Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-03-16

1t might be dl1ncult TO prove
how much they are spiritually
damaged thereby.
A really useful and valuable
enterprise is the Carletons' new
monthly, "Record of the Year."
of which they are just about to
issue the first number. Its plan
makes it a sort of reference
scrap-boo containing a record
of every event of the month
worth preserving, together with
a careful selection ofreally good
current miscellany, all properly
indexed. 1t will also contain
series of fine engrayings, the
first being a steel portrait of
the late William B. Astor. The
editor is Mr.. Frank Moore, fa-
nous as the protector of '''The
Rebellion Record" Any one
can see at a glance how exactly
this new periodical meets a real
Want-hOW much trouble and
fruitless search after facts and
dates it will save, and how in
dispensable a resume of the
months doings it will be to
many a busy man. 1t will be a
great success.
There have been two Incl
| dents of the Tweed suit this
week which served to recall pub
lie attention to it for a time
One was the reappearance in
court of Charles O'Conor who,
as be wouldn't die and leave
this suit in its then condition,
shook off the Tightening grasp
of the old chap with the scythe,
and came stalking back into the
courtroom the other day, ,gaunt,
grim, and determined, like the
ghost of some stern old warrior
returning to rally his wavering
hosts. Amid general applause
he at once resumed charge of
the prosecution, and is still busy
in forcing David Dudley Field
back from the vantage ground
gained during his absence.
The other circumstance was
| the examination on the witness
stand of Governor TiIden by
Mr. Field. Now the Governor
is a very clam for secretiyeness,
as is we'll illustrated by a little
story of Charles Nordhof' s. who
relates a visit to the executive
mansion, during which Mr.. Til
den, mysteriously limiting that
he had something to tell him,
led the way through several
empty rooms, shutting ali doors
behind him, until safely closeted
in some private den of his own,
he softly whispered his com
munication, which, as Mr..
! Nordhoff remarks, was not so
very incendiary in its nature af-
ter all. Besides this rcticence,
the Governor is a very sharp
lawyer, and knows all the tricks
of the trade; and further, he
knew that the defence would do
their best to connect him with
Tweed. So, as may be supposed,
questioning him was pumping
water from a very deep well.-
But Mr.. Fields pump has a re-
markably good suction, and
was operated with perseverance
and vigor. The examination
of course, failed to educe any
thing damaging to Mr.. Tilden,
but was one of the occasions
when Greek met Greek, and
the sharp hitting on both sides
was received with rapturous de-
light by all listeners. 1t will be
of interest to those who are in
clined to pity the SORROWS of
the poor lawyer, to state that
Mr.. ID. D. Fields fee in the $6,-
100000 suit, is reported to be
S250,000. No wonder he man
ages to endure the sneers and
attacks that are continually
showered upon him on account
of his position as Tweed's de-
fender. That amount of green
backs would make a plaster big
enough to cover a very large
wound in his feelings.
In the Beecher matter Mr.,
Bowen has made a statement
which, like all other papers in
this case, is regarded as abso-
/ lutely convincing, or weak and
puerile, according to tIso settled
opinions efthe reSsder. a West.
r err paper exactly hits the gen.
eral attitude toward Brooklyn
. when it says that the American
people may be classed in three
grand divisions: 1st, Those wht
ksaoac Mr.. Beecher to be guilty
I'd, Those who knoaC Mr.. Beech
: er to be innocent; and, Sd
: Those who don't know anything
about Ii anuvar Thn rank