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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
ERAG.

This is the main know nothing
gdme. 1t has been commenced al
ready by the leaders. MIR. A.. III
Ell. Stuart of Va, in a speech, puts
down the following States as certain
in his opinion. for the Philadelphia
nominees: Massachusetts. (omin-
Gus commencement J Rhode Island,
New York, New jersey, Pennsylva-
MIA, Mary land, Kentucky, Tennes-
see, North Carolina, Louisiana, Mis-
souri, California, Delaware and Flor-
ida" making l5S electoral votes,
six more than are necessary to elect.
What of the above Northern States
the democracy do not carry the black
republicans will, and We feel conf
dent that the know nothings will not
carry single Southern State, un-
less it is Maryland. In reference to
this claim for the know nothing nom
inees by Dir. Stuart, the Nashville
Union is authorized TO offer the fol
lowing propositions: $500 that the
know nothing nominees VIII not car
ry the foregoing States, $500 that
they DO not carry oae-haif of them;
Sl00 that they do not carry a SIN
gle State in the Union-all TO be
taken together. They viii not be
taken. Betting is always wrong;
but the poekst-saerUe is good ther-
mometer Of the state of the public
pulse.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
The Garrste.

A correspondent Of the New Mir
ror, being at Havana, inspected th'
garrote, and thus describes 1t:
1T is the most complete thing
ever saw for choking man. 1t il
attached to a piece of timber about
three feet long, half a foot vide, and
two inches in thickness; one end ol
this piece of wood is so shaped as to
fit III a hole 10 solid flooring, and
the criminal is placed in front Of the
upright post, on seat made Some
thing like piano stool; his legs are
pinned to the side of the stool, and
his arms are TIED behind him, his
head is then placed between two iron
prongs, made SO as to fit On the back
of the neck; directly under these are
two other pieces of iron, about an
inch square, IA little over q foot in
length; and perfectly smooth; these
pieces pass through the post, and are
moved with.great rapidity and pre-
cision along the sides Of the neck, by
the action ofa screw which passes
through an iron plate that unites
with the ends behind the post; the
screw is turned by an iron bar, about
three feet long, that Gts on The end
Of it; u piece Of iron about as large
around as your finger is attached to
the outer en6s- This completes the
apparatus; and by turn OF the screw
the side pieces are drawn in, pressing
the front piece against the throat, SO
rs to break the neck almost instantly.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
Bonnets and Skirts,

Little head and little bonnet! =
Little pate with nothing on it!
Gone might say, with nothing in it,n
But that you charm me every minute;)
Little lady, now l know
Why maideps let their ringlets grow;
For otherwise-as bonne,s go--
Their heads would freeze, and that is SO!
Little waist and monstrous hounces!
How the silk sea waves and bounces!
How the hopping billows culver,
Like a lovely rustling river!
Oh, wondrous watered-silken sea,
What whalebones in your depths must be
What lots of gold-all wastefuIly
Squandered on you-bright slken sea!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

CATCHING ELEPHANTs.-T The man
ner OF catching them is simple e.
nough, and with the s.ealthy, cat
like peculiarities of the Moormen Of
Ceylon, is attended with little dan.
ger. When herd has been discov-
cred, in which there are young ones,
they watch them till midday, when
they are either drowsy or asleep;
then creeping up behind with ropes,
fasten their legs together; they then
set up lyud yells to frighten away
the old ones. The course Of educa-
tion afterward pursued is very sim.
pie, but speedy and effective; they
are left tied, with no water or food,
for three or four days, when these
requisites are administered as spar
ingly as possible; in week they be-
come so tractable as to kneel down
at the word of command.
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

CAMpHoR AND sSTRYCHNINE.-The
beneficial effects of camphor, as an
antidote to strychnine, are illustrated
in a case reported by DR.. Tewkesbu-
ry, of Portland, Maine. 1t appears
that a boy was seized with conyul-
sions, and it was ascertained that he
had just eaten a biscuit, picked up
at the door of an eating house.
that was made for the purpose OF
killing rats, and contained about one
and a half grains Of stryohnine.-
The boys spasnis were SO severe
that immediate death was inevitable,
though all the usual remedies we're
resorted to. Camphor could not be
introduced into the stomach on ac-
count of the continued lockjaw.-
Accordingly strong injections Of
camphor were used, and the body
in bot camphor bath,
and in few hours the boy was com.
'paratively well.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
The Imperial Stable.

A letter from Vienna, Austria, tt
the Springfield Republican, gives the
annexed description of the Imperial
stables:
Il have visited some pictured gal
leries, twenty or thirty churches, a
greatmany cabinets Of natural history,
a few palaces, and most interesting ol
all, the Imperial stables, where six
hundred noble steedsare lodged most
royalty and fare sumptuously every
day, dutifully attended by three hun
dred servants. The apartments Of
their equine highness, are at once
splendid and comfortable, free. from
the scent Of the stable and clean as a
lady's parlor. Their blankets are en-
broidered with the Imperial crest;
their harness, saddles, and all their
equipments are of the most costly
kind, and generally excellent in taste
In one large hall are some two hundred
carriages, of which the cheapest cost
two or three thousand dollars, and the
coronation carriage adorned with
paintings by Rubens, and covered
with diamonds and gold, wheels and all
cost about two. hundred and fifty
thousand dollars. Another hall, filled
with state. saddles and trappings
of various descriptions is still more
magnificent. But the animals them
selves, unlike most occupants of pal
aces, far outshine all exterior adorn-
ments. The bright, fiery, intelligent
eye; the proudly arching neck, (the
horse is the only animal whom pride
really. becomes;) the form Of perfect
symmetry, the delicate but powerful
limbs, the grace Of every movement,
the gentleness and courtesy With
which they receive every little atten-
ton bestowed upon them, the high
bred nobleness and dignity of their
whole department, filed me with adj
miration. / would rather have my
choice from those. six hundred horses
than the Imperial crown Of their own
er. The carriage horses are all white,
but those tor riding are all coloIs, some
magnificent black"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
CLERICAL TRAITORS.

D uring the war Of 1872, the fede
raj clergy Of New England denounced
the war and the Administration o
President Madison in the most fe
roeious manner, declaring that it wal
unbeeoming moral and religious
people to rejoice over victories a
chieyed in such war, and advising
the people not to volunteer. II
1916 the same class Of clergymen de
claimed loudly against the Mexican
war, and shed many a tear over the
terrible slaughter occasioned by it,
But these holy men, though they
thought it to the last degree shocking
to kill red-coats and Mexicans, are
among the first to advise their aocks
to procure Sharp's rifles and repair
to Kansas to shoot down American
citizens. We have published an ac-
count of the doiDgs which took
place in church at New Haven on
a Sunday evening, where a subsorip-
-tion vas opened for the subscription
of money to buy Sharp's rifles, and
also at Plymouth church, Brooklyn,
where similar proceedings took place,
both under the directions of the Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher, assisted by
other professed ministers of the gos-
pei. Such things are calculated to
shock the moral sense Of any CON-
munity not carried away by the viii
dest fanaticism. Men viii ask one
another if this is christiauity-ifthis
is in accordance With the teachings
and. precepts of the Saviour of the
world? The truth is, these Yankee
clergymen are doing more injury to
the cause of religion than all the in.
fdels and scofers in the land, and
they will have terrible account to
reLder for the injuries they have
done to the cause of true religion
by their faDatical course. They are
traitors to their country and traitors
to their God; and, although they
may escape the punishment meted
out to the first class ofofeDdcrs, they
need not fatter themselves that they
will SO easily escape the punishment
due for their treason TO the holy |
cause they espoused when putting |
)n the clerical robes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

GROUND OATs.--The London Vet
|erinary Journal says ground oats
furnish more nutrimenta and keep the
bowels 10 better condition, than when
served out whole. BY grinding the
oats we separate them in myriaGa of
particles, and present them to the
gastric solvents in form calculated
to secure their speedy Digestion
Ground oats are more nutritious than
whoge, for the same reason that flour
is more nutritious than unground
wheat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
Never Hiss and Tell.

kisseda maid the other night,
( But who she was I may not tell;
Her eyes were as the diamonds bright, =
And soft as those of Isabel
But Inever kiss and tell.
Her breast bapk of virgin snow,
Wherein no thought of sin should dwell
Her voice was very sweet and low,
And like the voice of Isabel
But never kiss and tell. :
Her lips as cherries, sweet and red,
And she was shy as gazelle;
She kissedme back--and then she fed,
just like our charming Isabel
But I never kiss and tell.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
WHO'LL NO. 26S.
Legal Aneedote.

Two of the greatest guns Of the
New Hampshire bar, jeremiah Ma
son and Icbabod Bartlett, bad been
battling all the week, and the most
important case had been disposed Of.
The judge was hall asleep, the jury
In scarcely a better condition, and
cases we're decided before those In
teros;ed hardly knew which way to
turn. At about iour clock, an old
man was placed at the bar, accused
of passing counterfeit money, The
lawyers, who had finished their busi-
ness, had gone home, and the old
felloW seemed in a fair way to be rap
idly consigned to the State prison.
Mr.. Bartlett, the younger gaa, sat
With his arms folded, aud his feet Up-
on The edge of the table, apparently
asleep, while the attorney general
examined two or three Witnesses
Never was justice hHrried through
in more summary manner. The
evidence was direct aud conclusive,
and as witness after witness left the
stand, the old prisoners face grew
paler and paler, and he trembled at
the certainty of bis fate.
Bs-and-by Mr.. Bartlett opened
bis eyes, cast'a glance at the gray
hairs OF the eulprit, yawned gently,
turned to the attorney general, and
said, audibly, "I'lldefend this man"
He asked noqHestions of the witness
es, and took no notes, but when the
evidence was through he rose and
delivered Ons of The most beautiful
arguments ever beard. The testi-
moDy, which appeared as clear as
noon-day, he pulled all TO pieces; he
made diseord of harm0Dy-nonsense
of sense-discrepancy of the most
exact agreement, and, when he touch
ed upon the old mans unjust suffer :
lngs, be even drew tears. Without
leaving their seats the jury declared
he prisoner '.Not Guilty!'' The
weeping man, with clasped hands,
leaned forward, seeming TO invoke
/ blessing upon the head of his de-
fender. "Let him out, constable"
aid Mr. Bartlett; sand aOse, yOU CID
'ascal, go about yOar Business, and
leuer let me catch yOu passing eOun-
esJeit money again. The jury
tarted in wonderland we left the
courthouse laughing, yet sorrowful.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

Among the resolutions adopted at
"a democratic convention recently
held in Oven county, Indiana, was
the following:
"Reso5ged, That the party which
proclaims through It's authorized
leaders, Shapes rifles as a moral
agent superior to the Bible 'our
constitution a covenant with death
and a league with bell and Get the
Union slide, is but begisning the
work which they would accomplish
bad they the power-a dissolution
Of the Union.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

The South Side (Va-) Democrat
gives TIE following extract of a let
ter from the Hon. Henry Clay, dated
March %, 1850, addressed to Gard
ner Jones, President of a Southern
University:
II have never believed that the
creed of the Catholics was anti-Amer-
ican and hostile to civil liberty: on
the contrary, | have with great pleas
ure and sincere conviction, on sever
al public occasions, borne testimony
to my perfect persuasion that Catho-
lies we're as much devoted to civil
liberty, and as much animated by pa
triotism, as those who belong to the
Protestant creed"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
Camp "reminiscences.


Perhaps yeu will not object to
few short military yarns which / hav
hastily twined for your edihcatior
And if, the interesting fair-haire,
blae-eyed (or otherwise) son of th
reader, now sitting onhis parents kne
on hearing them, should inquire-"I
that true, Papa?'' then reply, oh, read
er, unbesitatingly-sMy son, it is"
Many years since during the heigh
of the Florida war, a company of til,
Second Infantry made their camp fo
the night, after a rainy days march
by the bank of a muddy stream tha
sluggishly meandered through dense
and unwholesome everglade. Denni.
Mulligan, the Irish servant of The
commanding officer, having seen his
masters tent comfortably pitched, lii
a small fire beneath huge palmetto,
and having several slices Of fat pork
from the daily allowance, proceeded
to fry that edible for the nightly re-
past.
In the deep gloom of the evening,
silence reigned unbroken but by the
cracking of Dennis small fire, and
the frizzling of the pork as it crisped
and curled in the mighty mess pan,
when suddenly, with tremendous
"woosh' the leaves of the palmetto
were disturbed, and a great barrel owl
five feet from tip to tip, settled in the
foliage. Dennis was superstitious as
most Irish are, and started by the
disturbances, he suspended for, an
instant his culinary operations, and
frying pan in hand gazed feartully and
slowly about him. Persuading him.
self that the noise was but the effect
of imagination, he again addressed
himself to bis task, when the owl set
up his fearful hoot, which sounded
to the Mortified ears of poor Dennis,
for you al?'' Again
he suspended operations, again gazed
fearfully forth into the night, again
persuaded himself that his imagination
was at fault, and was about to return
to his task, when ac cidentally gazing
upward, be beheld the awful counte-
nance and glaring eyes of the owl
turned downward upon him, and from
that cavernous throat, in hollow tones
again issued the question, "Who-I
who-cooks -for--you--ail9" sGod
bless your HONOR" said poor Dennis,
while the mess-pan shookin his quiver-
ing grasp, and the unheeded pork
poured forth amolten stream, falling up
Oh the flames, causing aburst of iliumin-
alton that added to the terrors of the
scene, 'God bless your honor, cooks
Gor Capt. Eaton, but I don't know, sir,
who cooks for the rest of the gentle
men" A burst of fierdish laughter
followed = from those who had wit
messed the incident unseen, and "Den-
mis-, Devil" became a favorite yarn
in the Second Infantry from that
time forth.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
It is said that cattle and horses

1t is said that cattle and horses
are dying by hundreds on the Amer
lean Bottom and in that region In
Illinois-supposed to result either
from the effects Of some poisonous
herb growing there, or some virulent
disease, which have become epidem-
ical among them. All those attack.
ed manifest the same symptoms, and
it is therefore probable that it's from
the same cause.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
Mr.. William Fl. Prescott, the EN-

Mr.. William II. Prescott, the EN-
inent American historian. who re-
sides at Groton, Mass, lost one eye
while at college by a blow from a
crust thrown by boy. The sight
of the other vas. SO much weakened
by sympathy that be cannot use it
He accordingly uses the apparatus
invented for the blind-a stylus,
with guiding paper, and strings tc
guide the hand. By means of this
most useful instrument, he is enabled
to sit up at night and write without
candle.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

advertisement. To rent-.a house
in Melville Avenue, Boston, located
Immediately alongside of a fine plum
garden, from which an abundant sup
ply may be stolen during the sea-
SO n. Rent low and the greaterpart
to be taken In plums.'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

The people of the Cape De Verd
Islands are starving TO death. Their
crops failed last year. Subscriptions
are being taken up in New York to
send them relief. OyerS5, 900 have
bsen raised. A letter was received
from the Bishop imploriDg aid. and
the merchants of New York are
endsasoring to raise money enough
to freight a ship with provisions
and clear it off for the Islands as
soon as possible.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

The largest church in Europe is
at st. Petersburg. It was begun in
l1771. and in twenty years two thou.
sand men had not finished its walls.
FIt is Of polished marble, both inside
(and out; the pillars are Of one piece,
fifty feet high; the base and eapitols
|of solid silver.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
OTTO or ROSES.

/ The principal of the manufacture
is in the district of Hassanlik, which
/. comprises about SO villages, and il
situated in Bulgaria, about 200miIes
northwest of Constantinople. This
district is devoted almost entirely
to the cultivation of roses, and during
the season of harvesting, which is
from the first Of May to the middle
of June, the country, for miles beyond
the borders Of the district, is redolent
!, with the odor Of roses. The cultiva-
ton Of the rose and the extract of
the oil, occupied nearly all Of the
time Of the people. Inthe distillation
Of the roses, the water which comes
Eoff is successfully re-distilled, and
finally the oil, being the lightest rises
to the top, and is skinned off. It is
limpid, with a tinge of orange color.
1t is said to take 100000 roses to
yield an ounce of oil.
This is brought to Constantinople
in hermetically sealed copper vessels
varying in size from those capable of
holding an ounce to those which hold
seven pounds so that at the regular
market price, Sc an ounce, one of
these copper cases may be worth
$500. The oil is worth six times its
weight in silver. The. ordinary a.
mount of oil produced in Hassanlik,
is little less than 5000 pounds. At
Constantinople the oil is put up in
gilt bottles, manufactured expressly
for the purpose in Bohemia. The
rose water which remains from the
distillation after the oil has been
skinned of, is sold for S@10 cents
quart, and is used by the Greeks
and Americans on all festival occa-
sions.
It has been stated that the otto is
worth in the land of its manufacture, |
Sc an ounce; and it is /, frequently |
sold for considerable less amount!1
This apparent Inconsistency is owing
to the fact that the soil is susceptible
Of an extraordinary degree of aduf>
teration. 1t was formerly mixed |
with sandal-wood oil, which is VAL
ued at about one-twelfth as much
as the otto Of roses. 1t is much less
limpid and flowing than theoil of roses.
Of late years, however, a new oil
has been introduced to dilute oil of
roses, and renderit less overpowering.
It is brought by the Arabs from Mecca
and is called by them "Shepherd's
perfume" 1t is extracted from a
kind Of geraniu1n, at cost.of So per
pound, OF one thirty-sixth the price of
otto of roses.
Both on account of its cheapness,
a certain similarity of odor, and its
in color and weight to otto of (
roses, no other oil is so well adapted
10 mix with it and reduce its strength. s
In the common oil of roses found in
the shops, there is probably l5 perl
cent, of foreign oils; and the difusi-
bility of its aroma is such that it may t
receive without perceivable deprecia- {
lion, in the opinion of ordinary judges,
30 per cent per pure foreign oils,
of the oil of geranium. {
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

A man seldom attacks the charac-
ter of another without ipjuring bis
own.-ESehaage.
No man who has good Character
will attack that Of apother.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12

NOVEL LAw-sUIT.--The First Dutch
Reformed Church Of Jersey City, has
sued Mr.. Welch the architect, fol
$4,000 damages. They allege that
Mr.. w. furnished an estimate tc
build a church for $4,000, but thai
already, when only half completed
it has cost $4,000. Hence the
suit.