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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

An Ohio man has discovered a
process of hardening copper, an
art which has been lost since the
dayso of King Solomon. 1t is well
known that the ancients possessed
the art of hardening copper and
making it equal to the best of
steel.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

The largest amount of revenue
drawn from the British. people in
one year, never exceeded $780,
900, 900, while the amount drawn
the present year from the people
of the United States is at the rate
of $40, 100000 per anDum.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

The Richmond Republic has
suspended publication for the pres
emf. The hard times in Virginia
and want of ready money is the
alleged cause of the suspension.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

George Starr, who was to have
been hung for murder at St. Louis,
has elected Communication, as fol-
lows:
81, George Starr, do hereby re-
ceive and elect to abide by the
condition of the within commuta-
ton, whereby the sentence of
death, imposed upon me, is COM
muted to imprisonment in the pen
itentiary of this State for and du-
ring the term of my natural life. "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
In his address to the Old Schot

In his address to the Old School
General Assembly at St. Louis.
DR.. Sanders, the Moderator, said
"That rebellious defiance of
lawful authority which has racked
the Nation to its foundation du.
ring the four years of war, still IA.
ges within the precincts where il
was born, the Church Of Cod"
DR.. Sanders is severe upon the
Churches. 1t is to be feared that
some of them haven't been as free
from politics as they ought to have
been.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

Our exchanges and dispatches
from all points West and South,
report unusually cold weather for
the season. 1t is feared that seri-
Gus damage will result to the crops.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
President johnson is filing mos,

President Johnson is filling most
of the important and responsible
offices In the country-in the
North especially, and where he
makes removals--with officers
or soldiers who have served the
Union with distinction in the late
war for its restoration. In this
way he tanks opposition to his APP
continents.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
INSOLVENCY..

DURSUANT to an order Of the Clerk Of
Il the County Court of Lincoln county
Tenn. upon the suggestion Of the administra-
tor of the estate of N d. Noores deceased, Of
the insolvency of said decedenps estate; no.
tice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present them to
the Clerk of said Court. authen;icat ed, on or
before the Sits Of October, 1850, for pro
rata distribution, or they will be forever de-
barred, JAMES K. M0ORES, Adm.
april 5, 1866
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

MARRIED AND RE-MARRIED.-A
man and his wife, living lovingly
together, in Indiana, recently found
themselves divorced by decree of
court without their knowledge
Some joker instituted the suit and
carried it through, just to Illus
trate how easily divorces can be
obtained in that State. Good fol
the ministers! This worthy couple
will now have to get married over
again.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

A Mrs. Callahan died recently
at Webster, Mass, of dropsy, al.
ter having had 730 pounds of wa
ter removed from her by twenty
four surgical operations.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

MAKING AN EXCUSE FOR HIN.
sELF.-General Ben Butler, in his
speech, said: "Conquerors, we
have acquired title by conquest to
all the people of the South have
of life, liberty, lands, rights, Con-
stitutional or otherwise" That
was the idea be acted on in New
Orleans, when gold and silver coin,
sugar, cotton, pianos and other val
uables, property of the conquered,
found their way into the possess
ion of the Northern conquerors.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
1866.

RATS versus BIRDS--W boever engages
in shooting birds is cruel man; whoever
aids in exterminating rats is benefactor.--
We should like some one to give ua the enc
fit OF their experience in driving out these
pests We need something besides dogs. cats,
and traps Tor this business Scientific Anssri-
can N. Y.
NJ See "CosTAR,sn ad vertisement above.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

Lebanon, Tenn, boasts Of 133
manageable ladies, and As mar
riageable gentlemen. Of these,
some six couples are to be married
shortly.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

The city government of Louis
vile pays one cent each for every
dead rat brought to it, killed with
In the CITY confines.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

The health of Jefferson Davis
is rapidly declining. 1t is doubtful
whether he will live through the
summer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

The hog cholera has again bro
ken out in the lower part of Rock
Island county, Ills, and some of
the farmers are losing their whole
stock.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
Miss Anna r. Dickinson Is 10.

Miss Anna e. Dickinson is lee
turing in St. Louis on miscegena.
ton Exchange.
Stick to your text, Anna. I'm
derstanding the subject as well as
you do, you will ultimately be-
come "master of the situation"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
1866.

A VOICE FROM THE FAR WEST
Speaking of "CosTAR's" Rat, Roach Ant. &c,
observation-disclosures grain and provisions srs
destroyed annually in Grant county by YER
min than would paw for tons of this Rat and
Insect killer - Lancaster. Wis, Her'ud.
OF See "CosTAB's" advertisement above.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
Thursday Morning, Jane I, 1856
The Freedmen's Bureau,

The most extraordinary and
barefaced rascality in the manage.
ment and operation of the Freed.
mems Bureau is still being expos.
cd, day after day, by the official
investigations of Generals Steed.
man and Fullerton. They have
now reached Savannah. The
"philanthropists" and "bogus hui
manitarians," who have gone
"down South" ostensibly to labor
for the welfare and elevation of
the negroes, are, too many of them
shamefully engaged in taking ad.
vantage of their official positions
to Cypress, defraud, abuse, and
sometimes murder the poor igno
rant creatures, in order to get ex.
peditiously rich. Some of them
compel the late slaves whom they
profess SO religiously to protect
from ali injustice, to work for them
at half price, paying for the labor
in 'orders" on stores kept by these
officials themselves, for which cor.
ders" food is supplied at three
times the cash price! No wonder
the southern negro cries out ear.
nestly, "Save me from my friends!'
His enemies would not use him
halt SO numerically as these mer.
cenary "down east philanthro-
pists. The "Freedmen's Bureau
is vast engine of oppression and
wrong. It is only sustained by
Congress in order to work it, as a
political machine, to secure a rad
ical President at the next election,
although its maintenance will sad
die the nation with twelve millions
n year expense and will rapidly
kill off all that is left of the south
ern negro population.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

Gen. Joe Johnston has accepted
the Presidency of the Alabama &
Tennessee River Railroad.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

In the House, on the 22nd, the
Bankrupt bill passed-sixty-eight
to fifty-nine. It provides that
bankrupts to the amount of $500
may be discharged after surren-
dering all property to assignees,
appointed by the creditors, and a
SAFE and rateable distribution of the
proceeds. Creditors to the amount
of $3.50 may force dishonest debt
ors into bankruptcy, and compel
the sale of property to pay debts
rateably to creditors. The provis-
ions against fraud and concealment
of property are very stringent
The machinery of the law is to be
performed through the United
States Courts. One Register, to
assist the Judges, is to be appoint
ed in each Congressional District.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

Examine my stock. and see if don't.
1t consists Of every variety Muslins,
Organdies, Mozambiques, a beauti-
full line OF Swiss, Jackonets, Nam
sock and Brilliantes, Gents Furnish.
ing Goods, ready-made Clothing,
Hats, Boots, Shoes, Hardware,
Queensware, Tinware, Castings, and
= superior lot Of Cutlery. Also,
Sugar, Coffee, Soda, Spice, Alum,
Blue Stone, Nader, Salt, Flour and
Corn Meal, all Of which
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
North Side Of the Public Square,
Nassauer 6 knights Old stand,
FAYETTEVILLE, TENN.

U EEP continually on hand Sugar,
IL Lard, Candy, Coffee, Boon, Can
Fruit. Flour, Salt, Oysters, Rice. So
da, Sardines, Candles, Tobacco, Mack
erel, Soap, Cigars, Wines, Tea. Snuff.
Whiskeys, &c., Hardware, Farming
Utensils. Iron, &c. sc.
Will exchange Groceries fol Cot
ton, Feathers, Dried Fruit and Pro-
duce generally Will receive Cot
ton in Fayetteville and ship to Nash.
vile at the lowest rates.
ap12-tf FOSTER Il co. :
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

cards, Bili-IIeads, Tickets, etc.
pRINTED WITH NEATNESS
q and dispatch, at ths OBSERVER OF
FlCB, Fayetteville, Ton.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07
1866.

INCREASE OF RATS.--The Formers
Gyzette (EDglish) asserts and proves by figures
tina, one pair of RATS win have a progeny
and descendants no less than 65l, 050 in three
years. Now, unless this immense family can
be kept down, they would consume more food
than would 5000 human beings.
OF See "CosTAR'sn advertisement above.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-06-07

We suppose social equality Of
white and blacks at the North will
follow negro suffrage, as we'll as at
the South. And, we suppose,
that is really what the Radicals
Of Congress are working for.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
StupcndouS Business.

1t will be remembered by the readers
OF the News that we lately published
two short items concerning the whlskey
traffic in New York. One was that a
dealer in the article had to pay a fine Of
$4,000 for making false revenue
returns. The other, that an off.
cial who was making Reconnaissance
for the purpose of discovering the Illicit
distillation of whiskey fell into a vat
and was drowned
a man who says he knows the first
party, gives lis information that the de.
ceased was "over.soaked" in the distllle
ry of that party. The circumstances are
these. The official detective got on
track Of the unlawful dealer, and "beard.
eE the lion in his den." The dealer
who had been too sharp for the Govern.
ment, pitched on plan to lay the thing
cold. So he give Mr.. Detective a
check OH the Bank for thirty thousand
dollars. And detective, not that he
loved duty less, but that he loved money
lin a pile) more, accepted the hint.
pocketed his check, observation and con-
science, and became thencefor.h rich.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
The R Richmond Medical Journal,

Is published in Richmond, and edited
by Drs GArLLARD and MCCHEsNEy
We have received the March mum Der of
the Journal. and we do not hesitate to
say that for good taste, di&crimna.
ton and ability it comes up TO any thing
we have seen in the style of Medical
Journal. One Important feature is that
the Editors pay literally for acceptable
contributions. This Is an important fea.
tnre because it is 50 new for the South.
1t matters little what department of let.
ters periodical adopts hereafter in the
South, it will be Just as impossible for it
to prolong the existence without liber,
al bids for the best ability the country
commands, RS it will be for the BODY to
live without food and air.
The Journal can be had Tor one wear
for $500 in advance.
Address DR.. GAlLLARD.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
The New Jersey BnitCd States Senator

1t was stated OH Friday, that the
Senate of New Jersey, by vote of II
to 10, had refused to go into joint Con.
vention to elect United States Scna.
tor in place of Mr. Stockton The SEM
ate is composed of II republicans and
10 democrats, but on this occasion Mr..
Sc"vel, republican and president of the
Senate, voted with the democrats. The
republicans have a majority Of s or 0
in the House. A dispatch to the New
York Herald, referring to The vote of
MIR. Scovel, says = Wilmt"gton Dis
patch
He made a speech, saying that although
he had been elected on the republican
ticket, still he could not in Justice to the
interests of the whole country, as an
American citizen, loving the lasting
unity of these States and good govern.
ment better than party purposes, vote
with men whose whole course was
against the government--the policy of
Andrew johnson. AS for himself he
said, lie intended to sustain the Presi
dent Of the United States and his policy,
and for such considerations he voted
with the democratic side of the House.
He said he had been threatened in
his room, n few hours previously, with
exposure by being ''posted" all over Ike
streets if he did not vote with the repnb.
licans but he cared nothing for this
threat, and intended to stand up boldly
and meet his enemies, and pursue a
course. without regard to party inter.
ests, which he believed the times de.
manded of all good Americans in Office.
He even intimated that he had been led
to understand that personal violence
against him was not thing to be EN-.
tirely lost sight of. Before concluding
his speech he read the following letter:
"WAsmIEGToN, March 80, 1906
Hon. James M. Scoyel, &c.----Dear Sir /:
BY all means hurry mp your election
Give us no conservative. a radical
like yousself or nothing A copper.
head is better than a twadHeE
THADDEUs STEVENS.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
News Items.

1t is estimated that eighteen thousand
elephants are killed every year to sup.
ply Sheffield (England) alone with their
ivory.
The Imperial officers on the Rio
Grandc say she French troops will not
be withdrawn from Mexico until the
Empire is fully established.
A vine grower made S7,9S7 last yea,
from five acres of Island soil in Lake
Eric. He raised $4,000 pound, Of
grapes, and made 5000 gallons of wine
The Winston .Ssnttnel saws that there
are one or more regularly organized
gangs of horse thieves in Forsylhe and
surrounding counties.
III the Capitol at Washington are ten
and one half acres Of halls, galleries, ro.
tundas, libraries, ante chambers apd cor.
ridors. The man who walks through;
each one, from end 10 end, will hAvo'
travelled some miles.
American farmers may learn from
Russian serfs how to store their corn in
safety. In Russia a pit is dug in the
ground in well drained place, and the
sides hardened by long exposure to fire.
Before the grain IL introduced straw. is
ignitcdin the pit TO purify and dry The
air. IL is said to have been preserved
in this way 40 years, without deterior.
alton.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis spent few min
utes inside of the bar of the Louisiana
House of Representatives few days
since, The mcmbers, generally, were
not aware OF the visit until she had re-
tired. Those who had the honor Of her
acquaintance paid their respects to her
with the marked Difference Iue to em
nent personal worth. and in manner
suggestive Of deep sympathy with tho
family in its present unhappy situation.
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er If not wiser man. Not many days
passed before the detective, encouraged
by his first pull determined to throw
out again. So he went the second time
to the BaccI,annlian, to investigate his
premises. But in the round this time
the check he got was of a very different
style. He got on Il trap'door and then
-. The ability Of the dealer to pay
his fine will not be questioned. when
the reader is told, as we werr, that in
ten months he realized one million dol.
lars from the distillerv
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
From Washington Congressional.

WAstttNGroN, April 4.-The Prcsi
dent, to day, sent to the House a com.
municarion from the Governor of Ala
bama asking that the State of Alabama
be allowed to assume and pay in State
bonds the tax now due by the State, or
that delay Of payment may be author,
zed until the State by sale of bonds or
by taxation makes provisions for liqui.
dation.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07

plays, and the music was of more festal dis.
oription than usual. Weather quito plea
SAINT, though still rather wintry.
MONDAY. 2.-The news from Europe this
morning was not as favorable as expected.
Gold SOLD up to 1888 and down to 1881. In
consequence of no action having been taken
oy Congress on the Funding Bill. Gold re-
mains firm. though il must fall before long
to about 120. Drw,r
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
The Presidents Proclamation.

1t will be gratifying to all who honest.
" fought for four years TO dissolve the
Union, but who have for one year been
as honest in their determination to glue
1t together, to learn that President
JOHNSON who has the heart and the
head to admire honesty, has issued a
proclamation declaring the war ended.
This document will bring the South to
his support with a oim that will make
the radicals howl with rage. 1t will re.
vive the despondency of the true Union
men OF the North and strengthen the
knees Of the pliable conservative Repub.
licans The President has enough of
old Hickory" in him to stand up to his
position. Hc need not use the emphat
ic language of JACKSON to indicate his
policy. His acts do that. Let the
Radicals of Congress attempt to impeach
ANEREw JOHNSON, and if their political
heads don't Ry off faster than flies off
hot stove, then we'll stand treat. The
Radicals may think they have taken
the tide of affairs that leads on to fortune.
but if they don't miss the port it viii be
because ANDY isn't there to swamp
their craft.
\ truce to this radicalism ! 1t has
no principle. 1t is just as oscillar.
ing rs the weather.cock. 'Ts as
slippery as an eel It's like old Gen,
BNNNINe' s cowhide that was flung out
upon rhetorical hreezes to cheer the
whipped Confederate "boys"--if You
mash them down Ole place they will
jump up with a saucy grunt in another.
But the Presidents feet are large enough
10 keep the old radical hide down all
around. He has the genleel part ofthe
civilians 10 support him, and better than
that he has at his back the metallic cur.
rency of the country, not that alone tha,
Bulls and "Bears' are always goad
ing and hugging, but that other which
is final as an appellate because it pays
the last debt.
Three cheers for President JouNsoN
who not only understood once how to
use the goose" but who knows how to
dispose Of Dead Ducks" aud the whole
tribe of "quacks." Three cheers for
ANDY!!!
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
TIE II ALP Ill IC.
Destructive Fire in Mobile.

MOBILE, April 4. A destructive fle
occurred this morning, which destroyed
Charles Hurley's hat store-ioss $50.
900, insured for $4,000; Putnam and
Mattone, book dealers-loss Of large
portion of store but fully insured NJ.
Marx and Co., shoe dealers-loss S25,.
600, but fully insured All of the above
were insured in Mobile agencies OF
Northern companies.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
The Case of Bradley Johnson,

BALrlMoRE, April 4.--ln the case of
Bradley johnson, late Of the Confcdrr.
ate army, recently l.cld to bail in this
city, to answer an indictment for trea.
son, the President has interposcd, and
ordered the abandonment of the case
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
The YcOmun.

This paper which we noticed in late
issue OF the News will be furnished sub.
scribers atS3. 90 year. or at less rates to
clubs. The authorized agents for this
and the surrounding section. are W. A j..
MORRISON, Postmaster, and DR.. WM.
CARLISLE, at Ridgeway.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
The Dead List Of Company "G's 9Th s. c,
Infantry.

We have received this list which will
be published at an early date Extra
copies of the paper will be struck of for
the benefit Of those who desire them.
We hope such lists of all the compa.
nies that went from this District will I've
furnished us.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
Congressional Proceedings.

WASHINGTON, April 3.--The Senate
has adopted II resolution calling upon the
Secretary Of the Treasury and Postmas.
tcr.Gencral, to report whether since
December, persons have been admitte i
to hold office in their departments with.
out taking the oath prescribed by law.
The House was engaged, to day, in
the contested election case Of Dodge
against Cross.
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
G o M NJ e r. @ I A L. :.


New YoEK, April A. Cotton heavy
Sales 1000 bales at 39c. Gold 278
New YORK, April 3.--The cotton
market has declining tendcncy--sales
of 900 bales, at 39'a 40c. Gold is quot.
ed at %.
LOUISVILLE, March 3O.-Leaf tobac.
co steady--sales l6l hhds. Flour dull,
at 81. Corn, Sea 62c. Oats, 46c.
Mess pork, $25. Bacon, l3a2lc.
Wi.iskey, raw, 1924.
CINolNNATr March 3O.-Flour I'M.
changed. Wheat quiet, at $l.5Oa ITS.
Corn less active, at 52aG4 Oats dull
and &c. lower; quote 3S a43c. Whs
key dull, at 1924 Provisions quiet.
Mess pork, $25a 1925. Bulk meats
dnll, at l0al44c. Bacof dull. at l24
a l6c. Lard l84.
NASHVILLE March, 3l.--Phe cotton
market opened yesterday about as the
day previous, and a few sales were eff.
trcted at soc, but owing to unfavora.
bln New York advices in the evening,
quoting middlng nominal at doc, it be-
came more depressed, and buyers virtu.
ally withdrew. Gold closed at27a.
AUeurA, April 2.-W j fair
Inquiry for the better gflaeS son;
but there is not a greay fAe on
account of small Offering The
tone of the market is better, al:ssa! holders
look for an Improvement; hencH tiieir
reluctance to sell at present prices. We
quote strict TO good middlngs 33 asf.
Gold, bnyiE55 al l26, and selling at 12S.
There has been moderate, demand.
Silver. buying at 100, and selling at l25.
A German paper has recently inven'.
ed very cheap and casly made bar ,
ometer Take q common glass vide
mouthed pickle bottle and fill il to with.
in three inches of the mouth with water
Then take a common sweet oil flask,
cleanscit thoroughly and plunge the
neck into the pickle bottle as far as it
will go. This completes the barometer,
and in fne weather the water will riso
in the neck of tho flask, descending
again,inNxesf.windy weather. Beforeit
heavy gale of wind the water has been
seen to leave the flask altogether, at
least eight hours before the gale was at
it's height
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
The New York Senate and Tic Veto.

Nmw YORK, April 4.---The New
York Senate, to-day, passed a resolution
expressive of regret of the veto by Presi.
dent johnson
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07
New Jersey Senatorial Caucus, Etc.

TRENrrN, April The Republicans
have nominated A. S. Catell for Scna.
tor Scovell was not in the caucus.
The Senate, today, again refused TO
60 into vote this session for u choice
Of Senator
The tri-weekly news. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1865-1876, 1866-04-07

out of the amendment to the ConstliI
tion of the United States prolibili1
slavery within the limits and jurisdi,
ton Of the United States
= For these and othcrreasohs the Pres
dent proclai'ms aud declares that the ii
surrection which existed in tie abov
named States is at an end, and is herd
after to be regarded.