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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
Counties aad CountV-Seats.

At the request Of "A Subscriber
We give below list Of the Counties
in Tennessee, with their County.
seats, and the Population Of the
County-seats. We thank "A Sub
scriber'' for the suggestion, as We
are sure the publication viii prove q
matter of interest and convenience
to many Of our readers:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
Setting Ont New Orchards.

There is no greater truth than this
il is the interest Of every one who has
a farm or plantation without an orch
ard, to plant one-itadds to the COM
forts of home. enhances the value of
the place, and if properly managed,
after being planted, may result in be-
ing a great source of profit
+. The ground intendedfo ran orchard,
should neither be subjected to being
flooded in time Of heavy rains, nor
naturally wet in time of drought
If not naturally dry, it. should be
under drained. 1t should be plough
ed deeply by trapch.p loughing, to at
least 20 inches in depth, besides
which it should be Literally MANFRED
with nutritiye manures,. ashes, and
bone-dnst, and top-dassed with lime;
as potash, phosphate of lime, and lime
greatly abound in both the apple tree
and its fruit These may naturally
exist in the soil, but Il they do not,
| they should be arifcially applied.
The following are laid down as the
Essential requisites for successfully
transplanting orchard trees
A pevious preparation Of "a rich
deep bed Of mellow earth to receive
the roots, aud land that cannot be wa
Tel soaked.
/ Removing the tree with as little
mutilation of the roots as practicable
|, Pairing Off the bruised parts.
Shortening in the head. in a great
Ter or less degree to correspond with
the necessary loss of roots. :.
lmmersing the roots in mud
i Settling the earth with water.
/ Planting no deeper than before
that is. as they stood in the. nursery.
} Stalking or-embanking TO prevent
injury by the wind.
T Watering the stems and branohei
7only, before the appearance Of thu
tieaf.
! Mnlehing, where danger of mid
j summer drought is feared.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

The editor of the Fredericksburg
tVa.) News advertises fora wife fol-
himself Applicants must not be ov.
er twenty two years of age, and will
not be required to havs more than
$1,000 In cash. The editor adopts
this as the cheapest of obtain.
ing a wife, not having time to hunt up
one, and the advertisement costs him
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
NOVEL Clock CossrRucrIoS.-

NOVEL Clock CoNsrRUcrIoN.-A
calendar clock, Of a new and valuable
construction, is coming into use, i'll
which the machinery is arranged that
the dial exhibits the day Of the month,
the day Of the week, and the month
Itself, in characters SO, plain that none
can misunderstood them. This is
effected in this wise: On either side Of
the pivot, on which the hands are
stationed, an oblong opening is cut
through the dial plate, and through
one of these is seen the name Of the
days. that of the month through the
other; while the third hand points to
the day Of the month-each OF which
is plainly marked in figures around
the dial. At midnight the works
trevolve, and the name of the day
Tuesday, for instance-passes away,
while that Of Wednesday takes its
Iplace, the hand, at the same time
moving to the next figure, as from the
10th to the 18th, and remaining
there until the following midnight
When the same revolution occurs, ani
Thursday takes the place of W,ednes.
lday. The months charge in asimila
manner. One Of these clocks is in us,
in the office of the New York Com
mercial Advertiser
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

A spice of variety WAS given to
the political excitement In Philadel-
phia on account Of the election news
last week, BY the doings Of an indig.
nant wife, who deliberately, collared
her husband in front Of the Girard
Bank, and in spite of his efforts to
get away, showed him into carriage
and drove. off With him. The abduc-
ton cansed much mirth among the
crowd who Witnessed the transaction.
Nobody could explain the mystery
of the thing.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

The QUEEN OF SPAIN INA PERIL
GUS CoNDITIoN.--It is stated that at
Madrid, writings are circulated with.
out much attempt at concealment,
directed against the King aud Queen.
a private letter states that public
opinion seems to demand their de
thronement. By the Europa's news
we see it reported that the Queen
will soou 60 to Rome. to spend the
winter in that city.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

+ UNDEReRoUND RAILROAD AGENT
The Rome Ga. Advertiser of last
Thursday says there has been an a
gent Of this kind lately operating in
that yicinage. He gave a ticket to
a slave, whe. however, got no further
than Kingston, when he was ARES.
ted He is tall, slender man, with
rather swartby complexion. Look
out for him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

A Mr.. Hayt, aged forty-two years,
murdered Calista G. allen, in Erie,
Pa. because she would not marry
him. She was fourteen years old
Hayt has been tried, foundguil.y oil
murder in the second degree, and
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment
Medical men testified that he was at.
flicted by 'smoral insanity" What
is that.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
A MT for the Abolitsonists. -On

A MT for the Abolitsonists. -On
Friday last, respectable and intelli-
gent free negro woman appeared in
Court before bis honor, Judge Glmer,
and made application for leave under
our laws, to sell herself to James j.
Tinsley, Esq, of Cascade, in this eonn-
,ty, as slave. His Honor instituted
very rigid inquiries into her motives,
Sc, and caused both parties to UNDER
go a careful examination on oath, to
show that no improper or undue In
fuence. bad been brought to bear,
and. that this step was of her own
wish and will. Her value was then
estimated at nine hundred dollars,
and the order was accordingly made
that upon Mr.. Tinsley's paying $3.50,
or one half. her value, and giving
bond to the amount of $500 that she
should not become chargeable to the
county, she should become his slave.
The woman is Il years DID,, heal.
thy, Of fine size, and has three chill.
diem and is, besides, woman o.
most excellent character. DaaviN
Register.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

!. The Medical World says that
"Mr. Hayden, an unfortunate individ-
.ual suffering intensely from an ex-
traordinary malformation, having been
born without a bladder, is now in Bos-
ton. He subsists principally on the
bounty ofphysicians,to whomh exhib.
its himself, by travelling over the coun-
try. He went to Europe for the
same purpose year since. His case
is beyond relief from the resources OF
surgery. Both ureteIs open extern
ally, keeping up perpetual exeoria-
ton.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
~ The following article contains

~ The following article contains
items which may prove Of s decided
value 70 many ffuit-grosers in Lin
coin. And, in thisconnection, we may
mention that all kinds.of fruit trees,
eyergreens, flowers, shru5bery. etc,
may be obtained Of Messrs Miller =
kirkpatrick, Of this county, at a fair
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
PUBLIC SALE.

IN pursuance Of decree Of the Circuit :.
i Court Of Lincoln county, Tennessee.
in the matter Of John Wood. Admr- &
Bill orsalsef Slave--f viii, on the 2OIh
day Of December nexs, offer for sale to
the highest bidder on credit until the 18th
day Of November, 1857 Except fifty dollars in
cashl at Boon's Hill. Lincoln county. Tenn.
the Negro Coy Lloyd in the petition men
toned, belonging to the estate Of Samuel D.
Collins, deceased Bond with two. or NOR.
good securities will be required of the bur-
chaser, aud lien rerained on the slave until
the purchase money i. paid.
RS. wcoDARD, Cls-k.
Nov. i7th, ls56-tds-s4 so
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

A Southern paper gives an ac-
count of a courageous but indiscreet
bulldog that attacked an alligator
which was reused out Of the mud Of
a bayou flowing into the Mississippi
The alligator simply closed his three
feet jaws on the dog, and that WAS
the last Of him,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

RELIaIoUs CHARACTER OF THE PREs-
rDESr ELEcr.-A clergyman Of Phil
.adelphia, an intimate friend Of MIR
Buchanan, has written a letter to the
New York Observer, in which he
Isays;the President Elect isa Pres
byterian. He describes him MS a
man Of, the strictest Christian NOR,
atty. s, $; ~; s.as IS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
The Richmond Dispatch says th

The Richmond Dispatch says that
The number Of college stutents in
Virginia has increased from fpe hun
dfsd in 1889, to near fifteen handled
in 1856. Virginia, with 4 white
population less than MASSACHUSETTS,,
has a greater number Of young men
who are students Of colleges, than
has Massachusetts.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

In Alabama, recently, married
woman eloped with her step-son,
whereupon her husband performed a
like feat With his step-daughter. Is
an exchange of that sort any robbie.
~?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
Bank Of East Tennessee.
We hare seen a priiyate letter {

We hare seen private letter from
a gentleman in Knoxville, dated the
lst inst, which states that the notes
of the Bank of East Tennessee we're
offered on the streets that day at fifty
cents 10 the dollar. He also states
that it was reported that the Branches
at Jonesboro' and Chattanooga had
closed. their doors, and that it was
generally believed that the Bank had
failed.--Nashps1e Gazette
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

|. FRANCE AND ENGLAND The late
foreign news. is important as re.
CARDS the changing aspect Of rela,
lions between Franee and England
Public rumor no longer hesitates te
say that an Anglo-Austrian alliance
is necessary to counterfeit The threat
ened alliance between Russia and
France. Official information being
kept carefully from the public we
have DO means Of knowing how fal
these new alliances have progressed
Such hints as are given or the sub
iject come from the Paris eorrespon-
dence of the London journals.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
Official Vote Of the State.

We have received the missing
returns from Weakley, says the
Nashville Union & American, and are
now able to publish the official returns
from the whole State. The footings
are as follows:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
w. W. WILSON, Sec.

MANUFACTURES AT THE SoUTH.-
The following is from the Richmond
Enquirer:
We can bring the capital employed
in manufactures, and most of it en-
ployed in commerce, South when we
please. We can transfer Manchester
and Birmingham and Lowell to the
South, and thus in a single year quad
ripple the wealth of the South But
we would not have your rich, vulgar,
llicentious bosses, and your brutal,
ignorant and insubordinate factory
hands in our midst, for-all the wealth
of .Ormus and of Ind" We are
rich as We. csre to be: We are con-
tented, viftuous, moral, religious and
conservative. We would not ex-
change our situation for the vulgar
sensuality of the "nonveaux riches
the coarse paryeneus, the millionaire
cotton factors and groeers ofthe North
or Of England, much less for the
countless millions of paupers and
criminals, who grow up and sustain
| the cowardly, selfish, sensual, licen
tious, infdel, agrarian, and revolutions
AIRY edicts Of free society.
t. A st. Joseph, Mo-, correspondent
writing on the Esd ult, says: :
| Lastnight our gossips were thrown
into extaeies over an elopement
which certainly was one of mos
extraordinary character. 1t SEEM
that two young gentlemen we're ad
dressing a young belle up town, ant
that ahe smiled equally uponboth.--
/ yesterday morning, she was TO b
married to one, and last night to th
other, and strange to y,she KEEP
4 both engagements. Ate A. NJ. on
! bridegroom was made happy by he
pledge of hand and heart, land al
P. M. the other was made happ,
by the possession of her person.
They Red at dusk,and were @edde
Eat Bloomington, just twelve mile
distant, and continued on their wa
} to realms Inknown:, F
Such is the uncertainty of huma
bliss or, in the elegant words OF III
, bard
n "Tbere's many a slip
y "Twixt the cup and the lip"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
Buchanan s maj.,7,4

We shall endeavor to publish the
vote in detail In our next.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

A BLACK SWAN During the, late
political canvas, Eide. Swan, Of New
London, Connecticut. in political
lecture, said:
Il want a telegraph wire to bell,
and | wait to send dispatch to tell
Judas lscarlot to move one side. and
make room fur FraLsalin Pierce
The New York Sunday Tunes ex-
presses the hope that the ptous ge,.-
tleman may succeed i'll establishing
this new line, and thai in The act o
Incorporation granting the right o
way, it will be expressly stipulated
that none but be and his follower,
shall be- entitled to send or receivt
dispatches from their friends viz
have preceded them TO The place
where the line is to be extended.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11
Sharp Business Operation.

The N. Y. Evening Post gives, the
particulars Of keen business Trans
|actionint that city, which seemed to be
mixed in equal parts with love, and
money. A school girl, IAN only child,
received the addressed a young man,
which coming to the rof her father,
be had an interview with the lover,
and, by iint Of persuasion aud one
thousand dollars, got bis promise to
cease his visits Fer while the
separation seemed to, be permanent,
but after few weeks apparent forget
fulness of her sweetheart, the girl IN
formed herfriends that three days pre-
vious thereto she was married to the
bought off lover, bat returning direct.
ly from the house Of the officiating
clergyman, she had not seen hel
husband siace the ceremony. The
father, distressed beyond measure, a
gain sought the young husband, and
after much persuasion, got from him
a promise to sign a written agree
ment releasing bis married rights
and reliuqaishing all control ovel
his wife. The father willingly han
ded over four thousand dollars, and
papers were to be sigued at 10 o.
clock the next day. ct nine o'clock
| the sharp operator. with the five thou
sand in his pocket, calIed and deman.
ded his wife. and she departed will
her husband, leaving her father MI
nus five thousand and daughter.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

SUNDAY IN New YoRK.-Accord-
ing to the New York Express, the
New York Sunday is becoming more
like that Of Paris than that Of IN
American city. The Express says
that on Sunday last, the uiper pan
af the city looked not little like
a race course. All sorts OF vehicles
were out; greg shops free and open;
target firing and cunning doing q
large business, and at night, dance
houses and free concerts lively and
noisy ill a late hour. The EXPIRES:
thinks that II The Free Soil pulpit
should rebuke these things, it woult
be told that it had no right 10 gay q
word, having itself commenced tn,
work Of deseeratiug the Lords day
by introducing politics into the pui
pit. - 'sstset
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-12-11

are as follows:
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-31

The following passage occurs in an
Essay on Death, by Derncourt, in il.
hstra,ion Of his viows of tho world,
and the resurrection Of the dead. 1t Is
not often we moot with anything Of more
perfect beauty,
Shall say that what is impossible
with men is impossible with God q
Ho has already created tho world by his
Word, and He is able to destroy it a.
gain by the same. Art hath found out
methods to mako beautiful vessels out
of melted ashes; and shall not Gods
habd, unto which all the skill Of art and
all the strength Of nature are as nought
be ablo to gather up the ashos of earth
and to mako Of it a body full Of ligh,
and glory'
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-31

Quite a scene is said to have taken
place in the German Catholic church
at York, Pa. on Sunday week. 1t is
alleged that the pastor had previously
for some cause, struck an old lady, the
mother of several young men who were
members Of the congregation. The
young men, indignant at such treat
ment of their mother, proceeded to the
pastors house, and, as is stated, ere
sented the scandalous outrage" On
Sunday they appeared in church as u
sual, when the pastor attempted to put
them out by violence, which was re-
sisted, and serious row ensued, many
of the congregation joining in it. The
participants, including the pastor, wero
subsequently arrested and held to an
swer at court.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-31
(Io be continued,J

Mount Ve,mon. Governor Wise
having been requested by tho ladies of
the Mount Vernon Association to open
negotiations with Mr.. John A. Wash
ington in conformity with the provis-
ions of the late act of the Virginia As
sembly replies that he cannot act un-
der tho law until the Association has
passed o Constitution and BY Laws,
the same to be approved by the Gov
ernor, and an approved copy thereof
filed in the Office of the Secretary of
the Commonwealth. The Governor
advises the Association to prepare q
Constitution and BY Laws, and then
to appoint Hon. Edward Everett as
their advocate and agent to appear be-
fore Ccagsess, asking $4,000, and
the Legislatures ofthe various States
of the Union, asking Of each through
its slegislators, its proportion of the sum
$3.50, 900 that willromain to be raised
according to its federal numbers.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-31
A Beautiful Sentiment.

Shortly after tho departure of the Ia.
mented lieber, for India, he preached q
sermon which contained this beautiful
illustration: .. .. ..........
Life bears US on like the stream OF
q mighty river. Our boat at first glides
down the narrow channel-through the
| playful murmuring of the little brook
and the winding of its grassy borders.
| The trees shod their blossoms owes oar
young heads, tho flowers on the brink
seem to ofiur themselves to our young
hands, we arc happy in hope, aud grasp
eagerly al the beauties around uS--5u,
thes,ream hurries on, and still our hands
are empty. Our course in youth aud
manhood is along wider and deeper
flood, amid objects more striking and
magnificent. We are animated at the
moving pictures Of enjoyment and indus.
try passing Us; we are excited at somo
short lived disappuin,ment. The stream
bears US on. and our joys and griofs
are alike left behind us. We may be
shipwrccked, wo cannot be delayed,
whether rough or smooth, the liver
hastens to its home, till the roar Of the
ocean is in our ears, and the tossing of
tho waves is beneath our feet, and the
land loSsens from our eyes, and the
floods arc lifted up around US, and VIC
take oar leave of earth and its inhabi,
tants, until Of our further voyage there
! is no witness save the Infinite and cter-
nal !"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-31
A BEAUTIFUL INCIDENT.

A naval officer being at sea in a
dreadful storm, his wife, was sitting in
the cabin near him, and filed with Il.
larm for the safety of the vessel, was
so surprised at his serenity and compo-
sure, that she cried out:
"My dear, are you not afraid 2
How is it possible you can be so calm
in such q dreadful storm"
He rose from his chair, dashed it to
the deck, drew his sword and pointing
it at the breast Of his wife exclaimed
care you afraid?"
She Immediately answered, "No."
y Why! SAID tho oi1cer.
"Bccausc," rejoined the wife, "I
know this sword is in the hands Of my
husband, and hc loves mt too well tc
hurt me"
Then said lie, "I know IN whom
believe, and that he who holds the winds
in his fist, and the water in the hollow
Of his hand, is my Father"
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-31
LIBERTY UNIoN-Now NsEPARABlBn
MORGAN7ONN AONOVGALA COUNTY, VA SATURDAY, MAY 81 1855

into cultivation our wild and unsettled
domain. 1t is not matter of sur
prise, therefore, that the law was so,
loosely drawn as not even to require q
PRONUNCIATION by the applicant of his
allegianccto to his native sovereign.
A very few years, however, sufficed
to show the mistake that had been
committed. In 1893, citizen Genet,
the representative of French Democ-
racy, came to this country and COM
menccd series of intrigues and pro-
ceedings, in violation of our obligations
Of neutrality, and intended to involve
us in war with England. BY his
artifces he raised up strong French
party in the country, and when Gen.
Washington and Mr.. Jefferson inter-
fered to arrest his unlawful proceed
ings, he boldly denounced them both,
and threatened to "appeal from the
President to the people" Much ex-
citement ensued, for foreign influence
had been brought to bear with fearful
power on the minds of the people, and
nothing but the frmness of Washing
ton and the vencration which was felt
for his character, could have stayed the
angry storm. This seems to have o.
pened the eyes of Congress.
~ MADISON.
[To be continued
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-31

The WIU and tie TYay.-I leared
grammar whom | was soldier on the
pay Of siXpenco a day. The edge Of
my berth, or that of my guard. bed, was
my seat to study on; my knapsack my
book case, and a bit of board lying on
my lap, was my writing-table. | had
no money to purchase q candle or oil;
in winter it was rarely that | could get
any light but that of tho fire, and only
my turn even of that. To buy pen or
piece ofpaper, | was compelled to foro-
go some portion of my food though in
state of halfstarvation. had not a
moment of time that conld call my
own; and had to read and write amid
the talking, laughing, singing, whistliug
and bawling ola least half a score of
the most thoughtless mon--and that,
TOO, in their hours of freedom from con.
trol. And ] soy, if |, under those cir.
cumstances, could encounter and ovor-
come the task--is thero, can there be,
i'll the whole world, youth who can
lind an excuse for the non-porformauco 7
---Co6bett.
American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1856-05-31

A very curious instance Of confusion
has taken place in q family in Albany.
a mother and her daughter were both
confined on the same day, each having
q little son. In tho hustle of the mo-
ment both babies we're placed in era
die, and to the confusion of the moth
ers, when the youngsters were taken
from the cradle, they were unable to
tell which was tho mothers and which
the daughters son--a matter which of
course must ever remain q mystery
The family is in great distress over the
affair. H.