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COMMERCIAL. AND FINANCIAL.

New York, July 1S-Noon.-Flour
10W15c lower. Wheat dull, and no
minally lower. Corn 102c. lower
Pork dull, at 500. 75022.S1. Lard
dull, at 12Q13l4. Cotton quiet and
steady-middling uplands 26l..
Stocks excited and heavy-Govern
mcnts extremely dull. Gold 395c.
Sterling-time 1015(d101.;; sight 1855.
L. M.-Flour dull-State Sill;
Southern S9.60017. Wheat dull
new amber Georgia $27O(0$2. rs;
new white Virginia S2.65O2.75.
Western mixed corn $1.36. Pork
1925. Cotton firmer and less active:
sales 1000 bales, at 26lI. Sugar
tirm-Porto Rico Is; Muscovado III.
C1l214; Havana 49,. Stocks dull.
Gold 40.
BALTIMORE, July 1S.-Thcre has
been some inquiry for cotton from
spinners; low middlings "a; good
ordinary %. Prime coffee IS ga
1875. Extra and family flour de
clined 'ac. Wheat receipts more
free; declined 10(G15c. Corn dull
white S1.1G(01 LIS; yellow $1.14CM
1.lG. Sugar quiet and unchanged.
Bulk shoulders liz; bacon shoulders
1913; rib sides IA; clear rib 400
l424. Mess pork $2l City lard
12alGl3.
CINcIHNArI, July 1S.-Flour firm
and scarce. Corn unchanged. Mess
pork S23. Bacon firm and higher
shoulders IL la; clear rib 49,, clear
sides 14l4. Lard dull, mt 12l,.
Il
firm, with sales of $50 bales; low
middlings %.
AUGUSTA, July 1S.-Cotton has i'm
proved; sales 135 bales-middling
231I.
SAVANNAH, July 1S.-Cotton ac-
tive; stock light, and business re-
stricted; middlings 23lIM24; re-
ceipts $40 bales.
CHARLESTON, July 1S.-Cotton is
more active: sales 100 bales-low
middling 22la; receipts SO bales.
New ORLEANS, July 1S.-Sales of
cotton $50 bales; market quiet and
firm-low middlings 23TM24 Sugar
and molasses unchanged, and trans
actions light. Flour quiet-super-
fine $1O.75; choice $3.50. Corn
Qulct ana nrm-yellOw and mixed
81. .25@1.30; white $14O. Oats dull,
at 90. Pork quiet, at S2475. Lard
active-prime tierce 1874; keg II.
Bacon firm and unchanged. Gold
3934.
LONDON, July 18-2 p. M.-Con-
soils 9436. Bonds 7224.
LIVERPOOL, July 1S-2 P. NJ
Cotton firmer and more active; sales
$4,000 bales-uplands advanced to
1O14d.; Orleans 1056d. The weather
is unfavorable for the crops.
LONDON, July 18-Evening. Con
soils unchanged. The bullion in the
bank has increased G150,OO0
LIVERPOOL, July 18-Evening.-
Cotton closes firm, with sales of
10, 900 bales; uplands 10I; Orleans
101a. Breadstuffs tend up.
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NOJOQUE!!

NUJUE u e
4 QUESTION FOR A CONTINENT; by
"A II. II. Helper.
Henry VIII and his Conrt; by Muhlbach.
The Land Of Thor; by j. Ross Browne.
Tho Forms and Rules in Bankruptcy.
The Chronicle of jiarset; by Trollopc.
The Civil War of America; by Draper.
Isthmus of Panama. NC; by Dr. Otis.
Meade on Grape Culture and Wine
making.
Nora and Archibald Lc.-nn English
Novel; and other new books. for sale ut
J. j. AlCCAWrERS Bookstore.
JULY r, T.. BEYAN
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Ncvvs Items.

CHARLESTON, July 1S.-Arrived-
Schooner S. H. Cady, Baltimore;
schooner w. r. Beebe, Boston.
Saiied-steamers Emily B. Souder,
New York, and Sea Gull, Baltimore.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-Matthews,
the actor, publishes the concluding
sentence of Booths letter: "For q
long time. 1 have devoted my ener-
gies, my time and money to the ac-
complishment of a certain end; I
have been disappointed. The mo-
ment has now arrived when L must
change my plans. Many will blame
me for what / am about to do, but
posterity, lam sure, will jnstify mo
men who love their country better
than God or life This document
was signed by John w. Booth, PAYNE,
Harold and Atzerodt.
The InteHigemcer publishes Il pa
rallel between Barrere and Logan, In
which the following paragraph oc-
ours: "Barrere first fawned upon the
Bourbons and then murdered them:
Logan first sent into the rebel army
the poor people of Southern Illinois,
whom he had educated in the doe
trlnes of secession, and then boasted
that he had put to the sword more of
his innocent dupes than any other
man of his age in the army. Barrere
has gone to his account, and left be-
hind him name Mt once the most
contemplate and the most infamous
i'll history. Logan, when he has
another such speech to make, should
ab]urc his race and country. assume
the garb OF savage, and wash his
mouth with blood. AS was we'll said
OF his prototype, Sin him the quail
ties which are the proper objects of
hatred and the qualities which are
the proper objects of contempt pre-
serve an exquisite and absolute har.
mony."
Gen. Grant and Col. Hillyer, of
New York, were before the judiciary
Committee, regarding impeachment.
The American Government has
been endeavoring to secure the re-
lease of Gen. Naglee.
Internal revenue receipts to-day
$71G,OOO
New York, July 1S.-There was n
ire last night, on East Goth street,
destroying a distillery and bonded
warehouses; loss 100000.
Salmon & Defries' whalebono rat
tan factory and stock, valued Mt
$1OO, 900, has been burned.
The French Government has pur-
chased the monitor Onondaga.
New ORLEANS, July 1S.-Dr. Jones,
who was imprisoned by Gen. Sheri-
dan on charge of murder, died in
prison yesterday.
MOBILE, July 18.-Registration in
the city closed yesterday. Total re-
gisteAeu whites, 2,349; blacks, 1866.
The river steamer Flirt was burned
at the wharf this morning. Incen-
diarism was the cause. Loss $4,000;
no insurance.
New ORLEANS, July 19.-Ohicers of
the United States steamers Yucia and
Heroine, from Tampico, confirm the
report of the death of Santa Anna.
Gen. Pavon has about 700 men at
Tampico, Gomez and Canales about
400 and recruiting. The Government
relinquishes its claim against the
steamer Heroine, which was seized
at Tampico for fraudulent sale, but
returns lien for advances made by
the New Orleans Consul and Collector
Kellogg. The vessel has been turned
over to the naval officer ut this port. q
Congressional.
WASHINGTON, July 1S.-In the Sc
nate, joint resolution was intro
duced EXTENDING, tho e+ooo, Ill -
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New YorkI Advertieernanta.
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u widely known to the travelling public
The iocationis especially suitable to NOR
chants and business men; it is in close
proximity to the business part of the city,
is on the highway OF Southern and West
ern travel, and adjacent to all the princi-
pal railroad and steamboat depots.
The Stevens House has liberal accom-
notation for over 800 guests; it is wellfur-
nlshod, and pOSsesses every modern
Improvement for the comfort and enter
tainment or its inmates. The rooms hav-
ing been refurnished and remodeled, we
are enabled to offer extra facilities for the
comfort and pleasure of our guests. The
rooms are spacious and we'll ventilated
provided with gas aud v .er; the attend
ance is prompt and respectful, and the
table is generously provided with every
dclicacy of the season-at moderate rates
GEO. K. CHASE Il CO.,
May 81 emo PrOprietors.
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NOTICE.
MOUNTAIN Alp

III? PERSONS who desire to pass tho
AA summer mouths in Il healthy section.
where good water and mountain air are
the principal attractions. can be comfort
ably accommodated ut the WALHALLA
HOTEL. Trains nov rrn daily each way.
Board by The week or month at reasonable
rates. D. BlEMANN
July 9 3mo
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
Wars Wfinkled Front.

Some idea. of the terrible havoc
of war may be gained from the
following figures;
In the desperate encounter at
Chickamauga, Rosecrans lost IT.
1851 men, and at Murfreesboro,
l12,O85. At Shiloh, Grant lost
1858; at Ticksburg, 1876, and
at Missionary Ridge, 1000. At
Gaines Mills, Peach Orchard, Saw
age Station, Glendale, White Oak
Swamp, and Malvern Hill, Nc
Clellan lost 10000, and at Antie-
tam, IL, ,426. Hooker lost in his
campaign in the Wilderness, 90
600; Burnside at Fredericksburg,
$4,000, and Grants united losses,
from the time of crossing the Rap
idan, in his final campaign to the
surrender of Lee, are computed at
10000.
And yet the Radicals talk flip
pantly of inaugurating another
war to retain their hold upon the
government. The figures should
deter them from such rashness.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
II. o. WALLACE,
Established December 10th, 1850,
TERMS.
Or Two Dollars for one year, inp

Or Two Dollars for one year, inpa-
rsably in aa,ance. /,
sT Single copies, Ten Gents eacn.
eJ Advertisements inserted at One Dollal
per square of Ten Lines or less for the frs
insertion Fifty Gents for each continuance
GT A liberal deduction will be made t.
persons advertising for three, six, nine, o.
twelve months. rf. d.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square.
or The privilege of yearly advertisers il
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business; md the business of an ad-
vertisng firm is not considered as including
that of its individual IN embers. 0rNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances. t'
,63 Advertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted. j
o. 10 advertisement inserted gratu;tously
t5s Advertisements of an abusive nature
will rot be inserted at any price.
sTe Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
to be paid in advance in every case.
0J Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
How MUCH WHEAT FOR A BA

How Much WHEAT FOR A BAR
REL OF FLoUR.-The question how
much wheat does it take to make
barrel of -four is often asked,
and the answer is Of q general
character, "five bushels are allow
ed." At the annual fair of the Du-
buque, Iowa, Agricultural Society,
1866, a premium Of three dollars
was offered for the best barrel of
-four made from winter wheat. A
firm entered one barrel of each
accompanied with the statement
that sixteen bushels of winter
wheat yielded three barrels and
one hundred and three pounds of
-four, at the rate of four bushels
and fifteen pounds of wheat to the
barrel. OF spring wheat fifty
bushels yielded eleven barrels Of
-four, being four bushels and thir-
ty-two pounds to the barrel. The
wheat la was 2 ? fs fir g9 quality al1y and and no
more. 4 q
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
Kind INQUIRIES.

Cousin Kate was a sweet, wide
awake beauty of about seventeen
and she took it into her head Il
60 into Bedford county to see
some relations of hers who haG
the misfortune to live there. A
mong these relations there chan
ced to be a young swain who had
seen Kate on q previous occasion.
and seeing, fell deeply in love with
her. He called at the house on
the evening Of her arrival, and she
met him on the piazza where she
was enjoying the evening air in
company with two or three of her
friends. ''t
The poor fellow was SO BASH
full that he could not find his
tongue for some time. At length
he stammered out: ~ -
SLOWS yours mother?"
"Quite well, thank you."
Another silence on the part of
Josh, during which Kate and her
did the best they could to
relieve the monotony. After
waiting about fifteen minutes for
him to commence to make him.
self agreeable, he again broke
the silence by 3. .b,
"How's your father?" which
was answered much after the same
as the first one, and then
followed another silence like the
other. 49,
"HoY's your father and moth
ar2p again put in the bashful low
er.
"Qqite we'll both of them" -
This was followed by an exchange
of glances and a suppressed smile.
This lasted some ten minutes
more, during which Josh was fid=
getting in his seat and stroking
his Sunday hat. But at length
another question came /.
SLOWS your parents?"
This produced an explosion that
made the woods ring.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
Extraordinary Fishing.

81 was once on Lake Winnipi
siogec, in the winter fishing for
pickerel,' says Brown. at was
awful cold, and the ice was four
and half feet thick. Father
was with me, and while was
thrashing my hands to keep 'em
warm, | noticed that dad had an
alfred hard bite. 1t was so hard
that it jerked the old feller
through the hole in the ice, and
Thought he was goner, but
just then | remembered that dad
was awful fond of rum and to-
bacco, so / outs with a piece of
nigger-head, soaks it in rum for a
minute, and then bats my hook
with the weed, and drops through
the hole what the old man went
into, and in less than ten minutes,
gentlemen, 1 had a bite, and up |
hauls the old man as fresh as ever.
But, gentlemen, he kept the to-
bacco."
A prolonged whistle on the
part Of the audience, as though
the yarn was not believed.
ats fact, gentlemen" contin-
ued Brown, "and that reminds me
of another story, which l don't
mind tellin'. One winter l was
crossing the lake on the ice, and
as | was goin' to a raisin' [ had
an inch auger in my hand. All
at once l thought I'd like to see
how thick the ice was, SO | bored a
hole, and found that it was about
two feet. Then l thought I'd
find out how deep the water was,
so / dropped my carpenters plumb
line through the auger hole, and
hang me if / didn't have a savage
bite before the lead touched the
G0ttOm.
"Ipulled up and landed a seven
pound pickerei.
Another prolonged whistle, and
one asked Brown how a seven
pound fish could get through an
auger hole. A.,
@That's scmethin' / has nothin'
to do with" replied Brown. "All
1 know is, the fish was caught
and carried home, and l ate my
share. I don't bother my head
on matters that l don't under,
stand. And now who'll stand the
liquor?' >Hre
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
A Rhinebeck, N. Y, "war wild

A Rhinebeck, N. Y, 'swar wid-
ow," supposing her husband dead,
treated herself to new spouse, y
a few months since. Last Sunday
husband number one gave her o
surprise party, and a lively. tab
leau followed. He put in his
claim for her, and her latter day
sfliege' refused to deliver her up.
This is the state of affairs at pres
ent; and as both parties are de-
termined in their course, the case
will probably have to be decided
by the courts.
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Mrs. Margaret Carr bought a
black cat, in Pittsburgh, the other
day, for the purpose of taking
three drops of blood from it, to
be administered to a grandchild
suffering from Group. Thereupon
the old lady's neighbors raised a
tumult, charging her with witch
craft, and she was obliged to call
upon the authorities for protec-
ton, NJ. Owens, Esq, her law
yer, brought twenty witnesses to
proye that the child recovered on
the moment that the dose OF
blood was administered.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24

An orgap-grinder, alongside of !
whom ordinary organ n-grinders are
as nothing, has made a visit to
Nashville. His machine is extra,
and in addition to this fact, he dis
plays on its sides, neatly trimmed,
a divorce from his wife, letter, of
dismissal from a church, and a
certificate Of character.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24

The Union Vidette, of Salt Lake
City, says: "Train after train is
now hourly and daily arriving in
this place, from the end of the
railroad, loaded with all manner
of merchandise. Our eastern
friends ought to send out train
or two of greenbacks to buy the
goods with. Then times would
get lively" - Es'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
TOMATO WINE.-Take small ripe

TOMATO WINE.-Take small ripe
tomatoes, pick off the stems, put
them in q basket or tub, wash
clean, then mash well and strain
through a linen rag;. "a bushel will
make FIVE gallons pure, then add
two and half to three pounds of
good brown sugar to each gallon,
then put it into a cask and let it
ferment as for raspberry wine. If
two gallons of water be added to
each bushel Of tomatoes. the wine
will be as good. e.I4gJL ntdky
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24

Milan, Missouri, was recently ip-
vaded by a cloud of butterflies.
The air was filled with the col
ored beauties above, below, around.
They travelled in a Southwestern
ly direction, and were fully an
hour in passing. m .irg
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24

Man is composed of two yards
and a half of broadcloth, a shirt
collar, and more or less assurance
woman of many and various dry
goods, an impression that she is
the perfection Of possibilities, and
a faculty of spending much money
q and getting next te nothing in
return.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
During the "Black Hawk War,

During the "Black Hawk War"
one Major P, feeling HIM
self not exactly posted respecting
the enemy, sought information OF
one of his brother officers In this
wise: "Cap'en, which of the In
lens are the most savage, the
hostile ones or them thatgo on tootY'
That officer, had he remained in
the service, would have made q
splendid military governor.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24

The residentsof McGregor, Iowa,
are called upon by the local pa
per to "borrow a hammer and
drive down the nails in the, side
walk" because, it says, "a rusty
nailpoint isn't good for human
feet" =" a''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24

Two fellows out in the wilds of
Minnesota were lately kept all
night fiat on their backs, and
motionless, feigning death, by Q
ferocious animal which they sup
posed to be a bear, but which the
morning light showed to be a large
and apparently good-natured
Newfoundland dog.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-10-24
The Human Frog.

i Ha ~ .
| There is man on exhibition
in London who calls himself "Na
tor or the human frog, and who
performs feats under water. Mr.
f. Buokiand has examined him
and makes a report thereupon.-
Nator practices in an aquarium
and the following are some of his
feats: bnr
! He descends, and eats, under
water, a sponge cake or bun. He
opens his mouth to show that he
has really swallowed it. tits most
difficult to swallow cake under wa.
ter without swallowing the water.
1t requires three years practice to
dc this performance with safety,
forif, when under water, he should
happen to cough. the water would
enter, he would instantly be choked
and serious accident would en-
sue,
Ascending to the surface, a soda
water bottle is handed to him /;
he dives with it to his perch. at
the bottom, and drinks down the
contents, viz: half pennyworth
of milk; he chooses milk because
of the color, and in order that the
audience may see that he actually
drinks it from the bottom. That
is a most difficult trick, as it is
hard to swallow the milk without
the water getting into the mouth.
A lighted pipe is handed to him ;
he takes a few whiffs above water,
and then descends with it. When
under water, he manages somehow
to keep it alight, and to emit bub-
bles, which, coming to the surface,
burst into little puffs of tobacco,
smoke. Coming to the surface, he
shows that his pipe is still alight.
He is a young man, twenty
years old, five feet seven and a
half inches in stature, and one
hundred and thirty pounds weight.
He is slightly built, but exceed
ingly well made and muscular.
His pulse, on coming out of the
water, gave one hundred and forty
eight beats to the minute; twenty
minutes after they were ninety
two to the minute.
When he first began practicing
long stays under water, some four
or five years since, he used to suf-
fer from severe headaches, but
now these have quite disappeared.
He never has rheumatism or other
ache or pain in any form, though
he goes through his performance
at half past ten every night, and
sometimes twice a day. The wa
ter in his aquarium he generally
manages to keep at temperature
of about sixty-two degrees, but
the warmer the water is, the long
er he can stay in and the easier
his performances become. The
longest time he has ever remained
under water at a stretch Yves sixty
nine seconds, and last Saturday
week he remained sixty-four. His
ordinary tricks require from ten
to thirty seconds under water.
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Z Proa,rsetor.,
VOL. .XU----ho.e&ss
New Love Test.

| The English papers tell OF 8
sentimental individual named
Stanhope, who, having become
possessed with the notion that his
wife was not SO fond of him as she
should be, resolved to put her love
to the test. This he did by hang
ing himself in efigy in the attic,
and concealing himself where be
could watch the effec. Of the spec
| tacle. Hereis the sequel :'uo.ls
After a while, his daughter
came up after Q skipping rope,
and caught a glimpse of the sus-;
pended figure She ran down
stairs, screaming, sob, Mother,
MOtherI pappy has hung himself
"Now for it," thought Felix, In
ambuscade, eve shall have a touch
ing scene presently. "Hung him
SELF" he heard Mrs. Stanhope re-
peat, as she walked up stairs
"He hasn't got pluck enough for
such a thing or he would have
done it long ago. Well, / believe
he has done it, however" she said
as she came in view of Felix's
representative. "Moll Ito the lii
tie girl, / think he ought to be cut
down. You had better go, into
the kitchen and get a knife, my
dear; but don't go down too fast
or you might fall and hurt your
self. Stay, I forgot. There's no
knife in the kitchen sharp enough.
You can go round to Mr. Holmes,
the shoemaker-he's only four
streets of-tell him to whet it be-
fore he sends it. And, Molly,
when you are in the neighborhood,
you can stop at Aunt Sukey's and
ask how the baby is. And, Mol
ly, you can stop at the grocer',s
shop as you come back, and get a
pound Of sugar"
"Poor Felix" sighed Mrs.
Stanhope, when her daughter had
departed. 81 hope we shall get
him down before the vital spark 3
extinct, for these buryings are We
ry troublesome, and cost money.
He wanted to put an end TO him
self, too; and 1 think ought to
let him have his own way once in
his life. He used to say that r
was always crossing him. 1 wish
he hadn't spoiled that new clothes
line; an old rope might have an
swered his purpose" Here voice,
which sounded like that of the
suicide, broke in upon .
Mrs. Stanhope's soliloquy with,
"You confounded Jezabel, I'll be
the death of your Mrs. Stanhope
thinking this must of course be a
ghostly exclamation, uttered a
Wild screany and attempted to es-
cape down the narrow staircase.
Felix starting from his place of
,oncealment, gave chase. Mrs.
stumbled midway on
The flight of stairs, and Mr.. Stan
hope having just reached her, and
made a grasp at her disheveled
aair as it streamed backward, the
partners were precipita-
ed to the bottom together. Both
we're badly bruised.