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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08
wHo.TAKEs 1T UP!

The New Orleans Delta publishes
the following proposal from "a Mis-
sissippian:"
Il will wager ten negro men a.
gainst twelve thousand dollars. that
there is not an Abolitionist North
of Mason and Dixon's line, that can
induce The ten negroes to leave my
premises; and 20 with hin-t to a Free
State. will give them one full
hour at night in the woods by them
selves, if he chooses to tplk, preach,
persuade, or hire them. Or. if bet
ting is warning against his religious
scruples, Twill obligate myself to e.
mancipate the ten negro men, II, AZ
ter the hours talk, he can induce
them 20 lei~e my plantation. 1t
| he fails, am to make taem tar and
feather him. If | can. IwilL use no
threats or force to make them do it.
| Il will also bet-if Mr.. Greeley
OF any Of his friends are afraid that
| the men might stay ten women a
gainst their reasonable value, that
/ Can make them buck ard gag him
in the latest and most approved mill
tary style, after one hours talk from
him. These are the terms. Accept
them, if you dare.
| The writer also pledges himself
to secure such Northern philanthro-
pists as may take his bet, from prose-
cution, and that they shall have a
fair chance to exercise their philan-
thropic purposes. Now, as the Delta
adds, where is Greeley?- where is
Thaye ?--where is Burritt? Surely
these imitators Of Clarkson and Will
berforce will not avoid an opportrni-
IS so admirably calculated to prove
the doctrines which they hold in re-
ference to slavery. If they cannot
screw their courage to the sticking
point" probably there is some other
Northern Black Knight who will un-
dertake a tilt with our Southern
&c Bois Gilbert. The ten dark-skin-
ned Rebeccas mentioned by our
Mississippi friend for whom the Abo-
litionists profess such sympathy and
admiration should at least inspire
them with little extra chivalry.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08
Cboita 1aosirg.
Thau'It Miss he EYeFmore.

Thou'l, miss me; fairer forms than mine
May on thy pathway beam,
And eyes of haughtier light in thine
With loves own softness CLEAN;
But ever from their happier rays
Thy spirits glance will flee
Back to the one sad, earnest gaze
So filled with love for thee.
Thou'lt miss me; tones more silvery clear
Than linger on my tongue,
Or brighter, roster lips may cheer
Where Tyre and lutte are strung;
But still the unforgotten lays
Low murmured in thine ear,
Thy smile their very mead of praise
Above them all tbou'lt hear.
Thou'lt miss me; smiles of SUMMER sLeen,
From fairer features thrown,
May shine upon thine altered mien
As never mine hath shone;
But still the one familiar smile,
That we lcomed thee Of old,
It's place, above their every vile,
Within thyaeart shall hold.
Thou'lt miss me; mid the worlds gay GROVE
Tnou't mingle as of yore,
W it'll stately step and hearing proud
And words of courteous lore;
But still when other lips my name
Shall whisper where thou'rt found.
Thycheek. be it in praise or blame,
Shall crimson at its sound.
Thou'lt miss me from nights solemn fame,
When holy stars look down;
Thou'lt seek in pleasures cup in vain
All thoughts of me to drown;
For still each blessed orb ard bright
On which Eve gazed with thee,
Shall bring the tear-drops to my sight
Thy bosom thoughts of me.
Thou'lt miss me; on thine aching breast
Whence l1fasaut thoughts shall fly
Though other farer head may rest
Where mine above should lie;
None other out thy soul can chase
The Thoughts of what hsrh been;
This wasted form and faded face
Would steal your souls between.
Thou'It miss me; but why waste in words
The burning thoughts that sweep
So moumfully my beings chor1s?
Forget them-let me weep;
That though forever in each heart
The dream of love is o'er,
On earth OF sea-where'er thou art,
Thou'lt miss me evermore.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

How PAT GOT AHEAD OF TIE PRIEST.
An IIisIman made a sudden rush
into druggists shop in Glasgow.
Drawing a sodawater bottle, filed to
the brim with some pure liquid, from
his pocket, he handed it across the
counter and exclaimed. "Tdere, doe
tor, snulfthat will yez?" The doc
tor did as he was directed. and pro-
nounced the liquid TO be genuine
whiskey. II thank you, docth0r."
said the Irishman, ''hand me bacl
again. The doctor again did as di-
rected, and asked Patrick what he
meant. ''Och, thin,' sid Pat, .if
you will have it, the priest told me
not to drink any Of this unloss got
it from the hands of a docthor So
here's your health. and the health of
the priest, and long lie to the gentle
man that first inve nted whiskey."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

A Horse PUMPINa Water. : One of
ouI friends in Ride has two horses
which go to the pump in his barn
yard almost daily, aud pump water
for their own use, One of these
animals commenced this singular
feat last summer, and since then has
learned his fellow to go through The
same operation. 1t is really anus
ing to see one of these horses put
his mouth to the nozzle Of the pump,
while the ether is engaged III draw
ing water. The handle of the pump
is of wood, and The end used By the
horses has been greatly gnawed off.
The above fact Can be authenticated
by numerous r, spectable persons
who have witnessed the horses draw
ing water when their necessities re-
quired it.-DeL Co. Rep.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

A SINGULAR FACT "A stock raiser
of Fayette county, Ky, loss eight
colts Que season, four of them
thorough.breds, and four of them
scrub stock. He amputated the
legs of all of them, and boiled off the
the flesh, cleaning the bones thor
ougbly, 10 learn by examination,
what difference, in respect OF bone,
there WAS between pure blooded and
common ones. On taking the bones
of the thorough breds. and holding
them up to the light, he noticed that
they were almost transparent, MS
much so as white horn. He tried
the same experiment with the bones
Of the inferior stock. They we're
Opaque, and transmitted light no
more than bulfalo horn. He then
tested the bones by weight. and
found the Thoroughbred by far the
heavier, showing their superior SUD-
stance and solidity- They we're
hard md dense as ivory. This is q
singular fact.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

BELLS AND bellies. We conceive a
happy supposition for determining tie
d. rivation of the word bell. We
conceive it was first applied to the
fair in those days when the inordin-
ate indulgence of hoops an old
fashioned heresy now oxploded) gave
the fema'e figure the exact contour
Of a bell. Doubtless the singular
coincidence, also. Of both bells and
bellies being endowed with a bounii
fully long supply of tongue, exer-
cised an influence in the premises.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

WHo WILL FEEL THE MosT?-lt
has been question in several quar-
ters. who viii feel the present fnan-
cial crisis in the severest manner, and
what regions will bemost affected by
it. According to appearances, the
violent fanatics and anti-slavery pol
.iticians of the North aud Nortb-west
will suffer the most by the pressure,
All those regions, humbugged and be-
logged as they have been by anti
slavery agitators, will feel the pinch.
Singular to say, the Southern States
viii hardly be conscious Of the storm
that is passing over the financial
world.-New York HerdM.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08
Brigham Young aad the United
States Government.

This Mormon imposter,s in late
sermon preached in Salt Lake City,,
used the following language relative
to the United States expedition bound
to Utah:
| am not going to interpret dreams,
Cox I don't profess.to be such a proph-
ct as were Joseph Smith and D.lniel,
but I am a Yankee gnesser, and |
guess that James Buchanan has or
dered this expedition TO appease, the
wrath Of the angry hounds who are
bowling around him. He did not de-
sign to start men on the 18th Of Ja-
ly to cross these plains to this point
on foot. Russell & Co, will rroba-
bly, make from eight to ten hundred
thousand dollars by freighting the
baggage Of the expedition. What
would induce the Government to ex-.
pend that amount OF money for this
Territory. Three years ago they
appropriated $4,000 for thepurpose
of making treaties with Utah Indians,
Has even that diminutively small sum
ever been sent here? 1t is in the
cof,srs Of the Government to this day,
unless they have stolen it, or impro-
perly laid it out for some other pur-
pose.
But yoe, woe TO the man who
comes here to. unlawfully Interfere
with my affairs. Woe, woe to those
men who come here to unlawfully
meddIe with me and this people. /
swore in Nauvos. when my enemies
looked me in the face, that l would
send them to hell across lots if they
meddIed with me, and / ask no more
odds of all hell to-day. If they kill
me, its all right, but they will not
until the time comes, and,l think |
shall die a natural death-at least !
expect to.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

Parson J. K. Clinton, peripatetlc
Know Nothing spouter in the past
campaigns in Tennessee and Missis-
si,,pi. has returned TO the bosom oil
the Democratic party as a repen-
tant sinner. Let him be taken in
on trial-for these political preachers
can't be trusted all at once.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

The Sugar PRnspEcr.-A let
fer from the Parish Plaqnemlnes,
Touisiana. in the New Orleans PEG
N,yne. SAYS that the sugar planters oil
that State viii have no cause TO
cemplai'sses this years crop. The
cane viii ma's~e earlier this season
than usual. and esesnew sugar will
be manufactured ande>me into mar
ket two Oh three weeks fesGvance oI
former seasons.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08
WHOLE no. $780,
Who are Slave Traders!

It's stated by the Richmond En-
qnirer, in an article supposed to have
been written by Gov. Wise, that dur
ing that gentlem ln's mission to Bra
I'll, almost every vessel bearing tho
flag Of the United States. and cap
-tured or condemned for participation
in the slave trade, was foand TO be
the property of some Yankee ship
owner. In one instance, such yes-
sci was captured, which proved TO be
the property of a Quaker,in New Jer-
sey, who abstained on principle. from
the consumption Of sugar produced
by slave labor!
The men who thus trimple upon
the laws Of the country for pelf, and
reap the harvest of gold in the Afri-
can slave trade..are the sclf-same byp-
ocrites who affect so much horror at
the philanthropic and christian sys-
tenn of slavery prevalent in the South
ern States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

Mrs. Olive Clyde. Of Bristol, VT,
lately committed suicide by starving
herself to death! Her husband had
deserted her, and, unable to support
herself, she received aid from the
town. Her situation 50 weighed on
her mind that she settled into deep
melancholy, and, refusing II food, at-
ter thirty-tbree days of fasting, died
in terrible agony, Everything was
done to cause her to break her de-
termination that prudence could die
tate, but in vain.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

During the Mexican war COM
pany (G) of los effective men ship
ped from Detroit. The company
went to Vera Cruz. The small
remnant of 80 returned from the
campaign, and went into quarters at
Detroit. OF these, Is have since
died, and of the Is living, not one
is capableef doing bard labor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

SOUTHERN SToeG.--The New York
correspondents Of the National Iafelb-
geneer writing about the financial
troubles in that city says of Southern
stock:
''It may be noted as a somewhat
gratifying fact TO Southern people,
that no one of the Southern stocks
have been materially affected Mis-
souri, State has been re'luced'a q little,
but that is owing more 10 the scarcity
of money than from any want CT
confidence
1t has proved a fortunate thing for .
the South that most Of her important
lines Of. Railroads. are owned and
their bolds held by her own people.
They are not thus under the eonIfot
of the gamblers and swindleTs in the
Northern cities. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

The vote on joint ballot in the
Texas Legislature will stand as fol-
lows: Houston Is, anti-Houston
Ito. So much for the man that
twenty years ago was President Of
the Independent republic Of Texas.
He proved recreant to his old demo
cratic creed, and his fellow citizens
have repudiated him. So mote IL
bel
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

"NATIvE Cigars. "A joint stock
cigar manufacturing company has
been organized at Westfield, Ct.,
with a capital of $4,000, half of
which was Immediately pledged,
"whereupon,' says the Hartford
Times, "the price of cabbage leaves
Immediately advanced"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08
DR.. ReispoIds, of New Orleans,

DR.. Reynolds, of New Orleans,
was amusing himself with some young
rattlesnakes which he hM just receiv-
ed, when one of them seized his
thumb and bit him severly. He i'm
mediately procured a hatchet and
severed the wound member from his
hand. The remedy was summary
one, bat the surest that could have
been practiced.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

"A little girl, on hearing her mother
say that she intended TO go to a ball
and have her dreas trimmed with
bugles, innocently inquired if the
bugIes would all Jlow when she dan
ced. "Oh, no.! said the mother,
"your father will do that when be
discovers hase bought them"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

GEN. w. L. HAsKEIL.-We regret
to hear confirmation OF the painful
rumor which has been several days
aaoat to the effect that the great in
taIlect of the once brilliant Haskell.
whose eloquence has electrified thoa-
sands, has fallen. Private adyices
state that his friends have found it
necessary to keep bin confined. The
Evening News says.
The great mind Of the gifted Has
kell has given way, aud his friends
intend to send him to the asylum at.
an early day;
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

As for shaming him (the DeviD
they (the Democrats) never do that
by telling the, truth. but only by
outlying him-Lou. Journal.
The Devil might well be-asbamed
to be &i,lied by a Dsmocras, who is,
Of course, inexperienced in the bust
ness; but he can neither be surprised
nor ashamed to be Quilted by a K.
N. lie couldn't expect anything
Lou. Democrat.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

SAytNa SEED Com The eXper-
ience of the wet summer, two years
aro. and the consequent bad condi-
lion of corn for seed. should admonlsh
farmers not to be caught as they were
with poor seed the next season. Iha
probability is that this years corn
will be less .ripened than any year
within our immediate generationn,'
and if we expect seed that will be lit
for next years use, we must be care
ful in the selection, and saving OF 1t.
1t would be well to go through the
feds at ths proper time, and pick the
earliest. largest and ripest ears, and
nut them in loft or other dry place
where they will be protected from ex-
treme cold and storms of winter. An
early attention to this matter may
save good deal of expense and DIS
appointment at planting thine
Ohio CnffiratOf.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

The Supreme Court of Massa-
chusetts has decided against the Jury
law passed in 1855 by the Know
Nothing Legislature. which made the
jury judges of the laav, as well as OF
the evidence.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

Jones denies positively that To-
men are angels, and proves it by re-
ference to Biblical research; for, .
says he, ,~if women we're angels, Noah S
wife would doubtless have been re-
ferred to as an ark-aDgel, which she
was notl'''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

The election Tor members Of Con-
geess. Governor, menstsrs Of the
Legislature and State officers gener.
ally in Mississippi took place on The
9th Of this month Il was a ons-si--
ded affair.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08

Slaves EMaNcIPATEo.--By the vii
Mrs. II. II. Coalter, who died. in
Stafford county, Va. last week., nine
ty-two Of her negroes were set free.
Her iayorite sman servant, besides
bis freedom, receives an annuity OF
2l00 fer lifae
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-10-08
THE TRUE POSITION.

These sterling democratic paper, ,'he
McAlinnyille New Era and the Fay
otteyille Observer. on the, Senatorial
question, have declared th emselves
sin favor of the election of the man
who NAV be nominated by the sixty
democratic members Of our next
LEGISLATURE. We join hands with
Won. r4ntlemen.- Nashcille Union
and American
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-22
From Washington.

Washington, Aug. 90.
The principal officers ordered to the
steamer Merrimac, to take the flag ship
of the Pacific Squadron, are Com
nader Vain right, Lieuts, Crossan, Ar
mold, Sharp, and Breese, Surgeon Schu'
Der: Assistant Surgeon Bloodgood ;
Purser b. l.. Knapp, and Chief Engin'
eer Long.
Passed Midshipman Ramsey has
been ordered to this ship as her mas
tel A special Cabinet meeting was held
to-day for appointments to several Au'
ditorships and Comptrollcrships, and
Commissioner of Patents, were consid'
cred. A number of gentleman have
been designated for these posts, but
their names have not yet transpired
UeraiTs correspondent says; ~ am
authorized to state that the Nicaragu'
an minister has received by by the
Tennessee, advices that Nicaragua does
not approve the contract of Costa Rica
with Webster, for the transit route
but ignores it." VIM. F. Phillips, Sixth
Auditor, was removed to-day, and DIR.
Tate, of Virginia, was appointed in his
place.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-22
A Picture Of the Gazette Drawn by
Friend.

We observe with regret that at least one
of our Republican contemporaries has com.
mitted the folly-the gross biunder of claim.
ing the adoption of the New Constitution as
party victory We refer to the Daven.
port Gazette This claim is calculated to
do us no good--to subserve no good end
either at home or abroad But the most
potent reason why it never should have
been set up by any body is that it is false
Nothing but the most brazen etfrontery
could induce any intelligent journal to set
up claim known TO every body to be false
How could the Gazette, seeing from the re-
turns from every county that party lines
were entirely disregarded, have the hardt
hood to say that the adoption of this Con
stitution was party matter in any sense d?
It's own county gave the Constitution ma
jority, as did Des Mones, Lee, etc while
the Republican nominees for county officers
were defeated. On the other hand CLAYTON
and other Republican counties gave MAORI
ties against the Constitution.
| We regret to see any newspaper editor
disregarding tho ninth commandment and
bringing reproach upon Journalism by vi
olating the clear and palpable dictates OF
truth and common honesty, and more espe
cially do We regret to See a Republican co
temporary of the standing of our up river
neighbor engaged in this kind Of dirty work
The sooner it is dried up" the better
Hank Eye.
The Hack Eye is one of the most unscru
pulous Republican journals in the State, bu'
it appears that even its stomach is nausea
ted by the Davenport Gazette. Hit EN-
again. Hawk Eye!'
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-22

THE STATE GAZETTE AND SwINDIING.-The
State Gazette (Republican,) Of Davenport,
seems to he in fright lest the Democrats
may cheat the Republicans out of their cleo
ton of the Constution-NorthW West
We advise the North West to make out a
list of the Democratic and Republican jour
lnals of the State, and the place Of their pub
LEGATION, before it makes any further allu-
,ions. Its ignorance of the names and po-
litcal character of Iowa newspapers is re
diculous, and leads to unkind feelings. The
State Gazette Is staunch Democratic paper,
at Burlington. Who is the wise acre that
so often puts his foot in it?"
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-22
Mr.. Buchanan and the Doctors of Divinity

Washington, Aug. ~
The President short time ago received
a letter from Prof Slliman and others in
Guiding sev eral Doctors of Divinity. object
ing TO the employment by him of the L. :.
military forces to execute the so-caled laws
of Kansas, and assuring him that they
wonld cease to ray that lie nigh, have the
proper course Of duty pointed out to him.
or something to that effect
To this letter the President has just re
piled briefly but pointedly, DENYING their
premises, questioning their knowledge OF
these laws. and after acknowledging their
validity, he calmly assn es them that by
the help of God he will enforce them in ac-
cordance with the oath of his office
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-22
l. A L E S L n Z w S
Michigan Southern Railroad.

New York, Aug. 20.
}. IL. Ransom was yesterday elected
President pro TEN of the NJ. S. X. X.
Co. A finance committee of which
MIR. Gray is chairman was appointed to
provide for the payments OF the com
pany. A meeting OF the stockholders
is called at Adrian the Goth of Sep.
TENDER, TO elect new board, the pres.
snt board having resigned, to take
effect on that day.
The following gentlemen were APP
pointed a committee to examine the
assistants, DC, and report condition to
the called meeting on the Goth Sep
TENDER: Judge Parker, of Albany; 9.
Wright, Schenectady; James c. Bron'
son, James Lee, Thomas Dekon, New
York, and J. Magee of Bath.
Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-08-22


A WOMAN IN DisPrrE-SISGuLAE AFT MR.
IN BRookLyN.-Mrs Pecan, woman des-
cribed as g fair, fat and forty" and as the
mother of nine children, is actually claimed
i'll the courts OF Brooklyn n Y, by two
husbands. Mrs. 7. has been living for some
time with a Mr.. John H. Stevens, at 70 Sc
cond street. who is said to be fifty years OF
age, wearing gray beard and mustache,
and of an excitable. mercural temperament.
He is also said to be we'll educated. talking
tiuently and we'll This man stoutly AYERS
Mrs. T. to be his lawful wife, and made a
publication recently to that effect through
the Times On Friday, however, Mr.
John Peter Pecan, Spaniard, set up pri-
or claim to the lady, and nstitused suit
against Stevens for seduction claiming
So, 900 damages. Mr. Stevens in default of
bail was locked up for trial The only ex
PLANTATION given of this strange affair by Mr.
Pecan, is that Stevens was in the habit of
mesmerlsng or psychologizing Mrs Pecan,
and 1t Is possible that this might have had
something to do with the fascinating infiu-
enee of that individual. 1t appears that
this had been going on for some time, and
it was surmised that kind of magnetic
rapport had get up between them.