Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1856-06-12
GLEANlNGs FROM PAPERS,
With Editorial Sprinklings.

DIX, maintains tnat an oath TO sap
:. port the Federal Constitution mad,
under ga moral duress. is not bind
ling on the conscience. "Morai du
ress," he defines in this case, to b,
an oath taken by the citizen in or
der ''tO haze his proportion Of i99
ence IN the common interests of til,
4 community" The right to hold Of
fee be seems to consider one of The
I'laws of nature" and hence, to wiz
lit, he may commit perjury!
FRENCH FINANcEs.-According to
the National Review, Louis Napoleon
has borrowed since the coup d'etat,
| l,700,0 100000 of francs. 'sThe ex.
penses incurred by the municipality
of Paris on account Of the arrange
ment as to the price Of bread, reach
between fifty and one hundred mil
lion francs. For the establishment
Of the city The Partisan authorities
have contracted three loans, to all
extent of I35,000.0G0. The sum
borrowed for similar purpose by the
department and communes are sta
tied to US at 300,000,000 francs.
FAILURE AND ABsoUATULATioN OF
ILLINOIS BANKERS New York dis
patch, Of the 10Th, to the Philadel-
phia Evening Bulletin, says:
A dispatch from Chicago, received
here to-day, announces that the firm
of Preston & Co., of that city, who
have been largely concerned in the
Wild Cat"Planters Bank, 'of Dalton,
Ga, have failed and fed to parts un-
known. Many of their drafts on the
bank have lately been scattered east
ward. Barnes & Co., of Geneva, Ill,
who were 10 the same connection,
have also disappeared mysteriously.
The .Herald's correspondent tele-
graph from Washington under date
of the 18th:
Mr.. Dallas writes that he is now
in possession of official letters from
Lord Clarendon to the British Parlia-
ment, in whic b bis lordship gives the
precise construction to the Clayton
Bulwer tr eaty whichSis contended
for by our government. MIR. Dallas
says it is more conclusive than any
thing he has seen written on the sub
ject. Mr.. Dallas says, also, that
things look most unpromising in Lon
don.
Richard W. Anderson, Of Hunts
vile, Ala. has addressed'a printed
circular to the sovereigns ofFrance,
England, Russia, and Turkey, inyit-
ing them gradually to relinqaish their
regal power, "that the people may
return to their primitive ruler" He
tells them that the Isarelites commit
ted a fatal error 1850 years ago,
when they called for king.
CHOLERA AND YELLOW FEVER in
BRAzIL.-Advices received at New
York on the 10th inst. represent
the ravages Of the cholera at Per.
uambuco as terrible; 1920 persons
have already died of that disease
Yellow fever was also prevailing.
The wife Of Mr.. Washington French
in Attala county, Miss, presented
him two boys and two girls at one
birth. Mr.. French was As years old
when be married Miss Eienor HeRly,
of Mississippi, and has been married
one year.
The Supreme Court of the United
States closed its adjourned session
on the 18th inst, and will not again
assemble until the first Monday in
December next.
A Washington letter says:-So
far from Gen. Gadsden having nego-
tiated treaty with Mexico, Com
forts Government has more than
once expressed desire for his recall.
The price of beefis on the decline
in the New York retail markets, hav-
ing fallen nearly fifty cents per cwt.
last week.
The Norfolk Argus states that
orders have beenreceived at the Cos
port Navy Yard to furnish immedi-
ate estimates for fitting out four Of
the largest ships in ordinary.
Santa Anna, the ex.Dictator of
Mexico, is living in great style at To-
baco, four miles from Carthagena, in
New Grenada, in South America
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