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to Lincoln; but when they see, what Is now
apparent to all men, that, instead Of being
streng, he Is really tie weakest candidate in
thd field, aud cannot. under any possible
combination of circumstances. either be elect
ed BY the people, pr-p the event of a fail
-urato- eiett by the popalarJpvOte-go before
the House of Representatives as one of the
three highest candidates from among whom
the President is to be chosen, no longer re-
garding him as available" they will turn
'fsert bis suppoftItp thA Of scsndidate who
is known TO be stronger than he. Some Of
them, no doubt win rally under the standard
Of Bell: but more, we are satisfied, will join
the forces of Breckenridge, who is conceded,
by all intelligent men, to be incomparably
stronger, throughout the South, than Bell
This movement may possibly result in the
election of Breckenridge by the electoral col
lege, since, if he carries all the Southern
States, New York, alone, could then elect
him, even though Lincoln should receive the
vote Of every other Northern State. The to-
tai electoral vote of the Union is sos. Ne
cessary to elect a President, l52. The
North has le3 of these votes, and the South
100. New York has S5 electoral votes.-
Adding these to the vote of the South, the
aggregate would be 1865 votes more than
are required in order TO elect President.
Without the vote of New York, Lincoln
cannot be made President; and, in that
event, should Bell happen to carry even a
single Southern State, the election would
thereby be thrown into the House Of Repre-
sentatiyes, where, it is certain, as between
Breckenridge and Bell, the latter would be
comparatively without supporters, while, at
the same time, Lincoln's election by the
House would be an utter impossibility. II
is true that the friends of Mr.. Breckenridge
in the House might not be able to elect him;
but they are strong enough TO prevent the
election of any other candidate; and, there
fore, they will hold in their own hands the
power TO make Gen. Lane the President Of
the United States, by the simple process Of
preventing an election by the House before
the 4th of March next.
1t is obvious, from what we have already
stated, that, so far as the interests of the
South are involved, every thing hinges upon
the action of New York. If she votes fol
Lincoln, the entire battle is lost-all is lost
save honor; and it will then remain for our
people to determine whether they will tame
lyyio,lI ttat up to the grasping and Zero
cious enemy that is comprising our destruc.
ton. If however, the conservative element
in New York is strong enough to cope sue.
cessfully with Black lie ,7ublicanism, we may
yet hope for few more years OF compare
tive peace under the protecting shadow OF an
unyolated Constitution. But the prospect
from our present standpoint, is not enccnr-
aging. Few and dim are the rays of hope
that illuminate the darkening gloom of the
future that impcnds over the South. The
seeptre of power, in the Union, has dropped
from her grasp, and she can depend, for Sc
curity, in her present relations, only upon
the justice Of sister State.
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Mr.. Bell,s Chances. J,

~ I'D - 4.
War We hare elsewhere said, in regard
% the strength n Mr.. Doaghs in the North,
81 stu more e4pbaticaIly Itpue of Mr. Bell.
Who has not the most distant prospect of
commanding even Apgle Norhern eIecto-
raj vote, by his own unaided strength. 1t is
barely possible, indeed, that in New York,
under the cover of the fusion q all the ele-
ments opposed to Lincoln, his ten electors
may receive. .. majority-sf soiest bft svsa,
in that event, in the faee of the Inevitable
ccrfainfy -thst h. csnrvs.cary y majorty of
the Southern States, those electors, it is clear,
will be constrained to cast their votes for Mr.
Breckenridge.
What, then, are the prospects of Mr.. Bell
in the SOUTH Hitherto, from the prevalent
opinion that Douglas was strong in the Nor
thern States, there has appeared to be a
chance that the division in the Democratic
ranks would be broad and deep enough to
enable Mr.. Bell to succeed, by plurality, in
some few of the Southern States but, now
that Douglas is universally known to be "a
dead cock in the pit even that poor chance
is swept away. The followers Of Douglas,
throughout the South, are already democrat
lied and broken in spirit. No longer daring
to hope for the success of thier quoudam IA
yorite, knowing that Mr.. Breckenridge is i'm
ineasurably stronger than Bell, and desiring
chiefly to avert from their section the calam-
ity of Black Republican rule, they are every
where yielding, by scores and by hundreds,
to the promptings of their Democratic alIin-
tiles; and so rapid and general is this pro-
cess of disorganiza:ion in the Douglas ranks,
that "the little giant" viii scarcely receive,
we opine, nominal support in the South,
should his electoral tickets continue before
the people. Under these circumstances,
what Southern State can Mr.. Bell expect to
carry? Is it Maryland! His own followers
are abandoning him there, In view of the un-
mistaken Republican procivities of Henry
Winter Davis, as disclosed by his recent
speech in Baltimore. Is it Kentucky The
Douglas power being broken in that State,
Mr.. Bell is left in hopeless minority. The
same remark is also true of Missouri. Leav-
ing those three States out of view, there is
no other, in all the South, to which Mr.. Bell
can set up even a decent pretension. Why,
then, should his followers any further prolong
an already hopeless contest! Why should
they not rally, as one man, TO that standard
on which is inscribed the motto of 'protec-
ton to the South" and present to the world,
and afford to their own loved section the
moral benefit resulting from the sublime
spectacle of an entire people, oblivious of all
former differences, uniting in the assertion
and defence of rights which cannot be yield
ed up without Gishonor? v
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national Democratic Platform.
= = F37fh DlsfFlcL - ,
L. B. CHRISTIAN, of Lawrence.


Reported at ChorlestoH By maioity Of The Commit
tee, aud unanimously adopted at Baltimore.
Reso,red That the platform adopted by the Demo-
cratic party at Cincinnati is affirmed, with tas following
explanatory resolutions:
Hrst-That the Government Of Territory organ
zed by an act of Congress is provisional and tempo
rary and during is existence all citizens Of the Uni
led States have an equal right to settle with their
property in the Territory without their rights, either
of person or property, being destroyed or injured by
congressional or territorial legislation.
Seoond-That It is the duty of the Federal Govern
men in all its departments to protect when necessary,
the rights of persons and property In the Territories
and whore ever else its constitutional authority ex-
tends.
Third-That when the settlers in Territory, having
an adequate population form state constitution, the
right of sovereignty commences, and being consumma-
ted by admission into the Union, they stand on an
equal footing with the people of other States; and
STATE thus organized, ought 10 be admitted into the
Federal Unon whether its Constitution prohibits or
recognizes the institution Of slavery.
. Resolved That the Democratic party in favor
of the acquisition of the Island Of Cuba, on such
terms shall be honorable to ourselves and just TO
Spain, at the earliest practieablemoment
ReSO!red That the enactments Of State Legislatures
TO defeat the faithful execution Of the Fugitive Slave
law hostile in chaacterto, and subvesiye of the
Constitution and revolutionary in their effect
Rcsoiscd That the Democracy Of the United States
recognize Il as an imperative duty of this Government
10 protect naturazed citizens in all their rights
whether at home in foreign lands to the same extent
as its natiye-boin citizens And,
WHEREAS One Of the greatest necessities of the
age, in political, commercial, postal and Military
point of vew Is speedy communication between the
Pacific and Atlantic coasts; therefore, be IL
ResolpaI That the National Democratic party do
hereby pledge themselves every means in their
A.
of the constitutional authority of Congress- for the cen
s.ructiOn of Pacific Railroad, from the Mississippi
river to the Pacific Ocean, at the earliest practicable
moment -.
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Citation Notice.

To the unknown heirs of L. S. Browning
Nancy Cofey's heirs, unknown heirs Of
Elizabeth Griffin and her husband, E. D.
Griffin; John Browning, Matilda Dicker
son, A. g. Browning, J. c. Browning
Elizabeth Avis and her husband, 6. NJ
Avis; Robert Browning, John A. Brown
ing, A. p Browning, Caroline Tatom anc
her husband, j. ID. Tatom; Catharint
Nicholas and her husband, Isaiah Nicho
las; and the unknown heirs Of Benjamin
Browning, deceased:
VOU are cited to be and appear before the Pro-
il bate Court of the County Of Lafayette and State
Of Mississippi on the FOURTH MONDAY of Octo-
Der next, then and there to show caase, If any you
can why the petition of Joshua Browning, Admins
traitor of Caleb Browning. Sr., deceased, should not
be granted, and decree for said sale entered.
E. d. MOORE, Clerk.
Sep s,lso.-4w1A
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Italy.

beautiful Italy, the land Of. love and of
song, is, once again, also the land Of the
free. The uprising of the masses has proved,
as it always will, that the chain which binds
them at the chariot wheels of tyranny is but
a straw in the current of mighty river, when
once they strive to rend it. The willof a
despot ruler is adam, as it were, in the cur
rent of nations liberty. When one drop
soaps through the opposing sand, the whole
stream, with a resisuess rush of waters, will
follow after bearing down the fraiI structure
to. utter annihilation. Garibaldi has led the
wav for the Italians and now, as an ava
lanehe from the Alpine mountains, the
reused freemen bear down upon the bull
warks Of lespotism, sweeping them from the
earth. There is no such thing as conquer
ing people awake to their rights.
ssTo hearts that the spirit Of Liberty fHshes,
resistance j. idle, and numbeTssa dream,
TLey burst from control, Is the mountain stream
rushes
Prom is fstters Of ice in the warmth Of the BEAM"
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17
Extracts from Douglas ErccPOrt
Speech.

LlNcoLN's QUEsTioN-Can the people Of the United
States Territory in any lawful way, against the wishes
of any citizen of the United States, exclude slavery
from their limits prior to The formation of asiate Con
stitution!
DOUGLAS ANSWER. The next question propounded
to me by Mr.. Lincoln Is the people OF territory
in any lawful way against the wishes of any citizen 0,
the United States exclude slavery fOm their limits
prior TO the formation of a state constitutiony an
emphatically Mr. lincoln has heard me answer
shundred times from every stump in Illinois, that i.
my opinion the people of Territory can by iawiul
means, exclude slavery from their limits prior TO the
formation Of State Constitution. En- thusiastle APP
plause.l Mr. Lincoln knew that had answered that
question over and over again. He heard me argue
the Nebraska bill that principle all over the state in
1854, in 1885 and in 1885, and he has no excuse for
pretending to be in doubt as 70 my position ON thai
question IL matters not what way the Supreme Court
may hereafter decide 10 the abstract question,
whether slavery may may not go into TERRITORY
under the Constitution; the people have the lawful
means to introduce il exclude, they please, Tor
the reason that slavery cannot exist day or an honi
anywhere unless it is supported by local police regua-
tons fright, right Those police regulations can
only be established by local legislation and the peo-
pie are opposed 10 slavery they will elect representa-
iives TO that body ghO viii, by unfricndly legislation,
eectually prevent the Introduction OF u INTO ueif
midst lion the contrary they are for their legsa-
ton will favor its extension Hence, no matter what
the decision Of the Supreme Court may be on that aD-
stract question: still the right Of the people 10 make
slave Territory or a free Territory, is perfect and
complete under the Nebraska hill ! hope Mr.. LIN
coin deems my answer satisfactory on that point.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17

THE New York Herald Of the 18th inst SAYS
that the antecedents Of Andrew G. Curtin, the
'Black Republican" candidate for Governor of
Pennsylvania, and the antecedents of the can
didates Of the Bell and Everett forces" in that
State art precisely the same" What think
you Of this, Bel and Everett men Of Mississippi 2
The same piper says that numbered the
leading politicians, who are on record by letter
and specch for John Eel, for President sup
ported and worked for the election Of Mr.. Cur
tin. And yet our Bell orators bcreabouts think
these same 'Ieading politicians" are marvellous
proper men, because they are in favor Of 'the
Union. the Constitution, and the enforcement Of
the Laws"
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17

The toll of day is ended,
The night is at her noon;
And the harvest song swells blithely up
Beneath the harvest moon;
Then tread a quicker measure,
And chant louder strain:
With dance andsong, the days prolong,
That bring the golden grain.
From out the distant mountain
Comes the voice Of the cascade,
And thonearor dream of ITS silver stream
Makes glad the silent glade
Through all the shadowy forest
Is heard the fall of leaves
And the timid hare treads stealthily
Among the nodding sheaves.
And now on every hillside,
The purple vintage grows;
As whena deeper radiance falls
From daylight at its close;
No time is it for sadness,
Dependency, or fear,
When Autumn comes in gladness,
To crown the fruitful year.
Dear is the pleasant leaf time,
When all is soft around
When, frost-imprisoned riyulets
Are melting into sound
And dear, too, is the season,
When Sprins and Summer meet;
When the woods arc iaint with odors,
And the hills are dim with heat
But Spring is but for pasture,
And Summer but for show;
While Autumn like crowned king,
Has riches to bestow;
So he shall be the monarch
OF all the shining year, bea :,
Anda crown he shall wear and sceptre
OF fruits, and the golden year.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17
Fdward Everett,

Has it seems. become 50 much attached 70
Che naion increment that he has deteTninea %
,.,,e uDou himself the pledge Of fidelity to the
anon for liz. It's rumOred that he VIII Dc
married soon to Distinguished lady o. SCUM
c,-ol;pa. The New York Suaday Iin'es says
good thing about this new move on the Poi''-
fcsl chessboard:
Mr. Everett 'rieh Southern N,aSe "a.
a. Nv ,.,sserT = nads u the ihing g -,
a. 49, fgIioroi fsT months cell FaeHa 'seHls'"
RI
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Administrators Notice.

II ETTERS of administration upon the estate Of
IL Robert Sheegog, deceased, late Of Lafayette
county, Mississippi, having been granted to me by
the Probate Court Of said county at the September
Term thereof 1850 all persons indebted to said es-
tate are hereby required to make payment to me- and
those having claims against said estate are notified to
present the same to me, duly authenticated within
the time prescribed by Law, or their claims viii be
barred. J. G. SHEEGOG,
Sept26-6tl7 Ada'r
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Extract from MIR. ETcckinTtdSes
Frankfort speech, last December.

Mr. Breckenridge has been speaking Oh the Dreu
Scott decision and continues as follows;
Well that beipg the case, and it having been author
itatvelv determined by the very tribunal to when u
was referred that Congress had no power TO exclude
slave property from the Territory and udically deter
mined that the Territorial Neutrality-suspicious.
created by Congrcsshad not the power TO exclude OF
eonscate slave property confess that had not an
tiepated that tie doctrine 81 uni1endiy iegislauon
would be set up. Hence need not say TO you uia'
do not believe in the doctrine Of unirienGy sauon
that do not believe in the authority OF 1efiioai
Legislature to do by indreciion what they cannot DO
directlv repose upon the decision Of the supreme
Court of the United States the point that neither
Congress nor the Territorial Legislature has the right
to obstruct or coDste the property OF any ei'1eh'
slaves included pending the territorial eondiuoh lap
plause r. -.
admit tl,ar the question was judicial one, Il yon ad-
rait the decision of the Suprene CouTt, ana II you
stand by the decision Of the highest court OF the cou
try.
The Supreme Cont seems to have rccognized y 3
the dutv of the courts Of the Union, IA their proper
s-b-s "a exscnt, this constitutional right THIS adj
Indicated by the Supreme Court in the io.ioSs IAN
guage: In speaking OF the acquisition Of lei1i'ois,
fbev pronoupec IL a political question for congress 70
determine what Territories they may acquire anu
how many Nov marx the words OF ne CouIi
THere follows quotation from the deeision-I
,i,.. 4, ,c-ri 20 Slave pFupeTiy, SIS N regard to
any Other property recognized and guarded ~ ule
Constitution it is the duty, according 70 t4e
Car4 of all the Courts Of tie country 70 pO'set @i
guard Il bv their decision Whenever the q9eston :
Irougbt before them To which only aoa, ias. le
indifIsl decisions must be mantained-tose Juaii1~i
decisions must he sustained. Applanse-I
If present remedies are adequate % sls'-I -
decisions. would have nothing more done; l, VII.
man. os5er public men in the country, believe they
are Adequate II they are motif they caDaot he en-
forsed fr u.nt Of the proper Legislation to eniorce
tbeun suEeieut legislation must be passed, or our
Government Is fziiure- ,-.
Gentlemea, see no escape ron til-s o'i1--'-ioH-
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SHE will also exhibit the Books and States used by
the Blind, and show her proficiency in Music. She
viii also exhibit specimens of her work, such as
laces beadwork, Neodlework, &c, &c.
rsy- ADMISSION, so cts. Children and servants
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17
breckenridge Us. Douglas.

Douglas and Breckenridge are a long way apart up
ON the territorial issues. We place in juxtaposdon ex
tracts from Douglas Freeport speech and. Brcekin
ridges Frankfort speech Of December last. They
need no cOmment.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17
Administrator's Notice.

BTIERS Of administration upon the estate #
II Lydia Garrett, deceased late Of Lafayette coun-
Y, Mississippi, having been granted to me by the
Probate Court of said county, at the September Term
thereof $780, all persons indebted to said estate are
hereby required TO make payment to NE, and those
having claims against said estate notified 70 pre-
sent the same to me- duly authenticated, within the
time prescribed BY law, their claims win be barred
J. G. w. BARRETT,
se..tae-sul7 Adar.
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ACoNcERT

At the Town Hall in oxford, on THURSDAY even
ing, October 18th, consisting of
Vocal, Piano, Guitar and MeIodeon Music !
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New Advertisements.
CONCERT:
MISS ELIZA FLOYD,

A pupil of the Blind Asylum at Jackson Mississippi,
and now graduate of the Georgia Institution pro-
poses to give
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17

THK reports from Louisiana and Texas repre-
sent the sugar crop as small The late storms
have very much injured the growing cane
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17
SHERIFF,s SALE

VIM Joslyn T WILL sell for Cash, on the fourth
n AMonday In October, ls60, the TO-
sec. No; 3, Township Z, Range 5, West
Lhe ABOVE land e Levied on the property Of de-
money and al cost W s Wrt FF
OFT e-1etds. SheiF
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1860-10-17

Reported at CharlestoH By a maioity Of the Commit
tee, aud unanimously adopted at Baltimore.
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poses to give
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-23
CHEAP BREAD CHEAP BREAnI

TSVHE E.N:DEksEG.N.Eu MtnHIp
IL respectfully inform the ritizens Of Evon.
vllIe, that he has commenced running his Rr+,l
Wagon every day for the accommodation OF fln,i-
lies, and will supply families with Bread Cakes
HACKERS, RolIa, Rusks. Buns, and Pics cl,eat,eI
and better than they can he had any otheI
Bakery in the City.
All families wishing to be supplied with the .s,a
articles will please leave their orders the store
with the driver. T.. BOYLE,
No. II First st bet. Main ana sycamore.
\ B.A large stock Of Crackers and Candy al
ways on hand at Wholesale. maYIl ltnd
The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-05-23

EszS- Another remarkable political pam
phlet has made its appearance in France
1t is entitled The Coalition, and is attribut-
ed to no less n parsonage than the Emperor
himself The pamphlet is understood to he
q reply 10 the defiant speech of Lord J John
RasseIl in the English Parliament, in which
lac threatened France witha European coali-
ton against her should She attempt any
more such annexations rs that Of Savoy.
Louis Napoleon, or the pamphletcer, speak
ing for him, meets this with bold defiance.
Take this paragraph as an illustration
We are far from Waterloo we are no
longer fatigued, exhausted, ruined by TWEEN
ty-nine years heroic wars. We have pro-
fitted by forty-fve years of peace, which
Providence has given us, to recover our
strength and recast our patriotism Our
African wars have occupied the leisure of
the most valiant army in Europe, and have
trained it to victory. We have good car
Dimes, which carry far and accurately. and
cannon which can sweep men of at three or
four kilometers distance. Our army is 6OO,-
o"e strong; and, if our frontiers were
rH5naced, France would have as many sold
ieTS As she has Frenchmen We can all
struggle on the sea. We have constructed
gigantic vessels skeathed in steel, bristling
Hiti triple row of guns we have solid
gun-boats in a word, apowerlul navy and
S5eiunen-all which we were deficient in
other times. And then we know the shame
aud the woe of invasion. \ national histo-
rian has again placed before our eyes the
sad episodes of that fatal period. We have
not forgot them. The terrible lesson has
remained in our heart, aud Europe would
he disIDayed if it knew OF what heroic and
passionate resistance we are capable rather
chan undergo new atfronts."