely prevent this chilly
feeling even if it requires a hundred
decrees of Fahrenheit. Ia addition,
pnt your feet in water, half leg deep,
as hot as you can bear it, adding
hotter water from time to time for a
quarter of an hour, SO that the water
shall be hotter when you take your
FEET out than when you put them IN
it; then dry them thoroughly, and
put on warm WOODEN stockings, even
if it be Summer, for Summer colds
are the most dangerous; and for
tweniy-f0ur hours eat not an atom
Of leod; but drink as largely as you
desire Of any kind of warm teas, and
at the end of that time, if not sooner,
the cold will be e9ectnglly broken
~ithoat any medicine whate0sr.
MusK.--A single grain of musk
has been known to perfume room
for the space of twenty years. At
tbe lowest computation, the musk had
been subdivided into $40 quadrillions
of p 4rticles, each Of them capable Of
affecting the olfactory organs. The
diffusion of odorous effluvla may also
b. conceived from the fact, that a
lump of assaf6etida, exposed to the
open air, lost only grain in seven
weeks. Again, since dogs hunt by
the scent alone, the efiluvia emitted
from the several different individuals
of the same race, must be essentially
distinct, and being discerned over
large spaces, must be subdivlded be-
yond our conception or powers OF
n mbers.
A CoNscIESTIoUs MAYoR.-The
Mayor of city in Ohio, got drunk
not long since; when sobered he
vent before a squire, informed on
himself, paid his fine and resigned his
office.
All the accounts from Illinois re-
port the wheat harvest as being the
largest and best ever known IN the !
State. 1t is believed that the price '
Of wheat in Alton will come down in
August to 81 bushel if not eighty T
cents.
AITAMoNT, July 90, 1856.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

The Grand Lodge of Massachu-
setts has in its possession a lock of
Washington's hair. 1t is kept in a
gold casket covered with glass, and
has been regularly transmitted from
the hands of the grand master to those
Of his successor, who always has it in,
his personal charge.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

A man in Louisville has expelled
a know nothing council. The man
ner of it is thus told by the Louis
vile Democrat:
Last night Jackson, (know moth
ing) Council expelled DIr. Randolph.
He applied for a demit last fourth of
July, but some one preferred charges
against him. He declared he could
not vote for Marshall for Congress-
He was told be must do so, bat he
thought he would get a discharge
He was notified to meet a committee.
and obeyed, but only one member
of the committee made his appear
aRce. Mr.. Randolph never heard
what the charges were, and does not
now know for what he was ex-'
PEELED. He authorizes us to say that
he has, by a unanimous vote, ex-
pelled said Council.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
Cgoits Tortrg.
TirnneSS.

sirmness.
Well, let him go. and let him stay
do not mean to die;
| guess he'll find that can live
Without him, if l try.
lie thought to frighten me with frowns
So terrible and black
He'll stay away thousand years
Before l ask him back!
He said that I had acted wrong,
And foolish, too, besides;
, won't forget him after that
wouldn't if died;
II 1 was wrong, what right had ne
To be SO cross with me?
know Pm not an angel, quite
I don't pretend to be.
He had another sweetheart ones:.
And now, when we fall out,
He always says she was not cross.
And that she did not pout
It is enough to vex saint
It's more than l can bear;
wish that other girl Of his
Was--well. l don't care where.
He thinks that she was pretty too
Was beautiful as good, -
| wonder if she'd get him back
Again, now, if she could?
/ know she would. and there she is
She lives almost in sight,
And now it's after nine o'clock =
Perhaps he's there tonight.
I'd almost write to him to come
But, then, Fve said won't;
do not care so much, but she
: Shan't have him, if don't.
Besides. know that was wrou..
And he was in the right,
I guess I'll tell him so-and then
! wish he'd come tonight!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
A1TaNoyT. july 90. 1866.

MEssRs. EDuoRs:-All is right in
Grundy with the democracy. If other
counties throughout the State will do
as well as Grundy, Johnson's majority
will be equal to that of Wise OF
Virginia. Yours
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

cotes giyen on the Til, of wajeh tier
were IL for it and u against q,
: giving us majority of one, while il
all these six New England States to
: getherwe got three votes for it.
In the Senate, on the final passag,
of the bill, the yeas were 35, and nay;
, l3-of these 35 yeas, Brodhead o
Pa, Cass of Michigan, Douglass o.
Illinois, Gwin Of California, Jones Of
Iowa, Norris of New Hampshire, Pet
it of Indiana, Shields Of Illinois, Stu
ART of Michigan, Thompsonef New Jer-
sey, Toueey Of Conn, Weller Of Cali
fornia, Williams Of New Hampshire,
and Wright Of New Jersey, were
Northern Democrats; and to these
may be added the names Of Bright
of Indiana, Vice President, pro tim,
and Dodge Of Iowa, absent at the
time, but known to be warm friend
of the bil-matjng sixteen Northern
Democrats an the Ssnstc for The Bill;
while of the Is votes against but two
Northern Democrats in that body
were of the number, to-wit: Ham !
lin of Maine, and Walker of Wiscon-
sin. See Congressional Globe, same |
session, page 1921. Ont Of tie 35
uotes fv The bill in the iS3nqte, there
was not one Northern Wiig or Nor1h-
era Kaov Nothing And out of the
ia votes in the House for the bill,
there was not one Northern Know
Nothing. Bad, therefore, as a por-
tion of the Northern Democrats are,
such men for instance, as Dix, Van
Buren, & Co.. justice to such of them
as are true to the Constitution, re-
luires it to be made known that
of them in both Houses Of
Congress, including good and bad to-
yether, stood by the rights of the
South on this great question. And
f the Kansqs Bill had been left to
The Northern Democrats oaly, 5nclu-
ling sound and unsOaad, the measure
0ou!d hare been carried an 10th Hou-
es Of Congress aeithoM another cote,
ither for or against, from the North
y South. These are important facts
or the South to be informed upon,
nd to consider well before they join
ny national party, one of whose
nain objects is to @crush OUT and
put down" these men at the North
tho have proved themselves true, not
ally to the Union; but to the Consh-
xtion, and our rights under it, even if
hey do call themselves Democrats.
+ Parties should be characterized
nd known by their principles and not
neir names. Respectfully,
ALEXANDER I'll. STEPHENS.
P. S.-Most Of the seven South
IN Wings who voted against the Kan
rs Bill are Kaow N0thSngs, end to the
'st of my belief every one of them IS.
--ET =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
The Place for a Nervous Mar.

L
IT A Texas correspondent Of the N.
y York Herald, describes the domes-
: tic products of that favored land in
: glowing terms Ii the half of h-s
account is true,it must be a pleasatt
place for a nervous man, or delicate
lady to whom the sight OF spider
: ora toad is the Cause Of fil Of "con-
niptions:'
The cattle, however, ne not the
sole occupants of the prairie by any
means. Droves of wild horses are
mot unirequent, and deer are in count
less numbers. The small brown wolf
or eayute, is quite COMMON, and
you occasionally get q glimpse of his
large black brother But Texas is
the paradise of reptiles aud creeping
things. Rattle and moceasin snakes
Lare too numerous even to shake
stick at; the bite Of the former is
easily cured by drinking whisky till
1t produces complete intoxicatiou,
but for the latter there is 70 cure
The tarantula is pleasant institution
to get into a quarrel WITH He isa
spider with body about the size ofa
ben S egg, and legs fve OF six inches
long, and covered with coarse bIack
hair. He lies in the cattle track. and
IT you see him, move out of,his path.
as his bite is absolutely certain death,
and he never gets out of any ones
way, but can jump ten or twelve feet
to iDhlet his deadly bite There is
the centipede, furnished with an uu-
limited number Of legs, armed with-a
Claw, and each claw inaictiug a sep
arate wound. If he alks over YOU
at night you will have cause to re-
member him for many months to come,
Us the wound is of peculiar pois-
onous nature, and is very difficult to
heal. The stingiHg lizard is lesser
evil, the sensation Of its wound being
llkencd to the application Of a red
bot iron to the person; but one is
too thankful to escape with life 20
these lesser evils any great
annoyance
But the iDsectsl Flying, creeping,
JUMPING, running, digging, buzziug,
cumming, stinging. they are every
There. Ask for cup Of water, and
he rejoinder in camp invariably is
will you have ii with a bug or
ii thOu?" The horned frog is one
{ the greatest curiosities here, aud
perfectly harmless. 1t has mono
f the cold, Shiny qualities of,his
otthern brother, but it is frequently
ladc pet Of. Caamelions are IN
umerable, dsrting over the prairie
every direction with ineonceiyable
witness, and exercising their peeu-
ar faculty of changing their color
} correspondwith the color of the OBJ
'ct under which they may be.
The woods on the banks of the
ayous are perfectly alive with meek
g birds, singing most beautifully,
nd feathered game is abundant and
cry tame, as it is scarcely ever sought
ter. The only varieties that | have
zen are the quail, partridge, snipe,
sllard, ployer, and prairie hen.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

From this it will be seen that in
the six Northwestern States, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, Iowa and Michigan,
whcrc tits said the foreign population
the election, there were -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

Still A Low SALARY.-Rhode Is
land has raised the salary of her
Governor from S400 to the more
sum of $1,000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02
Hon. Linn Boyd, of Kentucky

Hon. Linn Boyd, of kentucky,
Speaker, did not vot9.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Democrats from the Northern States, A
Democrats from the Southern States, 90
Wings from the Northern States,
Whigs from the Southern States. IA
--113
NEGATIVES.
Democrats from the Northern States, 43
Democrats from the Southern States, 2
Wings from the Northern States, 4o
Wings from the Southern States
ABsENTEEs AND THOSE NOT VoIiNa
Democrats from the Northern States %
Democrats from the Southern States,
Wings from the Northern States
Wbigs from the Southern States,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

SUNDAY.-There is a respectful and
proper observance Of Sunday, and a
bigoted and pharisaical observance of
it. The Rev. c. L. Brace gives. a stri-
king illustration of the latter. For
merly the Duke Of Devonshire kept
his beautiful and extensive gardens
open on Sunday, and the manufactur-
ing people from the neighboring towns,
came in with their families and spent
a portion Of the day quietly, often
attending the village church. With
in a year he was induced by some of
his stricter friends to close them on
Sunday. The result was that the
people came over as usual, hung about
the palings, and then went to the
taverns and drank, until the offences
committed in the village increased to
an alarming degree-the arrests be-
ing something like 100 per cent.
more than under the old arrangement
so that finally, as measure. of po-
Icy, the Duke was led to open again
on Sunday, which he has since contin-
ued to do.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1855-08-02

All the accounts from Illinois re-
port the wheat harvest as being the
largest and best ever known IN the
State. 1t is believed that the price
Of wheat in Alton will come down in
August to 81 bushel if not eighty
cents.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-21
Lieutenant Governor.

The indianapolis Republican has been per-
severingly engaged lately in manufacturing
candidates for different offices. 1t has made,
We think, some most signal failures, but has
been successful in one case in proposing very
proper candidate for an important Office. 1t
suggests Milton Gregg, Esq, of the New Al
bany Tribune, as the Republican candidate for
Lieut.. Governor. We heartily endorse this
suggestion, and hope it may be put through"
Gregg is the very man. We endorse, too, the
following remarks from the Republican:
As candidate for Lieutenant Governor, we
desire a man who is good parliamentarian,
and well versed in politics; man of dignity
and influence: one Of energy and steadfastness
of purpose good campaigner-acquainted
with Locofoco tricks, and able to tilt against
the unprincipled leaders of that party. We
want a man of experience and large acquain-
tance-one whose name will carry terror into
the ranks of the opposition. Have we such
. man in our ranks? We have; Milton Gregg
of New Albany is just the man for the posi-
ton. He possesses all the aforesaid qualiica-
tions, and in addition, he is a man of unexcep-
tionable moral character. felected, he would
stand in favorable contrast to the gentleman
who now fills that exalted station.
1t is by the nomination of men Of good char
acter, high standing in the world, of morals
and correct principles, that our party is to
sustain her high position on the side of virtue.
Let us put forward as candidates, men of ac-
knowledged public and private worth, and an
appreciative people will reward US by their
sutfrages
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-21

NrFrom allquarters We have received com
plants of the failure Of our paper to arrive at
its destination, and this at various times dur
ing the exciting times of the election. Our
paper was regularly mailed-mailed with the
regularity of clock work. Memphis Eagle
The same complaint exists with us. Is
there publisher in the West or South who
has not heard more complaints of the failure
of his paper to reach his subscribers the last
few months than in the preceding five years
together? Every paper is groaning in its SUBJ
scription list at the miserable condition of our
postal arrangements. Never before did the
country so suffer from mail failures and delin-
quencies, considering the increased facilities
for the carriage of mails, at the present time.
Complaints are rising from every part of the
country. For no reason do we regard change
of the present administration as prospective
advantage more than that such achange must
replace the head of the Postoffice department!
with man in some degree capable of answer.
ing the demands of his position.
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1855-11-21
erTho Randolph Journal gives an account

6rThe Randolph Journal gives an account
of brisk young gentleman of nineteen or
whereabouts, who lately hired horse at Win
chester Randolph county, to go to Richmond.
At Richmond he sold the horse to Mr.. Druly.
He then went to Lagro, Wabash county, and
hired second horse, and sold him at another
place. From there he went to Sidney, Ohio,
and tried to hire a third horse, in the same
profitable speculation, but couldn't come it.
He then went to Piqua and made fourth eff
fort, succeeded, took the horse to Columbus and
sold him. The Journal thinks he is buying
and selling yet Two of the horses have been
recovered. This enterprising horse merchant
calls himself Williams sometimes, and some
times Jones. He is an ugly customer for liv-
sry stables r.