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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
Times at LeaVenWOrlh.

A Leayenworth, (Kansas) letter
published in The Boston Post, says:
ga general complaint of hard
times is heard upon every hand
An unusual and unexpected search
ty of money is experienced in conse-
quence Of the inability Of the gov
eminent to pay the liabilities incur
red in the purchase Of the mules,
horses, forage, grain and produce
The purchases have been unusually
large this year, and faith in the sol
vepcy of the government has given
them almost the monopoly Of the
market. Drafts drawn by :he
Quarter-master at this fort pay able
five days after the passage of the
appropriation bill, are selling at u
tremendous shave. The universal
cry is one Of Indignation at the neg
lect of Congress to provide for It's
inevitable expenses, and very little
gratitude is felt towards those phil
anthropic friends of Kansas who iD-
sist on pOstponiug It's material inter
ests to indulge themselves in high
falutin comparisons between Topeka
and Lecompton. The taste for this
sort Of thing is rapidly becoming
satiated, and bleeding Kansas is
becoming as offensive in the nos
trlls of its own people as elsewhere
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
From the Florida Sentinel [know-nothing ]
Southern Opposition to the Ad.
mission of Kansas.

We have already expressed our
regret at the opposition of Messrs.
Crittenden and Bell to the admission
Of Kansas. IF the members of the
American party in the House, who
have had, during the Kansas imbrO-
Clio, such a fine OPT Ortunity FIR
Signalling their devotion to the Con-
stitution and the just rights of the
South, do no better than their distin-
guished colleagues of the Senate, it
is time to let the party "slide. We
cen neither sympathise politically,
nor affiliate with any man or set Of
men who unite with apostate and Free
Soil Democrats and black repubIi-
cans, to make war upon a measure
vital to the peace Of the country and
the rights Of the South.
We clip the following from the
Washington correspondent Of the
New Orleans Crescent, an American
paper, and endorse i as our own
Read it:
81 must speah boldly, and say that
the result Of this breach must prove
disastrous, if not fatal, to the future
existence Of the American party
The question of slavery is so vital at
the South that no equiyocal position
" til regard to it will be- for a moment
tolerated. Making every allowance
for the honest difference of opinions
in regard to the Kansas issue, it will
never do for SOutherner to be found
voting with the black republicans
1t matters not how pure the motives
may be which induces men to handle
piteh-deflement inevitably follows.
If the six gentlemen whose names
have been mentioned continue to vote
as they have done for the past two
days, the fall of the American party
at the Sou hit has no existence
elsewhere-is sealed. The disgrace
of their association will be inerasably
impressed upon the whole party; its
prestige will be lost, and It's very ex-
istence blotted out."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

The remarkable conversion of q
gambler is mentioned in a Boston pa
per. "While sitting at the cable with
the cards in bis hands, be was smit-
ten. almost like Saul of Tarsus. He
could neither hold his cards nor play
the game. His companions urged
him to take another glass of liquor,
to quiet his nerves. He refused; and
leaving them at their games he start
ed at once for home," and found no
peace until he felt an inward evidence
of forgiveness
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
SUErsEPE,S sAaE

DY virtue of three writs Of vendisioai ex-
I'D ponaS issued blythe Clerk OF the Circ,li:
Court of Lincoln equity, Tenn. and to me d.
rected, | viii expose to sale to the highest
bidder, for cash, at he court-house door in
the I'd of Fayets willie, on SATURDAY,.
the 20tia day o. May, 1865, an tie
right, title, claim. ard interest that Roher,
Smith has in and 70 tract oC LAND in Lin
coin county, Tennessee, in District No. Is.
containing five hanlred acres, and bounded
as follows: On tle East bv tract Of land
that Allen Smith seld to William Good and
George Mullins, 0nithe South BY 4 Forbes,
and on the West BY E. VickerS-and + heinz
the tract of Land that the defendan: now re-
sides upon. Leviee on by john W. Douth9tt,
Constable of Lintoln county, Tenn as the
property OF the saiS Robert Smith. a. the suits
of j. j: Bonner & Harper, franklin 4 Bon.
ner, and j. J. Bonner.
W M. ALEXANDER, Sierlg.
April 10, 1851 (4t-S4.)
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

The GIFT SwlNDLEs. Mayer Tie
man is doing a most righteous act
in breaking up the gilt swindling
newspapers which iuftst this wicked
city. Nine out Of ten Of those fell
lows never perform what they FRO
mise, and the oiLer tenth publish
cheap papers with trashy stories
which are not fit to read. Our ad-
vice to country PEOPLE is, to let
the m all alone, ne matter hew mag
niGcent" their Offers Nev YORK
Dag Book.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

Some little light bas been thrown
upon the question ''Where does the
uncurrent money go?" A man was
a. rested in Chicgo, the other day,
having in his poss, ssion uncurrent
bank notes, representing over $780,
900, which he said be had purchased
of Boston Broker at ten cents Oh
the dollar, with the avowed purE ose
of selling it at a large advance to
Santa Fe traders, who would in turn
realize still further BY selling it to
the "Greasers," in New Mexico.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
A Marion AT PRAYER. A gentle

A Marion AT PRAYER. "A gentle
man from Ohio lately stated that,
by adding his personal observations
to those of friend, he could say
that from Omaha City, Nebraska, to
Washington, there was line of pray
er meetings along the whole length Of
the road; so that whenever christian
traveller stopped to spend the evening.
he could find crowded prayer meet
ing across the entire breadth of our
vast republic. There is great revi-
val throughout Canada, and at Que
bee the most intense religious interest
is manifested.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

A BACON PREsENTATloN.-The
Washington correspondent of the
Richmond Wing says:
A Virginia gentleman of the
name of Welch, from Shenandoah
county, presented Gid Buck the 9TH
er day with ham that knocked the
fat of Wise's jovl completely into
the fire. The hog from which the
ham was taken weighed nearly 1000
pounds; the ham itself weighed 70
pounds. The presentation vas ac-
complisbed under the auspices of
Hon. John Letcher, and the present
was received by Old Buck with grace
ful and benign suavity. Mr.. WEIGH
also brought with him a number Of
small horned elephants, supposed by
the imaginative butchers to be
beeves.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

Down ON THE IRIsH.-We learn
that there is a custom with the PEG.
pie of Paducah, which is of such long
standing that it is now considered q
lar, not to allow an Irishman to To-
cate in that town. If one goes there.
and shows the least inclination to
ssettle down." he is Immediately wait.
ed upon and the law 'laid down''t him.
The statute is a brief one-"to leave
in twenty-four hours or be thrown In
to the river. There must be some
"intense know nothings' up that way.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

THRTY-FoUR STATS The Wash
ington Union Of the SlL inst says:
1.-The Senate yesterday passed the
bill to admit the State of Minnesota;
into the Union. That body has thus
done its share. during the presen:
session, towards the admission Of
two new States. q ILL to admit
Oregon has already been reported,
and will come up next in order
At the close Of the present session
OF Congress, the Onion will prOba-
bly, embrace thirty foUr States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
Another Touching Incident

Mr.. Gilmer. a know nothing mem
Der of Congress from North Carolina
-oue Of the infamous "bix who vo'
ned with the abolitionists = made a
snaech in the House the other day
against the Lecompton bill. Alter
he concluded, the black republicans
among whom was the notorious Gld'
dipgs. who a few days before was
hugsing and being Rugged by and
CRYING with Crittenden and TOss-ol-a
Copper Marshall, crowded around
him to tender their congratulations
The following incident, as described
bv the Washington Star, then occur
req:
As the venerable Joshua, who was
at their head, bent over him, and
with outstretched hands and counte-
nance beaming with delight, blessed
him for the effort, as it were, Alr.
Geo. S. Houston, Of Alabama, NOV
ed. doubtless, by the pregnant points
Of the passing scene, fixed the atten-
finn of all present upon it, by ezolalm-
ino. in a voice heard by all, sKiss
him. Giddings! Kiss him, Giddlngs!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

The GAINESVILLE Chronicle says,
"it is gratifying TO know that the
Kansas question is no where an is,
sue with the American party" This
must be very agreeable. Perhaps it
results from the fact the said 'Ameri-
can party is no longer an issue any
where, Except in louisville aud
Baltimore.)
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

A Mrs. Kline has obtained a di,
vorce, in Massachusetts,, on the
ground that her husband had become
convert to spiritualism, i'll cOnse-
quence of which he grew cross and
morose to bis family; had driven Pc
titioner from her bedroom; and fl
nally, when sick and on a cold and
stormy day, had expelled her7flOm
the house, tbinly clad and almost des-
titute, and ccmpe He'd her to seek re-
fuge with the neigbbOrs. They had
been married twenty years.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

CURIOUS FACTS IN REGARD TO RAIL
RoADs.--The Virginia ami Tennessee
Railroad is 204 miles in length. and
it cost about S7,000,000. In 1850
the taxable value Of !be land 10 the
counties through which it passes, as
taken from the census, was SIS, G42,-
CAT; and in 1856 the State assess
ments makes it S53, 9l7.226; or az
increase in six years of S25,365,
55S. This sudden increase is alone
the result of an internal improve
ment, which has cost only 81 ,O00,-
600.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

A DuEL.-Two New York gen.
tIemen Of color, Queen Decker and
William Robinson, rivals in the af-
fections of a lady, met Tuesday
morning to settle the difficulty as
prescribed by the code due!5o. Eve
ry rule was strictly observed through
out. Deckers shot took effect in
his adversary s leg, and amputn-
too will probably be necessary.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

Salt Lake City contains about
$4,000 inhabitants, divided as follows:
5000 males from the age Of 10 to
so, which comprise the army; 5000
other males older or younger than
the above, and $4,000 females. Of
whom $4,000 are wives of 5000
men.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
Letters from Kansas say that tb,

Letters from Kansas say that the
political agitation in the Territory
has so absorbed the attention of the
squatters, that they have neglected
their crops and private affairs, and SO
exhausted their means, that large
portion Of them will be unable to
pay for their land before it will be
offered for sale under the proclama-
ton of the President. Many of
those who are unable to pre.empt
will lose their lands, and will have
endured their sacrifices and labored
in vain to secure a home. People
must pay the penalty of folly. The
political demagogues have every
thing to gain in keeping up violent
excitement, the people every thing to
lose.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
To The TrarelIiw Pnhlir.

VI E undersigned are 'unTing regular
4 MIL IND PASSENGER CC4CH
from Tullahoma 10 Fayetteville. via lynch
burg and Mulberry. Leayitg TEllahona ev-
cry Monday. Wednesday, and Friday. after
the arrival Of the Nashvilll Chattanooga. and
McMinnville Trains; and r iu-Iing. leave Fav-
etteville every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat
urdav, making timely con- t-;ioR WIKI the
above Trains. c. ThroI.h Tickets, Two
DollarS-Way Passengers IN proportion ~
Dee. II. POWELL I MARSHALL.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

operators, when brought before the
Mayor, said they had no systematic
style Of distributing the gifts.
They promised to give up the gift
portion of their establishment, sta
ting that they had bona fde eircu.
lation of 5000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
The third Kansas Constitution.

The third Kansas Constitution. !
Niger ALL oyER.-The Leaven-
worth correspondent of the St. Louis
Republican advises that paper Of the
of body Of men who
have been sitting in conclave in Kan
sas, for the purpose of forming a
third Constitution for that unfortu.
nate people. Their work is done,
says the Republican, and, it is enough
to say that it is Aigger all over--the
Niger being placed on an equality
with the white man in all respects;
and white and black children all be.
ing associated together to be educa-
ted in the same schools.
The Kansas Ledger revolts at
these associations. 1t turns up its
nose at them; and speaks almost in
decorously about the ningling in So
eial intercourse Of the negro with the
white race; but it may as well come
| to it, for this is the doctrine of its
party. Its language is plain, but no
palmer than the action of the Con-
vention warrants, and if that body
represents the general taste in Kan
sas, thepublic ought to have the bene-
fit Of it, The Ledger says:
1t will be very eonsoling to all the
old maids and chambermaids in and
about Lawrence and Topeka to learn
that the big buck niggers, robust mig.
ger wenches and dirty niger babies
who are at present in Kansas, and
those who may emigrate lere,are on an
exact equality with them. How those
"ancient and honorable" ladies will
feel in juxtaposition with the niggers
in church, at table, or at school, is not
to be questioned. Every sensible
man knows that they will eXclaim:
Come to my arms, you darling niggers'
The members Of the Convention
/ from the vicinities named, have obey
ed their Instructions, and a vote of
thanks should be given them on their
return home, and to make the compli-
ment thorough they should (each one
Of them) receive niger baby.
Seriously the convention have Civ
en- the right of suffrage Qor three
years at least) to all the niggers in
Kansas, thereby placing them on an
equality with the white man. Fur.
thermore, they have provided that
black and white children shall be ed
ucated in the same schools.
We submit to the people of Kan
sas if these enactments are not dis
grace to US. We call upon the hon
est farmer the thrifty mechanic, the
merchant, the professional man and
the hard-fssGd laborer, to ponder well
these enactments of the niger lovers.
When this convention adiourns,
these niger lovers will be political
ly dead, and we pray God they may
never he resurrected.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
RAAMTh,MA
=. II. AFFfARD q.

ks0USE, Sign. aud erna- s.,
Z q mental Painter, Gniner -
and Mardler. Paper Hanger and g. - -. -
Giazier, win at all tines be I----> -
ready and willing to attend to al o5I,rs that
may be presented to hin. Orders from tie
country promptly ATTENDED to, and on the low
est terms. / warrant all.persous to be pleased
if not, no charge VIII b. made. Those call
ing in nv absence, wils7leaSe leave their or
ders with c. A. Freaclb postmaster
APRIL 10 ISIS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

The Texas FREE NEGRO Law
The last Legislature Of Texas har-
ing PASSED an act allowing free per-
sous Of color in that State, of their
own free will, to select masters and
become slaves, some ofthe free blacks
are ayailing themselves Of the ben
eficent provisions. A Bastrop cor
respondent of the New Orleans Del
ia reports the case of civilian, a
free man Of African descent who filed
his petition and was on the 7th inst,
allowed 10 choose his master. The
applicant was an intelligent man,
who had been North and seen the
true condition Of the free negroes of
that region; bis age is about thirty
years, AMI he has a goad character
for honesty aud industry. The
presiding Judge was careful to insti-
tu.e a searching examination to as
ertain whether any undue Influence
had been used to induce the petit
toner to make his application, and
finding that it was bis voluntary
and deliberate act, bound Linn over
for life to a good master. In the
language of the Delta's correspondent
William"preferred a Southern gentle
man for master to a Northern abo-
!itionist for a companion. COlana-
6us Enquirer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

Bogus Lotteries in New York. leW
the Police Arrested the Praprie-
tsrs and where they Fond Them.
Notwithstanding the effectual in.
.yestigations made by the Mayors
Squad, under Sergeants Croft and Bir-
ney, with the bogus lottery system
MS carried Oh in New York, they
have discovered the existence CT
three gigantic concerns in our vicin-
iy, who have, in reality, head quar-
ters elsewhere. They each publish
a weekly paper which is mailed to
all parts of the United States and
the Canadas by means of obtaining
names from Directories. They are
us follows: = "Tne Golden Era" pub
Iished by Charles w. Morton & Co.,
No. 102 Wall street; "American
Monthly Ledger" published Ly J.
II. Hall & Co., No go Wall street;
and the "Benelactor,' published by E.
C. Cooper & Co., So Wall street. In
these journals plans and schemes are
made, but tie actual drawing never
takes place, though, when the time
for drawing comes round, every tick.
ct holder is informed that he has
drawn blank; SO all seems likely and
fair.
The houses used in the above
three papers are occupied by rcspec-
table banking firms who have nothing
! to do With these swindling concerns
whatever. Thousands of letters have
been taken from the post.oifce nd.
dressed to the above named parties.
containing moneylrom persons living
at a distance, who place implicit
confidence in the operations Of
the bogus concern. The letters sent
to them here, it was found, were re-
mailed to New London and NOrw ich
Connecticut. Sergeant Birney &C
cOrdipgly followed the case up IL
( the above cities. At New Lon
don he arrested George q. Pratt
sen, George A. Pratt, jr., and Sam.
uel Freeman, OF whom the first nam
ed was the "E. c. Cooper and pro-
prietor Of the establishment. lie
then departed for Norsich, Connect
cut, and arrested ". l.. B. Richard
SOP. who was the "Chas. W. Morton
of the concern, and E. Richardson
and Geo. S Wright, who made up
the Go" He then proceeded to
another part of the city, and sue
ceeded in arresting William s. Petit
and Jonathan ". Hooker, who rep
resented u. II. Hall & Co.'S" All
of the above were locked up, and a
descent made upon the printing office
of one james w. Forsyth, where all
the three named papers were printed.
Thus the police have succeeded
in breaking up eilectually, it is to be
hoped, these swindling firms. The
letters coming to New York address
sgd to either Of the above firms
have been taken by the Mayor, and
found to contain over $4,000. There
are now remaining in New York city
post Office, addressed TO the under
written swindling establishments that
have been bloken Up, letters as fol-
lows:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

The Supreme Court Of California
has decided that the ownership OF
lands in that State does. not include
minerals. So if a man discover a
gold mine on bis land, anybody has
right to work it. Queer law that
allows such dOings.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

The Supreme Court of California
has renderad a decision adverse to
the interests Of John. C. Fremont,
in the matter of bis right to the
gold takea from bis landin Mariposa
county.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

The Chicago Democrat says that
Danolas has been flooding Illinois
with the speeches of Seward and
B1rIingame, sent under his frank.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

As an Illustration OF the manner
in which some things are done 10
New York, md The tone of morals
there, a correspondent Of a Boston
paper recites the following case:
"a married woman in this city be-
came enamcred with a man, who
was also married and had family.
The attachment, pretendedly pla-
tonic, led to the separation Of the wo-
mar from her husband, and the de-
sertion Of his wife by the man. The
parties lived at the same hotel to-
gether, and though the lady board.
els did not like the looks ofthings,
and complained to the landlord, the
season passed away with no great
outbreak. But things could not
long remain in this condition. 1t
was agreed that the husband Of the
woman should on the payment of a
liberal sum Of money to him, allow
himself TO be seen in house Of Ill
fame, and on that ground she was
divorced from the man. By a lib
eral sum on the other side, an ar.
rangement equally accommodating
was entered into, and a divorce was
granted to the man. Then the
couple who had been unyoked, be-
came husband and wife-had a great
flourish Of trumpets over the eele-
brated wedding-took rooms at a
famous hotel in New York--and
have their movements telegraphed
as those ofihe first people in New
York. Such is New York life,
and With the stringency Of our d.
vorce law, the disposed can get loose
from the nuptial vow quite easy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

Of these, over 500 are registered,
and probably the larger portion con-
tain money. 1t is wonderful that
these swindliDg concerns should sue
ceed in cheating the country people
so outrageously. The best course
Is to have nothing to Go with news
papers which have to resort to Offer
ing watches and jewe!ry ia order to
induce people to take them. Ten
chances to one the watches will
turnout to be brass and the jewelry
pinchbeck. At all events, if the
papers were worth having people
would subscribe to them without
magnificent offers Of jewelry. Be-
sides, the encouragement of such
schemes tends to injure newspa-
pers which rely upon legitimate
efforts to secure subscribers.
ANOTHER GIFT ENTERPRizE.--
Tuesday afternoon Sergeant Brney,
of the Mayors Squad, arrested one
Clark, in Maiden Lane, for being en-
gagged in bogus gift enterprise I'M
der the name of A. FL. Wexford &
Co., No. 1876 Broadway. He adver-
tised to send gold pencils, watches,
chains, &c, at very low prices, but
sent brass ones instead of gold. He
was taken before the Mayor and
held to answer the charge under
heavy bonds.
DESCENT ON A NEWSPAPER OFFICE
The Mayors Squad, Se:geants Biz
nsy and Croft, Wednesday arrested
the persons publishing the Golden
Price a weekly paper published by
Beckett s. Co., for Dean & Salter. at
No. 335 Broadway, for publishing
the paper on the gift principle, ! e.,
a certain gif. Of unknown value to
be presented to each subscriber on
receipt of subscription money. The
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

The present session Of Congress,
by resolution Of both houses, will
conclude on Monday, 7th Of June.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06

we would say that we nerd money badly,
and allow TO house to undeEeIl Us FOR CASH
April 8, 1888.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-05-06
A Novel Way 10 be Divorced

AS an Illustration of the manner
in which some things are done iu
New York, md the tone of morals