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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08
Tsalplesof the atlusss.
The Secret. of the Shell.

9Bog sv By N. g, saEpERp. -.
This little shell which hold to my ear,
l foundone day on the strand,
Where the shining waves of the sea draw near
To fawn at the feet Of the land -
Thereon the beach, where the blue-lipped tide
Crept in to ard the shore that day,
Like jewel worn by some beautiful bride,
Ey' On the hem of the land it lay.
sometafe, long hidden, it has to tell -
A secret, perhaps, of the sea-
Foffou of the depths of its hidden cell -
? a. voice seems to speak to me- 'fr
Oh. is it the voice of sailor drowned,
Some lad who has long laid dead =
In the green sea-cayes where the pearl is found,
And the coral CLEANS white and red
Or is it the voice Of asea-nymph fair,
Some tiny sprite in the shell,
Who sings to herself us she combs her hair,
To herself in the hidden cell?
Or Is it, as learned men have said, 3 III
Who have studied and toiled with pain,
But the current of life, SO darkly red,
As it flows in each purple vein!
And why, might, whenthe wind sobs low,
Does II seem to my ear part
Of the weight of care and The load of woe
j, That burdens the human heart?
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

Judge; Bingham, of Lagrange,
Georgia, who has been heretofore
identified with the Radicals, has
abandoned that party and come
out boldly and manfully for Sey-
mour and Blair. In letterprint-
ed in the Lagrange Reporter, he
says: I sgol5 ,s.ug0 ggidsitggT
81 intend to support Horatio
Seymourfor the Presidency because
| want peace. Not a lull in the
tempest: but that peace which
only the complete and permanent
re-establishment of the Union can
secure. And, without any dispar-
agment to others, in my judg-
ment, Mr.. Seymouris the man who
best embodies the re-establishment
of the Union on principles of equal
ity, and justice, and constitutional
law. BY natural endowment he is
possessed OF great ability. by
education and lifelong study, be is
a philosopher in: craftsmanship
by experience he is an expert
therein-for he has been the Chief
Executive of New York, position
scarcely less important in its duties
than the President.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08
Mr.. Dickens picked this story

" Mr.. Dickens picked upJthis story
during his last visit in America,
and the English papers are repeat
ing it with evident enjoyment =
A manih this country knew every.
body Name what celebrity you
could, Palmerston, Guizot, Arago,
Landseer, Livingstone, sMorio--no
matter. s'Oh!Syes, l knew him
very we'll indeed" " At last a pro-
voked cynic asked, "lids you hap
pen to know the Siamese Twips?'
The ,omniscient, but conscientious
at once replied, well, one of
them l knew exceedingly we'll,
but / am not quite sure whether
Lever happened to meet the 9th
err 5.....a -,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

The MAELsTR6M.-The Mael-
strom of our chiIdhood's geogra-
phies is a myth Alate reporton the
Norwegian fisheries says that it
sis SO little thought of by the inhab.
itants that they pass and repass it
in their sail vessels at all stages of
the tide, except at certain times in
the winter season, and far from
drawing in whales and other things
that come within its range, ap-
pears to be a favorite resort of the
fish ofthe country, and the fisher
men reap rich piscatorial harvest
from its bosom. The greatest rate
of the tide in the winter does not
exceed six miles in an hour
Well, let unfeeling science give up
the maelstrom; but poetry and
rhetoric will yield their faith in it
only when they cease to believe
in Scylla and Charybdis. gosss
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

TERMS.

FTwO Dollars for one year, iava-
r:ably IN adsance y s.am 800
@ Single copies, Ten Cents each. sisf
eCF Advertisements inserted at One Dolla
persquare Of Ten Lines or less for the frs
insertion Fifty Cents for each continuance
arC5e Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Cents per line.
u A liberal deduction will be made tt
persons advertising for three, six, nine, o.
twelve months.
ser Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Gents per square.
OF The privilege of yearly advertisers il
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
vertising firm is not considered as including
that of its individual IN embers. 0TNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances. - u.ll ltIttl.s
or Ad vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted. 'siTcf! cH Eer
or No advertisement inserted gratu.tously
s1@ Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any price.
tGe Announcing candidates Five Dollars
70 be paid in advance in every case. s.e|
OF lob Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
tsrms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08
Sustain the Paper that
Sustains You.


In times liks these when an
unscrupplous legislature is subsid-
izing venal presses and editors to
misrepresent, abuse and libel the
people, it behooves those upon
whom these cowardly attacks are
made to stand by those journals
which have defeated them in such a
telling manner as to bring down
upon those journals directly the
vindictive vengeance of the Radi-
cal party and the rankest proscrip-
ton ever attempted in a free coun-
try. If the Democratic press
could live ON compliments, never
had newspapers better Claims to
wealth than are afforded by the
revengeful course of the Radical
legislature of this State. 1t was
a great compliment to the press
for those men to invoke the SOW
ereign powers of a great State to
crush it out, and it ought to be
one of the strongest inducements
for the people, whose rights and
liberties were thus hagrantly vio-
lated, to stand up like men and,
if need be, register their solemn
oaths that the Democratic press
shall not be muzzled or put down,
but that its mighty arms shall be
strengthened and upheld, by vol
untary aid if necessary, while 1T
is championing the cause OF the
people and striking down the
saunt fiends who attack them.
And. we warn the people in
time that they will need such
champions to avouch for their fe-
ality to law and for the honesty
of their purposes. Radical lies
will be more abundant in three
months than black berries were in
June, and who will deny them
when the local press has been
crushed into silence? And crush.
ed it will be, we are candid in say
ing. unless the people come to its
relief and support it as they would
their ministers and their public
servants of every kind. Robbing
The local newspapers of legal pat
'ronage was a vital blow to q great
many journals in the State. 1t
will starve them out, unless other
patronage is provided. Let the
people take warning, it they are
resolved not to permit the kadi-
calls to make long stride towards
. despotism, and devise measures
to sustain the paper that sustalns
them.
- NJ, Vorl restaurant keep
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08
{ Proprietor.
VOL. XT-----N01 A.ss
The Cattle Plague.

This disease has made its ap-
pearance in the Northwest and is
destroying the cattle by thousands.
1t is generally believed that the
disease was introduced by Texas
cattle. No remedy for the terri.
BILE scourge has yet been discover
ed. The Cincinnati Enquirer.
speaking of the appearance Of the
diseased cattle, says,-v
''The first symptoms observed
in the animals affected is droop-
ing of the head, and a general
listlessness, followed by a severe
purging, which continues from II
to Is hours, when the animal be-
comes costive, and there is no far
ther passage, except in occasional
cases a hard, arid substance is
found in the intestines of the ami
NAL. The stomach and all the
larger intestines being filed with
a yellowish, watefy substance, in
termixed with the undigested food
of the stomach. Simultaneous
with the drocping. and languid
condition of the animal, reddish
brown nits are observed upon the
roots of the hair; as well as min
ute parasites, resembling in some
few characteristics, the common
cow lice and in others dog ticks,
and yet in many other points, dis
similar from both. These ticks
multiply in size and number
with a marvellous rapidity, and in
few hours, as if by magic, the
whole body is beset by myriads of
them, they being found In far the
greatest number about the neck,
brisket and withers. The insect,
when full-grown, and gorged with
blood, is nearly the size of a grain
of millet, and, in general shape,
pretty much the same. When the
animal dies, these lice or whatever
they apparently are, die and fall
off, but while the animal is living
it is impossible to disepgage them
whole" 4w 9fs oa,s La
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

A Good Joke on Colfax.

There is a good joke told about
Colfax when he and the Hon. G.
N. Fitch were opposing candidates
for Congress in Indiana. Fitch
had a letter from q prominent citi-
zen of the district, which reflect
ed very severely on ''Shyley in
several particulars, which during
the joint discussion between them
be was in the habit. of reading
Colfax, Of course, had no reply
that he could put in, SO he tried
to l."sgrin and bear it." However
Mr.. Fitch, imagined that Colfax
was very. anxious to get possession
of the letter, whereupon he had it
exactly copied, and on the. next
day. of discussion purposely
placed the copy in the way Of Mr..
Colfax, who very naturally COB
bled it, On the subsequent day
when they met, Mr.. Fitch lnclden-
tally referred to "the letter he
had in bis possession" ETC., where
upon Colfax sprang to his feet and
branded the statement as a calum-
NY that he would mo longer en-
.dure, and defed him to show the
letter. Turning upon him Fitch
said; ssIs;that what you want,
you little rascal? You think you
stole that from me yesterday, but
you did not; it was only a copy.
Here is the original. And now,
Mr.. Colfax, ] would propose to
treat you as fond mamma does a
refractory boy, were it not that
tomorrow you would show the
seat of your punishment for the
sake OF execiting SYMPATHY
Colfax never denied the letter af-
terwards.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

The authorities Of ,Jaszebereng,
Hungary, attribute the shocks Of
earthquake lately felt there to the
-oaths and blasphemies common a.
'mong the. population. Such mi
quities are now prohibited onfpain
of q fine of twenty-five forms,
together with twenty blows with
astick. No offender is to be ex-
from the infliction of this
punishment. s4adW aIat e7o
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

In canning peaches, much time
and labor may be saved by remov-
ing the outside peel with lye, in
stead of knife. Have a pot aof
moderately strong lyei heated to
boiling; drop the peaches in; let
them remain minute or two, dip
them out, and drop them inrne.
diately into a tub Of clean cold
water, when the skin may be re-
moved byrubbing with the hands.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08
ssALLi FoR NOTHING. /,

A softened tope speaking glance:
"Did he mean it ?-or was it chance?"
She asked herself, while her eye grew dim
With foolish tears, for she worshipped him
Once, indeed, when her hand he took,
Held it until her pulses shook. 49,.
'sNow." she thought, sis the moment come
Now hewill speakr' But hislips were dumb
All was over within q week.
Time enough to have blanched her cheek
Z And wrung her heart, and made life seem
Blank, all blank, since that fever dream.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

Why TEXAS IS CALLED THE
CLONE STAR" The Lavacca Com
mercial, being asked by a cores
pondent why Texas should have
for her seal a five pointed star,
and as to the origin of the motto
clone Star" replies as follows:-
"In 184S the writer hereof met
at the house of Mr.. Polly, in Bal
ley's Prairie, Brazoria county, old
Governor Smith. Mr.. Smith was
Provisional Governor of the en-
bryo Republic, or State, or Terri
tory, of Texas. In conversation
about the Texas emblem, the five
pointed star, he gave US its Texas
origin. He stated that while act
ing as Provisional, it became NEG
essary to send some official docu-
ment to New Orleans. The gen.
tleman who was to take the docl-
ment insisted that it should have
some kind of seal. The provis-
ional government had adopted
none. Just then some one observ-
ed a five pointed brass button on
the Governors old overcoat. 1t
was cut off instanter and used as a
State Seal. Arrived in New Or
leans, the newspaper reporters,
seeing the impression of the five-
pointed brass button on the wax,
made it an emblem for the Lone
Star Republic"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

Bears are unusually plenty this
season in Wisconsin. A few days
ago a very large one visited the
house'of a Mr.. Sherman, in Du-
popt, and looked coolly into the
window at the family for a few
moments. Mr.. Sherman shot at
the animal with a Colts navy re.
volver, but failed to kill it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

ua An old negro woman is now
living in Dinwiddie county Va,
who is, 125 years old, has served
rs ! masters49of whom "a are
deadAand had Is children, Of
whom the only one living is go
years old; She is still very active
and Industrious. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

Burglars Rave twice entered
the safe Of a GAINESVILLE Wis J
merchant, buthave fonnd nothing
He has now left a notice on the
door, that there is nothing inside
that they would care to take, bat
if they wish to see for themselves
they can find the key in q pigeon
hole of the desk by its side:i eiI
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

os The following is a good rule for
finding the contrast OF any color :
aCut out circular piece of the
petal of any flower and put it on
white paper, look at it fxedly for
a few seconds with one eye, then
look off the color on to a piece OF
white paper, and you will see the
bright ring of another color; that
ring or circle is the right compile
mentary. color or contrast to the
color in the petal" ,sl.lf...s,..4
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08
Pins.

| q ~ SOA "a SAAS ANNNs
York Post thus describes pin
making: 20 ail.5 a IL ab
The pin machine is one of the
closest approaches that machines
have made to the dexterity of the
human hand. A small machine,
about the height and size Of a Ia
dy's sewing machine, only strong
err, stands before you. On the
back side a light belt descends
from the long shaft at the ceiling
that drives all the machines,
ranged in rows on the floor. On
the left. side OF our machine hangs
on a peg a small reel of wire, that
has been Strengthened by running
through a compound system of
small rollers.
This wire descends and the end
of it enters the machine. This is
the food consumed by this snap
pish, voracious little dwarf. He
pulls it in and bites it off by inches,
incessantly, one hundred and forty
bites to minute. Just as he sci
zes each bite, a saucy little ham,
rmer with a concave face, hits the
end of the wire three taps and''up-
sets" it to head, while he grips it
in counter-sunk hole between his
teeth. With an outward thrust
of his tongue he then lays the
pin sideways in a little grove a
cross the rim of small wheel that
slowly revolves just under his nose.
By the external pressure of sta
tionary hoop these pins roll in
their places, as they are carried un-
der two series OF small files, three
in each. These files grow finer
towards the end of the series
They lie at a slight inclination on
the point of the pins, and by Sc
ries OF cams, levers and springs,
are made to play ''like lightning"
Thus the pins are pointed and
dropped in a little shower into a
box. Twenty-eight pounds of
pins is a days work for one of
these jerking little automatons.
Forty machines on this floor make
five hundred and sixty pounds dali
ly. These are then polished
Two very intelligent machines re-
ject every crooked pin, even the
slightest irregularity of form being
detected.
Another automaton assorts
half a dozen lengths in as many
different boxes, all at once and un-
erringly, when a careless operator
has mixed the contents of boxes
from various machines. Lastly a
perfect genius of machine hangs
the pins by the head in an In
clined platform through as many
"slots' as there are pins in q row
on the papers. These slots converge
into the exact space spanning the
length of a row. Under them
runs the strip Of pin paper. A
III I;l,o ,ort of tho machine
catches one pin from each of the
slots as it falls, and ty one move
ment sticks them all through two
corrugated ridges in the paper,
from which they are to be picked
by fingers in boudoirs, and all sorts
of human fingers in all sorts of hu-
man circumstances. Thus you
have its genesis sef bat !
.'Tall and slender, straight and thin,
II Prattv little I,sefiIl ninr t-s s2-G
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08
A Picture Of Radical Rule.

| Mr.. Pendleton in one of his re-
cent powerful and convincing
speeches, presented the following
picture of Radical rule, and its
consequences upon the people and
their interests. He said !:
i The Radicals have not only
perverted our government, but
have bankrupted the country. Du-
ring these three years of peace we
have collected fifteen hundred and
ninety-three millions of dollars
One hundred and twenty-four have
been paid on account of the debt.
What has become Of the restg Four
! teen hundred and twenty millions
vanished, who knows where, in
the last three years 1t has gone,
most of it, to the 'Freedmen's Bu-
reau,' and to the costly military
governments so needlessly kept up
in ten States. 1t has gone to sup
port the constitutional amend
ments' of Congress, the scheme of
negro suffrage, and the Unsuitable
carpet baggers Fifteen hundred
and ninety-four million dollars |!
That is more than one-tenth of all
the property in the country
money, crops, houses, railroads,
tools, and every thing else Great
Britain, during these same three
years, spent one-thirtieth, and
France one Jortieth of her resources.
| If you are assessed on all of it, it a.
mounts to S34 45 a head for every
one of US. Our debt under Radical
rule exceeds in its burtheu that of
any other country"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

3 A New York restaurant keep
er has applied the Communication com1a1f
system to meals. He ,l has as, intro
.dnced the use of a small card, up
ON the face of which are printed q
series of numbers, representing
&c.. lOc., 25c., 50c., and amount.
inc to the totaiofSl0. These ne
sells to his customers for % oo'
When the holder of a card orders
= dinner, the waiter pricks a hole i,
in the figure corresponding 70 tue
nrice of the zealand SO on day
after day, until the entire Slo nave
been cancelled.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08
"Wonder what makes papa tell

81 wonder what makes papa tell
such stories," said youngster,
"about hiding the schoolmaster's
rattan when he went to school,
about his running away from the
schoolmistress when she was GO
ing to whip him; then shut me
up all day in the dark bedroom be-
cause tried just once to be as
smart as he was 2"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

One Of the pleasantest; para
graphists we know of writes that
the esHwinds, beginsto blowschilly,
and the curling waves that. foam
and fret upon the, beach are sing
ing il a requiem for the departed
summer. o. a -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

to Gen. Butler impudently talks
about branding the, people. p
The old villain bears the brand of
"thief as plainly upon his forehead
as if it had been burned to the
bone with a hot iron. oI @ sass.aI
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

germ OF another divorce
case is contained in this advertise
nent from 2 Chicago paper; "a
lady whose husband is often absent
wishes to rent to a bachelor or q
widower a nicely furnished parlor..
Must be agreeable, etc." lAi
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

8 Mr.. A. L. Burden, of Stafford
Springs, Conn, poisoned the flies
IN bis house recently, and swept
them out lof doors, where they
wereoeaten by abrood of chickens,
every one of whom died. .ge
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

Last year two Germans pur-
chased eighty acres Of land in a
county of Southern, Tennessee,
and paid for the property with the
proceeds of the first crop of four
acres of Strawberries set out last
fall 10 - - -s'-'s-. s--- 49,.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

If the convict negro, A. A. Brad
ley, gives out or, breaks down as
leader of the Georgia Radicals,
can't they draw upon the peniten-
tiary for another?s = 1al s@sS
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

The St. Louis Democrat says
that Kentucky is shipping arms In
to Missouri and voters into Indian.
na.. A paper that has no regard
for truth can say that just as easi-
y as anything else. i.Ess a. 80 !.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

In the Northern part of Cham
paigne county, Ill, there is a
tractof forty acres on which the
unburied carcasses of more than
five hundred cattle which have
died Of the Texas disease are de-
com mnosipry------ .-s-,-------
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

AN unclerical gentleman tried
1ataIy to shoot himself on an II tOnio
lasa;nboat ias under the impression
oo1, s6as when q be was only very drunk.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

A mamma, who has succeeded
in getting her own sever daugh-
ters swell off her hands" has de-
termined to open a class for the
instruction of young ladies in, the
art of husband catching, Its, to
be called the sSchooI of Design"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

,snC Camphoro is concluded to be
the best remedy for f6osEsqs qstrychHnine strycchhHn
poison. -. arpls,, yefll4.-.ie
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

A lady Id New York lately sold
her blonde hair for S75. ..;.e@s =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1868-10-08

A Boston cigar dealer says he
sells three hundred cigars daily to
women.
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

ole SOO EACH OR alsOO0 If SOLD TOGETHER
YlO.CUU The three two story brown stone Houses i34
tW and 13s West Fortvevenh street. between S'xh and
seventh avenues splenoa iocssiou. Apply 70 " q. kkS-
NELLY. IL Pine stfssA
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

WEST TENTH sTREET-foR SALE, A TWO STORY,
w attic and basement brick House and Lott neghborhood
geneel and ve desrabe possession May price 80 600.
SAMUEL u. MACK, ls keade street, 2to6
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

9th AVENUE Lors-FoR SALE, FORTY LOTS
q on west side OF Eighth Avenue running from l9st to
lS3d street. through TO ihe avenue 81 Nicholas They lie very
handsomely, and are prepared for immediate Improvement
they are 70 be 60 10 ID pots OF TO
chaers seventy per cent can remain for three
or five years Ths opportunity 10 ase lois ON
the best ayenues ei .as ely upon sgob liberal Apply
JOHN McCLAvE, ~ Pine street. ~ !
The New York herald., 1868-03-25

L'ARM FOR sALE-C0NTAIN1NG ABOUT 1l5 ACRES
Of superior land In high state OF cultivation only
hours ride this city well fenced with three never
Ing streams OF water running through the same being
perior grain farm apple and orchard Of
choice fruits good dwelling house, with water the Kitchen
and all necessary outbuildnss this L. opportunity 10
buy good farm in healthy location. Inquire of H. A.
GRAY, l22 Chatham street, near Pearl.