davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1860-01-17

.Ax ALLEGED RArE CAsE.-The lolice Court
and i large crowd Of spectators we're occupied
and held during yesterday forenoon By the de-
tail.ng Of I charge Of rape brought BY woman
nu,ned Mary Ann Robinson, charging three men
John c. .Devlin, John Cunning, md Patrick
Sullivan, with having committed rape upon her
person. Attcr hearing, The woman's charec-
ter aud tes:in.ory being impcached in ercry
conceiva bic way, the whole affair was kicked
cut Of court.
, 1860-01-17

WEATnrE-Sundav was moderate. Monday
was mild. 4 few days since and such weather
would hare seemed retrospective, 4 lingering Of
fall, but i. comes NOW on the down grade Of
winter, the earliest dawn Of coming spring. We
trust the dawning may be exceedingly cautious,
and atlv,se fruit buds and fuch like 10 lie quiet
and bido their time. 1t is not for mauy weeks
yet, for the N, time 10 get up" but such wea-~
tler as that Of yesterday will start the fruit
crorkers, IL it do nc: kill off all the orchards.
, 1860-01-17

ArrLt1oSts EAlIwAr Gr1pE.-The excellent
and reliable Railway Guide Of Appleton Co.,
comes out for January with new and admira-
''ls railway map Of the United States, repre-
s.nting not only tho railroads III operation, but
construction. 1t has also other improved fea-
lures, which must keep it in the front RINK rs
taI< s7ecu7n for travelling.
, 1860-01-17
General II 1tlrzs,

TAKEN UP-A middling.sized
l Black Hc.re. TIC owner e.n have the saae br ~
pstry H. Staber lt hnuss north Ct Che1E on
Suh II. Il. pr1yins prnfx1ty. He. taitxH
, 1860-01-17

IAI,csors N1scluEF.-So,ne persons unknown
for malicious mischief caused i black compound
luiI 10 be thrown npon the residence Of Mrs.
Nary Spau1ding, Oh Adams street, near Wabash
avenue, On Sunday night last, and act Of unjust
is Injurious to the reputation Of ITS inmates.
Mrs. Spauldiug is the widow Of the late Charles
Spau1dinE, well mud widely known here aud in
her behalf much indignation has been caused
hr the ahpyr circumstance
, 1860-01-17

Wesee by tte i:,s ';oincs papers lint on ths
a'l, l.. n. Small, -ii"c.man or il4e fifth ward Of
tliht city, aud one s,eumans, constable, were
arrested churgtd with tile murder Of tlac broth
ers Bunker, as we mentioned yesterday. Bu.
no sooner were these ruiliaus arrested t1,.1 a
posse of citizens put after the Taua county
sheriff eod rescued tue murdcress, took them
buck to lies sfoines OH u habcas corpus, and
while the Judges Of the Supreme Court were
cape tu parts unknown.
, 1860-01-17

| RI OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Of
\ all kids RI d,4 wins. p1!ns.as aoc farc7 wo.k azl
S0rtx uf valuable io2u pa.1 Gegtt that
I'LL cannot It is tpl=udlIly !l.u.la 3D. ard se Il
ely o. 20 bs Al bookse1. by mail pcsr ELa b,
the publisher. j. f. TILJuS 4 CO. Eu:toa
aaf~nAAnft rnd
, 1860-01-17
.Tnr :=:=alx. :

nlSTlLlERY FOR SALE-A
- la7g. and conmcders rist.ltt1Y, ea-a.e Of run.
uuF :coto % o:ase t4y and al Tho mQi
tFn Improvements ssu1ed II Au::oeviil'. Huron coun'y
low priec aE e1ss teEn-. Foses..oa svea uc
1atis OF ~ u u. spi'k- Fur particulars .drass post
,Er1
, 1860-01-17

C1ncc1r Corsr.-1n tie Circuit Court Of
Cook County Yesterday 4 jury Was called at
two o'clock in the Cast Of People Is. Christian
Berger aud Charles Roth charged with larceny
Of calf belonging 10 Nr. Hastings ut Lyons.
Several other parties indicted on criminal
chargcs ut tue Novembcr term will be tried. In
Tue above calf case the parties arc all neighbors
and tic a,;nlsl was shot in the woods.
, 1860-01-17

% % REWARD.-Lost on Sat
f+>le NV uri1v. the l4t Int elaty.s cha I'D Goll
EnAss pin, with tie Id marked IL blcz IT'LL
Whoever Ands the md vii: trirg II stsstt
Csn4l. viii receive the aboye rew-1rt.
jAi7-:ts L. c. HANSON
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

Mr. John B Cough, the celebrated temper
ance lecturer, who has returned TO the Uni
ted States from visit TO his native England
related in one of his recent speeches the fol-
lowing auecdote:
John Maynard was we'll known in the
Lake district as a God-fearing, honest, intel
ligent pilot. He was a pilot on a steamer
from Detroit to Buffalo one summer after
noon. st that time those steamers seldom
carried boats. Smoke was seen ascending
from below, and the Captain called out,
simpson, go down aud see what that smoke
is" Simpson soon came, with his face pale
as ashes; and said, "Captain, the ship is on
fire ~ Then, "Fire! fire fire fire on ship
boardw All hands were called up. Buckets
of water were dashed upon the FIRE, but in
vain. There were large quantities of tar on
board and it was useless to attempt to save
the ship. The passengers rushed forward
and inquired Of the pilot, How far are We
from BulFalop Seven miles." "How long
before we reach 1t "lhree-quarters of an
hour at our present rate of steam" as
there any dangerr danger here; see the
smoke bursting out! Go .forlcard, if you
world save your livesr' Passengers and
crew, men, women, aud children, crowded
the forward part of the ship. John May
rard stood at the helm. The flames burst
forth in a sheet of FIRE; clouds Of smoke
arose; the Captain cried out through his
trumpet, "John MaynardF' "Aye, aye, sir!'
"Are you at the helml' "Aye, aye, sir"
"IIow does she head y "Southeast-by east,
sir" "IIead her southeast and run her on
shore" Nearer, nearer, yet nearer she APP
preached the shore. Again the Captain
cried ont, "John Maynard r The response
came feebly, save, aye, sirl" "Can you
hold on FIVE minutes longer, John = "By
Gods help, willr' The old mans hair
was scorched from the scalp, one hand dis
abled, his knee upon the stanchion, and his
teeth set, with his other hand upon the
wheel; he stood firm as a rock. lie beach
ed the ship. Every man, woman, and child
was saved, as John Maynard dropped, and
his spirit took its fight to his God. lie sac
rifced his life to save the lives of Others. Ii
Is worth greater effcrt to save a man from
moral ruin-to safe child from drunken
ness than from FIRE.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24
We leave Maryland and New York out Of the

We leave Maryland and New York out Of the
calculation; the former surely viii be against
Lincoln and the latter, now that all parties here
are united upon one electoral ticket We have
every reason to hope viii be also.
But we win not allow ourselves TO doubt the
result in November. Men Of the South! we
tell youan immense responsibility now rests up
on you. The world will judge of you, and re-
speet you in accordance with the report you give
of yourselves. Disguise the issue, torture II, or
turn il as you may, il is no more nor less than
this: Do you consider the institutions under
which you live wrongi DO you think they
should be outlawed by government and declared
unworthy Of its projections Are you willing to
write yourselves down before the eutire worldas
living in the daily practice of sin and a crimeG
II to all these questions you reply ''No;" then
10 ha consistent, and to-eonvinee the world of
Il, yDu mnst vote for Bseckiasiaee and Lane
so- they alsne fully recognize this issae as all
must Acknowledge The defence of negro
slavery" is far above all mere parties or party
interests. Before it Breclinridge, or Bell, or
Douglas, are as nothing, forit is not simply even
the material interests Of the South that are at
stake for, rs far as that is concerned, even We
of the North are perhaps as deeply interested as
She but with her 1t is question Of social life
death-and to the country at large il is the sol
cmn alternative Of the overthrow Of republican
Institutions.
Mea CT the South you have heretofore saved
our country in times of the greatest peril Your
Jeiiersons, your Jaoksons, your Polks have
brought us safely through terrible struggles in
the cabinet and in the field The minority Of
the North who are still faithful, look to you now
with confidence and with lope They believe
you will stll sustain the gallant leaders, who
recognize not only your rights, but the great in
terests Of human freedom and true Republican
ism. These precious gifts are in your keeping
Sec to it that in November next they receive no
harm.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

The customs connected with cooking and
eating human flesh were these AFTER
battle, the enemy's dead were collected, and
their bodies cut into pieces. One corpse
was set aside as a trophy sacred to the god of
war, aud its hair and right ear we're kept for
the purpose of removing the tapu from the
war party. Cooking ovens were now dug
in the earth in two long rows, and flesh in
one oven was set apart for the gods. This
sacred oven had wreath Of fern around its
edge, and two pointed sticks stuck on the
tor, Upon one of which there was apotato
and on the other lock of human hair. The
flesh was often kept in the ovens for twenty
four hours. The chief commenced the feast,
and this was occasionally done by swallow
ing the uncooked brains and eyes Of some
fallen warrior.
If the chiefs sons were present, they par
took next, and then :he whole army, with
bloody hands and passions maddened by
fighting, singing and dancing, gorge them
selves like boa constructors. Men have died
after such banquets. The whole body was
devoured with the exception of the lungs,
stomach, intestines, and other parts. When
the warriors were surfeited, the remains were
collected and packed in baskets Portions
were then sent around to tribes not actually
engaged, to ascertain their feelings. Should
these presents be received and eaten, the
conquerors might depend on the support of
those who did this, in resisting further at
tacks from the vanquished. Should the son
of a chief engaged in war not be present at
a feast, n basket Of human flesh was sent ex-
pressly to him.
The Rev. A. n. Brown visited battle
field two days after the conflict, and saw
quantities of human bones picked clean of
flesh, long bones broken as if to extract the
marrow, and bloody heads stuck about on
poles. Should the war party reach home
before the flesh is eaten, ;ho remnant was
thrown away, and not brought into the will
age, as such proceedings voGld lave render
ed the habitations sacred. Women were
not permitted to eat humaT nesh. They
may have done so by stealth, but human
flesh was forbidden food to females. Wo-
men we're, however, allowed to become can
nibals when the chief had no male issue, in
which case the lesh sent from the battle
field WIS eaten by his eldest daughter, or by
his nearest relative, male or female This
was dictated by The law of primo
geuiture. and was done 10 transmit, in an
line, the honors Of chiefs to their
descendants 2Aomson's Story of Ncw
Z5aland, Pest and Present
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24
OXFORD, MISS, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER "a, 1860

the pack, would take water. lie knew that his
dogs were staunch, and that the summers heat
would soon drive the buck to the water. A
weary time he waited, and as he was about to
shoulder his gum the distant cry Of his pack
caught his practised ear. lie instantly cooked
his gun, for he well knew that ollen when deer
make for the water; they attain good lead to
avoid the danger of straight run. The crack
Of dry sticks, and the rustlins leaves, turns the
quick eye Of the hunter. The gun is levelled,
and beIches forth its leaden slugs. The buck
falls, but is instantly up, with ;he pack hard on
him, and pel-mell they dash into the pond
"A new comer," in the person Of a raw Scotch
man, is fishing near the slide. lie is alone,
save long bob-tailed cur, who looks with won
der at the encounter of dogs md deer, who are
madly plunging and throwing up the water for
life or victory Sawney in a moment throws off
his clothes, and in he plunges, Tho cur yelps
and runs upon The slide, and AZ his master pass
es he jumps from tho end, alighting upon his
masters back, raking his naked shoulders down
to the waist, and infieting six long deep furrOws,
from which spouts the blood in profnsion.
"Got ava, you doom scoundrel,p says Sawney;
''the dcil's in the dog, sure enowp But on he
goef, and with some little trouble brings ashore
the now dead buck. Poor Sawney never heard
the last of il and what was strange, from every
furrow, after healing, grew hair to the length of
five or six inches, like themanecf horse. And
thus from cove to cove and bend, and deep lake
let near the shore and well oct, by the side OF
ly-pads, under dark overhRnging trees, by
Slabs, and in every nook, we fsh until well,
well-iilled basket and coming eEe warn us that
the 'old folks at home and loycd ones swat
our coming;" and so gearing up and slowing
all things snug, the old horse gets the word, and
nightfall finds where we started So goodbye
to all the good "Sprits" Adios
BAroU CYPRESS.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

BosToS AND ITS SPIRITUAL INFLUENCES
"IIow the world has turned about to be
sure" said Mrs. Darlington, tbs nothing
but change, change. Only yesterday, as II
were, was in the country smelling the odi-
Gus flowers; to-day am in Boston, my oil
factories breathing the impure execrations Of
coal smoke. that are SO dilatory to health.
Instead Of the singing Of birds, the blunder-
buss almost deprive me Of conscientious
ness. Dear mel Wei, 1 hope shall be
restrained through it all. They say that the
moral turpentine Of the city is frightfal. but
it isn't any use to participate trouble before
hand; Ike may escape all harmonious iailu-
ences that would have a tenderness to hurt
him. and, as the minister Of our parish said,
with Judicial training he may become use
fnl membrane to society. But he has genius
looking at him; at comes natural to him
like the measles, and every day ii is invelop-
ing itself more and more"
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24
John Bell and the People.

Gov. johnson in his speech on Tuesday
evening truthfully remarked dlat John Bell
was the recipient of fame not deserved,
and honors never won. Ile said that his
name was not identified win any great
achievement, and asked ii lie had any hold
on the affections of the people. Several cf-
terminate voices responded "yes,' but when
Gov. Johnson asked what Bell had done to
give him hold upon the popular heart, no
response could be given-hs friends were
mute.
The truth is, we have never seen a man of
any party that cherished an admiration for
John BEL. Jackson had the peculiar Ecul-
ty Diminishing himself into his friends. Clay
had enthusiastic admirers. g..e world never
prodaccd civilian that Lad such control
over the popular heart. IN any contest "one
blast from his bugle horn" would rally TO
bis standard thousands Of true men ready to
follow his lead. Douglas can inspire his
friends with enthusiasm. Frank Pierce,
short and brilliant as has been his career,
made host of friends who will cling to him
in his seclusion. Bat John Bell never had
a friend in his life. lie is the impersona-
ton of selfish greed and frozen humanity.
lie has no more sympathy with the masses
than an iceberg has of the ardor of the
tropics. Cold isolated and repulsivc to the
approach of an equal eompanonship and an
agreeable intercourse, he stoops only TO court
the incense of popular applause, and mingle
with men for the exclusive purpose of using
them. There is an infexble rigidity of man
ner, an air of restraint and condeseension in
his intercourse with the crowd, and an i'll
concealed expression of contempt for tie
populace, which rcpel even the sympatllies
of his political associates. lie seems to
think that the affections of the masses in a
thing to be courtcd or despiseL, to lie re-
ceived or rejected, at the caprice of politi-
clans, and hence he is deficient in every Gle
ment of popularity. As Dickens said Of a
similar character, he is "a tight-fsted hand
at the grindstone-a squeezing, wrenching,
grasping. scraping, cluiching, covctous old
sinner. Hard and sharp as flint from which
no steel had ever struck generous spark,
secret and self-eontained, and solitary as an
oyster The cold within him froze his feat
ures, nipped his nose, shriveled his cheek,
stiiIened his gait, made his eyes red and his
thin lips blue. lie carried his own frozen
temperature about him he iced his Office
in dog days, and didn't thaw it single de-
gree at Christmas. No heat could warm,
nor wintry weather chill him. No wind that
blew was bittercr than he; no falling snow
was more intent upon its purpose; no pelt-
ing rain less open to entreaty. No children
asked him what it was o'clock. But he
edged his way along the crowded path of
life, warning all human sympathy to keep its
distance" Memphis 1ralanche.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

A WHALE ATTACKED BY SwoRDFIsH.-
A remarkable scene was witnessed by a
boats crew belonging to the island of Wes-
tray, about fortnight ago. As Gavin Mo
wat, and his boats crew, were engaged fish,
ing for cod, about six miles from land 10
the Eastward of Noup Head, they observed
a large whale of the sort commonly known
to fishermen as the herring hog running
rapidly toward their boat. In little time
there was violent eommotion. The whale
leaped about six feet clear out of the water
when they observed that a swordfish had
struck its lethal weapon into its body just
behind the large fn The huge animal con-
tinued in the greatest distress, leaping out
of the water but obviously getting more
feeble, while the swordfsh clung closely in
spite of all its contortions. During all this
time, thresher continued to strike Tie
whale or both sides near It's middle, and The
wounded animal continued to bleed profusei
". The three creatures passed at some lit
tie distance from the boat; but the eddies
were so considerable as to make il sway net
"a little, though the sea was otherwise per-
fectly calm. When it passed, the whale was
putting so feebly that he seemed literally
gaping for breath, and the men felt cer'ain
that it must have died in short timer Ork-
neg Herald.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

TnE vetaran counsellor, Caldbeck, one day
cross-examining a country fellow as wit
ness, asked him in several ways what he
thought particular person to be, from his
own knowledge, hearsay, or belief; but could
extract no other answer than that che did
not know and could not tell" ''Come, fel-
low said the counsellor, "answer me on
your oath; what would you take me to be,
if you did not actually know my person,
and should meet me in the streetF Why,
then" SAYS the fellow, ''if you had not that
wig and gown upon you, should take you
for little old JDedlar" The learned eoun
sellor was silenced.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

Ma. Gator, the moueylender, once speak
ing about drunkenness, instead of enlarging
on the common topics, its obseuring mems
faculties, producing quarrels, DC, observed
that it was a most injurious practice, and
might be attended with very bad effects, for
no man who goes into company, and In
dulces in wiue, can know VheB he may Be
called ont TO make a bargain
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

Ux1oxsM AT TIE SoUTH HUKrs THE SoUTH:
The Salem Gazette, a strong Lincoln Black
Republican paper says;
eve shall hail, with special satisfaction,
every indication Of increased strength for
the Union candidates IN the Southern States.
Although perhaps not SO intended BY those
who lead in advancing the ticket to which
we have alluded, these indications are clearly
for the ultimate benefit Of the Republican
organization.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

A SHEER AND A TRUTH.-It was a coarse,
cruel sneer-unworthy Of one Of England's 5
greatest arfists-whea he said that "a wo-
man had rather be courted and Tilted, than
never TO be eourted at all." Another, whom
the alchemy Of sorrow had tested and puri-
fed, has brought out from this rough stone
the Iustrc of a truth, as universal as beauti.
full:
'Better TO have loved and lost.
Than never to have loved at ALL
MARION HARLAND.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24
IgSge Douglas out Eiat-EGOted for
Squaticr Sovereignty.

At Clifton Springs, New York, on the
18th, this question was put to Douglas, and
his answer was as follows:
This question was-"Hve the people Of
n Territory the right, according to the doc
trine of non-intervention, TO abolish or ex-
clude slavery from Territory while in a
Territorial condition. y
In answer to the cries of "Who wrote that
question: it was stated that it was put by
Ii. c. Hutchinson. Laughter
Mr.. Douglas then said-I have only a
word to say in reply. If that gentleman had
read any one speech that have made on the
subject in the last five years, he would have
found asi'uncquivocal a'rsweF II hat question.
l lave made more than fifty speeches this
year in which have answered that question
and yet political opponents insist on putting
it 10 Ire for the purpose of creating doubt on
the subject. 81 cannot believe there is a
man in America of ordinary intelligence who
does not know that hold that the people OF
"a Territory while Territory, and during a
Territorial condition, may introduce, exclude,
abolish or regulate slavery just as they please
When | have seen newspapers and small
politicians renewing that question, it has ex-
cited in my bosom no other feeling than
that of unmitigated contempt that they
should pretend to have doubts on the sub
ject. Loud applause followed this inter
indie
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24
Master, whittier Goest ThOus
BY p. S. woRsLEY.


There stands in the old Appian way,
Two miles without the Roman wall,
A little ancient church, and grey:
Long may il mouder not nor fall
There hangs legend on the mime
One reycrental thought may claim.
IT'S written Of that fiery time,
When all the angered evil powers
Leagucd against Christ for wrath and crime,
How Peter left the accursed towers,
Passing from out the guilty street,
And shook the red dust from his feet.
Sole pilgrim else in that lone road,
Suddenly he was ware of one
Who .toiled beneath weary load,
Bareheaded in the beating sun,
Pale with long watches, and forespent
With harm and evil accident
Under cross His weak limbs bow;
Scarcel y his sinking strength avails;
A crown of thorns is on his brow
And in his hands the print Of nails
So friendless and alone in shame,
One like the Man of Sorrow came
Read in her eyes who gave thee birth,
That loving, tender, sad rebuke;
Then learn no mother OH this earth,
How dear soever, shaped look
So sweet, 50 sad, so pure, as now
Came from beneath that holy brow
And deeply Peters heart it pierced,
Once had he seen that look before;
And even now, as at the first,
1t touched, it smote him to the core.
Bowng his head, no word save three
lie spakc-"Quo vadis, Dominey
Then as he looked up from the ground
His Saviour made him answer due
"AIy son, to Rome go thorn-crowned,
There to be crucifed anew;
Since he, to whom gave my sheep,
Leaves them for other men to keep"
Then the saints eyes grew dim with tears,
He knelt his Masters feet to kiss
81 vexed my heart with faithless fears
Pardon thy servant Lord, for this"
Then rising up--but none was there
No voice, no sound, in earth or air.
Straightway his footsteps he retraced,
As ono who hath work to do;
Back through the gates he passed with haste
Silent, alone and full in view
And lay forsaken, save of One,
In dungeon deep, ere set of sun.
Then he, who once, apart from i'll,
Nor taught the depth of human tears,
Girded himself and walked at will,
As ono rejoicing in the years,
Girded OF others, scorned and slain,
q Passed hcayenward through the gates of pain
II any bear heart within,
Well may these walls be more than stone,
And breathe of peace and pardoned sin
TO him who grieveth all alone.
Return, faint heart and strive thy strife;
Fight, conquer, grasp the crown of life.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

The King Of Naples still grasps at the
shadow of sovereignty, though The substance
has departed. lie has ordered a state Of
siege in all the provinces where revolution
airy struggles exist. Think of proclamation
declaring Naples in state Of Siege, and
signed, Francis H., King of Naples.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-10-24

NEAT REroRT.-An Israelite lady, sitting
in the same box at an opera, with French
physician, was mich troubled with enRHi,
and happened to cape.
Excuse me, madam" said the doctor, al
am glad YOU did not swallow me"
Give yourself no uneasiness," replied the
LADY, Il am Jewess, and never eat pork y