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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

The Connersville lind. J Times
says that, during the temporary
absence of her keeper, not long
since, the elephant Jenny Lind,
belonging to the Van Amburg Me-
nagerie, now wintering in that
place, determined to free herself
from bondage and exhibit herself
free of charge. Her first perform
ance was to try if it were possible
to upset the building in which she
was confined, but, finding she was
unable to push the solid masonry
from its foundation, she seized the
zebra, which stood in close prox-
unity, deliberately lifted the frigh-
tened beast out of his stall with
her trunk, held him poised in mid
air, then dashed him violently to
the ground. Not satisfied, one of
the sacred cattle shared the same
fate. Everything was in the wild
est conlusion-lions, tigers, and
all the wild beasts, terrified by her
unusual fury, made the building
echo with roars, trying to burst
their bars and escape. Mr.. Win
ner, the lion-tamer, tried, both by
coaxing and threatening, to pacify
her majesty until the return of
her keeper, but without success,
and at one time Mr.. Winner says,
she made her chains ting like a
harp-string. Word was instantly
sent to her keeper, Mr. Nash, and
he arrived on the scene just in
time. The moment she heard his
voice, accompanied by his terrible
spear, he forced her immediate
subsection, and she trembled and
begged for mercy most pitiably.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

A correspondent of Boston
paper tells the following story Of
camp life:
A whining, peevish man, who
was always trying to get on the
sick list, although apparently as
healthy as any man in the army,
went to the chaplain one day, in
his doleful style, and requested
thata letter be written TO his wife,
telling her of his condition.
Tell her, chaplain, said the sol
der, "that | am too sick to write
myself, and have got you to do it
for me. Tell her that | should
die today, I'm sure, but for the de-
sire | have to wait and see her
once more before | die" The
chaplain wrote as directed, and
after a few days he called the
would-be sick soldier to his tent
and handed him this answer to
his mournful letter: Dear sir
Tell John not to wait for me as
have already set up housekeeping
with another man"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
TERMS.
rTwo DoIIars for on. YEA,

TTwO Dollars for one year, inuu-
fa,fy in adpance
.Cr Single copies, Ten Cents each
fF FAdrertisementsi inserted at One Dollar
ner square of Ten Lines or loss for the FIRST
'nsertion Fifty Gents for each continuance
Ce Loca! and Special Notices, Twenty
gents per line.
6v A liberal deduction will be made &c
persons advertising for three, ak, nine. OIL
Twelve months.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square.
GG The privilege of yearly advertisers i:
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 members. OSTNo de-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances.
0T vertisements not marked with the
number of insertions when handed in, will ks
continued until ordered out, and payment
exacted.
CT No advertisement inserted grat0.touslv y
tIs Advertisements of ali abusive nature
will rot be inserted at any price.
E9e Announcing candidates Five Dollars
to De paid in advance in every case.
OF lob Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New type, and on as reasonable
terms as auy Office IN Tennessee.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
Where are the Negroes ?
a travelling correspondent of tn

u tTaVeIlnS correspondent Ol inc
Macon (Ga.) Telegraph asks:
What has become of the negro?
is a question often asked. In traY-
cling from one extreme of the
country to the other, and after
much inquiry, | am safe in saying
that there is not onc-third Of the
planters in Jefferson county who
have their complement OF laborers.
Many are riding to and fro in
search of hands daily. The gen.
eral demand is for two. or three,
or four to make up the deficiency,
but on one plantation there was Il
demand for forty. The large plant
ations are generally better supplied
than the MEDIUM or smaller ones.
They love to ''huddle" together in
large numbers. From the mea5 ger
information that l can gather
there will be at least one-sixth
less negroes in the field this year
than were engaged last year within
the limits of this county. Where
are they gone2
The colored population will form
an interesting, and | am almost GER
tain a melancholy feature in the
census Of 1870. They are dis
appearing from our midst, and no
one can account for the fearful
fatality among them. The in
crease of the race is nothing In
comparison with what it was under
the reign of slavery. Those vaun-
ting philanthropists who have
bartered this race for the benefits
OF Office will have a fearful account
to meet in a coming day.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
Remarkable Cause OF
Death.
From the New York Herald.

One week ago yesterday Mar
tin Smith, young man twenty
Isix years Of age, and ia the employ
of Mr.. Jacob 'Conklih, Of West
burg, Long Island, was the nnfor-
Itunate victim Of sad accident
which terminated fatally. In the
morning, after taking Mr.. Conk-
lin to the depot, Smith, with a fel-
How workman, went into the woods
flor the purpose Of cutting and
hauling logs. About 8 o'clock p.
Im., having brought load to the
house, be went in, and, as it was
supposed in the abseneeoi Mr. Bnd
Mrs. Comklin, commenced romp-
ing with the servants, named Bird
get and Ann Mclaughlin, one Of
whom was knitting. Either in
this way, or as the young man sta
ted to the physician, as he went
to a shelf on which was some knit
ting work to obtain something, a
knitting needle entered his head
at the corner of his eye and below
the ball, making not the leost mark,
drawing no blood, and at the time
caused him no pain. As the need
le did not enter deep 1t gave no
trouble to him or those about the
house; but as a matter of precau-
ton be called on the doctor, but
not finding him in he left word
thai he would call in the morning.
Early next day the physician saw
him but finding no wound, he an
no trouble. 1t is report
ed that Thursday found Smith
working in the woods as usual. On
Friday be was delirious, and
in a dangerous condition.
On the arrival of the physician he
decided that nothing could save
him, and he died at six o'clock
that evening,
The physician is under the i'm
preston that the needle passing
through the passage to the nose
pierced the brain 1t has been
discovered since his death that at
the time of the accident a white
fluid was emitted from his nose.
As no inquest was held nor any
post mortem examination made it
is difficult to determine the exact
cause of his death. The funeral
was held on Saturday, and was
one of the largest ever attended i'll
that section.
Smith was engaged to Ann, one
of the sisters, who was so over
come at the funeral that she re-
peatedly tainted. He was q young
man OF correct habits and gener-'
Gus impulses, and generally liked
throughout the community. -'~'
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
Lo, the Poor Negro,

/ The sum of thirty thousand d0l-
lars is at once needed to relieve
the destitute miserables of the
District of Columbia. The Con-
gressional Utopia is in a melan-
choly condition. Senator Bayard,
of Delaware, out of sheer humani-
ty, felt himself compelled to vote
for the appropriation. In announ-
cling his intention he thus spoke
of the state of things at the Nation
al Capital:
''But while, sir, l have announ-
ced my intention to vote for this
measure, and for these plain rea-
sons, | cannot forbear to call the
attention of the Senate and the
country to the fact that the city
Iof Washington, the District of
Columbia, which has been under
the benefcient care of that party
which is par excellence the friend of
the black man, offers to-day the
spectacle of being the very worst
and most unhappy home that he
has on the face of the earth. We
have had here the evidence of
philanthropic ladies who have trav-
eled through all parts of the Uni
ted States, and who tell you that
nowhere within the range of civi.
lization, to their knowledge, is
there so much of human wretched-
ness as exists today among the
colored people of this District. l
should be disposed to add my own
testimony much to the same effect;
less in degree, but similar in kind.
At my own dwelling in this dis
trict the. appeals for charity are
constant 4; ten fold more numerous
than l ever knew in that commu-
nifty which was my home, and
which | in part represent upon
this floor. Passing through the
streets, through the thoroughfares
of this town, there are larger bod
les of wretched colored people than
/ ever saw in my whole life before.
| was brought up in a community
where these people abound, where
they formed one-fourth of the en-
tire population and l do say that
l never saw in all my previous life
as much unhappiness, as much de-
graduation and vice apparent in
that class of people as | have in
the few short months which / have
passed in the City of Washington"
All that Mr.. Bayard has said is
strictly true. The colored people,
as brethren and citizens, have
proven themselves to be sad fail
ures in Washington.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
The Fifteenth Amend
nnent,

From the Baltimore San We
take the following notice of an
article in the N. Y. Herald. on the
reconstruction OF the Southern
States on the basis of ratification
of the fifteenth amendment. Ii
seems to have a good deal of logic
in it, and applied to anything else
than the acts of Congress, would
doubtless weigh very considerably
in influencing public opinion in
regard to the legality and the
right of the matter touched upon !:
The New York Herald makes a
sharp point in regard to the South
ern States being required to ratify
the fifteenth amendment as con-
dition of restoration to the Un-
ion. AS they could not be trust
ed to come in and then rat;fy it,
they ratified first and then came
in. They were, therefore, not in
the Union when they acted on the
constitution, or else they were nev-
er out of the Union. Either, then,
says the Herald, all the reconstruc-
ton laws of Congress are INVALID,
or these Southern ratiications of
the fifteenth amendment are in
valid. If the States were in the
Union there was no need to ad-
nit them, and if they were not in
the Union they could not partici-
pate in making law tor the States
that are in.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

Footsteps at the Door.
BY MRS. E, NJ. CONKLIN.

BY MRS. L. III. CONKLIN.
The day is done, and swift draws nigh
The twilight hour, serene and sweet;
The busy crowds go hurrying by
With steady thud of thronging feet.
In many home glad watchers wait,
As they have waited oft before,
To hear hand upon the gate,
And well-known footsteps at the door .
Some list for feet that still and cold,
No more the paths Of life may tread,
And miss the strong arms loving fold,
The tender words so often said.
Alas for such the desolate,
Who half expectant, as of yore,
Still chide the foolish hearts that wait
To hear the footsteps at the door!
Still pass the thrOnging myriads by,
Norheed the mourners' watching tone
The babes who for the father cry,
The wives whose light of life is gone;
And some their sadder vigils keep
For living lost ones, mourning sore,
And listening fear, and waiting weep,
And dread their footsteps at the door
Hearth and Home
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

"NO, l THANK YoU."-At the
so-called spiritual sitting in Hart
ford recently, there was present a
woman who mourned the. loss of
her consort, and, as the manifes.
tations began to appear, the spirit
of the departed Benedict entered
upon the scene. OF course the
widow was now eager to engage
in conversation with the absent
one, and the following dialogue en-
sued
Widow-"Are you in the spirit
world?"
The Lamented-"I am"
Widow-"How long have you
been there?"
The Lamented--"O, some time.
Widow-"Don't you want to
come back and be with your lonely
wife?'
The Lamented-"Not If | know
myself. It's lot enough around
here"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

THE TRACK CLEAR THROUGH TO
SAN FRANCIsCO.--This is the re.
port from the Pacific Railroad fol
the Goth of January. No snow
on the great Plains, nor in the
Black Hills, nor in the passes of
the Rocky Mountains, nor in the
lofty chains of the Sierra Nevada,
to obstruct the trains; but clear
track from ocean to ocean. At the
same time the record shows the
Hudson open TO Albany and the
same is reported of all the Euro
pean rivers emptying into the
North Sea and the Lower Baltic,
which are usually fast locked in
ice in mid-winter. Sure some won
derful things in the heaYens and
the earth, in the sun and his sat
elites are going on of momentoua
import to our little planet, but of
which we know nothing.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
Murder Detected by
Tooth.

The Circuit Court OF Nodoway
county, Missouri, has been lately
occupied in the trial of Solomon
McAIpine tor the murder of John
Callicott, developing a most singu-
lar case of circumstantial evidence.
In August, 1866, these two
young men left Hollyville, Iowa,
to come to St. Joseph to buy ap-
pies, expecting to load their wag-
uns there and return to Iowa and
sell their fruit. Not long after,
McAlpine returned to Hollyville,
told some plausible story about
his partner having made some 9th.
er arrangements and gone on to
st. Joseph, and for some time nc
further notice was taken of the
matter. The continued absence
of Cailicott, and the fact that moth.
ing was heard from him, finally
induced the arrest of McAlpine,
but on his examination nothing
was elicted eliminating him, and
he was discharged. A long search
for Callicott ovedunavailing, and
for Is months a profound mystery
enveloped the case.
In March, 1868, a party Of rail
road engineers, surveying the route
of the Missouri Valley railroad,
some six miles northeast Of Marys-
vile, found the skeleton of man.
An investigation aroused the sus-
picion that it was Callicott. The
authorities in Iowa were written
to, and witnesses were brought
down. The mother of Callicott
recognized bony protuberance Oh
the skin Of tie skeleton also the
absence Of a tooth drawn on the
day he started en- his fatal trip,
and his mother preserved the
tooth. 1t fitted the jaw of the
skeleton, and a dentist testified
that it had been drawn from the
orifce. Pieces Of a blue coat and
several peculiar buttons were
found near the skeleton. These
were recognized as resembling
parts of Callicott's dress when lie
left his home. There were three
bullet holes in the skull.
The Identification was so com.
plete that McAlpine was rearrest-
ed, and after several continuances
the case came to trial January 10th,
and resulted in the conviction of
the prisoner.-Detrojt Courier, ID
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

Judge Sharswood, Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court Of Penn
sylYania, has decided that accord
ing to the laws of that State, a
bequest to an in6del society is
void. One ground for his decision
was that it is not a valid charity,
since its object was the dissemin-
alton of infdelity, and Christiani-
ty is such a part of the common
law of Pennsylvania that it may
not openly be reviled, ridiculed, or
blasphemed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

A minister at Center Point, Iowa,
goes into a saloon, treats the crowd,
lays his Bible on billiard table,
peaches sermon, treats again, de-
livers the benediction, and goes
home. The topers watch for him
with open mouths, and swallow
bis doctrines, the fluid part, without
asking to what denomination be be-
longs.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
A Divided House.
From the Paris (Tllinois) Time.

From the Paris (Illinois) Times
Some of our readers will re.
member small frame building
which stands near the depot, used
at various times for saloon. 1t
stood upon the lands of two citi-
zens of our town, who each claimed
share in the house. One wished
to move it, but the other refused
Irhe mover, however, made his ar
rangementS to move the house,
and had raised it upon rollers,
when the other served an injunc.
tion upon him, forbidding the re.
moval of the part that stood upon
his land. The mover was not to
be baked in that way, and he
gave his opponent until II o'clock
NJ. to think about it, avowing
bis intention to move the small
portion which stood upon his land
anyhow. Twelve o'clock came,
with no change in affairs, except
that the mover had measured off
eight feet of the front end of the
building as standing upon his
land, and his workmen ready, and
as the clock struck twelve the
carpenters "let into" the house
and commencing on the roof de
liberately sawed it in two as il
stood, rendering both ends useless
to anybody. The building still
stands there, a curious specimen
of architecture, exemplying the
motto that a "house divided agains
itself cannot stand"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

The Rochester Union states
that at the recent fire in that place
a young man that stood at his
post in removing a safe from a
building had one ear burned TO a
crisp. and the other frozen solid,
at one and the same time.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

DENTIsT,-''My dear woman, if
you kept your teeth clean you
would have less toothache. B." La,
dy. But, doctor, they say that
washing teeth wears them out.
DoctOr.-"Good gracious, madam
/ hope you don't think that way
when anything ails your feet.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

A man in Connecticut having
advertised his wife for ''leaving
his bed and board" the fugacious
spouse retorted as follows: 81
went away from the lazy fellow
to earn my bread, and the bed be-
longs to my own mother"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
Little Children.

Thank God for little children
When our skies are cold and gray,
They steal as sunshine in our hearts,
And charm our cares away.
l almost think the angels,
Who tend ife's gardens fair,
Drop down the sweet, wild blossoms
That bloom around US here.
1t seems breath Of heaven
Round many a cradle lies,
And every little baby
Brings a blessing from the skies.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

WOULD LIKE TO KNow.-Brown-
low thus gives his reason for not
resigning his Senatorial seat
young man, you wonder why l
sit here, in my state Of health.
I'll tell you, if | didn't come here,
some Id rascal would be sent
in my place"
The Owen County Qndiana)
Journal remarks 1--WE should
like to know the difference between
one id rascal and another
ID rascal" !"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

Brigham Young has at last
caused war to be made upon
him. He might have, with i'm
punity, had ten thousand wives,
but when he refused TO pay his
taxes the American sword leaps
from its scabbard and clamors for
vengeance.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

The State of Illinois has more
than five thousand miles of rail-
road, of which more than four
thousand are open for business,
costing with their equipments, one
hundred and sixteen million dollars
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

An Indiana young lady, attend
ing a private party, excused her
self when asked to sing, saying
"You must excuse ne, for ! never
attempt to sing, except to warble
a few wild notes for pa at even
tide" "
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

An exchange says a Detroit
girl has been fined s25 for scream
Ing "murder" when a fellow
Rugged her. The lover paid the
fine. Our devil says the girls in
this section don't scream on such
occasions. %
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

A woman. who says she is ga
medium by birth" writes to a Gin
cinnati paper a card defending
herself against charges made a.
gainst her, and adding Il earn
my living by cultivating insanity
to usefulness. | call it metaphys-
les" Thus we have another
definition.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

They have a cat in Augusta,
Me-, which can open doors having
glass knobs and, moreover, fire.
quently with her paws wipes mois-
ture from the windows or scratch
es off the ice, to enable her to look
out and see what is going on. -
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

A Miss Amy Wilkinson, Of Ben
ton county, Ind, has been sent to
the insane asylum. she having lost
her reason from the excessive use
Of tobacco. " va 90 '''
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24
A little boy inquired at the Al

A little boy inquired at the Au-
gusta, Me, post.office recently,
if there was a letter for Chester
Pillsbury and while the clerk was
looking for the letter, the little fel-
low, to help him in his search,
said, "He is married now and
I s'pose they put Mister onto his
.name::"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1870-02-24

According to a local paper, a dog
was last week seen running
through the streets Of Columbus,
Ohio, with a human head in his
mouth. ~ "a