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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
THE CODE.

Tie last Legislature passed and Or
dered, to be pntIished ,at greatexpense,
the laws of the State, in a single vol
ume. The laws we're Systematically
arranged, and was, so far as arrange
ment was concerned, a great improve
ment upon all former editions of our
s.afutes. The book VAS prepared by
a committee of the best legal talent
i'm the State, and their work was re-
yised by committee composed oil
members Of both branches ofthe Leg
|islature. Ut was then read three
times in each House of the General
Assembly aud passed. That the
work may have some defects is pro-
babIe, no human work is perfect.
But we do not believe that there is
sufficient justification for the annihi-
lating onslaught, which is Dos being
made upon it by the Bar and the Leg.
islature. Up TO this time there
has been but little done in either
branch of the General Assembly. ex-
cept the introduction and discussion
Of propositions to amend the Code
! Every mem Der appears to be an xious
to exhibit his wisdom by amending
the Code, and some Of them, ramble
from the title page to the s.6nisr fol
amendment. That the book requires
THE wholesale changes proposed we
are not prepared to believe. Tt wa.
gotten up with care, and we very
much doubt whether The doctoring q
the members of the present Genera
Assembly, will not be more apt tc
kill than to cure the patient. Men
sometimes show as much wisdom by
saying nothing as in any other way
land We incline to the belief that these
knowing gentleman will find if the,
igo on, that they ars not SO much
jsmarier than other folks as they
suppose.
We are not arguing against amend
ments Of the Code. Far from it
lift can be bettered let it be done
But it is not possible that the Code
COMMITTEE and the last Genera
Assembly made as many mistakes
as the numerous amendments already
Offered would imply.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
Massachusetts Philanthropy.

In a late speech at Cbarlestown,
Massachusetts, Gen. Butler, Demo.
cratic candidate for Governor oil, that
State, showed that the average mum
bers Of paupers in the Massacbu-
sets alms-houses in 1858 was taren-
ty-seren hundred; in that year sir
hundred and sizty-six died. Every
fourth person who went into those
Ialms-houses went there to die OF
these, three hundred and forty we're
children under five years Of age, and
the physician Of one of the houses
informs Gen. Butler that be does not
expect to rear but three per; cent. Of
the children brought there under one
year old. Three out of ,handred!
"WhJ this whole commonwealth, !"
exclaimed Gen. Butler, felt itself
outraged because there came re-
port from Kansas that six or eight
men had been killed, and our moth
ers and wives and daughters secured
the country for old clothes and other
comforts to send the people Of that
Territory. In that same year three
hundred and odd children Of Massa-
chusetts soil died like dogs in ken
nelin our own alms-houses, while We
we're weeping over the imaginary
wrongs OF Kansas"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10

GENIUs AND LABoR.-Alexander
Hamilton once said to an. intimate
friend: " Men give me some credit fol
genisa All the genius that have
lies lust in this: When / have sub
iect 10 hand, T study it profoundly.
Day and night it is before me. lex
plore it in ak its bearings. MY mind
becomes pervade5 With it. Then the
effort which / make, the people are
pleased to call genius. It is the fruit
Of labor and thought"
Mr., Webster once replied to gen.
tIsman who pressed him to speak on
a subject Of great Importance: "The
subject interests mo deeply, but ]
have not time. There sill" pointing
to huge pile Of letters on the table,
"is a pile of unanswered letters, to
which / must reply before the close
of the session, (which. was then three
days off, Ihave not time TO mas.
ter the subject so az to doit justice. :
sBut, Mr.. Webster, a few words
from you would do much toawaken
public attention to it,
aIf there be SO much weight in my
words as you represent, tits because
l do not allow myself to. speak upon
any subject till l have imbued my
mind with it."
Demosthenes was once urged to
sseak on great and sudden emer-
genoy. Il am not prepared, said
be, and obstinately refused. The
m Of labor is equally binding on ge-
MUS and mediocrity.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
PROPOSED AMENDMENTS.

The Nashville Union says that il
the House of Representatives, Mr.
CAN'T, the chairman on the Commit.
tee on the Jud dietary stated that the
following propositions to change the
Constitution of the State were pen.
ding before that body:
/ l. To have sessions of the Legisla.
ture only once in four years.
( 2. To fix by the constitution The
Legislative Session at 80 days.
| g. To elect a Governor only once
in four years.
A. To extend the term Of office
of Comptroller and Treasure to four
years.
5. To make these officers and the
Secretary Of the State elective by
the people.
6. To make Clerks and Masters in
Chancery elective by the people.
z. In The formation Of new coun-
ties to allow old counties to be re-
ducedsbelow 625 square miles.
8. To make all slaves under so
years of age taxable.
9. To retain by constitutional pro-
vision the power 10 repeal, all acts Of
Incorporation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
LEGISLATURE.

The Governor recommended a
Board Of Directors for the Bank ei
Tennessee, which recommendation
was. coneurred insby the Senate-the
entire democracy voting in favor oil
sbe Board, and the Opposition a.
gainst it. The House confirmed the
nomination. So the Board as re-
commended by the. Governor are
now che Directors of the Bank oil
Tennessee. which are as follows:
Granville p.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
The Harper's Ferry resurrection.

The Baltimore American says,that
gathering all the facts and f0mors
concerning the late affair at Harper's
Ferry together, it is difficult to de-
eide whether it should DO called lu-
|dicreus tragedy or a solemn farce.
Wherever our language is spoken,
the event will be spread ak over the
world. The comments Of the press
+ NORTH and South agree in an i'm
Rortant particular. The futile al
tempt is everywhere cbaractr rized as
the mad act Of a few fanatics
- = : The fact that that the
slaves did not join in the Yarper's
Ferry proceedings, except upon COM
lpulsion, will not be without its use
ifnlness. All the efforts of the white
abolitiouists were powerless to pro-
duce the expected instruction. The
history Of this miserable failure will
serve to deter other maniacs from
similar attempts. No paper 10 the
Union that is read by a decent man
says one word of approval oil the
outbreak, and the fate Of the victims
is nowhere deplered.. This would
argue against dissolution prophecies,
as it proves that conservative men
every where are opposed TO abolition
doctrines and practises. The prompt
gathering Of formidable army upon
the scenes of the expected conflicts
lis another valuable lesson to the phi.
Elanthropists' of the Wendell Phillips
School. The disparity in numbers
between the Government troops and
the few 'provinsionals' who defed
them, the short conflict, the eager
demand for the prisoners by the cit.
LIENS in the vicinity, all tell the same
STORY, if the 'philanthropists' would
but heed it. Stow as they are te
jlearn, however. they will probably
conclude that whatever may be done
! hereafter to abolish slavery. attempt:
like this last are not the must prom
Using.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
Alludipg to the Tribone,s attemp,

Abiding to the Tribuna's attemp,
to palate the crime Of old Jobr
Brown and his abettors, the Repnbli.
can party, the Washington Star says
The Tribane's course is a clear
and nnmistakable warning to the
South that 0ssawatomie Browns sys-
fem of waring on slavery is next to
be adcpted--not by a few crazy "a.
Datics. but by powerful and well
organized party; theparty, by the by,
with whom the Richmond Wing is
urging the Southern Opposition to
join hands in organizing the next
Congress.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
Brown Sentenced to be Hung.

CHaRLEsTowN, Va, Nov. =.
Russell and Sennott, Bostons, at.
tornies, have arrived. Cook waived
a preliminary examination and was
committed.
Brown, after making speech, was
sentenced to be hung on the "a ol
December.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10

THE LATE Mr., MAsoN.-The
Paris correspondent Of the New
York Herald, writing about the
death of Minister Mason, says.
! am grieyed to add that the dis
tress of Mr.. Mason's family at their
great and sudden bereavement 10
almost oyerpewering; and that, ac-
eording to general report, be has not
left q single dollar to be divided
among his widow and thirteen CHI
dren.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
Brown Convicted.
CHARLEsrowN, va. Nov. 7

CHARLEST0gN, va. NOV. l.. :
Brown has been found guilty O
treason, conspiracy and murder II
the first degree.
Mr. Chiffon moved to arrest Judg'
meut for errors in the indictment
The errors and verdict will be urg'
ed tomorrow.
The trial Of Coppee has commend
ed. Griswold and Holt are his coun
sci. :,
The New York Herald says thai
Governor Wise will respite brown
fora time, and that he has granted
a Massachusetts lady named Chlld'
permission to come and walt OF
Brown until bis execution.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
A clergyman in Erie comfy. p

A clergyman in Erie county, Pa.
recently married young man who
was under age, of which, the minis
ter vas ignorant. Afterwards the
father Of the young man compelled
his reverence 10 pay thirty five dol
lars on pain Of prosecution.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
Next Speaker.

G. Brownlow to Mr.. Taylor, an as
|pirant Cor the next Speakership Of
the House of Representatives, was
published 10 the Greenyills Demo-
Graf, in which Mr.. Brownlow advised
a trade with the Black Republicans
vote for me and I'll vote for your
man, kind Of a trade to secure his
election. Fortunately this letter fell
into the hands Of the wrong Mr..
Taylor, by means Of the Parson $
mistake in directing the epistle he
wrote the wrong nameon it. It was
handed 10 the editor Of the Demo-
Graf, who gave it publicity. Since
then the parson is out in foil, and
lets off in this way:
Wea gratifed to find. that our
Southern Opposition exchanges, are
all agreed in Uniou Of the Opposi.
ltioE North and South, to defeat the
election Of a Democratic Speaker of
the House Of Representatives. And
we rejoie at finding them all placing
their wishes in this respect, upon the
same patriotic grounds that Of cleo.
ting Speaker who will not pack the
Committees, with a view to suppress
investigations into the numerous
frauds, and villainous abuse which
have characterized the entire career
OF Buchanan's Administration. Up
on this subject the Richmond Wing
says:
sWe affirm now, as We have al.
frmed before. that, as patriot and
as an honest man, who cannot and
will not conniye. at the corruption
which has been practiced under the
present proaigate and detestable Ad-
ministration, we should vote With all
fboldness aud with all cordiality TO,
1 The 6loekesf Of the Black Republicans
for Speaker in preference to any
| Democrat whmeoer. % this we
take our stand, and on this ground
We shall continue to stand in spite o.
fall the wailings and hovlings of the
democratic Demagogues on earth Oh
in ibes regions Of their father, hi:
sable majesty, Of the realms Of dark,
ness
! Brownlew says: these are oul
sentiments, as far as they go, but Rt
leo beyond anything yet expressed
10y the sble editor of the Richmond
! Wtig.. If the Dera Himself, were
eligible to the Speakership of sh.
House, and we're only twenty-foul
|hours out from The internal regions
with the stencil Of the smoke and
/ birthstone OF Hell upon him, and
would pledge himself to appoint
committees who wonld ferret out the
corruptions of Buehanans admins.
tration, we would vote for him fol
Speaker, in preference to any Buch'
anan Democrat whateyer!' ).
L
| Our Opposition friends can nov
see they have not been told falsely
| when il was asserted that there wa.
an effort at utilization between the
leaders Of their party south and. the
Black Republicans north. Here is
evidence from two leading papers Of
the party, the Richmond Wing ami
the Knoxville -Whig, in which an
utilization with the Republicans Is
urged. Think. Of this thing. Look
where they are leading you'll !, Then,
as freemen, choose where you viii
stand with the Republicans or with
tho Democrats. -Ne,c Era.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10

The practice OF the small propris-
ties of life to congenial spirit soon
ceases to be study; it rapidly be-
comes a mere habit, or an untroubled
and unerriDg instinct, -:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10

The Cherokee Indians are get
ting civilized; they have a debt
small, 70 be sure--but SO large that
they cannot pay the interest on it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10

A gentleman Of Bradford, N, d.,
has been mulcted in the SUM Of $500
for breaking a promise Of marriage
made to Lowell widow. Both Of
the susceptible parties have seen up
wards Of fifty summers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10

The yellow fever is doing pretty
rapid work in Houston. Texas
There we're six deaths from the
morning Of the 9th to the mornics
of the Tth inst. It is spreading
according to report, through the
country adjoining that city.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10

IHVuIaS Ntn6eSJ vi ISVUeItsUH uU
w. F. MeGfegor was reelected
State Treasurer by majority of 80
over all his competitors-of which
there were f6ar.
E. G. Estman and Co, have been
elected Public Printers for the State.
John E. r. Ray, eff Shelby, has
been elected Secretary Of State.
James T. Dunlap, Of. Henry, was
elected Comptroller,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1859-11-10
The Arch Insurrectionist.

The National Democrat, of Cleve-
land, Ohio, whose editor bad frequent
opportunities of knowing Brown and
lis confe6erates, their movements
and associations, gives the following
account of that vile old devil in hui
man form:
A bolder or a worse man than that
same Ossawatomie Brown the world
never saw. His single virtue, linked
with a thousand crimes was bulldog
courage. Fanatic 70 the highest de-
gree-a pupil in politics Of the Gid.
diugs school--he has been taught to
believe that killing a Shareholder scas
an act which God would approve
When in this city last spring, in hi:
lectures he told Of his stealing negroes
and running them to Canada; Of bis
stealing horses which he then had
. with him for sale; Of his shooting
down shareholders, aud Of other acts
equally atrocious. Aud now said
Brown, / wish to know if the people
Of Cleveliaa approve of what have
done. Those who approve OF my
acts will say Aye, and more thsp ont
half Of the audience, composed o
Abolitiouists, shouted Aye, while no
a single Nay was uttered by an,
one present.
Such approval as this, and TIL
question was put at ali his lectures
gave Brown confidence that hi
PARTY would sustain him 10 wbateve
he might do against the men OF tn
South, and thus emboldened, tn
miserable wretch, by seryile insurrec
ten, sought to ouerthroaU The Coz
cram ent and bring himself to ats head
How THEY CoNDucr Courts IN U
raH.--Acoording 20 letters from
Utah, the United States Court
there are a mere moekely of justice
Mormon juries bully the Judge OF
the bench, and do not scrople t.
bring in verdict fat against tn
evidence. Mormon witnesses snal
their fingers at the court, refuse t.
testify, and walk off. Mormon Sher
IFS tear processes against tiell
friends. A witness against Nor
mon dare not show himself in court
A plaintiff againsta Mormon is II
danger of his life. One was muir
dered in bis bed lately by toe MOI
mou against whom he had brought
suit. A defendant vas shot down al
the court house door by his Mormon
prosecution, The perpetrators o
both murders still walk the streets
untouched, Add yet We have al
army in Utah, perfectly able AM
willing to enforce law and MAINTAIN
order 10 the Territory.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-04-01
ItsIIMN9DY'S
Medical Dis cry,

THE GREATEST or THE A"h'
NrR. KENNEDY of RoSbury. has discovered
s.'s. TyTRy KIND or HUMoR. from the
wo,., .er,C,i, dawn io q common Phnrle. Tic
h,. tiled a In over eleven hunifcd cases ana ns''
~ f,,i,d except IN twu. lie has nov ~ %" pos
se..ina n,er tsa hu,dfed certificates OF 10 'am''
All wiihia tweaty miles II Boston.
TWabotIles are warranted 20 rurc nursing fofe
mouth.
One 10 three battle. will eure the worst kiRd Of
p,m1les On lhr face.
bilss.
Tun Inulc. are wiuan'sd 10 cure the worst
k;o.I of casksr IN the mpuih anil .lom'ch'
Three &C. Eve ls,iIlrs are ~affan'eo '" '"'e we
worst hin IL sgsir'l's. III
On. a. two lsitle. ATE warranted I" cure ~ u"'
NOR. II the e,es, .h.
T,,r ,.,tI.. az. warranted 60 cure rnanins ~ the
sar. ani lhoichr- 10 the HAIR
p,y,t, .is battle. are warranted 20 cure cut
rutt and rna'ag ulcers fAl.
Onr httl. wil cure scaly eruption' ~ the 'A,h'
Two 90, thee iniile. ARE warranted To cure inc
most desperate rssss IT rheumatism
Thrcr is ~ bottles ace warranted 10 'n'e 'hr
salt rhrum.
Fi,c 10 eight bottle. cure the very worst eases
IL .rruiuh
AIr,..6t 1. ,lsa,. exported from the fret bot
,le. .sd = nr,'ect cure warranted When the au''e
N,,b,,, L,,k. 80 improbable q those WI" have
in vaa ricl IN the wonderful ned'r'ae' OF 'h'
,I,,.a.tb,ta common serd, gtowing m our pas
tuf,. ADD ainng ~ stone sa,l- should cure eve
r, hum,r; vt ~ i. nos q Used fact. " N"H nave
/, hnm,r !, ne. got a. start. Thee ~" y" '' ~
,n,. .l-u, a.. euriag .ome ease. bit NJ y"afs.-
H. ha. r-dli-l oyrf q thousand lr1l'"s "I ~ W
the ,,c,sit, of Ba.toa, and knows The elect "l u
never, r,... II hss already done sor1" ~ me
grs,tr.t cure. ever aons w Ma.saehuseii'. hs
his given Il a. chilifpn yr1f oh' am W "'l
and ~ III people 81 siNiy; and has'e'n poor p''
~, l,pkiug rh,llr-n. whose dssh Sas s'i,and Nah
lN rc.iu'rd 60 psIi'ct state oi hr'hh Nv 'he "''
oi "pr hutile.
r., ib..e VIII. srr troubled With Sch hssdaeh",
oa. isUt. wiii alUa,s cure a.. u giNss goat 80
lisTin ratarh tni dit,ins.. some ~h" have Ia
Non A. have hrsn r,stiyr lor year,, and have Ice"
f.,nitrdh, a. Whsrr The bod, - snunh u ~"'k'
uu,ic clN hat vhsrr there !. any arrangement OF
,hs nectiun. 1t nature u viii cause Ner, 'in1uhr
lssl,rs.. bat ,uu must not b. aliunei-lhel VII
di.aprrsr IN iruu, fopr d,,. tnn week. The's -
,,yrt , i,,d result ifun ii--on the cnntrar, when
thai ieclinr d. gone, ,ou viii Eel NunfscltlAr e
new psrson. I beard some ~ The most eNiH'''
CANT cncpriup,. II Il that man ever l'.iened TO-
so change ofi,et ever aecrsslry. Latihc best
,au can e., anil cuough oft.
RoNnuEr. sept 10, 1883.
Thi. 10 certify that " ~ nay, prgg''i'
pouLnd. !. tnr o1ly dul, authorized gcnerala gen'
Zoe IN, Medical Discover, ior he State 81 Msine'
and that h. !, supplied ~iih lhr gcou,n-, d,rec'
lfum ~, Laboratory. DONALD hENNLDn'
n. II. nay, pmgg,I, Portland, The onlp au'
thutitrd agent 81 Nsiie.
sod b, Andfsvs 4 Bates. PMi. III; W, \
Gu.t. -. rsti.; T. AlvsDd s Co., Buckheh ;
". :. Nuye., Norway.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-04-01
STATE or MAINE.

(,OsTs IN criminal prosecutions, allowed by
I the CoDd oi Coanty Commissioners, al The
December T,fm, A. u. 1883, a' certified TO me
b, the Cie,k Il fald Cour.
Sal, v. r,snL Kill,ore. sss es
Originated l-f,rr J. l.. Haskell, Fec.
sls,e vs.. Philip Atkins. is2o
State W. Ju.iis y. Tmey u IL
Otig insie.i before u, 4. Siowcll, Esq.
State W. Jwip 4. Tney, 2SH
Originated belufc Lease Randall, ESQ
STATE ". Dsaiel Bunhsm. lio5
Originated lrfntr john VI. Eu.,is, Eco.
State ". Thomas Iiu,sell, ~ 10
Originated before l.,ao kaHlall, Eco.
State W. Orvins Youag. 20 "
Originated lrl"te u. :. Tracy, Eco.
Slate w.. stephen Wakefield. l5ii
Orgiuatel before Isaac Randall, Esq.
State ". Green nriniag,in, ID 80
Originated l-iofc Henry Abbott, j., Eco
State W. Jaln Woumsll. 3s
Originated i~fpir ~. 4. Stowcli, Eco.
State ". C'rolipe GRAY. 10 81
Oiiginsird before =. c. farington. Eco.
State w.. sisphen n. Guptill ct al. rs IS
Originated b,IoFe u. u. Hastings, ESQ.
State ". u. u. Ccak. 1925
State ". Thona. L. Iieuy, 80
state v. I,a.r Warren. 1897
Originated i-.f,fr \. ". bradley. Esq.
JOSEPH BARROwS, Tir'ufcr.
TRIAsUrEN's OTriCT, rAEis,l
Mach 10Th, lSi9.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1859-04-01

THrEE THOUSAND PERSONS DROWNED.
Near Taganrog, on the sea ct Azpf, %
catastrophe occurred obpu, lhc Gr,' ct
February. which involved a -, Of lic
unparui.cd except by memorable earth.
quakc> or volcanic crup'iou>-a, Ica,,
three thousand persons having found a
wa'cp grave.
Il appears 'hl, some thrc thousand
inhabuu', OF Tuciuru., relying upon
the promise &c fair weather, made by
the genial atmosphere and clo1t'cs. Skv.
proceeded 'o 'hc Az,T "a, 20 indulge il
the spor, 1T fishing beneath ,hr lee.
fayor'c pas.ime OF that region The at.
mosphrrc continuing serene, the parry
were la..cd INTO a feeling OF security,
and vcl'urd farther than usual upon
the zee, IN 'hc hope Of Obtaining a good
haul. Suddenly a brroz, sprung up
from the Ea,'. growing b,.,,rous by de.
Crccs, wh.-ci the bose snow and linc
particles cd ice IN all directions, and d..
fore long succeeded iu drachagihe ice
from ,hn shore. The large icc.fr'd
then br1,c in.o numerous pieces, which.
with their 'cr-1r.,,rckru and helpless,
human freight. drird toward thc Open
sea. No us>y1ncr could De- rendered
the unhappy beings by their frantic rr'.
a,iycs ani friends on the shor.. aud
within two hours no' a sign OF iiic was
visible on the surface OF The sea. On
the following day a cake OF ice drilled
IN shorr, upon which were i've ct the
uniorign1'cs, 'hr'c 81 them dead, aud
the other two dumb pnd inscusib.e. The
two latter, a gIri aud an old man, were
restored. Tn, girl, however, lived but
for a few hours. The man recovered,
but los, the use OF his tongue. consc.
quence, probably, ofihe fright caused by
the scene which be had passed through
He prepared written narrative of the
occurrences Of that fearful nigh, on the
AZoT.