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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

The FREEDMEN AND LABOR
The Nashville correspondent Of
the St. Louis Republican wrote
to that paper:
A singular reluctance has been
observed on the part of the. ne
groes in this vicinity to hire them
selves at any permanent labor
since New Year. And this is
thought strange, when it is con-
sidered that labor is cheaper a
little distance from the city, than
lit was last year. At the large
iron works on the Cumberland,
below this place, for example, a
full force has been secured at SIG
per month and rations, whereas
the works paid $40 and rations
last year. l learn that the secret
cause of this strange. stubborn
vagrancy at Nashville and in its
immediate vicinity, is a delusion
cultivated in the African mind
doubtless by black and white Rad
dical emissaries. They have beer
taught to believe that in a few
weeks to use their own phraseology
as it has been repeated to me, San
Idy Johnson will be put out, and {
new set of laws will be made
which will give colored people &
lchance to make a decent living
They assign this as reason fol
mot getting to work till they SCI
I"how things stand" tst- 81
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
Ed. Cooper after a Rad.

Inthe House of Representatives
Thursday, Oath, during discussion
as to whether the provisions of the
Agricultural College act should
be extended to Tennessee, the fol
lowing scene occurred between
Hon. Edmund Cooper and Judge
Kelly, radical leader.
Mr.. Cooper, in answering a re.
mark of Mr.. Kelly, denouncing
President Johnson as a usurper,
said that, if he were permitted by
parliamentary decorum, he would
reply to him in the language of
Marmion, "Lord Angus, thou hast
lied"
Mr.. Kelly said he had been
informed by those sitting around
him that the gentleman from Ten
nessee had made some offensive
allusion to him. That gentleman
was, while the usurpation was
being plotted, the confidential and
paid agent Of the usurper. He
knew all the secrets of the usur-
patton. If his conscience had not
been extinguished in him, it
would not permit him to deny the
charge he kelly had made of
usurpation.
Mr. Cooper replied, l was the
friend of the Presi-
dent of the United States, and ]
glory in the fact; but not one
dollar Of his money has been ham
died by me. When the gentle
man from Pennsylvania says l
was paid agent of Mr.. john
son, he lies again. (Sensation.)
Perhaps it is unnecessary to
state that Kelly subsidized.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
& We clip the following leg
islative item from that excellent
paper, the Union and Dispatch:

In the House, an amendment to
the franchise law admitting the
negroes to the suffrage right was
passed on its first reading. Also,
a bill for the organization of a 'loy-
at militia force. All able-bod-
led males, white and black, be-
tween the ages of eighteen and
forty-fve, are to be enrolled. A
State guard is to be formed of vol
.unteers from the enrolled militia
.one-half of the recruits from each
congressional district, if one-third
of its enrolled militia are black,
to be black men-and all whites
disqualified by completely with
the rebellion to be excluded
This is to be placed under com.
mand of the Governor, to be used
as he may see fit.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
L.4,Tn Stiles.
sRS1ggF eAgE.

DY virtue of three writs of ven.
ID dilioni exponas to me directed
from the Circuit Court of Lincoln
county, Tennessee, at its Novem-
Der term, 1866, | will, on
Dcqaay. February 4tb. 1867.
offer for sale to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the courthouse door
in the town of Fayetteville, all the
right, title, claim, and interest
that L. @. Harper has in and to q
certain TRACT OF LAND lying
in Civil District No. 2, Lincoln
county, Tennessee, on the waters
of Louise Creek, and bounded as
follows: On the South by the
lands of William Grammar and
w. +. Bruce, East by the lands
of John Evans, North by the lands
of William Grammar, and West
by the lands of J. w. Allen, de-
ceased, and w. F. Stocksdale-
said to contain 70 acres. Levied
on as the property of defendant
L. C. Harper, by W. P. Holman
and J. A. Silvertooth, Constables,
at the suits of John Read, Thos,
J. Shaw, and D. P. G. Allen.
w. F. TAYLOR,
jams Sheriff.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
For the Fayetteville Observer.
Letter from Old Kentuck

For the Fayetteville Observer.
Letter from Old Kentuck.
Nh. EDITOR: can't help but
wonder at fukes. I sees in one of
Mr.. Brick Pomeroy's excelant pa
pers the wimin had SEWN frolic
out in his parts to make little Mig
gers Shirts After tina had made
one or two, tina zolved to have a
,convenshun to git up another war
to kill Southern foxes, to get their
bones to make buttons to go on
the big niggers briches, to go a
kortin on INN in. But now tina
sees tina can't get no war, so tina
has to look for sumthin else. Tha
gifts one of their smart pnes to try
what he could find. He starts
out-he smells sumthln-he thinks
The smells a skunk-he looks about
and he sees a hole in the ground
and the water bubbling and squirt
ing, and something on it looked
black. He feels it., and it il
greasy. Now, sails he, this is the
grees of our boys what was kilt il
the army, cunning from the ole UNI
friin-pan, but hoo keers for that
so we can make money outen it
So he gathers it up. Now, ses he
we have got UNI. We will send i
out South for lamp grees, and gi
Their money. So tina call it trolum
that is grees from the old un.
WILLoBY LooKABoUT.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

& The "loyal' militia bill
has passed the House of Represent
tatives on its second READINGS
to %. In the discussion pending
its passage, Doughty, a Radical
spouter, argued that the bill should
become a law for the reason that
"ttere had not been blood enough
shedP The enforcement Of the la,c,
1t IS estimated, aciU cost the State
nine millions of dollars each and
ecery gear, besides the cost of outfit.
Comment is unnecessary.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
SlGRlPD SAb3o


DY virtue of one writ Of venditioni
II exponss to me directed from the
Circuit Court of Lincoln county,
Tennessee, at its November term,
1866, I will, on
Saturday, the 9hof Fs5ruary,1 1867,
offer for sale to The highest bidder,
for cash, at the courthouse door ia
the town Of Fayetteville, all the
right, title, claim, and interest that
James Forester has in and to a cer-
tain TRACT OF LAND situated
in Civil District No. 6, Lincoln eoun.
ty, Tennessee, and bounded as fol-
lows; On the North by the lands of
Stephen Johnson, on the East by
the lands of j. III. Shofher, on the
South by the lands of j. Fl. Shofner,
and on The West by The LANDS Of
Travis Ashby-contaiuing 1864
acres, be the came more or less.
Levied on as the property Of defend
ant James Forester, by me, at the
suit Of B. Fl. Berry and wife.
II, B. MORGAN,
jan17 Deputy-SAerlf
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

DE Brevet Major General
William P. Carlin, Major 34th U.
5. infantry, has been appointed
Assistant Commissioner of the Bu-
reau of Refugees, Freedmen and
Abandoned Lands for the State
OF Tennessee, vice Gen. j. R. Lew
ls-headquarters at Nashville.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
Claims! Claims!

A IL persons having claims against the
IA United States Government for Horses
and Mules taken by army officers, can have
them collected. The soldiers of the Federal
army, white and colored, who are entitled TO
BOunties, can also have the same collected
by furnishing the proper evidence. Also, per-
sons who enlisted their Slaves in the army,
can. by proper application, get pay for them.
The undersigned have arrangements to
prosecute these classes of claims through the
Agency of HosMER & Co., who are reliable
men, Of Nashville and Washington City.
jan3-tf NEWMAN g. CARDIGAN.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
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 VIM. LAWSON MOORE,
dec. of the insolvency Of said decsdent'sestate
notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate, to present them to
the Clerk of said Court, authenticated, on or
before the 25th day Of July. 1867, for
pro rata distribution, or they will be forever
debarred.
jana NEWTON WHITAKER, Adm.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

Secretary Stanton is said to be
the solitary member of the Cabi-
net who approved the District suf-
frage bill. He seems to stick to
the President and disapprove all
he does.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

The Boston Transcript says that
the January dividends of many
of the manufacturing companies
are paid out of the earnings of for.
mer years,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

BE- Remember, the Masque-
rade Party, for the benefit Of Con-
Tolerate q0idoecs and orphans, takes
place neat Wednesday, the 9Th.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

The town of Seabrook, Mass,
is greatly excited over case of
fogging in one of the schools in
that town. A graduate of Exeter
Academy, employed as teacher,
logged a girl upon the hand up
wards of an hour, in order to make
her acknowledge wrong act. An
obstinate will was at last conquer
ed by q most devilish and brutal
display of rawhide,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

A lady, while walking in the
streets of Covington, KY, few
days ago, slipped and fell, and
crushed to death the year-old baby
she carried in her arms.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

49, The Supreme Court has
not yet rendered a decision on the
constitutionality of the franchise
law.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

WIS.,:
SIR: When in Milwaukee last
October | made all arrangements
with parties there toward the pro-
secution Of the suit have brought
against you for defamation of char
acter,' as per preliminary notifca-
ton and summons. This was the
principal object l had in visiting
Wisconsin, and my work was done
well. On consultation with a few
friends | have decided to withdraw
the suit if you will agree to stop
your personal attacks on me as a
man and officer, which have so Of
ten appeared in your paper, the
La Crosse Democrat. / have nc
particular desire or need to collect
! of you the amount claimed (S1OO,
IOOO), but do wish to have your an
noying articles stopped, and if yor
do not accede to this proposition
the law must take its course.
B. F. BUTLER.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

portions of Overton, Putnam,
DeKalb, Warren, Coffee,
Franklin, Perry, HUMPHREYS, Stew
art, Macon; considerable portions
Of Jackson, Cannon, Lincoln, Giles,
Hardin, Williamson, Cheatham,
Sumner; and small portions of
Smith, Van Buren,, Grundy, Maury
and Davidson.
"The indications of oil in this
division are very much superior
to those in any other part of the
State. In Overton and other coun-
ties adjoining the Burksville re-
gion, in Kentucky, a considerable
number of paying wells are already
in operation. In Lincoln, Giles,
Lawrence, Lewis, Hickman, &C.,
there has been no development
yet. but parties who have visited
the different sections Of the State
are of opinion that these counties
are unsurpassed in their richness
as oil territory. The limestone
is often so impregnated with oil
that a piece just broken off will
burn brightly, and the shale has
the odor of petroleum and will
ignite like coal. The sandstone
is also often found completely sat
urated with oil. In addition to
! these indications, oil springs, tar
springs, gas springs, sulphur
springs, &C., &c., are of frequent
occur ence. In several places the
oil was gathered in such quaint
ties twenty or thirty years ago as
to be put up in bottles and sold
Tar springs, although not as hume
rous as oil springs, ere neverthe
less occasionally found, there being
several very remarkable ones both
in Tennessee and Alabama. The
explosions of petroleum gas in
several counties in Tennessee have
frequently been SO powerful as t.
throw large rocks from their posi-
tons and seriously alarm the PEG
pie living in the vicinity. Sui
phur springs are found everywhere
around the slopes and in the val
leys. AS all the oil yet obtained
in Kentucky and Tennessee ha
had a strong sulphur smell, thes'
springs are considered among tn,
best of all the indications Of oil
Salt springs are very numerous
also, and in several localities very
considerable deposits of asphaltum
or solidifed petroleum, have beer
discovered.
"Upon all the creeks that flow
} into the Tennessee River, from
Chattanooga to Fort Henry, thes'
, indications exist in a greater o
less degree. Upon Elk and Duel
Rivers, and their tributaries par
ticularly, they are unexcelled. o.
rivers flowing into the Cumberland
> Obeys, Caney Fork, and Harpeth
have all very encouraging ind
cations.
The organization of this Compa
ipany is as follows:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
, Gen. John c. Brown, Giles Co., T
; Thomas M. Jones, {" " g
James McCallum, I" d" I"
) A. 0. P. Nicholson, Maury " g
Gen. Lucius J. Polk, 3" d"
; John S. Claybrooke, Wm'son I"
) Gen. Jno. NJ. Bright, Lincoln /"
u. W. Sloss, Limestone " A
David P. Lewis, Madison {" Z"
John V. Farwell, Chicago, illinois
Walter S. Carter, Milwaukee, Wis
OFFICERS.
Gen. John c. Brown, President
Walter S. Carter, Vice-President
J. B. Stacey, Secretary; James Nc
Callum, Treasurer; Capt. S. W
Steele, Manager.
| EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
| Gen. j. G. Brown, T. M. Jones
James McCallum.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

A woman in London recently
beat her husband to death with q
poker because he failed to bring
home his wages.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
For Rent.

NOR the present year, The large Brick
IL Dwelling House formerly owned
by -T.W. Ledbetter. and more recently by
George Ransom. For terms apply to d. P.
SHAcKLEsoRD, or 10 JOHN PHILLIPS.
jana In
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
Dissolution.

TNHE firms Of BELL, BONNER & co.
Il and BELL, REYNOLDS & CO. are by
mutual consent dissolved. AL persons in
debted to said frrns viii please come forward
and settle. JAS. Fl. BELL.
jan24 e. ?. REYNOLDS.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

The Maine Legislature is about
to repeal the law prohibiting the
marriage of white persons with ne.
groes or mulattoes. -l1
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

The members of the Maine Leg
islature have voted themselves a
copy each of Webster's unabridged,
Lippincott's Gazetteer and the
Bible, and $40 worth of postage
stamps for each member.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

E@ The Franklin Review
comes to us this week on new
type, and considerably enlarged.
1t is now one of the neatest print
ed papers on our exchange list.
1t has always been one of the best.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
Editor Democrat, Lacrosse, Wis

VALUABLE INFoRMATIoN.-Frost.
ed limbs can be permanently re-
lieved by one or two applications
of a boiled I've of wood ashes,
made SO strong as to be quite slip
perry between the fingers. This
lye should settle, be drained off,
and have a large handful of COM
mon salt to each quart Of lye,
thoroughly mixed with it. 1t
should be applied as warm as can
be borne, and the limbs should be
submerged for one or two hours.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

The Supreme Court, as at pres
ent constituted, consists of the fol
lowing named jurists, with the
date of their appointment:
1863-S, ?. Chase, Ohio, Chief
Justice.
1S35-James M. Wayne, Geor
gia.
1S45-Samuel Nelson, New
York.
1S46-Robert C. Grier, Penn.
sylvania.
lS5S-Nathan Clifford, Maine.
1862-Noah M. Swayne, Ohio.
1S62-David Davis, Illinois.
1862-Samuel f. Miller, Iowa.
1S63-Stephen j. Field, Califor-
MIA.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

Wanted, for which fair price will Be
allowed. j. T. MEDEARIS.
March 90, 1S66-1y
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 @. &. CATHEY. deceased,
OF the insolvency Of said decsdsnrs estate
notice Is hereby given to all persons having
claims against said estate to present them to
the Clerk Of said Court. suthenticat ed, on or
before the 18TH Of June. 1867, for pro
rata distribution. or they will be forever de-
barred. [decl3] d. j. N0BLITT, Adm.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31

N& See new Sheriff Sale ad-
vertisements; also, insolvencies.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
Trustees Sale.

ON Monday, the I 1th day Of Feb
NJ Fuary, 1857, ! will offer for sale to
the highest bidder, for cash, on the premises,
the e.
Morton Hotel
and the LOT upon which 1t is located.
Possession viii be given on the lst day OF
January, 1883.
Any person wishing to examine the prem
ises, can do so by calling at the Office Of Clark
& Stephens. W. II. STEPHENS.
TSustx Of Joseph Morton.
fayetteville, Jan. 3. 1867 (7th)
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1867-01-31
Beast Butler and Brick
POmerOy.

The following correspondence
explains itself:
No. II BROADWAY, N. Y. CRY, !
January Is, 1867.
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-08

s.a
EPars jJay22) Correspondence cJ Ae London Heradln
We are likely to hear good deal for some time
% Come about the correspondence which the EN-
peror Macmillan is said to have sent to Europe
The current reports that the letters %nlcn nave s
Emperor Of tho French have been transmitted foI
publication either to n. Louis Blanc or to his Royal
Hiclnness the Duke dAumale, may be set dawn as q
oaard but there reason to feheVe tha., WnsteVet
these important letters is in the hands OF Count
IA lombelles. It Is highly desirable that they
shouli be published without loss OF time, as
very apocryphal versions OF some OF these letters
are In circulation the tenor o. which delights all
Parisian i-Imperalist circles, and, unless tho
authentic correspondents be speedily published,
the fictitious letters are likely to be accepted as
reat.a ,kxHDng the documents which Antl-lm-
perialiss are gloating over is letter addressed
To Maximilian to induce him to leave Miramon at
time when his heart misgays him as TO the prop
sbiIities of SUCCESS OF syenture. This epistle,
which is ascribed to the Emperor Napoleon, bears
obvious MARKS Of being forgery but 1T Is not the
made TO Say ID the Archdnlte that, after having
committed both himself and the French Govern
ment BY Ma acceptance OF the throne rendered
him BY depqtaon received a. Mlramar, ran 5 ne can can
!. in9 The French Government IN the turch.
what would the iAchduke think (the letter
goes on Ito say} il after he had gone to
Mexico France, owing to internal difficulties or
foreign complications, were 10 withdraw her sup
port, in defiance OF her engagements to the con-
trary2 This document is precisely Of that kind
which It Is very easy for clever man to write,
inter the late events, with view to increase the
share OF responsibility deyolving on the French
Goyernment. But such malicious invention
would nsyer have been resorted to il there had not
bsen 30 much mystery, and withholding of what,
in parliamentary language, may be described as
the papers on the subject" The effect Of these
10 In bad bv a
ci,rt dsniA Of their existence in the Moniteur.
Count de .Bomhslles IAN Austrian subject) has
only 70 Come forward and declare that when the
documents he holds are published, it will be found
that m the yersions which have been current are
nsfienant hbrications, and the public will, or
st least ought to be satisfed but II some etep Of
hesJrt benot taken the apocryphal Manmilian
correspondence is likely to make no little noise. !
The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-08-08
New Yerk Market.
MONEY MARI

Tho New York Commercial Advertiser, Of August g.
says;
Tho veet oners with continued ea.e ID money. The
hank ret;lrns shows material increase Of loans and au
ncrease of over two and half millions in currency DC
nosits The legal tender line exhibits gain ofover half
n,lion The statement shows o tendency to expan-
sion in oans but yet their condition is strictly con-
seryatye The ruling rates on loans are per cent ON
Gnvcrnmept and per cent on stocks but tho cxcep-
lions at Sa4 per cent. are increasing. .-r'.
PRODUCE MARKET.
NEW YORK. August 5.-FLoUR, &c-The Flour mar
ket is 25a5Oc lower for and without decided chanso
for old. ,o so c,or6nc
stnte 81 COa9 80 for Extra State; 80 1oaio w w
for Choice Sate Sc 25a7 40 for Superhne - on
40 so for Common Medium Exra Western; Sloait oo
Choice Western 50 lo mon s5 loala tor
Trade Brands, the market closing qmet 90, ,,,, os
southern -four is lower Sales $50 bbs at sll 7oalo %
ioF e Tp Is dull Sales 4o sacks and bbs at
Sl2a14 80, and choice at Sl4 TO-
Corn Meal is quiet et,,s ,oo,,n;ro Cor
new and steady Tor old Sales 1000 bush 81 eoasl 81
for No. Mlwaukee 50 25as2 10 for New hed soutnern
and 50 65as2 IS for White .. 6, 40 fr western
Rye is quie- Sales looo pusneS ~ % Il o -
% Corn Market is active excited and 2casc higher
c,eo in 600 bushels at 81 04aS1 G7 for new Mixed
Western s1as1 03 for unsound. and 81 O4 for kiln
Oats arc without decided change Sales $4,000 buehel
Mt 7Sca84c for Western 93c Tor Stte and Western
arrive on private terms. p.
RicE-Is qaiet at 1la12c for Carolina, and saskc 70,
Rangoop.
Coz. ELS STEADY, WIN, however, nouuB VI inon'e
susAR,-The market is quiet and steady, with sale:
since our last of $50 hhds at llIal2Ac for Gqo ano
MOI assEs-is steady but quiet. Salcs snee our last
700 hhds st 50c for Demarara and Trinidad and Ssa'
| ON private terms.
| PRoyIs1oNs,-The Pork market is lower sales Ioo'
bbs ct s22 STa2s O5 for New Mess closing at s2 regar