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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
The March Election--Let-
ter from BrOWnlOw.

STATE OF TENNESSEE, EXECUTIVE
DEPARTMENT, NASHVILLE, Feb. l,
1066.-To the Editor of the Nash
vile Press and Tines:
l wish to answer through your
paper large number of letters
inquiring whether the March cleo
tions will be held, and whether /
will issue any proclamation order
ing the election, and also whether
the election will be valid in coun-
ties illegally registered under the
suffrage law of June last.
1t is only in special elections to
fill vacancies in Legislative or
Judicial offices that any Execu-
tive proclamation or writs of cleo
ton are necessary. The March
election is general election, the
day of holding tits fixed by the
constitution, and no proclamation
or writs of election are necessary.
1t is the business of the county
courts and sheriffs to see that these
elections are held according to the
constitution and laws of the State
and to install the officers elected.
| have nothing to do with it ex-
cepf to issue commissions to Jus
tice of the Peace, and in that mat
ter | shall decide for myself after
the election, and not before. All
other questions are judicial, and
will be decided by the courts when
they arise.
Of course it is expected that
these elections will be held in ac-
cordance with all the laws, includ-
ing the "act to limit the elective
franchise" A gross and general
disregard of the laws of the State
may require my interposition as
Governor bound to see that the
laws are executed. But l sincere
ly hope that no such contingency
may occur, and shall not decide
upon my course in advance.
Respectfully,
w. G. BRowNLow.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
Te,apls Of The Wases.
For the Fayetteville Observer.
a DISCOVERY.

once did love the smiling moon,
The fairy queen of night,
Who looks SO fair at midnights neon,
Robed in her pallid light;
once did love the fowery spring
And the scorching summer,
When in the brooks the water sing
With trembling murmur.
I once of far off lands did dream
Where golden cities stand,
Where in the streets the diamonds gleam,
Ten thousand in band;
But, Oh. have discovered now
A brighter gem than all,
Bright golden curls rest on her brow,
And o'er her shoulders fall.
Her eyes would make the diamonds blush,
With never-ending shame,
Her voice would make the wild birds hush
Their prattling songs of fame;
pray to God that may speak
Some word to touch her heart,
For I, both night and day, do seek
To play lovers part.
ALoNzo.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
Jubilant.

The Harrisburg Union, in ma.
king a note of a blessing that has
recently befallen Pennsylvania
and certain adjoining States and
sections, thus expressed its joys:
"We neglected, Immediately
upon the heels of the telegrapbie
announcement, to congratulate our
people upon the fact that the mill
tary district Of Western Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Delaware, Eastern
Shore, and Western Virginia has
been discontinued. Hnrrah
Good bye, Mr.. Military Straps;
the State of Pennsylvania is no
more department and the citi-
zens no longer need the sweet ar
bitrary will of yourselves and your
"diyine" master, Stanton, to keep
them in ignoble subjection. May
we never look upon your like
again"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

NEGRO EoUAL1TY.-The chief
organ of the Methodist Church of
the North, the Christian Advocate
and Journal, has raised the black
flag of amalgamation and negro
equality. 1t says in a late edito-
rial;
"This goddess prejudice against
negro equality deserves divine
punishment. She (the Church)
must cease to loathe and dissociate
men on account of color. She
must give her brethren Of the de-
spised hue her cordial fellowship /;
in her churches, her schools her
counting-rooms, must they move
freely and unnoticed."
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

A New WAY OF BEING UNMAR-
R1ED.-A couple out in Oregon got
tired of living together, and con-
cluded to unhitch. They united
the knot by mutually signing the
following document. We com
mend their example to Harris,
Strong & Co., whose disgusting di-
vorce trials have hefouled the pa
ges Of so many newspapers:
Know all men by these presents,
that | hereby give, grant, and be-
queath unto my beloved husband,
Proudhon st. Felix, a full and free
divorce from tha bonds of matri-
mony, granting and bequeathing
unto him, my beloved husband,
all the happiness he can get. Wit
ness my hand and seal, this Sth
day of September, A. D.. 1865
This divorce is granted for little
rat-colored mule, which he gives to
me.
EU. S. R. STAMP, 2 o.1 her
MARY ST. q FELIX.
Witnesses. mark.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

A correspondent OF the Cairo
Times, writing from Jackson.
Tenn, few days since, records
the following ludicrous incident:
A laughable incident occurred
at the depot to-day. The train
from Mobile brought up several
barrels of shell oysters. A num-
Der of country negroes stood by,
and never having seen oysters be-
fore, were somewhat astonished at
the appearance of the bivalve.
"Whaf he mouf?" exclaimed one
of the more inquisitive. "How
um eat, eh Goliy! / links um
muffin 'cept a bone. Yah! yah!"
he continued laughing at his own
wit. 81 spec some white men tink
nigga a fool when he call dat lister"
just then he discovered an open
oyster, and seizing it eyed it tclose-
iy. Not satisfied with the exam
ination, he placed it to his nose,
but no sooner was that organ
placed between the shells than
they closed; niger howled with
pain, and called out, "Pull um off!
pull um off, but the more the oys-
ter was pulled the more it would
not let 60, and as poor Cuffee
danced and yelled, his frantic eff.
forts to rid himself of his uneom-
Portable nasal ornament were both
ludicrous and painful. "Hit UNI
wild a stick" suggested buxom
wench, and in moment the oys-
ter was knocked right and left with
hearty will, but Cuffee's head
went with it. "Pinch he tail,
cried a little nig, "and he sure let
gol" but there was no tail to pinch,
and poor Cuffee seemed doomed to
wear the oyster forever. At this
moment an Intelligent contra
band" whipped out a knife, and
with it soon severed the oyster.
Cufee looked at the shell with
amazement, and finding the oyster
toothless, threw it away, with the
remark, sUm got no teef, but he
"a
gum it powerful"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
Proa,s-5etOs
A Recruit from the Grave.

4
| The war has produced many
strange stories, but few more sin
gular than the following one rela-
tied by Col. Ellis, late of the 1st
Missouri Cavalry, in a st. Louis
paper:
ga few days after a fiercely con-
tested battle, a party of soldiers
belonging to the 1st Missouri took
a jaunt over the battlefield, and
came up to a spot where the z. =
-el dead were buried. In Or
place the hair of a mans hS
was seen sticking outof the gro 3 s
like a turf of grass, and near 4 4.
hand was seen protruding upwaik
which evidently belonged to the
corpse that owned the head Of
hair. One of the cavalrymen re-.
marked to his companions, IN e
spirit of thoughtless leyity, "
there's q dead Reb reachi1
for something; let's see
wants" In the same
waheon mischief, Ahs~l
ness, they took hold of the
hand, and hauled the body o,itoll[
the grave, the loose dirt falling
back into the shallow hole. Soon
after the man began to stir and
manifest signs of life, TO the utter
astonishment and horror of the
resurrectionists. The man was
taken by his rescuers to their tent,
and was rubbed down, washed
off, and in a few days became as
@good as new" He said that IN
battle he was stunned by the pass
age of ashell, which knocked him
senseless. He was picked up
among the dead and buried ike
the rest Not a scratch was found
on his body. He said he Joined
the Rebel army, and fought the
Federals long and well, but as
this was his second appearance on
earth, he would now join the
Federals and fight for them. He
accordingly enlisted in the lst
did a good deal of tough
marching and hard fighting, and
asst September was mustered ont
# the service and paid off at
Benton Barracks"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
is doubtful whether a law lev.

It's doubtful whether law lev
wing a tax upon sales, in lieu of
that upon income, will pass. The
Waysa and Means Committee don't
believe in the change. The tax
upon watches is to be taken off,
also that upon carriages, regard
less of the. value. An effort, it Is
said, will be made to,strip off the
tax upon clerks and others with
small incomes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
CHARACTERISTIC MEANNEss.-

CHARACTERISTIC MEANNEss.--
The Boston Herald tells the fol
lowing anecdote Of certain church
officers in the club:
About four months ago, Mr..
Lewis Fisher, a fresco painter,
while engaged in his occupation
on the ceiling Of a church in Chel.
sea, Massachusetts, accidentally
fell from staging to the pews
beneath, a distance of twenty-five
feet, breaking several of his ribs,
and receiving serious internal in
juries, which will disable him for
life, and from which he is now con-
fined to his house. A few weeks
since the unfortunate man had a
bill presented to him by the trus-
tees of the church, for repairing
the pews on which he fell, amount
ing to the sum of 81 60, and he
paid it!
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

PATBTTHEILLR, TENN: FEBRUARY Is, 1866,

vines failure in China. Had h,
achieved all his ambition hoped
! for, civilization and the highest en-
lightenment would have followed
him, and an empire, such as Ma
poleon might have dreamed of
would have dazzled the world, anc
the name of Burgevine, which in
a few years will be lost to ALL
save a few that knew and loved
him, would have appeared among
"the few immortal names that
were not born to die"
Burgevine was scholar, a man
of refined tastes and literary hab-
its; modest, simple and unaffected
in his manners; inclined to be ST.
lent and gloomy at times but gen.
orally affable and pleasant, seldom
speaking of himself: indeed it was
with the utmost difficulty that his
most intimate friends could get at
his history. No foreigner, who
has up to this time, been indenti-
fed with the Chinese war, has had
a tithe of the ability Of Burgevine.
Nor has the world known the real
scope and extent of the plans of
s'that sleepless sonl which perished
in its pride"
Burgevine succeeded Ward, as
sumed command of the Imperial
army, which post he filled with
great credit and distinction for O.
yer a year, when,, unfortunately,
he had trouble with the Imperial
authorities in relation to'the pay
ment of forces, and finding his ca
reer hampered, his restless ambi-
ton led him to take service with
the rebels. A large reward was
offered by the Imperialists for his
head, and after several months he
was captured; but owing to the
protest of our Consul his life was
not taken, but the Imperialists re-,
sorted to an old and barbarous
mode of punishment, of picking
open the wounds he had received
in battle, and then turned him O..
yer to the American Consul.
Burgevine then went to Japan,
where he remained until he had
recovered from the brutal treat
ment he had received. Some
eight or ten months ago he return
ed to China to try and retrieve his
fortune, but he was very soon ia
ken prisonerby the Imperial Gov
and, as we are informed
by late advices from China, was
drowned while in irons. Burge-
vine, while he was in favor with
the Imperialists, was a mandarin
of the cred Button" and had the
power of life and death over two
arge cities.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

The Journal de Rouen killed a.
lady recently, and the Redacteurl
had a visit from the bereaved hus--
band. ''Villian," cried the be-.
reaved husband, "you have killed
my wife, Editor, with dignity,
Monsieur, | am an editor, not q
doctor" "That's just it, cried the
bereaved husband, ''you'ye killed.
her ON paper, and she is alive
s1fshe is not dead Congratulate
you sincerely" " Congratulate
| demand damages for disappoiat-
mentF
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
The Ways and Means Commit

The Ways and Means Commit
tee have prepared a bill in refer
ence to distillers, requiring them
to take out a licence of one thon-
sand dollars, and to keep govern
ment Inspector alta salary of tif-
teen hundred dollars per annum.
Other provisions are thrown a.
round them which win aid in the
prevention of Illicit distillation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

OPENING OF A HORSE MEAT Shop.
"A Paris butcher has obtained
authority to open shop for the
sale of horse-fesh, on the condi-
ton that he will construct a spe-
cial slaughter-house for the horses,
the flesh of which is to be sold as
food. The slaughter-house will be
placed under the superintendence
of an inspector specially appoint
ed for that purpose. The. open.
ing of the shop is to be celebrated
by a grand popular banquet, at
which horse-meat will form the
principal ingredient of the dishes.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

The enormous taxation ef the
citizens of the United Stafes has
attracted the attention of the
French economists, who say it ex-
ceeds anything Of the kind any
where else on the globe.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

The Lebanon Herald says
eve have been informed that
twelve families from the neighbor-
hood Of Carthage, Smith county.
will leave for Mexico next spring,
They will go as far as New Or.
leans on fatboats, and thence by
steamer to Vera Cruz.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
Witnesses.

James McC Sodium, ex-member of
the rebel Congress, has, resumed
the practice of the law IN Pulas-
kii, Tennessee, in partnership with
e8-Major Gen. John G. Brown
Brigadier General Gordon is stud
wing law in the same place.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

A MERlTED REBUKE.-The New
York Tribune finds it necessary
now and then to hit its brother
Republicans and fellow-laborers a
rap. For instance:
aWe have had a terrible civil
war, but we have fought it out
and there is the end otit. To per-
sist in halting and insulting each
other. because Of the bygone quar-
rel is not the way of brave men
but of towards.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

= Herod's wife is said to have
been like . Fenian organization,
because she had a head sent her
lhead center.1
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

The gentleman who borrowed
an oyster-knits to open an account
at bankers with, is anxious to
meet with q patent corkscrew to,
draw q check.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
The Hartford Times tells a st

The Hartford Times tells ste-
~ Of a gentleman in that city who
was eating a Bologna sausage at a
restaurant in that city, when he
found something in his mouth which
eeemed not to have been chopped
As fine as it should be. Taking it
out he discovered to his horror and
disgust that it was the-end of
a mans finger! The man went
home and took an emetic.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
A grinder came along with Il

A grinder came along with his.
machine, inquiring, .Any knives
or scissors TO grind? 2" don't
think we have,' replied young
gentleman facetiously;; s'but can't
you sharpen wits p Yes, if you've
got any, was the prompt response
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15

Tho latest Boston notion is a
sspansf hat conpany, which is
new ming Waterproof paper
hats are to Be made for from eight
to twenty-Gve cents
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1866-02-15
ALaughable A Incident.

A correspondent of the Cairo
Times, writing from Jackson,
Tenn, few days since, records
the following l1dicrous incident.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-01-24

FtMALE SocIETY. --We indorse every
word John Randolph says about ladies'
society. Read what he says young
man and act accordingly. ilR aof
You know my opinion of female
society. Without it we should degen.
crate into brutes. This observation
applies with tenfold force to young
men and those who are III the prime
of manhood. For, after certain time
in life, the literary man makes shift
(though a poor one, to do without tho
society of ladies. TO q young man
nothing is SO important as spirit Of
devotion (next to his Crcator) to some
amiable woman, whose image may
occupy his heart, and guard it from
pollution, which bcsets it on all sides.
A man ought to choose wifo as Mrs,
Primrose did her wedding gown, for
qualities that "wear we'll" One thing
at least is true--that ii matrimony has
its cares, celibacy has no pleasnros.--
a Newton, or a more eminent scholar,
may find enjoyment in mere study; a
man Of literary taste can receive In
books powerful auxiliary, but man
must have bosom friend, and chill
tlren around him, To cherish and sup
port the dreariness Of age"
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-01-24


A MATrRrMoNIAL TpIcx. ,ich
old widower in canada is said to have
practiccl very artful scheme to gain
the hand Of the belle of the village
He got an old gypsy to tell the young
lady's fortune sn words which he die
tated as follows !; Ny dear young lady
your star viii soon be hid for short
time by dark cloud, but when it re-
appears is will shino with uninter~
rnpted splendor until the end Of your
days. Before one week wealthy old
widower, wearing suit of black and
ine castor hat, will pay you visit
and request your hand in marriage.
You will accept his offer, become his
wife, and be left widow in possession
Of all his property, before tho close Of
this year. Your next husband will
be the man whom you thiuk most og
ut present" Three days after the
old gentleman, dressed IN the manner
described by gypsy, presented him
self TO the young lady and the marri-
age followed, the year is more than
out but tho tough old vidower sti'I
Gnp.ss. sv ~
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-01-24

Thcmas Kennedy SIX days ne messenger, w
which was allowed.
Mr.. Lewis. from the Committee on Family Re-
liof, reported the following resolution and rec
coinncn nded its adoption:
Resoired, That 81 600 be raised ty loan upon
the bonds Of the County Of Saginaw for the Vol
unte.r Family Relief Fund, aud that the Chair
man and Clerk Of this Board he, and they are
hereby authorized md directed 10 issue bonds Of
the County, payable the l5,hday OF March, 1863,
with interest ut rate not exceeding ~ per cent.
per annum, payable annually or scmi-annually.
Said bonds are to he Negotiated by such Treas
urcr at such tucs are necessary for the best
interests of tl~ County.
Report accepted and resolution adopted.
Rec, ri Of To day read aud approved; the
Board then adj,uIn-d
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-01-24

AT certain English watering place
the ladies were in the habit of prom-
enading the streets with their little
pet poodle-dogs in their arms = q local
law forbidding thom to run about on
their own feet. 7 he fashion becoming
ridiculous, young gentleman APP
peared on the terrace one day With a
living lobster in his arms. "A scarlet
ribbon round its neck supported a lit
tie tinkling bell. The parody was i'm
pudent but effective the ladies hea,
a rapid retreat; aud poodIes are nc
longer in vogue at that resort.
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-01-24

~ A. I.s.." r.,s ~ s5s ma ~
u,,, - per.. s 20 ~ ~ " ',,I =, 80
I s.,s "s !. o ~" ,sSo &c w An'" 'ne s"n'
M-"r-@'-s ~ 49,, In
s2s m C.-x;-J '" ''' "'f''' ""''
c,.,.,.a Au.s
Mr, A,,,l5 sso &c 2,
A A Rro.Lw. s,, r. "a so
i, ,T,s, .,.,la,,..v an 1s ~ Or
81 n, W,ihsr S,,, r.. fl = an = M
10 Soronf On Sf
cole Constable fee. AIT An ,.ro,, ,,,.,',rsS
mol N sI,n, A,a,s.i
"a Cole Con.,sIis fac. a "A ,ooo,nu.,d.a
not, 10 allow Ad,pted :
The COMMITTEES on Claims rcror,ed b.ck ths
following hills with recommendation that claim.
ants have leave 10 Withdraw the s,me 80
Alfred Avery. sheriff fee. Sie 5o. do so
sac 10; do. Dc. s2l so, George Rupp, Constable
fees, 10 20, Also. the bill Of N 81 Archer. for
watching jsil. with recommend not 10 allow same
On motion of Mr. Eaton tho hill ,xas allowed
nj 50 on and The CIe,k Instructed 20 draw nm
order In favor of claimant's wife.
Also. bill of Seyflardt A Acbard for hardware
TO jail. amounting To s39 81. without recon
,nendation. and an mo,ion az Mr sloan .,il bil.
vns allowed ms ehareed--s3g "a
Mr.. Hastings moved that the amount of si2.
deducted from James II IIillard's bill Yesterday.
be mt allowed. fts',tt..,l
Mr. Ilaack moved 10 Law on the table and that
Mr. IIilinrd be requested 10 nresent m. item. of
his bill. Adopted
I On motion OF Mr.. Hastings
Rssolred. That tho same compensation bo paid
10 the county officers for their "a. d,,rn the
nre.ept yenr os was maid the mas, viz. County
Treasurer. sI2u0; County Clerk. 5000, proeecu-
ting Attorney. $500: Judge of Probate. $3.50
On motion of Mr.. Lnfle,
RssoIred. That the time for the collection Of
taxes in the township Of Rockville and Milwaukee
he extended until the first dnv of March next
AJon,ed'
G III. Gage. prosecuting Attornev. 10 whom
va. ref,rrei the resolution az Mr. J.a.,s on th,
"a inst. renorted adversely TO The action con.
tem,I,,ed NV the resoIntion which rcport was
.ecan,eJ
~ III. voa ,h., ,ha .o,or,i c,cor,;sors
h. ins,r,,cted ~ furnish ,hs commi,tee an FAM
East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1866-01-24

On motion Of MT farnsWOrth,
Resoired, That each OF the townships OF Sngi-
nav county be authorized TO raise by tax upon
the taxable property Of their respective town
ships, the sum Of 81 ,0G0. in the year 1866, for
highway purposes. Adopted
Mr.. Jefiers offered the following resolution
Hhereas 1t appears from the repor. Of the
Auditor General that the State of Michigan was
indebted to the county Of Saginaw, on the lst day
Of July 1865, in the sum Of s3l 603.li;
And Whereas la consequence 0f this ndobt-
edness, the finances Of the county are in mn en-
barrassed condition, and in order that the same
NAV be to some extent relieved, bo "
Resoired, That the County Treasurer be and
he is hereby instructed to credit the amount Of
the State tar placed in the tax rolls Of the county
for the year 1865, being the SUN Of S9,3,l 49, TO
the contingent fund and credit the said amount
to the State Of Michigan, to apply On said ndebt
edncss.
Which, on his motion, was referred to the Pros.
ecuting Attorney.
On motion Of Mr.. Hack.
Resoired That the Treasurer Of Saginaw county
be and he is hereby instructed and authorized to
purchase n the hest interests Of the county, the
necessary quantity Of wood, and have it prepared
for the use Of the court house, hre-proof Offices
and jail, for the year 1866, and pay for the same
out Of the contingent fund. Adopted.
On motion of6Mr. Hack,
Resoired That the County Treasurer be and
he Is hereby instructed to have the policy Of in
suranee on the county buildings renewed at the
expiration Of the sumo, 10 Jannary.
Mr.. McDratnie offered resolution that the
time for the collection Of the taxes in the town
ship Of Swan Creek be extended until the LIST of
March next.
M. AlIardt moved to refer II TO tho committee
on county affairs. Carried.
On motion Of Mr.. Doughty, the subject Of the
Relief Fund was referred to the special commit
tee on family relief fund
Tho chairman appointed Mr. Hack to. the
special committee on relief fund in the place OF
Mr.. Pettibone, who Is absent.
On request Of Mr.. Ure, the proceedings with
regard TO the appointment Of dredging commits
sioDers and their instructions wereread.
The chsirman appointed Mr.. Parsons to com
mittee on the organization Of townships, to ill
the vacancy Of Mr.. Andrus.
On motion. the board adjourned till o'clock
10. o.morrow afternoon