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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

AFFAIRS IN New YoRK-fhe cor
RESPONDENT of the Phlindeiphia
Ledger, writing from New York on
the 18Th inst, says:
The working classes are beginning
to feel the pinch, at their very hearth, ,
stones. / have already mentioned
the suspension of trade, by two lead
ing clothing houses in this city, VINO
Jointly employed 700 hands, and
now must be added the discharge o'
sixty more, from one of the prlnci'
nal silver manufacturing establish
meots in the city. Some OF these
were apprentices who had served '0l
wears in the establishment.
The Williamsburg tailors :
vhom many hundreds just new nave !, '.
nothing to do-are to have a poo'''
meeting this week. to consult as te
what.is best TO be done. II they nave
no work they cannot starve, they say
when the granaries OF the country
and the store houses Of New iors
are overflowing with plenty OF Isod
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

"No Farther Business iciG your
House.' The following brief e,is-
tie to an Aboli,ionist carriage manu-
factoring concern. in New Jersey; we
copy from the Eulala Express:
EUFALA. ALA, Nov. "a, 1860.
.llessrs. AZ j QainJy f. Co, Mwark
GENTS: Eaclosed ! beg 10 return
YOU all the notes belonging to your
firm. which | now hold as agent for
collection, A sense Of duty to my
section Of the Union compels me to
dc cline acting any longer as your
agent. The election of Lincoln to the
Presidency, by .he Black Republican
party Of the North. is an insult to the
South and an Outrage on her Consti-
tutional rights. Lincoln has been
elected by an exclusively Northern
vote. upon an anti-slavery platform
lie may serve as your President and
The president oI the Northern peo-
PIE, bat aever can and nerer ,ciN be
President over the Southern States
] regret to learn throughout ths
New York Day Book, that a mem.
her of your firm, after realizing a
fortune cot of your Southern Gus.
TONERS, contributed by his vote and
Influence, TO bring about the election
Of Lincoln, aud even consented to
! become "A candidate for State SsnAtol
ou the Black Republican ticket!
can therefore have no further business
With your house.
Respectfully Yours.
A. STOW.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20
M.y,meris Of the Southern States

North Carolina Legislature Ueg
n, r session.) met November ~, and
Is now ia session.
South CaroIina Legislature. (reg
aIar session.. met NoFember 26't
and i still in session. The elecioh
for msmb, rs oil the State Conveniioo
in Sonth Carolina took place on the
G \ inst aud the Consention meets
The 18th.
Louisiana Legislature. (speciai
session. meets D cemoer 10Th
E..e.ion for members Of the State
Convention in Alabama occurs on Inc
o4th inst and the Convention meets
the 7th OF January.
Virginia Legislature, Especial ses'
sioT.l meets January 7th,
Georgia Legislature is now in ses'
sion. and an election for Delegates to
= State Conven,ior has been ordered
for the 81 January, 1861; Convention
sits 1G.h January.
Florida Legislature now 10 session.
and aa election for Delegates 10 d
St,te Convention ordered Tor The
221 inst; Convention meets 80 Jam
usry. 1861. -,
The l. gislatute of Mississippi
fsnecial sessioa,) met OF the Zota
nh. ..aal has jas, adjourned alter pass
Ing a bill unanimously providing no 20
baIling a Safe Convention. lht
election for members to the ConVen'
t;on viii bo held on the 2olh o
D,e.mher. amt The Convention WI
ass nble January 7ih.
The Legislature of Tennessee
Especial session. meets the ''n 0
January, 1861.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

SroppINe THE SUPPLlEs.--The Ma
Con (Gaj Telegraph say s: Some Of our
provision men we're notified ilom
St. Louis yesterday, that no more
credit would be extended 10 Georgia
customers for grain or provisions. =
The reason assigned was that Georgia
was going SO far out of the Union
that remittancss might never reach
ST. Louis from that distance.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

EXCITEMENT AT FAIRFAX CoURT
HOUSE. "A man who voted for Lam
coin at Fairfax Court House, Va,
was taken by party of excited Per
sons, and carried out Of the village.
where he was thoroughly BACKED
with printers ink, after which be was
mounted Oh his horse and started
for home. is
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20
Elianetle Of EQuilalion.

! w uou SCutiOhin ~ ~ NSoon' 20"
a lady on horseback:
lst. There must be two herses.-
i(Pillions are out OF fashion except
in some parts Of Wales, Australia,
and New Jersey;
q. One horse must have a side
saddle. The gentleman will not
mount this horse. BY bearing this
in mind. he will soon find no difficult
ty in recognizing his own steed.
81. The gentleman will assist the
lady TO mount, and adjust her foot 10
the stirrnp. There being but one
stirrup, be viii learn which side TO
assist the lady after very little prac-
tIce.
4th. He will then mount himself.
AS there are two stirrups to his sad
die, he may mount on either side, but
by no means on both at least, not
at the same time. The former is gen
erally considered the most graceful
method Of mounting. If be has
known NJ. Rarey. he may mount
without the ai,: of stirrups. II not,
be my try, but will probably fail
Should he wish to displsy a sporiive
eccantricity, he may climb up the
animals tail.
5th. The gentleman should always
ride on tbs right side of the lady
According to some authorities, the
right side is the left. According to
others, the other is the right. II The
gentleman be. left BANDED. this Of
course will make "a difference
Should be be ambideXter, it wall be
Indifferent,
9Th. II the gaptleman and lady
meet persons on the road, these will
pob ,bIy be slrangers-that is if they
are not acqnaintances. In either
ease, the lady aud gentleman must
govern themselves accordingly. Per-
haps The latter is the evidence OF
highest breeding.
7tb. II they be goingin different
directions. they will nal be expected
to ride in company. Nor must these
request those to turn aud join the
Others. And vice rersa. This is IN
deoorous. aud indicates a want OF
soroir rirve.
Sth. If the. gentleman's horse
throw him, be must not expect him
to pick him up. Nor the lady. But
otherwise the lady may. Thlsls i'm
portant to be borne in mind by both,
9th. On their retura, the gentle
nan viii dismount first and assist the
lady from the borse. But he must
not expect the same courtesy IN re-
turn.
10Th. There are three ways Of
dismounting a lady. First with the
baud and knee. This is the way re-
spectful and ceremoDious. Second,
by receiving the lady in your aims
This is the way gallant and tender.
Third. by presenting your shoulders,
and carrying the lady TO The door or
yestibu!c .pick-a-back.' This is the
way humorous and f,miliar.
II. B The rules apply equally to
every species of cluitatlon; as pony
riding, donkey riding, goft riding
rocking-hofse riding. or riding on a
rail. There win, Of course, however,
be notifications required. according
10 the form and style Of the animal.
EXCEPTIONS There are special
rules adapted to equltations on
Shank : mare. They will be found
in the Appendix.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

The last number Of the Lebanon
Democrat hois.s the MANS OF Hon.
Andrew Ewing as a candidate for
Governor Of Tennessee. Il regards
him as one who the people will unite
mona man who knows no motive
but the good Of bis country,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

"Life is Short were tie last
words Of Mr.. Ball, as be stepped on
the tain, with friend. at Francis
vile, Iowa, last week. His foot slip
ped, and The train being in motion.
the next memen: be sas mspgled
corpse.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20
4riginal nostry.
Written for the Fayetteville Observer.
Piciufs Of a SiafM.
BY ]. ". W.

The day grew dark, the lightning flashed,
And fearful thunders reared;
The wind did howl and gloomy clouds
, It seemed TO earth had lowered!
O what scene now round us spread
Like fear when death alarms!
Like furious 6ends the elements
Seem'd for war had tak'n arms!
Yet all conspired. their armies marched
En- masse in marshal'd form;
On ruin resolved wherever lsdA
The earth they swept by stornl
0 horror! what tempest now
Sweeps o'er the forest waste!
o what rushing whirlwind bursts
On us in furious haste!
Behold the sky with rubbish fill'd-
Hark the crash where ruin spreads;
And dwellings blown into the air,
Spread death above our heads!
Oh God what peals of awful thunder
Do cannonade the air!
What vivid streaks of forked lightning
Seem sporting ev'rywherel
What frightfui sounds, what mingled groars
What stihed shrieks and signing!
Are heard amid the wild conlmotion
From the wounded and the dying.
Oh mercy. save the hopeless lost.
Aud save them from despairi
o listen to our mouroful cries
And takeus to thy earel
But all is hushed, the storm has pass'd.
The wind is DER and gone;
4 solemn calm pervades the air,
Aud mercy too is shown!
Again the birds renew their songs.
nd cluster in the trees,
And nature seems to take delight
In playing with the breezei
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20
Gooh Mistellany.
The Art of Fighting the French
Army.

Prince Frederick G b arle ol
Prussia has jast published a pam,
phlet, under the title of The Art Of
Fighting the French Army. The
royal author gives as the first prlucl-
ciple of the French system OF war
fare, that the French soldier always
marches forward; the second ne says
lis. that moral is superior to physical
force. So marshal Canrobert, when
he had coup de main on his hands ln
the Crimea. always asked his Sol-
diers: do you fee! equal to iiT'
! They never answered Mo- aud the
promise which they themselves hae
given to their General was the guar
antee of their success. Ihe third
principle Of The French, according
to the Prince, is to hold themselves
in a serried column against an enelhy
which is badly disciplined aud unac-
customed to military manelvers;
and, on the contrary. to light with
disorderei ranks and like skirmisherS
when they have to do with well dis
ciplined troops. The fourth French
principle is never toe defend them
selves passively. Ofthls the Prince
says: III it happens that the French
are attacked by a close column,
they procsed 10 ibis way; and it is
especially excellent when ths attack
is pot supported by a corps dc re-
serre. The French rih'men give
way at the point of an attack; the at
lacking column, imagining this is. the
commenceme OF rstreat, dashes
on. and soon the riflamen present a
new front and one or two columns
advance. The sharp shooters sur
round the enemy on MI sides; he hes
isates; he loses time; he cannt turn
back; there he is compelled to fight,
and he is abandoned to his tate. The
French soldiers are ordered III this
case not to Kill any NOR. but make
prisoners, because a so!diar c'n take
five or six prisoners in the time re-
quirpd TO kill one man.
at is principle says the Prince,
Gin the French army, that an attack
when once resolved upon, can never
be execrte too soon. or too rap'dly.
To Italy. fire seldom lasted = quarter
of an hour before they came to the
bayouet, and often times they tliiuot
burn cartridg4 during the attack.
1t appears now that The French at
tack at foil run. to which they are
exercised during peace, so !hSt when
they reach the enemy they are not
out of breath" The Prince claims
many of these principles as of Pruss-
ian origin. He believes that they are
not even the product Of the Frencb
national character. and That the tenn
pelament of the Prussian soldiers is
admirably adapted to their adoption.
In conclusion be proposes, llrst, to
employ rilemen by columns OF one
company each: second. TO DISPOSE the
army in depth rather than breadth,
which increases the power OF resis-
tapce on the aanks, and prevents a
rapid loss ofmen; and thirdly, the
disposition Of an army as much as
possible like the squares on chess
board, which is the best means OF sus-
tanning the impe uous attack oil 1uch
troops as the Zouaves and TurcoS,
made on a full run with the bayonet.
The Princes last sentence is MAY
we consider these principles arh'le
there is gel time."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

THs PAcrrIc STATES TO Form AN
INDEPENDENT CoSFEDERAcY.--We find
the following in the New York Day
Book:
Senator Latham is now in Wash
iupton. and with other Pacific Rep
resentatiyes will hold a meeting, with
a view to issuing a joint address tf
their constituents, ufginga separate
Confederaey, including California
Oregon, Washington, Utah and New
Mexico.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20


THs SeUTH AND HER CoTTey y.-The
New York World, in its mouey ar.i-
Gle Of the 9th, has the following.
The South has curtailed her la
bilitieS this fall to so great an ex.
tent that a few months hence shs
will be rapidly placed in a position
Of great financial ease and strength.
The cetton crop will, probably, not
much exceed 100000 bales, and
the knowledge Of this fact stimulates
sales in Liverpool and advanced pri.
ces. The consumption Of cotton In
Liverpool is increasing 10 a greater
ratio than heretofore, and many
manufacturers in Manchester, Eng
land, have more orders on band than
they can execute for the next three
months. There is every reason 10
believe that the Southern crops Of
cotton, sugar, and tobacco will real
lze more in cash than the very large
amount :of last year. This, with
the diminished purchases made by
Southern buyers from the North, will
soon enable them to get rid of the
effects Of their previous overtrading
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

BITE OF A RATTLEsNAKE A poultice
of onions, tobacco. and sal.,, cured :
carpenter 10 Petersburg, vs.. OF 4
bite from rattlesnake. ?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

The Kentucky Lunatie Asylum
was burnt at ilopkinsvills on the
.30th ult. No lives lost.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

In Michigan petitions are 10 circl-
latiop praying the coming Legislature at
to repeal The personal liberty bill in
force in that State.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20
Gempls If G;he Muses
POPPED CORN

POPPED CORN
One autumn night when the wind was hiSh
And the rain fell in heavy splashes,
A little boy sat by the kitchen hre,
A popping corn in the ashes;
And bis sister, a curly-haired child OF three
Sat looking on, just close to his knee
The blast went bowling round tae house,
As if to get in twas trying;
It ratified the latch of the outer door.
Then it seemed a baby crying.
Now and then drop down the chimney came.
Aud spluttered and Kissed in the bright red
fame.
Pop. pop! and the kernels, one by one,
Came out of the embers flying,
The boy held long pine stick in his hand,
And kept it busily plying;
He stirred the corn, and itsnapped the more
And faster Jumped to the clean swept floor.
Part of the kernels hopped out one way,
And a part hoped out the other,
Some few plump in the sisters lap,
And some under the stool of the brothei;
The little girl ga thered them into heap
And called them "a fock of milk-white
sheep"
All at once the boy sat still. as mouse,
And into the FIRE kept gazing,
He quite forgot he was popping corn.
For he looked, where the wool was blazing;
( lie looked, and he fancied that he could see
A house and barn, a bird and a tree.
Still steadily gazed the boy at these.
And russy's back kept stroking'
( Till his sister cried. "Why, George
Ouly see how the corn is smokirg!"
And sure enough, when the boy looked back,
The corni n the ashes had turned quite black
"Neve. mind. said he, 1--WE shall haveenough
So now let's sit back and eat II;
I,ll carry the stool and you the corn--
| IT'S good--nobody can beat it,"
She took up the corn in her pinafore
And they ate it all, nor wished for more.
u
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

A. writer Grip Van Winkle) IN
the Memphis Avalanehe proposes
Huntsville as the Capitol OF the
Southern Coufeder.cy.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

The census Of Vermont shows tie
population of that State to be 3l5,.
72G.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20
WHOLE NO. 500.
California Gessip--The Opera.

! iDeTe Was quite Ilttl6 sCeHe al
Lthe opera in San Francisco, not
long since, not in the bills. Miss
ROsalie DuIand was dsing up La
! ay Harriet in Martha Wherein she
has occasion to sing that time worn
dittY, "The Last Rose Of Summer.
Now, Rosalieis described as almighty
pretty woman; S"great on roses;'
very artistic; ravishiug bust, splsn-
did arms, and magnificent continu-
ations and examinations. Well, she's
mighty. handsome, Gays local paper,
mo mistake about it, and the best
evidence is. that every woman who
gives an opinion on that question
does IT with a toss of the headi "Call
her pretty!I can't see pretty feature
OF thing about her" Perhaps not,
but the young fellows and the mar
ried men do. Blu, Rosalie can't sing
as well as Grisi, aud when she struck
upon that Last Rose, lit was not a
happy effort, land some few ill-nalured
people "hissed.' At The first, she
poutsd like spoiled child, they hiss
ed again, and she turned round, ra.
tired from the lootl'ghts, drew cut
a magnificent handkerchief With vide.
lace on il, buried her face and curls
in it, aad burst into q little shower
of tears "sith real water" the "Cata,
ract Of the Ganges." 1t was q
splendid picture, a perfect iablsau--
brown ringlets, white hand, lace hand
kerchieg sparkling diamonds, splsu-
did foet and ankle forming the out
line. A pretty woman in tears! It
was "stunner," and he rest may
be imagined; if the roof had fallen in,
ii would have been exeusable. and
the verdict would have been, "Du-
rand brought down the house" -
Great rough men in The parquet.e
stood up "ith big quids Of tobacco il
their mouths, and tears rolling down
their iaces, and what, between theiY
emotion, and swallowing a little .obse-
co that vent the wrong way, their
shouts and coughs were strangely in4
termixed. Suffice it 10 cay, The syea
had it. The next evening some
Italians in the gallery had the kair.
dihoed to hiss RosaIie again. 1t is
hardly necessary 10 me;ion that the
sons Of the land Of blue skies
were met al the foot of the stairs
coming dovnepparenlly in a huFry,fo
some we're head frst, some ON oil fcurs,
and some rolled up into balls, bound
ing from STEP, 10 step. followed by
a strong deputation Of conhide boots.
Rosalle need fear no Kisses hence
forth, a long legged specimen
OF The gems Pike exclajmed-"I
wouldn't mind a kissin' that ar gal
myself If Pike only knsw it, he
expressed the feeling and sense Of the
meeting very foreibly and--if be had
inquired, be would have found there
were few more Of the same sort
that evening. AS Sammy Weller
or somebody else said, Beauty is a
orlul thing mispreperly. made use
on,and VERY dangerous. That so. !" 3
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

IsrHERE Nor SOMETHING IN iI'-A
rosolntioa has Ssen introduced INTO
the Georgia Legislature sn'hor'z'ns
their representatives, ln Congress ~
,as;s, ths counting of the votes o'
cs,,.;a States. This is 10 brlns up
tba oAes,ion. Can States that pave
,afi,s.,l I, he bound by the Constr,
tuition be qaaliii d to act onder 'na'
Cons,i,utinn? viz: the ten States
Maine. New Hampshire, Vermont
Massachusetts, Rhode Island Con-
nscticus. PENNSYLVANIA. AlcP'ga','
Wiscopsin aud Iowa, which, II Is at
leged.Shave disfrnnchlsed themselves
hv tteir State action.
If their votes be not counted 'o'
Lincoln, it will take elsb'y,e'sn'
electoral Yates from him. thus throw
;nc the election into the hoG .
R-ure.en,atives.- Richmond Hh'g
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1860-12-20

Tho New York Herald lea'n'
fam a reliable source that very
graa. excitement prevails among 'n'
eI,;,.rs Of the navy in consequence
,.rese.,t state of affairs at tn
Soa,h. aud that 50 adverse are u,
= . col,;,ion With their fellow cli'.
aors; IN thai ou,rter, that there viii
bs an uoiversal resignation Of Their
eonm;ssious as soon as hcstilitles
break out. They VIII no' ."nu'u.
their hands in the blood Of the'l
brethren.