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The constitutional union., 1860-11-16
THE FIRST PRINTED BOOK.

It Is a remarkable and most interesting fact, that the very first use to which the dis coyery of printing was applied, was the pro duction of the holy Bible. This was accom- plished at Mentz, between the years l45O and I455. Guttenburg was the inventor of the art, and Faust, a goldsmith, furnished the necessary funds Had 1t been single page, or even an entire sheet, which was then pro- duced, there might have been less occasion to have noticed it; but there was something ln the whole character of the affair which, Ii not unprecedented rendered 1t singular in the usual current of human events. This Blble was in two folio volumes, which have been justly praised for the strength and beauty ot the paper, exactness of the register, and the luster of the ink The work contained twelve hundred and eighty-two pages, and being the first ever printed of course involved long period of time, and an immense amount ot mentel, manual, and mechanical labor; and yet for long time after it had been finished and offered for sale, not single human De- ing save the artists themselves, knew how It had been accomplished.
 Of the first printed Bible, eighteen copies are now known to be in existence; four ot which are printed on vellum. Two of these are in English; one being in the Greenvllle collection. One is in the royal library ot Der lin, and one in the royal library of Paris. Of the fourteen remaining copies, ten are in England; there being copy in the libraries of Oxford, Edinburgh, and London, and seven in the collections ofdiferent noblemen The vellum copy has been sold as high as eighteen hundred dollars
 This, as if to mark the noblest purpose to which the art would ever be applied, the first book printed with movable metal types, was the Bible. \. |. Sun.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

Mrs. Jerome Bonaparte of Baltimore, went to Paris in the last trip of the Vanderbilt, on visit to her grandson, Capt. Bonaparte. Her son SC, IS also there, having preceded her month This reunion of the family at Paris may have been brought about by the late death of the Prince Jerome, as 1t is we'll known that MT Jerome Bonaparte, of Baltimore, IS still anx- lous to test the legal questions involved in his mothers marriage.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

A GARRuLds AND WITTY foMAN.-A very loquaciou lady offered toht her hus- band $50 ths she would not Sak word for a week. 'Done," cried tl delighted husband, insanity tabling the rnney, which the lady assoon grabbed andut in her pocket, obseving very naively tln she would secure it util the bet was decida Why said the h sband, T have won } already, and requisd her to fork over. bw at all, J said the hy, 'you are mistakera the time -I meas the week after am bur h." The lady welt shopping that afte Coon, and the husJand-well, nuf sed.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

DIsCcNTINANCE OF LAND DISTRICT IN MIssissfPpI.-The lands undisposed of in the Grenada district, Mississippi, having been re- duced below 100000 acres, the Secretary of the interior has ordered the discontinuance of the district, and also that the land in oues tion be made subject to sale and entry at the land office at Jackson, in said State. by the first of December next, if practicable
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

A monument, on magnificent scale, to Martin Luther, is to be erected at Worms It is from design by the sculptor Rietsche. The whole sum required for the work is 9l7000, of which l2,000 has been already collected during the last three or four years, from almost every part of the globe.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

AR1s FROM ENGLAND.-The emission CTS appointed under law of the Virpia legis- lature to procure arms for the bett defence of the state, have been in corresporH nee with the manufacturers of the EngheNife, in England, and been offered 5000 of 1t arm at a rrice near sixty-iye shillings Rish, or about s16 for each piece. They hswritten to say that they will take 25oO at q price.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

THE following is specimen of sharp shoot ing between coquette and her lover: !" You nen are angels when you woo the maid,
 But devils when the marriage vow is paid"
 The lover, not to be outdone, replied as fol- lows
 The change, dear girl, is easily forgiven, We find VIC are in hell instead of heayeu''
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

THE ORIGIN OF Probably few persons are aware that the democratic. down-east recreation is of kingly origin. If lillian, the Latin historian and bographer. IS to be believed, whiting was a royal prero- gative in Persia more than fifteen hundred years ago. A king of Persia was parsonage with a soul above books He was semi-di- vine creature who was supposed to attain a knowledge of every thing proper to be known by monarchs by intuition, or revalation or some other royal road to learning" To read would have been to belittle his wisdom and compromise his dignity. So he whittled. like our own Orientals of Connecticut and Cape Cod, and all along share Old 4Elian de- scribes with much particularity the manner in which he performed the fascinating opera tlon. It differed in no material point from the existing style in Yankeedom That he might agreeably while away his leisure hours. ;" says Hlian, referring to one of the Persian kings, "he carried in his hand branches of birch, and therewithal, knife, wherewith he did cut off sprigs from the stalk and hacked and hewed the rest into little slices" If his majesty had confined his backing and hewing 10 sticks, 1t would have been well, but. unfor- tunatly he caused his subjects to be manipula- ted in the same way. It appears to be fixed fact, however that the Persian kings were the original whittlers. Verify there is nothing new under the sun and the republican down. casters Ofa America as far as whiting Is con- cerned, are merely imitators of certain royal down-easters of Asia.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

To DYE SLATE CoLoR.--Boil green chest nut bark one hour; take out the bark, and add four ounces green vitriol for one pound woolen yarn or cloth; stir frequently one hour dry before washing
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

WE see it stated that Forrest has received an offer to go to England, from Blackstone, of the Haymarket Theater, for one hundred nights-Forrestt to dictate his. own terms.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

FLORA TEMPLE DEFEATED-The Elm press of the trot5ing turf and her noble com petitor, George II, Patchen, have met again and this time Flora has met with dofeat.- At Geneva, N. Y, on the 27th ut, in trot for 3 Purse, mile heats best tbree in five Flora won the first heat in 2;32, Patchen leading to three-quarter pole four lengths in advance, and throwing q shoe in the first quar- ter Patchen won the second heat in 2:27; Flora the third heat in 2:29, and Patched distanced Flora in the fourth heat We have not yet received our special report, bpl it will appear in our next. The news of tb l defeat will be heard with general: regret, a
 the public will eagerly look fora full and e plete account of the particulars of the q i test. Wilkes Spin
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

2 A REVOLUTIONARY SoLDIER.--Cornelius Clements died recently at Authorization,
 N. c. He was in his l04th year, and served in the battle of Kings Mountain, and always took delight in telling of the skirmishes of his early days. eae
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

AN EVENTUAL CAREER-Mr William s. Lindsay, NJ. F., who recently addressed the merchants of Boston and New York on " the corsting trads, was born at Ara, Scotland and was left an orphan at six years of age, left home at the age of fifteen and worked his pas sage to Liverpool on a steamer; slept for seven long weeks in the streets and sheds of that city, and at length started on three years sailor s life as the cabin boy of q West Indiaman.- His trials were not over. He was shipwreck- ed, and had both legs and one arm broken. At the age of l9 he was in command of the Olive Branch, when, ill 1889, in the Persian gulf, he was assailed and cut down by saber, and to save himself killed his assailant with a pistol shot He left the sea the next year, and in l84l became agent for coal company. Mr Lindsay in lS45 moval to London and commenced the business which made him one of the merchant princes of that great city. In 1852 he owned twenty tirst-class ships in sured risks to the amount of fourteen millions of dollars. while the house of which he was the head chartered seven hundred ships, chiefly to India and the Mediterranean. Thus had the cmigrant from Ayr become one of the largest shipowners and ship brokers of the kingdom. Mir. Lindsay tried to get into parliamentin 1852, but corruption and aristo- cratic influence detected him. In 1854 he was elected for Plymouth by the meagcr ma jority of seventeen, and in 1856 was elected without opposition. He is now forty-tour years of agc
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

LEcTURING AGAIN.-Hon. Thomas F. Marshall, of Kentucky, is lecturing at Pough- keepise, N- l., on the history of Christianity, from the Advent of the Savior to the Protest ant Reformation.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

A ROTTEN CoNCERN.-The Vieksburg (Miss.) Whig states that portion of the great Atlantic telegraph cable, which was brought there to be laid across the Mississippi, was found to be utterly worthless, and there fore could not be used A new cable was or dered from New York.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16
S,n Arr,rR AT NoRFoLK-A FATHER

SAD AFFAIR AT NoRFoLK-A FATHER ACCIDENTALLY SHOOTS HIS DAUGHTER DEAD-A most heart-rending accident occur red at Norfolk, Va, on Wednesday evening, afforded another awful warning to those hand ling firearms It appears that MT, Jesse l. Newell. a worthy citizen and mdulSent pa rent. went home from business about sunset, and finding his little son playing in the house and ward with pistol not supposed to be loaded took it from him, and while examln- ina it. it was accidentally discharged. The Dav Book thus tells the rest of the truly sad story: Laura (Mr. Newelrs daughter,) a beautiful and interesting little girl ot nlne summers, was seated on the steps getting her lesson, when the pistol went off and instantly jumping up, she exclaimed, ''Oh, pa, you have killed me!' As she said this the blood burst from her nose and mouth. She fell for ward and instantly expired. The pistol had been charged with two large buckshot, both of which had entered her right breast, and perforated her right lung. The great shock, together with the internal hemorrhage, pro- duced almost instant death. Drs. Galt and Bright were almost instantly called, and reach ed the scene of the casualty Tn very short time, but too late the little girl had breathed her last, and worthy family were overwhelm- ed with grief. The unhappy father, almost bcreft of reason by the distressing and heart rending accident, sought, in his frenzy, to take his own life He seized knife, and made desperate effort to cut his throat, but was prevented from stepping his family in still deeper grief by some of his friends who happened to rush up in time. Soothing draughts were given to him, and he finally be- came quieted, and retired with an almost bro ken heart. The unhappy mother of the little one was heard through the livelong night sob ping and mourning the untimely death of her child, while the agonizing vail that occasion ally rose upon the night told how deep was the distress of the stricken parents.
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

A FORMER ROYAL NISIT.-The Visit of Prince Edward to Boston in 1794-The Bos- ton Transcript in the course of some com ments upon the recent letter of the venerable Josiah Quincy, reproduces the following:-A letter from Judge, afterwards Gov. Increase Summer, toJudge Wm. Cushing, dated Feb. l4, l794, published some years ago in the New England Historical and Genealogical Register, makes the following mention of the visit of the grandfather of the Prince of Wales to Boston sixty-six years ago. described by MT. Quincy. His account Is of special in- terest at the present time, It will be seen that the Prince, as well as his grandson, was noted for his dancing. Mr. Summer writes: Prince Edward, fourth son of George the British King, Is now in Boston from Quebec, waiting ship from halifax to convey him to the West Indies to take the command of the British forces there. l expect to dine in company with him tomorrow Cousin Mary Gushing is now with us on a visit, and says she saw him last evening at very crowded assembly, where he behaved with great ease and pOliteness, and that he danced gracefully. 10 the entire appreciation of all the ladies' An incident the Prince met with on the journey from Canada he thus relates:-At a tavern an honest New England man thus accosted him, Well, how do you do, sir; and are you really the sOnof King George?" He answered that he was. "Amazin" said the man; and how does your daddy do?" He Was well, !" said the Prince, "when heard last from him." "Well, nov" said the honest man, "don't you think he was wrong in quarreling with Amer ica as he did?" ''I don't know but he was. :" said the other, "but there's no forseeing at all times how matters will turn out" "True." said the man; but if it hadn't been for that plaguey quarrel, 1 suppose he might have been King here yet" Although our honest citizen came to the point rather abruptly, he seemed to understand it and suppose was willing to let the Prince philosophize upon and dilate the principle he advanced at leisure
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

A decree of perpetual banishment has been issued against Solomon, administer of Sou- louque, the dethroned Emperor of Hayti
The constitutional union., 1860-11-16

A saloon singer, named Thos. Bp Bpkfeld, attempted to stab his wife, at Brdcn, on Wednesday.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-09-20
How the States have Voted.

1t will be interesting TO our readers
to know how each State IN the Union
has voted at the different Presiden.
tial elections since the organization
of the Democratic party on The basis
Of the Virginia aud Kentucky resoIu-
tions of II 97-'9S a period of 60
years. We have taken 7ails to in-
vestigate the subject, aud the fol-
loving table shows the number of
times each States has voted the D M
ocra:ic ticket, and how many times
the opposition ticket:
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-09-20
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The time Of subscriptions, = NG Ioii'''. {.
mai Fifsy Csats, WI fHoUT IfNIATIoN
after the exriration of three n'lils.
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Work. or Subscription, considered due
when contracted EXCEPT against those with
whom We have running accounts.
eIrS,Lscr;bers failing 10 order discontin-
nance of the paper at the expiration OF the
time FOR which they may have subscribed,
considered as wishing to renew; and 1t
with, continued to til EN- accordingly.
.rpNo p,ncv will be sent out of the
county unless paid for in advance.
g. .I,ort;samant inserted al One Dol
t,r nor Suuare Of Ewesvc Lines
or s,css FOR the first insertion Flhy
Cents for each continuance ~
A, Persons advertising by the year VIII 1e
..ebarqed Forty Dollars LOT a "noie 'ui1 rt
nmn. V'wcaty Dollars 'of "l'e,nsi'
Gen Dollars for one-guar'ef. "oee"'"
inn from tlesetsrms Hnief any c,rc"ntsf"He.'
xrJe The privilege of yearly adVertise'' :
.trjcfIy limited to their otnn 'nn'ea'dee o'"
rec,.lar b, sjness: and the business oi h aG
yertising FIRM is not considered as HUI uu y
that of its individual memters
N-Arlourcilg candidates si'''
20 be Paid in od'"''ce IN er''F case. Il,
l.F Advertisements :,ot marked WIN ~, ",
number Of Insertions when handed m VIII
Lee Continued Until ordered oat, ant f0y"feH'
eIa,lef.
s-F, N, advertisement inserted gr"''"fons'y-
tArAdycrtisemeuts OF an at'nslve nature ~""
not he Inserted at any in'ee.
srrsoh Printing. Of ALI k''"s' heGuy
acpeon ncn Tyse, and on "s fe''So''api'
terms as any Office in tennessee.
- NO E,ai<r will lie discontinue" W.
WI arrearages are paid ul-e1cep' Ut "'
.ssioa of the Publisher.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-09-20
uECLE no. 4S7.
A Thing or I've.

The Douglas men voted down the
C'nrinGali platform. at Charleston;
when 1t WIS presented to them With
out alteration or auien meut.
They added TO tae Cineinaati
platform. at Baltimore, by un.ni-
NOUS vote, a resela,ion in regard
10 slavery In the Territories. We
have not seen this resolution in any
Douglas paper on eur exchange list,
Viii some Squatter tell Us yha, it
means? If |: means nothing more
than the Cincinnati. platform why
was it added? If il. is only explan.
atory Of the platform, why did they
object to The explanatory resolutions
Of the. report of ibesm.iority Of the
Committee on Resolutions? If tho
DoUgiasites had a right TO amend
the Cincinnati platform, was it wrong
ior The representatives Of the Dem
ocratic States TO ask for an explains
tion of ii?
Douglas and the friends of Doug.
las are thus shown to have repudia.ed
the Cincinnati platfarm. They
voted it down at Charleston when io
was presented to them, and Insisted
on hiviog a resolution on the SUBJ
Iect ol slavery added. At B4Iti.
more, az soon as they succeeded in
!rIviag out the Democraiiedelega;ee.
hey aid add such a resolution; and
Air Douglas is how standing oo Is.
Then, havidg altered tie Cincin-
lah platform by unanimous vote,
hey nominated ''slaye codei;s.' for
Vice President. When lie declined
he eqnivoeal honor, they filed tie
iacancy with another protec;iohist,
'no was ST one time rs rapid a Sc
'esslon'st and disuUiouist as ever
hr faocey sas. Viii sQma r..iier
It the Yanceyites, as they sgeeriugIy
ali all who :all 90 aets@y the Fights
i tteIr section, explain this action Of
be Douglas wing of the Black Re-
ublicans?-LouisrUe Courier.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-09-20
Neerc Mechanics,

An article in late Dumber O.
D, Bows Review, from tie len OF
Judge Hopkins, Of Mobile, directs
attention TO the injury which The
writer thinks is likely to be inflicted
on the South by the system ot In
structing negroes in the mechanic
arts. and employing them as mt tchHn-
les. lie says:
IF it be desirable to preserve
ahe patriarctal system oi n'sr'
slavery nov existing at The oDu:n'
as the very best bsis OF scc'hi or
der md moral aud domes;ic in''gri-
~ wiy,ch none may doubt, who ha>
e,okcd wisdom and virtue in r"'su-
iur the.qucs,ions, SHAREHOLDERS should
,ll;y tlsrs aniagosism in their midst
by agreeing through lFgislat'v'
.c,;on 10 cosHine the negro to the
so;g ehus TO elevate and open the
mochanio trades TO the non-siaye-
holding people aroutfl he M
Dignity The t,ades to the level ol
the professions, ip common "cc'p'a-
ta,u. ana idllrg, lm st.g fonng'ng'
fox bunting. or in other WORDS gen,
.eral dissipation OF health. e"'r = an"
time. among the young mta o' '"'
South. would almost entirely c'ase'
and in their llace be substl'u.e'
general busy Industry. by c'"i'u-
ina The ~ gro 10 the soil, tie M,
chsuic would be al once cohVet'e"
from AN open or secret enemy o'
negro slavery into its firmest %vo,
cate and supporter, because he would
,h.n G..l himself lifed up to the
sc,,e Of soci#lrsspectability and maln'
tanned in tba, position by the suoor-
mate negro confined exclusively TO
mental services. Before the law
and con mupity, all white citizens
would stand strictly on a ioo'lng 81
&c, ,aiity, AMI be alone ais,,osulsueD
Nv courtesy and men in IL
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-09-20
Singular Marriages.

A writer sends the following from
Putnam county, Ind, 10 the IUdiaD
apOlis Journal:
In Oven county, man eighty
years of age married as his third OF
ioorih successive wife gill of about
seventeen summers. The next Sab.
bath they entered church together;
the young bride, as the eyes of
her youthful feminine associates
10 the congregation turned upon her,
! DROPPED heself, exceedingly ;bashed.
/ into seat near the door. A few
days subsequently, she chastised her
siepdaughter. aged about Is years,
with uumerciful severity; aud the
venerable sire, 10 show bis endorse
ment of bis new wife's administra-
ton, renew wed the chastisement Of his
daughter 10 INDIGNANTLY. An indiot.
ment has been found against him BY
the Grand Jury. Heahd his youthful
partner have since disagreed, and
iinal separation has taken place.
Another widow Of four-score, In |
the. same county, married a widow /
of two-score years or more. Appeal
ing hand in hand few days afterward |
in public congregation, there were
significant giauees Of many eyes and
a general lsagh in the audielc
Use cause Of the laughter were the
manifest aff c:ion Of the loving aud
newly allied couple, end the groohi' 5
with gloves on. Such
as bis wearing gloves Lad not been
"nnwn by the Oldest or younges. in
habitants. Ous spectator said "he
pn!led them fssbiOnably, finger at
inc, as though be had been used to
wearing them"
A neat and pretty maiden, in
Sullivan county, the heiress OF ,
landsome property, made mutual {
matrimonial agreement With a home {
y, penniless, awkward, uncultivateG I
'outh Of eighteen, but as the time T
lrew near for the consun nation of
heir -piigh'ed vows, the prospective
room informed his intended rs fol-
ows: My father says l sbaD't
naTiy unless ! first pay him for my
iuiel THIS uDwelcome Intelligence
'd not di,pirit the fir maiden. = I
VIII that perseverance, which disiin- f,
uisbes woman heart, Size imme H.
ely authorized her swain to learn y
his father What amount would
ny for lis time. The scm required Ii
as $500, the money was by her
tyaneed, the father Was satisfied, be |;
ufebase nude, and the marriage /,
premony was performed. Since +
hich time a marked Improvement q
ersonally. morally and intellectual q
:, is visible in the one 'bought with |,
price" ~
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-09-20
Important ReYeiaficE-YANCET
offered the Dsuslas Nomination
for Vice President but Declines.

The Washington correspondent Of
the Cincinnati Gazette telrgraTts
10 that paper under Gate Of the 9th
inst. as follows:
A dispatch from Richmond, dated
last night, says:
30. Jennings Wise addressed a
large audience a: Met ,poliran Hal,
in this city, tO-Right, in favor of
Breckenridge and Lane. He stated
upon the au;hsrity OF a Virginia
delegate who remained in the Doug
las Convention at Baltimore, that
VIM. L. Yancey vas rendered the
nomination for The Viee Presidency.
on the Douglas iiekei, but that he
refused accept, stating that oil and
water could not intermix."
Mr.. Wise stated that he was aware
OF the fact that the Douglas men
ia Baltimere were hunting Up q
Southern proteetionjst who world
accept the nomination for the Vice
Presidency, bat failed to get any.
These statements took the meeting
by surprise. They will damage the
cause Of Douglas in Virginia very
materially. ;.
i am inclined to think there is
truth in Wise's statement. The
Douglas men were very polite to
Yancey between the Charleston and
Baltimore Conventions. Sir. Doug
las sent for him. entertained him
at his house, and every effjrt was
made to change bis position, bat all
to no purpose. Hs remained ua-
movable. and hence ths hostility now
OF the Douglasites to him.