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Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

~ A recent telegram in
forms us that the Sultan has ord
cred the unfarling of the flag
OF the prophet, and an exchange
explains what the flag of the
prophet is. In a battle with
the Koreishites, Mohammed.
the Prophet, used his turban for
his first battielfiag. This, I'M
der the name of Sanjah Sheriff,
was ever afterwards regarded as
sacred relic by Mahommedans,
and was cherished by all their
successors. 1t was kept at
Damascus, and then at Bagdad
and was finally deposited at
Constnntinopie, where it has
Tech guarded with great care
for three centuries. 1t is COW
cred with forty-two wrappings
of silk and is kept in the interi-
or chapel of the seraglio. The
unfnrling of this sacred banner
Is an appeal TO all Mohammed-
ism, and the war becomes a re-
ligious war against all Christian
nations.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

The Auditor of Virginia has
contracted for 5000 of the new
liquor registers provided for by
the last Legislature, and which
are designed to facilitate the col
lectiJn of the tag on drinks sold
in saloons. The dial plate will
be made Of porcelain and register
1000, 900 drinks, a number sui
ficiently large, it is thought. to
prevent dishonest bar-tendeIs from
running out the register and fix
ing a number at will.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14
Our washington letter A GOOD WAY to Lose



''Rlssel, Hopping 6 Co..
Gate of New Y ork,) who pur-
port to be wholesale Jewellers,
have issued a circular anounc-
ing that they have moved TO
Riverside, N. j. There would
be nothing worthy of note in
this, but a circular which fol-
lows the announcement says:
Some time ago a bill of goods
was bought from us with in
istructions to forward them to
different parties on payment of
a small balance due OH them,
with express charges and col
lection fees varying from S. to
$50 on each article. The gold
watch. and chain ordered to be
sent to you, (of which you have
received aprevious notice,) yet
remains on hand, and in order
to close upthis contract we have
received instructions 10 send
you the above goods on pay
ment of So, provided you re-
nit the money whiting Is days,
by mail, registered letter, or
bank draft, and thus save the
heavy express charges and col
lection fees, as We find they
have proved the greatest part
of the expenses.
Remit promptly and the goods
will be sent to you by mail, thus
doing away entirely with the
heavy expense heretofore at
tending the business. Write
name, town, county and State,
plainly, and inclose money in
this notice and mail to
RUSSELL, HOPPING & Co.,
jewelers., Riverside, n. j.
n. BY this removal, and
our association with Hopping,
we are enabled TO make a spe-
cialty of watches and chains,
and furnish our line of goods
at lower prices than ever be-
fore offered the public. Send
for catalogue of goods at re-
duced prices.
1t ought to be unnecessary to
caution people against the above
swindlc, but the fools are not all
dead land those who have an
sWered the above and sent their
$500 are hopping mad because
they have not heard, and never
will hear further from it. The
firm are welcome to this adver-
tisement gratis.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

HB 1t is not quiet in France.
There are ominous sounds and
puffs of subterranean smoke mani
Testing themselves amid the vol
canic politics of that country,
MacMahon has appointed a Min
lister of the Interior suspected
of Bonapartist tendencies and
credited with a talent tor man
aging elections in the Imperial
style" In the Chamber of Depu
ties the incendiary Gambetta
made a speech stigmatizi4g Mac
Mahon as a soldier merely, and
one who knew nothing of political
truths. lie asserted, substantially,
the absolute supremacy of their
parliament over their President,
and INDUCED in such dangerou,
expressions as "Don't attempt
this adventure, the chassepo.f
would go off themselves"
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14
Reunion Of the 4lst Ten
nessee Regiment.
C0rrcsEOndence Of American.

SHELBYvILLE, June 8, 1877
About ITO of the surviving
members Of the gallant old 4lst
Tennessee Regiment held a re-
union at the Fair Grounds, to-
day. and, notwithstanding tor
rents of rain, many citizens and
ladies were present.
Col. James d. Tillman was
made Chairman, and Spencer
Eakin, James L. Russ and Ed.
r. BeaFden Secretaries.
The Chairman delivered a
short but elegant and appropri-
ate address, and was folIowed.in
brief speeches by EvandeI
Shapard, w. r. Francis and
Walter l.. Beardcn.
S. a. Cunningham made a
few remarks and called on Col.
Lewis Tillman, who responded
with lively effort, Astounding
in happy hits.
The dinner was excellent and
bountiful, thanks 10 the ladies
who so nobly interested them
selves in the cause.
1t was unanimously voted to
hold a reunion at Fayetteville in
lS7S-the exact time to be here
after fixed by a committee.
-Four historians are to be Sc
lected, each to take the regi-
ment through year of the war,
and "tcll all about it, at our
next meeting.
The best of sentiment pre-
vailed, and the occasion will
long be cherished as a most de-
lightful one by all who were SO
fortunate as. 10 participate.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

10 The New York Tribune
TINS compliments Governor HamP-
ton.
A model Governor at last: The
State government OF South Caro-
lima, that which Wade Hampton
heads, which the President has
now virtually recognized, is con-
Quoted with the assistance OF one
clerk. The Legislature cost about
o0e fifteenth of the usual amount,
aud ont OF $4,000 received as
taxes the Governor has $780, 900
on hand. If Governor Hampton
should lose his present situation
there are States up North here
that would like to employ him.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

@ The Secretary of the
Treasury at Washington is evil
IDENTIFY pursuring a contracting
policy in regard to the currency
OF the country, which will make
the money market still more
stringent for some time yet to
come. He retires "greenbacks"
as rapidly as at all practicable, in
view perhaps of an early resump-
ton of specie payments.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14
VEGETINE

Strikes at the root of disease by purifying the
blood, restoring the liver and kidneys 10 healthy
action, invigorating the nervous system.
Vegetine
Is not vile nauseous compound, which simply
purges the bowels, but q safe, pleasant remedy
which Is sure TO purify the blood, and thereby
restore the health.
Vegetino $780,
Is now prescribed In eases Of Serofula and other
diseases Of the blood, by many Of the best ply
sieians, owing to its great success la curing al
diseases OF this nature
Vcgetine @f
Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by
purging and creating a fictitious appetite, but
assists nature In clearing and purifying tho
whole system, leading The patient gradually to
perfect health. y
Vegetine
time by some Of our best physicians, but those
most inereduions in regard to its merit are now
Its most ardent friends and supporters.
Vegetine
Says a Boston physician, "has no equal as a
cures, after all other remedies had failed, Wis
tied The laboratory and convinced myself of its
genuine merit. Ii Is prepared from barks, roots
and herbs, each of which Is highly effective, and
they are compounded in such a manner as to
produce astonishing results"
Vegetine
Is acknowledged and recommended by physI-
clans and apothecaries to DO the best purifier
and cleanser OF the blood vet discovered, aud
thousands speak Ia It's praise who have been
restored to health.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14
SI,5OO,oOO Fire.
Almost Three Squares Burned IN
Galveston.

CINCINNATI, juno 6.-A fire
this morning at Galveston, Tex
as, destroyed most of the prop
erty bounded by three squares
The principal losers are the
Grand Central Hotel, Seligman'f
Bank, First National Bank.
L. III. Bloom, A. @. Crawford
& Co., G. SeIigman d Co.
Cotton Exchange, j. c. Ayresr
Jacob g. Burkhardt, j. Z.
Thompson & Co. Estimated
loss upward of 81, 100000.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

In the annual report of the
Michigan State Board of Health
DR.. Scott describes a disease that
be thinks is result of using to
bacco. The patient feels a vio-
lent pain in the left side, and be-
lieves that his heart is affected
The trouble is a rheumatic condi-
ton of the wall of the chest. Alb
stinence from tobacco cures it.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14
Tract of Land I!
SHERIFF. SALE.
No ae7

No. 967.
10y virtue Of one writ Of alias vendiiiOni
Id expOnas TO me directed from the hon.
orable Circait Court of Lincoln county, Ten
nessee, at its March term, 1877, in the case
of Ethelyin Mckinney against w. l.. Syl-
vester, will expose to public sale to the
highest bidder, for cash, at the court house
door in the town of Fayetteville, Tenn, on
Friday, June 10Th, 1877,
all the right, title, claim and interest that
w. L. SYLVESTER has in and to the follow
ing described
Tract or Parcel Of Land
situated in Lincoln county, Tennessee, civil
district No II, and bounded as follows, to-
wit;-On the north by the lands of Betsy
Patterson, on the east by the lands of Will
liam McAnn and John Patterson, on the
south by the lands of j. b. Maddox, and
on the west by the lands of George Philips,
containing
10 Acres, More or Less !
Levied upon as the property Of W. L.
Sylvester, TO satisfy one judgment against
him and in favor Of Etbelven Mckinney,
for S26. 80, besides interest and costs.
w. A. MILLARD,
may31-nS720 Sheriff
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

s% Rev. Acton Young, the
wandering hotel keeper, has
opened a house in Memphis, and
advertises "the best the market
Affords" etc.
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a. The Huntington papers.

eS The Huntington PuPeIS'
MO see il stated, are hurting
epithcts at each other. 1t may
ho that their subscribers, who
r,rrish the money, prefer that
In, - Of reading, but we don't
believe II.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

v& The Baltimore Sun au-
nounces that ex-COngressman
James NJ. Leach, of North Caro-
lima. is the only convert in the
South to the new party doctrine.
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GratuitOus Service

GFatuIt0uS Service
| for few days to those who intend to en-
ploy. Ny qualifications as family SER
want, are
First am of age and have power
ful arm.
Second am Of good form, well built,
and have an iron constitution.
Third.-I need. no doctor, and never
have fits.
FOURTH am a good worker, ard
willing at all times.
Fifth require no rest, as ] never tire.
Sixth.-AlI the food require is a few
drops of oil each day, which keeps me ex-
ceedingly nimble.
SEVENTH have not single vice or
bad habit.
Eighth.-I never ask for a holiday.
NINTH always give satisfaction, no
matter how fast am compelled to work.
Tenth have a simple, yet effective
device for doing all kinds of sewing.
Eleventh. have no country cousins,
or other company.
TWELFTH have no particular reli-
gion, but am willing to conform to the be-
lief of my employer.
Thirteenth Il can easily do the work
of the largest family.
Fourteenth am a thoroughbred
American, born and reared in the United
States.
Fiftecnth.-Having been employed by
families Of all Saiionalities can understand
one language as well as another.
Sixteenth am a friend to every
ono, and no family should be without me,
my n1me is
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14
SHERIFF SALE.
No a0a

NO. S93.
nY yirtae of one writ of alias yenditio-
ID nj expOnas to me directed from the
honorable Circuit Court of Lincoln county,
Tennessee, at its March term, 1877, in tie
case Of l. b. Majors, administrator Of Lar
kin Majors, deceased, against j. J. McAnn,
principal, R. NJ Dunlap AMI L. C Wright,
securities, and Enoch Hooper, stayOr, will
expose to public sale to the highest bidder,
for cash, at the courthouse door in the
town of Fayetteville, Tennessee, on
Friday, June 18th, 1877,
all the right, title. claim and interest (it he
ing an undivided one-eighth INTEREST," that
Enoch Hooper has in and to the following
described
Tract Of Land
situated in civil district No Is, Lincoln
county, Tennessee, and bounded as follows
tO-wit :-0n the north by the lands Of Vim
cent Mullins and Logan Carpenter, on the
west by the lands of j. r. JOhnson's heirs
on the south by the lands Of Wicker heirs
and on the east by the lands Of Logan Car
penter-being one eighth of tract for
merly belonging to r. q. Mccain, the inte-
rest Of Enoch Hooper bling an undivided
interest of
One-eighth of said tract of Land
Levied on to satisfy one judgment in IA
vor of |. B. Majors, admir-, &c, and against
the defendants above named, for $1,000
besides interest and costs.
W. A. WILLARD,
may31-oS9.6O Sheriff.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1877-06-14

Virginia H.. Townsend rs. John Mtrkum,
ettls
DY virtue Of decree rendered by the
ID honorable, the Supreme Court Of
Tennessee, at Nashville, at its January
term, 1877, in the above entitled cause, l
will sell at public outcryr to the highest
and best bidder,
At the Courthouse Door in
the Town of Fayetteville,
Tennessee, on
Monday, July 2, 1877, at II
o'clock NJ,
a tract Of land containing about eleven
acres, situated in Civil District No. 8, Lin
coin county, Tennessee, on Elk river, ad-
joining the lands Of James Fulton, /. p.
Dsmukes and wife, Victoria Fulton, and
Evans and others. Also, the
Mills and Appurtenances
on said land, situated on said Elk river
Said land and mills are the same heretofore
attached in this cause as the property Of de-
PENDANT John Markum.
TEENS OF SALE-Cash; subject to the
equity of redemption.
@ w. n. COWDEN,
iune.7-4t Clerk Supreme Court.
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TRACT OF LAND f!

situated in Civil District No. %, Of Lin
coin county, Tennessee, on the headwaters
Of Flint River and Sholton's creek, and
bounded. as follows: Beginning at four
black oaks 80 poles south Of the road lead
ing from Fayetteville to Winchester, thence
north l40 poles to poplar aud two hicko-
ries, thence east passing the southw est
corner Of entry No. So! at 1 poles in all
800 poles TO a chestnut and black jack,
thence south crossing the lower Wihches-
Ter road at 24i polls, in all B4o poles to a
stake, thence west $40 poles to the begin
ming, containing
1912 Acres and 80 Poles!
Said land has been surveyed and divided
into lots, and the plat with metes and
bounds may be seen in my office.
TERMs-Said lands will be sold on a
credit of one ami two years, except ten per
cent. in cash. Notes with two or more
good aud sufficient securities required of
the purchasers, and lien retained on the
land for the purchase money.
DAVIS w, CLARK,
june7o Special Commissioner.
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PIT BLIC SALES.
CHANCERY
SALE or LAND I!

On Saturday, July 9Th, 1877,
I'M obedience to an order OF re- sale,
il made at the April term, 1877 Of the
Cbancery Court, at Fayetteville, Tennes-
see, in the cause OF Jno. NJ. and II. +. Bell
ag ainst Richard Holloway and others, | will
attend on the premises, and offer for gale TO
the highest bidder. at public cutlery, the
-fnllnUirg descihed - :.
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LYNCHBURG.
w ANTED!
By ssi..I. al! ?a;.H,r.aySII''VVa..s!!

A SITUATION in city, town or coun-
n try; can furnish the most satisfactory
from the best families in Ameri-
ca. am gilling TO give
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Ezzsuiis TAgz ~ fLssz,
wusEa gHzfa vziaET n COLD.
LOUISVILLE, KV.
-

LOUISVILLE, kT.
dag. 5. 1875.
Dr.. TUTT;-Dear Sir :
For ten years I have been
amartyrto dyspepsia, eea-
stipation, and piles, aad
had well nigh exhausted
the materia medica for re-
lief from this living death,
when, by accident, your
Pills were brought 70 my
notice. I began their US,
and the first dose gave me
such reliefthat | continued
to take them. ! am now a
well man, have a good ap-
petite, can digest well, the
piles have disappeareop
and ! have gained forty
pounds in solid flesh. \
would not be without
them foE their weight IN
gold.
Ruv n Z Sr,FPsoa
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They are perfectly
harmless, can be tax
en- by young or old
without restraint Of
diet or occupation
PRICB IS CENTS.
OFFICE,
IS MURRAY STREET,
NEW YORK.
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SUPREME COURT
$ A Il EI

Virginia H.. Townsend rs. John Mtrkum,
ettls.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-07-01

Na2ian2cn nearly thirty. when they still carried
on the academic life which brought them thcre
together. The Younger studctrs had prda-
goeucs or private tutors with them. but the
professors likewise exercised u moral super
vision, and each freshman WIS expected
specially TO attach himself TO one. According
toGrcgory Na1ianzrn the students touted vigoi-
ously for thoir own professors.
Not only was the At. freshman subjected to
prncticnl okrs. but nHtionW differences wore
mark I'd by the so 'ial clubs. as they 81 re- ut tho
Sorbonnc nnI elsewhere during the Middle
Ages. and lriw3 warc Of course. frequent be-
tween those factions. We learn that a. flvorit,
rl-tnr was to toss % uourp 'lHgo-uf or private
tutor ina huuA,t; and We light upon "a moro
familiar feature in v"rltihle town and gown
riots. whore. however, unli&c our letter times.
hcpownsnon wore oftHu"st the aggr ssors. W.
may mention. finally. that many OF the students
woro worry poor. aud there were no exhibitions
or scholarships to h'lp thrm, although the pro-
f,-sorshius seem to have been endowed. But
al whatever sacrifice oi means or comfort the
young men stayed on. not seldom ten Yours or
more. like Gregory, and even then were 10th tO
leave the venerable city. Nothing IS so hurrow-
ing anil so painful says Gregory Naliduz' II. us
for those who have been fellow students to part
from Ath rs and each other.
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d.. schaa'. creed. Of chri.tcnaom.


Students of theology and other persons
Interested i'm The DEVELOPMENT or Christian do,-
trn.. Will welcome the notification Of Tbe
Crcr,is ~ Clrisien,fo,. bv the crulitr PHILIP
Scu,rF u. d. UIarp,r K BrothorsD The work
n.ls three cooIly o.tnvo volumes and is a com.
uirte cveor;pdin of historical and crtirnl infor-
nation coucrrifng all tho formulas Of fnith
which hnyc bn,n odont,J M INV tiun md hv
amy consi,l.rahle br,u.b of tho Christian
Church. The first volume lie levotedto the his
tory of the suhioat. from the. ru,linent,rv COM
f"s4ions scattered through the s .riptures down
tothe rlahor,,t, svsto,na nf ,nolnrn Churches
1'nen.>, ynlntne contains Observation-Disclosures
an I.itin .r,ods .nnial from h,uti, e.,roas
nnln.eompnntrd b., En.liah tr,nsl,tions We
nndtn itth. ,ari,u4 r,, limo. of t,, ,nosti.,
N.nnn. and ,tho,,4io,, ,.ro,..i, ,l,, c,,o,s and
d,.ron- ,f tho c,un,ii 81 ,'r.nt tb. t,,.r...e az
th, r,..nt Vatican c,un.u thr,,tb,,i ,v ..,rfe
si,nof the r,atar, ,~ n,sai,r ciur.b and AN.
r.t,. .tf., d,.u,,o,f. , t,,l,..1 ..l..r,.,
far .'rh.ItirI , IT,, iii., ,l
Cnnf.44,,n4 If F,.t, .,l r,,..l,f.,,s - a.,
several Protestant ,ommrulona in tl.i. ori.i.
mai Latin. Fr,n.h G.rrn, anil Fn,,lf.b f,rn,a
f.v v.li ,li,,..f.l r,... a, n,1 tb,. nr.,
,,inn,.. f,,,. ., tb. ontlin,s, 80 ,l.
do rrino4 Of fine rr.ot divisions of modern
Christians. .h,yrin,. yeb.r.in tbnv n,,r,e and
,yher. th.y liaa.r.. ,rb, dio.rarf ,..rsi,ns
of i,. .l i.f .rn..ls If Tho nriu,ftlvo church ,r
nls,n,b ili,.i r, %, ti,,,.. a. ttr,,, IL, ,,raltt l
utnn. g., ,e q, ,res.,,t ,ii.tir.tlr ,h, .u,..,,ee
i,n n,,Iin.utions In sho,t nn mini. ...,.,, T.,
have h..., .,,,r..l T., ..,l', ,,,rp a.. ,.,,.
,i.nt ,a n,.s,i,lo for r.f.r,n.n. npd ,o r,lr..to
nn,nimlin th,, l,ior ,,f ,,n.ultin, II
DR. shan of cnuran betn, a proto.tnnt
writ. lil.n. u pr,t.ste,t ~ ,h, u ,,on and
Gr.sk Cntholi. ,lo.tri,,ns vet .vitbout ip,r,ir-
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THE SUN, SUNDAY, JULY I, 1877.

Incidence may we'll be marked that the fore
most Of living artists is as indissolubly 1850
ciaied with the republican aspirations Of France
rs were his great predecessors with the civic
liDorti,s Of Athens and Florence and with the
English commonwealth. Tho place Of Victor
Hugo is with those patriot poets who challenge
the homage, not Of wonder only, but Of loving
reverence hy the rare accord Of consummate
art and a superb humanity. NJ W. II.
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Now that the suggestion of possible can-
oniHtion has attract 20 attention to- the-u'dret.
W. may conld nuy look for now Il .srl,sures
upon many hitherto Obs 'ur' "details oi the life
of Columbus. \ biography OF the discovcrer
lDtey ISSUED blythe Catholic Publication Society,
and written 10y Arthur GEORGE kyIIHr. of tho
Society OF jesus. is founded on the exhaustive
and trustworthy work of w. HOs, IN dc L1l1i,rs
and VIII lc found 10 deserve attention. a -ps-
cal object of this little book is t. unsJy falsc-
hood. which was in good faith accepted IA "A
truth by Washington Irving. and having been
cmbamol in his winning style. and su'sc.
quently ratiil 10y Humbol IT, now passes cur
rent throughout the world. We refer to the
story that Columbus conceived a passion. which
was not sanctioned by marriage. for lady
named B'atriX Enrique. who became the
mother of his 'c0nd .'r. Now. NJ. dc Lprgu -
AMI Mr.. KNIGHT uuuuc-tlouab.y succord in es-
tablishing that this legend. which. il founded
ON faet. would Dee fatal. Wa SUPPOSE 90 the pro-
jccturcd canoni1atlun, is tie mere -ritu t1us
conjecture of an honest hut laundering liuW-
rian WHO lived some two hundred years a.:o.
Irving and Humboldt got On t.,lo from % COM
pier oi documents for th" Spanish Cos rmcnt
who, for his part. got il irom % Gouo. S., iriar.
The latter. through four other middlrmrn. had
derived 1t from the librarian aforesaid. who.
for his part. evolved it from the depths OF his
inner consciousness.