The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-01-09
News Items, and Items not News.

News Items, and Items not News.
u 4 sp.sal patch to the New orlea1s DslS iiatod
Vashihs.on, a.. i, 1861, says Thesotth E<foline'
commissioned having been unsuccessful inthe oo-
fleet q eir tision, are reported to be N thelr w
home b rs anticipated in Charleston thai hostile
nleasuf4 will he taken tomorrow. Rreastworks afe
beng Mvwpup at every exposed shsstioson the
Bay for the purpose of preventing the entrance OF
United States vessels Of war Dispatches from Char
lesion say that the Governor and Privy Cogbdl sfe
now in secret session, considering the. Questions
which press on them for decision.
All the ladies in the city busiy engaged in pre-
pairing bandagcs and lint, in anticipation of the hos
tlites which are expected. TheState authortes.are
shfppfns -hcsyy Ufdnance De Pfnced m inc new
broastyosks nos in process OF Reconstruction. Large
ungs IF ssgrosA bvps,ths nsahbsasg Plagtstspus'
at work OH thsfsAaYpfs These fortlfeatons are
substantially built Of sandBags An immediate col
lisiop is eatieifatsds, ail.sl yn ysmIsU
!, Tue United States Forts and Arsenal in North
Carolina have been seized and occupied BY the
State troops. :,a, ..:r..,4 b,
The majority for immediate, secession, in
Georgia IS very large, In, Louisiana, as far as
heard from, the Immediate secessionists. have
large majority. In Alabama, thcs separate Sc:
cessionists have . majority OF ten to fifteen. A
considerable number Of those elected as ro-ope-
rationists, are for secession, IL as many as seven
States socesle. 49,; l,Gsd :bHail ia9f Z
ii, -The Mobile and Ohio Railroad l,as been
completed to Coriptf,' Miss, Superintendent.
FLEMING offers the .pss Of the Road to Governor
Pettus for the transportation Of troops, ete5
;7T7 Lincoln is sad to Aver any settiemept of
our difficulties that will be satfactory to New
York and Pennsylvania. Too late, r., -,
The Tennessee Legislature met on Monday.
Gov. Harris recommends that the question of
Convention Or no Contention be left to the peo-
pie and that Delegates be voted for at the same
time. Gov. II. takes strong Southern ground. /.
Hon PIT Scruggs, formerly Circuit Judge
Of this Judicial District, bts HOW a distinguished
member of the bar of Memphis, Tenn, is isffa-
vor of immediate secession by separate State ac-
| ton. namo.i an .lusg - iaf'r oi ~ 4
President Buchanan has appointed Mf. iMcy
Intyre, of Pennsylvania Collector At Charles
ton. Thu. is not only an insult 10 South Caro-
lima, but declaration of war against her..
The Constitutional Union, an anti-seccs-
sion paper, published at Des Arc, Ark regrets
to say that 1.-THE immediate secessionists control
the public sentiment of Arkansas"
The division in the Democratic party in
Missouri hasbcen healed. '''"
LA FRIEND OF ours. wishes to know II Carl
BALD Is a relative Of Cincinnati Bald Eye. The
former won'tbe taken in; Old Bald Eye Is for
ever being taken in. Old Bald Eye makes the
soycrcigns see double; Garibaidi makes sover-
cigns sing small They are both full of spirit
ARREST OF A FuorT1vE MURDERER. Wed
nesday night man named ID. J. MiHs, was
arrested in this city. 1t is alleged that he
killed a man named SllultE, in Holly Springs,
Miss, two years since. lie will await in ous
Jail requisition from Gov. Pcttus.-Atd-
bRehf,. Jan. 4th. y uia ..a aaN pf |
---MAYoR WooD, of New York, recently
seeded from st. Georges Church. in that
city, on account of some structures made by
the PASTOR Rev. Dir. Tying, upon the Mayors
proclamation Of Thanksgiving Dav.
Wool says that two hundred
Thousand volunteers would rush to arms in .
the North to prevent secession. You can't
Voot us, General, and you needn't try. f.'' |
"A sweet little cherub of seven summers !
was asked, Christmas, what was the meaning
of The evergreen star, hung up upon the cast
side of hcrnother's psrlor. alt is the star
the sheep saw" was the sweet reply. mo, }
not the sheep, child, but the wise shepherds" /
said her, sister. "Dnt, Sis" persisted thc'
little angel, naively, if the shepherds saw
it the sheep saw it, too, dida't thcyf'
1-TnREE new military companies have
been formed in Marshall county, within few
days: Marshall Cavalry Company, at Holly
Springs, with fifty membcrs-Hon. w. S.
Fcatherston, Captain; Jno. Armistcad, lst
Lieutenant; Jas. Sims, I'd, and Major T. i.
Cottrel, Sd. Marshall Flying Artillery, at
North Mt Pleasant: Arthur Clayton, Cap
tain; s. N. Harris. LIST Lieutenant; Dickcr-
son Rodgers, 2d. Marshall Artillery, at IIol-i
ly Springs Lawrence Johnson, Captain; Z.
w. Upshaw, LIST Lieutenant; W. L. Coeh-
ran, Cd, and R. ?. Lewis, Sd.
'-THE English papers, which at first spoke
ignqrantly and very foolishly about the Sc /
cession spirit in the South, prophccying that
it would be "a fash in the PAM" and so
forth, are beginning to change tic tune a
little, and to recognize what has come to. be
an inevitable fact They speak more en-
couragingy than at first. ....t.i.. i
The steamboat, James Montgomery,
was sunk at the head of Island Ten, in Mis-
.sissippi, on last Thursday morning No lives
iost'. a.'l :ae.il 7"a .,s.t e. H'r.
On Friday last, the locomotive d. S. T
White, exploded at loves station, on the !,
Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad. The
engineer, Mr.. Doughtery, and Mr.. Towns, a