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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13

CoLpsLAw.-Shave as fine as pos
sible hard head Of white cabbage,
nut it in a salad bowl. and pour over
i the usual salad dressing. Anoth-
er way is, to cut the cabbage head
in two. shave it finely, put it in a
stewpan with half q teacupful of but
ter, a teaspoonful Of salt, two table
spoonfuls of vinegar, and salt
spoonful of pepper; cover the stew
pan, and set over gentle fre lor
i've minutes, shaking it occasionally
When thoroughly heated, serve It as
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13
The Methodists Of indianapolis ar

The Methodists of Indianapolis are
very indignant because the custom
has been abolished which assigned
ladies and gentlemen to separate seats
in church. A Lrge number refuse to
conform to the innovation, and state
that under the former usage they have
not only enjoyed personal comfort
in the house of prayer, but also. .spir-
itual prosperity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13
A boy in Marshfeld, Mass, te

A boy in Marshfeld, Mass. ten
years of. age, was so charmed by a
black snake one day last week. that
he was utterly unable to move, and
would have lost bis Life, had not bis
father discovered him, and taken him
away by force. He was so affected as
to entirely lose the use Of his limbs for
several hours
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13


WAT8g goR SToeK.-To keep cattle
or water shat woald give man ths
ague, is wicked It is not only cruel
fo-the brute, butt makes the flesh and
milk unwholesome, aad scatters dis
ease wherever either is eaten. On ma
ny farms, We see a basin scooped out,
where the water, in wet weather, can
flow in and be held in dry weather,
for the use of the cattle.
Dry weather comes on--frogs, toads.
.fadpoles and leeches inhabit it; the
former making it filthy; the heat Gov
ering it with a green scum; and the
leoches by being drank, aud fasten.
ing on the Internal blaod vessels, pro-
.ducing bloody murrainl And With
such water for drink, farmers expect
eattlel as well may they ex-
.peet healthy children, brought up ia
the everglades Of Florida, With no
drink but swamp water, ia which for
ages. have stepped alligators. and 9th.
er reptiles.
If farmers have no other water,
they ought to construct large filters
of charcoal and gravel, and filter it
before being drank They can be
made like large leech tubs, sufficient
ly capacious to filter the wafer for a
large herd
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13
Machine Made Hdrse Shoes.

We have examined one Of the last
improved patent machine borse shoes,
and think there has not been toe much
said in. favor of them. They are now
used by the shoers in Bgltimere and
the South, and very much liked. =
For the Government service they
have also been examined and adept-
ed by the Quartermaster Generll.
We are told by the agents, Messrs. b
Pratt & Bro, of this city, that the
sales of the old Burden patent shoe
had reached the amount of nine or ten
thousand casks last year The new
shoe being so much superior in every
respect to the old, and sold at less than
one-half the cost Of those made by
hand, must eventually be used by
every smith in the county,
These shoes are manufactured at
Troy, New York, and The Express of
that city gives the following notice Of
the machine:
Occupying space not mere than
four feet square, and being only some
FIVE feet high, It performs its difficult
labor with a rapidity thai is incredible
to those who have not Witnessed its
operations. The iron is thrown into
the furnace in the piIlet, then rnn
through the rollers and reduced to
the ordinary size of horse shoe iron,
and is then ready for the machine,
which receives it at the side, clips it
to the proper length, swedges it about
upper and neither sides, Whichrgives
the required shape, hattens, grooves
and creases the same and then deliy-
ers the made shoe at the rate Of siEty
per minute, The shoes fall on to-
Sheet iron betting below, by which
they are Carried out of the building
underground to a building on the
other side of the roadway, where they
are deposited, cooled and ready for
handling.
Standing alone by itselE asking no
favor Of human hands, It catches up
the long red hot bar, draws it TO It
self,--in an instant fashions it for
use with the skillof the finished work
man, and having thus performed its
whole part of the labor, twenty times
the machinery, and forty men are REL
qaired to completethe most unlmpor,
tant and only simple portion of the
work--that of punching the holes for
the nails.
sThe adoption Of the shoe by the
Government and by olnnibusses and
stage lines in various parts of the
country, is. evidence Of its praebicat
value, and when it is stated that the
unmanufactured Horses Shoe is sold at
4ac. per 10, and Burdan's manufac-I
tured Shoe is sold at 5@e. per b, the
difference in eest to the consumer IS
apparent. "-Bagtjal0rs Amer
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13

A curious effect of an electric
shock was experienced by party who
were ascending Mount Washington,
N. II. Their hair stood on end, and
if another pointed towards it, it IN
stantly retreated.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13

1t is stated that the Sioux and Six
Nations Indians have some rites OF
the Masonic order, many OF them
being Masons. One Of the buffalo
robes taken by the Pawnees IN a
fight had ill the Masonic emblems
worked on it in a beautiful manners
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13
Brown who is naarried, and has read

Drown who IS married, and mas read
about the people Of Cineinaati having
a thunder storm during q perfectly
clear day, while tie sun was shining,
says that such thing IS net al IN
commonat his house, particularly when
he invites some friend to dinner with
out giving notice before hand.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13

The New Orleans Delta estimates
the number Of slaves ip the South
at over three and half millions, and
their aggregate value, at present pri-
ces, al fully sixteen hundred millions
Of dollars,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13
Fortune fayors The Brave.

! A military officer, with whom we
have long been intimate, relates two
incidents connected with Croghan's
gallant defence at Fort Stevenson
Ione OF which affords strong positive
and the other a stronger negative
Iproof of the above quoted adage.
AS the British and Indians, in
their operations had violated thei'
pledge and usage of civilized warfare
by wantonly numbering their priso-
ners, the members Of Croghan's lit.
/ tie band, (only one hundred strong
with single six-pounder, and sur
rounded BY about six hundred Brit.
ish troops and thrice that number ol
1ndians,) had mutually agreed to
tstand their ground to the last, and
sell their lives as dearly as possible.
When all was ready, the British
commander sent messenger, under
a flag of truce, to treat for surren-
der OF the fort. Croghan, pointing
to him as he approached, exclaimed:
1T will not DO to let him enter here
land see our weakness; who will vol
unteer to meet him?'
As i: was pretty certain that Who
ever should leave the fort on such a
mission would be murdered by the
bastard foe, there was brief pause,
when Easign Shipp replied, q will,
upon one condition.
'.What is it." asked the captain.
"Pledge me your word, as an oifi-
Ger anda man of honor, that you
will keep that gun bearing directly
upon me, and that you will fire it Oft
the moment you see me raise my
hand.'' The pledge was given, and
Shipp went forth. To all arguments
and persuasions of the enemy, his
unyarying reply was, 81 am instruct
ed to say that we defend the fort.
Soon The Indians began to sur
round him. One olutched bis epau-
lette, another his sword Shipp, who
was man Of Herculean frame, re-
leased himself by powerful effort,
and, turning to the envoy, coolly
said:
"Sir. / have not put myself under
the protection of your truce without
knowing your mode of warfare
Yousee that gum said he, pointing
to their solitary six FOUNDER. at is
well charged with grape, and | have
the solemn pledge of my commander
! that it. shall be fred the moment
that ] give the signal. Therefore
restrain these men, and respect the
laws of var, or you shall instantly
accompany meto the other world :
This was enough, Shipp was no
more molested; he returned to his
comrades III safety, fought out the
desperate action that .ensued, and
obtained promotion for his bravery.
The counter instance referred to
at the head of our paragraph was told
as follows:
After the British and Indians had
withdrawn, Croghan missed'one man
(onIy one) who had belonged to his
little band, and all efforts for his dis
covery we're for some time unsuccess-
full. At last his remains were dis
covered in the garret of one OF the
block houses, where he had crept
for safety, and was cot in two by a
cannon ball -,
All the rest, considering their
! chances Of life not worth thought,
had ouly sought to do their duty,
and escaped alive from perhaps the
most desperate fight on record. Inc
only man that was killed happened
/ to be the only nan who proved him
/ self p coward.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13

Ferdinand Shultz and his i wiie
Maria, who lived at WatertOwn, Ere re
county. county,, Pa, got into a quarrel on
Monday. and as an etfectual means
of0 Of settling It forever, went out and
:. hanged themselves together on tree
;o their yard. They were both too lazy |,
to work, and had been grumbllng ana
rrowling at each other for three OF
four days.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13
Healing Ointment for Wounds

Take quarter ofan ounce Oh "hl.e !.
nov sAn and half an ounce Of spermaceti,
anS "1 mt them in small basin by the
s side Of the fire. till the wax ,s and
snermaceti s, are dissolved. When colo, Go,
FL tpe ointment is ready for use. This
IS an article which it is much tes, Dss'el
- = make than to purchase. When
Won make it yourself, you know I
that it has no irritating or inferior
material in il,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13

Nor OF THAT FAMnY.--A man
whose appearance indicated that he
vas staggering from the excessive
weight of a brick in his hat, boing
asked if he was "Son Of Temper
ance," replied, "Iiic-no--no reia-
tion-not even an hic-scquaintance,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1857-08-13

Ia 1916, there was Frost IN July
and not a bushel Of corn was raised
north Of Mason aud DixoA Inc
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17
DEATH OF IunGE pREBLE

The telegraph announces the death of the Hon. VIM.
PITT PREBLE at his residence in Portland Maine, the
llth instant, after only three days illness. His age
was about seventy four years He of the abest
men of the State. AS advocate and judge he had
few superors Prior to 1880 he for several years
upon the Supreme Bench of the State In the first term
of Gen. Jackson's administration he sent Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister PlenipoteRtiary to the
Hague to assist in the settlement of the Northeastern
Boundary question His protest against the award of
the King of the Netherlands regarded at the time
most able paper, and it served to throw much light
that subject. Subsequently he was appointed one of
the Commissioners of the State, who met in this city,
and finally gave his sanction, though reluctantly to the
mode of settlement carried out by the Webster and Ash
burton treaty Union.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17
HUDSON BAY CoMpANYs POSSESSIONS.

select committee of the British House of Commons
have recommended the cession to Canada of the Red
river and Saskatchewan districts and the termination
of the connexio of the Hudson Bay Company with Van
couvers Island As to the extensive regions in Rupers
land and the Indian territory they think that both in
regard to the interests of the fur trade and the Indian
population is desirable that the Hudson Bay Company
should continue to enjoy the exclusive privileges which
they now possess AT meeting held In Toronto at the
close of last month"; strong resolutions proposed
insisting that every part of the territory held by the
Hudson Bay corporation should be thrown open to COM
mercial enterprise and traffic. and repudiatng any
promise of the question such that proposed by this
report.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

WHIsKEY RooT.-Some time ago wrote you that
was such thing in this country as "whiskey 70
you disbelieved; now take ny revenge by sending
the specimen. 1t is what the Indians call Pieo- 81
1t grows in Southern Texas, the range of ~
bordering the Rio Grande, and in gravelly sandy ;
The Indians eat it for its exhilarating effect the
tenn, producing precisely the same as alcoholic rnis
1t is sliced you would cucumber and these srnr
pieces chewed, the juice swallowed and in about The
time comfortably tight cocktails would q et;
the divinity within you this indicates itself only ;t
effects are what might term little
giving rather wilder scope to the imagination and
actions 1t be sliced and dried and in tb;s wa a.
Indians preserve it, then parch and serve it up as
or tea 1t is evidently of cactus species and
that more than any other plant Ihave never seen this
tcular root mentioned in any work and believe tb.ss
and specimens sent to the editor of the Southern Cu
ystor-to be the only specimens sent from the State
sult-7s1as Cor. Of New Orleans Rcayune'
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

authoritative than those of any other expounder,
we NAV cite the fact that even that most determined
enemy Of the institution presided over by NICHOLAS
BIDDLE was not hostile to Bank of the United
States Upon this point we may quote in conclu-
sion, the following extract from President JACK
SONS Message to Congress in the year 1881
In the spirit of improvement and compromise which
distinguishes our country and its institutions, 1t be-
comes us to INQUIRE whether it be not possible to Sc
cure the advantages afforded by the present Bank
through the agency Of the Bank Of the United Safss 50
modified in its principles and structure as to o6Uiate e0sh
tional and Other objections"
Again, even in the celebrated veto message OF
1882, he remarkedsas follows
A Bank of the United States Is in many respects
nient for the Government and ussfuJfor the people
sincerely regret that in the act before me per-
ceive none of the odicationsef the Bank charter wic
are Necessary, in my opinion, to make it compatible Nth
jastics NTH sound policy, oith the Constitution Of the
: country
Here we have President JAcKsoN's emphatic
and repeated testimony to the convenience and util
ity of a Bank Of the United States, accompanied
with the expression of his sincere regret" that
such a charter had not been provided in the year
1882, for the existing institution, as would have
rendered it compatible with justice, sound policy,
and the Constitution. Thus it viii be seen that
the dominant party, with all due respect for its he
reditary allegiance to the political maxims of Presi
dent JACKSON, would still have ample room and
verge enough for the display of its conservative
wisdom in instituting such National Bank as
would obyiate all objections constitutional other
Wise -
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

WHAT COMETS ARE GooD FoR.-The yield of wine in
the South of France this year said to be unpreceden
edly large 1t is equal in quality to the famous wine of
great comet year. 1sl and the present year has
also produced number of comets the peasants have
ehristenedi it "the FIVE comet wine
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17
TTyHTS DAY IS SPTTRITSHED- one volnm,

THIS DAY is SPUBLIsHED-in volume, royal
i 12mo 178 PIP. illustrated, $I75-0tto, Manual of the
Detection Of Posons by Medico Chemical Analysis trans
lated with Notes and Additions, by Prof W. Ederhors
Reissue of Owens ondontography, 4to edition. This
hne work viii be reissued in twelve monthly parts each
containing IL to Is plates and Sheets letter press Price
per part $3.50. Part now ready
Berkeeys Cryptogamic Botany, Svo London, 1851, L6
Illustrations. S.
Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, edited by T. An
derson Sir Jardine, J. H. Balfour, and H. D. Rogers OF
Boston Published quarterly Subscription SO per
The above viii be sent free Of postage receipt Of the
price. II. BAILLIERE, ai
june9 100 Broadway, New York.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

ToBAcco IN FRANCE AND ENGLAND.-From document
issued by the Ministry of Finance exhibiting compara-
tive statements of the of France the first six
months of 1857 appears that the product of the sale OF
tobacco he tobacco monopoly in the hands of the Re
gie during that period amounted to nearly
During the period there were imported into Great
Britain for consumption 1921 TAG pounds of tobacco
exclusive of manufactured snuff, on which the Bri-
tsh Government realized revenue from custom house
duties alone of $12, 18s040 Supposng the importa-
ton of tobacco into both these countries the last six
months of 1867 should equal land it will doubtless ex
ceed the Importation of the first six months the aggre
gate amount of revenue derived from tobacco, almost
wholly of American growth, by the Governments of
Great Britain and France would reach for 1857 the
of $5s 376 $50; or for France $34 O00 900 and for
Great Britain $24 SIG, ,080.-Union.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

THE PRosPEor OF RAISING THE CENTRAL AMERICA
It having been stated that the Boston Submarine Wreck
ing Company desired to contract for the raising of the
tCentral America Savannah paper mentions the
following facts TO show the mpracticaby of the enter
prise /" The mate gives her position when she went
down. latitude 81 degrees 45 minutes, longitude 7S de-
grees Is minutes From that point to the nearest land
(Cape Roman) is ninety FIVE miles, and the soundngs
show six hundred fathoms of water"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17
4oa,2sII2 43,e9s SO

402,25l II Al, ,0so 5u 44oySzs oz
This is decrease the main stem of $16,Sl6l7, an
increase on the Washington branch of ST. 1887, and
total decrease Of $14, $50.
The Board declared semannual dividend of four and
half per cent upon the capital stock of the Washington
Branch road The question of dividend upon the stock
of the main stem was not acted upon
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17
WEST JERSEY ACADEMY,
Bridgeton, New Jersey.
lAUTn nu6MDCnN NJ D,x-1xn.

FNHE Fall and Winter session of this Institution will
u mence on Wednesday, November 4, 1857.
For circulars address the Principal.
Fert4 Et5 REPERENCEs. F4e..-E sEs5 s.
Rev. s. Beach Jones' DID,. Bridgeton, N. J. t3..t
Hon. Wm Bgler, United States Senator, Clearfeld, Pa.
Hon. Theo. Frelinghuysen, LID New Brunswick, N J.
Rev. James Wood, ID Philadelphia, Pa. ,Yf.s
sep 22-wp6w
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

IMPORTANT. ARREsT.-There appears to DC do doubt
that one least of the bold underers of the Subtrea
sury at Richmond, Virginia, has been arrested and
Gagged. This is due almost wholly to the vigilance of
Constable AoU1LA R. ALLEN, of this city, who, protng
which came to his ears and after obtaining the proper
authority from the Secretary of the Treasury proceeded
Richmond, and there found out that of the par
ties who blew open and robbed the Subtreasry chest at
the Richmond custom-house was almost to certainty,
an old acquaintance Of his named Wheeler, who was
rested about two years ago in this city for similar feat
committed in Alexandria. Learning that Wheeler and
another named Daguerris had to this city, Al
len teegraphed from Richmond to Justice HoLLNGsHEAD
discover and arrest them but every effort to do
Thursday night failed In the time Allen returned
hither from Richmond and at the at the Wash
ngton depot at o'clock yesterday morning He there
discovered Wheeler sitting in Alexandra omnibus
his way from Baltimore South, and pointed him out to
Justice Hollngshead who accordingly entered the omn
bus and arrested him. He taken the Justices Office
and duly committed county JAIL where he is at this
moment He does not acknowledge his name to be Wheel
err but calls himself Robert Pulling Wheeler has de-
iyered up about $500 in gold, together with hand
gold watch and choice set of skeleton keys OFF,
Allen, in company with Constable Boss went again
to Baltimore yesterday to endeavor to arrest Wheeler
accompce and to obtain information touching the dis
position made of the money The presumption is that
the bulk of the money taken from the Richmond Subrea
sury has been buried There were possibly three par
ties engaged in the robbery, of whom named Somer
yille it is thought has gone South from Richmond.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

SENTENcED.-At the special term of the Monmouth
Court, New Jersey, JAMES P. DoSNELLr sentenced
be hung, the 9th of January next for the murder
of ALBERT s. Moses at the Sea-view House, Highlands
On. J.) The prisoner addressed the Court in an en-
phatc and eloquent manner asseverating his innocence
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

Col. NICHOLAS GoLDsBoRoueH, prominent citizen Of
Talbot county, Maryland, died last week.
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

BALTIMORE AND ONO RAILRoAD.-The regular month
y meeting of the Board of Directors of this company
held at Baltimore Wednesday. The official report of
the business the road shows the for the month
of September to have been as follows:
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

GERRIT SMITHS NEGRO FARMERs-A few wears AGO.
the Hon. Gerrit Smith gaze small tracts ofslau
| and Franklin counties, New York, in
| three thousand negroes hoping to ID
in farming, and provide for the
and their families In rseeY
he states the result thus far, as
sof the three thoussnt
land probably than fffa
to hold possession of their
of the three thousand,
land been careless
taxes" Much however can
The great body of the land whio
is in the counties of Essex and e.
thirty miles west of Lake Champlail I, 0terS ,.le.
long, the deep, and the soil thin White men
who dwell there support their families only by very
hard work and very frugal habits Why, then. csns6t
ering the character OF the coIored people, shozxHe "a
expect them to do much in such counfrn3 ~
parcels gave them in the central
occupying. Is it unreaso1
would be occupying the othef
equally invtng?"
Weekly national intelligencer., 1857-10-17

Hon. George S. Hillard, Of Boston. We
arbitrators. R. A. Chapman, of this c4(.
for the Russian Government, and VIM. W. b.
ford, was counsel for Colt. The hearing was f4l
Wednesday last, and on Thursday the arbifratorsl
an award against Col Cot.-Sprinafeld Repabiican.