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An AFRICAN Lion LOOSE, N THE STREETS!
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HBE1A M HE ~ TNA u "a Ap
qas both Children under 10 gears ofa Ss
H1 Bills Remember yana Date 7ass sto~S 0s so s''s 90
CANTON 2it UNION C[Ti, 1ondays J1y -4HA
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We decline to publish the diSgraeefui
Islander nov circulating through the
papers in regard to TX President Jeffer-
son Davis. We can not believe him
guilty OF the humiliating, shameful
charges, notwithstanding the names OF
hitherto respectable citizens are given
to substantiate the same If By posi-
bility, which can not be, he is guilty, the
Southern people should be too proud to
attempt 10 shield him but let the full
weight Of odium fall upon his own head
Southern society isnot responsibief for the
acts of Mr.. Davis or any other man. and
When he falls into error Will wipe their
hands Of his dishonor This whole slam
der sounds to US like a wicked stab at
the Southern people through Mr.. Davis,
and We are certain the calumny will re
turu with its curse npou their heads.
Whatever political differences parties may
have with Mr. Davis, heretofore, he has
been admitted a gallant, ehivalrous, high
toned christian gentleman.
A PETITION numerously signed by
pronineut citizens Of Memphis has been
uresented 10 the Mavor of that CITY. ask
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TnE report of the Bureau Of Agrieul
ture shows that the cotton States have
two million acres Of enrD this year more
than they had last This Is as it should
be. Heretofore the eatlon planter has
risked everything GU cotton, and when
that failed. lis nose wss TO tie grind
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TERMS.

"TwO Dollars for one year. iDva-
ria5lv ia advance; Two DellIrs and
Fifty Cents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out of the coun.
ty to be paid for an adraace
II Single copies, Ten Gents each
ECPAdvertisements inserted at One Dolial
Der square of Ten Lines or loss for the first
insertion; Fifty Cents for each continuance
CT Local ard Special Notices, Twenty
Gents per line.
c. A liberal deduction. win be made to
persons advertising for three, six, nine, OF
twelve months.
OF Obituaries and calls on candidates
Fifty Cents per square. ---.-.
0T The privilege of yearly advertisers IS
strictly limited to their own immediate and
regular business and the business of an ad-
vettising firm is not consideredsas inclnding
that of its individual m emherss 0EFNode-
Walton from these terms under any circum-
stances. aE a84 F
OF ADVERTISEMENTS not marked with the
bumber of insertions when handed iu, will be
continued until ordered out, and paymen,
exacted. @alU ll1 - Edis
No advertisement inserted gratu. .tously
p7 Advertisements Of an abusive nature
win rot be inserted at any price. II q
iOe Announcing candidates Five Dollars
to be paid in advance in every case.
OF Job Printing of all kinds neatly
done on New Type, and on as reasonable
terms as any Office in Tennessee. ~iI
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

s0 School Directors and 9th
ers interested in building New
School Houses, will do well to con
suit the elegant cut and descrip-
ton of a Cheap School House Civ
en- IN the last number of the Jour
nal of Education. The article on
Education, -Safety,-Wealth, by
Miss Annie G.. Brackett. The
Editorial on t"The National Edu-
cational Association" Setting forth
its Objects, Statement Of the ap.
|pntionments of school funds and
other practical and interesting
matter, make up a number ofgreat
value to teachers and all Others
interested in the, question of Pub
lie Schools. Address, J. B. MER.
win, Editor and Publisher, 7lO
iChestnut Street, st. Louis, Mo.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

NHEELER's S CAYALRYvS. KUKLUX.
Our old warcomrade Bill Wyatt,
of the 9th Georgia cavalry,5 made
n ten strike the other. He cap
tured three Of the Kuklux that
Gov. Bullock has been advertising
for, carried them to Chattooga
courthouse, got them convicted
and sentenced to the penitentiary
for seven years and came down
on Bullock for the prize of money,
$4,000 for the FIRST and $1,000
each for the balance, making
$1,000 in all. Bullock paid up
like a little man, and Wyatt went
home happy. This amount of
money in Chattooga county, all at
one time, will create a tremendous
excitement. The beauty Of the
whole affair is that these Kuklux
were radical thieves and were
playing KukluX to cover their
stealing operations. Bully foI
Wheeler's cavalry.-Gri6ta Star
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

A New Orleans man, who sunk
well in the rear of his factory
the other day, found, when he.had
reached the depthiOf forty.si feet,
that there was a sudden and very
powerful flow of gas from IT. The
Republican tells his Subsequent
proceedings thus: He Immediate
ly closed the pipe, thinking to util-
ize' this gas for Illuminating opur-
poses, but found the pressure too
great, when the idea struck him
TO direct it into the boiler of one
of his engines, and experiment
with it in making steam. But. no
sooner had the connection been
made than the engine began to
run entirely by the pressure Of
the gas acting uron the piston, at
a pressure of twelve pounds to the
square inch aud so it continued
all day yesterday, giving no sign
of exhaustion" ~,.r.f =
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A Volunteer Prisoner

Is not this, related in d ihpri
vate letter from London, rather
a remarkable story? About
ten years ago a young Ameri-
can from New York, Walter
Hastings by name, dining IN
London with Lord c., ex-
pressed the opinion that solitary
confinement in a dark cell was
hotso dreadful a punishment as
had beenoi represented. His
LOrdship-so goes the tale-of-
fered Hastings 10000 if he
would undergo entire seclusion
for ten years. The proposition
being agreed to, a cell was fit
ted up in Lord C-'sJ town
house. 1t was fromitwelYe to
fifteen feet square. The Pris-
oner was to be allowed candles
a few books, writing materials,
plain food-the latter served BY
aman who was not to be- seen.
In this way Hastings'had been
living for a decade of ,years,illis.
term expiring about the first
of the present month. SHE is
now released, and has received,
we suppose, his hard-earned
money. He emerges from his
'dungeonin rather4a -dilapitlated
condition, appearing,'i though
only thirty-fYe1 like. a man of,
sixty-fiyeyears ofage,, his frame
STOPPING and his steps tottering,.
his face sallow, his hair and
beard white, his voice tremulous
and his speech hesitating.d 4Ie
is coming to America iand we
should not wonder if Mr. Bar
mum knew. something. about
him.-N Y. 7 ribulte. -
.tf- t-tE Err#a aH. ....Hre " -. "a az
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.yI asisa{sd, 81 Ne fsthsa Tbs
windows, locked tie door, and
started ap stairs, sIWSE,

,AnnsE'I said, seeing that she had
left it.
$50 Il ann she replied, going
back and getting it. e'.s-aa'rs
esAnd !, mot being so valiant as
you are, am going TO fasten this
door, / said, Examining the lock
of the, chamber door. l found,
however, that it was broken, and
| ihlpossiblel to sfasten, and Anne
laughed 1herrily, as Il dragged,
with much exertion, a chest, con,
tanning books.1 before the door. g.
-fssWhat a time | shall have get
ting that awayin the morning mo p
:saI viii help you, I ahswesed
briefly !; for disguise it,asI would,
| felt nervous, and a1ittle fright.
ened. The melancholy cry. of
the owl was the last thing | heard,
as my senses gradually lost them,
| selves in oblivion. ssasHi 's.'ai s., w
.rs"What is that ?" It was Anne's
voice, in anstartled whispar, that
awoke me. In an instant | was
wide awake, and listening. A low,
| grating, subdued sound, evidently
proceeding from the lower room.
Then a pause, and steps, rlnuffied
and almost inaudible. @i'Ia could
| have screamed With terror, but it
seemed to me as If u had lost my
voice. 'if Mo
"Hush r said Anne, tigh t1y
grasping my wrist. Don't make
a sound, for heavens sake!" Then
she arose, sgroped her wa y silently
through the room, teokstbe pistol
from the table, and stationed her
self at the door. i knew not what
she was going to do, 1t seemed TO
me that every faculty of my mind
was absorbed in that of hearing.
Suddenly / heard the staircase
creak-somebody was ascending
the stairs. they cameEslow-
lystealthily, steplby step Then
there was a pause, a hand tried
cautiously at the lock Of the door,
gave a slight push. and the box
began sas moves slheard gaeshaIp
click distinctly; the door Opened
wider--then a loud report, and
simultaneously a heavy fall and
a muttered curse and d'exclaination
from, below. Anne threw her
weight against thedoos, and called
me to come and help hold it.
There. was silence for some time
| then the sound of some one moy-
! Ing about in0the- lower room, and
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Official figures prove this of
South Carolina: That the taxes
assessed this year are more than
seven fold the largest, tax of any
one year before the war, although
the assessed value of the property
forming the basis of taxation is
less than one,third what it was at
that time. This condition is due
to the fact that the men who levy
tie taxes pay no part of them. =
We suppose if itwere possible to
bring our peopleinto the same con-
dition that-the South Carolinians
are, the Ku-kluxing would be
deemed apariotic duty. l 81
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

EDITING A NEwsPABER.-We
never could see the virtue of the
boast which is SO often made BY
the papers and magazines, that SO
large . portion of their pages is
original. Such originality is Of
ten maintained at the expense of
true worth. The best exchanges
of our acquaintance are by no
means those which have the great
est amount of original matter.
There is more of editoriaItact and
talent required to make proper
and practical selections, than is
put in requisition by the produc-
ton of the wanting original pa
pers, who seem to require origi-
nality as the only requisite for a
good periodical. A god newspa-
per is always dependent upon
other resources than its own. And
the boast of a periodical that it is
entirely original, is too often like
the boast of a library if it should
claim to have the products of on
ly one author. 'z5za
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way, sas he entered the room anG
seated himself fNE

seated himselfs IA W 80
sslfNo, ,sreplied Anne, che went te
S+4-o,his morning, probably te
beIgone al night u -, 81 2
AZ" TO be gone all night he re
peated, and I saw, or ancied thai
l saw, q CLEAN of satisfaction in
his sinister blsek eyes. sI am sor.
ny for that ssIwishedgto see him
on particular business this even
ing.h ssSisq sIssg3oss8asfa 1a sd
ss"Can you usnotocallato-morrow,
Mr.. Harmon ?2lsaidaaAnne pleas
antly. "Henry isl'aiwaysa glad Ito
see you.''ive8s E6a eas6lgas szsass
. He repIiedsthat he would proba-
bly,, have business elsewhere, and
began in his plausible, artful way
to question her, until he had con-
Vipced -himselt that Harry had "a.
ken no iriouey withshim.
Il I spoke Of this to- sAnne alter he
left, but she only laughedua uat fne.
"Why, you are surely not afraid
of bimT she asked ; "he is fhe
only one of our lleighbors with
whom Harry has any business re-
! iatiofis..'sbzll sli' os atlseeao woa ? 4
s.Il...I ca cant trust him for all that, :
Il answeredaI.ami7f bas sls..a.y' ssalsIi /
: The sun ,neared the western
horizon, and at length sunk to rest
amid the gold and crimson clouds
with .aII the magni6cence of. a
monarch then came the purple
twilight, witttfts dusky shadows,
its dew and its fragrance. s.,i -,sS : =
iaaaI sat son thesdoor step, where
the long green, grass grew almost
tony feet, watching the stars
come out softly, one by one, and
listening to, the spirited tones Of
the whipporwilT as they came to
me from the dim recesses of the
forest. Suddenly a screech owl
fitted past the. house, and taking
it's station the garden fence, BE-
gan its shrill quayering cry: i
as "Ugh Lit is ominous of evil,
Anne" / said as 4 came in and
closed the doof. . AM gsse,A
p ''asGettins frightened, are you?"
laughed she, think we had
better retire, that will be the best
way to make the time pass quick
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

gy The Little Corporal for
June closes volnme twelve of this
valuable Juvenile. The next
nunbersbegins a new volume, and
also new story, by that best of
writer's for children, Emily Hunt
ington Miller, entitled, "Sum.
mer Days at Kirkwood." All
new subscribers beginning with the
new volume will receive the June
number free. Terms $l.50 a year,
.ors75 cents for six months. Ad.
dress John E. Miller, Publisher,
Chicago, Ill,
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01
Fashion and Folly.
The Jackson f0hiot SsdHddrsg
has The foglaWins ;vsliFtined par
asIssplI upon . iashioIiabls, Is not,

The Jackson tOhiot Ssdaddrsg
has The foll9pins ;vsliftiped par
agl~spiI upon . fsshioliable if bot,
a cruel folly of the present. day
We witness the same thiDg pre-
cisely, as described by the Stan
atuu eEeEy sdagTgve live, pEtf
have wondered how a tender
heartedmother could be, so. cruel
to h9r little daughter: ~ ~
Every day. we meet scores Of
children going to and retprfing
from school, and observe one
thing to which we wish to call
the attention of mothers. ALI
the little girls, from Eve 70 Twelve
years OF age, have short dresses.
only reaching to their knees, and
nothing on their legs but their
stockings, This would he likely
to make the stontest man sick.
Colds and coughs are theisresult,
and finally. consumption, The
extremities Should be Protected
by warm clothing. Let fashion
90 Put thick nahnel pantalettes
on your littleszgi1ls. IEsxonld
hook better inithe eyesof alldpeOr
pie Of riasteo1 They might be or.
namented swithqrufles, tpcks, or
IN, other ways that would be very
pretty. And then you would not
hear so much coughing in school,
on the streets and1in church, and
you wodldlnot sO,sofseniihear lsf
deaths from consumption,
s'We do not know that this ad-,
vice viii doS any good Fashion
Ind folly f1le witia tyFant's F0d;,
6atoweIalwsys 1ook5Mitha SORROW
apon sthis slow murder Of inno-
ient,rAldFenI god liiw ,h9Rsi
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A91Texas Governor.9 .9l


Fiat man Davis, ofTexas, is Il
Radical Governor lately, as a
Compliment dtofa sladyTiwho dis.
posed Of provender and filing to.
those who are hungry, he wrote,
The following letter Of endotse,-
qnehp :tatsoqsBETt .dt al All
y'q 70 AL WHoT n coScERSs.
.bstTiisT gExEeBTfvE OFFIcE.
ssli9w blAustin, March %, 1871.
m I,takerpl .asure i'm calling TIE
attention Of my. friends, and of
the members of the Legislature
and strangers visiting the city, to
the excellent pies sold near the
capitol gate, byiblrs. Phillis Brown.
| have frequently partaken of
them and found them excellent.
Mrs. Brown is an excellent wo.
man, and loyal in her sentiments,,
and deserves encouragement from
oar people.
feel it my duty to caution our
people not to patronize certain
white woman calling herself Mrs.
Warren, who has stand neaf
that of Mrs, Browns, for l am
creditably, informed, that she is
very disloyal in her sympatiIies.
and that she lost. tt1o sons an The
ReGeI Army. huf Ed. DAVIS,
gd Governor of Texas.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

The Memphis and Ohio railroad
has paid It's debt to Tennessee of
S2,50O,0O0 in State bonds. And
the Memphis and. Charleston road
is said to be ready TO settle its in
debtedness the same way.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01
How The Laura Fair Jury
-ateHs "a ~ Agreed. d.1< w

On the night of the day that
tthe jury in the Mrs. Fair case
rendered a verdict, the case and
the verdict were the subjects of
animated discussion in all the
saloons and other public places r in
San Francisco. Two of the ju-
rors in thatiease happened to be
in one of those saloons, sitting
quietly and unobserved in cor
per, where the verdict was being
discussed andIthe ease commented
+on with much animation. After
some i7time, one of these Jurors
arose and said: Gentlemen, my
friend here and myself were two
of the Jurors in that case, and l
will tel you. how it was. decided.
During the. progress, Of the trial
not one juror had spoken to his
fellow, Jurors Of the ease. No one
had opened his1ips to auother In
regard to tBe9evidence or any ar
lguments.;it seemed to be a sealed
subject to US all, and when we re.
tired to make up verdict. nc. one.
juror knew anything OF the opin-
ion Of his fellow jurors. On en-
tering the jurylroom, the first
thing done was to cut a piece Of
paper into twelve pieces, and to
place a lumber on each from / up
to r. These were put in a hat
and drawn, and the Slip drawn
was the number Of the Juror
On these slips each juror wrote
his finding in theicase, land when
his number was called put into
the hat. when Ewrote my find-
ing Murder in, the first degree,'
| hardly thought there would be
another such finding onsany Of the
slips, but when the slips were al
deposited and taken out and read,
to my great astonishment it was
found that each juror, ION the first
and only ballot, had. voted Just as
Ihad, Murder inthe first degree. >
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

g A young man generally gives a
lock of his hair to his sweetheart
before he marries her. After mar.
Ir4ages she sometimes helps herself,
and don't use scissors.
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Serving Him Right.

A certain king had lost a much
valued falcon, on whose COLDER
bells were engraved the Ja,ser de LIS
and offered two hundred francs Il
the fortunate finder and restorer
A peasant presented himself a
the palace door with ) the hawk
but the porter would not allow
him to enter till he had promised
him halt his reward. Kings be-
ing easily accessible in those ole
days, the peasant soon came tc
speak with his majesty. Having
caresScd the bird and thanked the
finder, Phillip directed his treas.
urer to count out the two hundred
francs.
"That is not the reward | de.
sire, please your majesty"
"What else 2"
Fifty lashes on my bare back
lou are Joking.
"By no means; | will take no
other reward. -y.I -r
"Well, call the executioner and
crafty him."
The peasant barred bis back and
the lashes were administered
not very severe ones, as may be
supposed, the king whispered to
the officer to come down lightly.
When twenty-five had been given,
the peasant cried out; "Step your
hand I have a partner who is to
get the rest, and he went on to
tell of the porter's incivility and
the bargain he had made.
The knave was. brought in and
received his stripes, which were
laid on with no light hand; and
when all was over, it was an ad-
ditional. punishment to him to
see the peasant passing out with
his two hundred francs in a good
canvass bag. .lHs-s
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

The following queryis time
ly: ''May not the appearance on
Saturday last of cOlOfed boy
in the House of Representatives
at Was hington, in the capacity
of page, be termed q dark page
in American history"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

The Memphis Ledger says
"I'he city is rapidly filling up
with mosquitoes, and never be-
fore were they so thoroughly
organized and confident Of sue
cess"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01
1aaeclly hSqnioE sallopof a horse

down tue road ! saS,sy Sc vAa = : sleg y3g ! 5sYy
.ao a5 II hope our danger is o7er," ]
whispered to Anne. She did not
reply, and. seated on the Schest,
we eluug shiveringstoyeach other,
until the gray dawn began TO ap-
pear In the east. Never, I am
sure, were morning j rays more
eagerly, welcomed. . As soon as it
became light enough to see, we
commenced our research, which
proved athatbA.nne' slshoty had In
deed taken effect. "A pool of blood
al. the foot Of the stairs first met
Iour view, and from thence, a sue
cessioneof drops led through the
room, and into the yard. Here
weA lost ALL trace, but we found
our dog Lion, lying dead before the
Kitchen door evidently. bylpoison,,
as 10 marks were perceived about
.himsx Anne informed me that she
had been first awakened by his
growing, but was gradually fall
ing asleep, when the noise at the
.win dow aroused her. ssOf course,
the day passed gearly with Us
Euptil Harryss return, and when he
came, and heard our tale, he was
even more excited than we were.
A band of the neighbors was
hastily cotlect tedy ytGTtraee if pos
sible,,~tfe culprit, hoping That a
small knife-which | omitted to
state we had found in the lower
room-might proVea clue. Their
search was unavaiiing, however,
no wounded man could be discov-
eEeds but q remark (which Harry
made on his return, was quite Sig
nificant to me.
"VVe found Harmon i'll, with a
bilious attack. He was anxious
to 60 with US, but was unable TO
sit up."oaaaf }s .agEals ssf sf saag.. :
] stated my suspicious to Harry,
but he only ridiculed them. E..
"What motive could he have
had ?" he asked. 81 could not sus-
peetra man of his means would
commit robbery"
But |, from his countenance
alone-for | knew nothing of his
past history y4-supposed him 1capa-
BILE of committing not only robbery,
but mntrder,r also, if p. resisted.
4 found, also, that lie alone knew
of Harry'S possession of money,
and that seemed to me almost
pneoflpositive Of bis guiIt,9 q
Years passed away. returned
to my eastern home, and the cir
cumstances / have detailed were
growing dim in my recollection,
when l one day received a letter
from Anne, from which l extract
the following. 10 Asla haa l.e9
"Our neighbor Harmon was a
short time ago arrested, for being
chief of a band of counterfeiters.
He escaped, however, through
bribery, it is supposed; but from
the disclosure made by one of p the
gang, it seems that he was a tugi-
tive from justice when he came
here, and thatthere, was no crime.
in the calendar with which he was
not familiar"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

The Holly Springs Reporter
does not recollect ever to have
seen so much damage done to
the farmers of Marshall county,
as has been caused by the sever
al heavy rains that have recent
ly fallen.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

~ The ne, June number Of
Scribner's Monthly contains no,less
than eight illustrated articles :
the first in Importance and inter
est being the second paper by
Gov. Langford on "The Wonders
Of thez Yellowstone" $50 extra.
ordinary are the phenomena that
The accuracy of the account would
certainly be doubted were it not
thoroughly authenticated. We
have here pictures and descrip-
tions Of the singular slate fo,ma-
tons which were reported to be
relics of a lost race; BIRD 's-eye
view of the Geyser Basin" "The
Grotto Geyser,"1 "Crater of the
Castle Geyser," "Crater of the
Giant Gey "The Beehive
Geyser," and the magnificent
""Giantess Geyser," which threw
stream of boiling water to the
remarkable height of 25O feet.
Twenty excellent illustrations ac-
company this intensely interest
ing article. Another very valua-
BILE and entertaining article is Mr..
Twombly's description of the St.
Louis Bridge, one of the greatest
engineering undertakings of the
age. The number contains
nearly fifty pictures and is ex-
tremely attractive throughout.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-06-01

A Maine man has invented a
new style of spring bed it is
wound up at night and set to the
hour one desires to arise, on the
arrival of u hich it turns. the occu-
pant out on the floor and curls
itself up hammock fashion.