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Proceedings Of the members OF The
RnF.

''''' ~"
se,ublcd IN the court room, and, ou
motion, Judge Q. Harrison vas called
to the chair aud Freeman Randolph
requested to act as Secretary.
The Chairman announced the house
ready for business by explaining the
object of the meeting, to pass suitable
resolutions expressive of the sense Of
the profession mt the loss by death Of
one Of lis most honorable members,
Judge j. W., Vance, Of fernando,
who dcd on Saturday, the 10th of
this month, at his residence; and to
tender the sympathy Of the members
of the bar to his family.
On motion it was adopted that the
Chairman appoint a committee of FIVE
to draft suitable resolutions and sub.
NIT them to the house for approval,
expressive Of the sense of the meeting.
The following gentlemen were ap.
pointed Us committee Maj,L.P. Coop.
er,. Col. G. Miller, Freeman Randolph,
Hon. Geo. Il. Harris and Col. II. W.
| Walter.
1t was moved that the house adjourn
until Wednesday morning to give the
committee time to report, which was
adopted.
On Wednesday morning the com.
mlttee reported the following resolu.
lions which We're adopted
WHEREAS, in the dispcnsation o
an all-wise Providence, the Hon. J
W. Vance, late Judge of the l2tl
judicial District of Mississippi, de
parted this liie on the 10th day q
July lsTo,at his late residence in tn.
town of fernando aud, whereas, il
This life and character, both as a citi
zen and public servant, he had great
endearod himself to the bar and III
people Of this District, among whor
he had lived for more than II quartz
Of a century , and, whereas, in an en-
incnt degreeh he possessed all the quail
ities Of mind and heart which con
manded the admiration, respect, an,
we may add, love, of all who knc'
him therefore,
Pcsoirrd, That while we submit.
siyiiy Yield to this dispensation {
Providence, We cannot but feel tha
We have lost one whose example in a
\ thc r~elationso Of life, public and priyat,
= is that Of one who always discharge
every duty which deyolyed upon hil
with a courage, conscienciousness an
!, fidelity TO his convictions of rigl
which were never surpassed and mrel
/. equaled, and ever ch~araeterizcs Il
Christian gentleman.
! Rssotped, That a eopyof these re
olutions be forwarded to the fami
Of the dcccascd-that We unanimous
! request the Court now in session til.
! they be entered upon the minutes
the Court, and that the same be pu'
iishcd in the Weekly Pamela STAR al
the fernando papers.
L.. Z. CooplR,
81 Chm. Committee.
There being no further busine
/, before thc house the meeting adjourn
cd sine die.
=. .. HARRISON,
/, Chairman.
:" FREEMAN RANDOLPH,
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John s. MeGshce.

a ccnmlttcc appointed by the
Second Quarterly Confercnce for the
srdi4 Circuit to present 4 mcmorial
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offer for sale, subject to renters claims, my
two t2l sections OF valuable land five miles
west at Sardis on favorable terms, apply to P.
Bsringer on the place, Messrs. Donoho, Joy
4 Co. and Messrs. Royster, Trezzesant / Co.
Memphis, or the undersigned at Oxford, Miss.
ly23-im p. b. BARRINGER,
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The Conflict In Europe.

The following is q summary %
the French army on both the peace
FOOTING and Tho war iOoting
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we arc informed By our friend,
Mr.. ADeIfH McCRAcKEN. thatthcre
will be I Picnic given by the citi-
zens d safiis at the FAIR Grounds
on Tuesday evening, commencing
at 4 o'clock =, N. on The 9th ?rox.,
aud will be kept ap until the we,
sma' houra bcyant the twal."
6ne hraEs baud viii DC in a,
tendance and reireShmcnts provide
II the course Of the evcninr
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.N.fRREED.

On Monday the 18th inst, at the
residence of Mr.. Bell, in Pamela co.,
by Rev. 7, IL. Cleland, Y. j. Gre
CORY and Mrs. Neoline Green, botl
of Yallabusha county.
Grenada Sentinel please copy,
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Laughing Gas no HHmbug ,

II havein my Office now, in successful opera
ton, one of the latest improved machines
known to the world for producing NIraers Ok
inE ASp 0xrGrs LAuGHlss GAS. The pure Gas
emitted from this machine VIII transport, As il
were the patient tothr drcamlara while being
robbed Of, the offending tooth without tie
slightest pain, and i perfectly harmless ia Its
effects. J Don't mistake the name nor place, as
there are other names in the profession 30 near
the same they have b en- taken for mine
BOG Main 81. 300 Min ~.
,ep4-ly 4. NnSSnN.
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Wall paper is printed in all col
ors at a single operation, and so
rapidly that a single machine will
pgint fourteen miles of paper in a
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Moonlight Picnic.

500 people erIesed-G Grand rrspa
rdttons--E ucrybody inrited.
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The Carroliton Conservative, OF the
I'D inst, chronicles the brutal mu-
der Of a negro By the name Of Green
STANDBY by another 10th amendment.
Cause, mean whisky, taken at a ne
gro breakdown.
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'flo s,oala sp ia, dcumnccs
.tha manager. " uo Mobilomd Ohio
w. r. a.a .cf of corrupt scomlrcl
ml voas twill novel, quit the war
Iaih until One present eylor,Ion and
iul managemeuti rcmclcd. That
qglt Doctor 90 ror them, II they
deserve 70. to tho bitter end.
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There being no further business
before thc house the meeting adjourn
cd sine die.
q. HARRISON.
Chairman.
FREEMAN RANDOLPH,
Secretary
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18
A Balloon Duel.

Perhaps the most remarkable
duel ever fought took place in
1908. 1t was peculiarly French
in its tone, and could hardly have
occurred under any other than a
French state of society. M. de
Grandpre and M. lie Pique had a
quarrel, arising out of jealousy
concerning a lady engaged at the
Imperial Opera, one Madamoiselle
Tireyit. They agreed to fight a
duel to settle their respective
claims; and in order that the heat
of angry passion should not in
terfere with the polished elegance
of the proceeding, they postponed
the duel for a month-the lady
agreeing to bestow her smiles on
the survivor of the two, if the
other was killed; or, at all events,
this was inferred by the two men,
if not actually expressed. The
duelists we're to fight in the air
Two balloons were constructed
precisely alike. On the day de-
noted, De Grandpre and his Sec
ond entered the car of one balloon,
LIE Pique and his second that of
another; it was in the garden of
the Tuilleries, amid an immense
concourse of spectators. The
gentlemen were to fire, not at each
other, but at each others balloons,
in order to bring them down by
the escape of gas; and as pistols
might hardly have served for this
purpose, each @ronaut took blum.
derbuss in his car. At a given
signal the ropes that restrained the
cars were cut, and the balloons
ascended. The wind was mod
crate, and kept the balloons at
about their original distance of
eighty yards apart. When about
half a mile above the surface of
the earth, a preconcerted signal
for firing was given. M. lie Pique
fired but missed. M. de Grand
pre- fired and sent a ball through
LIE Pique's balloon. The balloon
collapsed, the car descended with
frightful rapidity, and LIE Pique
and his second were dashed to
pieces. De Grandpre continued
his ascent triumphantly, and ter
minated his aerial voyage success
fully at a distance of seven leagues
from Paris.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18
Years and Leap Years.

The year 1900 will not be a
leap year; 1894 and 1896 will be
leap years. To explain this we
must give a short account of the
change of style in the calendar
effected by Pope Gregory Thir-
teenth. He found that the error
of eleven minutes in the Julian
calendar had amounted to ten
days. He, therefore, deducted
ten days in October, 1852, and to
prevent a recurrence of the error,
it was ordered that every year
ending a century should not be
considered leap year, except the
of the year 400. Thus
1000 was leap year, but 100
was not, nor 1900, nor will 1900
be; but 1000 will be leap year,
and every four hundreth year at
ter it. In England and America
the Gregorian calendar was not a
dorted until 1882; consequently
with US 100 was not a leap year,
and we are eleven days out
These were subtracted, and at
the time the measure enacted the
alteration caused considerable un-
easiness, and some few riots a
mong the poorer people, who
could not comprehend the matter,
and raised the cry of "Give US
back our eleven days p The
and Russians still retain
the old style, SO that there is now
a difference of II days between
their dates and ours, because they
have considered 170G and 1900 as
leap years.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18
Proprietor.
VOL. KTH---NO. q.
Filling the Conditions.

The Hamilton (OhiO) Telegraph
gives an account OF a funny lawsuit.
A man named Soriman hired a rath-
er goOd-fOr-nothing fellow for 81 90
a day, doing it rather as charity.
The conditions we're that he was to
stay sober, not violate the Sabbath
nor abuse his stock, and in default
'of this the written contract speci-
fled that be should receive Q thrash
ing with hOrseWhip, or some other
convenient instrument for inhicting
that kind of punishment. This was
on the 18th of April. On the Oath
he got drunk, and went to meeting
10 that fix, abused horse that be
drove and bloke up the buggy. So
MIR. SOrtman, as he says in bis an
swer, to prevent arrests for non-ful-
filIment Of contract, took a raw
hide and having iulIy filled the con-
dl:lons, on being arrested soon at-
ter for assault and battery, be pro-
duceG the contract and asked to be
acquitted, which We doubt not was
done.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

A nice little boy in Pittsburg
went to the circus the other day,
and amused himself throwing
stones at the elephant while he was
drinking. When he got through
the boy tried to propitiate him by
offering a piece of gingerbread
Before accepting the cake the ele-
phant emptied about sixty-four
gallons of water, beer measure,
over the boy, and then slung him
into the third tier to dry of. Tho
boy is very Indifferent about cir
cuses now. He says he believes
he doesn't care for them as he
used to.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

GRABBING A Fly IN CHURCH.
The Lima (Ohio) Gazette says :
ga lady in one of our churches
rested her head on the back of the
pew in front, as all devout people
do in time of prayer; but in the
pew before her sat a young man
who neither bowed his head nor
kneeled. A beautiful plume nod
ded and danced upon the head of
the fair one behind him, occasion
ally touching the neck of the youth,
who evidently considered it a fly,
or some other troublesome insect.
For a time he bore the unpleasant
sensation without a murmur; but
at last patience ceased to be a vir-
tue, and from the fash of his ea-
gle eye one could plainly see that
the hour of "that fly" had come.
Instead ofsaying "Shoo fly, don't
bodder me-" cautiously his hand
moved toward the supposed offen-
ding insect; then followed a fran
tic clutch, spring behind him.
Imagine the horror of the youth to
find in his hand the nobby hat of
the fair one, which he had torn so
violently from her head, sadly
disarranging the contour Of braids
and chignon. The lady was
indignant, of course, and the yonth
could have been purchased at an
immense sacrifice about that time.
Explanations and apologies fol-
lowed; the disorganized was put
in order as soon as possible, and
the devotional exercises were re-
sumed,"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

There was an old lady who
lived next door to the navy yard
at Portsmouth in New Hampshire
and who had the misfortune to
be hard of hearing. Last Fourth
of July she sat in her parlor while
the boys of the navy yard fired a
salute of sc heavy guns. AS the
last 6S-pounder went off the old
lady started up in her chair and
called out "COme In.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18
getapIe Of The atlnsts.
kiss Papa Goodnight -

Rosy cheeks on snowy pillows
Gently, gently pressed;
Little hands all day so busy,
! Folded to their rest;
All the mothers heart stirs in me,
At the peaceful sight,
While their last words remember,
kiss papa goodnight
Tender white arms softly clinging
In sweet embrace;
Curls, and smiles, and Iimples rippling
O'er each baby face.
All the little fears and sorrows
Are forgotten quite
And wait with their fond message,
kiss papa goodnight"
Touch them lightly, very lightly,
Oh ye coming years;
Bring them all your smiles and gladness,
Save them from your tears,
Praying thus, sit beside them,
In their waning light,
Waiting with their tender message,
kiss papa goodnight"
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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

A SAYING OF HENRY CLAY
Henry Clay used to say that there
were three classes of people with
whom it was never safe to quarrel.
First-Ministers. For the rea-
son that they have pulpits from
which they could denounce me,
and l had none from which to re-
ply.
Second-Editors. For they
had the most powerful en-
gines from which they could eve-
ry day hurl wrath and fury upon
me, and l had none through which
to reply. And, finally, with wo-
men, for they would have the
last word anyhow.
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THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 1870

southwest, stood with cooked pis-
tolls, eye to eye, and their fingers
fixed on the halr-triggers, prepared
and waiting to slay and be slain.
81 am ready. You give the
word" cried Bowie, in his clear
ringing voice, and with that in
separable smile of strange mean
ing on his lips.
Il am ready. Fire! I" shouted
the gambler, in tones murderous
as death.
The two pistols roared stimuli
taneously. Bowie did not move,
though he had barely escaped with
his life, for the bullet of his foe had
cut away one of the golden locks
of his yellow hair. The gambler
was shot through the heart, and,
dropping on the brink Of the deck,
had almost tumbled into the river.
He was buried by the squatters
at the next woodward. And
thus perished justly bastard son
of the great pirate Laftte.
There never was jury empan-
nelled in the west who would
have brought in a verdict against
any man for killing him, and
more especially under the circum-
stances, because public opinion
pronounced that she ought to be
killed. And snch were the des-
peradoes that Bowie commonly
eXterminated.
The generous victor immedi-
ately proceeded to the ladies' cab
in and restored the winnings of
the gambler to the young mer-
chant and his beautiful wife, who
both received the boon as a gift
from heaven, with as much graft
tude and joy.
Ii we should write volume
concerning the exploits of John
Bowie, his character could not be
rendered more transparent than
it is revealed in the foregoing an
ecdote. He was always the same
the friend OF the feeble, the
protector of the oppressed, and
the sworn enemy of tyrants. He !
was brave without fear and gener-
Gus beyond precedent; and though !
he had faults, gigantic ones too,
he atcned for all the errors of
stormy life by the splendor of his
magnificent death. His tomb is i
the Alamo, his epitaph the word
"Texas," and bis fame will fill an
humble though safe niche in the
Temple OF Freedom through all
time. He can never be forgotten
till the bowels of the earth cease
to furnish metal for the fabrica-
ton of those bright blades of steel
which bear his imperishable name.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18
A Romantic Incident in
Real Life.

a correspondent OF the n. u.
z lines, writing from Paris, says:
A very extraordinary story was,
recently narrated to me, for the
truth of which / can vouch. An
American gentleman, a man of
middle age and wealth, who has a
splendid suite of apartments in a
fashionable quarter OF the town.
had the curiosity to enquire of
his landlady who were his fellow
tenants. After she had described
the usual families aw troise5me, the
clerks, strangers, etc., the actors,
milliners and musicians, who In
habited the highest flights, mad
anne recalled a remote garret cor
ner, inhabited by a young lady,
whom she described as afflicted By
a dreadful eruption, which rem
dered her hideous, and who was
to the last degree. poor, neglected
and hopeless. "Still she is a lady
"a true lady. Poor soul! she
cannot live long in such miseryp'
My friend visited the invalid,
found hei in dreadful circumstan-
ces, and ascertained that she was,
a German, though
speaking several languages like a.
native. He bade the landlady re-
move the sufferer to a good room,
provide her with comforts and
medical attendance, and call on
him for a weekly allowance for
her support, after which he al
most forgot his charity, or if he
lid recollect it, it was with a.
'hudder at the dreadful wretched-
ness which he had witnessed.
One morning the laDdlady came
and stated that the poor lady had
recovered, that his allowance had
been so carefully managed that
The was provided with travelling
)ntft, and that before returning
to Germany she wished to return
lim her thanks.
He assented, and what was his
when, instead of the
oallid, ,shrunken, horribly repulsive
object whom he had seen, there
entered a young lady of extraordi-
nary beauty, whose every glance
md movement, despite the plain
hess of her dress, indicated style
Ind elegance.
Her gratitude was unbounded ;
he seemed to almost worship the
nan who had been so generous.
She did not, however, hesitate to
'ccept from him a further gift in
money, after which she departed.
All this took place some time
lgo. Last autumn our American
raveled. At every town he found
ooms engaged for him, distin-
people called on him, and
very comfort seemed to fall on
i'm as if by luck. 1t was to luck
Ie attributed it, for though mys-
erious hand was at work, he did
ot for long time suspect it.
While In Berlin he was, how
yer, amazed at receiving an invi-
alton from one Of the first of Han
varian nobility to visit him at
is estate. He went there, was
verwhelmed with kindness, and
ound in the castle, as only daugh-
er and heiress of his host, the la
y whom he had relievedin Paris
The next day she explained the
MYSTERY. l regret that | cannot
nliy do it. 1t was one of those
Dng stories Of dreadful crime,
hame, and-an innocent victim
agony and flight, which hang
Yer most noble families, and once
n every generation or so, bear a
ufferer to the abyss. In the last
1stant of hope, the American had
eseued such a victim, and cir
had enabled her to re-
urn to Der former station.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

A gentleman with green gog.
giles is meeting with great success
in Iowa, claiming to be blind
Methodist minister, whereas he is
the retired proprietor of a Chicago
faro bank.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

Word was sent to the City Mar.
shal of Augusta, Me-, that a fel-
low was selling "lickers" from a
wagon in market square. He went
to arrest him and confscate his
stock, and found himself the vic
tim OF an atrocious pun. The man
was peddling horse-whips.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

Alex; Clark, a negro, is can
dldate for the United States SEN
ate from the State of Arkansas.
de has recently been stumping
the State for Clayton for Governor,
for which service and his influence
with the black voters, he receives
three thousand dollars in green.
backs, and a promise of the next
Senatorial term.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

The Altoona (Pa.) Sun says
that a child was born in that city
last week which weighed at birth
twenty-three pounds. Per contra,
a female child was born in Nash
ua, N. H., fortnight ago, that
weighed only one and half
pounds.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

Monkeys on the African coast,
taught by bitter experience the
power of the oyster in gripping
their paws when inserted in its
open mouth, will cunningly roll
in a pebble. so that the oyster can
not close its shell, and then de-
YOUR it at leisure.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

Among the 10000 inhabitants
of San Francisco, about 10000, or
nearly one-quarter, are Germans.
There are 26 German breweries,
which annually produce 10000
barrels of Eeer.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

An old bachelor of Venice has
willed his large fortune to pretty
girl, his distant relative, on con-
dition that she marries man with
a humptack and club-foot, with
which ornaments the testator was
endowed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

An old gentleman who resides
near Boston never has green peas
for dinner without remembering
the poor by sending the pods to
the orphan asylum.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

Quite a romance was connected
with the family of Mrs. S. B. Mer-
riman, who died a few days ago
at Waterbury, Conn. She was
very beautiful in her youth, and
was sought by Mr.. Merriman and
by Mr.. ]. NJ. L. Scoville, who was
disappointed. Scoville waited pa
tiently until the daughter of his
first love captivated him, but a.
gain found himself too late, she
having become affanced to a Mr..
Morton. Scoville again waited,
and when Morton died won his
widow, to whom he afterwards
left handsome fortune.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

No statuary that the rich man
ever placed in his window is to
be compared with the little ex-
pectant face pressed against the
window-Pane, watching for "papa," T"
when his days labor is done.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-08-18

A harvester in Meigs county,
Tennessee, recently, while stoop-
ing to gather a sheaf, was struck
in the forehead by rattlesnake,
and died In two hours.