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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
Military Punishment in Russia.

A number of men varying from {
single squadron to a whole regiment
according to the number of lashes tc
be inflicted, are formed in single
ranks, facing inwards, each soldier
being armed with a strong oaken rod
about four feet long. and the thick
ness of the middle finger. The un-
happy prisoner. striped to the waist
and handcuffed, is then marched
through, two soldiers holding the
points of their sabres or bayonets at
his breast, to prevent bis advancing
beyond a certain pace, and receiving
from each man as he passes a blow
given with bis whole force. This
continues till wearied nature can hold
mo longer, and he sinks down unable
to move: bis senseless form is then
placed upon hurdle or rwheelbarrow,
and intthis manner be is dragged on,
and receives the rest of bis punish
ment. 1t may reasonably be suppos-
ed that not few expire under its in
Fiction on hespot, while many more
live but to writhe in thr most harrow
ing and excruciating tortures in the
regimental hospitals, till desth hapri-
ly terminates their sufferings. In
the event of fhe former occurring,
the given number must be inflicted;
and horrible to relate, the hideous
lif.less mass Of senseless, shapeless
human clay is still drawn through the
ranks, the corpse resounding with the
blows rained upon if until the SEN
tence is complete. Under these ac-
cumulated horrors, woe to the wretch !
whose compassionate feelings or
weakness of nerves renders him In |
capable of striking with the prescrib. |
ec force, as be is salmost Immediately |
seized upon and similar punishment I
upon himself. Excursion IN
Georgia. p
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05


HUSBAND WANTED. "A young lady
in Greensborough, Ala, who signs
herself "Ella," is in want of a hus-
band, and as leap year has failed to
furnish her one, she has published the
following advertisement:
A young lady. possessed of moder.
ate wealth (about $4,000 or Sl2,-
000) and some personal charms, is
desirous offorming a matrimonial al
lance with some one ofrespectability
and business habits. Full particulars
regarding personal attractions, fam
lily connection and position given by
addressing ELLA.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

Mr.. Granville j. Kelly. Of Cul-
pepper county, Va, has hog which
was under the snow for nineteen days.
confined in a pen, during which time
it Of course had nothing to eat. This
proves that even porkers have re-
markable abstemious qualities. Mr..
K. was under the impression that the
hog, which had been confined for its
vicious propensities, had been turned
out Of the pen previous to the snow.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

Mr.. Caleb Urham, Of Weaihefs-
field, VI. an old man in his s3d year,
having had some trouble with cou-
pie Of men in tho management Of bis
farm. and getting into dispute With
them, said "that he would die first
but that be would have his own way
a part Of the time ard after saying
these words, dropped dead He was
a highly respectable Old man.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
THAT ExrRAoRDINARY NEaREss.

THAT EXTRAORDINARY NEaREss.
We observe paragraph going the
rounds Of the papers, stating that a
negro woman Of Bolivar, Tenn, be-
longing to a Mr.. Fuller, and suppos-
ed to be about 90 years old, who
never had any teeth until since last
August, since which time she has
cut full SET. This is all fudge
No sucha man as Fuller lives in
Hardeman county, and we suppose
the Appeals correspondent intended
the article as quis. we have heard
of a good many, white and black,
male and female, who died Of old
age, that never cat their eye teeth =
Somebody's sold!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
The Grand Rlpids Eagle mel


The Grand Ripids Eagle men
tions an unusual case Of marrying
which took place last week in Gale
donia, Kent county, Michigan. The
parties we're on their return from
meeting at a neighbor' $ when il was
proposed ttatt be kuotshou'd be tied
instanter. Whereupon the sleigh
(drawn by oxen) was stopped, the
parties stood up therein, and min.
lister promptly did the job The dri-
yer said, shaw, buck" and the cou-
pie were soon landed at home man
and WIFE.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
They say It's wrong for You and Ne.

They say it's wrong for you and me
To Loves each other. girl, so well:
But why it should be I can't see,
And sure am that You can't tell
And if it is, what shall do2
Icannot help 1t, dear, can your
Propriety forbids such things.
Society in vain repeats;
Ifear such pleasant wanderings
My.heart will 30 on while it beats,
And If it does. what shall do 2
I cannot help it. dear. can you7
So many, little things are sins,
To which I feel myself inclined,
Where duty ends o.. where begins,
I can't well settle in my mind,
And if don't what shall do 2
Who cares to help pit7 Dear. do you 2
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

In a toll case tried at Bedford,
England, Dir. Devon, who was
brought from the Record Office to
produce some. translatioDs from
aDoomsday Book" stated in bis
evidence the singular fact that in
mary old manuscripts, when particu-
lar emphasis was given to words, it
was customary, instead of'under-
lining them, as at the present day.
to run .he pen completely across the
words, in the same manner as We
now erase them.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
CRINOLiNE.

By the Printers Deral-a son Of
the oM 1uan.-A lady with q crino.
line was walking down the street,
her feathers antteredin the air. her
hoops stuck out a feet. She walked
the earth rs if she felt of it she was
no part, and proudly did she step
along, for pride was in her heart
She did not see a cnrly dog which
walked close BY her side, all save
ithe busby tail ofwhich, her crinoline
did hide. His tail, the dog with
pleasure shook, it fluttered in the
wind, and from the lady's crinoiine,
stuck out a foot behind. A crowd,
the tail soon did espy, IS it waved to
and fro, and like d rudder seemed to
point which way the maid should go.
The curly dog right pleased was he
such quarters he had got, and walked
beside the lady in kind Of doggish
Itrot. Each step the lady now did
take, served to increase her train; while
those who followed in her wake
ronred out with might and MAN,
Some held their sides and laughed
so bard, and many fairly cried, and
many even still confess, thatday they
slike to died. But still the lady sailed
along,in crinolEeand pride, ,unmindful
of the crowd behind, or dog close by
her side. But soon another dog es-
pied the tail, which lut:ered free-it
so provoked bis doggish ire, he could
not let it be--but with deep ferocious
growl, for battle straight he went, and
meath the lady's crinoline both dogs
we're quickly pent. They fought tits
said one hour or more = the lady moth
ing kpey--but with her head erect
sailed on, and did her way pursue.
Some say she never would have known
at aIIabous the fight, had not one
dog nistook and gave her ''limb" an
awful bite. Bni since that day, I've
heard it said, The lady ne'er was seen
upon the street, with 50 mnch pride
and such a crinoline.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
The Fenaida DaYe.

! The Fenaida dove, visitor t.
East Florida from the West Ind;a
Islands, is remarkable for the .lnde.
scribably plaintive tenderness of IFS
cooling. So touching is its utierance
that even to the heart hardened by a
life Of crime it is irresistible. A
motor Gus pirate, lipked with a band OF
desperadoes, who menaced the Flor
ida coast, CHANGING to hear its soft
| melancholy notes, fingered till feel
iings to which he had been a stranger
subdued his spirit and melted into
repentance. 1t was effectual, too, /,
for he, resolved to lead different
career for the future. AT the cost
of difficulty aud danger, he eff,.c-
ted bis escape and returned, like
the prodigal to a rejoicing home.
The male bird which first appears in
Florida, may be heard cocing for his
companion for about week before
she arrives. They choose for their
resting-place spots thickly covered
with grasses and low shrubs, in the
heart of which they form their nests,
glad if protected in addition by
hedge Of sturdy msngroves. This
meek, unambitious bird seldom scars
high, and when crossing the sea, flies
close over the surface Of the water.
Though soitimid, they are conliding
and will permit persons near ap-
proach. Thus, Audubon once hoped
to become the possessor Of one alive, |
and imagined himself on the point
OF triumphant capture, when the !
dove turned upon him her beautiful
eye, and be found that bis intention
was discovered. Gently she glided
aside in her nest, then suddenly took
to wing. Hovering around, she would
hlight within afew yards of her be-
loved Dest--her wings dropping in
sorrow, and her whole form trem.
bling asif from severe cold. "Whol
could bear such a scene Of despair2"
exclaims Audubon: 81 left the
mother in security with her off
springs"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

An extraordinary seiz ne for Gus
tom duties occurred shor. time since
at Elgin, the yilhge at the Capsda
end of the Niagara SUI pension bridge.
1t was no less than the seizure of
set Of teeth, which tie official alleged
were Of Americas manufacture, a.
though the gentleman had worn them
over in his mouth. The masticators
had been removed by him after din
ner, to be cleaned, but were "grab-'
bed" by the watchfnl official in
'twinkling.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

A ToueH Story. On the Sd inst,
the steamboat Emma Brown vas sunk
10 the Ohio river. The papers grave
ly announce as fact, that she had
on board lot of hogs, and that the
swine rooted a hole through the bot
tom Of the boat and sank her? They
must have been very enterprlsing
hogs, or the timber Of the boat was
exceedingly rotten and Hormy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

volcano IN VIReINIA.-The Rock
iugham Register learns from the
mostreiiaSle authority,that the shock
of an earthquake was felt in Pendla-
ton county some days ago, and an
aperture has been formedin the noun
tains, within two or three miles Of
Circlesille, in. tbet county, from which
volumes Of black smoke are issuing
and large stones have been thrown
TO a great height
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
LADIES BEwARE.-DeaA trom Dip

LADIES BEwARE.-Deah from Dip
ping snuf--There have been,seyeral
deathsin Austin, Texas. oflate, caused
by dipping snuff. Among the VIC
tins to this pernicious habit, was. a
little girl about FIVE years old. She
bad been 10 the habit of using snuff
in the ordinary manner Of dipping,so
prevalent among ladies', aud she had
become so fond Of il, las to amount al
most to a mania; the consequence was
that she died from the excessive use
of it. 3 IL a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

The Poughkeepsie Press says that
there is a snow-bank down in East
Fishkill some eighteen or twenty fee:
above the level Of the road. Before
teams could pass the point it was
necessary to tunnel the drift, and it is
said that the passage is now made for
a distance of some twenty OF thirty
feet through genuine tunnel. Moth
ing of the kind has ever been heard of
before in that part Of the country.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
Fear not that, While arennd Thee.

Fear notthat, while around thee
Life's varied blessings pour,
One sigh Of hers shall wound thea
Whose smile thou seekcst no more.
No. dead and cold for ever ).
Let our past love remain;
Once gone, its spirit never
Shall haunt thy rest again.
May the new ties that bind thee
Far sweeter, happier prove.
Nor e'er of me remind thee,
But by their truth and love,
Think how, asleep or waking,
Thy image haunts me yet; ~
But, how this heart Is breaking
AFor thy own peace, forget.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

"a gentleman has advertised in
the London newspapers bis body for
sale, as he desires to "avoid the hor.
rors and indignity Of burial, and
also TO raise little money apparently.
The investment would be an eligible
one; be is muscular and thin,'' so
that '"the bones viii be found we'll
marked and developed"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

The Wheeling Times states that
seventeen Of the employ ees of the
Central Obio Railroad. have been
lodged in Jail in franklin county. on
charge of thieyiDg. One of the
company had previously been arres-
tea and informed on the rest. II
is stated that within the past year
the road haspaid over So 900 for lost
property. Anything was stolen, dry
goods, hardware, oysters, etc.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

VALUE OF SCIENCE Orange or
lemon juice left upon a kuife or 9TH
er piece of iron, will in a few days,
produce a stain go nearly milling
that caused by blood as to deceive
the most careful observer, and not
many years ago, in Paris, a man was
nearly convicted of murder, owing
to knife being found in his possess
ion stained with what was pronoun-
eed by several witnesses to be blood,
but afterwards discovered to be SIM
ply lime juice. ~ s
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

TuE OED f.RED CENT. AS the
cd "red cent is about being called
in, some of our cotemporarl S ore
writing its history and obituary. -
The cent was pr opposed 10 1882, by
Robert slerris,. the grand financier
Of the revolution, and was named
by Jefferson, two years later. 1t
bagsa to make its appearance from
the mintin 1892. 1t bore then the
head Of Washington on The one side
and thirteen links on the other
The French revolution soon after
created rage for French ideas in
America, which put on the cent,
instead Of the bead Of Washington
the head Of the goddess Of liberty
"a French liberty With neck thrust
forward and flowing locks.@ The chain
on the reverse was replaced by the
olive wreath of peace. But the
French liberty was short lived, and
so was her portrait on the cent,
The present staid, classic dame, with
q fiIlet around her hair, came into
fasbion about thirty years ago, and
her finely chisseled Greeian features
have been but slightly altered by the
lapse Of time.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
A writefin the London Lancet says

that if persons who are addicted to
sprees will, when they feel the period
ical appetite coming on, take half a
drachm Of ipecac and vomit. they
viii lose the appetite for the time en-
tirely;and,if they follow up the emetic
plan, will cure them of the habit
When the intense desire for alcoholic
stimulants comes on, the stomach is
at fault; evacuate it, and the desire is
removed. es1aIa F,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

The Auburn (N, Y. } Advertiser
says that John Ford, one Of lbe ecceu-
trio eitizens Of that town, declares be
knows the Weather is getting colder,
because bis feet are so much warmer
than usual For two winters now this
man has gone, barefooted. lie says
his feet are never cold. He wears
shoes in the summer but nothing can
induce him to do so in the winter.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
NEasoEs RsruRsISa rnoM MExlCO

The San Antonio Texan says:
Harely week passes bnt runaway
negroes are captured in Mexico, and
returned to their masters in Texas;
and it is now seldom the case that
we hear Of one running away to
Mexico. The plain truth is, that
those who are there now are 10
wretched condition, and many of
them would be glad to get back to
their old homes. They are not only
tagged and destitute of the comforts
life, but most Of them are really in
q starving condition.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

The Cincinnati Times computes
that between sixty and seventy thou
sand hogs have fallen victims 20 what
iscalled hog cholera, during the past
six monfhs,in that city and 'he.sur-
I roahdiag region,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

A young lady in Albany, N. Y,
having been insulted few nights
since by man who proposed to meet
her on Monday evening at the reser-
voirin. Eagle street, her brother dress
ed himsslfin her attire;met the rascal
aud cowhided him in petticoats,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

The Alexandra Gazette tells US of :
q colored child that eau talk qlite
plainly,though only three months old.
1t was born With two teeth, AMI
has six perfect teeth already
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

MI. Black well, in Lawrence county
Jail, says the Moulton Standard, made
his escape last week and. locked the
jailor up in his own place!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
RIGHT.

s The Columbia Times says We see
that a bill has been introduced into
the Legislature Of Louisiana, nov in
session, tho object Of which, ss an
nounoed by the author, is ''to extend
Si ication and information.'
The p Ian is to furnish each head
ofa white family in the State a news
paper costing not more than three dol
lars per aDnum, to be paid out of the
public treasury. The list of names
to bs furnished by the Parish Asses
sor, and each individual TO select the
paper he prefers.
This bill, If adopted and carried
out, would inaugurate new system,
and might greatly facilitate the cause
of Education. A good newspaper is
the best schoolmaster Shat can be in
troauced into family, and there are
mnltitudss who will confess that such
is the fact. IF a siniilar bill is intro
duced nearer home, we would remind
our Legislators that We only ask two
dollars for the Fayetteville Observer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
NoyEL CHARrrABIE PnoJEcr.-A

NOVEL CHARITABLE PROJECT.-A
Concert has been originated in Gin
cnnati for the relief Of the poor, to
which the price of admission is one
ready-made garment, either new OF
second hand.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

The Cincinnati Commercial says:
"a lady possessing in an eminent
degree the charming accents suppos-
ed 10 belong to race once highly
eulogized by Gen. Scott, happened
yesterday, in perambulating the
smooth boulevard OF guard Of a steam
er at the landing, to slip in her gait,
and went over, strait into the bub-
bling boiling deep. Danger and
death we're imminent. but, behold ! a
power, not looked for or. suspected
there, by man, came to the rescue,
and the lady was
Sustained By her crinoline, in majer.y extended.
Till a small hawser r, stored her to
the steamers deck"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05
Morality Of Divorces.

Speaking one day Of the early sRo.
mans, Mr.. Webster said he could al.
most believe everything related BY
historians Of their extraordinary vir.
tues, public and domestic, when be
dwelt upon the fact that though Their
laws authorized divorce, yet for The
first Eve hundred years, no individ-
uai ever avsiled himself of such H.
cense! st was the domestic training,
he said, it was the mother who was
made Publieola, q Cammillus and
Coriolanus. Women, protected By the
inviolability ofthe nuptial bond, we're
invested with dignity that gave
authority to Instructions and made the
domestic hearth the nusery of heroes
Public virtue,' be said, fell with
private morality Und er imperial
Rome divorces were sought for and
obtained under the most frivolous
and all domestic confidence
Was destroyed. The inevitable con-
was the loss of public mo-
rality. Men who had been false to |
their priv ate duties. Caesar divorced |
his wife, and betrayed his country. |
The sanctity Of the nuptial bond is
in my opinion, the principal ifnot the
chief cause Of the superior refinement, |
freedom and prosperity enjoyed at |
the present time by Christian nations.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-03-05

Mr. WsddeII Jr., has been detected
in robbing the Selma post Office and
has been committed to Jail. Hewas
clerk In The Office.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-11-05
Fntt ana 9nntu.
The Parody Neu.courteous.


A gentleman couversing with \ H.
dy friend, short time since, claimed
that he could parodize on tho hoop
question any verse she might choose
to repeat. She accordingly rehears-
ed the following verse from the Old
Sexton:--
Nigh to grave that was newly made
Leaned a sexton old on his earth worn spad Q
His work was done, and he paused to wait
The funeral train through the open gate;
A relic of bygone days was he,
And his locks were as white as the foamy sea;
And these words came from his lips SO thin,
al gather them in, gather them in.".
Whereupon, the graceless fellow
look his pencil, and thus wrote on a
scrap of newspaper lying by:
Nigh to church that was newly made,
Stood a lady fair. and thus she said
Too bad, too bad here must wait
While they measure the breadth of this oper
gate
All it is only nine by sir, see!
Too narrow. too narrow, alas for ne;
And she sighed from her quivering lips SO thin,
II can't get in-I can't get in ~