Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-01-17
GLEANINGS FROM PAPERS
With Editorial Sprinklings.

GLEANINGS FROM PAPERS
r With Editorial Sprinklings.
+ The richest man in Congress is sal
, to be the Hon. VIM. Aiken, of Sout
Carolina. His property is estimate
at two millions Of dollars.
s@ The above, we opine, is a mis-
take. The Senator from Michigan
Hon. Lewis Cass, is probably tn
richest man in Congress. We d.
not know what the estimated value o
his property is, but are quite sure i
far exceeds two millions.
At Vienna (Austria) every person
who frequents the exchange is obliged
to take a ticket, for which he pays a
triaing sum; and on the first Of the
last month, notice was given by the
police authorities that every ticket
would, in future, in addition to the
name and address, have the religion
of its possessor inscribed on it.
A remarkable illustration of the
salubrity of the New England climate,
at least in many places, is mentioned
by DR.. Humphrey, of Pitts6eld, Mass.
in which place there have been, with
in about six months, twelve deaths of
persons whose ages averaged eighty
two years. The entire population of
the precinct is about FIVE thousand.
Rev. J. B. Ferguson, of Nashville,
Tenn, reports that he has daughter
of fourteen, a medium, who, by STIR
ring spoon in an empty teacup, pro-
duces medicines that cure a variety
| of obstinate diseases. The medi-
cines are supposed to be eliminated
from the elements of the atmosphere
by an eminent deceased chemist.
A SHORT HoNEYMooN--On the goth
ult., the Chicago (Ill) Democrat pub
lished the marriage of Gen. Beaubean,
a prominent citizen of that place, to
Miss Kate L. Pennaer. On the 22d
ult-, the same paper published an ad-
vertisement from the husband, warn
ing the public not to credit his bride,
as she had, without provocation, cleft
his bed and board"
According to the report of the New
Orleans Chief of Police, during the
last six months, one tenth of the
entire population of that city has been
placed under arrest.
E@ Shaksperian Motto for Con-
gress, in It's present inability to elect
a Speaker:
"And tits done:-the attempt, and not the deed,
Confounds us!''
Some forty years ago, Owen VIII
Hams, of Bodedern, England, became
perfectly blind. he was then a man
of middle age, and his blindness Vas
regarded as confirmed. One day,
however, very recently, his sight re-
turned to him. lie was in his nine
ty-second year when this restoration
took place, after total blindness of
forty years.
A couple were married in the in
terror of New York, last week, whose
united ages were 1852 years. Wheth
er they obtained the consent of their
parents is not known.
A professional beggar woman,
who had lived in Pittsburgh. Pa, for
ten years past, has accumulated prop
erty for which she has refused So
900.
Louis A. Revoile has been indicted
in New Orleans, for selling his grand
mothers tomb.
Edward Fitzpatrick died of lock-
jaw, at Poughkeepsie, N. Y, a few days
ago, occasioned by the extraction of a
tooth.
You asked and you receive not, be-
cause you ask a-miss, said young
lady to an old gentleman who had
popped the question to her.
The Syracuse IN. y Chronicle
says two hundred fugitive slaves
have passed through that city the
past year.
A committee of the New Orleans
Council have reported against clo-
sing the theatres and coffee houses
in that city on Sundays.