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ARA4S AWHlSuCE!t C1 O6t&t LIB 4Hk{OAlEtp
in the House of Representatives proposed
amendment 10 the Constitution Of tho
United sts.ss, providing that Presddsnsial
Electors sha1l be elected on several tickets,
instead of On joint ticket, as heretofore;
that tho two Electors to which each State ia
entitled, BY virtue Of ita representation in
tho Senate, shau be chosen on joint
ticket by the electors Of the State at large,
and that the remaining Elastors, equal to its
entire number Of Representatives in Con-
g1ees. shall BE- chosen, one from each Con-
R1esaonal Distinct Under this mode Of
election the vote Of tho State at large would
only determine the choice OF two Of the
Electors, and the renainder would be deter
mined by the vote IN each Congressional
District. The sote OF every state, ,-lnstead
OF bolng thrown SOLID one way OF the other,
according az might be determined by the
majority, pEhaps, OF lew hundred in the
stAte,-woaid ba divided between the two
parties, according to the number Of Con-
gressional Districts eaeh could carry.
Thus, IN New York, who're the whole
Electoral vote (33 rotea) was cast for sey-
rnonr At she last election, n,-whlc, ws believe,
only eleven congress D'stticta voted for
hln,-ae result under this system would
haFe beea tha& seymour would have re-
oel7ed the two votes at large md eleven dis
tzlct fotes' while 1tanf would have TO-
eeiseo me remaining twenty votes. In no
otnef o.a1e "ou'a any 50 Important polltlcal
coanse oe wrought ILLINOIS, as at present
ois1oea between pafues, would cast about
eieFen hepuonean ELECTORAL votes 10 i've
oemoe1aoe. IL rs, however, susceptible ot
oelno1 e'ia'.on st,A', "nle onoes .ais p'aa'
the so,e OF eacn ota'e would nave e1-
pressed more eiae'y 'ne acsoa' Pouucas
eent'nen1 o1 iIs people, yes IN no e'eotaon
.hat has ever been neaa would tae plan
nase cnaDeeo tae eano.aate actually select
ea LUIS CAN oniy 10 oecaaso toe m'aos'-
.ieS " oue purity *aose VOICES afe s''eneeo
one otu1'' asa oaseI " e1uaA mtoor1t'es
LUG oeae1 purity "no ase s'Aencoa IN
{ AerH'
nc enlet ment oi Ar. LavreuceA
IL adment Is tna1 IL lesaens tho tendencies
u eo11upuon IN tne la1ee ana eFenlF BAL
1Nced States, Ike New York, Pennsylvania,
SAD Indiana. The fact that change Of .
few hundreds IN d vote Of hundreds OF
thousands may carry the State, is too strong
In :naucetnent for fraud for human nature
to les'st- By an inevitable and irresistible
force, frauds OF every kind will DO perpe-
uated where stake Of such vast masui-
tuae Es the entire Electoral votc Of large
State is maae to turn on the voting Of few
aliens, the importation Of few non.resl-
jents, the passing Of a few "Iepeaters,' or
q slight miscount By partisan inspectors.
Although no Presidential election, hereto
fore, would have been chauged by The re-
suit, it is impossible to pfedlct Of an
amendment that changes twenty Electoral
votes in the State Of New York alone. TINT
M change in the total rrsult rnipe. ;, ..of-
, 1869-12-31

Tho Commercial and Fin1netl ChToHi-
c't, III discussing M1. Boutwell's four per
cent funding bill, calla attention to the
, 1869-12-31

TeAls ago, Lord Derry fitted rp canal hssxe
for The trsusoottAuon Of Lady Dc1oy from Loo-
don to ItveTpoo1-to3 nlle<-ahe being too III to
T1de eAtnet BY rail Of caET,sge and walked On the
toEpath Tie entire dist&rce, himself.
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COMMERCIAI.

TnuRspAy EvH*1S0, Dec 81.
The following table shows the receipts aod
shipnents Of produce q: sn,a pc!n: du1ns tat pas:
tWe1tf-foJf hEulG.
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More Indian Troubles.
Fp,t Lasun1 Csrr<spondsnef of tAs Plast<RosfA
tSeb} Herald,

A few days stnee the Fetfetman mall n roua TO
,efx poer. Vsl attacted By parry Of indians, and
1Ho nrp terribly wuundcd. 0re OF them died
+n af,sr he ~as brought IN the otner Fs1fl itvt,
nux il IL vary doubtful whether be VIII rrcovtr:
he u N cla. rAi,aful solder, By the name o.
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fncx thai Tho public aebs wss funded into
la& present fo1m II heavy cost to the
sssicD, md thai the propositions to rc-fund
It have already lowered he rataa Of goveto-
moent secufitics- When tho 7.s0s we're
funded into per cent gold interest bonds
the premium on the gold interest made tho
funding an advance OF the creditors inter
eat from Z $40 interest in .curre1cy to
about Q per cent in currency, or ir"na aass
than pez cent in coin to 6. These are
the terms on which MI voluntary aonasng
,u,st be carried IN. The creditor will nos
surrender hia present bond unless the Eos-
ernment gtvos mo1o and takes l'ss' AUS
is always a losing operation.
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Fofeign easte,,.,,.--,, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES III
, 1869-12-31

,cEtest, ta-,e- sh:pMu-.
1879. 1875 lsf2 !-:@
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-11-05
THE OIL MARK Es'FS.
OFFICE OF

OFFICE OF
THE PET'M CENTRE DAILY RECORD.
PETROLEUM CENTRE Nov. 8.
rfThe market continues excited and strong,
with considerable enquiry for gravity oil.
The sales were 1000 bbs gravity, at 5000;
1000 bb!s at 5000; 500 bbls on p t.. 1000
bbls on Boyd Farm, gravity oil at $500.
We hear of one sale at S6.l0
Shipments 1900.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-11-05
PETROL Z Una mafsH ETs--lgY TEl.
FGisAPki.
Western Union l1ne MARKET rccpor

western Union l7ne MARKET Report.
Special Dispatches to the Daily Record
Reports OF ali tho Sales of nctroieu II,
IN New York Yesterday.
Petroleum market--crude very strong at
advanced figures, owing TO limited arrivals
Sales, 1900 bbls bulk 20, closed 2Oi2 asked q.
Refined firm, but advanced prices paid
slowly and market very quiet. Sales 5000
bbls standard white FIRST half of month.
343l, 5000 bbls ditto si1a, 500 bbls for last
half Of month, 35; $500 bbs for month So
For Philadelphia delivery, 800 bbs first
half Nov Sc, and $40 bbls Dec 81 l.2.
The Petroleum Centre daily record. [volume] (Petroleum Center, Pa.) 1868-1873, 1869-11-05

There is great rnsh to the jamestown
Clothing Store. The rcasou, New Goods
srriyia. every day. Sept. l3th.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25
N. WALLACE, ]
Established December 18th, 1850,
TERMS.

TTwO Dollars for one year, inva-
fiablg iS Gdpanes.
,r- Single copies, Ten Cents eaca.
ITAdvertisements inserted at 0ae Dollar
per square of Ten Lines or less for the FIRST
insertion Fifty Cents for each continuance.
T Local and Special Notices, Twenty
Cents per line.
o. A liberal deduction viii be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, or
twelve months.
or Obituaries and calls on candidates,
Fifty Cents per square.
6F The privilege of yearly advertisers is
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 m embers. 0~TNc de-
Walton from these terms under any cireum-
stances
or Ad vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will be
continued until ordered out, and payment
exscted.
TN No advertisement inserted gratu.tously
b EP Advertisements of an abusive nature
will not be inserted at any PTiee.
SIT Announcing candidates Five Dollars,
10 be paid in advance in every case.
6TJOb Printing of all kinds nestly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25
The Arkansas Militia.

The Searcy (Arkansas) Record,
speaking of Clayton's mob, says
"We venture the assertion that
if these hirelings had been met
with the proper spirit in the out.
set, their days would have been
but few and not one would DOW
be in the field. Having met with
but little opposition, and their op-
erations being lucrative, both the
privates and the officers, they nat
urally keep on increasing. Every
thief and scoundrel in the land is
ready to volunteer, that he may
practice his thieving propensity at
liberty without harm to himself.
Like the jayhawking companies
during the war-it is a paying
business. The people are intimi-
dated (in some localities) and lit
tie or no resistance is made, hence
all is fish that comes to their net ;
and if perchance they come not
to their net, they can be made to
do so.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25
EARTHQUAKES in Illinois.

The recent severe earthquakes
on the Pacific coast and the great
damage done in the city of San
Francisco, call from J. Ell. Shaw,
a writer in the Bardstown Illinois
an, interesting data of alike calam-
Iity in Illinois fifty-seven years ago.
| He says that OH the 10th of De-
cember, 1911, began the most re-
markable phenomena that ever
occurred in North America--an
earthquake the continued shocks of
which lasted for the space of three
months, a longer period than ever
before known; the effects of which
were felt in Illinois, Missouri, Ten
nessee, Kentucky, and Arkansas,
the focus Of which seemed to be
about the mouth of the Ohio. 1t
made great oommotiOn in the nv
ers, the banks of which caved in
by whole acres at a time. Large
islands disappeared under the wa
ters. The town of New Madrid,
No, was destroyed and the river
now runs over part Of It's former
site. The balance of it is lower
by twenty-five feet than it was be-
fore. The bed of the river just
below the Ohio raised up like q
bow and turned up stream until
its pent-up waters, with accumula-
ted force, swept over the barrier
and poured into the craters and fs-
sures of the ground, when they
were again thrown out in huge
streams higher than trees.
The river was uaVigated at that
time by many flatboats from the
Illinois, Upper Mississippi and
Ohio rivers, some of which were
swallowed up in the great chasms
in the river. There was loss of
life and property. Fortunately at
that time the country was sparsely
settled, for no building could have
withstood its fury.
The calamity, Mr.. Shaw says,
checked the commerce of the Hi
nois river, as indeed alsothe general
prosperity of the Western States.
All immigration stopped, and the
impression became general in the
eastern and middle States that Hill
nois and Missouri were so subject
to earthquakes as to be forever un-
safe as place of habitation. But
ina few years this impression, with
its attendant fears, wore away !;
and immigration resumed.
There have been but two earth
quakes in Illinois since that time
one in 1S40 and the other in 1862
both slight shocks; the one in
1840, however, doing some little
damage to brick buildings and
chimneys.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25
[FrOm the Cyuthiana Ky DemOcra
Bourbon Whisky.

: A small district of country here
of which Cynthiana is the cen
ter, aud head center, has an abso-
lutte monopoly of the Bourbon
whisky trade of the world. In IL
there is something local. It can
not be made anywhere else. Let
them try ever so hard they cannot
make it anywhere else, and the
whisky trade knows it. Why is
it that our whisky goes direct to
New York ? Why is it that New
York dealers are here weekly
watching the trade and buying up
the products of enormous distiller-
les by the thousand barrels two or
three months In advance of its
production? 1t is because there
is a worlds demand for this whis-
ky, and there is a worlds demand
for it because it is the best made,
and it is best made because it is,
made here, and cannot be made
in New York nor anywhere else
than here.
The distillers here do not sup
ply the worlds demand by ninety
nine in a hundred parts. They
may increase their capacity one
hundred times and fall short of
the demand.
All this whisky goes to New
York in lots by the thousand bar
rels. Thence most of it goes to
Europe by the ship load. 1t is
not a piddling trade, this Bourbon
whisky trade. None of this whisky
goes directly to st. louis or any
of the Western cities, nor, indeed,
to any except New York. There
it is handled by firms whose trans
actions reach hundreds of millions
of dollars year, whose ships visit
every point in the world, and these
are the men who tuy it direct
here at the distillers. In the
West and South and North and
East every bar has Bourbon, SO
called. Some of the best of them
have the real simon pure, but
where do the bulk of them get
their "Old Bourbon?" They all
want it, but our distillers cannot
supply their demand. New York
and the European trade, with their
enormous demand, money and
tact, consume it all, leaving a
home, Western, Southern, North
ern and Eastern demand, a hun
dred times larger, totally unsup-
piled.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

A "PEPPERY" YARN went
to the legislature last year, said
a Georgian. Well l went to At
lanta and took dinner at tavern.
Right beside me sat a member
from one of the back towns, who
had never taken dinner before at
a tavern in his life. Before his
plate was a dish of peppers and he
kept looking at them. Finally,
as the walters were very slow
bringing on things he UP with his
fork and in less than no time sOuSed
one into his mouth. As he brought
down his grinders the tears came
into his eyes. At last splitting the
pepper into his hand, he laid it
down by his plate, and with a voice
that set the whole table in a roar,
exclaimed "Just lie there and
cool"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25
Teiaple of. the aMnsts.
THE DOORSTEP.
BY E. c. sTEDMAN.

The conference meeting through at last,
We boys around the vestry waited
To see the girls come tripping past
Like snow-birds willing to be mated.
Not braver he that leaps the wall,
Bylevel musket- flashes litten,
Than l, who stepped before them all,
Who longed to see me get the mitten.
But no, she blushed and took my aTmi
Welet the old folks have the highway,
And started towards the Maple Farm,
Along kind of lovers by-way.
| can't remember what we said,
Twas nothing worth song OF story,
Yet that rude path by which we sped,
Seemed all transformed and in glory.
The snow was crisp beneath our feet,
The moon was full, the fiel Is were cleaning
By hood ard tippet sheltered sweet,
Her face with youth and health was bean1ihg
The little hand outside her muf-
o sculptor, if you could but mould i'll
So lightly touched my jaeket-cuf,
To keep it warm had to hold 1t.
To have her with me there alone
Twas love and fear and triumph blended;
At last we reached the foot-worn stone,
Where the delicious journey ended,
She shook her ringlets from her hood,
And with ''Thank you, Ned" dissenbled,
But vet knew she understood
With what daring wish trembled.
A cloud passed kindly overhead,
The moon was slyly peeping through il,
Yet hid its face, as if il said #.
Come now OF never! do it! do 1t.
My lips till then had only known,
The kiss of mother and of sister,
But somehow, full upon her own
Sweet, rosy, darling mouth kissed her
Perhaps twas boyish love, vet still,
o listless woman weary lover,
To feel once more that fresh, wild thrill,
I'd give---But who can live youth over
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

JURIEs-A REFoRN.-A bill is
before the Illinois Legislature, pro-
viding, among other jury reforms, :,
that, In the trial of all civil cases
wherein juries are impanneled,
and such juries cannot agree upon
a verdict, nine members of a jury
can make up a verdict, which
shall have the same effect as the
unanimous verdict Of the jury
In Nevada, a majority verdict in
all cases, civil and criminal, is re-
ceived as decisive. Common
sense and common justice, pro-
nounce this to be the true system.
The jury trial system requires
overhauling on all points TO meet
the requirements Of progress.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

growth, and had never been of
any length.
I was met at the foot of the
stairs by the irrepressible Mr.. Dun
bar. -
ats all fixed" said he; "you'H
be married at once. / had differ
ent arrangements made: was go
ing to give you and Rose a chance
to get little acquainted; but
that railroad delay spoiled that.
The Rev. Mr.. Lawson is here
Come right along; stiff upper
lip, now"
He led me into a long reception
room. Some ladies shook hands
with me. A tiny, golden,haired
creature was put at my side. The
clergyman married us. Then
there was chatter of congratula-
tions.
One woman with horrible
scarlet bead-dress, put her hand
on my arm and drew me aside.
"What arrangement have you
made for the trip" asked she.
"None," answered truthfully.
''But you are going to New York
for week or two?'
I thought New York as good
a place to go to as any, if [ was ex.
pected to go somewhere, and an
swered yes.
"Aunt Sophy," said trembling
voice at our elbow, "what must l
do now ?"
"Run up stairs and put on your
travelling dress, child. Your aunt
Margaret will assist you"
1t was my wife. She never
looked at me, but ran away again.
Refreshments were circulating.
I tried very hard not to go crazy.
At last Dunbar came to me
again. "All ready, Smith. Car
riage is waiting. You'll catch the
evening train with smart driving"
They hustled me out again.
kissed Rose, and shook hands with
me, and we two alone were driv-
ing pell nell to the depot.
I bought tickets for New York,
gave Sambo FIVE dollars and we
were off,
Well, we got into New York at
midnight. ] took carriage to the
St. Nicholas hotel, and told my
wife all about it.
She looked at me awhile with
her great blue eyes, and then SAID
innocently:
Well, ] don't know as it tmakeS
any difference"
After all what difference did it
make? The disheveled young
man with the bumped forehead
proved to be the expected Smith,
but he didn't arrive until hak an
hour after our departure.
Dunbar came after us, raglng,
but there was nothing to be done.
Rose was satisfied, the other
man wasn't, but I imagine he was
fellow of bad luck.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25
Stonewall Jackson's
Fame.

The Kansas City Journal says:
A few weeks since, Gen. Shields,
the Democratic candidate for
Congress in this district, adver-
tised a meeting at New Garden, a
little town on the line of Clay and
Ray counties, often called 'Hell's
half Acre At the proper time
the meeting was organized, and
thechairman introduced Shields in
the following manner; "Fellow-
citizens, permit me to introduce
to you man whose name is a
household word all over the land,
a patriot of two hemispheres; a
statesman; the companion Of Clay
and Benton; q soldier; the hero
of Cerro Gordo; the man who
split his blood like water for bis
country, the hero Of the Potomac;
the nun who came nearer whip
ping Stonewall jackson than any
other man-but who didR't whip
him by a ID sight"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

A clergyman recently related
the following; 70 young friends
of his were bo.- ing in Germany
with a very devout Catholic lady,
who always asked q blessing before
each meal. One day she asked
the young men how the Americans
asked blessing. One of them,
remembering the haste with which
SO many Of his countrymen at
tack their food, said, "The Amer
lean blessing is, .Pitch in" A
few days after, the good lady,
thinking to please her boarders,
reverently folded her hands before
breakfast and uttered the words,
aPitch in,' which they of course
did.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

The administration of chloroform
lately 70 a convict about to be ex-
ecuted is spoken of as new de-
velopment of the humanitarian
spirit of the age. tits, however,
only a revival through a new a.
gency, of practice which pre-
vailed in ancient times among
the Jews, who gave wine, at an
early period of their history, to
men about to die, and at later
times a supplying ingredient was
introduced into the draught, SO as
to render the victim insensibie.-
Some have supposed that the verse
in the book of Proverbs, "GIYe
strong drink to him that is ready
to perish," had reference to this
custom, though this, we believe
is not its approved Interpretation
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

In Redding Ridge, Conn, it
makes very little difference how
man treats his enemy. During
one week recently a man horse
whipped another and was fined
one dollar; boy Intentionally
discharged pistol at one of his
companions, and was fined one dol
lar; and an agile youth pummeled
an associate, and was also fined
one dollar. "You pays your mon
ey and you takes your choice.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

The SANE OLD SToRY.--A wo-
man living in Milwaukee has a
sailor husband whom she has not
seen for nineteen years, but re-
ceives letters from him regularly.
He is a hand on Liverpool pack
ct, making regular trips from New
York and back. Every time he
ships from the former port he
writes his wife that upon his arri-
val in New York next time he will
certainly go home. The ship ar
rives but no husband. Soon comes
the inevitable letter, with the
same intelligence. He did in
tend to come, but was paid off,
got intoxicated, spent his money,
and came to his senses not only
pcnniless, but shipped on board
the packet again. He declares he
will never be fooled again, and
goes to work with the idea of gain
ing means to return home, and
the next trip is a repetition of the
old story. Meanwhile the wife
tolls on and lives in hope that
some day the truant husband will
come back.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

PRICE OF ADVERTISING A Col
UMN.-phe Cincinnati Commercial
charges for one column a year,
.S4, 1870 Ohio STATE Journal.
The Journal is mistaken. The
Commercial charges S4,160 for
one column twice per week for one
year-that is one column one hun
dred and four insertions. AS we
publish the Commercial every day
Of the year, one column for a year,
three hundred and sixty,fve In
sertions, at the same rate, would
be $I4,6O0.-O Cincinnati Com.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25

The Des Moines Iowa Regis
te, says there is family living
near that city, Sin which there are
thirteen children, all of whom are
deaf and dumb. The family is a
good one, and one much respected
in the community. We doubt ii
there is another family on earth
with as much stiffness in it as this.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1869-02-25


The German papers mention a
melancholy case of suicide and
filial devotion. A widow had
two sons, the eldest of whom sup
ported the family. He recently
was ordered to join the army,
having fallen into the conscrip-
ton. The younger brother, feel
ing himself unable to support his
aged mother, shot himself through
the heart, thereby liberating the
elder from military service, on ac
count Of his being a widows only
son.