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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
Mere Mob Violence.

The Mercer (Pa.,) Register says
that on the 18Th inst, a party IN.
dertook to hang a Democrat named
James D. Miles for speaking against
the present War. 1t also states that
il has itself been warned 10 stop op.
posing the war by a Vigilance Com
mittee. In reply to the threats it
makes some good points as follows:
"Wheu We take inIo consideration
that this township has given an over
whelmiOg Republican majority, and
has not a single man in the army,
such threat comes with terrible
fOrcel Such letter from such a
force is an insult, and those who
sigued it are men "whom 'twcre base
aattery to Call cowards." We have
our views about TIE present var and
We intend to hold them, let the
consequences be what they may.
ave believe the agitation Of the
slavery question brought it OF; We
believe it could have been prevent
ed if jast concessions had been made;
we believe it will resul; 10 the total
destruction OF both sections; We be-
lieye it will cfeetually destroy com.
merce and PROSTATE bdsines>;Ee b .lieve
it will epgender hatred aud feuds
that will be carried down 10 gener-
stions yet unborn; W. believe it will
cost more than would have bought
every slave in the South; We believe
it will undermine the foundations Of
Christianity and destroy the morals
Of every community; and We be-
live that every man ought to pray
70. peace and Go all he can TO pre-
vent the shedding o! frs,ernbl blood
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

The leading hotels in Nrw York
city are doing a slim business. A
correspondent Of the Buffalo Com
mercial Advertiser, who is apparently
we'll posted, says that the immense
first class houses are sinking at least
$500 per day, during this month
The St. Nicholas, only few days
ago, got reduction Of $4,000 OIL
the rent, and other houses are beg.
ging Cor reductions, which they mus
get, OF lose considerable money
All second class houses are doing
quite well, and also the cheap res
taurants aud eating houses.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
Cost of ARTILLERY.

Ibe cost Of Dahlgren's great g
inch iron guns is II cents per pound
As they weigh 5000 pounds each
the costol gunis $645. The s-inell
Colnmbiads weigh $500 pounds; the
10-inch, 10000 pounds each; both
are sold at 64 cents a pound. For
ty-two Founders weigh 5000 pounds;
thir;y.t"o Founders, $500 TO 5000
pounds each: The twelve Founders
are sold at 8 cents, toe others at 6
cents a pound. Seacoast howitzers
of 8 and 10 inch bore weigh from
$500 to $500 pounds each, and are
sold at 6a cents pound. Siege
howitzers of S-inch bore are much
lighter, weighing $500 to 5000
pouods, and are sold at ihe same
rate as those above mentioned. -
Brass guns are much lighter. tns
army pattern twelve Founders weigh
ing only 1890 pounds; they are,
however. sold at 46 cents pound.
The Dahlgren brass guns are still
proportionately higher priced; the
patent. mountain l2-pound howitzers.
weighing 220 pounds, are sold at -
cents a pound. Shell sell according
to weight at from 4 TO 6 cents
pound; shot at 81 to 4.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
ANCIENT HERALDRY,

! Symbolism having reigned in E.
gypt TO the extent unknown to US;
1t is somewhat surprising that it was
not earlier adopted in the Middle A.
ges as means Of expressing indi-
viduality, more especially as it was
SO freely laid under contribution as
a means-if not the end of ecclesi-
astloal decoration. Heraldry was
not called into practical use until
the twelfth century; although there
we're certain instances of particular
families bearing devices as early al
the conquest. The Crusadts are
generally supposed 10 have been
the ezlgency which brought the sys-
tenn to perfection, for it was impera-
tive That the various leaders of q
marching enemy, composed for the
most Part Of volunteers, should be
easily recognized. In an age when
scarcely a man in a thousand coul!
read, what means were SO distinguish.
able as symbols? 1t is not exactly
known by what process of thought
or custom arms became to be con-
sidered hereditary; but at the com.
mencemeut of the thirteenth centu.
ry we find them descending, with tha
owner estate. to its heir; and from
that time down TO the reign of Hen.
ry VIII, they indicate precise pos.
sessions, whether acquired by inher-
ltance or dover, Of the beale In
this respect, modern beraldry has de-
parted from ancient meaning. inso.
much as it nos shows descent only;
whereas, in olden times, it denoted
territorial possessions.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
FIRST BABIES.

A somewhat extended observation
and a solitary experience have co.,
yicted Us that first babies have a
hard time. Parents must have two
or !hree children before they know
what baby is, know how to treat
it and acquire patience to treat il
properly. The poor little fellows
that have the misfortune 10 coma
along first, have to educate pa
rents to their task, and in the
process they are spanked and
abused. After a man has three oil
four children, be lesrus that whip
ping child less than Two years oi
age is barbarism. We know one
parental bead" who struck his
first child when only six week old,
the fool actually believing that the
child knew better than to cry at
that particular time because be
struck him. We carr7 certain no
tions Of children and family govern
ment into married life, and the first
child 10 the victim Of these notions.
And not alone, Of these, for the
parents have not learned self-con-
troll, snd baby is whipped quite as
often because the parent is impatient
or angry. as because it is vicious or
intractible. We iuh,ct on our first
children the hoggipg We ought to
have for our imPatience or fretfUl-
ness. This pounding children be-
fore they become in Gods eye, NOR
ally responsible beings, is very
strange business. Patience, good
people, unwearying patience! Don't
wait to learn it until one Of your lit.
tie ones shall be hidden under the
daisies.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

HJTwO Dollars for one year if raid al
the time of subscription. 1--WE Dotiars
and Fifty Cents, WITHOUT DEVIATION
after the expiration of three months.
HT All Bills for Advertisements, job
Work, or Subscription, considered due when
contracted except against those with whom
we have running accounts,
az Subscribers failing to order discon-
tiuuance of the PAPER, at the expiration ol tne
time for which they may have subscribed
are considered as wishing to renew; and II
will be continued to them accordingly.
fEF No paper will be sent out OF the
county unless paid for in advance
~ Advertisements inserted at One DOs-
lar per square Of Twelve Lines
or Less, for the first insertion; Fifty cents
for each continuance. III
nF Persons advertising by the year, VIII
lie charged Forty Dollars for whole
column Twenty Dollars for one-haif,
Zen Dollars for one-quarter. NO der'a-
tion from these terms under any circumstances
az The privilege Of yearly advertisers is
strictly lza,ted to tear oiCn immediate ana reg
altar business: and the business OF an adver-
tisiug firm is not considered as including tha'
Of It's individual members.
sEe Announcing candidates Three Dol
lars, to be paid an Advance IN etery case: ~
az Advertisements not marked WIN LIE lie
number of inserti ens when handed ln' VIII
lie continued until ordered Out, and f'dg'aefd e1-
acted. .,,,.
SEP No advertisement inserted grdta'fouSly'
OT Advertisements of an abusive hatuie'
lrU not be inserted at any pf'ee
OF Sob Printing, Of ALL KINDS "e@py n1
,Gcpe on New TYPE. and on as reasonaole
1 ms auv office in Tennessee. -,
~ 40 Paper will be discontinued until
arr garages are paid uP-e1oPt ut the ep-
=. Of the Publisher.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
STATE SOVEREIGNTY.

Every State and every citizen now
supporting The despotic government
al Washington, renouncrs and oppo :
SIS every notion of State indepen-
dsnce, aud advocates the absolutlsm
of a msjolity. The LOLdon Star Of
abe 7th instant ssys:
The resolution of The North 10
crush secession BY !oree, involves the
,Senial of the right Of each one OF
the seeding States 20 determine the
eondiiions of its own national exist
.epce. When Siae Convention
has adopted an ordinance declaring
i.s withdrawal from the Federal In
.ion. even those citizens who may
have vol, d in the minority against
il caunol but feel that refusal TO re-
COG nize ) validity is denial Of their
own politiesl independence. In this
cousider,ion lies the strongest ground
for anticipation that the South may
exhibit Itself as united in delence as
,ha North is showing itself in at
tack. If this should 3e so, it is
scarcely possible to hope that any
,h;.o short of sudden awakening
Of the combatants 10 common sense
CAR avert prOtracted and sauguina-
r. struggle.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

We are pleased to learn that many
oi cor merchants are preparing to
VISIT European marts, for personal
selection Of supplies and for opening
correspondence and direct trade
We trust they will use all possible
diligence to lay 10 select supplies of
oil necsssaries.
Every merchant who goes from
The South TO Europe will be virtually
diplomatic representative. and will
add new force to the considerations
which must soon induce The recogni-
ton of the Confederate States
Charleston Courier.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

A writer ia one of the New Or.
leans papers strongly recommends,
that during the month Of June large
quantities Of ground be sown With
corn to make stock food; to supply
the deficiency Of bay from the North
and West. A Georgia planter re-
commeuds, that at the last plowins
of the corn, in the centre furrow be-
tween the rows, SOW peas, which by
September or October. before hard
frost, may be cut, CURED and stacked
in the manner Of fodder. Our llan-
ters must look forward and supply
their own neoessaries for plantation
use--every plantation should "stand
on its own bottom.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
qriginal Ioetry.
DepIofatIs situation Of our Country.

lepIofabIs situation Of our Country
In deep distress, my heart feels sore,
Whilst, l, my country's fate deplore:-
Alas our peace destroyed nowli
And must the farmer quit his Ilow?
To march in dire battle array?
Oh! what an awful Lloody day;
Should wrong ones, with robbers mind
To ruin the South, feel inclined:
Sout hern men fighting for their lives,
Their property, children and wives:
When, thus, forced to the battle field,
viii stand for rights, they cannot yield;
They'll strive for justice, while they may,
They'll strive for justice and fa;rplay;
They'll stand for rights their Fathers won,
Aided by the great Washington.
Their won't wrong ones from wreng ways ceas
For the sake of justice and peace?
Or will the North, against what's right?
Urge the South to bloody fight?
Oh! why not cease from bloody strife?
Oh! will you take brothers life?
Will you not be like bloody Cain?
After he had his brother slain.
Oh! then reflect on fiatricide,
And by brotherly love abide
Strive to deal jus stly-for you can,
Ard defraud not your fellow man.
Just Northern ones arc not meant here,
AL such one s the South need not fear,
They II observe the commandments ten,
I hat the Almighty gave to men.
But ssme speak wreng--all can see,
When they say all can equal be-
Were Abraham, and servants So?
Some we're born his, we all oan know,
And some bought with money likewise;
Then Bible+ truth don't despise:
But let such wrong contentious cease,
Then North, and South could live in peace.
ABRAHAM EpDINs.
February 1861.
Genesis the l4ih chapter, and l4th verse,
and the 18th chapter, and 18th verse, etc.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
THE PRESSURE IN CINCl NNATL-

The PRESSURE IN CINCiNNATL-A
gentleman in Cincinnati writes to a
friend in Memphis, that the depreci-
alton in the value Of real estate in
tha. place is unprecedented The
writer owns property, among them
several brick houses on one street.
for which he was offered $4,000
each only year since. Latterly
be tried 10 sell two of his brick
houses for 81 600 each, but could uo'
obtain the price. He fell to S7O0
and found a man who promised tt
take them but "backed" when tht
time eauie,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

UNITED STATES Troops AND THEIR
FotD.-Ohe of the soldiers stationed
at Fortress Monroe WIites TO the
n. Y Times as follows:
Il do not use too strong an tx-
preston; | know that Of which |
speak. Many of US without fault OF
our own, Gre actually suffering fro m
hunger; ace do not get sufficient rd-
tions. Wih their quality we do not
complain; although salt pork, beans,
crackers and coffee may be slightly
monotonous lre, we should be sat
isGed if we had enough"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

THE STATE OF ArFA'Rs-lhe Ne"
yark Journal of Commerce closes a
,ano,bv review Of The past and pres
en-, Of eur country, by the following
nor.crsnb as 10 shs future, should
I;ncoln's war policy be continued:
successful i g, an evident sub
;,oa,ien or extipguistmtut OF the
: while southern people, cannot bring
honor, prosperity, or glad con
science TO the North. Bereavement;
sickness, poverty, sDt frighifuI
dsm,r,liza,ion, viii march hand in
hand with the triumph. Increased
dqbt. Increased taxes, dim'nlsh bed
vslue of all property. The custom
Of tie South, nov amounting tt
hundreds of milIions, lost; its produc'
tons which rendered the world tnou'
tarv TO us. almost aplibilated; and tht
rrlst,ye position of this country viii
the nations of the earth, hoprltssly re-
,,uced. We cannot conquer peace
fnl and cordial Union. 1t is the
last mode by which it can be done
Tha. is significant Of a return tt
reason.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

Several Of our weekly exchanges
10 the interior Of Georgia have
within a fe" days succumbed to the
pressure of The times. Among them
the Pulaski TimeR, the CarEOIlton
Advocate, the Planters Weekly and
the Thomson Herald. These are, in
deed, severe times on the hewspa-
pers, and they should be generously
sustained,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
Gfmple of Gbe Muses
AJg 4cuhcco's ffaunts.

All, here's the very tree, whose shade
Spreads o'er the noisy rill;
And here S the bridge that nature made,
That touches just the hill.
Beneath this tree in by-gone days,
sat and whiled away,
Th, hours that were so sunny then,
So dear to me and gay.
And here's the rock, moss grown and gray
likened to tower;
The rock is just the same, and grass
Sp,ou.ed at its base and flowers
There below me, in the dingle,
Where grow the daisies sweet,
I'd hide myself, aud dream away
The hours that were SO fleet.
The old mll-wheel, that flung the spray
Like Jewels all around,
Is quiet now, and lying low
Upon the weedy ground,
The mill of stone is standing yet,
Bat going to decay =
The mill l used to love so well,
And where I used to pay.
The miller, now grown old and gray,
VIII soon sleep In the tomb.
And flowers bright and flowers rare,
Shall o'er him sweetly bloom;
For once l used to love him well,
When young, and strong, and hale;
He's neither hale, nor strong. nor young
He's old, and gray, and pale!
He scarce remembers cow the boy
That used to come each day,
To chat with him, and l.ugk and sing.
And work, and call it play!
He says Eve grown so old since then,
SO changed in every way,
He scarce believed was The boy
"That worked and called it playl"
o. boyhood hours, forever past!
Why few ye BY so swift?
Yenever will return to me
Ne'er to return to drift
l miss one who, in summer days,
Would always come with me,
And sing and laugh the line away,
Here underneath this tree!
l miss him now-and 0, he sleeps
Down in a turfy bed,
And daisies sweet, and harebells blue,
Are sproutipg DER his head!
o, by his side, when | am called
To rest my weary feet,
There lay my head where now they bloom {;
Uafebells and daisies sweet.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

On the 18th inst, in Wilson coun.
ty, Tenn, Mrs. Peggy Fite entered
on her second century She had
twelve children-1l are now liv.
ing, having from them 453 grand
children and great grandchildren
She was Is years old when the de.
claration Of independence was a.
dopted, has witnessed the rise, pro.
gress and dissolution Of the Union
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

The Grain Crop Of Teras.-The
Austin Intelligencer says that wheat
is being offered at sixty cents per
busbel at Austin. The LaGrange
True Issue says that corn was sell.
ing on Caney at twenty-five cents
per bushsl, and that it is believed
that enough corn and small grain
would be grown this year in Texas
to do the State three years.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

One Of the most extensive shoe
dealers in New Orleans has gwen no.
tice that be is taking measures to
manufacture his own stock, so that
articles can be sold upon terms as
favorable as those usually obtained
This is aystep iu the right direction,
and if tho mechanical resources ol
the South are generally developed,
We can soon demonstrate our inde-
pen6ence in every particular.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

Another Oairags-Mr. A. w.
Morrison, State Treasurer Of Mis-
souri,, went TO st. Louis the other
Gay 10 draw money from one Of the
banks. The fac: was communicated To-
Gen. Lyon, who gave an order to
prevent the payment Of the draft,
but not In time to accomplish his
object
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

Lincoln lately bad the impudence-
TO issue a pardon fer a man in the
Virginia Penitentiary. The Virgin.
Ia authorities returned the document
with a graceful intimation that s'the
Commonwealth Of Virginia, not be-
ing one Of the United States Of
America. the power Of the Chief
Executive of that nation i. 10 t recog-
niZed by the Government ofthis Slate
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

Old Abe is losing over 1000
men every week from dessrtion alone,
as bis troops are nearly starved, and
won't stay. The famous Goth Irish
Regiment, from New York, lost 164
men by desertion 10 three days, and
they Joined the camp of Virginia
troops as two full companies at Ma
nassas Gap Junction, which is only
10 miles from Washington City
Norfolk Argus.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

sc ERcISG" A CIRCUS Man. Dsr
Rice circus 0otills was menaced by
the mob, at Cincinnati on Friday
night last. They demanded that Rice
should hoist the Union flag instead
of bis own. He repelled c"eIcIon
brought a howitzer. charged with
slugs, to bear on the mob, and de-
fled them; put on steam and stood
for the Kentucky shore, where be
safely moored.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

high in ibis kounlry, and ] can't at:
ford it. Yours, BILL ARP.
N. B.-Tell Chase bis and Hell
per's pray ers are answered. The
niggeIs riz this mornin about day
break, all over the kCuniry in great
numbers, and went to killln-crab
grass B. A.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

There is good deal Of Dragging
aud blowing at The North just nov
over the number of troops enlisted 10
that section. The Northern yoiun.
teers are like the winds, "they blow
wheresoeyer they 'lis:.."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

The wife Of Henry A. Bills oi
Winstsad, Conn, died at the Hart
tnrd insane retreat a few days ago
th. result on an attack OF insanity
produced by the execrations and
threats uttered against her husband
in the community where he lived,
because OF his sympathles with the
southern rebellion.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04
Tho nlantera of Ribb countv

The planters Of Bibb county, Geo.,
have subscribed 5000 bales Of cot
ton to the Confederate Lean, and
the Telegraph says they will increase
it to six or seven thousand. Col.
Leroy Napier has subscribed S5S.
900 and the whole Of bis growing
crop, estimated a. 500 bales.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

A Drunken Commander. "A gen.
tleman who saw Gen. Butler 10 Bal
timore, says that he was so insbri-
ated that he required the assistance
of two men to put him on his horse.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

Emerson Etheridge made speech
at Baltimore, on the 9Th inst, 10
favor of bis traitor cbum. Henry
Winter Davis. The latter has, how.
ever, been defeated.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

The BLOCKADE on WHIsKEY.-Tbe
Cincinnati papers state that whiskey
is selling in that market at 10 cents
per gallon, and the sales are very
slow even at this ruinous figure d
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

To CLEAN TAINTED BARRELs.-The
bast method for cleaning tainted bar
rels is to put one Peck Of charcoal
and one teacup of saleratus into
each barrel, Gil them up with boiling
water, cover tight and let them
stand until cold.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

The Yankee officers at Alexandra
,nara6e the streets, with negro wo-
= men leaning upon their arms, and'
seeking the smiles Of ebons, promise
TO free them.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

a FAIR NOTICE. hereby give
notice that the death Of James w.
Jackson. Of Alexandra, Va, shall,
will, and must be avenged.
HENRY GARDENER, Nj. D.,
of Mississippi.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

STARVATION PRICES FOR SOLDIERS
PANTS. wealthy manufacturer at
Newark. N. j, has been grinding the
face Of the poor most cruelty. lie
recently compelled a poor woman
with a family Of eight children, to
make heavy military pants by hand
fer 20 cents per pair The woman
succeeded in making four pair week
and received therefore eighty cents!
Other cases Of a similar character
have occurred in which advantage
has been taken Of the necessities oil
poor working men and women. This
has induced the movement among
the tailors for concerted action to Sc
cure fair wages.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-04

February, 1861.
Genesis the 14ih chapter, and l4th verse,
and the 18th chapter, and 18th verse, etc.
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-11-15
Fancy Goods,

Such as Perfumery of the choicest kinds Soaps,
Toilet, Shaving and Erasive; Marbles large yari
ETY. /; Balls, Cum Rings Sum Bands.
THOMAS 4 BRO, i
Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1861-11-15
TO THE LADIES
OF
Re ntucky and Northern Tennessee

| have established at Bowling Green,
KY, a General Hospital for thereception of
the sick soldiers of the Central Division
Confederate States Army of Ky. In
an enterprise which is intimately connect
ed with the physical comfort, if not also
the life, Of the soldier l feel that you are
scarcely less interested than myself. /,
therefore, beg to make few practical sug
gestions to you, as to the manner in which
you may serve those members of the army
who are overtaken by accident or disease
A very efficient mode of rendering assist
ance to the inmates of the hospital is thro'
the agency Of Relief Associations such
numbers of which are already in operation
in the Confederate States. Can you not
organize such Associations wherever they
do not exist and through them forward
whatever may be contributed? Where, for
any reason, such Societies can not be spec
Oily put in operation, individuals should
forward their donations direct to Bowling
Green.
Among the articles of daily use in the
Hospital are the following