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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
Freaks of the Weather,

Strange and incredible as the state:
ment may appear, (says the Fairfax
News yet We are, nevertheless, war
ranted by facts in stating that Mr.. I.
Henry Nelson, Of this county, filed
his ice-house on the 9th day Of May
with pure clean ice, Of an average
thickness Of fourteen inches! Tn sx-
PLANTATION Of this remarkable fact, we
may remark that Mr.. Nelson pre-
cured the ice from the banks Of the
Potomac, where it is still piled up 10
many places to a height Of from ten
to fifteen feet.
The Dundee On. " Record ssys;
"Seneca Lake was frozen over last
week, with the thermo meter hardly
down to freezing point. This is the
third year that the same phenomenon
has occurred in May. 1t is well at
tested by the Oldest inhabitants that
the lake was never frozen over until
the winter Of 1855. Formerly the
coldest weather had no power to con.
geal its crystal waters; now some un-
known cause freezes its surface id
May"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
BREAD OUT WEST.

If our Western people can in any
way teach their wives, daughters, OF
cooks, to keep the pearlash out ol
their bread, all the yellow people, es
peel ally the yellow children. who are
supposed to be turned yellow by the
fever and ague, bilious fevers. &C.,
&c.,-will soon be returned white. II
is great mistake to suppose. that the
yellow countena noes of the west come
from bile, when it is ouly the enor-
nous quantities of pearlash eaten IN
the bread that is reflected through
the skin.
Bread is.ths staff of life, it is said;
it is, but it is the staff of death too
in this country. Bad bread kills
about as many people here as bad
rum So many people eat poisonous
pearl ish for bread, that they die OF it
by inches Dyspepsia, the great
monster disease oil our country, that
deranges the llveI, brings on cosuVe-
ness, and thus fiually, what kills the
human victim is, half the time Pear
lash.
Here in the east out of New En-
gland, We have nearly driven off the
pearlash salerltus cooks, but cot al
together. Pearlash lives here yet
in bread, but in the cities and towns
we have whipped out the murderers.
In too distant Western towns. howev-
er, beyond the good hotels of the lakes
and on the river, pearlash, however,
under the name of salaratus, is king
Its pearlash for breakf 'st, pGarlash
for dinner, and pearlash for supper.
1t is not any wonder then that white
people e .st turn yellow West. and
sicksn, not of fever and agn', billioHs
and congestiye levers. bat of p -arlish
three tunes day. ~ T. Express.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
TEA.

The culture of the tea plant is ex-
tremely simple. Provided it be pro-.
tected from the wind, it will grow 10
stony and barren ground. Small
holes having been made in the ground
at distance ofa beut three feet n
part, a few of the seeds are dropped
in each hole. The plant does not APP
pear above the ground in sess than
two or three months; but no sooner
has it done so than it begins to shoot
mp with great rapidity. 1t the seed
terminate the weakest are pulled up.
The phut usually grows from two to
three feet high, aud never higher
than FIVE with bushy top. At three
years old the leaves are cur, each
tree usually yielding about three oun-
ces of dry tea. Black tea and green
tea are both obtained from the same
.ree. There are varieties Of the tea
plant, but they nre not exhibited IN
the color Of the leaves The tlack tea
is produced from the old leaves Of the
plant, and the: green tea the young.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
BONNET PINS.

The Princeton Courier thus takes
off one of the prevailing fashions: IA
great many of our readers, perhaps,
dou't know what bonnet pins are, aud
we would not have known ourselves,
had it not been that we were in store
with lady when the things were
shown her. Now, What are they?-
Well. everybody knows that fashiona-
Die women in these days wear little
things on their heads which they.
term bonnets. What they really are,
We have no means of fknowing. Bon
nets are obsolete. aud all that wo-
men wants, nuw-a-days, is to have the
gable end of her head covered, and the
fashionable substitute. does the bus l.
ness. But to the'bonnei pins. They
are long slender things Of about six
inches, shaped like the thorn of the
honey locust, mlde Of tortoise she'll,
about rs sharp as a knitting needle,
and we suppose are used to pin .hings
to the head. 1t is unneeessary to say
more. The righteousness of Il fash
ion requiring such adsentitious aiis,
suggests itself to even those sensible
women who adopt the style. We be-
lieve 10 the old fashioned sun bon
nets"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

Poison IN CANDY.-At recent
NEE ting Of the Select Committee Of
the British House of Commons to in-
quire into the adulteraiions of all
articles sold for food, &C., Mr. Tay-
lor, the celebrated Professor of Chem
istry at Grays Hospital, made the fol-
lowing statement in regard to colored
confec,ions:
SIN red candy vermillion and red
lead we're used; and in the yellow OK
ide of lead and chromate of red, which
was very dangerous, and had been
known to be the causeaof the death
of child in 1858. The extract Of
bitter almonds. which was very much
used in cuntectiOns. was most pow
erful poison, rs it contains iro,m six TO
twelve per cent, of prussie acid. Twen-
ty DROPS of the oil killed woman
fort, mine years OF age in half an hour.
A compound of it called 'almon! aa-
vor was very dangerous. There
was an Instance In which haitian ounce
had killed woman thirty-six yeaIs
of age in half an hour"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
Leading up Foreigners to the Ballot
Box. #

| One of the most salient incidents
of the bate political discussion between
the candidates for. Governor, in this
city, arose from the assertion of Col.
Hatton that foreigners could be led up
to the ballot b. K like cattle, which he
fortified quite strongly, he supposed,
by reading from speech of Gov.
Brown, Of Mississippi. a declaration
to that effect. Col. Hatton grew quite
exuftant over the extract from Brown,
Democratic Senator-and taunted
his opponent with It in manner
which indicated that he thought his
illusi ration was ansnswerable. IS
When Gen. Harris eane TO answer
the argument-and illustration, he re-
ferred to the speech Of Gov Brown,
aud then turning to Col. Hstton, re-
Il would like to see you, SIR.
attempt to lead the foreigners up TO
the polls to vote for YOU. You woald
then learn whether they could be led
or driven like cattle The truth is,
continued Gen. h. ''it is simply ba-}
cause your party never could lead or
lt,ve them, that they have ralsed all
this excitement against them, Such
is the secret Of your opposition. to
them" The effect was cleo rical-I
the answer complete. Memphis Ap-
peal.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
Daniel Morgan. the RifIeman.

The following appears in letter
lof a Virginia correspondent of the
/ New York Journal Of Commerce:
The name of Daniel Morgan, the
celebrated commander to the Virgin
ia Riaema len, is household word in
Virginia. His remains repese at Win
chester. A Jerseyman by birth, he
early emigrated to the Virginia wilds,
and was WAGNER in the French
war Tall. muscular, and Injured to
all hardships,. be was fond of adveu,
ture, fam ID for intense daring and
hsirbreadth escapes. He had been
grossly insulted by one British officer,
and severely punished by another, in
the. name Of King George. II, VOW
ed veng4anca, and kept his vow. =
At the opa aing of the revolution he
raised a battalion of Rih9men. and
drilled them to perfection. They
spurned the bayonet. and relied OH
the deadly aim OF the rifle. He used
to say that the business of his men
was to kill. not to BIZ killed. At the
battle of Saratoga, .seeing the day
Was going against the Americans by
reason Of the extraordinary skill and
energy of Gen. Fraser, with his
Scotch division, he resolved 10 resort
to the only measure conceivable to
arrest the tide Of battle that thre at
ened to overwhelm them. Summon
ing to his presence the best marks
man in his command, whose aim was
never known to fail, he said to him;
Murphy, do you see that officer on
the iron-grey horse?" Yes, sir"
was the reply of the soldier. Nor
gan r-joined with an almost faltering
voice, Then do your duty"
Murphy asc ended a tree, cut away
tha int rlaced branches with his
hatchet, (tbis was part Of their va.
liegated armor,) rested his rifle in a
sure place, watchad his opportunity,
and as soor as Gen. Fraser had, in
his animated movements, come with
in a practical range. Murphy fired.
and the gallant Fraser fell mortally
wounded, being shot in the centre of
his body. That tall decided the day.
The enemy soon gave way. and Sa-
ratoga became immortal. But Nor
gan. the rough soldier, was man of
tender feelings, and he almost wept |
at the deed, and alw .ys said it troub-
led him, because it looked so much
like kind of assassination Of a brave
and noble off Ger, though gallant as
that officer was, be had placed HIM
self th-re to be shot at, and was en-
gagged in shooting Others. 1t was in
a similar way that Nelson fell on the |
deck Of the Victory.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
Dr,ra ye NJ rHs BITE OF A SPIDER :

DE,ra FIR NJ rHs BITE OF A SPIDER -
A large framed. muscular man thu.
~ wears of age. named Hartshorn, OF
Newton Upper. Falls, was awakened
hast Saturday morning by a singing
pain just above his right elbow r~f'a' =
ting from a small redspot. search
inc the bed small b ack SPIDER
was s discovered where his arm had res.
ted. The swelling rapidly extended
down the arm during the day; on
Sunday he vomited yearly all day ;
od Monday he was seized wlt'p'ln IN
his bowels, which continued with
friphtfnI severity. uniil ne died. At
S o'clock. WaltSam { Mass. Sena'
nj, 26A ut. =.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
Cbeits pastrr.
One Year Ago.


One Year Ago.
One year ago.. one year ago..
/ pledg'd my love to thee; ssss
And would have stak'd my very life
Upon thy constancy;
For the pure echoes Of thy heart
Responded to my own.
And like fairy instrument.
Gave back affection's tons.
All. well do ! remember now,
How. in the moonlight breeze.
That sway'd the slender branches Of
The stately cedar trees;
What rapturous visions We enjoyed
That made each bosom warm,
As with our lips together pressed,
!. l clasp'd thy gentle form.
One year ago beneath those trees.
breath'd sad farewell,
While the bright stars as witnesses,
Around us threw their spell;
And hand in hand we kneltupon
The damp and silent sod,
And vow'd to be as true and firm
As Natures ruling God.
One year has pass'd, and now I come
TO nestle on thy breast.
Like lone bird who once again
Seeks for its SHELTERED nest;
But. ah lind that thou art changed
Another shares thy lot,
Another now has won thy love.
And IL am forgot.
One year, one short and tickle year,
Is this the life of love; =
Is that deep passion changing as
The feecy clouds above?
Are passing shadows and sunbeams
The emblems of It's stay;
And all its hopes and honest faith
But dreams o. yesterday
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
IMpoRrlsr TO FARMElas.s--THR WHrA1r

IMPORTANT TO FARMERs-THE WHEAT
CRoP-Tennessee wheat is getting q
position in the leading markets OF the
country second to no other. By this
the farmers are the ones directly BEN
eftted Of course. 1t is important to
them, therefore, to spare no pains to
bring their wheat in a strictly merchant.
able condition. Let it be weU cleaned,
above all things, and well sacked
Much depends, in giving it its proper
position, to considerations of this kind.
and We trust our farming friends vii
bear them constantly in mind.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

TIE Richmond Wbig, an "Ameri-
can" organ, thus complains Of the
depressing influences of the know
nothing movement on the political
status of the Old Dominion:
1T is somewhat probable that We
shall never bs without domestic yex-
alton and trouble here in Richmond.
Ever since know nothingism made
its advent among US, small men COM
mand a premium in the market; aud
it is this which has disgusted So
many Of the old line wings, Who re-
tain lively and pleasant recollection
of the palmy days Of the whig party,
when able and influential champions
we're put in the lead, and command
ed the fullest, resp ect and admiration
of their political opponents. But
things hive sadly changed. The lit
tie men have become the biggest in
their own es:imatioE; and so it will
be, we fear, to the end Of the chap
ter"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

REMARKABLE CASE OF SUpERsTI-
TIos Near lancaster, Pa, on Sun
day of st week, the body of Sophia
Bauman was exhumed by her survlv-
lug relatives 10 see if the corner ol
the winding sheet was not IN her
mouth. Since her death by Con-
sumption, several of her relatives
have died Of the same disease, aud
those who survived believed that
the sheet had gotten into the mouth
of the corpse. and it Was sucking
them into the grave Miss B. bad
been dead nine years, and both body
and sheet had crumhled into dust
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

New ORLEANs.-Since 9Th Februa.
ry, 1856, there have been seventy
murders committed in New Orleans,
.ffie,n infanticides, twsnty-s3r suiel'ies,
aud one hundred deaths from intem-
perance! What record! Pleasure,
crime, death! Human life is cheap
ip tho crescent city.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

"Ob, yes, Joe; my father is an old
mariner : irregular salt" "Wby, l
never knew that. What service was
he in?7 s"The whaling service. He
goes cruising around al. night, and
in the morning, when he comes home,
be goes whaling the whole family;
from the old 'oman down, and boxes
the compass about the hired girls
ears"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
Divorces IN INDIANA-T The r

Divorces IN INDIANA The r.
publican Banner. published at Shelby
vile. Iaiiana. in It's issue of April
22d. states that there were twenty
four applications for divorce in that
county at the late term of court and
eperv one of them s9ere grantsd =
The Binner adds:
This is startling fact. which We
were slow to believe, until assured ol
its truth by member of the bar. We
ara indebted for this state of things to
the reign of free whisky and onr pres
ent divorce law, waich is a disgrace to
tbe State.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
No TRoops FOR Utah The Nation

NO TROOPS FUR Utah -ID6 NattOu'
al Intelligehcer says:
The reports that have appeared in
one Of the public journals. purpurting
TO have been telegraphed from WASH
ington. to the effect that barge body
Of troops-stated at two thousand,
have hsen ordered to Utah, seems to
have had no foundation in fact. No
order has been given to the Bureaus
in relation to sending troops to Utah,
as would have been the case we're the
reports above alluded to correct.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

Sterns used to say: sThe msst
accomplished way Of using books, i .
serve them as most people do lords.
learn their titles, and them brsg Of
their acquaintance.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

It is stated as fact, that more
money is expended annually in the
Uniied States tor cigars, than is
pended for all the con,mc~.>s~,- A man
tbs Lni----~s.r ~rfessed in Albany ou 4
Of stealing bis daughters eat
rings to bet on dog fight.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

In proportion as men are real coin,
and not counterfeit, they scorn to en-
ioy credit for what they have not
sPaint me- said Cromwell. "wrinkles
and ALL" Eyen.on canvas the great
hero despised falsehood.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

The INDIA RUBBER TREE The tree
is a spontaneous product Of Hondu'
ras. 1t grows to very large size,
and it is dispersed over the country.
When an incision is made 10 the bark,
a thick milky Auid gushes out, which
in The course Of a week, becomes
black and solid. The wood cutters
frequentlvhave recourse to it. When
an accident occur to those habiliments
which. since the fall Of man, it hss
been customary to wear in civilized
countries, the owner, instead OF resor-
ting to the ordinary method Of needle
and thread, makes a cash iu the india
rubber tree. and with some inspissa-
ting juice, which Immediately rushes
out, hs plasters up the chasm.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

HOOPS. : Lately, as a lady was step
ping from the eirs ofthe Toledo, Wab-
ash and Western iil Road at Napo-
leon, h-r dress caught on the steps,
and. the cars bring in motion. she was
drawn soma thirty feet befors h-l
hoops CAV WY. She was not seri
ously iniuled, though the hoops wer.
ofe{x 31l g. n1raA ruN
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25
A Cunains BaboOn.

M my are the anecdotes related Of
the baboon. An Indian chief pos
sessed tame baboon, which, in COM
mon with all the monkey race, en-
tertained dread of snakes; its MIS-
ter, from mere wantonness. forcibly
entwned dead snake around tn /.
baboon's neck, when the anim,l sat
motionless for upwards of an hour,
stupitied with fear, and on the snake
being removed, stole timidly into the
hut of the chief. After short time,
the baboon was, according to Gus
tom, called on by his m ister to scratch
his head; but although summoned
several tim s in an angry voice, it re-
fussd to move. The chief rose and
struck it with stick aud Immediately
the enriged aad aggrieved animal
sprang upon him; the neighbors, hear
ing the scuffl ;, rin to see was the
m ,tter. but could distinguish nothicg
through the dust raised in the interior
of the hut. except hot cinders which
were kicked about in all directions
from a fire place in the centre Of the
abode. The screams of the man and
tn. baboon were intermingled, till at
length the latter dashed out through
the bystanders, and escaped to some
mountains. The chief had been Sc
riousy injured in the encounter, and
was soma weeks in recovering; but
ultimately regained his strength, and
bent upon revenge. secured the noun.
tains in search of his antagonist
He at length deserted his baboon
which he could discern from any 9th
er, peeping over crag, and levelle(
a gun at him, but the animal instant
ily withdrew his head, and held for
ward one Of his companions as tar
get, instead of himself, chattenne
loudly as if in defiance : so that tn,
man was compelled to return foile'
and disappointed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

bridget, who broke those barrels
that wers iu the wood-shed?" inquired
a gentleman OF his servant '.Missus
told John to break them ND and =.
save the hoone, ,i'rrsonusu saee = GO
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-06-25

- villain was not quite q yet
y~6f age at the time he was hanged.
The weekly north Iowa times. [volume] (McGregor, Iowa) 1857-1867, 1857-12-02
Kansas.

Kansas.
The following extract from an article in the
HeraM Of Freedom, an acknowledged Free
State party organ, does not tell any thing new
to those who have honestly endcavored to in
form Themselves, but as there are few FER
sons i'll Iowa who put implicit faith in the state
ment that the Democracy of the north and
particularly of Kansas, are anxious to fasten
slavery upon that new State, we take pleasure
in publishing this express disclaimer from the
ablest advocate of the Free State cause that
the State can boast.
CoRREcT THE ERRoR.-The Eastern press
are determined that the Free State triumph in
Kansas shall pass for Republican victory
The idea is false and the presses making those
representations are doing rs an injury by circu-
lating them as such: The letter writer's have
tried to force the Free State party on to the
Republican Platform and many Of us would
very naturally and cheefully go there, were it
not for the fact that we would lose at least one
third OF our number if we should attempt it,
O"r policy has been to unite the Free State
clement without regard to its past party pro-
clivitles or its future tendency. Wings, Demo-
Gratis, Free Sellers, Natives and naturalized CT
tizens, IN the language of the Big Springs Plat
form. shave affiliated, resolved to act together
until the issue between freedom and slavery is
settled" They have dene it. and it is "A gross
outage upon The party ty falsify it's positions or
try to mix Us up with party organizations in
the States. For the love OF truth and Justice,
we do hope that those presses which gave cur
rency to the reports will correct them, and tell
heIrreaders that We have 10 Republican party
n Kansas.