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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02
Beware Of Bad Money.

Within a week or two back there
have been several impositions riay ed
of on ci tizens in this neighborhoo9
by having passed upon them spurious
or counterfeit paper money, and we
call upon all to be little careful. :
We have three of these bills, each
Fifth DJElars, on the "Marine and
Fire Insurance Bank of the State OF
Georgia. payable at Savannah, j. 0rn.
stead, Cash, and as near as we could
make out, Edw'd Padeyord, Prest,
each bearing d,te of Jan, 1913.
We believe there is no such bank in
existence, but was some years ago
the name of which has been chan
.ged into the "INarine Bank. These
bills are evidently bad, and the cir
.cumstances under which they were
passed proves wrong intended. One
of these bills was passed upon flat
boatman by some men who went into
his boat one night and wished to buy
some potatoes. The man said he
would take five bushels, and handed
over .ffty and received df'rty:fOnr
dollars OF good money in exchange.
In the other instance a man pur-
chased horse of a widow lady and
paid hertwo of these bad Fifty dol
lar bills and three in dollars good mon
ey, The circumstances will compel
our citiz ms TO BE- cautious in re-
csiving monies. From what we
learn we are inclined to believe that
there area band of these counterteiters
all through this State, Georgia, Ala'
bmaa and Kentucky. They are regular
ylorgauized, with a.President,S t,Secreta-
ry,&c. and are in gular correspondence
with each other undsr fictitious names,
We hear that there is a nest Of them
in soma of the upper counties OF
East Tennessee, and the people are on
track of the sclmps. We trust the
guilty parties maybe found out and
receive the justice due their villair-
Gus TRANSACTIONS Chattanooga Ador.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

The Madison IN. C.) News says
that in the Jail Of that place VIM.
Hagood has spent the greater part sl
bis life, having refused to pay debt
Of S25, OF any portion Of it, though
be has money concealed. He refu,
ses to accept his liberty, and is per.
fectly satisfied with imprisonment
His creditor pays his board, and j:
determined to keep him in Jail unti
he agrees to pay the debt and all tht
incidental expenses.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02
For those who wan! Cheap School
Masters.

TIE last case Of an examination
.t0r Leense.--An. applicant appeared.
He said he wanted to keep school, be-
cause he hadn't anything to do. lie
was ready to teach Reading, Writing.
Arithmetic, Grammar, Geography.
Geology, Philosophy, Astronomy.
Mathematics, Chemistry, Physiology
and the Square Root. He was first
taken in Geography:
where's Bunker Hill?'
'Well, but that, its where the bat
tie was fit, amt it2'
where was it fit2'
Down at the eastards ;"
who fought that battle ?"
'Gineral Washington; he fit all the
reverlution.'
Where's Spain?'
'Where?' said he, where is it?'
Yes, where
'Wull, now, if that amt slipped nv
mind
Where's Turkey?'
'Oh yes, Turkey-the place they
call Turkey--if you'd axed me in
the street, Id told you right off. but
I've got so Illustrated, / don't know
nothing. Oh yes--its whar tho
Turks hive. amt it7 / thot knowd'
How many States in the Union p
Tween twenty-five and thirty.
throwing out Canady.'
Spell Horse?'
Hos, that's the way in the book
| larnt.'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02
Cboits poatrq.
Rosy Morn, with Trembling Fingers

Rosy morn, with trembling fingers,
Pushed aside the robes of night,
And flood of sunbeams futtered,
O'er the world with golden light;
All so quietly they auttered,
All so gloriously shone,
Like they seemed to rays of glory,
From Gods own Eternal throne.
Soon the Sabbath bells were pealing
On the perfume-laden air,
Worshippers, devout and holy,
Calling to the house of prayer;
But our hearts were filled with sadness,
Earth could nota comfort lend,
For we stood around the pillow,
Of loved but dying friend,
There was dew upon her forehead,
Dampness in her raven hair,
Pallor on her pulseless temples.
All! relentless death was there!
On her face glory rested,
Like the glory of a crown,
And smile lit up ner features,
AS life's star was going down.
"Mother," said the dying maiden,
In voice so sweetly clear,
Tbot urn fapoiaJ s;stor annals
On their pinions hovered near:
Mother, mourn not my departure,
Far l do not fear to co.
Angels bore her happy spirit
Where the living waters flow.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

AN EDTToR's AUDIENcE.-"Wbo are
you talking to-" Why to larger
audience than the best conversation
allst could ever boast of, and to more
than ever listened to him during
month How few clergymen, how
few lecturers,how few public speakers
oil any description ever addressed sn
audience half so large as that to
which the editor of the smallest conn
try paper pre- eaehesl How many cler-
gymen are there who are accustomed
TO audiences of thousand, and how
lew papers there are which do not
strictly and literally, find more than
a thousand thorough readers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02
We read an Account q Sm m..,..

We read an account, a few weeks
since, of a big tree in Scott county.
Va, Sc feet in circumference and IS0
ieet high. This is moderately"
sized tree; but nothing TO brag of =
There is sycamore tree in Smytb
county. same state, which measures
sIxty-fVe feet in circumference. and
rs perfectly sound. Two 'Tsaplirgs"
close by we're measuTed-one 33, and
the other 80 feet in circumference
Their altitude was not taken,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

HEAVY PRoFIrs. = While all Of our
pork operators have done well this
season, some Of them have realized
very heavy profits: We learn that
one house has cleared not less than
S300,oO0, another shows 100000
on the right side Of the balance
sheet; while the profits Of yet ano,h-
er amount to $4,000, and several
Others loom up to $4,000 and
$780, ,000-Lomsuilie Courier.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

DAMAGES AGAINsT THE CORPORATION
OF KNoxvILLE.-Dr. J. w. Paxton
obtained verdict Of $1,000 DANA
ges at the las. court against the
Mayor and Aldermen of Knoxville,
for Injury sustained by the cutting
down Of the streets around his resi-.
dence. The Mayor and Aldermen
have appealed to the Supreme Court.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02
The NRw POSTMASTER GENERAL.

The New POSTMASTER GENERAL.-
The appointment of Ex Governor
AARON V. BRowN to the important
position OF Postmaster General seems
to be regarded By the press general
ly as good one, and that the abuses
which have prevailed so largely under
Mr CAMPBELL viii be speedily cOrrec
ted by his able vnd better qualified
successor, strong hopes are enter
tanned,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

Black Hole of Calcutta.

There are many persons, no doubt,
who have never heard the origin OF
this often quoted passage; for them
and others who may have perhaps
| forgotten the subject, We copy the
following article, which tells the
whole mournful story:
Lord Give, while Colonel of the
British army, commenced his career
as founder of the British Empire in
India. Full of honors aud wealth
he returned to England, but being
defeated in getting into Parliament
! in I755, sailed under the Kings
command again for India, the COM
pany appointing him to the Govern
orship of Fort st. David. But the
very day he stepped into the guber-
national chair at Madras. the Ben
gal Nabob took Calcutta. Then
came that chapter of cruelty, famil-
iar to every child who has learned to
read his story books. The tragedy
Of the Black Hole occurred 10 1856,
just one hundred aud one years ago,
The dungeon was but twenty feet
square. Midsummer heat was
parching India. The little garrison
thought it all joke when they were
ordered to 60 in-but to refuse was
to die, for Sarajahul Dowlak's Or
ders must be obeyed-prolonged suf-
fering was better than instant death;
they entered, one hundred and forty
six in all. The door was closed,
the small aperture admitted neither
light nor air.
When they began to exchange
breaths the startling truth burst up
on them. The air already was
almost putrid; they shrieked.
they yelled in mortal agony; they
screamed for water, aud then killed
each other over the cup which passed
through the grating. While the
poor prisoners were biting and
squeezing each others life away
gasping Tor air, for water, for any
thing TO relieve them of their agony
: the jailors laughed aud danced in
pure delight. Hollmei, the highest
in rank, offered the jailor heavy
bribes; but 30, the Nabob was sleep
ing, and no one dared to wake him.
In the morning when the debaach
was slept away, he ordered the dun
geon door to be opened, aud out
staggered twenty-three swollen, dis
torted living cOrpses! One hundred
and twenty-three we're piled up-a
purifying mass Of men. The En-
glish woman who survived was sent
to the harem OF the Prince of Moors-
hedebad. Hollmeil was saved and
tells the tale The dead were burned
on the spot, but the narrowing pic
tnre did not move in the least the
granite disposition of the human IT,
ger. The horrible deed reached
Give, and the celebrated battle Of
Plassey showed the inhuman Nabob
that it was foolbardy thing to trifle
with the feelings Of Englishmeu.-l
The soldiers fought like bull dogs;
revenge stimulated them on, and the !
Nabob's army of sixty thousand
strong was broken like a reed
Give lost but twenty-five men.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

The Norway Maelstrom, which has
figured 50 long on all the Maps, and
so deeply excited our boyish imagi-
nation, is now said to have no ex-
istence in reality. A Danish COM
mission, sent out for the purpose Of
examining it, having not been able
to find it, after sailing over and over
its reputed locality.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

HAND THEM ARoUND.--The names
Of the members who voted to sustain
the corruption in Congress are as
follows, bitter opponents of the de.
moeracy: Albright, Bennett, ~ Y,
Burlingame of Mass, Campbell, TO-,
Chafiee Clark, IN. " Colfax, Davis
(Mass.) Dickson, Granger, Holloway
Miller, On. " Morgan, Murray. Oil
yer, IN. Y Walbridge and Woodruff
Of Qonnecticut.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02
A New Dodge.

A few days since well dressed
and geptlemanly looking man, lead
ing a beautiful boy somsfye years old,
entered a jewelers. S sho PIN Broadway,
New York. and asked the price of a
handsome gold bracelet; it was $125.
The gentleman examined, and final
ly bought the article and put it in
his pocket. He then took out a
large purse, full of shining pieces,
and opened it. At that moment he
exclaimed. with look of alarm,
"Why, where is Charley?'' and dash
ing the plump purse on the counter,
he rushed from the store in frantic
search of his boy who had disappear
ed. The clerk awaited the gentle
mans return for some time, With his
purse lying where he had cast il
down. In his excitement. No fear oil
trickery was entertained, as the purse
evidently contained money amount
ing to twice the value of the brace
lot. But when hour after hour pass.
ed without the gentleman's return,
and it was found that the purse only
contained brass medals, the size Of
half-eagles, the clerk and his master
both came to the conclusion that
their customer was slippery one,
and that his innocent looking boy
was not being brought up in the way
be should 60.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

Adolphus Mauer recently went to
a closet in his house in Cincinnati
and drank from a jug which he sup
posed contained spirits 1t was filed
witha solution for cleaning silver-ware.
Five minutes after he drank be was
a corpse.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

4 Bio HAuL-John Simpson, VAS
= ar,asted ia Paducah, Kentucky, oae
.dav last week for uttering counterfeit
money. His confederate escaped
Tnon searching their baggage So
Tdfl IN ten dollar bills on the Bank o.
Georgetosu, S. c.. were discovered
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

A ToS OF SILVER IN A BEDsTEAD.-
A correspondent OF the journal OF
Commerce, in writing to that paper
sn account of date visit to the
egyptian Pasha's palace, at Aiexan-
dria. says:-'.Our guide led US to the
sleeping apartments of the Pasha'
and there under the lofty ceiling, IN
the centre Of the room, stood the
bedstead Of this luxurious Lord oi
Egypt. and all of soLd siloer, weigh
ing one ton. This was the assertion
Of our dragoman. confirmed by the
testimony of the accompanying OH
cials Of the palace; and after care
ful examination by our company We
could detect no deception if there
was any one" The mint value o
Of this chunk would be over forty
thousand dollars.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

a beggar woman, while soliciting
aims in Brooklyn, N. Y, few days
ago. accidentally dropped her bank
book, on, which over $4,000 were
found to her credit
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

The most reliable accounts from
every section of the country give
very encouraging hopssfo bountifnl
harvest. The growing crops from
one end OF the country to the other
are represented as looking semarka-
bly, fine.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

| RELICS of FEUDAL DAYs.-The Gus.
tom of uncoyering the head and tax.
ing off the hat or even simply touch
ing it, is relic Of the old disarmiDg
the removing of the helmet to indi.
cate that the party thus exposed him
self to the mercy ofan enemy. To
take off the glove was in like manner
to ungauntlet the hand, the mere re-
moval constituting an offer Of friend
ship Even now it is considered un-
civil to shake hands with the glove
on. Shaking of hands was formerly
token Of truce, 10 which the parties
took hold each of the others weapon
hand, to make sure against treacbe-
ry. 1t was also a token of good will.
A Frencbman, prisoner in England,
once made most ingenious use of
this custom. Having been 'put up"
against negro boxer, and knowing
no hing of boxing, he availed himself
of the shaking Of hands before the
encounter, to crush the negro's hand
in his iron grip. 1t is said that a
few years since, brutal fellow in
Connecticut crushed friends hand
in like manner, though be did it in
sport.
The bow. it is said, which is now a
mark Of politeness, is but an offer of
the neck to the stroke of the adver-
sary, while the courtesy peculiar to
the ladies' is the form Of going on
the knees to sue for that mercy which
in earlier ages. was difficult to get
The hair pins worn by ladies are re-
ducedpoignards. In some parts of
Sicily they are still worn of such a
size as 70 be convertible into weapons.
The earrings we're anciently badges
of slavery, and were soldered so that
they could not be removed from the
ear; their form indicated the owner
Of the slave.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02
Female. Sharp Practice.

The llfhn (Onlo) Advertiser, r eb.
Ii, says: Some years ago young
gentleman living in Crawford county
"went west and settled in a western
city, and became very rich. He
married lady residing in the city
where be located. After he had
been married about six months, he
prepared to visit Crawford county in
company with his bride. But few
days before be was to start he was
accidentally killed by a crate of
crockery falling on him from the
second story Of his warehouse. :
The event was duly communicated
to bis family in Ohio. That was
about eighteen months ago.
About three months since the
father of the deceased was startled
to see carriage driving up to his
door. A very interesting lady,
dressed in mourning stepped out and
introduced herself as the widow of
the dead son. Great was the Joy of
the household at the visit of their
beloved son and brothers relict.-
She said she was going to Rhode
Island, and could not miss the OPP
portunity of seeing the father Of her
beloved Harry" This was accom-
panied by flood of tears and "fnr-
mace sighs.'s Three weeks had pass
ed by, and she had worked her way
deep into the affections of the family.
She was regarded as daughter-as
a sister. The hour came for her de-
parture-they had exchanged nina
lures the farewells we're said-the
blubbering was at its very. height,
when she called the old gentleman
to one side and told him that she
had lost her pecketbook on the cars,
containing all but a triie Of hel funds.
she felt a dilfidence in making the
request, but if she could not apply
to her beloved Harry's" father, to
whom could she go?
The old mans heart melted, and
in a moment his wallet was produced,
and ten KS of the Seneca county
Bank we're rendered and accepted
She departed = alas, that dear friends
must part Time flew, and a month
passed, but nothing was heard from
"the beloved Harry's" relict. The
old gentleman became alarmed, and
addressed a letter to the father ofhi
sons wife, detailing the circumstances
of her visit. An answer came. 1t
stated that the widow Of bis late son
was at home--had not been away
and that from the description given,
the woman who personated her was
servant girl who had lived with them,
and had cleaned enough of the his
tory of Harry's family in Ohio to
enable her to play his wife.
The QUEEN OF ENGLAND s HEAD
DREss.--This pretty affair has twenty
diamonds in a circle, worth ST 800
each--two large ones worth $4,000
each, four diamond crosses in the
same. worth 100000. four large dia-
monds on the tops of the crosses
worth 100000, twelve others in
fsurs de lis, worth $4,000, eighteen
small ones also, worth 10000, pearls
and diamonds upon the crosses and
arches, worth $4,000, one hundred
and forty-one small diamonds in the
upper cross, worth $500, two cilSes
of pearls which are worth $4,000.
all these stones are set with gold and
cost aside from the precious metal,
S559,500. Within the limited
shores of England, whose govern
ment supports woman who wears
this bauble on her head on state
occasions, there are at least one hWn-
oy,.aJ e,b5octs yloy. d,,, sgho dae Of mr.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-04-02

The st. Louis 1nteIligencer. open
ly expresses the conviction that
though the institution of slavery will
never be formally abolished in Mis-
souri,. still it will soon cease to exist.
1t thinks the fiat is irreversible.
The Intelligencer protests against
being considered an anti-slavery pa
per. 1t thinks the institution USE
ful one, useful to heathen races, to
commerce and civilization, and to
the developement Of the highest quail
tiles of the governing class. 1t as
signs as its reason for the opinion
that slavery is disappearing from Mis-
souri,, that it Can make more money
elsewhere, and Missouri can make
more money without it. Missouri Git
says) has not slaves enough to do
one-tenth its servile labor. There
is wealth there to be developed. aud
as more slaves cannot be had there
to develope it, the balance against
the institution will increase each year,
until slavery will melt away in the
State.
1t is well for the South to know
how far such views are increasing on
the border line of our section, and
although the legislature by heavy ma
jorities have declared against emanci-
patton of any kind, still we must
not be blinded to the fact that such
positions are being taken openly and
to a great extent in Missouri.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-02-05

Mr.. Brooks DEATH.-The Washington Star Of
Wednesday has full account of the sudden
death of Hon. P. s. Brooks, of South Ca! olina.
1t says:
He had been sick of infammatory sore throat
for few days. On the day before yesterday,
Monday morning,) he first deemed it advisable
to call in resident medical advice, his effection
having become serious, though up to half an hour
before his decease no apprehensions of its fatal
termination were entertained, we learn. The i'm
mediate cause of his death was o sudden attack
of the quincy or Group, incident to the affection
under which he labored About twenty minutes
before the sud event took place powerful emetic
was administered to him, which failed of any eff
feet whatever Drs. Kidwell, Hall and Boyle were
present, as we'll as some of his friends.
Instantly after the sad event took place, it was
known over the city, and the halls Of the hotel
were crowded with inquiring and sorrow stricken
citizens and strangers We never before knew
such an event to give rise to such wide spread,
real grief as was manifested in this community on
that occasion. No man ever in Congress has been
more universally and sincerely beloved here, for
no other has been endowed with nobler nature
or moro lovable traits of character. The heart
felt grief manifested last night by so many men Of
all parties of high intelligence, of all whom knew
him well personally, afxes the stamp of falsehood
to the partisan slanders concerning him with
which so large portion of the Northern press has
teemed, for political effect for year past. If
ever a death touched the heart of this community
of oil classes and parties congregated in the
Federal metropolis it is in this case. That Of
Preston S. Brooks is mourned, mourned, mourn
ed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1857-02-05
JUG.LEGIsLATION.

Jugs have been from time immemorial Gan in
stitution; jug handles, human and inhuman, es-
pecaly so; but it has been reserved for this lat
ter day to apply the jug principle to the great
ends of legislation. The Concord, IN. C.) Gazette
tells the joke n capital style. 1t wouldn't do for
US to set such an idea in motion; but as a North
State editor has started it, and as it is too good
to be lost, we suppose we can aid the notion. The
reader will bear it in mind that the Gazette is
Know-Nothing; and, consequently, one of the
OUTS Now for t. -.
"In Raleigh exchange we find the following
announcement by On accommodating "Knight Of
the toddy stiok:"
"N. Bugs Decanters and Tumblers will be
loaned to the members Of the ensuing Legislature,
and liquors furnished on the best terms" .-
'There now who'll say our Capital isn't a
capital place, and our customs are not glorious
institutions? Who wouldn't be member Of the
North Carolina Legislature after that? Jugs
loaned In our minds eye we can see the honor
able members bearing their borrowed jugs, while
with wistful and chagrined looks, the Raleigh
street loafers, with hands thrust deep in pockets
wherein there's ''narry red"-gaze after them and
sigh for the time to come when they too will be
legislators. Who can tell the number Of these
articles pressed into active service on the occasion
of that memorable caucus, when trustees for our
first institution of learning were selected! Who
but the grog seller knows the number OF gallons
that decided the fate of the Peoples Bank, and
re-chartered the North Carolina Grand Monopoly
Shaving machine; and last but not least, who
knows the amount of ''rot-gut and red-eye" re-
quired to conceive in sin and bring forth in ini
guilty" the notorious ezpunging resolutions? We
are informed by mythology that Minerva sprung
from the brain of Jupiter; but, that these modern
Ajaxes should crapl from the mouth Of q jug Of
mean whiskey, is glory which was reserved for
North Carolina in the XIX century,