The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-03-20

News Items, and Items Not News.

~ Mn. i-incon on escaping from the eroNu ~
lBatfalo. n Y, Was heard to exclaim: never
fsit hsinfuease ef the press so forcibly befsrs'
Ia ACay1 Root Josselyn. of Holly Springs
editor soklier, poet and politician, lbs been ap-
pointed private Secretary to President Davis
Capt. J. is, we believe, native Of Massachu-
sets; but located in Holly Springs about twenty
years ago. When the Mexican war began, Capt.
j. was editing democratic journal; but at
the call for volunteers, he laid aside the quill
and took up the rifle, as private in Capt Brad
ford @aftcfwaris capt fayior'sA company,
wishrwMchlhe MAS present aud did good service
| at Monterrey Capt Jessclyn has polished a
volameof his poetical writings entitled 'fFaded
| Flower and other Poems, which, appeared soon
after the conclusion of the Mexican war, and
received highsnccmipms fronsthewess of the
country. Since that time, Capt. J. has been in
the ciyil Service Of mississippi, and, latterly Of
the Government at Washington. The latter
position be resigned ontlie secession Of his State
lathe appointment of Capt. Jesselyn, President
Davis has made a,mnst prudcpt selection. ao;ls
r7-TuR Light Infantry, Wilmington, n. C.,
have resolved to use, for pOmpoops, vanished
pine burrs. Those for the officers are 70 be
gilt qytgr y 4,
--TnE latest and most startling rumor is to
the effect that Fort Sumter has been reinforced
by troop of infantry. A Sergeants wife has
given obifth to twins. Major Anderson swears
the spangled flag shall wave above the fort as
long as childis left at the breast works. 3
----ElEsEN companies have been mustered into
the service Of the State in this regiment; four
in DeSoto county, three in Lafayette, three in
Marshall. aud one IN Coaloma Tunica and
Pamela have been crowded out, t..--..
.--ToM, afrend of ours, has an gnconqucrable
antipathy for doctors and their stuff" Throw
physic to the dogs,"i his motto. Some wick
ed fellow accounts for Toms eccentricity in this
respect, by declaring that his mother who is an
economical old lady, and can't bear to see any
thing wasted during Tom'sehildhood, whenever
the doctors left more medicine than the patient
needed, used to call Toin and make him swnl-
low it ''just to be. saving" as she said The
consequence has been that Toms stomach has
acquired distaste for medicine and that pecu-
liar expression Of the features which follows the
swallowing of pill, has become fixed upon his
face. Poor Tom! But then acc know the story
isn't true.
TIM Paris papers say Madllc. plunkct a
new ianseirsc sshas turned the heads Of half
the city by her dancing II Miss P's. dancing
,.,,- II a. a.. IN, a. =, cr ~, have coon
we don't wonder at the peoples turning their
heads lnda esE.4lu 100 ~uaaiis i.o.t-..i b.
---DABSEY NJ SCALES, an acting Midshipman,
in the Naval School at Annapolis, has resigned
and returned to his home in Marshall county 4
'---IaEvr. Marshall Campbell, of the L. S.
Navy, is with the feet on the African coast
We know him to be a true and valiant Missis-
sippian, who has already resigned his position
under the old Government, or will, so soon as
the news of his States action reaches him on the
far off seas.
-WmcH is the most thievish of animals p
The COW, of coursc-she is always hooking
something.
Tony says the ladies' ought to enlist, be-
cause they know so well how to bare arms.
Tue Cross SrITcH-Whcn woman intends
to give man the mitten, she generally begins
by knitting her brows
One strong advantage of Fort Sumptcr-
1t can never get out Of water.
by OuR sEcEssroSAL CoNrmBrToR.-Wh
is Britannia like bad school-boy? Because
the former rules the waves, and the latter
valves the rules.
-s'IIIc, nEc hoe "-Grammarians are wrong.
The He always comes after the Hook. p,
By ORR ConPosIroR Why did not South
Carolina have the honor Of furnishing The first
President Of the new Confedcracys She CON
tcndcd against Quadwrangle of States, and
they out-Jeffed her. e 80 .e/ % s,.a III
-i-THB STATE Convention of Alabama passed
ordinances on the 9th surrendering to the Pro-
visioual Goyernmcptof the Confederate States
the arms, forts, &C., taken from the United
States. They also transferred to President
DAVIS the control of the military operations in
progress under the directions OF the Governor of
that State. '." "' 20 -'- q
-wAxrrxo wArrREcol. Forney, in com
mahd at the Navy Yard, politely Informed the
commander of the brooklyn yesterday, that he
andhis companies could gct'no more water or
coal at that statian. We understand the Brock
tgH officer sent an order to c. r. Knapp, Esq,
this morning. for a large supply ofwater, which
order Mr.. X. declined to Gill; Pensacola Obserrr
er., az
"A FAMILY WEDDrSG.-A somewhat novel
wedding occurred at the Church Of the Holy
Trinity, Brooklyn, y. Y, on Tuesday evening,
March 5th Ten married sisters appeared with
their ten husbands, aud a small army Of chill
drcn, to celebrate the marriage Of the eleventh
sister. E aag ,st'-hai .iao. s-af.liafo
Mia John Rcgerson Of the great English
Iron firm-of John ROgersOu & Co., New Castle,
upon Tyne. is,in Montgomery on business, con-
ncctcd with steamship line between Liverpool
New Orleans and Mobile, for, which he proposes
to furnish one half the capital -, 49,.
.f-HoS. VIM L. Yancey has resigned bis scat
in, the Provisional Congress, "having," as he
says in his letter, accepted position under
the Provisional, Government Of the Confederate
States Of America. which VIII REQUIRE the deyo. |