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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
Defyauding Uncle Sam.

To accordance with recent instruc-
tions from Washington, the post
masters throughout the country
are looking up the frauds which are
every day committed to avoid law
ful postage. The extent of these
frauds will be bsst understood by ouT
enumerating the contents Of % pa
pers opened by Col. Rogers, post
master Of Charleston. within three
days: II were written upon, 3 con-
tanned dress patterns, 3 three skeins
silk each, 8 contained letters. 2 had
pieces Of black silk, l contained q
landscape drawing, l letter and a
SIS bank bill, l a child's apron, ! a
roll Of ribbon, l a lady's worked
collar, l a china baby. The amount
of postage paid for these % papers
WIS but 2S cents, while the amount
which should have been paid is 81
I17.--Bostoa Herald.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
How to Make Newspapers Safer.

We find the following sensible
remarks 10 an exchange paper, and
commend them to the attention ola our,
distant subscribers:
We would like to have all sir
gle packets doubled. .,eb led. quad.
rupled, oft more, il mors might be.
1t is troublesome to send out these
single packets-yery troublesome in
proportion to tie gains. we can
put up two or three papers for the
mail, nearly as soon as we can one.
Besides We always realize feel
ing of anxiety iK regard TO these
little packets in sending one paper
away by itself SO far. We
feel for them in their lonely and
uncertain journey. AS to the larger
packages, their very bulk will COM
mand some respect for them from
post Office clerks. But these solita-
ry little fellows 10 their seeming in
significance may probably be kicked
int some corner, or miss their way
and be lost among the hills and hol-
lows. A small packet does not ar
rive so certainly at its destination
as large one. We have remedy
TO propose for this state Of things.
Let each Subscriber who gets "siR-
gle packet now that the paper is
SO cheap, obtain another subscriber
or two, whose papers may 60 along
with his for company. 1t is pity
to have one paper take such long
journeys as some of them do, "soli'
tary and alone" Give them com.
pany, and they will travel more swift
ly, and reach their destiny more sure
iiy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
Judge Douglas.

The editor Of the Richmond Ex-
aminer. writing to bis paper from
Washington, says be has no idea that
Judge Douglas intended to leave the
party when be took grounds against
Lecomptou. He became convinced
that his close connection with the
Kansas Nebraska bill, and bis bold
advocacy of the constitutional rights
of the South. on all previous occasions,
had deprived him of the Presidential
nomination. He became impressed
with the belief that be had set his
coulter too deep for the free soil of
the North. After the most unparal-
lleled efferts on bis part, be found
himself beaten in Illinois in the pop
ular vote Of 1856, and be had no
doubt ever since been exceedingly
uneasy about his own seat in the
Senate. By lowering the standard OF
Democratic orthodoxy on the slavery
question, he thought he could secure
for himself an easier time in his ap-
preaching Senatorial canvass, and a
better position for Northern support
! 10 the Presidential election of 1860.
Hence, he turned opponent to the
Presidents Kansas policy, believing,
doubtless, that he would be able to
carry with him the united North; and
that the South would be obliged to
acquiesce. Such is the probable ex-
Iplanation of the Judges conduct. =
How far he is pleased with the pres.
ent signs of the times it is scarcely
necessary to inquire. He must be
convinced. however, that as a politi-
clan be has made a capital blum
der; one from which he will never be
liable to recover. He has alienated
leyery man in the South, and the
greater portion Of the Democrats o.
the North, and be has consequently
thrown himself entirely out of TIT
ring so far as the Presidency is con
cerned. And it is by no means Ger
tain that he has not also worsted hi
chances for reelection to the Senate
An intelligent lllinoisian expresses
the opinion that the present pros
poets are decidedly unfavorable t.
bis return. The Black Republican,
will not touch him so long as there i
, a chance for any veteran Of thei
cause. The Democratic party OF Ill
inois is not, by any means, a unit IL
support Of Judge Douglas views.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
Operations Of tie Dead Letter Office

During the last year the number
of letters containing money, which
we're opened in the dead letters
branch of the Post Office Depart
ment was as follows: Quarter ending
31st of March, 2,059 letters which
contained S1l,436 90; quarter end.
ing 30th June, 2,20l letters ST.
Sl2 As; quarter ending 3Oth Sep.
TENDER, 2.275 letters, which enclos,
ed Sl2,655 81; and quarter ending
31st December, 1852 letters, con-
tanning $l3,361 80. Total num-
Der Of letters for the year, S,S58
and money S49,25S 81, nine-tenths
of which has already been safely re.
turned to the writer's Of said letters
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

NEWSPAPER HONESTY. THE editor
Of the Rochester New York; Dem.
ocrat, states that during the twenty
years that that paper has been pub.
Iished, there has accumulated an In
debtedness on its books in subscrip
tons of $4,000.
This sum is, in itself, sufficient
fortune for any reasonable man. And
the statement shows how little homes
ty is considered necessary by men in
their intercourse wi b newspapers as
though to cheat a printer were not
as great crime as to cheat a shoema-
ker, or a grocer, or a haberdasher.
This Office has some thirty thou.
sand dollars owing toit-and owing
too, by men who can pay what they
owe without missing it. If one de.
sires to know who are the honest
men of State or city, let him get a
peep atits newspaper accounts. = 10.
BILE Tribune.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
How TO CURE A CoLD. An ex'
change gives the following recipe:


An excellent remedy for a cough
caused by common cold is as fol-
lows: Take half pint Of sharp
vinegar, place in it an egg without
being broken, allow it to remain
forty eight hours. when it will be
found that the shell has been COM
-plstely dissolved by the acid; then
break up the egg in the vinegar,
add halt of y piut of honey, which
being we'll mixed, will be ready fol
use. Take a spoonful for dose
several times day. 1t is said thai
it never has failed to produce relief
We suggest an improvement
While the egg is being soaked 10
The vinegar as above, keep yourself
entirely quiet in al agreeably warm
temperature; eat nothing at aIl;drink
Just as much water as the thirst de.
mands; soak the feet in warm water
at bedtime; lay wet towel, covered
with dry flannel, over the Sbesl
when you retire. In tweniy-four
hours you will be we'll. But as
the vinegar.and-egg dose is only
half done. you may as well throw it
away.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

TgUg AS PREACHING. The Phila-
delphia Evening Argus says: mo
man can borrow himself out of debt.
If you wish for relief, you must
work for it. You must make more
and spend less than you did while
you were running in debt. Yeu
must wear homespun instead oil
broadcloth, drink water instead Of
champagne, aud rise vi four instead
of seven. Industry, frugality. econ.
omy = these are the handmaids o
wealth aud the sure sources Of relief
A dollar earned is worth ten borrow.
cd, and a dollar saved is better thar
forty times its amount in useless
gewgaws. Try our scheme, and SEE
If it is no, worth a thousand banks
un6 valuation laws
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

ANrIDorE TO STRYcHNIA.--The sue
cess Of camphor as an antidote to
strychnia, in the two cases reported
last year by DR.. Rochester, of Buf-
falo, prompted to its trial in recent
case, reported at length in the Vir.
GINA Medical Journal, by DR.. Clai-
borne, Of Petersburg. The strychnia
was taken with suicidal intent, in a
dose of Two grains, and the patient
was not seen until tetantic and cpl
leptic spasms Of intense violence
had superyened, which continued for
hours, until drachm Of camphor had
been administered in doses OF 10 to
6 grains every half hour, when they
ceased, and the patient recovered.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18


MAIL RoBBER ARRESTED. : We
learn from the Columbus Gazette,
that Dir. Prentiss, Agent Of The
Post Office Department, succeeded
on Wednesday last, 10 arresiing DR..
John d. Walker, Postmaster, at
Rockford, Tusoarawas county, Ohio.
charged with robbiDg tie mail, and
forging.
DR.. Walker is an old man, 90
yeas Of age, and has large family,
married aad settled around him,
and has hitherto been highly res
pected.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

The KANSAS CoRRuPrIoNIsTs AMI
EMlssARIEs OF VIoLENcE-The Prov
,idence (Rhode lsland) Daily Posi-,
referring 10 the r. Cent proposition
of Mr. Laning, 10 the Assembly, to
push home the ing .iry, who. in that
lState, contributed money and arms
to sustain civil war in Kansas, aud to
our comments, says:
We agree with the Argus thai
more stupendous crimes than those
consummated 10 1856, in the name
of "bleeding Kansas have seldom
gone UNPUBLISHED 10 any State of the
Union, and that an effurt should
be made to bring those engaged in
these villainous transactions under
the wholesome operation OF the
criminal law. We are sure that
Rhode Island men we're hired al
stipulated wages 10 assist in tie wOrk
of Jateheyyia Kaas IS, and we would
gladly know who are she men that
employed them. and how much mon
ey was used or pledged for this pur-
pose.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

Hon. DANIEL s. DICKINSON ON THE
KANSAS QUESTION. = Hon. Daniel S.
Dickinson. of N. York, in letter
addressed to the Democratic Associ
atoms of the City of Washington,
most cordially anil fully endorses
President Buchanan's course on the
Kansas question, declaring himself
without reserve in favor of the i'm
mediate admission of Kansas with
the Lecompton Constitution. Mr.
Dickinson has ever been firm and
unwaveriug advocate of the equal
rights of the States.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

IMpuDENcE!-It is quite common
to See many Of the Southern K. N
papers denounce the Northern De.
mocracy because soE.e of them are
opposed to the admission Of Kan
sas under the Lecompton Constitu.
ton. Well, every Northern K. N
is oppose to doing so--many Of the
Southern KIN. Congressman are al
SO opposed to Kansas, md at Least
oae-kalf Of che Southern K. N. pa
pers unite With the Black Republi
cans in opposing the admission o.
Kansas. Fer them, then, to de
nounce the Northern Democrac,
who are unsound is the highest o
inpudencsl
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
What viii the Sonlh GAIN

1t is contended by southern politi-
clans, who wish to palilate their sup
port of the Black Republican side Of
the Kansas issue, that the South will
gain nothing by the admission of
Kansas with the Lecompton Constitu-
ton. The Louisville Courier disposes
of this excuse as follows:
On the contrary, we do know that
the South has something to gain by
the admission of Kansas as she now
presents herself 70, admission into the
Union. The South will gain a do
minion for slavery more extensive
than three such States as Kentucky.
She will gain the triumph Of princi-
/. pie over faction. She will gain sig.
mai victory over fanaticism and injus-
tice. She will gain the consciousness
Of seeing her cwn principles conquer
those who are forever intermeddling
with the institutions of the South,
without shadow Of constitutional OF
legal or moral right She will gain
the just revenge of seeing the mad
abolition devils of Kansas caught il
their own insidiols snare, and defeat
ed by their own iniquity. She will
in a word, gain her own self-respec
and the esteem of all good men whs
have looked upon the Kansas con
flict and seen the meanness and vii
lainy and scoundrclism and dishones
fy.of the Abolitionists visited wit
the retribution they deserve. Th
mad and reckless devils would neve
have refused to vote if they had hat
the.sense to have foreseen the result
but would haveimported votes throug
their emigration aid societies enoug
to have carried out all their fiendis
designs. The South gains by the
folly and their injustice; and the gal
is just punishment Tor AbolltIo
awlessness.
It's not now for the South to dc
termine how long Kansas will renal
slave State. The question now
as to her admission as slave State
Let us first get her into the Union a
slave State, and we will then tall
OF retaining her. The question c
retaining does not now come up
Sufficient unto the day is the evI
thereof" 1t will not be more diff
cult to keep her as slave State. if
is right so to keep her, than it will b
to receive her as such. We are 70
arguing each question upon its mel
its. and keeping the different issue
distinct. We repeat that when W
get Kansas as slave State, it will b
time enough to talk about so retainio
her. If it is right so to retain he
it will be done; and if it is wrong
will not be done.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

EPIDEMIC DISEASE OF THE EYE
We learn that in the Western part
Of the State peculiar disease OF the
eye is so common as to seem to be An
epidemic. 1t commences with a
sharp, prickiug sensation, as though
a particle of sand or glass has been
introduced into the eye. This is
Immediately followed by excessive
Inflammation and enlargement oil
the organ, which in many cases re-
suits in the total loss of sight. A
resident Of Staten Island on a re.
cent visit to ALBANY, suffered from
this cause, and has barely escaped
the destruction Of one of bis eye
NJ. +. Com.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

The average circulation Of the
Georgia Banks is now 50 "a Of pa
per to 81 in specie, while the aver
age circulation Of the South Caro-
lima Banks is rather more than 81
of paper to 81 of specie in their
vaults. The Georgia banks have
measurably resumed specie pay
ments, while the suspended ones in
South Carolina, the Georgia papers
state, are flooding that State with
their issues, aud are not even pre-
pairing to resume before next January
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

In Rhode Island the State has es.
tablished free schools for blacks sep
arate from the whites. The abolition.
lists petitioned the Legislature to con-
solidate them, that the white and
black might be educated upon perfect
equality. The respectable and most
intelligent blacks in the State united
in remonstrance against the meas
ure, and asked to be permitted to en-.
JOY their schools by themselves. Any
attempt, they said, to raise them to q
social equality, did them more injury
than good.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

The Legislature Of Alabama, al
its recent session, divorced over four
hundred couples. The Huntsville
Advocate Gays that divorces are
as readily obtained in that State from
chancery courts and the Legislature
as if the marriage tie was only
trifling circumstance, and not the
Foundation stone Of good socie'
ty itself. Divorces are becoming ons
Of the crying evils of the times, and
indicate the moImOnistic tendencies
of society. Divorces for the cause
assigned 10 the Bible are justi6abl'
and not otherwise,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
The meanest man in the world

The meanest man in the world is
he who, after enjoying the privilege,
with his wife and children, Of read
ing the newspaper every week, for
months and years, and Obtaining
therefrom information, instruction
and amusement, leaves for parts un-
known without settling with the pub
Usher. The next meanest man is
the one who fails to pay for bis pspe.
without running away.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
The Placeryille lCaI.l Argus

The PlacerviIle (Cal.l Argus is
responsible for the following: There
is little stream which empties in
to Shasta valley, about tseniy miles
west of the Great Butte, which pos
sesses the singular property Of IN.
crusting every thing which falls into
its waters with a complete coat oil
stone. Flowers. leaves, grass, pine
buds, and things Of that sort will be
completely enamelled in the course
Of q week or so, retaining in the
process their natural FORM
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

The Nashville Gazette says that
it was necessary, one day last week,
for the officers OF law to examine
the trunk Of prisoner confined in
the county Jail. The frst article
taken out was a copy Of Payne s
Age Of Reason Comment is un.
necessary.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

Kansas is now prominent mis-.
sionary field, and the Methodists
have succeeded 10 erecting the first
church in Leoompton. The building
is Of stone, and large enough to ac-
commodate 800 persons
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

SUICIDE OF a CLERGYMAN--Rev
Seth Howell, a Presbyterian clergy
man, committed suicide few days
ago, at Oxford, Ohio, BY hanging
He bad for some time been very
much depressed in spirit, in couse.
qusnce it is stated Of an apprehen.
sion that his family woSld come to
want, although he possessed proper
ty valued at several thousand dollars
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

: Within the last four years, says
the Rochester Democrat, over one
hundred persons have been convicted
in the United States Court for the
Northern District Of New York,
for counterfeiting, forging pension
papers, and violating the Post dice
laws.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
The African Slave Trade in Full
Blast.


Our correspondent at New Or
leans, says the New York Ex-
press, telegraphs as follows;
AN editorial article in the Delta
of to day (Feb. 26) asserts that the
South has already opened the Afri-
can slave trade, and that regular
depot has been established on Pearl
river, Mississippi, where cargoes have
been received, tie negroes sold
and put to work. The Delta says
the vessels engaged in the trade
generally use the French Gag, be-
cause the British cru sers on the Airi-
can coast will not trouble it,
The Express says: The New Or
leans slave traders are smart, but
New York is something ahead Of
them. The trade, it is well known.
has been in full operation here for
months and mouths past, and there
is reason to believe it is going on
still briskly rs ever. True, We do
not import the negro, but we fit out
the vessels that 60 to Africa, and
from Africa back to the Gulf oil
Mexico. 1t was only on Thursday
last that a number Of persons were
arrested, charged with fitting Out
the brig Ellen, a vessel at one Of the
East river docks. The accused are
now in Jail, and will probaly s.
through the forms Of examination
to-day. OF course nobody expects
that they will ever be convicted
Some of thu m have hitherto been
before the court on similar charges
and if they could slip through I'm
Gle Sans clutches once why not
again?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
To the Travelling Public.

TNHE undersigned are running regular
Il MAIL AND PASSENGER COACH
from Tullahoma to Fayetteville. via Lynch
burg and Mulberry. Leaving Tullahcma ev-
cry Monday. Wednesday, and Friday, after
the arrival Of the Nashville. Chattanooga. and
|McMinnviIle Trains; aud returning, leave Fay
etteville every Tuesday, Thursday, and Sat-
urday, making timely l;or rsction with the
above Trains. 06r Through Tickets, Two
DoIlars-Way Passengers in proportion. -c0
Dee. IL. POWELL & MARSHALL.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

MoRMoss IN New HAMPSHIRE =
The Portsmouth, IN. H. Chronicle has
the following marriage notice:
Sealed in Gilsum, by Solomon
Mack, elder Of the Latter Day
Saints, Dir Josiah Grimes, Of f.,
to Mrs. Maria Madison Of Keene.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
"DOminIon; or, the Divine Rights Of
Shem, Ham, and Japhsf."

"DOminIon; or, the Divine Rights of
Shem, Ham, and Japhst."
We are indebted to the author,
Rev. Mr.. Baldwin, for a copy OF
the above book, through Rev. G. W.
Martin, Of this place.
The theory Of this work is almost
entirely new. 1t takes ground that
since the fall Of man there have been
two universal reorganizations Of the
entire system of nature: one at the
fall anG first curse, the other at the
second curse and deluge; that
at the second reorganization the
unity of our race was anatonlically re-
organized, and transformed into a
trinity of human types; that one Of
these Was divided into seven m jor
sub-types, another into five, aud the
other into four; and that all we're
severed BY climate, by location, and
by anatomy, or By differences in
stature, complexion, hair, features,
eyes, mental capacity, and language.
1t further holds that the white race
has Divine right. in tbs a7s, to
America, and to Ham tio service
throughout the world, an especially
in America; and that it Is under d.
rins obligation to place all America
Africa, Hindostan, and Australasia
under agricultural, commercial, and
political tribute, and to see that otE.
er nations obsy 'the Divine politi.
Cal constitution of the world" AL
the great facts of Scripture, Of geol
ogy, Of history, Of ethnology, ant
political economy, are brought for.
ward to illustrate the Divine plan O
the worlds emancipation from sin
Darbarlsm, and bondage.
That this work evolves the tru,
. ~
Divine standard of the politica
rights of black, white, and tavny
races is fully believed; that it exhib
: its a majestic harmony between IA
tnre and revelation never before pub
lished, is claimed; and that it is II,
!, impregnable Christian defence O
the South is conceded by all VIII
, have examined it. If some Of il
: minor statements are contested, ye
: its major positions are held to b
inyulnerable. AS work on tn
Evidences of Christianity it is al
solutely conclusive; and as a poLITICA
: TEXTBOOK it is opposed only to rel
= gious fanaticism-all present partie
i may accept it without compromise
!. unless fanatical or h@torous. 0
: the possession of Cuba, Centr,
!. America, South America, etc., th
' work lays down the great law Of Go
on labor and population as our SUI
, guide to duty. Ought not all OF
|, countrymen to be acquainted wit
Y its arguments? Might not the Sout
. do worse than to array itself in soil
front upon the Divine political cor
stitution it presents? Public NEE
, ins throughout Tennessee are endor,
Ing the theory by reclamation, an
recommending it to general attention
Resd, circulate, and nnderstan
| the sacred standard of Souther
. rights--it will interest all PATROL
D and Christians.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18
Confectionery.

fTSliE subscriber has opened choice e
u assortment of Confecfiona-
ries nnd Famiiy Groceries. in W.
the house formerly occupied By Scott W
q Fhlghans. one door from the corner, on the
East side Of the Square
HIS stock viii embrace every thing usually
found IN such establishments, aud will be sold
at the lowest possible price.
Persons wanting aHy,ning in the GROCERY
or CONFECTIONERY line are invited 10 call.
w. ROWZEE.
Feb. IL. 1s5s-12m.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

The members Of the Virginia Leg.
islature are said to object to the po
sition Of the new statue Of Wash.
iDgton, in that the eyes are turned
to the House Of Delegates, while
the index finger Of the right hand
points significantly 10 the direction
of the Penitantiary!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-03-18

A man named Coomhs was COM
mitted to Jail at Boston last week,
charged with having four wives.
On Monday tho fifth one made her
appearance. Brigham Yrung must
look 10 bis hurels.