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The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15
FINN with the sharks.

" [Tur following which we clip from the spicy
| SDirit Of tie Times, treats of sport in which
we should be delighted to participate. We
have heard of hooking "cats," in the Mississippi
river, so large as to render it doubtful at times,
whether the fish was TO come out of the water,
OF the fisherman TO go in; but what Is that to
| hooking monster, twelve feet long and as big
as a -four barrel" that is waiting to stake you
in" al single morsel, ifhe can but persuade you
to come over the side of the boat? 1t must be,
! we imagine, an exciting pastime. 1t has, how
ever. one drawback sharks are not caten.-ED.
| INTEL.
| SHARK BAIrIxG. A correspondent of the
Baltimore american, writing from Cobb's Island,
Virginia, describes a shark fishing excursion as
enioyed by the sojourners there, as follows:
The shark lines were not long out before
gentleman from Richmond announced, not only
orally, but by being nearly drawn overheard, that
that he had hooked fish and needed assistance
Mr. Cobb quietly stood by and let the gentleman
do the work of pulling the fish to the surface,
when he saw that they had hooked monster,
which came up tail foremost and would soon
have stove the DOdI Hdu not Mi. NODO
edge of the habits of the animal suggested great
prudence in this case. The gentleman played
with the shark for some fifteen minutes, ifunder-
going the hardest labor they ever encountered
could be called playing" when Mr.. Cobb took
favorable opportunity to thrust spear in the
lungs of the sea-tiger. At the first touch of the
weapon, the lashing Of the sea with the power
full tail of the fish filed the air with spray, and
the fish darted to the bottom, soon to be pulled
again to the surface for another blow from the
lance. About forty stabs rendered the shark
sufficiently quiet to allow himself to be lashed
alongside the boat, and the hook to be cut from
his mouth, an operation requiring some care and
skill. Not content with this capture, We soon
took another, but much smaller one-say about
six feet long, which gave us comparatively little
trouble. The large shark (of thespecies usually
termed a man n-eater) when hauled upon the shore
by the united efforts of eight men, was found TO
measure twelve feet in length His body wasss
large round as a.four barrel, and his jaws opened
twenty-cne inches across, being Of sufficient ca
pacity to tske in easily large man. The gen
tleman who hooked the monster has taken the
Jaws to Richmond, where he win no doubt show
it 70 his friends with pride and pleasure.
IT, r,,ro II, heart shall Gee God
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15

perhaps, but what was that running along the
hedge-on the top of the side of the Dill
gence, and yet little in advance, so as to
turn back and look at it and mel That woke
Inc soon enough and most thoroughly. What
business had Mary Ross, my little ward--who
had lately been left widow with two chill
dren, and whom | had hidden goodbye to
only few days before-what business say,
had she to be running atop of roadside
hedge between Calais and Paris at midnight,
always keeping her head turned round, and
her eyes fixed on men! There was not the
least doubt of its being Mary, although had
never seen her with look of pain and entreaty
on her face before. am thankful TO think
that she never had to ask anything, either
for herself or Others, twice from me. She
never looked before her, but glided swiftly
along the hedge and when gap or gate
intervened, seemed to leap it without any
spring or unusual exertion. When her eyes
were not on mine, they were fixed on one or
other Of the fore wheels of the the Diligence; !;
and, presently leaned over to see what was
attracting her in the left hand one. Georgey
was thcre-Georgey Ross, her eldest son, re-
volying upon its rim, disappearing and COM
ing up again as though he were bound to it,
with his white face upward toward me and
her, but with shut eyes. His brother Charles
on the other wheel, knew, although, of course
| could not see him; and presently, upon the
great empty front scat, there lay stretched on
either side Of me those same two boys in
long white dresses, whch-since they were
dead, poor things, as it subsequently turned
out, might have been shrouds. | had scarce
ly time to put my bards ont, right and left
and through each Of these forms, TO feel the
bare cushion of the seat, when the driver,
with burst Of sacres, woke and lashed the
horses, calling them pigs and demons. Then
the children aud their dear mother vanished
from my sight forever Being of phlegmatic
or, as prefer to call it, of philosophical dis
position; ] simply entered in my notebook,
"Curious illusion produced December IA,
1892 caused by hunger and fatigue
Nevertheless, as sat at breakfast in Paris
on the morning of the nineteenth, ! received
word by post that Mary Ross aud her two
children were all dead with typhus fever
Mary, the letter said, kept asking for you,
William, as though you could have saved her
little ones, and even after they were out of
the reach of earthly aid" She herself did
not survive them more than few hours
They all died on the fourteenth.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15
From the Home Journal.
The Lady Alice.
BY MRS. J. N. PARKER. y

You may throw down your lutte, Lady Alice,
Your singing is nothing to me; g.-
would rather list to old Christine
In the fsherman's hut by the sea.
l will sit on her threshold and listen
To the songs Of the toothless old crone-
To the ballads she shrieks with her spinning
For her Robin, blind as stone.
And I'll wish, my fair Lady Alice,
That mine was the hut by the sea
That was gny-headed old Robin,
And Christine was singing for me
Better be blind, poor old Robin,
With the crust of beggar to eat,
Than be chilled by the eyes which you worship
And scorned by the lips you hold sweet.
Yes, better sit there in the darkness,
If dark it can be where the light
Of true womans love is unceasing
Through the dreariest day and nights
Than to own the domain and the earldom,
Which never could purchase for me
The love, and the Ei,h and the blessing,
Old Christine giyeth to thee.
Adieu my fair Lady Alice,
! shall not be missed when you sing,
For every sweet note that you warble,
\ host Of true lovers win bring.
And they viii repeat the old story
My foolish lips made me betray,
And you will repeat the old loye-songs
You carolled so lightly day.
But one of these days, Lady Alice,
When your voice is shaky and weak,
You may wish for dotng old Robin,
To call il still blessed and sweet
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15
From Chambers journal
Three startling situations.

Mr existence, am happy TO say, has not
been what any conscientious gentleman con-
nected with the press" would feel himself
justified in calling "checkered." did not
begin life as the heir to dukedom, find my
self at twcnty-one to have been ilicgitimate,
and eventually in position to dictate to some
popular author, from the sick ward Of union
workhousc, the interesting raw materials for
his norelettte, "The Falling Star" Neither
did begin life a lad in the knlie-house, and
Creeping up from high to higher,
Become on fortunes croNung slope,
The centre of a wards desire,
And fit with aldermen to cope"
The prayer of my grandfather for me was
like Agur's that should have neither riches
nor poverty; he left me that much abused
nhcritance-which, to a reasonable man, is
nevertheless the best in the world, since it
enables him to pursue all good objects for
their own sake moderate independence
and have kept it ever siace.
Hence, o reader, it is in vain to expect
from this comfortable quill either soaring
fights into the empyrean, with a large Z, }
or down slopes into the Aysms. know no
more of palaces than do of prisons; and yet
have had my three " startling situations" I"
too. Most mortals who have groFn TO be
men and women, have had some experience
always afterwards observable TO their minds
eve in the level road Of their exi,tcnces, even
if they be but the being pitched out of a
merry-go-round at Gair, or the having propo-
sails of marriage rendered to them by black
men; and why not !, like the rest!
First, then, have had the privilege of be-
holding a spiritual msnifestation-three dis
tinct, or, at all events, separate ghosts at the
same time.
This happened on my way from Calais to
Paris in the winter Of 1882. The boat, as it
always does when am in it-a proof of my
honest assertion that there Is nothing about
me unlike what belongs to the majority Of
NV fellow creatures-had made an exceeding
" bad passage, AMI landed upon the shores
of France with a vacuum with me that had
yet no desire to replenish. Had it been 9th
erwise, there was yery little time to do It, for
the Diligence, unlike myself, quite full inside.
was upon the point Of starting, and | climbed
up in a miserable condition beside the con-
ductor. How he screamed, gesiiculatel, and
cracked has prodigi"us whip Ike demon
driver, it Is not Necessary, anI would be pain-
full TO me to describe. fsll asleep as soon
as | could, aud forgot him; when awoke
again, he was asleep too, and the horses were
going At their own sweet Will and pace, which
latter is in France . very moderate one. ]
felt cold and hungry enough, but vet so faint
as not to seem equal to the effect Of waking
the driver, aud urging him to push on III
tie faster to the next roadside inn; 50 faint,
30 drowsy, that no earthly thing. ! think,
short Of an upset could have reused me up,
bf awakened my interest. No earthly thing,
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15

T DIscoSsoLATE WIDow.-A gentleman re-
siding not hundred miles from Madras was
missed; all the efforts Of his friends to discover
his whereabouts were unavailing until one
morning 5easfie water carrier discovered the
Bgrra Saib lying among the rushes Of pond
near the house Calling others to their assist
ance, they dragged him from the water, when
several fine eels endeavored to make their es-
care from the body; these were Immediately
pounced upon by the agile Asiatios, and conveyed
in triumph to the dsconsolate widow (who, by
the way, was passionately fond of eels) saying
'Oh Mem Saib, we found BurTa Saib in the
water, and when we moved him these eels came
out of him" The q1Rietod lady replied, "You
NAV cook the eels, but set hin again."
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15
The English Nobility Five Hundred
Years ago.

Is 1921, Hugh Spencer, head Of one Of the
great families, for some political misbchayior
was expelled from the realm, and his property
confiscated On taking the inventory Of the
same, il was found that he possessed, in differ
cnt parts Of England, iiny-ninc manors, twenty
eight thousand sheep one thousand oxen and
steers, one thousand two hundred cows with
their calves, forty mares with their colts, one
hundred and sixty drawing horses, two thousand
hogs, three hundred bullocks eighty carcasses
of beef six hundred muttons in larder, ten tuns
of cider ten thousand pounds in ready money,
thirty-siX sacks Of wool, and a library of books
In 1922 the great estates were summoned to
London. There came the Earl Of Salisbury,
with five hundred of his men on horseback /;
Richard, Duke Of York, four hundred men
Dukes of Exeter and Somerset, eight hundred
men; the Earl of Northumberland and Lord
Egremont, with fifteen hundred men, Richard
Neville, Earl Of Warwick, six hundred mcn-all
in red jackets and lodged in Warwick lane, in
which house there were oltontimcs six oxen eat
en- at breakfast, and every tavern was full of the
great Earl's meat, and he that had any acquaint-
ance there could go and carry away as much
roast beef as he could prick and hold on his dag
GER So says Stowe, in his annals of London
Nat TafelligsRclr.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15

Nv second startling situation was not
ghosty one, although the locality was far
better adapted for such phenomenon than
the high road to Paris--a fine old manor
house in Stsffordshire, that had been pet
tv stronghold in the time of the civil wars.
Rupert had sailed out Of it at the head ofhis
rakehclly Babcaihprs, aud Cromwell had
,tormed it with his lronsidcs, shifting Agag
that is to say, It's then possessor, Sir JAS
per Seton-hip and thigh He was cut to
pieces in the great hall, which is now the
MUSHROOM, or was. in the days | knew IL;
aud the clash of steel is still 10 be heard there
in wild winter midnights, although | cannot
say that | ever detected it for myself for
certain. There were, however, the most mys-
tcrious nightly sounds in that old house,
whose furniture, though good and costly,
was throughout, from garret TO still room,
exceeding ancient | never was, indeed, in
any dwclling-Louse where antiquity had IT so
much her own way. 1t was full of unneces-
sary aud unexpected flights of stairs, of tor
tuous passages, of long dark slippery gale
ries, and especially lingering echoes, always
diving and never dead. Ninc-tenths of the
mysterious noises came of course, from these
same echoes; but who made the other tenth,
and set the noise going, was problem not
so easily solved. Who emptied sacks of
potatoes down the wide uncarpcted oak-stair
in the aforesaid music-hall, was quite an open
question; for everybody agreed, though there
was no potatoes TO be found there that that
was the operation which the disturbance
most resembled. Who went about, and seem
ed to listen-with list-slippers on-at the
the chamber doorl Who rang the drawing
room bells when nothing was wanted, and
everybody gone to bedl Ny answer on ac-
count of the philosophic character Of my ma
ture. was always, Rats. The house was so
swarmed with them, that it might have been
called Rats Castle. The arms, in such of the
tllalubtGE a. hEEt lbt III G1h1Aont ASS WIZ
rat-eaten a. well as moth-eaten. The vain
scots were riddlc1 by rats; and they were
only kept away from the provisions of the
household by pstent safe, that was the one
modern conirivanoe in Burlby Hall Never
theless, the old place was the very home Of
Christmas hospitality, and had for Inc, who
did not care for rats, only one source of
annoyance; dare not indulge in two of my
usual cu-toms-getting up early in the morn
ing, and slcep walking at night-fcr fear Of
being shot by Captain Seton, the eldest son
Of >ir Arthur, who, engaged by the state Of
terror in which the female portion Of the do
nlesties we're plunged. perambulated the house
at al hours with a revolver, wherewith he
had pledged himself to put a stop to all dis
turbauees Of the household peace. His sis
ters. being Setons, were Of course afraid Of
nothing; but ] confess that, for ny part, |
did not like that six baneIled implement Of
the Young dragoon at al. The nightly noises
however were not one whit decreased by this
aInstcur ustehman; and ono December night,
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15

Az ANBIGUous ANswER-At the close Of
volunteer parade one Of the corps accosted one
of our rather practical townsmen with-'Mr. A.,
why don't you join our corpsy Haven't got
time for such exercises, replied Mr.. A. thine y
expostulated the civilian warrior; do you think
twill be time when an enemy appears on the
coastT-''In that case" replied Mr.. A., you
will find me as nimblc as any Of YOU.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15
Whni Northern EsIac. Republicans
Think OF Douglas.

4 FEW days since we gave extracts from
the New York Tribune, in which Mr.. Gree
lev endeavored to show the Douglas men of
the North how their faction could easily be
made the nuclcos of a strong and vigorous
Southern Black Republican party. In the
New York Times which sheet has been hith-
erto warm friend of Judge Douglas, we find
an article of similar import The Times is
an Abolition journal, bat more moderate in
its expressions than the Tribune. We ex-
tract paragraph from the editorial referred
to:
"The heat of the battle, il is easy to sec,
is TO be the Southern. States. The question
of protecting slavery by an act of Congress
Of using the power Of the Federal Govern
ment for its existension-is to be contested
and decided on Southern ground For the
first time in our political history, the slave
holding States will be divided. Hitherto the
contest has been mainly sectional-the North
has taken one side and the South the other.
Now, the South finds the irresponsible CON
flict' in the bosom of its own society,"
Douglas will actually represent in the South
that hostility to slavery extension which Is
already the unanimous sentiment OF the
North. He will contest upon slave soil the
power of the Federal Government to extend
slavery: and while his position on, his question
is, in our Judgment, unsound and untenable, it
is probably the only ground upon which any
contest Whatever could be maintained in the
Southern States"
Can the people of the South be blind to
these evidences of danger in our midst
Lincoln advocates Abolitionism, and a Lin
coin man in Alabama would be tarred and
perhaps hung. Douglas advocates freesoil-
ism-takes the only ground upon which any
contest whatever could be maintained in the
slave Statcs'-and yet there are men in the
South who openly preach Douglasism. How
long will it be before there is a Lincoln tick
ct in the South l-Moatgomeyy Advertiser.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15

PHOToeRAPHIC PRrxTISG.-Familiar as we arc
with sun pictures, we are scarcely prepared to
hear Of sun engrayings, much less Of photo
graphed blocks capable Of being printed with or
binary printers ink, on common paper, and by
the usual process Of surface printing. Several
specimens of this new process have, we under
stand, been printed from blocks absolutely un-
touched by the graver, and produced by the sim
pie agency Of light The inventor, Mr.. Paul
Pretsch, began with the most difficult portion Of
the process, the reproductions from Photographic
originals.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15

AdVertlsements may be reneWed az any Time by pay
ing for composition, Al per thousand ems.
Displayed advertisements charged for the space
cupied
teaded notices charged is cents line.
.y- Articles Of personal character only admitted
at the option of the Proprietor and charged 20
u line.
The pay for yearly and half yearly advertise
dne quarterly and those inserted for less than
three months, thcpay due when the advertisement is
out.
Transient advertisements payable in advance.
Announcing Candidates for City offices. ... 80
+" County Offices. 90
+" District and State. 10 90
to be paid Invariably in advance.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-08-15

Az Irish student was once asked what was
meant by posthumous works They are such
works" said Paddy, ''ss man writes after he is
dead
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-10-11
THE ELECTIONS,

The election returns received up tt
this writing, Wednesday afternoon, indi
cate that Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indians
have elected their Republican State
tctss. We would like to crow, but pre-
fer to wait for further news. We should
not have been disappointed if Pennsyl
vania and Indiana had both gone Demo
cratic at this election, for al the other
parties were united against the Republi'
cans. In November the opposition IA
the Republicans will be divided into
three parts and that will make Penn
sylyania and Indiana both sure for Lin.
coin. Lincoln's prospects arc bright,
brighter, brightest No other man can
be elected 10 November.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-10-11
THE STATE FAIR.

Last week We spent three days at the
State fair. We do not propose to give =
detailed account Of wha: saw for many
of our readers were there, and those that
were not there ought to have been. We
believe the Fair was the best ever held
in Iowa, and yet in many departments
it was far short Of what it ought to have
been. The show of horses, cattle, hogs,
sheep, and agricultural implements was
frstrate. Iowa has just as good stock
as can be found anywhere. The show Of
farm products was very small, but little
better than that Of the Cedar County So
ciety, at springdalc. We hope that next
year, if the Fair is again held at Iowa
City, as We presume it will be, cod
Cedar" will see to it that Iowa is well
represented in that respect. She can do
it if she will.
Cedar county was favored with sever
al handsome premiums. W. W. Aldrich
received the second premium on stations
in No II, " Farm horses and horses of
all work, on his fine Black Hawk horse.
j. Nj. Cannon, Of Pennington, took the
second premium for best thoroughbred
brood mare with colt, and the first pre-
MUM for best thoroughbred colt. II.
L. Williams, of Massilon, had several Of
his Spanish Merino sheep, and took the
first premium on best yearl,ns buck, and
the second premium on best buck over
two years old. G. c. Nestlerode took
the first premium on best design for a
school house. There were, probably,
other pr miums awarded to citizens Of
this county that We have overlooked.
The weather was fue, and everything
passed of pleasantly, ard without any
serious accident. We were glad to no.
tce that some of the best cattle were
purchased By citizens of this county
Mr.. Sheldon, of this tow nship, bought
Rob Roy, short horned bull bred by
John l. Burgc, Of johnson county, and
Joshua Hall, bought Jupiter, Devon
bull bred by Jas. Weed, of Muscatinc
county.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-10-11

the ashes Of those that fought, bled and
died to raise that flag. God grant that
it may ever rave until all the world may
honor 1t.
If 1 had time and space would give
you more particulars concerning the
mines and country: but no more at pres
ent than just to say that, this is one of
the finest valleys in the world. We are
just going to see silver mine, that is %
miles distant from here 1t has lately
been discovered by the Mexicans, aud
has not been worked for 800 years -
Perhaps it va, worked by the Mootezu-
mas. There are the ruins of an old furn-
ace there. We take a guide and inter-
prefer with US. We will be the first
Americans that have ever been there
What it may turn out to be is yet IN the
future.
My respects to all my friends Of Old
Cedar. More anoo.
CANADA McOLLoUGH.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1860-10-11
Getting Pass to Travel In this Republic

Mr.. Derrick Adams, Of Clinton county,
contemplating visit to the South, OBJ
tanned from Judge Policy certificate
certifying that the said Adams had been
during his residence in Iowa Democrat
Of tie strictest kind, and that he has new
or participated in auy Republican move.
ment. The Clerk Of the Court then GER
tilted under the great seal Of Clinton
County that Judge Policy is Judge of
Clinton county, Iowa. Thus provided
with pass Mr.. Adams will be able to
travel safely from plantation to planta.
ton like any slave armed with pass from
his master. Last winter Mr.. A. was
South, and while there had to send to
Iowa for certificate of his Democracy !!
His letters to his wife we're opened and
examined after they were deposited in
the Post Office. He was also, SAYS the
Lyons Miror, waited on by committee
after midnight, who called HIM out Of
his bed to answer certain interrogatories.
But Mr.. Adams can now 70 South safe.
ly. He has pass 10 the form of GER
tificate Of his being sound Democrat of
Iowa, and therefore quite as violent q
pro Slavery man as any he may meet in
the South. But We object to the South
thus placing premium on Northern
Doughfaces,-Dav. Gazette.