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The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29

ter BY me to President Dayis), Sumter will have
been evacuated"
: The Commissioners, who received those com
munications, conclude they have been abused
and oyerreached. The Montgomery Govern
ment holds the same opinion. The Commits
sioners have supposed that my communications
were with you, and. upon the hypothesis, pre-
pared to arraign you before the country in con-
nection with the President placed peremp-
tory prohibition upon this as being contrary to
the terms of my communications with them.
pledged myself to them to communicate In
formation, upon what considered as the best
authority, and they were to confide in the abil-
ity of myself aided by Judge Nelson, to deter
mine upon the credibility OF my informant
I think no candid man, who will read over
what have written and consider for moment
what is going on at Sumter, but will agree that
the equivocating conduct Of the Administration,
as measured and interpreted in connection with
these promises, Is the proximate cause Of the
great calamity.
| have a profound conviction that the tele-
grams of the 9Th of April, of General Beaure-
gard and of the 10th Of April, of General
Walker, the Secretary of War, can be referred
to nothing else than their belief that there has
been systematic duplicity practiced upon them
through me- II is under an oppressive sense
of the weight of the responsibility, that | sub
nit to you these things for your explanation
Very respectfully,
[signcdl JOHN A. CAMPBELL,
Associate Justice of the Supreme c. U. 5.
Hon. WM. II. SEWARD, Secretary ofState,
DISPATCHES TO L. p. WALKER SECRETARY OF WAR.
An authorized message from President Lin
coin has Just informed Governor Pickens and my
self that provisions will lie sent to Fort Sum-
ter, peaceably, or otherwise by force.
Gen. p. q. T. Beauregdrd:
If YOU have no doubt rs to the authorized
character of the agent who communicated to
you the intention Of the Washington Govern
ment to supply Fort Sumter by force you will
at once demand its evacuation, and if this is
refused, proceed, in such manner as you may
determine, to reduce it.
WASHINGTON CRY, April 20, 1861.
Sin: enclose you letter corresponding
very nearly with one I addressed to you one
week ago G3th ApriD, to which have not had
any reply The letter is simply one of inquiry,
In reference to facts concerning which think
am entitled to an explanation | have not
adopted any opinion in reference to them which
may not be modified by explanation, nor have
affirmed in that letter, nor do in this, any con-
clusion of my own unfavorabe to your integ-
rity in the whole transaction.
All that have said, and mean to say, is that
an explanation is due from you to myself !
will not say what shall do in case this request
is not complied with, but am justified in say
ing that shall feel at liberty to place these let
ters before any person who is entitled to ask an
explanation Of myself
Very respectfully,
JOHN A. CAMPBELL,
Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States.
Hon. WIN. ii. SEWARD, Secretary of State
No reply has been made to this letter.
APRIL "a 1861
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29

As we were walking along the street the 9TH
er day, we noticed a crowd Of urchins standing
around boy who was sucking piece candy
Il say, Bilk" said one Of them. "give me that
candy and IN make It come out Of my ears like
Blitz did last night at the theatre" Second
youth shells over the candy. First youth very
deliberately eats the candy; second youth watch
es the little fellows cars-and after drawing
himself into every conceivable shape, be said :
"well, 4 haint forget The rest as sure As rag" "
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29
MorrooNEnr, AN, May.f, 1901.

Sin: I submit to you two letters that were
addressed by me to the Hon. VIM. H. Seward,
Secretary of State of the United States, that
contain an explanation of the nature and result
of an intervention by me in the intercourse Of
the Commissioners of the Confederate States
with that officer / considered that | could
perform no duty in 'ch the entire American
people, whether OF the Federal Union or Of the
Confederate States were more interested than
that of promoting the counsels and the policy
that had for their object the preservation of
peace. This motive dictated my Intervention.
Besides the interview referred to in these letters,
informed the Assistant Secretary of State of
the United States mot being able to see the
Secretary on the lth April ult, Of the exist
cnce Of telegram of that date, from Gen.
Beauregard to the Commissioners, in which he
informed the Commissioners that he had de-
inanded the evacuation of Sumter, and. if re-
fused, he would proceed to reduce it. On the
same day, had been told that President Lin
coin had said that none of the vessels sent to
Charleston were war vessels, and that force was
not to be used in the attempt to supply the fort.
had no means of testing the accuracy of this
information, but offered that, if the Information
was accurate, would send a telegram to the
authorities at Charleston, and that it might pre-
vent the disastrous consequences of collision
at that fort between the opposing forces 1t
was the last effort that could make to avert
the calamities of war. The Assistant Secretary
promised to give the matter attention; but | had
no other intercourse with him. or any other
person, on the subject, nor have had any re-
ply to the letters submitted to you.
Very respectfully,
JnIIN A n llIDPEI T.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29
JOIILN n. = inII ID TII1IIs
Gen. DAVIS, President Confederate States.

The QUEEN's PIPE,-A writer in London
paper calls attention to a ptehigate and scandal
Gus waste and destruction of property, occur
ring in a land where numbers of INDECENT per-
sons stand so much in need of assistance, in
the following paragraph:
Near the northeast corner Of the Queen's s
warehouse, a guidc-post inscribed To the Kiln,
directs you to the Queens pipe, or chimney of
the furnace; on the doors of the far end of the
room, are painted the Crown Royal, and the
letters " R-the initials of VictHris Regina.
In this kiln are burnt all such imported goods
as do not fetch the amount of their duty and
customs charges. Tea having set the chimney
of the kiln on fire once, is rarely burnt; the
wine and spirits are emptied into the docks.
The huge mass of fire is fed day and night,
with condemned goods On ono occasion, nine
hundred australian mutton hams Mere burnt
on another, forty five thousand pairs of French
gloves and silks and satins, tobacco and cigars,
are here consumed in vast quantities. The
ashes are sold by the ton as manure for killing
insects, and to soap boilers and chemical manu-
facturcrs. Nails and other pieces of iron, sifted
from the ashes, are priced, for their toughness,
in making gun barrels; gold and silver, the re-
mains of plate, watches and jewelry, thrown
into the furnace, are also found in the ashes"
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29

DAwS OF LovE-If grape vine be planted
In the neighborhood of a well, its roots running
silently under ground, wreath themselves in a
het work around the cold, clear waters, and the
vines putting on outward greenness and unwOnt-
ed clusters and fruit, is all that tells where eve
~ thought and fibre Of our life twines gradual
ly around some human soul, to us the unsus-
pecting well-spring Of our being. Fearful it is.
because 50 often the vine must be uprooted, and
hIlsits fibres wrenched away;. but ill the hour
Of disedvoTy conc. how Is it transfigured by a
new and beautiful life2 There is nothing in life
more beautiful thar the trancelike. quiet dawn
which precedes the rising of love in the SOUL
when the whole being s pervsded impercerti-
bly and tranquility BY another being, and We are
happy, we know not and ask not why the soul
Is then receiving all and asking nothing. AT a
later day she becomes selfconscious. and then
craving exactions, endless questions-the whole
world of the material comes in with its hard
bounsels and consultations, and the beautiful
trance fades forever.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29

If a blockade is wariike demonstration only
as between foreign powers, then the blockade
Of Southern ports is practical recognition Of
the independence Of the Confederate States. If
Lincoln still considers the Confederate States in
the Unlon-as he has assumed to be the case,
his blockade of their ports is In violation or
that clause of the Constitution which declares
that no preference shall be given to one port
over another. Closing one. and leaving open
another, is such a preference as is positively
prohibited, and the act Of the President is
usurpatioh: In any view of the subject, the
Executive has acted without the authority of
law. If the seeded States are held to be still
in the Union, the blockade is in violation Of the
Constitution; if not in the Union, the blockade,
Rith6ut The authority Of Congress, is equally
lawless So there is no escape from the charge
of usurpation, and the conduct of the Admins
tration is no less revolutionary than that Of the
seeded States
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29

TnE RrGBT SPnIr.-Hon: John F. Perkins, of
Louisiana, this morning presented to the Con-
gress a resolution, (Which was read by the
Clerk, recently passed at an enthusiastic meet
ing, in the parish Of East Feliciana, in that
State, in which the planters pledged themselves
to appropriate erery dollar Of the proceeds of
their respeetire crops. outside of the current ex-
penses, to the Confederate States, during The
continuance of the war between the two sec.
tons. Besides, twelve thousand dollars were
appropriated by the meeting, in few moments,
for the purpose of Immediately arming and
equippng and otherwise providing for the wants
Of the three hundred soldiers who had voiun-
teered their services, from that parish This is
the right spirit and.is rendered more signif-
cant from the fact that the people of the parish
in question, formerly opposed the ordinance Of
secession ontgon,cry Adrertiser, Nay 6th.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29

QuERY-If four dogs, with sixteen legs, can
catch forty-nine rabbits with eighty-scven legs,
in forty -four minutes, how many legs must the
same rabbits have to get away from eight dogs
with thirty-two legs, in seventeen minutes and
a half?
SoLUTIoS-Add together the legs of the rab.
bits and tails of the dogs, and divide the amoun.
BY three big dogs; this leaves four bushels Of
barks and thirteen pounds OF hair Take the
fractions Of the rabbits. add six inches of snow,
and multiply by dog fight Then divide by a
man with a double -barreled shot gun, and add a
side of fresh beef Multiply by half as many
legs as three times less number of rabbits
Would have bad, and divide by one-third Of the
time it would take to get away from the dogs,
less seventeen and half minutes. The result
depends upon the size of the dogs.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29

SrrEs ~ rHE SorTn.-We have little doubt
that Lincoln has his agents in every Southern
locality. and a strict look ent should be Kept
for them. Strangers, especially. no matter now
pacific the pretenses on which they profess 10
como. should be closely watched. and, if neces-
safy, prevented from leaving
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29
wAsHfNcroS CRY, April 20, 1861.

Supreme Court of the United States.
Hon. WIN. II. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
No reply has been made to this letter.
APRIL "a 1861
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-05-29

& mans discomfort is his worst svil.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06
DIxcontinuance OF an Old Journal.

THO Pennsylvania newspaper, which for moro
than twenty yeas, wss regarded the organ Of the
National Democracy Of Pennsylvania, has been dis
continued for waat Of patronage
The ''Pennsy lvanian" WAS started in 1852, under
the auspices 81 Tie Jackson party Of Philadelphia
u,3a tho DETECTION of the "lrquirer,'' IN original
Democratic paper. Subsequently, the "Pennsylva-
man was edited by JOS c. Noale, Esq., better known
to the Htsrdti than to the politicians Of the country
James Gordon Bennett also wrote for it q time, aud
added 20 little to its reputation spicy aud
vigorous part:zau journal. John W. Forney
became oounec,tl with it some time during Mr..
Folks administrator and remained i'll i; some ten
years or rnore--the most OF which time US
Editor. in Chet. During TINT period the paper
wills conducted with more than its former ability
as a political JOURNAL and the confidence Of
the National Democracy WAS literally extended to it,
Mr. Forney not having then exhibited the slightest
leaning to Black Republicauism. Since 1885, the
"rcnnsylvani.n" las changed hands several times,
and The indications Of it, waning fortunes have been
noticeable for time Its recent editorials, how
ever have been characterized by marked ability and
son:.t political sentiments. The tiscvntinnuncr OF
tie "Pcnrsy lvaniun" tells badly Tor the co!serSa
tism Of Philadelphia and the State at fcnnsy lvaniG
especially when we consider thut its competitions
the "Inuuircr," the "Gazrttc,' the North Aneri
can. aud the Press" which have all turned BEsk
Republican, are ia the FULL tide Of success.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06
Yalcdtctory Of Speaker Crutchiicid.

Alter the House OF Delegates, on Thursday even
ing, had passed vote Of thanks to Speaker Cru'ch-
field, for the ability, integrity and parnlity with
which he had presided during the session, and had
also passed resolution to adjoIrn, SINE DIE, the
said Speaker reciprocatcd tho compliment, in tlu
following handsome manner:
Before announcing the vote. Speaker cRUTClIFIELD.
who had resumed hs said that he could no. leave the
position which had been assigned hu by the partially Of
his brother mrmbrrs, without recurring their peasunt
association together The aSpeIitics Of heated debate i
r!cR the session had been tempered down afterwards by
better :Le If those who udu!s, In
them lie hoped that they parted with uukind feelings
toward each other. lie would aude the state Of
The couutryta was familiar to al The House had CONS
through two sessos long be the npor
lance OF the subjects Claiming attention. Members had
not done, PERHAPS all they could ought have done
but he humoly Thought they had sustained the han0r OF
Virginia. lie hoped they would tell their constituents So
and that they would Send who would do equally
rs we'll lie expressed his uufegned thanks The lind
and forbearance extended 10 him ~ presiding officer
If he had erred. 1t was In not ncconmod atpg a-aId
would be remembered that he but ole many singled
out, and Ills errors would be kindly overlooked. lie paid
IL compliment to Mr. GORDON, Clerk Of the House also,
to the members VI tue Press who had recorded the daily
proceedings for their and fair representations
OF It's action He wished the members sl safe and happy
home as, in the providence Of God might the
lsst time they would under similar circumstances.
The Speaker then the Hvu,e adoGrned I'LL the
lrst Monday In December next
Mr. GORDON, In response 10 loud rks for n speech! de-
iYered an ilnpromtu address, Astounding In eloquent s
gu.ge, auding to the Speaker venerable and faithful
ofioer who had long served his State spoke Of the plea
sAnrss OF his Intercourse with eubers aud alluded feel
lnely TO the late The ged faithful and distinguished
member from Washingt couuy-Judrc Hopkins. Hoped
al would be welcomed by their constituents with words oil
cheer Come what may, he sad In future TO the country
No son OF Virginia can be her To be ~
such mother, In the words Of the gifted orator Of toAnokc
was 10 prove ones self BASTARD lie returned HIS thanks
aed oesi Wishes amd applause md ths members SLOWLY
left the Hall.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06
Line oln Aiding Houston.

The active preparations for war that, for the
lest week, have been making in New York
City, indicate 4 course Of policy on the part OF
the Administration at Washington, obstructive
Of peace and fatal to the country. The tele-
graph announces the shipment to parts I'M
known, Of large bodies Of troops, and munitions
Of war From gentlemen, we'll informed on
army matters, and just from New York, We
learn that four companies Of infantry and two
light batteries of field artillery constitute the
armament which vas to have sailed from New
York. 1t lis supposed by gentlemen in Wash
inston, that the destination of this armament
is Texas, on the requiSition Of Gov. Houston,
apd to cooperate with him in opposition to the
State authorities of Texas The character Of
the armament, infantry and batteries Of light
artillery, forbid the supposition that the rein
fortemeut Of any fort is the Officer Of this
EXPEDITION The plains of Texas afford u field
of Operations suited TO Infantry and Light
Artillery, and doubtless this is the destination
Of these troops. The agent of Houston has
been in Washington for some time, soliciting
the assistance Of the government, and if re-
QUESTION has been made by Houston, and re-
spoRded to By Lincoln, with this armament,
the 'eace ofthe country is gone, and We must
prepare for war
Tits active aid to reasonable Governor
eyiGaes purpose to seize every opportunity
to divide the South, to be followed up with
conquest ~ the first opportune moment
stuc!, has been said abou. uniting Virginia ;
that the first reliable indication Of coercvc
or aggressive policy by Lincoln would unite
the parties Of the Convention. in opposition to
Lincoln and in support and combination with,
the Confederate States. Should the iutelli
gence now telegraphed to Richmond prove
true, the hour has arrived that must test the
sincerity Of these declarations.
We have not space for further comment ct
,h;s tAns
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06
Affairs at Charleston.

We cannot say whether or not the reports which
have bs.cn sent out from Charleston since yesterday
morning, urc ''sensation dispatches" but We do
know tini they have produced marked sensation
here an, elsewhere We it stated days since,
shat the rlicers Of the Southern Government would
no. permit themselves 10 he trfel with any longer
b.: the 1. nro'a Adniuistrut,on-tha they hud been
waiting TOR weeks upon promises yet redeemed
ana 70, :iyen TO be redeemed, anu that they would
MAKE . demonstration of their own. Probably
tn. following notice in the Charleston Courier"
OF Wednesday, Nay he taken prelude TO the
onset:
..GovEi:NoK PlckESs Az GENERAL BxArGEeAgp.-
We learn that Governor PckCMs aud General Beau
regard go to-day to visit and Inspect all the batteries
Tor the laft te and to arrange matters for decided
action, all the batteries now thoroughly ready
They 90 in private conveyance aud alone"
We find also in the Charleston Courier Of the
Same 6a,c. Wednesday, the following significant
editorial:
"HEAoY.-It is said now thai the last mortar is in
its place, aid that tue ammunition and supplies are
all ia Our Possession, that every means for the
speedy reduction Of Fort Sumter may be said to be
entirely accomplished. There is no possibility OF
supplies or endorsements being thrown in from the
sla for lhe5e is not the power il the United States
Navy 10 do i, and OF course the reduction Of Fort
Sumter Is Only L matter Of time.
There is pne thing clear, that if the Government
resorts force and sectional war, there must be
verr strong aud powerful party u. the North opposed
to ihcn This party constitutes the commercial
cities and nIined men, and those interested in the
industrial pursuits OF that section. This division
being made At the North compels the Government,
Black Republican party for the supply OF inch and
money. Whereas, on the contrary the Confederate
States will present united and unbrokcu front,
with no division, but ready 10 defend their homes
douot ~ 10 the final result. In addition to this, if
there De arneal to force, il will ri throw the
border States III the Southern country against tho
BacS Republican party and the Government. In
sue. . struggle as this, the total overthrow Of the
Government Il: Washington is inevitable and cou-
fusion and reyplu;ion will be inauguratcd in the
Northern States, that must end in their entire and
hnsl destruction"
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06
The Hon. Albert Uust.

The Pine Bluff. (!irk.,) "Nsw." Of the 10Th inst,
SAYS: 1.-The Hon. Albert Rust paseed up on the
L-,,s Yesterday, en- route for Lttio Rock, having
been detained in Washington until this Into day by
the i'll ae.l.h of his family aud pressing business
ssge,nen,s. H. says enphu.ics.liy that the pacihc
policy lis said Lincoln is raugurating is all "sha,
and only Intended 10 have its effect On the border
slave States. The REIMBURSEMENT Of Fort Sumter is
only part oi the same game OF blind. That the
present Federal power will be cxerted for the c"iee-
ton o, revenue in the Southern ports is certun Lin
coin being forced to that course. So our Union
friends ueed no, longer Ming peace in praise Of our
new President. That he is ours, shame to our
DELEGATES al li.tle lcek. ~
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06
~S~S>-
Coed News From NIissouTl.

The telegraph, some days since announced the
sucee.. II tie "ani- Republican ticket III the ST.
Louis cinr..r elections. The ST. L"ua Democrat,
(BlGck E.puilicap, has since come to hand confirm
ing the report and dcprecating the result as "ssd
calamity the couuty"- TINT il 10 the aoulitionzed
government to when the editor asks Missouri to
continue to acknowledge her allegiance. lie speaks
Of the result Secession victory ind pours out oil
the Walls Of hi, WRATH up, the heads OF the 'panic-
stricken merchants and traders" who have brought
it about
ho,,.o
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06
RIae-Raising ux Rot,.y,lfe.

1.-THE Flag Of the Confederate States" will be rails
cd Of BottsvI!e West end Of Marshall Sireet) on
Saturday, the 9th ins:, ut O'Clock. Several distn-
sulshed speakers will be present OH the OCCASION
The citizens Of Richmond and the surrounding eoun-
~ arc rs.pee fully invited to attend. -
The Is. Regiment Band will be in attendance.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06

GENERAL Jackson on CoEgcloS--THg Enlcg
or PArRIoT-Gcncral Jackson in his fare.
well address to the American people il March,
1927, thus alluded TO coercion:
"If such a struggle is ever begun, and the
citizens of one section Of The country are ar
rayed in arms against those Of another, in
doubtful conflict, let the battle result as it lnay,
there will be an end cf ;le Union, AMI with it
IN end to the hopes Of 'iecnen. The victory
of the victurs would not secure to them the
blessings Of liberty Il would avcnge their
wrongs, but they wuu,G themselves, share in
the common ruin.
These words OF lie venerable patriot ought
to be Inscribed in letters OF gold, and every
where distributed. \ civil war is the ei.d o!
the Union. Let then no Republican,, after this,
presume to quote Andrew jackson III favor Of
coercion.
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06

We call attention to the advertisements Of
the Confederate States of the South, B." in arr
other departmen. e .his paper. Their gov
eminent is in successful operation
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06

The Southern ISnuLtnl Conventions.

The Savannah "Ecpublicar" says: This is the
general Convention OF the Bap,is,s Of the Southern
States, sad holds lis meetings birnrial: The next
session is to he held in this city, the 10th Of May
nsXt 1t has charge OF the Bourd Of Missions, for
oisp ard domestic, and also Of the Bible Board
From all the savehodinS States, i, will bring to-
gethsr some OF the leading men of the deuonna-
lion. Its sessions usually embrace about four days,
Including Sabbath. DR.. Richard Fuller, .. Balti-
more, is the Preriunt."
Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1861-04-06

IL FAVOR oY THE SorTuERT CoNYEpEEAcY.--T
hands OF the Eagle Machine Works, OF this city,
yesterday evening" hoisted the tlag OF iLc Southern
Confedcracy over their establishment. The num-
Der Of persons employed in the Works is about one
hundred, every ouc e: lom Is Tor in,rrirds:c