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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

The Washington Union has taken
a position, the correctness of which
we cordiallyand emphatically endorse.
1t is sound and just. They who are
not for are against US, and should be
so regarded:
can h,asst difference of opinion
as to whether the Kansas Convention
should have submitted to popular
ratification the whole of the great
Eessentil part of the Constitution
framed by them may be tolerated; but
the entire Democratic press will bold
no Democrat guiltless who seeks to
promote his peculiar views BY asso-
ciations acith Black Republscanism IN
any TORN. To sanction even for a
moment the sectional objects, or to a
dopteven for temporary purpose the
wretched sophistries and fauatical
appeals Of the enemy, may be safely
regarded as the preliminary steps Of
a formal desertion.''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
WHOLE No. sls.,
Sourd Advice 10 Business Men.

/ The following may be old, but it is
sound and good. We copy it from
a foreign Journal, and commend j. in
Fan espeeial manner 20 the attention
of all who are young in the way of
the world: -
1The wav to get credit is TO DO
puuctual; the way to preserve i, is
not to use it much. Settle often;
have short accounts. Trust no mans
appearance-it IS deceitful-perhaps
assumed ior-the purpose Of obtaining
credit. Beware Of gaudy exterior;
lrogues usually dress well. The rich
are plain men. Trust him, if any
one, who carries but little on his
back Never trust him who flies IN
to a passion on being dunned; make
him pay quickly, ii there be any rir-
tue in the law. Be well satisfied be-
fore You give credit that shcse 20
whom you give it are safe men to be
trusted. Sell your goods at a small
advance, and nev,r misrepresent
them; for those whom you once de-
ceive, viii beware Of you second
time Deal uFrightly with all and
they win repose confidence in you,
and soon become your permanent cus-
TONERS. BeSare'of him whois an Of
fee seeker. Men DO not usually
want an Office when they have. any
thing TO do A mans affairs are
rather low when be seeks Office for
support. Most of all, beware of
idle, designing, shy ..pettifoggers,"
unlearned houorably in the law, who
are too lazy to get an honest living
by industry; who go lroWling about
to undermine aud destroy the peace
of society, BY: urging on to lawsuits
the ignorant and hair brained. Be
ware Of such unprincipled ''fnnguses''
on society; they viii FIRST drive You
into mischief, and then pick your
pockets. Trust no stranger; your
goods are better than doubtful char
ges. What is character worth. il
you make it cheap by ctediting all
alike? Agr e beforehand With every
person about to do a job, and, tia
large one, put it into writing. IF
any decline this, quit or you Willie
cheated. Though you want a job
ever SO much, make all sure at the
onset; be not aEaid to ask it; the
best test Of responsibility; for, if
offence be taken, you have escaped a
loss"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

I A correspondent Of the Berkshire
(Mass.) Courier gives the particulars
Of a suit recently decided at Lenox
in which man paid $4,000 as "dam.
ages for having done another man
favor. Mr.. L. B. WarrsD, of New
York city partly owned an Academy
and Ietit rent free, for one'session, to
Mr.. Ashley, on condition that he
should teach private school. He
subsequently, gave him a lease fol
five years. The other owner, hovev.
er, became dissatisfied, the children
we're taken away, and he was finally
elected. He then brought suit
against Warren and recovered $3000'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14


The well known perfume OF musk
is imported from China, Bengal and
Russia. 1t has a bitterish and
somewhat acid taste. and in color re-
se,nbles dried blood. This scent IS
obtained from the musk deer, ana
possesses . most penetrating and
difiasiye odor. rather agreeable when
feeble. but when contracted II Is
decidedly offensive So dlifusise IS IS
its powers, that few grains Will
scent a room ror years, and 1t never
see,ns to fade 10 strength. Ton
ouin musk is the mostesteemed. 700
musk is the nature bag containing
the musk, and each one weighs
about six drachms, having II each
about eight scruples of pure musk
1t is generally more or less adui.
terated. but the adulterations are
easily detected under the microscope
or by analysis.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
A Cry IN. Rap .W.y-The |

A CRY IN A BAD sWsY.-The Ro.
chester Union says the city Of Co.
burg, Canada, is without money
credit or a city council. It has loan
ed its credit for railroads, until i. ha.
none left to pledge or loan. Itspeo
tple are faxed half a dollar on eacl
five's valuation, its treasury is empty
and to cap the climax Of its misfor
tunes, it is without a local govern
ment--the city fathers, with the ex
ception Of the Ma. or, having resigned
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

Z The MIME RIFLE. The weight OF
the MIME ball is about one and half
ounces, and the weight of powder for
a charge about one-tenth as much. =
The cartridge is so constructed that,
encased in paper and creased by dip
ping in tallow, it slips easily into the
barrel till it arrives at the charge
In this respect the MIME has great
ly the advantage in saving OF time
and labor in forcing down the ball
with the ramrod. These balls have a
rang, of 1000 to l,20O yards, with
an elevated back sight perfectly with
in the omm4nd Of the marksman,
and just as easily used at any short
range or point blank shot.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
How Sweet it's to Return.


How sweet Is to return
Where once we've happy been,
Though raler now life's lamp may burn,
And years have rolled between:
And il. those eyes beam welcome ,e',
That wept our parting then,
Oh, in the smiles of friends thus met,
We live whole years again!
They tell us of fount that fow'd
In happier days of yore,
Whose waters bright fresh youth besto wed:
Alas! the founts no more;
But smiling memory still appears,
Presents her cup. and when
We sip the sweets of vanished years,
We live those years again. -sfs
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
Atthe state fair at Stockton. Ca

AT the state fair at Stockton, Call
ifornia, among the prizes offered was
a 500 dress for the best loaf of do
mestic bread, made by an unmarried
lady. As many as hundred deli
cious looking ioaves we're sent in,
made principally by young girls.
"A committee Of housewives made the
award giving the premium tosrniss
Anna Notwithstanding, Of Stockton
This young girl IS bat eleven years
old. a
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
THE UsURY LAWS.


his Message to.the Legislature, earn
e stly recommends the repeal OF mod
Iification of ihe Usury Laws The
Govern r of South Carolina recon-.
rhsnds that the laws against usury be
repealed, leaying the legal rate of in.
terest at seven per Cent. where no
contract is made. He says:
acknowledging the principal Of
this reform as sound, have hitherto,
in another capacity, refrained from
pressing it, believing that the public
mind should be prepared for it by full
discussion. | am.now Of the opinion
that it should no longer be postponed.
Money is entitled te the benefit of a
market as well as every commodity;
and the owner Of money should not
be denied the privilege of lending it
except through the artificial, and
sometimes costly, medium of a cor.
poration. Banks, too, should be al
loved TO take, for the use OF money
,loansd, whatever it is worth in the
market, and be thereby relieved from
/ the tempting facility Of eyading the
law in ordsr to increase their profits y
The New Yolk Evening Post says
that the moyem ut in favor of re-
pealing the Usury Laws of that State
is daily gaining strength, and that the
concurrence of the country banks is
all that is wanting to secure the nee
essary Legislation for that parpose du-
ricg the coming winter The effect
says the Post, of the repeal of those
laws would be of incalculable benefit
to New York, and it is proper that the
comm srcial metropolis of the country
should initiate so important a step in
financial matters. There could hard
ly be better time than tie present
for comparing the workings of our
crude, ill-digested, and unfair system
with the enlightened and Well regula-'
ted policy Of England. The sooner
we. DO away with the idea that the
most important article of M rchan-
disc shall not be subject to tho .estab-
lished laws of trade, unencsimbered
by restrictive legislative enaetments,
the better for our business, and the
less we shall be liable. to those disas-
trous fluctuations which have pre-
vailed during the past year"
The Usury Laws, as is well known.
have been abolished in England, so
far as pr,mlssory notes and bills Of
exchange are concerned, after a thor
ough examination of the subject in
all its bearings. Any attempt to re-
yive the old system in that country
would scarcely receive. moments
consideration. The Philadelphia
Board Of Trade have again and again
appealed to 1.-The Legislature Of
Pennsylvania to modify the Usury
Laws of that State, but thus far in
vain. 1t is probable that the effort
will be REPEATED during the next ses-
sion, and with a better prospect of
success. The legal rate in New York
is seven per cent, or one per cent.
more than in Pennsylvania, and yet,
as will be seen from the language We
have quoted from the Evening Post:
the system gives much 7dissatisfac-
ton, aud another movements is about
10 be made to effect Q change. ga !
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

: EDToaIAL, PoLrrEsEss. An eli
tor thus adperiises bis missing bat:
The gentleman who inadvertently
took our new beaver, and left an in
Iferior article Ia it's stead will dous an
Infinite Kindness by returning oul
own, and he shallreceive our warmest
thanks and tive apologies: anapolo.
gy for the trouble We have given
him, and the apology for q bat be
left as.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
We learn from some Of the Meth

we IeaTH ITUnI SUIIlt Ut tHt 4HTeiIV-
dist journals that large and influen-
tial Conferences have determined to
license and ordain no candidate for
the ministry who is not willing to
forego the use of tobacco in every
form of personal indulgence. A new
University has been endowed also in
one Of the Western States, with the
proyiso in its bylaws. that no pro-
fessor shall be entitled to any Of the
avails of tie endowment, who is ad.
dicted to the use Of tobacco.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

$ A. man named Smith, was recent
~ convicted by the Lexington lMiss- J
Circuit Court Of whipping a negro
woman to death, and was sentenced
therefor to thirty years labor and
Imprisonment in the Psnitentiery,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
DEPRECIATION OF BosToN PROPER

DEPRECIATION OF BosToN PROPER
TY.-In order to exhibit the great de-
cline which has taken place within
two years, in the value OF corporation
stocks, in that city. ths Boston Tran
script instances an estate worth $780,
000at the earlier period, which has
since declined forty thousond dol.
lars. The manufacturing stocks own,
ed by a single family have depre-
ciated more than million of dollars,
also, in the same period; and the per.
sonal property Of ms,ny has faded
.praportionally in the SANE time.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
An Extensive Farmer.

b A correspondent OF the Silver
Creek Mirror says that Col. Jacob
Carroll, of Texas, is the largest far
Hmer in the United States. He
owns 100000 acres of land (nearly
400 square miles, in this aud ad-
joining counties. His home planta-
tion contains about 5000 acres,
nearly all valuable bottom lands
along the Guadaloupe river On
this farm he has over 600 acres in
cultivation. on which he raises annu-
ally about 500 baleso Of cotton, worth
at the plantation from $75 TO 500
per bale, and 1000 bushels Of corn
worth about 81 so per bushel. He
has force Of about fifty field hands.
and he works about sixty mules an''
horses, and GfteeS yoke Of oxen.
Col. Carroll has, on his immense
ranges ofpasture lands, about one
thousand horses aud mules, worth
$4,000; one thousand head Of cat
tie, worth $1,000: six hundred hogs
worth S2,0G0;three hundred Spanish
mares, worth $4,000; fifty jennies,
WORTH 1000; fifteen jacks, worth
80, 900; and five stations, worth
$500. -
Col. Carroll's property, in stock
and negroes. is worth at least $780,
600, and the value of his landed
estate will swell the amount to over
ha.f a million Of dollars His an
nual income from the sale OF stock
amounts to from $4,000 to Sl0,.
900; and from the sale Of cotton tc
from $4,000 to $4,000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

Corn, throughout the interior OF
Indiana and Illinois, is offered lree>
" at 10 and Is cents per bushel.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

A novel race, between a man and
horse lately came off at st. Louis,
in which the man won.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

q why WoEDs in THE BIBLE ARE
PRINTED IN Italics These ltaiIc
words generally consist Of the aux
iliary verbs, as on. are, was, &C.,
which in the original are not written
but understood. lis the peculiar
genius of Tie English Language, es-
pecialIys Hebrew, Greek and Latin,
to omit the minor words of the SEN
tepce; but as sshe omissions VIC, would y.
sometimes, give riss TO obscuri'y, the
transIators have generally supplied
them, and, for the sake Of distlnc-
lion. printed them in italscs- Thus
in the Gospel of st. John |, 8.
|sThere was man sent from God,
whose name sses Juhn'-the word
printedam italie is omitted in the
original Greek
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14

=. THE WEATHER. ~ When you wish
to know what The weather is to be-,
90 out and select tLesmallest cloud
you see, keep your eye upon It, and
if it decreases and |. disappears, It
shows state OF the air Which will
Sc sure TO be followed by dry wealth
er; but If it increases in size, you
may as we'll take your coat with you
il You are going from home, for
falling weather will not lie Ear uff.
The, reason is this: When. the air
is beceping charged With electricity,
You will see every cloud attracting
all less ones toward it, till il gathers
into a shower. And on The contrary
when the fluid is passing off or dii-
fusing itself, even . large cloud will
be seen breaking TO pieces and dis
sowing. afa S5at u ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-01-14
jackson and Dickinson.

! Jackson settled in Nashville be
tween the years 1890 and lS0t
and q begun the practice Of law
Dickinson, Was already there, fo.low
|,ng the, same Profession. Hes was
ia great daelist, having killed sever
ial in duels, and almost certain to xii
the first fire. His moce Of firing
was very uncommon. Instead loI
raising bis pistol from bis side to fire
lat the word, be would bring it down
above untilIhe get the proper level,
and then fired. ! All the merchants
lin Nashville. lad Dickinson REFINED
in their behalf, and he being the only
lawyer there until Gen. Jackson
came, no redress could be obtained
by the opposite sidai Gen, jackson
refused to be, retained by ..hese mer-
chants to the exclusion Of all other
parties; The consequence was that
be issued fifty writs TO the first term
of the Court Mt Nashville.
He issued writs against the mer-
chants who mill then. had cone
s.nf Goo Th;s,;rr;tated i hem and
shor hs;ro ass;ro,s ,as' qe,tinr gs.;sn.
'I.o1,son ont 'of Tho. ,wav ;nrited
n;ckinson 70 nr1yoIs q duel. He
hoc.,,. nv ac,inr on trial offensive TO
- r,rr a
: - n : rsmons,rsted with Dick;nson
ia n.s;nly p;nfarmed him that he
,.b o,1d mt ., bn, I'm sucb disrssnec.-
fol, ! trsotmenteggsn -
s-nict;nson grers;sted3 and 5 Gen.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28

THE WINE OF California,
like Missouri, will soon rival Ohio in the
product of native wine. There is one firm
in San Francisco who produced last year
two hundred thousand bottles of cham
pagne from their vineyard in Los Angeles.
Tho is but one of many instances of Cali
fornia enterprise in wine growing. Almost
every State In the Union now adds its quo
ta-small in many cases, but always in
creasing-to the annual produet.-N =
Post.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
Salaries of New York Ministers.

Henry Ward Beecher, says a New York
paper, has yearly salary of 5000, and
a parsonage rent free, and with his literary
earnings, his income is $4,000. E. IL.
Chaplin has $1,000 per annum, and makes
as much by lecturing. DR.. Bethune has
SO, 500, but is the possessor of fortune
outside Of his professional earnings. DR..
Adams has $4,000 year and a rich wife.
DIR. Hawkes. has Sc, 900 year and house.
DR.. Taylor, of Grace Church, has SI0,-
900, and the fine parsonage adjacent to the
church. Rev. Messrs. Tying, Bellows. Os-
good. .Cheever and other leading elergymen,
receive from $4,000 to sc, 900 per annum.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
Notice.
IVOElCOs
To all vvho,n If NAV Conca-n. .--

To all whom it may Concern:
DE it known that letters of Administration on
- the estate of William c. Shaft, have been
granted to US, the twenty seventh day of July A
D. 1855, and all persons having claims against the
estate hereby requested to exhibit them for al
lOwanee, to either or both of the Administrators
within year after the date of the letters, or
tiIey mny be Freciuded from any benefit of such
estate; and if such claims be not exhibited within
three years from the date of the letters they shall
be forever barred.
JANE j :. hsHt. sHkFr, Administrators.
Council Grove, Wise County, August Sd, 1857.
auoI4-3W
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
The connict.
BIZ ,. O. wHITrEE

When Freedom, on her natal day,
Within her war rocked cradle lay,
Az iron race around her stood,
Ranfized her infant brow with blood,
And. through the storms that round her swept
: Their constant ward and watching kept.
Then. where the quiet herds repose,
The balefuI roar of battle rose;
And brethren of a common tongue
To mortal strife as tigers sprung;
And every gift of FreedoTn's shrine
Was man for beast, and blood for wine.
Our fathers to their graves have gone;
Their strifes are DER, their triumphs won;
But nobler conflicts wait the race
That rises In their honored place;
a moral warfare with the crime
And folly Of an evil time.
So let It be. In Gods own might,
We grid US for the coming fight;
And strong In Him whose cause is ours,
In conflict with unholy powers,
We grasp the weapons He has given
The light, the love, the truth, Of Heaveni
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28

The man who has never tried the compan-
ionship of little child has carelessly pass
ed by one of the greatest pleasures of life,
as one passes rare flower without plucking
it or knowing its value
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28

The Hon. Thomas Corwin is about to take
the stump in Ohio in support of the Repub-
lican nominations.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
EMPoRIA AND LAWRENCE
PASSENGER AND EXPRESS LINv

I'D. d G. NJ WALKER, PRorR1EroRs.
A HACK viii leave the Emporia House, EmpO.
n ria, for Lawrence, every Monda morning st
Z o'clock, and the Whitney House, Lawrence, fof
Emporia, every Thursday morning at O'Clock
Passing through Bloomington, Twin Mound, Bur.
lingame, and Quincy.
AaENTs-G NJ WALKER, Emporia; T. L.
WHITNEY Whitney House, Lawrence
- a augl5-H
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28

Col. Forney says that James B. Clay has
been delivering in Pennylvania speech
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
AMRRoTYPEs!

TNHE finest and most beautiful I-9 size Ambro-
4 types, of unequaled delicacy of tone and finish,
with good case, can be had at the picture rooms
of J. Bowls, Lawrence, for One DollarI All other
sizes of pictures in proportion. -
Perfect satisfaction guaranteed or no Charge
The subscriber feels confident that in thus redu-
cling the price of pictures he is only doiRg what
the times demand, and earnestly hopes that all
good and honest traders and tradesmen will reduce
their high prices at least much as will allow their
customers and friends one dollar to spend for good
picture BOWLS.
Lawrence, Kanzas, May Is, 1850.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28

The vineyards about Cincinnati are at
tackled by species of rot, which will make
the grape crop a perfect failure.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
Special Notice.

THOSE persons who have LAND OF CLAIMS
Il to sell, viii be sure to find purchaser by
registering them at my office, in receipt Of
numerous letters of inquiry with regard to land
and claims. have sold more than twenty. claims
within the last six weeks.
mayl-tf E. p. BANCROFT.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
r. H. RNHAM,
ruev at Law. General Land Agent.

R. H. FA RNH Am,
Attorney at Law, General Land Agent,
AND DEALER IN LAND WARRANTS.
Office, Ist door north of the o. s. Land Office,
LECOMPTON, KANZAS.
LII LAND WARRANTS sold at my Office
n are purchased from wei known Eastern
Banking Houses, and viii in every instance be
fully guaranteed in all respects, and without linn
If as to time.
Pre-emptors Will bear in mind that all guarantees
of Land Warrants should extend to the issuance
of the Patents thereon; as the entries of lost or
stolen or defective Warrants viii not be detected at
the General Land Office, until they are taken up FOR
patenting which viii not be under three years from
the time of location
am also prepared to enter $4,000 acres of land
on time, for actual settlers.
Refer to L. D. BAILEY, Emporia.
Lecompton, Kanzas, June l2-3m
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28

Fine seuse and exhalted sense, are MOI
half so useful as common sense.
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
LAWRENCE GOING AHEla
For the Wholesale TradeI

THERE are now about forty Stores and Shops
Il of all kinds in Lawrence, so that most articles
needed by the inhabitants of distant counties can
be obtained as fayorably as at Kanzas City or
LeaYenworth.
have just received nearly
400 SACKS
FIRST QUALITY FLOUR
which viii sell to those who buy TO sell again,
at the Leavenworth and Kanzas City prices, with
the addition of freight / alsoh
NINE LAND WARRANTS
which are left with me to sell at low price for cash.
have recently received, direct from Rochester,
N. Y, 50 boxes
FRESH GARDEN SEEDS,
which will be sold at s. box and less than that
where several boxes are taken.
Also, on hand constantly, general assortment
of everything in the
GROCERY & PR VISION LLVEy
which viii be sold at
Wholesale and Retail, very low for Cash!
Please call and see for yourselves.
Boarding and Lodging for 81 day! or
75 cents for supper, breakfast and lodging.
c. STEARNS,
New Brick Store, No. 25 Mass. street
Lawrence, April IL, 185S-yl
The Kanzas news., 1858-08-28
JOHN DoDsWoRTH,
Bookbinder and Blank Book
Manufacturers

LAWRENCE -: =; :: KANZAS.
DLANK BOOKS ruled and made to any pat
d tern, for Bankers, Merchants, County Officers,
and Railroad Companies, such as Ledgers, jour.
Books, de- Particular attention given to Job
Work. Law Books, Magazines, Music, Pamphlets,
ETC., bound in plain fancy Morocco bindings, 1t
ST. Louis prices. SIS ~ nov7-ly