Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1858-02-04
| to s2,73s,4O0, 900. and as the los
ses for the year by this trace were
S4I, ,S3S,000, the per centage is
abe ut one and a half.
California Journalism.

California Journalism.
In California, newspapers suspen-
ded by supreme order, as we under
stand the word supreme in Mexico,
There is supreme power there
which has of late years been .ex-
ceedingIy destructive to ambitious
newspaper men-it is the order OF
the creditors, which finds its way to
to the printing rooms by agency of
the sheriff. We give the following
account OF the way the thing is
done: 4
The sheriff came down like a cat
on strange kits, his pockets full Of
attachments aud writs; aud the
sound of bis voice was as drear as
the dun that makes the poor debtor
in haste cut and run; and there
stood the printing press still as q
dream. moved by no muscle propelled
by no steam. the efurnaceunlighted, the
engine uuheard; the cylinder empty,
the piston unstlrred; and there laythe
foolscap. .unwritten and pale; upon itno
item. no leader, notale;. the lamps we're
unlighted, the sauctum was still, with
rust on the scissors and the dust in
the quill; and there stood the horse,
with no paper upon't, no rule in the
stick, no ink in the font; The cases
we're empty Of letter and spaces; no
sheets on the bank, and no form IN
the chaces; the platen was still, and
the carriage moved not; no form In
the lye-trough, no lye in the pot; the
proof uncorrected, the leader unwrit;
theomallet unified; the planer unhit.
For the angel Of death 1.-The evangle
of law-had found in the True Cal
ifornian a flaw. and the journal, alas!
like the swerd-6sh that flew, felt
death in the touch, and turned corpse
like and blue. And there lay the
mighty Colossus OF Rhodes, with
brass quite sufficient for nine hum
dred leads; and the glory Of Caxton,
in spite of his rhymes, hath perished
like frostwork, for want Of the Dimes
5,ssM ------ = :.
EFFECTS OF LIBERTY UPON THE NEGRO.
The .deleteriods effects OF free
dom upon the negro race are very
strongly set forth in the subjolned
paragraph:
Fifty years ago IIayti was noted
for its extensive plantations Of sugar,
coffee, and cotton, but they have
now almost entirely disappeared, ex-
cept those Of coffee which are now
much reduced At present the prin.
cipal wealth of the island is derived
from the forests which cover the grea-
test part Of the mountains -the tim.
ber consisting chiefly Of the mahoga-
nv trees and the different kinds Of
dye woods. 81.
If negroes had possession OF the
Southern States, they would not raise
cotton enough to clothe themselves,
or sugar to sweeten their own coffee,
This would operate rather disastrously,
upon the commerce Of the earth.
ABSENT MrSDED.-An instance Of
absence Of mind occurred a day or
two since, where an explorer into the
mysteries of chemical science burnt
his nose by q fluid lamp with which
he came il contact. We met him a
day or two afterwards with large
plaster on his nose, and asked him
about his hurt. -
at looks bad, don't it?' said be. J.
We assured him that it didn't look
anything else, and asked him If it
hurt him much when it was reast-
ing.
aNe'er a bit," he replied, Gin fact
/ didn t feel it at all, l was SO absorb
ed in my experiments; and though 1
kept smelling something like burnt
meat. / imagined it was 2 dinner
cooking somewhere. and kept right
on till my student told me my nose
was on FIRE, and, putting my hand up.
on it, / found it was even 80. l
thrust it id a bucket Of water and
extineuished il, but it left the mark
you see"
Some one has beautifully said OF
those vho die young, that they are
like the lambs which the Alpine
shepherds bear in their arms to high
and greeher pastures, that the aocks
.~ox. co1Iom