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The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
Jefferson, Davis.


I In the. erent of a war with the foreign States
Of the North, We hope, to see Col Davis at the
head of tho forces of the South His military
rePutdioo .ovsrshadows that of any other man
among us, and such is the general confidence in
his ability as leader of armies, that were At
left to the people to- decide the question, we'be-
lieve they. would confer the leadership upon him
by acclamation. Our soldiers, under his com.
mAnd, would be more efficient than they myunl
be- under any new and untried General Our
enemies, knowing and respecting his military
skiik would be less -enterprising in their move
ments, and consequently, less capable of inflict-
ing injury upon,is. At the head Of an army Of
10000 men, the very name Of JEFF. DAVIS would
be equal to an additional force of 10000 men.
As General-in-C Chief he would be, emphatically,
"the right man in the right place" -1
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
Cotton Prospects.

In our opinion, those of our planting friends
who have not yet sold their cotton would act
wisely in disposing of it without delay, while
it commands the present remunerative prices.
Just now, every thing seems to be drifting
towards war and if war comes, and our
Southern ports are blockaded by the enemy,
it is obvious that cotton will find no pur-
chasers, except at fabulously low rates, on
speculation, until our ports are re-opened.
Cotton. in such a state of things, would no
longer command money, or continue to re-
present its present value; and, in nconsequence,
those who now hold back their crops will
suffer severely, if they are unable to await the
return of peace before they sell. We have
no idea that any blockade, or war, will he of
long continuance; but while either lasts,
there will be general scene Of financial con.
fusion and alarm, against which all prudent
men should seek to make timely provision.
Should we have no war, and should the price
of-cotton continue to improve, those who sell
now will have no serious canse for lamenta-
ton. We cannot read the future; and each
man, therefore, must act in view Of what be
believes will probably occur I
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
Capture their Leaders.

TIE events of the last two weeks disclose
the fact that Mr.. buchanan has gone over to
the enemy. His recent course has driven
from his cabinet every true man of the South,
and he is now cohspiring with Northern
fanatics ard Southern traitors to destroy the
liberties of the Southern people. lie is ac-
tually waging war against us, and congress,
composed of our inveterate enemies, is sus-
tanning him in his hostile action. Under
these circumstances, let Virginia and Mary
land promptly do their duty as Southern
patriots. Let force proceed at once to
Washington and make prisoners of Mr.: Bu-
chanan and his Cabinet, not forgetting old
" Fuss and Feathers" together with the en-
tire rabble Of abolition Congressman, and
bring them to some secure position in the
interior of the South. This would at once
stop all the wheels of the hostile government,
and afford the South abundant breathing
time to prepare. for the coming struggle with
Lincoln and his myrmidons. We have no
doubt that two thousand men, with proper
precautions in regard to secrecy, could ex-
ecute such a project in two days, without
shedding single drop of blood. We would
thus have the principal leaders of Black Re-
pubIicanism in our own hands as hostages
for the good conduct of their followers, and
would etfectually put an end, for the present,
to all the mischief they are plotting against
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
An Ordinance.

To dissolre the Union Jet,ceen the State O,
Mississippi and Other States united NTH
her under The Copspdet entitled HIhe Con-
stitation Of the United States Of Anaerica.' y
The people of Mississippi in Convention
assembled, do ordain and declare, and it is
hereby ordained and declared, as follows, to
wit: ~ h"-' JOSH" o! If. ''
SECTION l. That all thelaws and ordnan-
ces by which the said State of Mississippi
became a member of the Federal Union, OF
the United States Of America be, and the
same are hereby repealed, and that all obli-
cations on the part of said State or the
people thereof, TO observe the. same be with
drawn, and that the said State shall hereby
resume the rights, functions, and powers
which, by any Of said laws and ordinances
were conveyed to the government of the said
United States, and is dissolved from all the
obligations. restraints and duties incurred to
the said Federal Union, and shall henceforth
be a free, sovereign and independent State.
SEC. 2. That so much of the first section
of the seventh article of the Constitution Of
this State as requires members of the Legis.
lature and all officers, Legislative and Judicial
to take an oath to support the Constitution
Of the United States Be and the same is here
BY abrogated and annulled p hHa ...li.l
SEC. 8 That all rights acquired and vested
under the Constitution of the United States,
or under any act of Congress passed in pur.
suance thereof, or under any law of this State,
and not incompatible with this Ordinance,
shall remain in force, aud have the same cf-
feet as it this Ordinance had not been passed.
SEC. 4. That the people Of the State Of
Mississippi hereby consent to form Federal
Union with such of the States as have Sc
ceded or may secede from the Union of the
United States Of America, upon the basis Of
the present Constitution of the said United
States, except such parts thereof as embrace
other portions than such seeding States.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

EXACT DISTANCES OF Tbs FoErs-An officer
Of the United States Coast Survey, says the
Charleston Mercury gives the following mea-
surements, Is taken from the latest surveys
made by the Coast Survey Department:
Fort Sumter is three and three-eighths miles
from Charleston, one and one-eighth miles from
Fort houltrie .three-auarters of q mile to the
nearest land, one and three-quarter miles to Fort
johnson, and two and ive-eighths miles to
Castle PinckRey. The last named fort Is one
mile from the town, aud Fort johnson is two
and quarter miles from Ge town.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
Chancery Court,
Ham AT RrLRs 1sr MONDAY rs rJAsuARY, 1851 =,
Ir BEING THE 1TB DAY or JANUARY, 1861.

Ham AT RrLEs, 1sr MONDAY IsJAsuARY, 1851 !,
Ir BEING THE 7TH DAY OF JANUARy, 1861.
MI. McGgwrs D. UPON opening and
VS.. reading Com y lanants
s G. w. HAyNIE. bill of complaint bcrein,
anil Il appearing to The satisfaction Of the Court
that the Defendant in this case is a nonresident
Of the State Of Mississippi, and rcsi'lrs beyond
the limits Thereof, so that the ordinary process
of this Court cannot be executed uppalI,jal
It's thereuponIp ordered 10y tie Courl that said
Defendant make his appearance herein, qn or
before tho lstdav Of the next trtrntaf this tourt
TO he held for the County of 1sfa vef'@i at the
Courthouse in the town of Oxford, on the fourth
Monday after the fourth Monday in March, fsGl,
and plead, answer or demur to said IlllJelse the
allegations therein will be taken as confessed.
Its further ordered tlat COPY Of this order
be published in the oxford Intelligencer, pub
lie newspaper of said State, for four weeks in
succession. J. A. HICKMAN, Clerk.
january y, lS6li9grrAe ID. ,hoos oY2-4Y.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

scvrr 6srotna led of, few weeks ago: m the
movement Of secession. Mississippi was the
next TO follow, and then came Alabama and
-EloEida- Ina fsx days more Georgia. Louisiana
and Texas win wheel into the line of secession,
soon to be followed, in turn, by Arkansas, North
Carolina, Virginia, Maryland kentucky, Ten-
nessse and Missouri 1t is not improbable that
evep, little Delaware may decide to go with her
Southern sisters. Before the old ship of State is
boarded by the piratcal hordes of Black Repub-
lieanism Southern phalany viii be, organized
and dread. TO resist their onslaught Whom the
gods will destroy they first make mad )" and il
the Northern, States are mad enough to attempt
coercion against united South, they may look
out for such an overthrow as befeIl the hosts Of
Pharaoh in the waters Of the Red Sea- They
will rush upon their own destruction, and perish
through their own folly, N,rl....s,i4. .oi.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

AWFUL AccDESI.-Ats Macon, Miss, on
Wednesday, as two men, one a German shoe.
maker, the other a man named Connor, were
engaged in running cartridge into a cannon, in
use for firing in honor of the State having sece.
ded, the man at the touch-hole removed his
finger so as to allow the air to enter; the oonse-
quence was, the cannon immediately went of.
The two hands Of each man being on the ram
mer, were carried completely away, and other
injuries Inflicted ali four arms Will have t. be
anputated Their yvcoTery is doubtful
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
BIoc,Snding OF southern Ports.

THIS seems to be fvorirc project with
the late Confederacy, commonly known as
"the United States" They evidently take
it for granted that they can enforce such a
blockade as long as they think proper, that
we can do nothing by way of retaliation, and
that the Inconvenience resulting from the
measure would speedily drive us into sub
mission. They are egregiously mistaken
upon every point. They may, to be sure,
shut up few of the larger ports, but they
have not half vessels enough so to guard the
extensive Southern coasts as to cut us off
from intercourse with the world without.
Moreover, we have comparatively little COM
merce, so that our citizens would suffer but
slightly by the stoppage of trade, while every
sea is white with the sails of Northern ships,
which, while the war-vessels of the North
were blockading our ports, would fall an
easy prey to the swarms of privateers that
we shall authorize to go forth and cruise
against the enemy. Adventures from every
nation will gladly avail themselves of the
authority of our letters of marquc and re-
prisal to enrich themselves by depredating
upon Northern commerce, and while the
North causes us to lose one dollar on the
land, we will make that dollar cost her twenty
on the high seas. We do not doubt that the
North can do us some harm, but it cannot
harm us with impunity. Neither can it con-
quer us by system of petty vexations.
Possibly, by force of arms, it may be able to
overrun considerable portion of our ter
ritOry, though We exceedingly doubt its ability
to do so; but, when it shall have done SO,
it viii be able neither to hold nor to govern
the territory thus overruu, until it shall first
have extenninated the inhabitants. :,
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

PosT 0FIIcBs IN SOUrH CAROLINA TO BE DIS
CoNTINuED.-It is stated to be the determination
of the Postmaster General TO issue orders on the
first Of the present ninth to the postmasters
throughout the remaining States, to cease all
postal intercourse with South Carolina. and not
to make up any mail matter for the offices with
in her borders, on the ground that there are no
pOstmasters there in the service Of the United
States.
Mail matter win be sent to Georgia through
South Carolina, and if its transit is interfered
with, it will be a subject for the two States to
settle between themselves.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

Cosror CoERcroS.-A private letter, written
by a South Carolinian to relative In New York,
makes the following pertinent suggestions:
h If il cost the General Government with all
the States unit, from eight to ten years war.
and upwards Of $1,000 600 to subdne hall
armed body of Seminoles, not exceeding In al
15, 600 men, women and children, how long win
Il take. and how much will it take 10 subdus
400 600 men, women and children, well armed,
fighting for their homes, and sworn TO band
down hatred to an Abolition Government as az
heirlooml
~ Why, We will not have less than $4,000 o.
10000 negroes, who, under the head OF then
masters, or Southern men. would like nothing
better than-to try the mettle Of their pretended
friends They hate the English and the Yam.
KEGS more than they hate old Scratch But
coed bye se -, ifs sA
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
/ cusclrDED FROM FIBsr PAGE. /

,t,.,.,-l.frD rRON FIRsT PAGE L
sn Hsss ai ss p1ssp psops 70 Rs
the original resolution. n s.
Mr.. Ilill of Madison. explained nls- -pn4tion
He would vote for the amendment eref the
gentleman ilom DeSoto He di@ tn tbs
co:.Tention was sovereign IqSd rest9t ~
had illimtah'e power over thcexlsnng oonsaeus
ton -He Hasnrepared-t 70 vote Tor any measure
looking toward me yindicauon Of tne sovereign
ty Of the SOIL (I4lAGOz %
Mr.: Glenn said he felt somewhat sensitive as
to ifrrcncc srnorg the members on any
impoTt39t psttfF oHe Eyai ready to yield for
the &Gpf ATnfet I6s 9Yd not agree with
hefentleman rom Madison, nor yet with the
gentiy.ss sss !, = q
prohpf Ylthdawaky of MISSISSIPPI from tne
Loud applause from the galleries, when the
S s sse sss ''''s
~ fdhthiie Of Pontosoc, spoke to the qussssr
ton. -
nr6HsHoSfh arsiuih' had no ddubtof' the
poVss es thsE9gventqnto amend the'eonststut
tiop, yet be h9psd athe c9nyention lwonid adopt
the original resolution, as It merely expressed
the object OF the assembling OF ms oody:
NJ sensn |" "oSoHuoee raisco aPoms cf Or
der ,siq!.,g ,aH q -
NJ MrIeht ,ofo llRpah sag me delegates TO
thiscopyehtIon were fresh from he people, and
they knew the wants OF then constituency, and
heI Ibelsssshap the dsy o. thss' body to pre-
ParAssssSlnf see,s''ts ior asy e%ssssrS s N
megt b 1ds Tie gentleman from DeS9to. ), go
ffs nissfeh On 4 eairSf me me convention mug
w1'iOs' anu 'Is ., I,,'t~.usVr. 80 ofi OffT
III. sas;d.,, s;d r..d,, toIorronb;o dsn.tch
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
Chanoery Court,

IIEIp At RrIrs, LIST MoyDav ~ .JBNrARr, 1851,
IT BEING rms 7rnp OF JASrARv, 1861.
N. J. wsdkrrsos o. UPON opening
VS.. jidq and r. reading the
Nancy l.. N. WHRER on. y Eomp;ainants BhI
OF Complaint herein, and it arpeaiirg. to the
Satisfaction Of the Con- that the Defendant IN
this CASE rs nnn-resident of the St.te 'of Mis-
sissppi AMI resides beyond the limits thereof,
So that the ordinary process OF this Court cant
not he executed uron her,
It is therefore ordered by the Court tbatlsa'd
Defendant make hcr appearance herein on or be-
fore The fSt day Of the next term OF this Cont,
to be held for the County Of Lafay cite, at the
Cons.honse ih the town. SfDxf'rd on the fourth
Monday after thu lourfl SLNrriny in March. 1851
and plead. answer or drmur to said Bill, clse the
allegations tl'"reof will he taken as confessed
and true, aud the caust Set for hearing expartc
1t tis fnth"r cr,lep,.si tiat copy Of Ais order
he publishcd !" III" ovford lntclligencer a public
newspaper Of said State, ftr four weeks N suc-
crssion. Z - j. A. HICKMAN, Clerk.
January Q, 1851 .,. ,t.. ..i o32-4w.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

"A large pnmbcr of the natiFe free ne
gFOes Of Louisiana have, through the Delia,
proposed to 6ght for her ia 1861 as they did
in ls14-i5.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
Administrators Notice.

ETTERS of administration upon the estate OF
IL John Morgan deceased, late of Lafaye,iecoun>
ty, Mississippi, having been granted to me by the
Probate Court of said county, at the December Term
thereof 1862 all persons indebted to said estate are
hereby required to make payment 10 me, and those
having claims against said estate notified to pre-.
sent the same to me- duly authenticated within the
time prescribed by law or their claims VIII be barred
: -. MALCOLM McE2AEIilNS, Admir-.
Jan. 2, 'slns1-st
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

THE Houston Petrel draws the following hap
4,t6FasdLef of- afAifs h that locality: =.
ssrs;tsar slaves were never known to be better
.lsbaEcd and manageable, than during the holi
daTs inst past Ne have heard Of no act O.
1555ssubordi1ation among them, and never saw !
Ikad ~ setsef creatures than they were during
.gS-i ztnsaz Christmas isthe darkey's heaven
.aAaphs sells h;s.preduce, ,fog. the highest posi-
L.. prica. cheating every one he trades with
tben ne leTies black mali on every white man
ft61uaf aaga chill N payment for Imaginary ser
-ssssad donbeat some unknown time past ht
49, ererv- one. and has nursef them all
ne has ! good time Of L, and Is a good institu
t2l t2ls ~ e n irffsa,.Ii .a.ss.-.Z ls-I -
E-Enn StAA ATpwHEAy:
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

r.. he that would know what shall be, must
consider what fiath been. " -,
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
TO 70 '']l N-RElsIDENT R s> Il[) TAX "A
POW, ,, r,, Payers of ..-a. .'.'' ID e 70
Sunfower County, Miss.

THE taxes for the fiscal year lsGo are due on the
1st day of January, A. d. 1861 and all nonresident
taxpayers can, by sending the numbers of their land
to the undersigned previous to the lst day Of March,
1881, settle their taxes at the Banking House OF
Messrs. Brown 81 Johnston, --------------, Miss,
good drafts on New Ofleans, La, or Memphis Ten,
BY paying the usnalper CENT ii -7r -.it.i ..-
Twill also act agent for non-residents in paying
taxes IN the adjoining counties Of Bolivar and WASH
ington and to sell, deaden or examine lnnds Will
also have titles to land examined.
fF+ff1l -f" nelf in- 81 - ,lifF ELI wAfTFS.
i.t- Sheriff of Smhower County, Miss.
McNutt Miss; Jan ?, ls6lnSl-2m
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-22

i WHEREAS, A. III. Heaslip and susannah T.
! w Heaslip his wife, by their deco If date May
lit, 1859, and acknowledged May n, 1869, did
convey to Charles ii. Ihelps and ueorge Robertson
as Trustees the following described real estate sit
uate In the City Of keokuk, In the County IL Lee
in the State of Iowa. to wit the wcst thirty 1901
feet Of LOT number Ten [loJ IN block number one
hundred 100 In said city. with all the improve
| mi nts thereon and appurteDances thereof, 10
secure to baldwin Starr, Of Now York City, the
payment OF four prom,ssory notes for S4e1 So 100
cnvh, all of date June 2sth, 1858, ard rayahic to
the order Of Baldwin Starr, one on The Isl day Of
| February, A. u. 1860, on the list day Of MAY,
| A.. u. lst0, one the LIST day Of August, A. Il.
| 1860, and enc on The lst day of November, A. ID.
1850, all drawing intefcst from date unit par at
~ per cent per annutn, and payable with current
rate uf Exehat - on New York and whereas, in
the said Sums, either of the 10 should not be
Iaii, with the interest thereon, on the day the
same became due the Deed of Trust authorized
said Trustees, or either IF them TO sell said real
estate at public sale for cash, at the door Of the
Court House in said City If Keokuk, first giving
four weeks notice Of the time, terms and place OF
said sale In some newspa per published in said City
of keokuk. and upon such sale to execute d. ed
In fee simple 10 tho purchaser; VIII ch Decd vi
Is REGARDED In the Recorders Office of said Lee
County, in Book Of Mortgages volume s ON page
53l and whereas, said last Gescr4 bed note, due
November l, 1860, with the interest thereon, il nov
due and wholly unpaid, now. therefore, i, Charles
III, Phelps, one of said Trustee, viii on the 18th
day of January, A. u. 1851, proceed to sell the
above described real estate at public sale. for cash.
To the highest bidder, at the door OF the Court
House in said City OF keukuk, between the hours
Of o'clock a. IN. and clock n. m. Of said day,
to satisfy said note, interest aud costs.
CHARLES III. PHELPS,
De. IL. 1880. One # tho Trustees.
raet DIV
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Original Notice.

To Il. I MeKenny and Robert MeMufdy:
fINHEkE is now fle in the office Of lac Clerk OF
the District Court Of Lee Couutr, Iowa at II e
kuk, the petition of ON Crane claiuing agaius,
L. l. Mchenny Judgment Of six thousand dol
lars o. large number OF promissory notes
cnth by said /. L. Mckenny 10 plaintiff; and
against both defendants the foreclosure of mort
gage executed by said Mckenny, to secure said
notes, real estate In Lee County, Iowa. which he
afterwards sold to Said McMufdy.
Unless you appear ami answer said petition on
or before the second day Of the February term
Us6i4, at noon, Of said courts judgment will be
rendered and the property ordered TO be sold, a.
prayed in said petition.
RANKIN & MILLER,
Dee. :, lS60-dlm PITTS Att'ys.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-22

EFIIEADacHR il the favorite sign BIZ
whirh nature IN skes known any deviation
Whatever from tho natural state OF the brain.
and viewed in this light il may be looked on
rs n safeguard intended 10 give notice or dis
ease which might otherwise escape attention
till too late ~ be remeiied and its indica.
tons should mover be rEgtErted. Headaches
may be classified under two names, Ssmp-
tomato and lliopathsc. Symptomatic Head
ache il exceedingly common, and is the pre-
cursor Of great variety Of diseases, among
which are Apoplexv, Gout, Rheumatism, and
all febriie diseases. In its nervous form il is
sympathetic Of disease Of the stomach con-
s.i;uting sick headache, or hepatic disease
constituting bilious headache, of worms,
e8nssipatloa and other disorders Of the bow
els, as well as renal and uterine affections.
Diseases Of the heart are very frequently at
tended with Headaches; Anmmia and pletho-
IA are also affections which frequently oc.
casion he4>,ache. l1iopa,tic Headache is
also very common, being usually distinguish
ed by tbs name Of Nervous hedfdche, some
times coming on suddenly in state Of ap-
parently souri health and prostrating at
once the mental and physical energies, and
in other instances ii comes on slowly, herald
Ell 5y depression of spirits or aoerhty Of
temper. In most instances the pain is in the
trout If the head, over one or both eyes, and
sometimes provoking vomiting; under this
NAV also be named Neuralgia.
For the treatment of either class of Head
ache the Cephalic pills have been found a
sure and safe remedy, relieving the most
acute pains in few minutes, and by it's SUBJ
tie pnwrr eralieating The Diseases Of which
Headache is The unerring index.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-22
MISCELLANEOUS

THR AKALeAnATIoN CIV LANGuAGEs.-Tbere
il "A growing tendency IN this age to appro-
pirate the most expressive words or other
languages, and after while to incorporate
them into cur own; thus the werj Cephaiic,
which j. from the Greek, signifyinc "for the
head" il new becoming popularIzed in con-
nection with MIR. spaldine's great Headache
remedy, but il will soon be used in a more
general pav, aud the word Cephalic will be-
come lis common e. Electrotvpe and many
o,he-a whose distinction as foreign words
has been worn away BY common usage until
they seela s.natve and to the manor born"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-22
IRENIll MS AND REDUCTIONSl
BLAcKwooD's EpISpuacH MAGAZINE (Tory.)

The present critical state Of European affairs will
render these puhcators Unusually interesting
during t he forthcoming year. They will occupy
middle ground bet seen the hastily written news
items, crude tpeeuiations and flying rnmcrs Of the
daily J linal and the pondtrous Tome of the fu
tare Historian. written tteI he living interest and
time shall have passed away. 1t is to thesc PERT
odcals that eadors must look for the only really
inteligtlr and reiiabl history Of current events,
ana a. such III addition 20 their we'll est abiished
literary, scientific. and theological character, we
urge them upon the consideration of the reading
public.
The receipt Of Advance sheets from the
British Publishers give additional value TO these
Reprints, inaefnneh as they can now be placed 10
the hands of subscribers about as the orr GIN
al editions.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1861-01-22

BRIDGET: -hlssus wants you to send her
box Of Cephalc Glue, no, bottle Of Pre-
pared pills,-hut I'm thinking that's not
just II nai'hcr; but perhaps yell be afther
knowing what it IS. Ye see she's nigh dead
and gone with the Sick Headache, and she
wants some more of that same as reaiyed
Der before.
DEronlsT-You must mean Spalding's Ce-
phalic Pills.
BRIDGET. Och sure now and you've sed
II: here's the qaaftheT, and give me the Pills
and don't be all Day about il aither.