The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-02-06

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klToh suggests that the surname q the
Pyesidsrt be changed so that. instead OF ''Vsd
Pu6. Fsne.p be shall hereafter be esl'ed pa
Acod cOIr the celebrated pistp m'n, is
ABBOTT to Establish an armory in Georgia
-THE Canton Rifles, Capt Jos. r. Davis,
were mustered into the service Of Mississippi On
Thursday last, by Adjutant General Griffith
The company numbers fifty-six men. and is the
first company to place itself under the banner
Of Mississippi.
=Hox.f.e. fuppcr, OF Madison and ifons.
Madison McAfeS and iw.SR anderson, of Kinds,
compose the Council to the Governor, elected
N, the Convention. p dhaD sasic NasiatA
Az EDIroR PoPs THE QuEsrIoS.-We theother
day; Overheard quilLdriversr mot hundred
mles from Oxford, sOlilOqaising AFTER this FASH
T7iriosb We love thse gentle lady, and 20 '-''i'
Wen ask the ruling powen = y ~ -
-ds.'. "a b. To let Thy fairy ,afasss hsndr .o4S
become y hhnu OF AnlOefs.I g
We suspect said editor was extemporizing a
Valentino and would caution the young lady
whose name is more musical than the sweetest
Of nataesp 10 Took out for rose-thted billet
doux on the l4th o. February. - BY 'ruling
powers" We suppose the young gentleman meant
the parents of his lady-Iove. l3T Is er
TIM Home Guards, Capt Thos w. Harris,
a gallant company at Holly Springs numbering
about one hundred members, have rssolvsdrto
enlist in, the service Of the State. go ri. 1 a'i
s-7WoS6rR .f il would be difficult to paint p
striking Likeness Of Heenani Let sayers an
s'w"f cf, us issat ,Gta u rs ntstr,lI .urt : or
We have heard, from an official source, that
the Government threatens to -discontnue the
mails in Mississippi at a very early day. ;.,o.
-FrsM, out at the University, says, that il
Old Delunct, at Washington, should send his
feet to blockade the mouth Of the Mississippi,
it will be ehdeef ap, 81 ne time.
ANTICIPATED SUSPENSIONS IN TEFSEssEE,-
INDY johnson, Taylor, Ethendge, Browblow,
t id omne genus, are expected to 60 into susI
pension when Tennesss4 seccdcs. They wiz
mover resume. rN'[ ~ rv' -''N 's"N "N
n-HHos. Dick Baugh, Mayor Of Memphis till
recently one Of the most uncompromising Union
men, Is now an ultra secessionist. The Mayor
recognises the fact Of disunion, and bis Southern
instincts teach him that Tennessee must go with
her sister, States of the South, The good men
of the South are everywhere coming right ~ Il.
-7CAPT John Travis, renowned as the best
shot in the world. has established shooting
gallery at Holly Springs .,.,i.L. ne
liz parts of Illinois corn is cheaper than
coal, and the people use It for fuel. Il has long
been known that the Internal application Of err
tract Of corn was good to warm up with. ''''
aLsoaE gallant fellow recently erected y Pal
metto flag upon Fort Hale, near New Haven,
Conn., The Yankees We're, for awhile. in a'ter-
rible futter, thinking the Fort had been seized
by tho secessionists. r -alf i1 <.ius sdi ia.
,---ToBY says he knows his sweetheart reads
Shakespeare, because he heard her repeating
not long ago. ir..-.gT ai..r .,h cr.f
."zoby, or not Toby; that's the question"
The officers and employees of the Missis-
sippi Central Railroad, at Holly Springs, have
organized themselves into military company,
called the "Goodman Light Artillery" Z. G..
Barney, Captain; S. e Carey, LIST Licutcnant /;
JAS Dagg, I'd Lieutenant. The company has
about eighty members. t' ''-7'+-'" ''
III Our gallant friend, Maj. T. D. CorrRELI,
has been chosen Captain Of new Light Infanl
try company, just organised in the Eastern part
of Marshall county. Si"l -,.i .ar. hst'G q,
IVA notice that the ''Shriekersr Of Memphis,
and other parts of Tennessee still rally under
the old Union flag with its thirty-three stars
Wonder If that means,a non,recognihon of Sc
cession, and consequent war and bloodshed
against tho seeding Statess II it does, let us
know-that is all we ask.
-THE election for delegates to the Tcupessee
State, Convention, is to be held on, Saturday
next 9th inst ''''''''' ~ ''''. %" H''''"
-MRssRs Thos. H., Shields 4 Co., Of New
Orleans, propose establishing q Southern type
foundry and press mandatory in that city,
through which they intend to furnish printers
with as -dnrablc veil finished and cheap mate.
riaTs as those produced at T. JOHNSON & Co.'S
celebrated Philaae phia foundry Let every
Southern Publisher pledge himself to sustain
the New Orleans foundry. boxirodiHn % isd,
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