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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
The Presidential Election.

The following is summary Of
the laws and constitutional require
ments in the election of a President
and Vic-President: ~
/. Electors elected on the first
Tuesday after the first Monday IN
November
2 Electors meet on the first Wednes-
day in December,a and cast their votes.
They then sign three certificates
send a messenger with one copy
to the President Of the Senate at
Washington before the first Wednes-
day in January--another by mail
to the United States District Judge
where the electors meet.
8. Each State provides by law for
filing any vacancy in the Board OF
Electors, occasioned by absence,
death or resignation. Such of the
electors as are present are generally
authorized to fill any vacancy.
4. The Governor gives notice to
electors Of their Election before the
first Wednesday in December.
i 5. On the Second Wednesday il
February, Congress shall be in session
! and open the returns. The Presi
J dent of the Senate shall, in the pres
/. ence Of the House Of Representatives
, open the certificate of returns ant
. count the votes. The person having
the greatest number of the vote TO
President, if such a number be
majority of the whole number O
! electors, shall be the President.
g 6. If no person has majority a
: above, the choice is to be made fror
/. three highest returned. The mem
f bers of the House, by States, foru
0 themselves into Electoral Commit
!. tees, and the majority determiu
l.. which is to be choice of the State
f each State having only one vote.
: Z. Ifneither of the candidates &c
8 a majority of the States before tn
: 9Th Of March, then the Vice. Pres
!. dent shall act as President.
g s. If the people do not cleo
: through their Electors Vice,Pres
! dent, then the Senate of the Unite
d States shall make the election froI
j the two highest candidates returne
!; to them by the electors.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

PATRoNIzING HER OWN College
The South Carolina College opened
its present session with more than
fire hundred students. Here is An
example worthy the emulation of all
Southern States. South Carolina,
entertaining proper self respect,
no longer patronizes the abolition
Yales aad Harvards Of the North,
but educates Der sons upon her own
soil.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

THE WooLY HoRsE. - The origin Of
this term now 30 common in political
discussions, is as follows:
About six years ago, a cute iona
than exhibited an animal in various
places in the Northern States, which
he advertised as ''nondescript cap
tured by Col. Fremont and his party
on the ella, New Mexico" Upon
the arrival of the exhibition in
Washington, Col Benton requested
a correspondent of the National In
telligencer to say that sit was gross
abuse Of the name of Fremont. y
The correspondent proceeded to say
that it was reported in New York
that the animal was purchased of a
colored man in that city, who had for
sometime used him in hauling an
ash cart. 1t is certainly nothing
more than a bad looking horse
with curly hair, and his name and
tail shaved of, to give him the ap-
pearance Of a 'nondescript from the
Gila river" This is the brief his
tory Of the "Wooly horse"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
Ls4|D 81 II.

y pursuance OF decree of the County
I oouis OF Lincoln County, pronounced al
the Nay term. 1886, viii on Tuesday,
December 40, 1855, offer for sale to the
highest bidder, upon the premises, on a credit
OF Twelve Months, all the lands belonging to
the estate Of Aaron McDougal, deceased, dow
ry excepted; the purchaser giving bond and
security. and lien retained upon the land
until the purchase money is paid. This Sd
November, 1856.
ELI L. HODGE, Clerk.
/ fn29:y6l--sds-s2 so.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

WHAT A SToMAcHI-In one year
New York city people eat $4,000
oxen, 10000 COWS, $4,000 sheep
and lambs, 10000 calves, $4,000
swine. If arranged seven abreast,
they would make a procession two
miles long.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

A clergyman in Salem, Ohio, 10
discourse on Christian charity, told
his hearers that on occasions when
they we're called upon to aid in be-
nevolent enterprises, many of them
were "trying to hide themselves be-
hind a three cent piece"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
CHANCERY SALE OF LAND.

IN pursuance of decree of the Chaneery
IL Court for Lincoln county, in she case Of
Bancroft, Beaver & Co. against John Bowel,
pronounced at the August term, 1856, viii.
on Monday. the list day Of Deem
Der. 1856. at the courthouse in the town
of Fayetteville, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash, sll the right, title,
claim and interest that A. T. Nieks and John
Bowel have in or to the following described
TRACT OF LAND, situated in the county
of Lincoln. on the headwaters of Wells Creek.
adjoining the lands OF Peyton Wells. the lands
formerly owned by Col. Fulton. and the lands
belonging to the heirs of Z. Moss, and con-
tains BY estimation IA acres.
R. FARQUHARSON, Clerk d Master
Oct. %. 1S56--G4w-n29:v6-S4 OOl
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

RELIGION AND PoLITICs.-The true
exempiifcatioD of uniting religion
with politics is now seen at the North,
where the Black Republican clergy
took up collections in the churches to
aid in the election Of Fremont.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
Medical Notice!

TN consequence of a change of circun- @
Il stances, I have concluded not to sell my -
Books, Medicine, Shop Furniture, etc, and to
practice Medicine as heretofore. Thankful
for the liberal patronage heretofore received,
would respectfully solicicit continuance Of
the same. j. II. JONES.
Cane Creek, Oct. 16, 1856.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

SHAMEFUL ScENE.-A shameful
scene took place on Monday after
noon in little alley running betwee,7
Nineteenth and Twentieth and We
and Wood streets. 1t appears that
a woman died suddenly on Saturday
afternoon. Coroner Delavan held
an inquest in the case, and an under
taker was sent for to prepare the body
for interment. On Monday when
all was ready for the funeral, the un-
dertaker demanded his pay fer bis
services, and the money not being
forthcoming he turned the corpse out
of the coffin, and stripped the body
of the shroud. This proceeding
caused a great deal Of excitement,
particularly among the neighboriDg
women. A rough pine coffin was
subsequently procured at the ez-
pense of the city, and into this the
body of the poor wretch was buddled,
while her husband, helpless from
drink, stood by.--PMzadsphia Times.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

Small quantities of tea and rice
have been grown in the different
districts Of California. Strong
hopes are entertained that these
valuable products will be cultivated
there before long to considerable
extent. !.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
CONTEMPLATING.

On Saturday last, man named
Wm. Moore was arrested in This place,
says the Huntsville ADVOCATE. A
letter addressed to him from Cleve-
land, Tenn, containing five ten dol
lar bills on the bank of Cape Fear,
N. c., was taken out by Col. w. II.
Moore. He of course returned it to
the post Office stating its contents.
1t was evidently from a head coun-
terfeitor to one of his own gang,
directing So in good money to be
sent back for the $50 in counterfeit
that be had other kinds, and next
time would send South Carolina.
1t was signed "T. o." This letter
was called for by man, "a new COM
er here, who said his name was VIM.
Moore = be opened the letter in the
presence Of the P. NJ, and said that
it was his letter, and he was arrested.
And on Monday, after an examina.
ton before r. D. Wilson, Esq, be
was, ia default of $1,000 bail, com.
mitted to Jail. Mich Davis, Esq,
appearing for the State, and r. M.
Vannoy and R. 8. Brickell, Esqrs.,
for the prisoner.
The notes were we'll executed.
The public should be on their guard,
as the country may soon be flooded
with spurious money.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
We see by the papers that the

We see by the papers that the
Southern custom of public debates
by champions of the different pclit-
ical parties, has just been introduced
for the first time In New York. Mr..
Lucien B. Chase, democrat, has invi-
ted Mr. II. j. Raymond, Free Soiler,
to public debaie-the invitation has
been accepted, aud a limited number
of discussions appointed. Hitherto
it has been the practice in New York
for each party TO have their own
speakers, such a~.thing as a debate
between the representatives Of the
two parties being wholly unknown.
Another diversity In the political
customs of the two sections is that
in the North candidates never an
nounce themselves nor speak in their
own behalf. We also notice that
our style OF barbacues has been in
troduced at various places in the
North. If they should generally
adopt these and other Southern Gus
toms there whould he less of fanati-
cism, bigotry and intolerance. and
fewer disgusting isms at the North.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
The Panama Massacre.

Commissioner Corwine, who was
sent out to investigate the completely |
of the authorities in the Panama
massacre of April last, has made
voluminous report to Secretary
Marcy. He states that tine riot was
commenced by colored native, who
fred pistol at an American passen-
ger, who was intoxicated. The sub
sequent attack upon the Railroad
Depot, and the firing upon the pass
engers, was in pursuance of plan
deliberately formed in advance, in
which the authorities of Panama, we're
actively commemorative police being
parties to the plot-and that the dis
pute with the passengers, was in pur-
suance of a plan deliberately seized
upon as pretext for commencing the
assault. He states also the military
authorities of Panama failed utterly
in their duty-that they did nothing
to suppress the riot-that they con-
nived at the attack of the police
and mob upon the station-house-
and were themselves, to very great
extent, responsible for the massacre.
AS the conclusion of the whole mat
ter, Mr.. Corwin reports that the Gov
eminent of New Grenada is utterly
unable to maintain law and order, and
incompetent to the protection of pass
engers and property crossing the
1sthmus. He refers to variety
of incidents within the past few years
to sustain this position, and recon-
mends the immediate occupation o.
the Isthmus, from Ocean to Ocean, by
the United States,as absolutely neces.
sary for the purpose of securing
safety and tranquility to the transit
unless New Grenada, after the proper
representation shall have been made
and NECESSARY demand made upon
her, in pursuance of treaty stip'
ulations, can satisfy us as to bel
ability and inclination to afford the
proper protection and make speedy
and ample atonement for the wrongs
inflicted upon our countrymen by the
people and officials Of the State Of
Panama. Upon this subject the
New York Sun concludes an article
with the following paragraph:
/ Our Government has a delicate
duty to perform. 1t must give pro-
lection to its citizens, at all hazards;
and if the occupation of the lsthmus
route is essential to the protection,
it must, even against any clamol
which may be raised, go to the ex-
IRENE. The Panama massacre cannot
be allowed to pass with impunity;
land if the native authorizes do not
make an example of the ringleaders
in the outrage, and give compensa.
ltion for the property destroyed, oui
IGovernment must take the whole
matter into its OWN hands. We are
opposed to extreme measures in any
controversy which lies between a
strong government and a weak one,
but when government is vicious as
well as weak, its weakness should not
! protect it from its just liabilities fol
such acts which are the direct con.
sequences of its own immoralities.
sW The editor of the Memphis
Eagle and Enquirer telegraphed to
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

HIGHEST market price given -
H for Jeans, Linsey, Feathers, 80
Socks, Wool and Dried Fruit, and 49,
Cash for Land Warrants.
Sept IL. W. & A. S0UTHW0RTH.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

mount in lint that is ordinarily pro-
cuced by fifteen hundred pounds Of
cotton 10 the seed.
] am, very respectfully, &c.,,
HOWELL COBB.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
MILTON COLLEGE.

T,HOSE who have not yet paid their @
j. subscriptions, are requested to Ill
settle the same before the 10Th of NOvem.
Der next. as at that time all unpaid sub
scriptions are to be placed in the hands Of an
officer to be collected by law--it being the in
tention of the Building Committee to take
immediate steps to complete the edi6cs. By
order of the Committee:
FA. DICKINSON, Setc.
October Is
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06
Ca The editor of the Memnb

eW The editor of the Memphis
Eagle and Enquirer telegraphed to
his friends in Nashville that the
know nothing demonstration in that
city was attended by about 10000.
The Memphis Bulletin, Ian independ-
ent paper) giving an account of the
meeting, says:
1.-The crowd in attendance was a
very large one, full five thousand
persons, we should link, being in
the square and on the sidewalks and
balconies. A very large proportion
were ladies'"
Five from thirty leaves twenty-five.
t,aite q difference of opinion, indeed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

SUCCESSFUL APPLICATION OF ELEc-
TRICKY IN THE CURE OF DISEASE
DR.. Robert Demak, of the University
of Berlin, Prussia, known to the
medical profession Of both hemis-
pheres as an eminent Psychologist,
and noted for his valuable discover
les, in the sphere of microscopial OBJ
servations, has lately invented and
successfully applied a new method of
introducing constant galvanic cur
rents into the nerves and muscles of
patients, whereby cases of palsy Of
every kind, apoplexy, atrophy Of
muscles and of the spinal marrow
some Of them from ten to twenty
years standing-have been, it is
said, entirely cured within few min
utes. Within period of six weeks,
out of four hundred patients that
lost the use of their limbs and mus
cles, upwards of two hundred have
been entirely restored to health,
whilst the remainder were rapidly
improving under the treatment.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-11-06

BAGGlMG AMD Rope.
II HAVE in store and for sale, So inchEZXXN
Il Bagging, and irst-rate Rope k.sss
Oct. 2, 1856. L. c. GOODRICH. .
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-04-17
FACTS FOR THE PEOPLE.

We would call the attention of the readers OF
the Era to this monthly publication. 1t is ex-
clusively Anti -Slavery, containing such articles
from the Era as one likes to keep for purposes
Of reference, and also others specially adapted
TO circulation among the masses. Its octave
form fits it for being bound, and, at the same
time, il is so cheap that subscriber at little
cost can secure additional copies for distribu-
ton. As the Presidential campaign is now
opening, it is desirable that the work of dis
seminating facts and arguments On the great
Question which the People are to be called
upon TO decide shall be carried on briskly.
The first volume of the Facts closes with the
number issued this week, and the first number
Of the second volume VIII be issued the FIRST
week in May ensuing. The terms are
Six copies to one address -Sl.00
Fourteen copies to one address 200
Fifty copies to one address 600
Postage, six cents year, or three cents hall
yearly, on each copy, to be paid, in advance, al
the Office of delipery.
We hope orders will be sent in Immediately.
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SENATOR sEwARD's SPEECH.

The speech of Senator Seward, published in
this weeks Era, will be read with deep interest
1t will move the heart of the nation. The able
telegraphic correspondent of the New York
Eoening Post, journal not apt to praise Mr..
Seward, thus characterizes the effort:
"Senator Stewards Kansas speech to-day WIS
listened to with undivided attention by his Sen.
atorial associates, and by crowded galleries He
spoke In his best manner, but the effect upon
Congress will be nothing to its effect upon the
people, when it shall be laid before them by the
Northern press. Like his late effort at Albany,
it was rather an event than speech, and has
struck note which the great mass of Anti
Nebraska men, both in and out of Congress,
have been waiting to hear, and to which they
will give hearty and unanimous response. It
will doubtless be published tomorrow in New
York, and need say nothing more of it than
to justify the above remark upon it. #
"Some other public men on his side have been
rather chary in committing themselves in regard
to the question of the admission of Kansas
with its Free State Constitution; they have been
calculating the chances for success in the next
campaign, and were apprehensive that the
them In making an issue with the Administers
ton upon the admission of Kansas, and boldly
insisting upon its immediate admission. Mean
while, the Anti-Nebraska forces in Congress, By
holding back, were falling behind, and disap-
pointing and dispiriting their constituents, who
wanted them to 60 up higher. 1t is the distinc,
ton of Mr.. Seward, by his elaborate, bold, and
powerful arraignment of the President and the
Administration to-day, to have summoned them
to that higher position of aggression which the
wishes of tho people demand.
81 venture 70 predict that this effort of Mr..
Seward will give new impetus to the move
ment of opposition to the Administration. The
great issue On which the battle il to be fought
viii hereafter be understood to be, the immedi-
ate admission of free Kansas, and the rebuks
and punishment of her enemies"
The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-04-17
WHO WANTS A CHEAP DOCUMENT

Our readers will recollect that so great was
the demand for our old series Of Facts for The
People, that the surplus edition left of it, after
the supply Of regular subscribers, was soon ex-
hausted.
We have now to announce that, having Oh
hand about 5000 copies of the first volume Of
Facts for the People, Gust closed,) we have
had them stitched and bound in paper, and will
send them, free Of postage, to any who may or
der them, for Is cents copy. The work forms
neat volume of 1872 pages. 1t contains
"A Decade Of the Stare Po.cer complete
in ten chapters.
Dangers Of Sarery Extension Shareholders
a Privileged Glass Groioth of our Negrc
Aristoyacy-being speech delivered by Gov
Seward. in Albany, October 18th, 1855.
The Politics Of Justice, Equality, and Free
dom-being a speech of Gov. Seward, delivered
st Buffalo, n. Y, October 18th, 1855.
American Pol1ics-a speech delivered by the
Hon. George W. Julian.
Speech Of the Hon. John p. Hale, on h,
Presidents Message, relating to Kansas.
Editorial Comments on the same Message.
History and Philosophy Of tie Struggle 70,
the Speakership Of The Present House Of Rep
resemtatires, ,cith a classification Of rOtes.
Letter Of Francis p Blair 10 the RepuJli
can Association Of Washington.
!Sectionalism and Repn6licanism-An Ed
fOrial Rerie'o of a Letter from the Hon. d. ID
Barnard, Of Nesc York.
4 Synopsis O the SIare Code in the Dislr-ic,
Of Columbia.
Satisfies Of !Sartry in Maryland and Ms
souri,.
Besides all this, the volume presents a com.
prehensive view of the Know Nothing move.
ment and its bearings accounts of Kansas a..
fairs, and of the slave cases that have arisen
during the last twelve months, and a thorough
discussion of the Republican movement, and
the true policy of its supporters.
In no other Publication, of the same size and
cost, can be found SO full history of the Anti.
Slavery movement, and SO thorough q discus
sion Of its great facts, as in this cheap and
convenient volume.
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FEDERAL POWER PRosTITUTED.

If our readers would have clear idea of the
way in which Pro-Slavery Party is built up,
let them read communication in another col
umn of the Era, on the character of Federal
appointments in California. 1t is from the pen
of Californian, who knows whereof he affirms.
The action of President Taylor, in recommend
ing the formation of State Government in
time to organize in support of Slavery, should
never be forgotten. Since then, as we all
know, the new State has fallen into the hands
of the Propsgandists, so Ear as its politics are
concerned. The People have always rallied TO
defeat their schemes for dividing the State, and
planting Slavery in the southern portion of it,
but, feeling little interest in the general ques-
ton of Slavery, in other cases they have yield.
ed to the domination of the Slavery men. So
far as their influence is felt in Congress, they
might just as well be Shareholders; for their
Representatives and Senators are always true
to the Slave Interest.
Some time since, in the Legislature of Cali
fornia, this same Pro-Slavery Party was imper-
tinent enough to arraign the House of Repre-
sentatiyes at Washington for the election of N.
P. Banks. After short struggle, it succeeded
in passing through the House the following
resolution:
Resolved by the Assembly, 1.-THE Senate con-
curring,) That the election of n. p. Banks as
Speaker of the House of Representatives of the
United States, is event deeply to be de-
plored by every true lover of the Union for
that Mr.. Banks must be considered as the ex-
ponent of sectional feelings and principles dia.
metrically opposed TO the Constitution of the
United States, and to the only measures and
doctrines which will insure the perpetuity of
our Republican Institutions and the preserva-
ton of our glorious Union"
Preliminary votes showed that about twenty.
three members opposed the proceeding.
But, what better can be expected, when such
men as Gwin and Weller dictate the appoint
ments in that State2 Look at the character of
President Pierce's judges, postmasters, attor-
neys, collectors, and marshals, in California, as
portrayed by our respondent-unscrupulou
sectional virulently pro-slavery, using all their
influence to sustain the Pro-Slavery Party.
1t seems incredible that Northern man,
educated amidst free institutions, should be so
utterly false to his own section, and to the SEN
timents of Freedom which must have been
instilled into his heart in early life, as delibe-
rately to select nearly the whole of his agents
in California from the class of determined Sla.
very Propagandists-and yet President Pierce
has done this very thing.
What is the remedy2 Put him out Of po,cer,
and Republicanize the Administration If there
be not Anti-SIavery feeling enough among the
People to do this. it is but fit that they should
be ruled by the Satraps of Shareholders.