Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1878-05-16
Our New York Letter


on Wednesday, seemed to occa'
sion a good deal of genuine sor'
row, both public and private
The newspapers all had words
of regret in chronicling it, the
city flags were placed at hall
mast, and the tenor Of individu-
al comment was every where fn-
vorable to the deceased: The
event itself was scarcely a SUP
prise, the wonder being that hn-
man vitality could have borne
up so long under a cofnPlica-
ton of incurable diseases Ey-
er since the election last year,
III which be. squandered the
remnant of his already reduced
strength in his successful strug-
gle to beat Augustus Scheli,
Mr.. Morrissey has been practi-
cally doomed. That last strug-
gle was in one respect like
Sampson's in the temple. 1t
pulled down the local pillars of
Tammany and crushed his op-
ponents, but it involved Norris
sey's own life.
The telegraph has given us
the opening ceremonies and
scenes of the French Exhibi-
ton, which is designed to leave
all its predecessors behind in
magnifccnce as we'll as time.
The formal throwing open OF
the mammoth Fair by the Chief
Executive Of the French ma
ton, assisted by three heirs APP
parent to the thrones of neigh
boring countries, and the ex-
sovereign Of a fourth, is a hur-
riedly described as having been
most imposing. Of course no
particulars of the exhibits have
been received as yet, but the
general tone Of the messages,
after making due allowance for
the pardonable patriotic bias OF
our correspondents, gives salts
factory assurance that Uncle
Sam, Notwithstanding his tardy
preparations, makes quite a sat-
isfaclory showing. The main
exhibit from our shores that the
telegraph has specified thus far,
is the immense display Of Howe
scales, which, having swept the
honors at every previous Expo
sition, have gone into this one
more magnificently than ever.
Their victory is a foregone con-
clusion, and / only wish | could
say the same regarding all tie
rest of the American delega-
ton.
1t is an edifying spectacle to
see the eager haste of a large
class Of small merchants, bro
kcrs, ETC., 10 get into friendly
embrace of the bankrupt law be-
fore that convenient piece OF
legislation shall be wiped from
the national statute book. The
District Court here is kept busy
from morning till night filing
the papers Of a hurrying throng
intent upon embracing what
may be their last chanceto get Il
coat Of financial whitewash, and
be able hereafter TO smile sweet
ly in the face of an army of
swindled and wrathfEl but ut
terly helpless creditors. An
absence Of all insolyent laws
would doubtless work occasion
al hardships on honestly unlor-
tunate men who, falling with no
suspicion of trickery, would be
unable to get formal discharge.
bnt it would put stop to an
enormous amount of rascality
in the way of fraudulent bank
ruptcies. The action Of Con-
gress in the matter is awaited
with much anxiety.
General John G. Fremont,
| the almost successful opponent
of Buchanan in the presiden-
tial campaign of 1856, is GER
orally supposed to be a very
rich man. 4 dozen years ago
he acas rich, his property being
currently estimated at some
thing like q million. Within
the last few years, however, his
resources have been failing, un-
til now, when he and his fami-
ly have been reported to be in
actual want. He is said to
have sought employment in
vain, and finally TO have been