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The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-08
The Power of Woman.

UNDER God, (says the Rev. Dr. NottD |
owe my education-nay, all that have been
or am, to the tutorage of pious mother
1t was-peace to her sainted soul-it was
her monitory voice that first taught my
young heart to feel that there was danger in
the intoxicating cup, and that safety lay in
abstinence.
And as no one is more indebted than my
self to the kind influence in question, so no
one more fully realizes how decisively it bears
upon the destinics Of Others.
Full well know, that by woman came the
apostacy of Adam, and by woman the rccOv-
cry through Jesus. 1t was woman that i'm
bued the mind and formed the character of
Moses, Israc's deliverer 1t was woman
that led the choir, and gave back the response
of that triumphal procession which went
forth to celebrate with timbrels, on the banks
of the Red Sea, the overthrow Of Pharaoh.
1t was woman that put Sisera to flight, and
composed the song of Deborah and Barak
the son of Abinoam, and judged in right
eousness for years the tribes Of Israel. It
was woman that defeated the wicked coun-
sells of Haman, delivered righteous Mordecai,
and saved whole people from their utter
desolation.
And now to speak Of Semiramis Of Baby
lon, of Catherine of Russia or of those
Queens of England whose joyous reigns con-
stitute the brightest periods of British hsto-
ry, or her, the young and lovely, the patron
of learning and morals, who now adorns the
throne of the sea-girt islc-not to speak of
these, there are others of more sacred char
actcr, Of whom it were admissible even now
to speak.
The sceptre of empire is not the sceptre
that best BELTS the hand of woman, nor is the
field of carnage her field of glory. Home,
sweet home, is her theatre of action, herpedes-
tai of beauty, and the throne of her power.
Or, if seen abroad, she is seen to the best
advantage when on errands of love- and wear
ing her roDe OF mercy
1t was not woman who slept during the
agonies of Gethsemane; it was not woman
who denied her lord at the palace of Caiphas;
it was not woman who deserted his cross on
the hill of Calvary. But it was woman that
dared to testify her respect for his corpse, that
procured spices for embalming it, and that
was found last at night and first in the morn
ing at his sepulchre. Time has neither inn
paired her kindness, shaken her constancy,
nor changed her character.
Now, as formerly, she is most ready to en-
ter and most reluctant. to leave the abode Of
misery. Now, as formerly, it is her office, and
well it has been sustained, to stay the fainting
head, wipe from the dim eye the tear of an
yuish, and from the cold forehead the dew Of
leath.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-08

ANOTHER WARD.-J. W. Ward, "editur
of the COPPER News" spent seventy live cents
and the Fourth of July in Jackson. ]. W.,
we think, is first cousin to Artemus," whose
letters have caused so many hearty laughs.
They called on J. W. to make speech. lie
delivered an ora.ion that establishes his ge-
Mus beyond all reasonable doubt. Here's
his peroration:
Ladies, ses |, a turnin to the butiful femails
whose presents was pcrfoomin the fare ground,
| hope you're enioyin Yourselves on this Okla
sion, and that the lcmanadeand ice warter Of
which you airdrinkin freely NAV not turn agin
you.-May you always be as fare as the son,
as brite as the moon, and as butiful as an
army with fags-also plenty of good close
TO ware. To yore scks, commonly stiled the
fare seks, We are indebted for our bornin' as
well as mcny other blessinS in these 10 grouns
of soro. Sum pore sperroted fools blames
yorc seks for the difficulty in the garden /:
but know men are as deceitful as Satan. and
when the apples was plum ripe, Alan would
a rigid him a cider press, and like as not got
on big bust aud bin driv off any way
Your first mot'e- vas lady, and all her
dauters is ditto and nobody but loafin
cuss will say word agin you. Hopin that
no wave of truble may ever ride across your
peceful brests, VII conclude these remark
with the folloring sentiment:
WUMAS-She IS a good erp.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-08

The CRoPs.-Planters inform us that the cot
ton crop viii run short greatly short of the est-
nation at the beginning Of the season. The
corn crops will also be nearly failure. Cotton
is stunted and now matured with blossoming
tops, from continued drouth, and moreover is
suffering from the boll-worm. The Concordia
Intelligsncer, well posted in these matters, gives
a lamentable account of the crops We predict
an early rise in prices and considerable activity
in the cotton market in Europe as there viii be
short crops in estimated quantity; Spectators
have counted without their host-Eatehes Frss
Trader.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-08

THE following exquisite lines are extracted
from the Louisville Journal The editor says
ave defy any tasteful lover of Poetry to read
them, without exclaiming, how beautiful" IIC
is better Judge of Poetry than of Politics:
My soul thy sacred image keeps,
My midnight dreams are all of thee!
For nature then in silence sleeps,
And silence broods DER land and sea;
Oh, in that STILL mysterious hour,
How oft from waking dreams start,
To find thee but fancy flower
Thou cherished idSl of my heart,
Thou hast each thought and dream of mine
Have | in tnrn ono thought of thinc9
Forever thine my dreams shall be,
Whate'er may be my fortune here;
ask not love-I claim from thee
Only one boon-a gentle tear;
May e'er blcst visions from above
Play gently round thy happy heart
And the sweet beams of peace and love
Ne'er from thy domicil depart.
Farewell my dreams are still of thee
Hast thou one tender thought ofme?
My joys, like summer birds may fy,
My hopes like summer blooms depart,
But there's one flower that cannot die,
Thy holy memory in my heart,
No dcws that one flowers cup may fill,
No sunlight to its leaves be given,
But it will live and flourish STILL
As deathless as thing of Heaven;
My soul greets thine, unaskcd, unsought,
Hast thou for me one gentle thought?
Farewell farewell my Gr-oT friend!
Between us broad blue rivers aow
And forests wave and plains extend
And mountains in the sunlight glow;
The wind that brcathes upon thy brow
Is not the wind that breathes on mine;
The star-beams shining on thee now
Are not the beams that on me shine;
But memory's spell is with me yet
Canst thou the holy past forgetp
The bitter tears that thou and
May shed wheneer by anguish bowed,
Exalted in the noontide sky
May meet and minglc in the cloud
And thus, my much-loved friend, though We
Far, far apart must live and move,
Our souls, when God shall set them free
Can mingle in the world of love-
This were sweet ecStacy to me
Say, would it be a JOY to thee?
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-08

THz gentlemen employed in taking the census
find a great many young ladies aged sixteen or
seventeen years. In one family in Vermont there
were twelve girls between ten and sixteen years
ofags
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-08
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SoRRow comes soon enough without despon-
dency; it does man no good to carry light.
ming rcd to attract trouble
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-08

The following is an alarming evidence of the
progress of the Photographic art: A lady, last
week, had her likeness taken by photograph
ist; and her husband likes IL so well that he pre-
fers it to the original.
PERsoSs who sport money upon races are like
" to come into connection v ith good company,
or, at all events, they are continually in with
their bettcrs. Another advantage is that they
can never be hard up for a dinner, as they al
ways have a stale.
AroUNG man, becoming engaged recently, was
desirous of presenting his intended with ring
appropriately Inscribed: but, being at loss
what to have engraved on IT, called upon his
father for advice. "Well" said the old man,
"put on, when this you see, remember NET :"
The young lady was much surprised, a few days
after, at receiving beautiful ring with this in
scription, When this you see, remember
FATHER"
THE most ignorant empiric can dous the great
est harm, when the most scientific physician may
be unable to do US the slightest good
IF you turn away from worthy men because
they are humSly clad, they can boast that you
cut their coat and panialoons
RDIcuLE has shafts, and impertinence arrows,
which, though against innocence they may be le-
yelled in vain, have always the power Of wound
ing tranquility.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-08
sound Democratic Sentiment OF Nor
thern supporters OF Breckinridge
and Lane.

The following letter from Charles OCon-
ner, Esq, was read at the great Breckinridge
and Lane ratification meeting held IN New
York on Wednesday night last;
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Of Million Freemen. The opponents Of Southern
Chivalry We'd with ench other in heapipg vulgar
sbuse on him, just as sensbly as a manure-heap
might essay by its exhalatioEs to extinguish the
sun.
Mr.. Lovejoy's speech has rarely been excelled for
the terseness ard manly Yigor Of his logic. His
premise that the demand that Slavery be extended
Ito al our Federal Territories absolutely csmpels
us TO consider and ascertain tho essential nature
and intrinsic rightfulness of the peculiar institu
lion" is as clearly sound as any moral truth can
be. And the quiet disdhin wherewish he brushed
aside the vile CALCULATIONS Of his assallants, and
went steadily on with his portraiture OF Slavery,
prove him completely master Of himself, and aware
that the conduct of Slayey's chosen champions
during the delivery Of his speech was even stroger
proof Of the depraving, cOrruptiDg influences Of
the peculiar institution than anything that could
be said against it.
Rely on it, the child is already born who will
read and wonder that the Representatives Hall of
the Nation could ever have been the scene of such
an exhibition us that made of themselves by the
poutbpeces of the Oligarchy during the delivery
of Mr.. LOvejoys speech.
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reasons would answer equally well to justify further
apnexatiops, including large part Of Switzerland
and in fact al the territory the west bask Of the
Rhine, thus carrying out en- idea which has always
been favorite one with the French since the time
of Louis XIV, and which they have pursued, now
by diplomacy and now by war. The annexation Of
Savoy is regarded in EDgand and will doubtless be
regarded in Germany, as the first step toward the
revival of this policy, and as again exhibiting that
cloyen foot which, out Of regard to the alarm
aroueed by its frat prorusion the French Emperor
had for while Withdrawn from sight.
1t is said that the cesson of Savoy il to lead to
European Congress, for the purpose, now that the
territory has passed to France, of making some
notifications of the provisions Of the treaty of 1915
for nsutralizing its northern frontier. This, how
ever, does not seem very likely. If the provisions
Of the treaty of 1916 in respect to Italy can be
utterly Get aside, and the map of Italy recon-
structed without the help Of Congress- it does not
appear why, in this matter of the cessiop of Savoy,
the same thing cannot be done in the same way. A
Congress could do nothing more than acquiesce in
whatever France might choose to propose on the
subject of the neutralized territory. A tact acqui
escence, without the meeting of any Congress,
would produce the same result, and at the same
time avoid the humiliation Of allowing France to
dictate in formal terms the text of new treaty.
The treaty of 1916 having been set aside in all its
minor provisions, by series Of changes extending
over q number of years, q European Congress
hardly seems necessary, by reason of this last and
comparatively speaking, incOnsiderable violation
of it.
As to another settlement of the map of Europe to
take the place Of that Of 1875 the time for hardly
seems to have arrived. The Italian duchies have
been annexed to Sardinia, but what is to be the fate
IF the remaining portion of the Papal dominiOns
Revolution seems to be impending over Naples and
10 long as the Venetian provinces remain in pos
non of Austria, the settlement Of italian affairs
not be considered complete. Further east the
,orthern dependencies of Turkey are in very I'M
certain position; and great as have been the terri
oral reconstructions already accomplished, short
period, even without the Intervention of European
var, may see still greater.
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TRIBUNE TRACTS.

+ THE IRREPREssIBLE CONFLICT: Gov SEW SEwAnDs
soons Rochester Speech Of 1888 and CHASLEs ocoSok
on Msstips Spec ch-Dec 10 I039on Negro slavery ho,
sIsS onpions Of many eminent On the supect thus us
cufsed, --..1rn ,r,c ru.nEpc FOR DIsJJNION;
sn.tcb OF HExnY WsOS OF MassacbusettS IN senso jan -
that leading Democrats are resolved 70 oes"' mo
IN Tfir ADMiSslON OF KANSAS; Gov sswAap'i
g,ss speechin Senate Feb 49, S-summSg up tue Ponu'"
w. NATIONAL POLITICS. Speech Of APRAs1N LiS ,Ss
Of IiIos-ai the Cooper Institnts New OH rey n
the Republican party Slavery The Hon JAMES H. po0'
TIEis vndicAiioa OF the Republicans Of Misoonsin' -
Y. LAND FOR THE LANDLESs; The hon Oatushna n.
Crows speeeh-in the House Feb ~ h"Puonc'n
policy Of granting the Public Lands 10 Actual Settlers
Zach the above printed fAF type snd gooi pspe'
forming large octave double co1mn tract Of sixteen Phse
They sold In quantities Of One thousand o. over oI one
per copy and the Thousand be made up In su,n az
ofesch As the buyer may desire In smaller Quantities VI -
Per h0nafedi &c. par dozen slngly, cents.
IN GERMAN LANGUA0Ei an
1 vsEWARD's LATE SPEECH on The ADMISSION W
ohoMs sFEEcH IN FAVOR OF LAND FOR THE
LAnDLEbs. ntbe House, Feb. 49, l3G0.
FIice ctnfs 81 70 i0i els ptr eco II By mall ono
cent 10 sddislon must BE- seat 10 Pepsy postage.
VIII not Republican friends u 10 circulate the
menis" hoy IL the time when thousands OF minds be
reached and infaenced which three months hence viii be
hardened hke hlLt asHlIst conviction Terms casa.
] horace GREELEY A Co., Tribune Oboe, e. \. City.
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PRYOR TURNED TO RTDfCULR.

Mr. Lovejoy, in making the speech against
Slavery which we publish on another page of this
paper, enforced his remarks by some energetic
gestures, of which raising and shaking bis clenched
fist was one. Unable to meet bis arguments, and
grooming under the ponderous blows which he leveled
at their peculiar institution some OF the Southern
members attempted to interrupt bir. Loyeoy's
speech, and TO shift the issue by Directing to his
style of gesticulation They affected to regard his
appraised arm and clencbed fist as intended TO insult
and menace them, and in this way to substitute for
Mr., Lovejoy's dsquisition on the merits or rather
the dement's of Slavery, discussion as to the pro-
prietes Of Congressional debate. Mr. Pryor of
Virginia, acting as the mouthpiece of his fellows,
accused Dir. Loyejoy of "gesticulatiug in mensc-
"ing and ruffiany manner" at the same time, BY
way of enforcing his accusation, shaking his own
Est at Mr.. Loyejoy. Whercupon, Mr. Potter OF
Wisconsin exclains, You are doing the same
"thing."
This remark of Mr.. Potter's, exposing, as it did,
by an irresistible Grgumentum ad hominem, the
eroundessness of this criticism upon Mr.. Loyejoy,
at leas. in the mouth of Mr. Pryor, Mr.. Pryor sf-
fected to consider as personal insult and made
the occasion of challenge Mr. Potter accepts
the challenge, and the exercise of his prerogative,
as the challenged party, selects as the weapon to
be used the Southern bowie knife-a selection
made, we apprehend, in tie very spirit of the orr
ginal observation which provoked the ire of Mfr.
Pryor, intended, in fact, to show up Mr Pryor as
6fe eater, much as the original remark had shown
him up as lecturer on Congressional proprieties.
Mr. Pryor objects to this weapon, on the ground
that it is "savage and barbarous," an odd OBJ
lection indeed on the part of this selfappointed
bully of Slavery, considering that the boTe-knife is
almost as much peculiar institution Of the South
as Slavery itaelf.
The challenge sent by Pryor was a>mere attempt
to ntimidate, in which he has had just about as
much success az he did in his attempt to stop Mr..
Lovejoy. If any duels are to be fought on the
question of Slavery, the bowie knife would seem to
be the very weapon most suitable to the subject
ma
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-14

The Hon. JoHS SHERMAN, NJ. G. from Ohio,
last evening addressed at the Cooper Institute, a
large, respectable, and highly enthusiastic audience
of beth sexes. He was conducted to the hall by
VIM. Cullen Bryant and David Dudley Field, his
appearance being the signal for generous round Of
applause. Mr. Sherman's mastery statement Of
the great issues of the day was listened to with
wrapt attention, broken only by manifestations of
approval, and that too although great many per-
sons were compelled by the crowd to stand through
out the evening. Ex-Gov. Ford of Ohio at the
close was called upon and made an eloquent and
humorous address. We print a full report of Mr..
Shermans speech in another part of this paper.
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Mr.. Sumner yesterday called the attention of the
Senate and of the country to a fact which Dir. Ma
sons Harpers Ferry Committee will do well to ex-
plain as soon may be convenient 1t is that they
have not summoned Gov. Wise, who knows much
about the affair; while they have not only summoned
Northern men, who know nothing about IL, but
have put one in jail and have brutay attempted to
hdnap another. To this the Chairman of The Com
mittee, Mr.. Mason, could say nothing but that tho
Senator from Massachusetts did not know what the
Committee had done. But ho took care TO say
nothing about the great fact that Gov. Wise has not
been summoned, although it is well known that all
the papers of John Brown are in his possession. IL
the Committee does not wish to cover itself with
disgrace, it viii call Mr.. Wise.
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6snt ssa determined, that il extortsd qusifa
disclaimer ard apology froa the Mssissigpisu. =
spot.
Davis improveswith advancing sss, Tenyeausx
trequired themuzzle of musket to maxi him bssls
retreat. Now, rebuke from the lip Of Senator
drives him frow his position. Should be continue d
the Senate another term or two, be might get TO BE-
well-mannered man, for one representing tho land
of the Barksdales and the Sioglstons.
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The rsur,ou C,.e.

We shall publish in few days complete report of
the Lennon case, including the original decision Of
Judge Paine the Judgment Of the Supreme Court tho
arguments of the counsel both sides before the Court
Of Appeals and the judgment Of that Court also. 1t
will be issued in neat pamphlet, in style uniform
with our Campaign Tracts. As we not yet certain
how many pages 1t will contain, we not now able
TO fix the price.
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The attempt made in the case Of Quimbo Apo,
the Cbinaman, convicted of murder, to introduce q
new principle into the administration of the criminal
law has failed of success. A new trial, it will be
recollected, was granted in that case by Judge
Roosevelt substantially on the ground that the
defense of the prisoner had not been on the whole
as vigorous and effective it might have been, and
that if certain witnesses had been called, the Jury
might have softened their vsrdict from murder to
manslaughter. The new trial thus granted did not
actually take place. That proceeding was stopped
by writ of prohibition issued By the Supreme
Court. The question being carried up 10 the Court
of Appeals it has there been decided that no power
exists in any court to grant new trial in any
criminal case merely on the ground of ineflciency
in the defense, or on that of newly-discovered
evidence.
Neither QuimboAppo nor anybody else is exposed
to suffer in consequence of this decision. Ii it can
be made to appear to the satisfaction of the Gov
ernor that the oiIense was in fact less aggravated
than it appeared in the evidence presented by the
Jury, he will doubtless commute the punishment of
death into a term of Imprisonment suitable to the
actual facts of the case.
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PERSONS WISHING CLOTHING will do wen TO call
and examine the latest Spring Summer styles Of the
most Extensive New Tasty and Fashionable Stocks
MADE offered and win be sold less than any other esb
hshment IN this city.
The CUsroN Roos Is stocked with fresh Goods om Europe.
and lie not surpassed Is to Style Taste, or Cutting
FURsfsHisG GooDs,
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paid to the Chdrcn's Department.
In all Gases where persons are not pleased their money win
be retained: r. B. BALpwI-,
Eos Tcand q Bowsry.
The Largest Store In the city
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CARD.

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