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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-04-26

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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
A Piece Of Little Meanness.

Many of the opposition papers
have been publishing recently what
purports to be arletter from James
Buchanan to Hon. VIM. II. English,
Of Indiana. This letter Was not
written by james Buchanan. It is
bad enough to find fault With man
without cause. and to cali bis virtues
vices, but to attempt to injure a man
by an act Of base forgery is the ex-
treme of meanness.
We see in the papers quito nun
Dor of dispatches, filed With CON-
parstiye!y innocent foolishness, said
to have passed between the Queen OF
England and the President Of the
United States; that neisbsr of the
parties ever saw. They are certain
Ily no more forgsries than the Eng
llsh letter, and are less harmful. The
public mind should be distrustful Of
every thing purporting to be facts
concerning the present adminisiEa-
ton, that may emanate from the
opposition press Of the country, un-
til this base node of warfare has
been discontinued. He who does
not thus discriminate may embrace
falsehoods instead Of facts.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
Atlantic Telegraph.

The great question of the day is
whether the Atlantic Telegraph can,
after all, be rendered useful with the
apparatus now at our command, or,
indeed, with any apparatus. If it
should turn out that, in the very ma
ture Of tie case, dispatches CAN
not be transmitted with greater re-
piiity than fifty words an hour, for
example, great disappointment sill
certainly be experienced on the part
Of the public as we'll as Of the stock
holders. On this head the expert
ence of the telegraph lines laid down
in the Mediterranean is worthy Of
consideration. These were the long
est submarine lines in existence pre-
vious to the great success Of Mr
Field and his associates. From Gag
lia.i in Sardinia to Malta, the line is
six hundred kilometres, or about
three hundred and seyeniy.fve miles;
and that from Malta 70 Corfu is of a.
bout tie same length. Complaints
having reached the Sandman Gov.
eminent Of great delay in the trans
mission Of dispatches between Malta
and Caligari, they published state
ment upon the subject signed by the
distinguished Signor Bonelli, who is
charged with the inspection Of tele-
graphs, in the Ministry Of The Iute-
riOr. According to this eminent
electrician, it is found to be impossi.
Bile as yet, by any system of signs,
to transmit more than two or three
words minute. Thus dispatch Of
Indian news containing five hundred
and eighty words has required FIVE
hours to pass from Malta to Corfu
This being the case with line Of
three hundred and seventy-fve miles,
how much more tardy must be the trans
mission Of news over the line of twen-
ity-one hundred miles beneath the
Atlantic?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
Something in a Name,

The Bedford Gazette says that
when political parties are compelled
to change their names SO frequently,
have we not good cause to suspect
"something rotten" in their "Den-
mark!' The thief, the forger, the
murderer, as he fees from place to
place, to hide himself from the out
ragged law changes bis name, and en-
deavors to move unsupported through
the world by the aid of a hundred
aliases. So with the opposition.
They are SO fearful OF being detec-
ted in their hypocritical trlckery'
that tbsy assume a different title
every year. Therefore, let men who
respect themselves at once cut loose
from such an organization, and enlist
under the broad folds of that flag
which since the days of Jefferson,
has been inscribed with no other
name than the eternal and inetfaea'
BE watchword, Democrat!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
A Sensible Man.

Mr.. VIM. L. Har. was a candidate
for Sheriff of franklin county. AL
ALBANIA, but has "backed down, and
withdrawn from the canvass. Ia a
card addressed to the sovereigns, be
thus gives his reasons and some ex-
cellent hiHts to those who have an
itching to serve the "dear people" in
an official 'capAcity:
bly, reasons for this are various,
one of which / will mention-and
that is l am afraid ] can not get
quite rotes enough to elect. Such
being my conviction, after mature
reflection; | have concluded to make
my best bow to the public and vol
unfairly retire from the contest.
Those Of nay fellow citizens who
intended to vote for me, will please
receive my thanks, and those who
intended to vote otherwise, can 60
to-the grocery at somebody
else's expense; while / 60 to work,
merriIy singing that ancient ballad
called "Root Hog or Die" A good
mechanic is throwing away his time
in running for petty office, especial
ly when there is no chance Of being
elected.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02

The Cleveland Herald talks thus
seusibly upon the duties of home pa
pers:
"Racoliect if home weekly is to
be supported, home inGence must do
it. Every dollar sent to eastern pa
pers, is at the expense of the local
papers. A county acquires proml-
hence through its paper more than
in any other way, and to every one
who has county interests a. stake,
his home paper is necessity. New
er will such man take a paper
published away from home, until be
is able to take second paper. His
first paper will be his home sheet,
and be viii SO identify his interests
with that of his county paper, as to
consider his subscriptions as much
IA matter Of yearly duty, as the
payment of our taxes, We regret
to say that many of our citizens
send off their money for eastern
papers, while the home Publisher Is
forced TO take his pay in trucI:.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
Mormon Degradation.

A correspondent of the Cincinnati
Enquirer gives the following state
ments:
A piteous spectacle was witnessed
on this road, which pointed indubita-
bly, to the vile degradation Of the
Mormon people as mass. We saw
two women hitched to cart, drag
ging it along through the dust like
oxen, or in the disgusting language
of Heber Kimball, like "cows," while
the barbarian, their husband, walked
beside the cart, driving them on.--
We looked to see the brute get in the
cart and be hauled by his wives, but
for shame--if indeed be is capable of
such feeling--he did not SO long as
we observed him. Let womankind in
the Christian world pity woman in
Utah! No where is woman so degra-
Ided, so trampled on, as in this coun-
try.
Women here are little less than
mere chattels, bought by the highest
bidder, or what is the same thing,
compelled for many reasons of neces-
sity to marry persons of known f.
deity to the church. Many indus.
trious young men cannot get wives
at all.
All the women l have seen ere
poorly clad, many of them barefooted.
dirty, and destitute almost Of cloth,
ing. AS We passed along the Provost
road, meeting hundreds Of these poor,
deplorable women, many a bright
eye gazed at US imploringly and hope
fully, as if expecting from us the
means of their Moderation. / am
satisfied that but comparatively few
Of them voluntarily submit to the
plurality system at first. They have
been dscoyed here by the honeyed
words and deceptive promises Of
Mormon emissaries abroad.
Many women-the best and most
enlightened in MormoDdom i rae.
Itice this from necessity, who Go not.
in their hearts, believe in Mormon.
ism. But thousands do believe in
Mormonism, with all its vile and alb
surd doctrines. They think Brigham
II divine prophet. The leaders know
they are imposters.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
Very Useful Information.

"A man lately died in Bos too
from the effects Of the growing 10
Of q toe nail"
Did he? We regret to hear it.
We regret still more to hear that
any one has lived to mature age
without learning how to prevent "the
growing in of a toe NAIL" by which
we presume is meant that frequent
occurrence of the corner Of the nail
growing into the everything flesh in
consequence Of wearing shoes or
boots too tight. We have known
cases Of excruciating suffsrings aris-
ing from this cause.
Now to prevent this difficulty
Do not cut away the offending cor
ner Of the nail, az is usually done.
very short. but cut notch in the
centre, quite down to the quick, and
keep that notch there until the diff
Guilty is cured, which will sometimes
be with the first cutting, The phi
losopby Of the remedy is that the
cut breaks the arch, and naturally
changes the curvature of the nail,
and makes the corner turn up instead
Of down.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
The Ciiizeng' Bank.

We make no apology for abiding
to this institution so often in these
columns. 1t is subject that can
never become stale or undressing
SO long as nearly every man in the
community is interested in knowing
its situation. Numerous inquiries
have recently been made of us con-
corning the ultimate solvency Of this
establishment. We have in our pos
session large sums Of the Citizens
Bank bills, forwarded to US by our
friends in Mississippi and Alabama,
with request that We would dispose
of them, or give some information
concerning their value. We regret
that we cannot enlighten our friends
1t is true these bills are selling for
forty CT fifty cents on the streets,
but we feel that We would be doing in.
Justice to our friends, who have
confded in our judgment, were we
to submit to such sacrifice, espe-
cially since we confidently belle We
that Messrs. Turner and Walker will
make good their promises. But
it is certainly high time that the
sealed books were opened, and come
thing definite ascertained. Our heart
blscds with pity when We see hon
est laborer in the hands Of brok.
ers submitting to q discount so ruin
Gus. 1t is charged that there are
persons, agents of the bank, in
this city and elsewhere buying up
| the bills. We cannot believe this ru-
| nor, for we have heretofore expressed
the opinion that the managers
would make good their promises.
But some thing should certainly be
done 50 as to prevent the mechanic
and the laborer from being heeced by
the yultures of society; who, so
they pocket their penny, care not
for the hunger Of furnishing children
After the bills have passed into the
hands Of the brokers, it will be too
late to prevent the great injury
which is now being inflicted upon
those who are forced to sell.-Nem-
| phfS Aralanche.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
AbslilioaiSts in New Orleans.

A correspondent of the Mobile
Mercury writing from New Orleans,
says:
You. perhaps, viii be a little SUI
prised if | asset that there are any
number Of as rank abolitionists in
this city as ever came form Boston
OF Cape Cod. They are 10 all raaks,
and are to be found in all pursuits,
in great m.ny Gases or My as
serting 'that they are Free Soizers,
Their influence is felt in everything,
they encourage negroes to imperti-
nence and laziness, protect them wher
in difficulties. 1t is a well known
fact that the negroes Of New Orlean:
are the most impudent and indepen
dent inthe whole South, they are bet
ter protected than the poor whites, ant
10 numerous cases will insult you a;
quick as they would negro. They
have their benevolent gocieties, theil
Mutual Aid Societies, aud theil
secret Lodges, and all of their meet
ings are held in secret, the people
of the city not caring straw about
it. But they will have to care one
of these days; if the thing keeps
on, we will have q revolution among
them as sure as fate, which will result
in the hanging of some five hundred
of the leaders, and the expulsion o
all SUSPECTED Of abolitionism.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02

Col. Payne says, too, that there
will be more Road bed prepared for
the iron this year than ever before in
the same time. This is a very re-
markable condition of things; and it
shows the astonishing resources of
our people, who despite the extraor-
binary pressure of the past twelve
months, have been steadily pushing
on so large an addition Of Road i'm.
provement.
An additional item of interest
which We gather from Col. Payne, is,
that there are now in active opera
ton in this State, 60 miles OF
Railroad; that, by the first Of Janua-
~ next, there will be SIS miles run
ning; and that by the frs. Of Janu-
arg, 1860, tbs number of miles in
active operation will be LAG
Col. Payne's entire familiarity With
the progress and condition OF Roads
IN this State renders the above state.
msnt perfectly reliable; and IL is with
great pleasure ve lay it before oul
readera.-Eags and Enquirer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02

The iron safe of the County
Clerks Office, Columbia, Missouri,
was blown up by burglars, a few
nights since, and robbed of $500.
1t was first rolled from it's place,
near the wall, turned over, front up
ward, and aftsr powder was introduced
through the key hole, the two doors
were blown off their hinges. The
first, or outside door was thick and
heavy, yet it was blown against the
ceiling of the room, tearing off the
plastering on q spot the size Of the
door.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
The Virginia and Tennessee rail-

The Virginia and Tennessee rail-
road is two hundred and four miles
in length, and il cost about seven
millions Of dollars. Inl05O, the tax
able value of the land in the coun-
ties through which it passes, as taken
from the census. was twenty-eight
million nine hundred and forty-swo
thousand six hundred and forty-sey-
en- dollars; and in 1856 the State
assessment makes. it fifty-three mil
lion nine hundred and seventeen
thousand two hundred and twenty
nine dollars, or IN increase IN SIX
wears of twenty-five million three
hundred aud sixty-five thousand five
hundred and fifty.eight dollars
This sudden increase is alone the re-
suit of an internal improvement
vhich has cost only seven million
dollars.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
LATEST news!
BANK OF. america.

Rumors unfayorable to the Bank
of America were ahoat yesterday.
Dispatches we're received stating that
its notes had been thrown out by
the old Banks of Memphis. Nothing
more is stated. We will have to
await our Memphis exchanges for
particulars. The news took Us CON-
pletely by surprise. The Memphis
papers have seemed lately to be sat-
isfsd that the Bank was solvent,
and have entirely ceased warning
upon it. 1t has recently redeemed
two-tbirds of its circulation, and stood
the heaviest run that has perhaps
ever been made upon a Bank in
this State, and met promptly all de-
mands so long as the run was kept
up. On receiving the above dispatch
es the old banks have thrown out
the notes. The Merchants Bank,
Traders Bunk and Msssrs. A. Whe-
less & Co., continue to receive the
Bank of Americas notes at par.
Letters received from the officers
OF the parent bank at GAINESVILLE,
dated 2Sth, say nothing Of pres
sure upon them, as they certainly
would have done, if there had been
anything gloomy SO close upon
them. We are therefore of the opin-
ion that the rejection of its notes
has originated in some mistake
Nashville Banner.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
ADVERTISE! ADVERTISER!

Advertise weekly, monthly, year.
ly, perpetualiy, and our reasons for
suggesting it are these: :.
lst. 1t gives the appearance to
do business upon the most liberal
terms.
I'd. 1t is a compliment to the
community, in the shape Of an invi-
tation to call aud see you, which
they generally accept, either out Of
curiosity or out Of gratitude for
the trouble Of telling them where they
can find articles they may be in
search of. In either case you may
make trade if you are reasonable,
and if no. you will find out the
state of the market, and govern
yourself accordingly.
Sd. To advertise literally is evil
dence that you are doing a Smash
ing business" and Of course it will
be to the interest Of everybody to
deal with you.
4tb. 1t looks like enterprise, and
most people prefer trading with en-.
terprising men, rather than orusty
old fogies who stand behind theil
counters or their workshops, sulkily
defying the world to deal with them
| if they choose, or to let it alone.
9th. It supports the newspapers
which in return, affords innumersbls
benefits to humanity.
If these reasons are not sufficient,
we ask our readers to look at The
fact, that hardly any business flour
Iishes without advertising, and those
who advertise the most are the mos
prosperous.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02

CHURCH DIFFICULTY.-The men,
bers OF the Methodist denominations,
in the town of Birmingham, on the
Ohio, have recently had serious
difficulty about trivial matter
Several weeks ago travelling exhi-
bition stopped there for one night,
and quite a number Of the members
attended it, thinking. doubtless, it
would do no harm. The exhibition
was combination Of circus. theatre,
"nigger dancing and other pea nut
attractions. The Methodist preach
er very severely rebuked the offend
ing members of the church who at.
tended the show, and took immediate
measures to have them expelled
Whereupon the church deserted him
in a bvdy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02


We cannot be mistaken in the
opinion we expressed that full four
fifths of the Republican and American
parties are composed of former wings.
= Louisville Journal
We imagine that no one will dis
pute the proposition. The Democrat
ie party of the north is the only one
which has stood firmly to its con-
seryasive principles and resisted the
encroachments of abolitionism. And
yet the Journal and the organs Of its
Iarty which follow in its wake have
persistently waged war upon the
northern Democracy and have sym
pathised with The black republicans
in their efforts to crush and destroy
it. The Journal admits In the para.
graph we quoted above, that the wing
party Of the North has been aboli-
tionized. Sill that paper advocates
the policy OF recognizing the whig
party, although it confesses that the
largest portion of the strength Of that
party will be derived from the aboli
Ition northern wing. The Journal
will never be satisfied until it brings
its party at the South into operation
with and subsection to the Freesoi
party Of the North. Nashuie Uni0r
and american.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02

STRONG DRINK vs.. LONG LIFE. -
From statistics carefully collected in
England, it appears that in that codn-
t1y three hundred and 6fty-seven
iutemperate persons die for every one
hundred and ten of temperate habits.
At twenty years Of age, an intemper-
perate man may expect to live fifteen
and a half years longer, while a tenn
perate man Of the same age may ex-
pect to live forty-four years longer.
At thirty, an incorporate man will
probably live fourteen years longer,
a temperate man thirty years longer.
At forty, an Incorporate man viii or.
dinarily live twelve years longer,
while afemperate man will live twen-
ty-nine years longer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02

FROM Bad TO WoRsE.-We see
from our New York exchanges that
the ladies Of that city are about
Introducing new fashion, which We
hope will find no favor South. The
new style eff dress is said to be
cool and attractiva-no doubt but
the latter is the intentien-the back
of the dress between the shoulders
is cut in the shape of a v, SO as to
display the shoulders, neck and a
portion of the spinal yertebrae, the
edges of the openings being border
ed with lace and connected with the
opposite side with silk cord. What
next! This is the age of improve
ment, and it seems the ladies aresde-
termined either to keep up With it
or go-ahead. Expansions of the
skirts we thought bad enough.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02

A MissIssIpPIAN' OPINION OF Ten
NEssEE BANK.HG.--We find the follow.
ing awful paragraph in late MissiS-
sippi exchange. The fellow is abso-
lutely savage when talking Of Ten
nessee Banks. Mississippi claims to
be better off than We are. The peo-
pie Of that State borrowed money
from foreigners, to make Bank, then
borrowed the money from the Bank.
and then repudiated the debt to the
foreigners and refused to pay the
Bank. He is a pretty fellow to
taunt Tennessee with visions of tho
penitentiary, ain be?
We heard an intelligent citizen say
the other day, that Mississippi ought
to pass law to hang any man xho
would attempt 20 pass Tennessee
Bank bill in this State. We think
the law applicable to counterleiters
and forgers ought to be made appli.
cable to dealers in any uotes issued
in the State Of Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
The September Election.

Our readers should not forget that
to-day, is the day appointed for the
election Of Supreme Judge, to fill
the vacancy occasioned by the death
Of Judge Harris, and also for the
vote of the people upon the question
of having Convention to reform
our Constitution.
With reference to the first matter,
there can be no difficulty whatever
in the minds Of the people. There is
but one candidate, Hon. Archibald
Wright, for the Judgesbip, and we
presume no votes will be cast for any
other person. In reference to the
question of a constitutional conven.
ton, very little has been said either
publicly or even in private circles.
and hence we infer that there 10 nc
disposition whatever on the part Of
the great body of the people to in.
cur the expense incident to q conven.
ton for the comparatively trilihg
good, if any, that might result from
it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
AN OUTaAGE.-The Nashville u,

AN OCTRAGE.-The Nashville Dali
ly News learns from a friend, who
had the facts from a resident of
Bellbuckle, on The Chattanooga
Railroad, that Mrs Long, the wife
of DR.. Long of that place, a few
days since. whipped a negro woman,
so severely, that she died within
an hour or two after the in1ietion.
The corners verdict was in aceor.
dance with this statement. The
woman and her husband, we learn,
have fed from the country
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02
THE SOUTHERN BANK.

A private despach from Memphis
states that this bank has suspend
ed. It's circulation is said to be very
liDited--not more than $4,000,
and it has State bonds to the amount
of $4,000. We suppose the run
was made by depositors. Some o!
the owners Of this bank are inter-
ested in the Bank of America. Il
is probably owing to the fact that
the America S notes are discredited,
III.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-09-02

The largest copper kettle 10 the
United States is at Pittsburg, Pa.
1t is IL feet 5 inches in diameter, and
Is feet 4 inches deep. The bottom
is composed of a single circular
piecs Of copper, Z feet s inches in
diameter. The weight Of the kettle
is 1900 pounds, and will hold 1900
barrels.