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The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02


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How the winters are drifting like flakes oi snow
And the summers like buds between, |go
4 dtbo year in the rac--so they como and they
On the rivers breast, with is cbb and flow,
f. As IL glides through the shadow and Sheen
There's musical isle on the river Of Time,
Where the softest Of airs are playing;
There's n cloudless sky and atropical cline,
And A song as sweet as vespcr chime,
And The .Junes with the roses are staying
And .he name Of this Island is tho Long Ago,
And We bury onr treasures there;
rq,cre arc hrovs of beauty and bosoms Of SNOW
There are heaps of dust, but we love them $50
=. There are trinkets and tresses OF hair
There arc fragments Of songs that nobody sings
And a part of an infants prayer; tstrings
There's lutte unswept, and harp without
There are broken vows and pieces Of rings,
And the garment that SHE used to wear.
There are hands that are waved when the fairy
shore
n a.. ,,;r.oe i liflcd i'm air; Troar
And we somct mes hear through the turbulent
Sweet voices we heard in the days gone before
When the wind down the river Is fair.
Oh remembered for aye be that blessed isle.
An the DAYS of our life till night lsmc,
When the evening comes with its beautiful
And our eyes are closed to slumber awhile
MAY our "grcenwOod' of soluble in sight '1
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02
How Cameos are Cut.

ROVE Is now the chief seat Of the art Of cam
60 cutting, two kinds of which are produced
those cut in hard stone, and those cut in she'll
The stones most valuable for this purpose are
the oriental onyx, and the ssrdonyx, provided
they have at least two different colors v paral-
lei layers. The value of the stone is greatly in
creased for this purpose. If ii has four or five
different colorcd parallel layers, il the layers are
so thin as to assist in marking the device Of the
cameo. For example: q specimen OF stone
which has four parallel layers may bcuscful for
a cameo Of Minerva, where the ground would be
dark grey, the face light the bust and helmet
black, and the crust over the helmet brown or
grey. All such hcameos are wrought by lapida-
ry's lathe, with pointed instruments Of steel and
by means Of diamond dust Shell canoes are
cut from large shells found on. the African and
Brazilian coasts, and generally show two layers,
one white, and the other either pale coffee col
or, or a deep reddish orange The subject is cut
with small steel chisels out Of the white portion
Of the shell. Shells adapted for cameo cutting
are dense, thick, and consist usually Of three
LAYERS Of differently -colOred shell material In
one variety Of these shells each layer is com
posed Of very many thin plates, that is, lamina-
ted, the lamins being perpendicular to the plane
Of the main layer, and each lamin@ consisting
Of elongated prismatic cells adhcrent % their
long sides The lamine Of the outer and inner
layers arc parallel to the lines Of growth. while
those Of the middle layer are at right angles 10
them. In another variety known as the cOwries,
there Is an additiOnal layer which is duplicats
Of the surceous layer formed when the animal
has attained It's fun growth -'''A- T.
THr takers that talk like books are mere sen-
tsnce.makers. syutaOtisal machines Historically
CONSTRUCTED, that grind out phrases as a barrel
organ gTinds out tunes.
To the child nature shows herself ehild-like
bending beuignly down 70 his infant heart while
to the god she shows herself gOd-like, attuning
herself 10 his high spirits
THEEE i no exception 70 the rule Of three.
As vour income Is 10 yOur expenditure, 50 viii
the amount Of your debts be 70 your cash IN
pocket %-' -
LvE wsnre told is a ajourney-and 10 see the
way in which some people eat, you would mag
ine they were taking IN provisions to last them
The whole isnsth q TIE journsyi n
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02
rArEsCoP.ADyERTIsING.

ing for composition, II per thousand ems
Displayed advertisements ehaNged for tne space oc
4 Loaded notices charged Is cents Inc.
- Articles Of a personal character only admitted
at the option of the Proprietor, and charged ~ cents
TN. The nav for yearly and hak yearly advertise
n,eus due quarterly and those inserted Tor less thn
three months, thepay due when the advertisement u
Transient advertisements payable IN advance; %
Announcing Candidates for City oiies"..'' %
County Offices. 90
"a District and State. 10 90
10 be paid invariably In advance.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02

A STORY is told Of fDick, . darkey in Ken
tucky, who was notorious thief-so vicious
in this respect, that all the thefs in the
neighborhood were charged 70 him. On one
occasion, Mr.. Jones, q neighbor Of Dicks
master, called and said that Dick must be
sold ont Of that part Of the country, for he
had stolen an his (Mr. yOnes1 turkeys
Dicks master could not think 50. The two.
however, went into the field vhers Dick vas
at work. and accused him Of the thea -Yoa
stole Mr.. Jones turkeys" said the MASTER
q No, I didn't msssA," !" responded Dick. The
master persisted. awell" st length said
Dick, arn tell yoa massa; didnt steal
dem turkeys; but last night when I vent
across Mr.. Jones' pasture, Isaw one Of cur
rails on de fence. 50 ! brought home de r.il.
and, eOnfound Il. when ] come to look, dare
was nine turkeys on de railF
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02

THE FoSDSEss or THE PooR FOR PErs.-Fanny
Fern writes: att is odd rs true, that the poor
or our city land-and-alley population are, the
more pets, in the shape of parrots, puppies cats
and monkeys, they keep. 0ftenI have scarcely
known whether to laugh or cry, when, upon
opening the door Of some miserable den, scarce
ly large enough to contain rickety bed or
chair, my ears and heels have been at once as
sailed by the paws and lungs Of these creatures.
On the whole, think ! have felt more like cry.
ing. as I thought that even in these miserable
places the great need Of loving something, and
having something to lore, can never, by the
lowest surroundings Of depreciation, be utterly
extinguished They whom the world repudiates
the poor dumb creature looks up to, and without
questioning their antecedents. Philosophers
tell MS that the firmest friends are those who are
chosen from our interiors. Whether this Is
compliment to. or . satire upon human nature,
Ileave tothe reader as an open question"
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02

A NOVEL PRAYER-We heard lately Of
an old gentleman who i very regular in hay
ing family prayer, but who has more fun in
his composition than vital religion, and
therefore makes his wife do the prsyingi
that on a recent occasion, aAer assembling
his family be very seriously announced to
them that the object Of the prayer that
night would be that Miss would get
a good beau The young ones thinking il
a serious matter, knelt down and went
through the ceremony with the utmost gravi-
ty. We dou't bcIieyv that prayer will ever
l. an-vereL
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02

,FxxxY ELLsLER-A letter to the New York
Times, from Paris, contains the following:
Fanny EllsIer is now at Berlin, at the bedside
Of sick sister, wife Of the son Of Prince Adel.
bert, Of Prussia,s The marriage Of the young
Baron de Bsrnim, eldest son Of the Prince Adj
bert, to MIls Thersse Ellsler, sister Of the "a
nous danssuss and something Of dsnssxse
herself created great sensation at the time
but the union has been happy one, and the
relatives long ago became reconeiled TO the pie
beian intruder. From this union was born one
child, son, whose bad health induced his pa
rents 10 send him some months ago, to Egypt
TO Try the effect Of the climate on his lungs.-
But like Rachel he received no benefit. and has
just died In NubiA- The news threw the moth
er on her bed, and her sister Fanny hastcned 10
her side 10 console herin the cruel loss.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02
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I. Published Every wednesday Morning
WARD FAL CON e r
OXFORD, MIssIssIPPL

,y- Subscription price e. IN ADVANCE, or 81 80 at
. the end Of the year, so,,t
] OFFICE in the Masonic Building up STAIRS sonti
side ofthe Public Square.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-02
The "Lons Ago."
BY prsJANIS p. TAYLOR

On. wonderful stream iSthe river Of iime'
. n AAsitruns through the realms Of tears )
With faultless rythm and musical rhyme
Aud broad ming sweep and a surge sublime
That blends with the ocean Of years.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-12

The legislature OF tins State met on
Monday. The Senate organized immedi-
ately by clecting MARSHALL, Of Coles, tenn
poraiy president, tbci: beng no Lieut.
Governor to take the chair. aud By elect
ing its officers for tho session. c W
Waite, OF De Ka,b, was elected Secretary ;
John F. Nash, Of Ottawa, assistant; D. l..
Philips, o. Union, enrolling ard engross-
ing clerk; r. I. Gill, of Loan, Sergeant
Of arms, with other Smaller ofices-all re-
publicans, OF course.
n.- appointed for the meeting
the democrats repaired 10
the hall and found tho doors locl-.l. the
republicans being still In caucus. An houY
afterwards, the republicans beng ready,
the doors were opened, but then the dem
ocrats chose to be absent, and so there
was no organization Of the House on Non.
dav
On Tuesday, neither house was in ses.
sion. it beng the Sth OF January.
On Wednesday the House o5gauizcd by
electing Mr.. McCullom, of Sangamon
Speaker A joint resolution was passed
by both houses to proceed TO the election
Of C. S Senator on Thursday, which
with the reading of the Governors mes
sage constituted about the business OF
both houses on Wednesday.
On Thursday the two houses met in
Convention and re elected Lyman Trum
bull to the U. s. Senate. Trumbull re
ceiyed "a votes, and Hon s S Marshall 46
Hon. c. L. Higbee, the leading demo
crat in the Senate, introduced series OF
resolutions suggesting such amendments
TO the Constitution of the United States
as shall take the subject OF slavery out Of
Congress. They empody Douglas doctrine
and will give rise to warm and lengthy
debate
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-12
Taxes.

Taxpayers ought not to deceive themselves with
the idea that the various petitions which ahoat
asking the Legislature to defer for some weeks or
months the collection of the revenue, will receive
any notice at the hands OF our Legislators at
Springfield and especially such notice as the petit
TONERS desire, and as only the uniformed expect.
Have these petitioners, some of whom are intelli-
gent, asked themselves why they desire an extern
sion of the time for the payment of taxes? They
can assign valid reason for it. The tax can be
collected now at lis regular time much easier to
the taS payer than at any deferred time, from the
fact that nnetenths of the people have expected to
pay it at its regular time and have made arran &C.
ments for weeks and some of them for months
back to do so. This class embraces the poor those
least able 10 pay. and should they neglect to pay
now when they are prepared. they NAV be unable
to do so at the last moment required by law. and
so bring upon themselves increased costs by ia :
gatherers sale Of heir lots. The rich certainly do
not need it.
Again. before the Legislature could act upon
such petitions hIeequar.erso OF the revenues OF the
Staie counties school ana Town would be collected
and in the hands OF .houscnds of collectors thro
out the Slate. Do these petitioners desire these
large amounts of money TO remain In collector s
hands for months idle, or used by them Tor private
speculations, subject to depreciation Dy anoiher
aud PERHAPS more severe money p!nc? DO they
desire in this city the time for collecting extended
to near the tine when tie city TIA ta equally
as large will follow close rpo, its heels, People
complain now that hey Iave only Just pard tneir
ors of the county, holders of county orders, 70
wait until net summer for their pay, tfor should
the time of return be e. Tended, a collector NAV re
tain his collections to The end of the stended term
The Board Of Supervisors meets in February me- t
and again in May, end at hose sessions Will
doubleday issue a large amornt OF coun.v orders,
which Will come in immediate competition at The
country treasury with those already Issued, he e.
feet OF which will be great depreciation in their
value, anu falling upon those least able TO bear
them.
If these results are WHIT these peti' toner's de-
sire. then they are &C ing inieliigen,iv. Il n0',
they are misleading aud in uring he ignorant, bv
holding out false iish 5, and should they succeed,
many a poo. man wiz see his lot fall under the
hammer of the tax gatherer, to be redeemed only
at double cost think these petitioners has not
studied this matter we'll
They find no difficulty in procuring sisners %
spch petitions because people in this Western
country naturally inclined 10 procrastinate..
Much Of their corn is now wasting in their fields
because they can pick it tomorrow IS well rs TO-
day, and they would sign petition just Is thought
lessly not to have any tax collected ct oil.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-12
Council Proceedings.

Jch. .0.y s, 1851.
Regular meeting. Present: Mayor VI aIker Aid.
Lindley, Crl-iey, Drew, Clancy, Patterson, Smith
aud Richardson.
Minutes of last nee ing read and appro sed
CLERK reported that tde assessment roll for the
extension Of .a.yette steet baG been retui ned to
bis Office, anu tart due notice had been giyeu of
SAID return, aud taat the same ould be acted upon
by the citr council al he present NEE In., when
motion OF Drew. the following older was
passed:
clerk OF the return ii the assessment made by the
commissioners appointed by the city council, on
The 18th day Of November, ls60, TO assess the da-
images and recompensc due the owrers of land re-
spectvelv, and al the same time 10 determine what
persons will be benefit ed by the extension Of La
fayette street from the west line of States Add
ton 10 Ottawa, in direct line west TO ibe city IL
mis-, and assess The damage and eaoense thereon
the real es ate of persons benefited in proportion
as nearly as NAV be 10 benefits resulting each
No objections thei eto IRVING been made, it is
therefore
q. 80, T1at the said assessment be and the
same is hereby confirmed.
And i, i iuriher
ID, That warrant be Issued foi- he collec
lion Thereof, reurnable in niacy days after It's
date.
refer cd the bill of William Osran. printing, re-
porte. the same as correct and recommended pay
mcnt. dered paid.
Clancey, from same COMM. iee 10 whom was re-
ferred tIe bill, O. G. G. Miller, John a. ShueY,
and iona ID. Olms cad, commits soners, reported in
favor of allowing Z. G. Mile $40, and john A.
Shuler end John d. Olmstead So each.
On motion of Smith, report adopted and bills
ordsied prid.
On motion of Iiudley.
C..'reG. hat ST., be paid to VIM. S. Eas on,
tex refunded paid bv him at lax sale, Dece -Iber
26, 1885, on go Il. on Poplar ST. OF 6Oxll0 f., in
block 90, States Addition to Ottawa.
ELL of John Rider. trayage, Scents, presented
On motion of Lindlsy, 50 els. of saiG bill dered
paid.
Bill of Joseph Eyers, hauling ave, ss.25, c.
sen;ed.
On motion of Drew, sl.50 of said bill orc cred
paid.
BILLS ORDERED PAID.-Bill of David I. Brush,
services CITY marsb.I to Jan. LIST, ISL So, 80 ;
bill, of Samuel Pa te son, work on Streets and
b idge, SIT.
Bills of CalEins & Ha ord John Ciancev & Co.,
for lumber, ed, and referred to ,nance COM
mi Zee.
On motion OF Ii dev,
O,dC u, That lie CT a'to ley be ins,iuc ed 10
attend 10 he suit pending before A. Lock
wood, Esq, wherein c. W. REYNOLDS is plantia 4,
and the City of Ottawa is defendant.
On motion of Drew,
OJG' .tc, That a committee Of t.,ree be appoin,-
ed, IN connection with tie city alto uev 10 copsi-
der and epo at III ?djouraed meeli ing OF the CITY
council, amendments 10 The city Chai en-
Corr appointed Drew, Smith, ana Wcde said
committee.
Adjourned to January 10th, 1861
y. LEAVENS, Gig C'th.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-12
The exciting News from Charleston.

Our CITY, and indeed the whole country,
for the last few days, has been full Of ru-
mors of the most exciting nature from
Charleston, the main purport OF which, if
true, would have had civil war begun in
earnest, and the whole country by this
time rushing to arms Yesterdays des-
patches in the Chicago papers, and those
received in this city last evening" serve
somewhat to clear up the misty atmos-
phere, and give us definite idea OF the
real state of events as they have occurred
The steamer Star Of the West, it Is
known was sent on Monday from New
York with reinforcements OF men and pro
visions to Col. Anderson at Fort Sumpter.
The steamer arrived off Charleston Hatbor
about sunrise on "Wednesday morning
As she rounded the point off Morris Island
and took the ship channel inside the bar,
q ball was fred athwart her bows. She
only increased her speed, when two more
shots were fired, taking effect upon her,
when she turned about and retired. Guns
were also fred at her from Fort Moultrle,
but without effect Fort Sumpter made
no demonstration, but about ii o'clock
Lieut. Hale was despatched from the Fort
to Charleston with note from Col. An
derson to Gov Pickens The note is pub
lishcd. 1t simply recites the occurrence
of the morning, and then enquiries whe
ther the firing was done with the Govern
ors concurrence, notifying him that If the
act was not disclaimed, Col Anderson
should regard South Carolina as at war
with his country and should not permit
any other vessel to pass within reach Of
his guns.
Gov Pickens replies that South Carolina
had already declared that any attempt TO
send troops in.o Charleston haI Dor would
be regarded as an act of hostility that the
/ Star of the West had been warned not to
enter; but having entered had been fred
upon, and that he approved The act.
! Col. Anderson in reply TO this writes
that the Governors communication is OF
such grave pu. port, tina. he must advise
with the Government Ut Washington be
| fore he can announce what he viii 90
next, and with the announcement Of the
fact that he had sent lieut. Talbot TO
Washington with dispatches the authentic
accou is seem 10 end.
a despatch from Charleston Of the 10Th
however, >tates positively, that the Star OF
the West had arrived that day safely at
Fort Sumpter, had discharged her men
and cargo, aud was anchored in Cna.les.o
. harbor
On the heels Of this, however, comca
another despatch, that news had reached
/ Charleston, that the Brooklyn, of y Y.
is also on the way 70 Fort Suulpter with
achievements; that this has created new
intense excitement; that she Will certain y
be fred upon if she attempts 10 enter the
harbor, anl that Col Anderson viii then
/ open fire on the South Carolina fortified
tons, and tina; = general fight Is then inc
vitable.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-12

81. LoUIs Decentralization the first Of
January, appeared in q new dress. Our
appreciation of the R,pujEean, as cons
servatiye, Union loving, reliable political
and commercial organ Is so great, that we
place it at the head of the newspaper
cratic in its procliyities, who that carefully
red the Republican during the late political
contest was yet deceived by any of its
statements or predictions? 1t is this re!i
ableness of all its statements, and the
calm ability and severe integrity with
which all its political views are presented,
that gives the republican such high char
acter and such tremendous influence.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-12
As Good as 4 Sell.

Last Saturday evening there was a
grand Union Meeting advertised to
come off in Chicago The affair had been
got up under republican auspices, and was
intended to entrap democrats into the en-
dorsemeht of republican ideas. The meet
ing vas largely Acknowledgement of All par
ties being present. \ committee on reso-
lutlons was appointed, headed by one Of
the republican leaders of the city. Speech
es were made by Hays, Van Buren,, Larn-
ed, Bross and others, and everything went
on swimmingly. That the patriotic and
union-loving sentiments expressed by such
men as Hays, Van Buren,, &c, however,
might not induce the republicans present
to endorse any thing bnt rank republican,
ism, the leaders of that party had their
men stationed all around the room to
keep the crank and file" on their guard,
by continually shouting "no concession p
But the committee reported a series of
resol buttons, full of high sounding republi-
can phrases, and they We're adopted nea,.
con. Other resolut:o were occered and
vote down-some more speeches made,
and the meeting adjourned And now
com.s in the laughing part The Tribune
editsr went home and in glowing terms
endorsed the resolutions of the meeting.
spreading them before his readers. The
Tine did the same, but in more guarded
terms. On more closely scanning the re-
solutions next day, however, it was found
that in site of all their caution, and con-
slant erie of "no concession" the .esolu-
tions thus adopted and endorsed, did con-
tain sons important concession. They
pointedly condemned the personal liberty
bills and he negro rescue business, and
substantially acknowledged the binoing
obligation of the bred Scott decision
Here was sfxt Tho Tribune of next day
backed unontinently out of its endorse
ment, decking it had been done by an
irresponsible editor" and published cards
of dozell leading reput Leans in like
manner baking down. The gist of the
joke is, that the republicans were them
selves caugH in the trap they had laid for
the democ1ts, and the laughing part
comes in q seeing the republican STAN
peds to takdvater.
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1861-01-12

" fact that influences are in operation ina-
periling the continued union OF these
States. And at such period it is scarce
" possible for public men or representa-
tiyes bodies to remain silent, even though
the mere expression of opinion or declar-
alton of purpose is all, for the moment,
that is within their power. Speaking not
merely for myself, soon to pass into pri-
vate station, but rejecting what assume
to be the voice of the whole people of H.
linois, irrespective of party, as it reaches
me from all quarters, l adopt the senti-
ment OF President jackson: g. HE FEEDER
Al UN.oN-Ir Musr BE PRESERVED" To
which sentiment l trust you will give for
NAL and emphatic expression at the ear
liest possible day. Whatever may be our
attachment to the locality in which we re
side, our first impulse of loyalty is to the
our dignity, honor prosperity and safety.
Remove from us that protective strength,
and no other agency can supply its loss
Deeply must we regret that, III any quar-
ter, dstrust should exist of either the
benificent operations or the substantial
power of the Federal Constitution 1t is
to this feeling that we must attribute a
great part of the dangers and uncertain
ties that environ US. The child that be-
gins by doubling parental wisdom and af-
! Election, soon learns to scorn all advice
and rebel against all authority; and the
! citizen who allows distrust and disaticc-
ton, however slight, toward The constitu-
! tional government to creep into his mind,
| is gradually borne 10 q position Of hostil-
/ ity to the laws, and, finally, committed to
! the doctrines of secession, revolution and
/ treason. Let us avoid all such tendencies
at once; and, while firmly, yet temperate
ly, indicating the policy which our con
science Suggests and our judgment ap
proves, permitting no appliances to move
US from what our selfrespect demands, lei
US not for one instant doubt the power o.
the constitution TO protect and defend it
self and us. Adherence aud devotion tc
that Constitution in its simple majesty, az
our fathers made it, untouched and un
changed, will carry US through all ths
presents dangers, and enable Us to pass tc
the future the noble spectacle Of a happy
harmonious, united Republic
JONI Wo0p.