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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09
AS Usual.

A handsome bachelor clerk in
one of the most popular dry goods
in Atlanta is smitten with fair
resident of a neighboring city
The father of the young lady
came to Atlanta recently, and
registered at the hotel where the
bachelor clerk boards. AS soon
as the discovery was made the
old gentleman was looked up and
made the recipient of earnest at
.tertion (such as all of us have
and are disposed to pay the pa
rents Of the "hoped ior," to in
gratiate himself into his parent Il
favor. -. t.gr,
Just before dinner the old gen.
tleman wanted information of the
young one where he could get q
drink of "peach and honey" ~
swell, l don't know myself,
but I've heard that in bar, ROOFS
good liquors are kept" was the in
nocent reply.
be- The old gentleman asked the
young one to show him the way.
.s. "Ccrtainly; though | don't
drink myself replied the teto
taller. = -..s
Arriving at the bar, the want of
the old gentleman was made
known, when the bartender re-
marked: 81 suppose you,will take
gin and sugar, as usual, Mr,-?"
He "had orter" winked sooner.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

1t has been heretofore hinted
that the Radicals of North Caro-
lima packed the juries of that
State in such q way as to bring
about just such results as they de-
sired. The Raleigh Sentinel
makes the deliberate charge that
Governor Caldwell and the Mar
shal packed the late jury in the
Federal court there. The jury
men were picked, not drawn, and
the Marshal was told in advance
who to select. Thus every man
was convicted on evidence that
would not have been listened to
for a moment in decent court.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09
Sunday in New Orleans.

| was surprised at the APP
pcarance of the streets. Half
the business houses and all the
saloons were open. The day
seemed to ne consecrated to
drinking and amusement. In
the general appearance Of
things ] could see no difference
between Sunday and any other
day, except there seems to be
more gayety on the Sabbath
/ saw no people going to
church, either singly or in
crowds. The street cars were
full, conveying people to the
tair grounds and the great base
ball match which came off to
day. Presently a procession of
little children came filing past,
headed by brass band. They
were going to the fair grounds.
Then another procession and
another band Of music, playing
the liyeliest tunes marched past
on their way to the base ball
grounds. In an hour four diff
ferent professions and bands of
music had passed, all seeking
places of amusement in BODY.
This is a gay city," l re-
marked to friend.
Yes, it is gayer on Sunday
than any other time
"Why so?"
"Well all our principal amuse-
ments are on Sunday. 1t is our
greatest day. We have more
fun on that day than all the rest
put together"
| told him that Idid not like
that style.
"People usually don't" he
replied, "when they first come
here, but they soon fall in with
our ways, and look forward to
the approach Of Sunday with
pleasure. None Of your long
faces on that day, but plenty of
good wine and fun. Oh, | tell
you New Orleans is a splendid
place to live in."
But not to die in," I mused.
"1 on are right about that" he
answered, in a different tone,
for chord had been touched
that has place in every human
heart.
Perhaps there is no city in
America where the Sabbath is
so regularly and Systematically
violated as New Orleans. And
this desecration is not confined
to the lower classes, but by the
refined and educated as WE'LL
Particularly addicted to Sab
oath-breaklng, going III crowds
to billiard-rooms, bar-Yooms,
base ball grounds, and, worst
of all, to the sO-called pleasure
gardens where the flesh and the
devil hold joint high carnival
Redfelds Letter to Cincinnati
Commercial.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

John Randolph, of Roanoke,
had strong prejudice against the
growing habit of disputing the
wills of deceased persons, and be
framed his own with great care,
so that it should not become the
subject of litigation after he was
dead. In a eodicil to his last
will, he used the following charac-
teristic language: GAS lawyers
and courts are extremely addicted
to making wills for dead men,
which they never made when liv-
ing, il is my will and desire that
no person who shall set aside or
attempt to set aside this will, shall
ever inherit, possess or enjoy any
part of my estate, real or person.
al" 1t is a somewhat curious COM
mentary on these words of Mr..
Randolph that few wills have been
ever more warmly contested in
the Virginia courts and this very
will, which, as he supposed, he
had guarded against the interfer-
ence OF "the lawyers and the
courts" was set aside as null and
void, because of bis proved incom-
potency to make will at the date
Of its execution; while a former
will was set up and established as
his true last will and testament,
his signature was cat oHt,
both of the body of the will and
of two codicils to bis former will.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

Farmers in California are
cultivating the Italian sun-fow-
er. Its root is as nutritious as
the potato, Fifteen hundred
bushels to the acre can be raised.
The farmers are as happy as
big sun-nowers.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

scene was changed9 Instead 4 of
tremblingly receiving the cruel
lash, the victim suddenly turned
upon his tormentors with a small
shoe knife he had concealed in
his waistband, and max ing an on
slaught on the entire party, cut
and slashed right and left7amongst
them. The fiend DoolittIe and
the brute negro each got cash saf-
ter cash, and as the warden came
within reach of the infuriated man,
ne got a rip from the flying knife
that loosened his unnatural bow
els for the rest of his natural life.
Grabbing his injured crop with
both hands he made for his Office,
sat down, and in less thana brace
of shakes gave up his little ghost.
After the warden left the flogg
ing-party, there was a reinforce
ment. TOole was overpowered,
kicked, beaten, dragged and left in
a dark cell for dead. However,
the warden was a gone man, and
of a natural consequence Toole
would be wanted on a charge Of
murder. So to the cell they went,
got the halfdead creature out and
went to work fixing up their case
to make a presentableTshow in the
Hartford courts. This miserable
man was tried, convicted and
hung. all in due time,s and three
gears thereafter there died IN New
Haven the owner ofsthe house
poor OToole was sentenced for
burning; and this landlord on his
death bed confessed to the priest
that he was the real culprit. The
good father would not, and did
not, grant him absolution tifl that
confession was made to the world
and not to the church.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

An Indiana paper makes the
following announcement: "Mar-
ried on the l4th inst, by J. L.
Richards, Esq, Mr.. JAS. l. Myers,
aged l6 years and eight months,
to Amanda Curtis, aged II years
and IL months"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09
tCYou saw" "said a Judge to a

tYou say" said a judge to a
witness, "that the plaintiff re-
sorted to an ingenious use of
circumstantial evidence; state
just exactly what you mean by
that" "Well," said the. witness,
"my exact meaning is that he
lied"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09
A Patriotic Jury.


well known criminal lawyer of
Rochester, n. Y. He sum-
med up a case with a perspi-
ration that would have aston
ished even John Graham in his
vehement and melting moods
Lee was defendihgSan old.revo-
lutionary soldier for passing a
forged promissory note for
thirty dollars. There was hard
ly the faintest doubt of his
guilt; but Lee contrived to get
before the jury the fact that the
prisoner, then daredevil boy
lof nineteen, was one of the
storming party that followed
mad Anthony Wayne, in his
desperate night assault upon
Stony Point, and helped to car
ry the wounded General into
the fort during that terrible
fray. In summoning up, Lee.
after getting over the ugly
points of the evidence as best
he could, then undertook to car.
ry the jury by escalade on the
ground of his revolutionary
services. He described, in
graphic language the bloody at
tack on Stony Point, the impet-
uous valor of Wayne, the dar-,
ing exploit of his client, and
wound up with the stunning
interTogatory: 40 ':s4entlemen Of
the jury, viii you send to the
State Prison, for passing Il COM
temptible thirty dollar forged
note, an old hero of three score
and ten, who in his youth cheer
ed the heart of his country in
the darkest hour of the Revolu-
ton by Storming Stony Point?"
This was a poser. The chins
of some Of the jury quivered,
but the foreman, a bluff farmer,
'put-on an air which seemed to
say that storming Stony Point
was good thing in its line, but
what had it to do with passing
this forged note? After being
out a couple Of hours, the jury
returned to the court room,
when the clerk went through |
the usual formula: LsGS.
"Gentlemen Of the jury, have
You agreed upon IL yerdict?'
'AVe haye.i' r-rE
z aDo~you find the prisoner at
the bar guilty or not guilty?"
"Notguilty, because he storm
ed Stony Point" thundered the
stalwart foreman, who it'was af-
forwards learned, was the last
TO come to an agreement.
The audience applauded, the
crier raped to order, the District
Attorney objected to the recording
of the verdict, and the Judge sent
the jury out again, telling the
foreman in rather a sharp tone,
they must find an unconditional
verdict of guilty or not guilty
After an absence Of a few min
utes, they returned, when the fore
man rendered a verdict of not
guilty, adding, however, as he
dropped into his seat. ut was a
good thing, though, Judge, for
the old revolutionary cuss that he
stormed Stony Point, "-BeAcho'ld
Ban, Nea0 York.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

The three Insurance Companies
Of Buffalo, N. Y, have gone un-
der, caused by losses at Chicago.
Thus far 81 Insurance Companies
have suspended.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

Somebody once asked Tom
Corwin if he had ever heard
the story of Lewis d. Cam p
bell. "Was it about himself?"
inquired Mr.. Corwin, ,"No, |
believe not" ~Well, then, |
never heard it," said Mr.. Cor
win, very gravcly,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

A. Pardee, of Hazleton, Pa,
has given 100000 for the erec-
ton of a new scientific depart
ment in connection with Lafay-
cite College, -A
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

The losses by the Insurance
Companies by the Chicago fire
were s57,740,O00.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

s. A man in Maine committed su-
icide by locking himself into his
house. setting fire to it, and suffer
ing himself to be burned to death
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09
Radical ThieYes.

The Nashua. Telegraph says
there is not much stealing under
Grants administration, and what
little there isis generally punished.
Now, We want to call the attep-
tion Of that paper to the following
list of defaultihg Revenue CoIIec-
tors in the Southern States, as
shown by the books Of the Treas
ury Department, sndsxtorted from
the administration by the resolu-
tion of Mr.. Beck Of Kentucky,
last session: ,--.L
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-11-09

The receipts of cotton at Mem
phis now are 500sbales per day. 2
New national era. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1870-1874, 1871-12-28
strength or Gibraltar.

Until you set foot on Gibraltar, you can
form no idea OF its impregaability. Very
properly it's real strength cannot be seen from
a ship in the bay only when you land do you
find that the sea wall bristles with heavy guns
and groans beneath pill of ball only as you
traverse its flank do you see how formidable
breech-loaders peep from every available chink,
and powerful mortars Turk behind every con-
venient embankment. And not till you pene-
trate the body of the rock do you get any Just
notion of the marvellous pieces of military en-.
gineering exhibited in its galleries" These
are tunnels excavated from the solid rock,
parallel to its outer side, but some thirteen
feet therefrom, and large enough to drive a
carriage through. They are in two tiers, and
comprise total length of nearly three miles.
At every thirty feet or so along them, spacious
embrasures are outhewn, that terminate in
commanding portfolios, which look to a spec.
tator outside the rock like swallows nest. holes
in sand cliff. These embrasures contain
heavy guns always standing ready for action,
with powder magazines hard by. From the
PORTFOLIOS beautiful peeps Of the bay and the
Spanish continent are obtained out of these.
on the north side, You look down upon a half
sandy, half grassy Hat, perhaps half q mile long,
and as wide or wider, connecting the rock with
the main land, and separating the bay FROM the
Mediterranean. Two lines of sentry-b boxes, one
at the rock end, the other at the distant end,
marx the boundaries of British and Spanish
land, and between these lines is the "neutral
ground. The guns OF the quarried embra-
sures, and those hidden cannon that stud the
western ana southern slopes of the rock, cover
the neighboring Spanish land, the whole OF the
bay, ana the straits and the strengthening
work is ever going On by the Fertilization 81
new points that from time to time appear yul.
nerable. The eastern side of the rock reouires
no projection 1t is forbidding wall, with a
great sand slope in ore place, but with no foot
hold for anything more than q few fishermen's
huts near the waters sdge.-S. James Aag
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Frank Blair Has "a Love for Good
Furniture.

Frank Blair, who delights in misrepresenting
the Northern men now in the South, as we'll
as to denounce the governments formed in the
S~~ti-.--~ St~%~s ~ Cs-s->-~is-~l 1917 e-;ty,
and who seems to have the ear and confidence
of the Democratic party in both sections of the
Union, is, by all that he is doing and saying,
inviting public scrutiny into his own conduct
not alone his political, but military conduct.
1t seems that he likes to see good furniture on
his premises, and in gratifying his fancies in
this way, he is not very particular about the
means to accomplish his purpose. AS mill
tary officer he was once in command of Jack
son, and made his headquarters in the Gov
ernor's mansion. While here he took from
the house Of one of the Oldest and most
respectable citizens Of this place all of his
elegant parlor furniture and put it in the man
sion for his own use. When he left he packed
that furniture into the Government wagons
and took it off with him, and the probabilities
are that it now graces the parlOrs Of his home
in st. Louis. The gentleman who suffered this
loss at Blair's hands still lives here and is a
Democrat. Several men who saw the furniture
loaded into the Government wagons still live
here, and will testify to the truth of this state
ment. This man Blair, who has SO much to
say about thieving carpet baggers, stole out
right all the good furniture there was in one OF
the best furnished parlors in this town, and
HOS iot ohy puohO SUVu citucT, lOT Tue uOVerQ-
ment never ordered the destruction or Capture
OF any mans furniture as a measure of public
policy. This thieving of Blair's cannot be
covered up under any plea of public necessity.
1t was done to crafty his own desires, and to
promote his own personal interests, yet his
Democratic admirers, even here in the South
where his plundering is so well and publicly
known, listen to his declarations about thieyine
carpet baggers, and repeat his sayings as il
they believed them. Why, the man has no
character that entities him to belief. He
ought not be credited as a respectable witness
In any court In the country. Yet this is the
man whom the Wade Hamptons of the South.
and the Seymours of the North attempted to
force on the people for Vice President in 1868.
These men ought to be ashamed of the act,
and he, the vile creature, ought to hide his
head instead of parading himself before the
public, to be seen and condemned by honest
men.-Jackson (Missl) Plot.
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Bagging Ten Thousand.

Weed had about as much system in keeping
his accounts land his money as Micawber. He
was n little great man. though and had that
grain OF good sense which suggested to him the
propriety OF placing any specific sum of money
which be didn't want to spend at random, in
the hands of some 6nancier friend In 1856
IT. W." came to New York and received
S25 1000 from his Republican frends-SlO, 900
for the purpose Of defeating Fillmore, for Presi.
dent, $4,000 for the use Of Republicans in
Albany, and $4,000 for the Evea,ng Journal.
For safe keeping he gave the Albany Central
Committee $1,000, placed to the Journals
credit, and requested his partner IMr. Sinclair
believes to place the secret $1,000 ito be
used against his old friend Filmore) to his (Sin.
CLAIR 81 credit in bank, which could be drawn
as required. he did so. One fine morning
sinclair cropped dead from heart disease. The
sio,ooo stood to his personal credit without
"ord OF explanation. In vain Thurlow Weed
sought the ear OF the bank officers They could
DO nothlng The executors of the estate found
the SloooO to Mr.. Sinclair's credit. They
could not, without proof, hand il over to Mr..
weed or bis political friends. Thus il was
swept INTO The dead mans estate and into the
hands oil bis fascinating widow. Not dollar
was used to defeat the placid MllarS Fillmore.
year thereafter, the honorable 81. President
from Buffalo and the charming widow of Mr..
Weeds partner were attracted by that myste
rious influence presided over by Venus. A
lew months later they were united by the nv.
= @eneai knot, and poor Weed saw his darling
Sioooo, raised to defeat Mr.. Fillmore in 1856,
se..eS rom its original purpose into the un-
successful candidates. marriage norton 70 II
- ssio tnss Ihurlow Weed tells this good Joke
III. " hImseii with relish, and Joins heartily In
'A' s"ns~' never fails to inspire. Gin. Gosstte.
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English Congratulations 10 tn Q
United States.

The London Times prefaces its reference to
the Presidents Message by the words follow
ing: "The rulers of the world are meeting
their Parliaments, and President Grant may,
perhaps, boast that the circumstances under
which he addresses the Legislature of the Uni
ted States are the happiest of all. The Empe-
ror of Germany congratulated the representa-
tives of his ancestral Kingdom last week on the
position Prussia had attained, but one-half of
his speech was occupied with an argument
upon the necessity of being forearmed against
future dangers. Victor Emanuel enioyed a
higher and rarer felicity when he told the Sem
ators and Deputies of Italy assembled to-
gether in their new hall on the Piazza di Monte
Citorio, that the work to which he and they
had consecrated their lives was accomplished,
yet he could not but remember that there were
irreconciable enemies in Rome itself. and that
still more fanatical adherents of the HOLY Faith
er were to be found abroad, chafng because
their Governments would not take Steps to
prohibit the Italian occupation of Rome. 1t
would be cruel to compare the tmOrOus antici.
pations M. Theirs must entertain of the future
with The secure prosperity of Washington.
Gen. Grant may look at home and abroad, and
find no ground for apprehension. Peace is
within the borders of the Union. Peace is
without. Peace and prosperity, and a recon.
ciliation of the last differences which disturbed
the relations of the Republic. Six years have
served to extingush the passions of civil dis
cord, and there does not exist in the States at
this hour anything more serious than the con-
stitutional rivalry Of political parties. The
Treaty of Washington has provided for a
friendly settlement of the long standing dispute
with ourselves, and President Grant expresses
hope-perhaps more easily formed at Wash.
lngton than in our nearer proximity to the
Continent-shat the example thus set of refer.
ring to arbitration an international difference
may be followed, so as to restore to productive
industry millions of men now engaged in train
ing and preparations for war. Lastly, the
trade of the Union is prosperous its revenue
IS abundant and super abundant and the Presi-
dent is able to suggest that the tariff NAV be
smplihed and reduced, and large number of
internal taxes abolished, still leaving a surplus
to be applied in reducing the debt of the ma.
ton. President Grant is fortunate in the ex-
ternal circumstances of the Republic, fortunate
as respects its internal condition, fortunate.
also, as we have lately had occasion to remark,
IN his own person, in being able to look for.
ward with something like moral certainty to
his reelection as President. The nation az.
proves his past conduct of their affairs, and is
prepared to accept his guidance in the future.
The composition of the two Houses of Con.
gress affords reasonable presumption that the
legislation he recommends in his message will
be supported when brought before them