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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
A Shrewd SwindIe.
How O COlOrcd Man Takes In the
"White Trash"

4
From the Albany Evening Journal.
A colored man. said to be named
TiIlmar, alias Russell, has, it i.
Ialleged, confdenced several we'll
known residents of this city out
of sums varying from $500 tC
$500, in o manner that evinced
decided shrewdness on his para in.
asmuch as none Of his'Victims will
prefer a complaint against him.
choosing rather to bear their loss.
His latest dupe, it is stated, was a
well-known member of the Bar,
who was "done" to the tune of
$500 few days since. The man.
ner in which it was accomplished
may be concisely ST ated as follows
The lawyer about three weeks
since, was surprised at receiving a
note intimatiDg that the writer
could put him up to a method of
lettering his fortunes, and vent
on to detail the fact that several
years since o large bond robbery
was perpetrated at Providence, r..
II. Ten thousand dollars of these
bonds had been placed in the Gus
tody of the writer by the robbers,
who had never called for them.
The writer being colored and poor,
his attempt to negotiate them
would at once subject him to sus-
picion and arrest, while a man of
some standing, say O lawyer,c
easily do SO. Being hard pressed
for money, and the bonds compar-
atively worthless to him, he was
willing to dispose OF them for 20
per cent. of their par value. If
agreeable, an arrangement could
be made for On interview and
transfer.
The bait was a tempting one -
$4,000 for $500 - although ac-
companied with O risk, and after
ascertaining the fact that such u
robbery had occurred and tho
property in question had been Ia
ken, the lawyer swallowed it, and
forthwith answered the note.
The result Of the correspondence
was that arrangements were made
for a meeting at Ballston one dey
last week, where the $500 wOs to
be paid, when the correspondent
would accompany the purchaser
to Saratoga, and the bonds be de-
livered. The meeting took place
as agreed upon, and the co!ored
ran and his victim having settled
the matter, proceeded in company
to Saratoga. On arriving they
went to the express Office, and the
former received a neatly d0ne up
box, which he turned over 70 the
lawyer. They visited q place
where the lawyer coull examine
bis prize, and while he was pre-
pairing to do so, the darkey steps
out ''just for q minute" and by
the time his victim discovered he
was taken in and done with q box
Of saw dust, the clever darkey was
IN a place Of safety.
The lawyer returned home, a !
,adder and poorer, but a wiser man,
and although he would like very |
much to see the swindler "turned |
lp," has not the least personal dc
,ire to aid in the process by his
complaint. The darkey sold uu-
)ther Albanian to the tune Of
$500 lately.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
B3H The Housekeeper's Com

e3- The Housekeeper's Com
panion is a new eight-page IL
lustratcd monthly, elegantly
printed on tinted paper and de-
voted to Housekeeping in all its
branches. The number before
us contains articles on "Econo-
my in Food" "Color of Rooms,
decorations for the Table," "
"Bad Cooking a Social Curse"
"Water and Disease" "Rustic
Baskets" Establish a Home" :"
"New Method of Washing
Clothes" besides many excel
lent recipes and a great variety
Of valuable miscellaneous infor-
nation. The tcrms-50 cents
year i'll advance-arc so low
that every family in the land can
afford to subscribe. The pub
fisher announces that every
reader of this paper who will
subscribe at once can have the
C0mpanion three months con
trial' for Is cents. Try it. Adj
dress H0usekeepcr'S ConapG's-
ION, Brooklyn, N. Y. Z. O..
Box 1G5.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
Rare Romance In the Life
OF a well-known Polish
Count.
From the Buffalo Courier.

One of the most frequent
nabitues of Fifth avenue is an
old Polish Count who has taken
his daily stroll there for oyer
twenty years. His story is as
strange as any that the rovelists
invent. Twenty-eight years a.
go he was cast into prison for
taking part in the Polish insur-
rectioL. He was betrothed to a
young woman, and she visited
him frequently in prison and
chcered him with hopes of spec
ly release. Finally she proposed
q measure that would insure his
freedom. Money would be nee
essary; a great deal of it. He
possessed considerable wealth,
but owing to his situation could
not command it. She sugges-
ted that if it were in her hands
she could use it to get him ont
of prison. They would then
leave the country together, mar
ry and be happy; His fnith in
her devotion was strong. The
property that was his became
hers. ner influential friends
wore ut work, she said. and he
would be released very soon.
One day her usual visit was not
made. Another day passed,
and another, and she did not
coIhe.
A week passed, and the lone-I
ly prisoner then learned that he
had been deceived. His beau
tiful intended bride had turned
his property into cash and G.
loped with man whom he had
always regarded rs n friend. A
year aiterward his prison doors
opened, and he walked forth TO
freedom. A few brief inquiries
satisfied him that the woman
and her accomplice had made
their way across the ocean. He
determined to follow them, and
camo 10 New York. 1t was
months before he got any trace
Of them. He then learned that
they had gone westward, and
he went to St. Louis in pursuit.
They had gone to New Orleans;
he followed them. For over a
year he continued the chase,
visiting in turn almost every
city in the United States, but |
never overtaking them. At last |
he returned to New York, and |
in less than a week he met them
face to face in Broadway. He
upbraided the woman and fierce
ly threatened the man. The up.
shot of oil was proposal from
the latter that so shocked the |
count that he turned away
speechless. Said the scoundrel, |
in substance: "Take her now
and marry her if you wish to. |
| don't want her any longer"
The count never saw them a.
gain. Two years later he heard |
Of the woman's death by suicide, |
and he procured a decent burial |
for the body. What BECAME
of her companion he neither
knew nor cared.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13

We have received, in the Nc
Minnville Ne1U Era, the full text
of the speech Of Chancellor Marks
at Manchester, on the first Mon
day in this month, upon the sub
ioct OF the State debt. It's length
prevents US from giving it to our
readers. lie reviews the many
causes that have led Us into the
present financial trouble, and rem
dered our once prosperous State
unable to promptly meet its obi.
cations. He is, On this question,
as on oil others, on the side of his
people, and while he sees no pres
ent remedy for our troubles, he
strongly advocates the establish
ment of O. State tank as the surest
mode of tightening our financial
burdens, and thinks the profits of
such an institution would, as it
did previous to the war, in q great
measure relieve the people from
the burden of taxation necessary
to pay interest on their indebted
ness. Altogether, it is an able
speech, and while the remedy sug.
gested does not seem feasible un-
der the circumstances, it certainly
deserves the consideration of our
next Legislature. = Lynchburg
! Sentinel.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13

An Attica (Ind.) man, who
was brought before the Police
Court for whipping and illtrcat-
ing bis wife, was fined $40, but
he would not pay it, and said he
would work ON the streets. So
the Marshal got a very large
cannon-ball, chained it to his
leg, and locked il around q lamp
post on q street corner; after
letting him stand there all the
forenoon, Inc next rolled a store
box into the middle of the street
and placed a chair on it, and the
man, ball and all on top Of it,
and let him sit there all the at
tcrnoOn, with placard with
these words on it: "IIe whipped
his wife" The man took it
very cool and philosophically,
and made no answer TO the jeers
Of boys and the scorn OF the
people.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
The Shakers.

The first Shaker church was
formed in Lebanon, n. Y. Tho
Shakers now have seventeen So
cieties, including about five
thousand members. A lady
who has visited the Enfield
Community says: "The meet
ing-house, large and plain, pre-
sents all open floor with seats
at one side. Every Sunday at
10 o'clock there is public wor-
ship in their own peculiar style
motion and music the order
Of exercises. They engage in
an cxhilarating dance with sing
ing accompaniment, beckoning
with both hands to invite the
good spirits. They go round
and round in circles until IA
tigued with labor-thcir name
for the dancc-thcy sit down
and some brother or sister ad-
dresses the audience. Near at
hand is the girls school-room,
a lively place where the little
Shaker girls are busily sharpen
ng their wits with the help of
book, slate, blackboard, and
teacher. Not q scratch is to be
seen on desk or wall, but one
little unfortunate We leave cry
ing behind her book, hcartbro-
ken with a misspelt word and
the reproof given before COM
pany.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
M The Government prin

~ The Government prin-
ter, Mr.. Clapp, claims TO be an
officer Of the Senate and is
therefore not liable to answer
before a House committee. lie
confcsses to have misuscd, or
that he is wholly unable 10 ac-
count for, a large sum of the
public money that passed
through his hands. Yet the
Senate has taken no step TO
call him to account.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
7~ The Boston Commercial

f@= The Boston Commercial
List, which is among the most
cautious of them all, says that
though the general volume Of
trade has not increased to any
extent, confidence is being
gradually restored, and there is
a feeling that after the hot sum-
mer months, business will slow
ly revive on a healthy basis.
OF dry goods particularly il
says: "Thc general tone OF
the market is steadily gaining
strength, and there is good pros
pcct that the fall business viii
be OIL 4 r-orc satisfactory foot
mo =
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
At a grand Republican ratili-

At grand Republican ratili-
cation meeting at New Orleans,
on Saturday night, General Shcr-
idan said that Rutherford Il.
Hayes represented the Second
sober thought of the American
people" w h a t everybody
wants to knew now is, who was
the first sober thought. Has
this nation been drunk for one
hundred years?"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13

An eccentric citizen of Cape
May carried a rope in his pock-
ct for forty years, his expl$fna-
ton being that he was liable at
any time to wish to kill him
self, and meant to always have
the means handy. A few days
ago he hanged himself with
the old rope.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13

\ jury bill requiring that no
man shall act as a juryman in
Texas who cannot read and
write in the English language,
has passed the Senate of that
State, with only five dissenting
votes. The Texas papers say it
will pass the lower house of the
ILegislatuic in the same shape
i'll which it was passed by the
Senate.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13

A woman in Cumberland, KY,
while in bed felt something NOV.
ing across her body. She sprang
up, made q light, and saw that
the object was a Iattlesnake
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13

The Charleston Is. Co. Cou-
rier publishes accounts Of pitt
full distress in Colleton district,
in that State. In three town.
ships over seven hundred per-
sons are without bread, and
these townships, it says, are
not in an exceptionally bad con
dition.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13

John Goodwin, a white farmer,
in Hewlett, Va, shot ard killed
the negro lover of his daughter,
and Coroners jury eNoAcrated
hlp.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
TERMS

@ Two Dollars for one year, tnUo-
rte6ty IN GdCGncc; Two Dollars and
Ftfly Cents if payment be deferred three
months. All papers going out of the county
to be paid for an ddUdRce.
EsS- Single copies, Five Cents each.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13
- a vcry dangcrous COM

u a very dangerous coun-
tcrlcit has Just made lis ap-
pcarancc and is being circula-
ted. II is a fve-dolIar note,
counterfeiting the issue Of tho
First National Bank of North
ampton, Massachusetts,, and Is
an excellent imitation.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1876-07-13

a New York doctor chlrSej
his wifc's estate S270 for medi-
cal attendance by himself in he
last Illness. but the courts
vou,in: allow il.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21
rAEDoZo, FoURQUREAN & co.

-, -,+,{,!us by every steamer large additions TO
their already extensive stock OF
DRY GOODS,
,,ran,c, to sell each and every article as low as
can lr found in this city.
Dpylng exclusively FOR CASH enables them to buy
.,3,,Nat the VERY LOWEST PRICES.
o ss~, hv far the iargcs, snd beSt-aSsorted stock
yNg,>' GENTLEMEN'S AND ClIlLDREN'S
FLANNEL UNDERWEAR
Fought 10 this city, from very low prices to the
best quality.
,i-,al sar-ainS in FLANNELS and BLANKETS,
rs,y,. !, :hc summer auctions, and are very cheap.
ELEGANT STOCK OF CASSlMERES.
v,.v choice assortment OF
CLOAKS AND SHAWLS
The chcspe,; lot O; CARPETS, RUGS. aud DRUG
GETS erer offered
,a,. CARPETS at 40 aud soc.
FELT SKIRTS in grca; variety. Very much
iswe. :han last season.
Their large aaI attractive stock Of BLACK and
CoLORED SILKS and TELVETS, bought before
Il, advance will be offered At prices beyond compe-
.;iou in thI; or even the northern markets. oc 16
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21

Our WATER SUPPLY-REPoRT OF THE
COMMITTEE OF ExPERTs.-The report OF the
experts appointed to examine the pumping
CAPACITY Of the City Water-Works has been
prepared and placed in the hands OF the
Council Committee on Water, OF which Mr.
Charles Il. Dayisi is chairman. The experts
were very thorough in the discharge, OF the
duties imposed upon them, and made per-
sonal and diligent examination OF the ma
chinery. They remove all fear OF water lam.
Inc. and hold out the pleasant prospect that
our present pumps will last US good while.
They can be made to put 100000 gallons
OF water per day in the reservoirs, when
worked constantly and at high speed. The
consumption is between four and five mil,
lions per day. 1t is impracticable to work all
the pumps continually, but allowing time ior
repairs and accidents it is deemed certain
that they will meet all our wants for seyeral
years to come, and in the mean time tne
city may leisurely proceed to take the steps
necessary to build new pump-house: The
new reservoir Is now full, and it's believed
can be easily kept so.
The members OF the Committee on Water
who have seen the experts report regard It
as highly encouraging, inasmuch as it dlssl-
pates the idea OF q water famine.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21

Il Nice Ball was given at Nunnally's
Hall last evening by the Old Dominion
Baseball Club. The occasion was most
delightful one. There were present many
pretty ladies. Good music was furnished
by Herbert Claiborne's band. OF your
city, and everybody seemed at home.
The music, which J, was not what
Theodore Thomas would call artistic,
was certainly inspiring-so much so that
your rheumatic reporter felt like cutting
pigeon-wing himself. AS the notes OF the
Old Virginia fiddlers filed the air to the ac-
compartment OF many dainty feet upon the
well-sanded floor we certainly wished that
there was some phonetic style OF reporting
the music and the dances. Would it not be
nice, for instance, il one could write so as
to be understood: ss Miss Sarah Terpsichore
displayed great grace while dancing the
basket cotillon to the tune Of sTe-loo-tee-
ta-too,'n or that &c Miss Jane Heeluntoe gave
evidences Of great dancing skill as she
gently skipped around in Ladies to the
right! Shake your right foot, ETC., to the
Jolly strains of sBoong-iing-a lnng-jing,
boong-iing-a lung-jing boong But,
alas | we must wait for another centennial.
ANYHOW, the ball was a success.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21
OCTOBER 20, 1876.
WEATHER REPORT.

PROBABILITIES TODAY Washington,
October 2o.-During Saturday the hurri-
cane now centering east OF Georgia will
move northcastward, followed in the South
Atlantic States by winds, backing to north
erly and westerly, rising barometer, after q
temporary fall in the Carolinas, and warmer,
clear or clearing weather.
In the Middle States, falling barometer,
interior, stationary or rising temperatures,
threatening or rainy weather.
Cautionary signals continue along the
South Atlantic and Middle Atlantic coasts,
and are ordered for the Southern New Eng
land coast.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21

RRUNIoN OF WAR VETERANs.-On the ist
OF November the surviving members OF the
Twenty-third Virginia regiment will have q
reunion in this city at New-Market Hall,
which win no doubt prove an interesting
occasion. Letters have been received from
number OF the officers and priYates Of the
regiment announcing their intention to DC
present. TO make suitable arrangements
for this event the Richmond Sharp-Shooter
arc to hold meeting on Tuesday evening
next, at tho above hall, at "a o'clock.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21

THE MOZART CONCERT LAST NIGHT.-The
inclemency Of the weather last evening did
not prevent Association Hall from being
filled with most appreciative audience to
enjoy the benefit concert given by the above
mentioned association; and the entertain
ment was success in every respect. Where
there was such an exhibit OF talent and pro-
ficiency it were useless to make individual
comparison. The programme offered was q
most choice one, selections from the best
masters being given in most artistic
manner
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21

THE HAUNsTEIN CASE DISPOSED OF.-The
notorious case OF Haunstein that has
given so much trouble, and been so long in
the courts, was brought to an end yester-
dav in the Circuit Court Of Richmond.
Judge Wexford delivered lengthy and
able opinion, fully in favor Of the Common
wealth, and dismissing the petition OF the
alleged heirs OF Solomon Haunstein, aliens
residing in Switzerland. They claimed the
proceeds Of the escheatOr's sale.
The cause was argued by Messrs. john
son and Royal for the Swiss claimants, and
by Mr.. J. A. Lynham for the Common
wealth. -----
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21

INTERESTING AND INSTRUCTIVE ENTERTAIN
MENT.-Professor J. Willoughby Reade will
give his second and third select readings on
Monday night next at Broad-Street Meth
odist church, and on Tuesday night at
Leigh-Street Baptist church, on Union Hill.
The proceeds will be for the benefit Of the
Sabbath schools Of the churches named. Rt.
Rev. William Pinkney, Bishop Of Maryland,
says: cit gives me great pleasure to bear
testimony in favor of Professor Reade. He
reads with wonderful expression, has extra
ordinary humorous powers, and is quite as
effective in the pathetic. I regard him as
an elocutionist Of the highest ORDER" The
object is good one, and allwho attend will
be profted as we'll as entertained.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21
LOCAL MATTERS.

ARRIVAL OF UNITED STATES TROOPS IN
R1CHMoSD-BLUE-CoATS on THE STREETS
Companies / and 4, Of the Third artillery,
acting as infantry, and permanent party Of
thirty or forty, and siXty-fve recruits for
the Eighteenth infantry, reached this city
Yesterday morning about II O'Clock, on their
way to South Carolina, but too late to take
the Danyille train. AS arrangements could
not be made to continue them on their jour
ney yesterday, quarters were secured for
the men in the upper part OF Belvin'S Gov
ernor-Street block, and the officers got tlodg-
ings at the st. James Hotel.
The whole force numbers about 175 men,
and came from Governors Island, n. Y,
and is ofticered rs follows: Captain and
Brevct Lieutenant-Colonel L. Livingston,
commanding; Captain c. W. Hobbs, adju-
tant, Third artillery; Brevet Major Rush,
Third artillery Brevet-Major Myrick,
Third artillery; Brcvet Captain j. Chester,
Third artillery; Captain John B. Eaton,
Third artillery Lieutenant Ross, Twenty
first infantry; Lieutenant Ludley, Third ar
tillery; Lieutenant +. Ebiger. Twenty
third infantry; Lieutenant Wells, Fourth
infantry.
A number Of ex-Confederates called upon
the officers and extended them welcome
(personally) to the city, though they could
not, OF course, say much approvingly Of the
mission upon which they are going, not by
their own will, but by command OF his
mightiness General Grant.
Colonel Livingston, in conversation with
a reporter OF this paper, spoke very kindly
OF the southern people. He said that during
q good portion of the war he was in service
in South Carolina. He liked the climate
there in fall and winter, and doubted not
that he would have q very agreeable trip,
though he would have preferred to remain
in the ncighborhood of New York. He did
not allude to his mission more than to say
that the regular soldiers always managed
very we'll with the citizens, and he anticl-
pated no trouble. Evidently he expects to
get along pleasantly and peaceably with the
South Carolinians.
Other officers less guarded than Colonel
Livingston did not hesitate to say that the
duty to which they have been assigned is
yerv unpleasant and not in the least such
rs they regard as within the proper pro-
vince of the United States military.
1t was learned that many. il not indeed a
majority, Of the officers and men are DEM
ocrats.
The command will leave here on the reg
ular passenger train, but in special cars, of
the Danville road, this morning, and will
report for duty at Columbia, S. G.
Seven or eight other companies will reach
here this morning. 1t is probable that the
Danvile Railroad Company will provide q
special train for them, to leave here after
the departure OF the regular mail and pas
senger train.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-10-21

CONSERVATIVE MEETINGs.-At a meeting
of the Excelsior Club held last night, Colo
mel w. C. Crrrington in the chair, and Mr..
W. A. S. Conrad secretary, it was resolved
to hold great mass-meeting on the evening
Of Tuesday the 31st instant. The place has
not yet been fixed upon, but from the ex-
pressions of members last night it is pro-
bable that the stand will be erected in front
of Breeden g. Fox's old store, at the south
east corner Of Fourth and Broad streets.
Prominent speakers from all parts of the
State will be present.
Colonel F. W. NJ. Holiday, one Of the
electors for the State at large, has an ap-
pointmcnt to speak in this city on the 9th.
The City Committee will have to make the
arrangements for this meeting.