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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-11

The TRIBUNE HoAxED-Somebody in New Haven
has been playing off wicked and unfeeng hoax on
the New York Tribune. The scamp writes az IL be
a clergyman, and bats his trap by telling the
Tribune folks he reads their religious intelligence
seems 10 do them more good. Having thus by fat
terry got the Of the editors, he expatates upon
a wonderful work Of grace In New Haven. Almostal
the college and oil the members Of the bar are con-
verted; ajudge Is said 70 lead In prayer tne court
room and some OF our leading lawyers are said 10
have successfully preached from one OF the church
pulpits OF course no one need be told that all this
Is utterly false and that the Iyroune n eompietey
sold.--Nec Haren Journal, Nay IN.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-05-11

Acc,nvx- N cg.prEsrox.-At the Inauguration
Of the washington Monument in Charleston, :. c.,
on the 5th inst, wooden structure used az speak
er's stand gave way and about one hundred persons
went down with IL. son OF the Rev. Dr. Tenrnoy
was killed, and two others dangerously injured.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

cular walls being strained too far ii
the upward or downward direction to
enable them to return land one oi
the purposes which this property Of
the heart is probably designed to sub
serve is, to put check upon the
passions through the alarming physic-
al sensations they excite.
The brain, again, is enclosed in a
bony case. All our bodily sensations
are dependent teupon the nerves, but
even the nerves do not give rise to
feeling unless they are in connection
with the brain. The nervous chord,
which, in familiar language, is called
the spinal marrow, is the channel by
which this communication is kept up
in the major part of them; and when
a section Of what may be termed the
great trunk for the conveyance Of
of our sensation is diseased. and by
the breach in its continuity, the nerves
below the disordered part can no lon
ger send their accusto med intelligence
to the brain, the portion of the body
which thus becomes isolated may be
burned or backed, and no more pain
will result than if it belonged to a
dead carcass instead of to a living man.
The brain, therefore, in subordination
to the mind, is the physical centre Of
all sensation. Yet, strange to say.
it is itself insensible to the wounds
which are torture to the skin, and
which wounds the brain alone enables
US to feel. sit is as insensible,' says
Sir Charles Bell, 'as the leather of
cur shoes, and piece may be cut off
without interrupting the patient in
the sentence he is uttering. Because
the bone which envelopes it is its pro-
lection against injury from without,
it has no perception of them when
directed against its own fabric, though
it is, at the same time. the sole source
of the pain which these injuries in-
aict upon the other portion Of the
system. But the skull is no defence,
against the effects of in:emperance,
or vitiated atmosphere, or too great
mental toll. To these, consequent
ly, the same brain which has been cre-
ated insensible to the cut of a knife
is fully alive, and giddiness, headache,
and apoplec.ic expressions give am
pie notice to US to stop the evil, IN
less we are prepared TO pay the penal
ty.-LOndon Quarterly.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
Ais Right When Daddy's Sober,

Such was the motto borne aloft oy
a boy in temperance procession, and
there is more in it than would appear
at the first blush. We have often
thought that the little fellow who IN
scribed the banner spoke from expe-
rience, SO childishly blunt is the de.
claration, and yet so entirely natural
and SO very expressive-"All's right
when Daddy's sober!" To an nnre-
aecting mind it would seem a flip
pant and careless remark, but it was
in reality full of pilh, and point, and
deep feeling, 1t told astory of sleep
less nights and unheard of terrors--
of oaths and imprecations and un-
kindness-of ns glect and cruelty,
and the anxiety of little bruised
and bleeding heart, changed into love
and kindness, and attention. 1t told
of brutality and other recklessness,
changed into gentleness and self re-
spect. 1t told of household turned
from mourning into JOY. There was
more of eloquence in that little seu-
tence, taken in connection with the
circumstances which called it out,
than can be found in many a long
winded temperance Grafton; and We
do not believe there was a drinking
man, whose finer feeling were not en-
tirely blunted, who looked at it and
then went home with sign Of liquor
upon him. s.All's right when daddy's
sober.n The most brilliant OF tenn
perance orators could not, with the
study of life time, give expression
to a sentence better calculated to touch
the heart of a true man.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
DEPLORABLE CASE.

Some years ago, Congress num-
bered among its members several who
we're much given to love Of liquor,
and were frequently seen about the
streets of the metropolis on 'spree." 7"
Such conduct on the part of our law
makers didn't impress the outsider
with such an exalted opinion of NJ.
C's. as they once had, as the incident
| am about to relate will show.
One hot, moonlight night, during a
long session, a party of gentlemen,
including several members of Con-
gress, were seated around the door of
the house of a friend, trying to get
cool, when an old topper, call tattered
and torn" known as Bill Scraggs,
made bis appearance in their midst,
and asked for money to obtain e
nights lodging and something to eat.
The Hon. Mia very kind
hearted and respectable member Of
the House, soon engaged Bill in con-
versation, and at once discovered
that he was an educated man, and re.
marked to him:
"My fiiend, you appear to have seen
better days; l would like to know
something of your history"
Bill drew himself up, and after a
slight pause, said:
"Sir, have seen better days =
My parents are well to do; they gave
me a good education and profession.
and, at one time, my prospects IN hfe
wert as bright as any mans; but
alas sir, in an evil hour, l became ad.
dicted to drink; from that moment
have been going down, down, down.
until / have become an outcast, loaf
er--of no account-.M for nothing on
this earth but to be a member of Con
gress."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
Talk to He Of Death.

Oh! come and sit beside me now
In this calm twilight hour;
The bird has sought her lofty bough,
The dew is on the flower;
And let me feel thy hand in mine.
Upon my brow thy breath;
And in this quiet evening time,
0, talk to me of death.
feel that life is ebbing fast,
/ have not long to stay;
But every fear of death is past,
My spirit chides delay;
But when Pm gone, oh, do not weep,
For our dear Saviour saith,
"To those who love and serve the Lord
There is no fear of death"
o, talk to me, but not in tones
Of fear and trembling dread;
But tell me of the lowly One
Whose blood for us was shed:
The angel comes. l hear his voice,
Upon my brow his breath;
G, come and with me now rejoice,
1t is the angel, Death.
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
NARSING To LEGAL GENTLEMEN.

WARNING To LEGAL GENTLEMEN.--
4 curious incident occurred on
Thursday last in the Supreme Court
of the city Of New York. The case
of The American Hair Company
Us. Charles Fogg," was tried that
morning, occupying the court about
two hours, when the jury retired
After a quarter OF an hour the jury
came in.when the foreman announced
that eleven agreed, but the twelfth
manhad not understood the evidence,
for he was "a German sgho did not
speak English! Whereupon the
counsel for the plaintiff offered to
take the verdict of eleven, but the
counsel for the defendant refused.
The court :hen ordered the cduse to
be tried again.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25


New MOVEMENTS OF THE SPIRIT
RAPpERs We understand that the
spiritualists contemplate petitioning
the Legislature Of Massachusetts,, at
its next session, for grant Of money
from three to seven thousand
dollars--to enable them to "employ
scientific men TO enquire into the
mysteries Of Spiritualism." They
say that the State is pledged to the
education of the people; and this
being an educational measure the
Commonwealth cannot refuse to grant
the prayer Of the petitioners.-Bos,
Ion Courier.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
THE GOVERNORSHIP.

The Know Nothing Press sre stir
ring up this question early in the day.
1t behooves them to begin in time,
for if we are not mistaken, they will
find it a hard matter to get man OF
respectable standing as politician,
who places any estimate upon bis
character, to accept. The Colombia
Mirror is out forMr. Loeney Of that
place, The Murfreesboro Telegraph is
out for John Bell, and the Chatta-
nooga Gazette is for Brownlow. We
do not think that either of these
gentlemen will accept nomination.
Can't you trot out"Our Bob again?
We'd like to put him through once
more.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25


The BUe TREE. The Merchants
Magazine says: "Bugs are impor.
tant articles in the trade of Rio jan
elro. Their wings are made iinto ar.
tlficial flowers, and some of the most
brilliant varieties are worn as orna.
nlents in ladies' hair One ma,i man
ages to make his living by selling in
sect and other specimens to the
strangers who visit port. He keeps
:welye slaves constantly employed
finding the bugs; serpents and shells
which are most in demand. The
nearest appoach to this business that
we can remember, is that Of the trade
OF fire flies in Havana; the insect be-
ing caught and carefully fed en- the
sugar-cane, is used as an ornament IN
ladies' dresses. Being twice the size
OF the American FREELY, it is very
brilliant at night. The cfeOles catch
them on the plantations, and sell
them to the city bellies; some of them
carrying them in silver cages attached
to their bracelets. They make a fne
display BY lamplight.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
Gboite auetry.
To my First Child.


Laughing baby, fair-haired baby,
Baby with the deep blue eyes,
Fairer flower meier burst its petals
Mid the bowers of Paradise;
With his face so heart-bewitching-
Running o'er with sparkling glee,
Is he not lovely blossom,
First upon the family tree?
How his low voice softly echoes!
How the dimples deck his cheek
How his bright eyes CLEAN and glisten,
As he tries in vain to speak
Though tits but an infant carroll.
There is music in its tone,
As it throbs upon our heart-chords,
In harmonic numbers thrown.
And his laugh, 'tis like cherub's,
When it breaks amid his tears,
Falling, like sweet-voiced echo,
On our hearts and ON our ears;
Or like rainbow tints that hover
In the cloud that holds tie storm,
Ere the breaking rays of sunlight
Arch them in graceful form,
He was like golden sunbeam
Stealing in beneath our door,
Playing bo-peep at the windows,
Dancing on the oaken floor.
Laughing baby, fair-haired baby,
Baby with the smile and tear;
He's JOY unto the household,
And bond of bliss fore'er.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

Old Master Brown brought his
ferrule down bis face was angry and
red. Nov, Anthony Blair, 60 seat
YOU there, along with the girls, be
said. Then Anthony Blair, with a
mortified air and his chin down op
his breast, crept slowly away, and
sat all day by the girl that loved him
best.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
Tom CoRwIN's LAsT.-At a trial

Tom CoRwIN's LAsT.-At trial
recently held at Yellow Springs, grow
ing out OF difficulty between some
of the students and faculty Of Anti
ocl,, the 'Old Wagon Boy" who rep
resented the faculty, was exhibiting
to the jury foil, or cane, belonging
to one of the students, which was
probably used in the melee. Tom
was in his usual happy mood, and
brought down the house frequently
by his witty illustrations of the no.
bic science Of fencing; now parrying
imaginary thrusts and anon throwing
himself fiereely upon the attack.
At last, having exhausted his full
store of pleasing antics, with one fell
thrust. he made feint to strike one
Of the students, Mr.. Fisher, who sat
near by, and with look of unfathoma.
BILE gloom and the voice Of StentoT,
he t6undered out: "And what would
YOU do, sir, being uuarmed, if I should
attempt to pierce you through?"-
Imagine the roar Of laughter which
erected this last eloquent effort ol
The cold stumper," when the bal
frightened student. collecting again
| his wits, sprang to his feet, and sue
|cessluIly mimicing CorHin's bombas
tic style, exclaimed: I'D sceleom'
lsou. SIR, with bloody hands, to a hos
pitabls qrars.''- Ohio Press.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

LOVING WIFE.-sCharles. pray,
don't 90 to Boston with that hole
in the elbow of your shirt
Husband--Why not, my DEAR!
Wifs-sBecause if the csrs should
r,,n of the track aud you should get
killed, people would think me
very negligent wife.
nd--(quickly buttoning Up
his overcoat) 'Ahem! yes, | dare say
they would!'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

Bear this fact in mind, and do not
forget it: in the next great nation
al election, The democratic party will
again be successful! and the country
viii continue as it is prosperous; OF
the black republican party will be
placed 10 power, and what the con.
sequence will be. we can only i'm.
agine. 1t can be nothing good.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
WIN PEoprE.-Ip Lancaster. La.

WILD PEopLE.-In Lancaster, La,
a thing like man, but hairy as a
bear, has been seen frequently by the
people. II is very wild and strong.
It was in q COW pen sncking the cows,
and when discovered it started as il
ABOUT to fight, then turned and fed
bounding like deer. 1t walks up
right and is supposed to be a wild
man.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
Mistakes Of Physicians.

] DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, 10
lecture upon physicians, gives the
following account of some mistakes
which have been made in medicine:
Sooner or later everybody is trip
ped up in forming diagnosis. ]
saw Velpeau tie one of the carotid
arteries for a supposed aneurism,
which was only little harmless tu-
NOR, aud kill his patient. Mr.
Dease, Of Dublin, was more fortu-
nate in case he boldly declared ab-
scess, while others thought it an
aneHrism. He thrust lancet into
it, and proved himself in :be right.
Soon after be made similar diagno-
sis. He thrust in his lancet as be-
fore, and cot gushed the patients
blood and bis life with it. The next
morning Mr.. Dease was found dead
and floating in his own blood. He
had divided the femoral artery.
81 have doomed people, and seen
others doom them, over and over
again. on the strength Of physical
signs, and they have lived in the
most contumacious and scientifically
unlustifiable manner as long as they
liked, and some of them are living
still. | see two men in tie street
very often, who were both as good
as dead in the opinion of all who
saw them in their extremity. Peo-
pie will insist on living, sometimes,
though manifestly m0ri6uad. In
Dr. Elders life of Kane you will
find a case Of this sort, told by
Kane himself The captain of a
ship was dying of scurvy, bat the
crew mutinied, and he gave up dy-I
ing for the present to take care of
them.
"An old lady in this city, near
her end, got little vexed about a
proposed change made in her will,
made up her mind not to die Just
then; ordered coach, was driven
twenty miles to the house of rela-
tive, and lived for four years longer.
Cotton Mather tells some good sto.
ries which be picked up in his expe-
rience, or out of his books, showing
the unstable equilibrium Of prognosis
Simon Stone was shot in nine places,
and as he lay for dead the Indians
made two hacks with hatchet to
cut his head off. He got well, how. !
ever, and was lusty fellow in Cot
ton Mather's time. Jabez Musgrove
was shot with a bullet that went in
at bis ear and came out at his eye
on the other side. A couple of bu].
lets went through his body also
Jabez got well, however, and lived
many years. Per cOntra-Colonel
Rcssiter, cracking plum-stone with
his teeth, broke tooth, and lost his !
life. We have seen Physicians dy-
ing, like Spieelius, from a scratch;
and a man who had a crowbar shot
through bis head is alive and we'll.
These extreme cases are warnings.
But you can never be too cautious
in your prognosis, in the view of
the great uncertainty of the course
Of any disease not long watched, and
the many unexpected turns it may
take.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

A Boston paper says that a yam
-kee has invented an eight day CLOCK
that runs sixteen days without VINO :,
ing or stopping aud gives two quarts
Of milk per dayl Its value could !
not be calculated, if it only churneo
its own milk, and would stop ticking
during family prayers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25
WHOLE NO. ssI.
SOUND.

4 The human ear is so constructed
| that IT may be truly called a reser.
! voir of sound, 10 which fhe vibia-
tions occasioned by any disturbance
of atmospheric equilibrium are col
Iec.ed and arranged into a defuite
and appreciable sound. Next to the
eye, the ear of all those animals
whose higher Organization plaees
them among the hearing beings, is
one of the grand evidences of design
in their construction and feYeIop-.
ment; aud by its means, we human
beings have been able to collect many
highly interesting facts in acoustics.
or The science Of sound. For exam
pie, We are enabled TO determine
that sound travels With wave. like
motion through the air, and that its
Intensity; like that Of attraction. d.
minishes in the intense ratio Of the
squares Of the distances Of the
sounding body, when opposing cur
rents OF air or other obstacles DO not
interfere. Again We have been able
to determine that sound travels at
the rate Of 1120 feet per second.
At that rate, noise in the hedy OF
the sun would be about fifteen years
1, - -
before it would be heard on this earth;
being that long 10 travelling the dis
tance that is Travelled by light in
eight minutes.
A whisper as far as it goes, tray.
els as fast as the report of a cannon.
and the strength of sound is great:
est in cold ard dense air, and least
in warm and rarifed Capt. Parry.
the Arctic explorer, heard people
con7ersiDg in an ordinary tone Of
voice at distance of cne mile
The media through which il travels
greatly effects its velocity: thus
Though Ssater itpasses at the rate
Of 1900 feet per second; through
cast iron II 1000, and through wood
1900, according to its density.
Distances may be easily meas,
ured by sound, by multiplying the
time in seconds by the rate in ahich.
il travels; TINS for example, If after
observing flash Of lightning, it vas
twelve seconds before the thunder
was heard, what was the distance OF
the cloud from which it cane?-
the time by the rate, and
the answer is two and three sevenths
Of q mile.
While upon the subject Of sound.
we cannot avoid some mention of
bells, which are cast in metal to pros
duce large and harmonious sound
They we're invented by Paulinus, an
Italian bishop, about the year 400,
and the largest at present in exist.
ence IS the great bell of Moscow.
weighing some $4,000 lbs;. the
largest 10 Britain is in the Cathedral
Of Exeter, called Great Tom, which
weighs 7.472 lbs, In this country
We have no very large bells, With
the exception of one at Montreal.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

Take a string that will reach twice
around the neck Of young lady, let
her hold the ends in her teeth, and
then if the moose will slip over her
head to the back of her neck, it is
certain indication that she is mar
ried, or wants to be.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

The highest salary Of Governor of
any State in the Union rs paid in
California-ten thousand dollars, and
the lowest is in Vermont-sevea
hundred ard fifty dollars.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

The Albany Express has the ioi-
lowing advertisement: :.
aWanted. an able-bodied man to
hold my wife's tongue-she and l
be;nr unable to keep it quiet. Con-
slant employment given.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

In Kentucky there are two hua-
dred and ninety Masonic Lodges.
and nine thousand nine hundtedand
ninety.seven members,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

The way to test good humor is to
wake a man up in the middle of the
night and ask him to lend you five
dollars. -.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-11-25

has the following, which is 'true to
nature:"
Did you ever sit by a campfire
of your own kindling, and watch
the smoke as it grew thinner ard
bluer, and meandered its way up
among the thick and clustering
leaves, and mingled at last With the
sky, that it never stained at all?
Did you ever eat fish Of your own
catching, dressing, and cooking, serv-
ed up on a platter OF a leas, With a
pinch of salt for seasoning?
1t is a luxury, sometimes, to get
away from luxuries, and what bless.
ing a good, honest ''tired' is; no
rheumatic twinge, no weariness that
just results from want of real ami
mating work, but a right down
muscular ache, that makes you say
of The pillow OF evergreens, ''it is
down. and Of the blanket, ''it is
bliss You look up through the
trees at the stars that are ,Eeyer
turned of, and in a minute you
seem to be gliding down q gentle
river, and are fast asleep. And
then when tho morning sets the for
est a-fre You do not get up by de-
gress, like drcmedary, but, casting
the Macinac 'drapery of your
couch aside, you leap upon your feet
with spring, ''clothed, and in your
right mind" nearer right than you
have been since you we're in these
same woods before.