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The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

part OF our country; and rich (oh!
how rich, but Tor the present cloud
Of shsme,) in the golden promises oi
the future, which are onrs because
the country is ours. On tho other
hand is league of states without a
histOAY, with no elements Of inde.
pendent empire, and around whose
future the thickest darkness hangs
On the ono hand is the flag round
which cluster so manv patriotic re.
collectious, and which has waved
above tho brave in 30 many hard
fought battles; the Constitution which
so many Of us have sworn to sus-
tain; the laws which we have aided
to enact; the alliances which we have
contracted, and the commercial treat.
lea which we have negotiated when
we commanded respect as first
class power among the nations OF
the earth. Ou the other hand are
The 50 who trail that flag in the dust.
abjnre that Constitution, and repu'
diatc the 0aths to sustain it which
they have registered in heaven, defy
the laws which they have helped to
enact, and must contract alliances IA
best they can when recognized as u
sixth-rate power. whose discordant
parts are cemente only by the whim
Of demagogues.
But one thought in many minds
overrides all other considerations: -
Virginia has seeded and OF course
Maryland must" Why "mustl'-
When did Maryland become an in
FAINT or captive to be dragged at
Virginia's chariot wbeels2 Virgin
ia is noble state--all honor to her;
but she has done things before to-
day in which Maryland could not
follow her. The Old Dominion has
fallen from the first rank to the
seventh in our company OF states, and
the counsels which have led her that
downward road arc not the safest
guide that We could choose for Mary
land.
Nor does it by any means follow
that what is wisest or beat or most
honorable for her is so for US. We
are on different sides of a great nav
igable river. No natural boundary
separates us from the great North.
No other state is interpo;ed between
us and them. We cannot escape
the position Of being all that sepa-
rates them from their capital, and
only miracle like that which open
ed the Red Sea for Israel can save
Maryland from becoming one great
graveyard. il she assumes TO bear
the bruDt of the battles of Secession
Il BaltimOre american.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

RELIEF FOR Quo VOLUNTEERS
In the Senate on Friday, the House
bill afiordink relief to the families oI
Soldiers mustered into service, was
after sundry amendments, passed.
This bill affords a monthly al
lowance to Soldiers families In thei,
absence and for one month ate
their return, and il disabled or kill
ed, an allowance for one year 10 here
after made to such families.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

New COMET Thatchers's comet
can now be- seen with the naked eye.
1t is situated n the quadrangle OF the
"G,eat Bear" and near the brightes,
OF the iorr stars. To the eye /. hae
only a hazy appearance at present.
A writer says "it mov,s rapidly from
the North East and in a few days will
he conspicuous as a flaming swort
from The North advancing into th'
lSouthern skies"
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

PERayuLLr, May f. Special to
the New York Hsraid: = Thirty
thousand troops are now in Wash.
ington, including tho Pennsylvanis
troops who me through Baltimore.
The troops will take possession OF
Alexandria to morrow.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

MArsvILLs. Kontucky. May A.
Maysville gives $40 majority for the
Union. The stars and stripes foa,
from every building in town.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10
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BARBER SHOP.
E W. ESTi,i,SIS,
Il. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.

Il PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
IlgsiDgscg- Opposite tho Joint stock Hotel
IN Ssndusky street, West Of Main.
Oypics--Four doors South Of Wheeler Bros
~ Whom professionally a6sont orders may
heieft At his residence, all such orders wIi
rsc.ive prompt attention.
Iw Esraixis Is prepared to furnish Artificial
Ewes. These move like the natural eye, and
are SO perfect as almost to defy detection.-
Also, supporters, Shoulder Braces, Artificial
Ear.Drun,s, Urinals, aud Haslan's Artificial
Far for tho deaf, Call and examine specimens
Especial attention given to operations upoI
and treatment of Diseases OF the Eye aud Ear
January 2jth, lsGl.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

PARIS, kEsrucKr, May & --TAts
rec'nct gives 315 m,jority tor H..
Union ticket. Belle vote Ia NJ
,vcmber wac 365. N -. 10
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

DR. T.. w. ENTIsIISIN, will hereafter de,
IL vote his entire time to the practice of Med
)ine and Surgery, N Fndlay and adjoining
country, Prompt attention to business at al
imas.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

The American flag floating ever
Havre de Grace.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10
nited States and Foreign
PATENT AGENCY.

NXTE are prepared to transact business o
w every description, relating TO Caveat
Drawings. Specifications, Patents, Infringe
invnts and the Patent LAWS.
BRAINERD 4 BURRlDGE,
Bank street, opposite Weddell House, Cleve'
laud, Ohio. lJune 4, ls6O.-iy
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

IDitONN ~ hope, ,uESUY UNnW >.
ID Attorney, at Law, lIAMLs \. yurL.
tiNDlAY, OHIO.
W II practice Ia Hancock AID adjoining cOun
ms. OFTICE.
Opsr Greens DrLs Slo,t, opposite cont HJu'c.
zs-J. \. Brrs having iuimcr'y resided 10
Lame tst.r, ono, wall attend t. any business IN
Fairfield county. (Februtty 20. l'Gl
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10
|,ROCBpY AID PROVISION STORE
n e I T e r M A MS
(poRxxsLY srou0nros'D
|iMBROTYPb GALLERY,

ItNHlS establishment has been so long In ope.
L ration. and It's reputation In 80 we'll known
y the people Of Hancock and adjoining coun.
es, that we presume II IL not necessary to
iention rHEFACT, that all the different sty les
fpictures are taken here. In n manner that
cNNoT BE SURPASSED.
nd at low prices to suit tho times.
AS- A stock of fancy Cases will be sold out
I aREAvLY reduced prices.
Having n SxY LiGHr along with all the other
improvements oftho day, We can produce II
Ioop-ros.D picture. Examine specimens at
Ihs revolving sign and vt the rooms, In DR..
|sawson's block, opposite Wheeler 4 Bros.
". REITERMAN.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

NATURES AssisTANr.-
N DIR. l.. ID. SOPEI, would respe fnlly
announce that he has permanently located III
Findlay, where he will attend to all calls In his
Profession.
sS- Uttioe In Colts Block, formerly occupied
nv DR.. Armstrong. january Is. ls6u
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

nH. JACoB HOitS,
~ ltcsiirnt Physician,
WrST sIpR uP BRoNn srRELT
cone door No,h Of Me Public SquTe,)
FINDLAI, ONO.
february L. lsji.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

Attorney nd Counsellor at Law,
FINDLAY, OHIO
Office above A. Langxorthy's Drug Store
next to II. Newelrs.
October ~, 1850.
The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1861-05-10

Du.B. DE ECH, would respect thu llannounce
that he has aspermanently located IN tindli,y
w1ere he will attend To all calls IN his profession
Oliice and residonce on west side OF Main ST
In Inc bu idiug formerly occupied by founkiI
uoarly opposite the new PRESBYTERIAN Chnrc'
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

TIE Ruins OF RoxE.-The Italian climate,
moreover, robs age Of its reverence, and
makes 1t look newer than it is. Not the
Coliseum, nor the tombs of the Aprian Way,
nor the Oldest pillar in the Forum, nor any
other Roman ruin, be it as dilapidated as it
may, ever give the impression of venerable
antiquity which We gather, along with the
ixJ, from the gray walls Of an English abbey
or castle. And yet every brick or stone
which we pick up among the former. had
'fallen ages before the foundation of the latter
vas begun. This Is owing to the kindiiness
With which nature takes an English ruin to
her heart covering it with ivy, as tenderiy as
Robin Redbreast covered the dead babes
With forest leaves. She strives to make it a
part Of herself, gradually oblitersting the
handiwork Of man, and supplauting it with
her own moses aud trailing verdure, till she
has won the whole structure back. But in
Italy, wherever man bas once hewn q stone,
Nature forthwith relinquishes her right 70 ii,
aud never lays her finger on it again. Age
sfer age Ends il bare and naked IN tbs bar
r. ssA,ki.s, ssa sayss i ~ -a
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

ESeLIsH Corros Buyers Coxrsa South.
We had the pleasure of travelling from Savan-
nah to Macon, on Saturday last, with one of
the leading Lancashire cotton manufacturers
"A Mr.. Payley, of Preston, who was on his
route to New Orleans to establish an agency
there, for the purpose of supplying his own
factories with all the cotton he requires, di-
rect from the Crescent City. Mr.. Paley was
accompanied by his chief buyer-One of the
keenest Of the Liverpool cotton men; and
though he was not as communicative as his
employer, we had evidence from both that
other manufacturers are now on the way to
establish agencies in our Southern cities, for
the purchase and direct expectation of cotton.
They have gold and shipping in abundance
and we can supply them without the inter-
position of purse-proud Northern commission
merchants, who have grown fat, arrogant and
saucy upon the profits of our trade-pro6ts
which, with Gods blessing, We shall here
after keep TO ourselves.-Atlanta (Ga.) In
felligeneef. aa
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
something for Coerciosists.

BURKr, maintaining in the House of Com
mons that American Colonies could not be
subdued by British arms, said: ain Vir-
giuia, and the Carolinas they haye vast
multitude Of Stoves. Where this is the case
in any part Of the world, those who are free
ara by far the most proud and jealous of their
freedom. Freedom is to them not only an
employment buta kind ofnnk and privilege.
Not seeing there that freedom, IS in countries
where ID is common blessing, and Is broad
and general as the air, may be united with
much sbject toil-with great misery-with
all the exterior of servitude; liberty looks,
among them, like something that is more
noble and liberal. do not mean, sir, to
commend the superior morality Of this SEN
timent which has at least as much pride as
virtue in it, but l cannot alter the nature Of
man. The fact Is SO, and those people oi
the Southern Colonies are emuch more strong
ly, and with higher and more stubborn
spirit attached to liberty than those to the
Northward. Such were all the Ancient
Commonwealths-such were our Gothic an
cestors-such in our days were the Poles
and such win be all masters of slaves, who
are not slaves themselves. In such people
the haughtiness of domination combines with
the spirit Of freedom, fortifes it, and renders
it invincibLe." ea3 s.. ~ .lii'
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

LOOKING OUT FOR THKM.-We learn that
several Of the Abolition Wholesale grocers,
druggists, drygoods merchants, stove manu-
facturers, and others In this city, rampant
and vile Abolitionists, have sent clerks down
South, drumming for business. We also learn
that their drummers wear "cockade," on
their hats, or else Missouri Minute Mems
rosette OF, their coat collars. Look out for
them, Southern men-they are wolves in
Sleeps clothing. The few sound Southern
houses in this city, and they are but few, we
regret to say, do not send out drumhers with
" cockades" on their hats or coat collars.
Mark an such drummers as scabby sheep
81. Louis Herald. rs rz
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

The HEIR TO THE THRONE OF IrALY.-
Prince Humbert, youth now in his 18th
year-a bold and elegant rider, first-ratc
marksman with the rife, exhibiting skill and
endurance in all manly exercises, endowed
with fair open countenance, in which the
soldier-like, honest mien Of the father is
blended with the delicate features and sweet
expression Of the mother, distinguished by
affable manners and graceful address-wins
golden opinions with the multitudes as he
goes alcng the thronged streets, bowing when
bowed to, mounted on his light gray Arab.
The seed which his father and grandfather
sowed in sorrow aud in blood, will have
grown up into full and glorious harvest by
the time this fortunate youth succeeds tc the
throne. That throne, to which so many Of
his race aspired, in the secret Of their hearts,
almost ever since the days of the First Hum
bert, will fall to the lot of this Fourth Hum
bert by series Of prosperous vicissitudes,
than which nothing more marvellous was
ever woven in the mysterious web of Provi.
dence. The falness of the times Is almost
at hand, yet the final issue still trembles in
the scale of fate. q t.an &. .,,i 10 .,r...a, I'D
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

THs LONDON TINES PRINrERs.-Prior to any
one obtaining position as compositof on the
London Times, emust have passed IN exam
ination showing that he can set at least 40 lines
of 6s letters, or about 224o letters per hour.
The price paid for type setting is eleven pence
per thousand letters, at which rate the compOs-
itor can make about five dollars day. There
are 124 compositors employed, so Of whom are
occupied solely by setting up advertisements.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

EDMUND KEAS.-I will describe Kean as
he appeared to me in private society. He
was a quiet, unpretending, almost shy man.
He said very little, and there was nothing
about him to astonish, scarcely indeed to in
tercst you. His conversation was chiefly
confined tomatters connected with the stage.
In person he was short, neither robust, nor
yet meagre his features were singularly ex-
pressive, all stamped with the unmistakeable
impress of high and superior intelligence.
His brow very fine, his mouth and chin well
defined and good, and the whole face fash
ing with intellect and feeling. Veal thought
him very handsome. And then his eyes
those magnificent eyes, large and dark
beaming and lustrous-they perfectly ilu-
minated his countenance, and ON the stage
were one Of the most powerful agencies in
the effects be achieved. His smile had pc
culiar and very remarkable captivation in it.
Of his profession, its tolls and triumphs-of
his brother actors, Of whom he ever spoke
most kindly-he was very fond of talking.
Othello he considered by far bis best charsc-
ter-Richard II. bis next best Sir Giles
Overreach, Shylock, Timon of Athens, and
Others he deemed far superior to his Richard
I'LL, though he used laughingly to say: at
was that which brought him fame and for
tune, and he was very much obliged to the
public for liking it as they did"
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

The SrAR-SPANGLED BANNKR.-The N. o.
Crescent protests against the ignoring Of
the star-spaDgled banner and hail Colum-
bia," and says, justly enough:
The idea is common that these are North
ern hymns, set to Northern music. Hence
the manifestations Of dislike with which they
are frequently received when performed in
public places. Now, no impression could be
more at variance with historical facts. These
tunes and anthems of right belong to the
South; and as they are glorious tunes and
anthems, we should cherish end perpetuate
them, instead of throwing them back into
the possession of those who have causelessly
and wantonly become our enemies
These magnificent compositions first burst
upon the world when the whole country was
a slaveholding country; and like everything
great in war, peace, intellect and science,
which made our forefathers illustrious sprung
from one general source. Instead of aban-
doning, let us claim them as our own legiti-
mate property. They are proud portion
of our birthright. Our whole people have
listened to their swelling strains with unal-
loyed delight; and tens of thousands would
almost as soon fight for their retention as
they would for the protection of their section
so strong is their reverence for, and their
attachment to, the grand old tunes they have
admired and loved from earliest boyhood to
the present moment. ...
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
The. mirage Of Life.

Tm child's eyes are enchanted, but he
does not know it, and he believes in all be
sees. He does not doubt the brilliancy and
the glory of the scenes that lie before him.
To him the future is no sandy desert strewn
with dead men. bones; it Is . -widespread
savanna, fruitful as the tropics, and delight
ful as the Elysian plains. He gazes down
the vista Of life, and every pbantasm seems
10 bis ardent sight as real, pleasant object.
There is not pageant looming in the dis
tance, there is not one of the dissolving views
which hope creates and fancy touches up to
bewildering brightness, that the child does
not accept as real, and soon to be proved SO.
All the prismatic views that appear to fash
acI oss his forward path, he thinks are really
lighting it, and that he shall be touched and
beautifed by their radience when once he is
there. Bright and fair is the apparent pros
pect before him; no wonder that the child
is in haste to get on. There is everything to
lure him-freedom, plenty, sweet gardens,
flowing fountains noble forms, smiling faces,
and beckoning hands. He sees the waving
of palms and the glitter of jewels; he hears
the voice of trumpet and Of harp; oh! all is
before him; on, on! And on he rushes,
breathlessly. to the end Of childhood, through
youth, and often into manhood, before he be-
comes fully aware that the shape, complexion,
and mien Of his phantoms have all been
rapidly changing, and that what he took to
be true worth and beauty, is, in reality, no
better that a raree-show, or mirage Of the
desert At last grown keeu-eyed by hard
lessons, he pierces through the cheat, and
sees the bare and barren seeds of life. For
him there is Afterwards no more enchant-
ment
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
MEMPHrs PosrmAsrxR-aIt is rumored that

MEMPHIs PosrMAsrER--aIti is rumored that
Mr.. John c. McAlister is to be the new
Postmaster in Memphis. He is known to be
an applicant, and we understand, during his
recent visit to Springfield, had some as
surances of success. He is said to be related
to Mr.. Lincoln's law partner, through whom
he expects to secure the appointmenL-Asn-
phis Avalanehs, Dec. 4. ui..,.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

A blooming young widow, living in one Of
the Southern States, which is strongly in
favor of secession, sends word through la
DIV friend to spry widower Of this city, but
who is not in very robust health at present,
that she !" is for Union" To which, he re
piled: sand 90 am /, but due regard must
be had 10 The consultation"
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

Two passengers were convcrsing in 8 rail-
way carriage about music. One gentleman
asked the other, who appeared rather simple,
DO you know the Barber of Seville r
NO." the latter replied, al always shave
myselfn -r.-4 as
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

The FOUNTAIN TREE.-A remarkable tree
formerly existed in Hero, one Of the Canary
Islands, concerning which the most marvel
lous tales were told. 1t was asserted that
this tree was unique, and supplied the in
habitants Of the island, wherein rain is un-
usual, with all the water they required: in
fact pure water trickled from its leaves to
the amount of several gallons daily, which
was collected in receptacles at the base of
the trunk. But, aided by science, it becomes
evident this was due not TO any special pro-
perty of the tree ITSELF as was inferred, which
was laurel, but to its exceptional position.
A narrow and deep ravine Glove the island to
its centre, extending from the sea to nearly
the highest point for five miles; and where
this gorge terminated abruptly, at the base
of precipice, the solitary tree grew, amid a
thicket of ferns and smaller plants. The
warm air from the surface of the sea, ascend
ing, by natural law, into the higher atmos-
pheric region, was constantly rushing through
this gorge, laden with moisture from the
ocean. This current Of air, abruptly stayed
in its ascent by the bleak wall Of rock, con-
densed its vapors on the local vegetation,
and especially on the broad, smooth leaves Of
the solitary evergreen. Thence the moisture
trickled down in sufficient quantity to render
its collection an object when the usual
sources of water were deficient. This singu-
lar tree, which was very old, was destroyed
| by hurricane in the seventeenth century.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

.THE. Paris courts value lady's teeth at
eight thousand francs. An English governess
was recently knocked down by carriage,
and by the accident lost all her teeth. She
brought an action of damages, and the tn
bpnsI awarded the above amount
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16

sY nARY n. KIaEr .bnwosrH

Yn must lesvsyou al, dear esss,9
Ny tFest friends on earth. 4f
For childhood days and ripss years
Make palmer still ysur worth n&t'
Oh, feeble, faint and trembling stili ~
AlSrili the words sayi f
When my fui heart seems bursting. then
For yod, dear ones, fpray-
~
TstherI you're growing old No more Z
'fhsfse nrn fsotstsp's thine; e 'ei
And oa thy head glorious crown. "
The sivery locks nos shine. I..s q zfd
Estheri thy daughter loves thee weli;
Though errinseft, yet give .-.-
Thy blessing ere I lesve Thy homs, I
In nss Mons to live. 4 20 80
hstheri With reyerent lips I speak .'
The holisst name know rtH @
Oh, thou arttrue though all forsake
Thy daughter here below ....-t. ,
Mother, forgive the tears I've caused
tFrcn thy fond eyes to flow. ~
4pd With thy trembling lips now bless
Thy Mary Is Igo. tst, -
Ses = . d t'sa 81 ss.r =, II
sistsrsi I leave you all And now
Afsithfrl memory brings
Some bitter memories back to mo
Upon her darkened wings
have not loved - you have loved,
Forgiying all the wrong,
30 gentle still, with all my faults.
You've loved me well and long.
Brsthersi upon iife's stormy sea
> I've launched my trembling barque,
Oh, let forgiveness from you all
Make its dark waves less darki
II isa stormy sea, God knows,
And dark the clouds above;
Yet there are golden streaks that gid:
These re-torgireRess-LoVe.
And now, 1t comes st last Farewell,
The loved and true Of home;
Though Oft within your sacred walls
Your Mary still we como,
Yet not IS in the days gone by.
As one Of you to live;
But give kindly welcome still,
And all the past forgive.
LIES battle must be fought, and we
The victory must win;
Yet not with folded hands, but with
Brave hearts the strife begin. q
New homes We all must make, you know,
And happy, Il We will;
BY loving. working, We can all
Our destiny fulfil.
FAREWELL Ny seat ia vacant, now;
Another bids me come,
And, with cheerful, loving heart
Make light within his home.
Yet know, love you all. Ny heart
Still clinss to its first love;
Haze yaitA in God, and He will keep
Il home for all abore.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-16
To the Ladies.
COLLEGE HILL
FEMALE SEMINARY.

TIVE next session Of this Rourishing Institution
Il viii commence on the FIRST N0NDA Y in
September. Il il located in healthy and pleasant
DeighbOrbood : miles North Of Oxford, and near
the Mississippi Ceutrsl Railroad. For particular
address r PLIGE Psfhopal,
sHs N.-lsvA oOUer HlLMlw.