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The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
A Palpable SLIGHT.

The didapper President Of the United States
docs not treat all his friends, or those whom he
claims to be his friends, with equal and exact
i,iparTiality. He and his mouth-pieccs profess
to believe that majority Of the people in the
seeded States arc loyal 10 his Government
chat they are, in Short his friends. He has is
sued d proclamation, calling upon various States
to furnish their respective quotas of militia to
make up a force of 5000 men, who are to be
employed in the benevolent mission of convinc-
ing our people, through the persuasive agencies
of fire and slaughter how tender and how true
h disregard for their rights and happiness. He
makes no call upon California, because, doubt
less, that State is so far off that she cannot, if
sho would, afford him help with needful prompt
aess Neither docs be cali upon Kansas, believ-
ing, probably, that she has so long been "bleed-
ing and Starving that her pale and famished
sons would be good iornothing except to breed
a famine in his camp There are sufficient rea-
sons why he should have given those two States
the goby, bht the slight he has put upon his
friends in the seeded States, in emitting to cnil
aiem to his assistance, is scarcely to be justified
If he Is right in his position that the sccelcd
States are to-day, as truly members Of the In
ion as they were before any ordinance Of seces-
sion was passed. he should have called upon
them for their due proportions of militia; and if
ne really believed THAT his adherents IN those
States were as numerous, and as thoroughly de-
al - h.
presses have been pretending, we cannot under
stand why he thought it necessary TO call upon
the other States for aid in putting down "a COM
bination" in the extreme South which his allies
among us could easily have scattered without
extraneous assistance IL is positively cruel in
Mr.. Lincoln thus to have sighted his friends in
the Confederate States lie does. not authorize
them to fight on bis behalf, or even to prove, by
organizing themselves, how exceedingly numer-
Gus they are. BY this omission, he VIII not
only lose The aid Of those loyal friends Of his
hut a malicious world viii lie apt to conclude
saat he was unwilling 10 let It appear that they
existed only in his imagination. Doubtless he
IS BY no means over burdened with sagacty;
but stiIl, he is not an absolute fool. He has
occasional glimsacriags Of sense. and is able %
perceive that when man processes to have a
host Of friends and desires, at the same time,
TO preserve his reputation for veraeiiy. Il is bet
ter that be should seem 70 slight his friends
rather than, BY putting their boosted friend
ship 70 thefest 20 eoREisi himself Of fragrant
kalsehsodr 49, ~
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The Southern Rural Gentleman.


We are gratiied to learn. through a private
source. that arrangements have been already
perfected whereby this sterling periodical will
present strong additional claims to the favor
and patronage Of the southern peopls We
understand that the graceful and gifted pen Of
contributions TO the columns of the Rural Gen
tleman, and that galaxy Of other Southern
ladies, who are bright particular stars" in lit
erary journalisu7su as. Madame lie Vert, Of
Mobile, Mrs.. Matte s. Baker Of Yalobusha
Mrs. Annie Chambers Ketchum; Mrs. Annie
Hunt, and Mrs. Lide Merriwether, (sister of
Mrs. L. Virginia French.l Memphis, and Miss
sallie Ada f,eedy, of Lexington, Miss. will
lend the aid Of their talents to enhance the in
tcrest and value Of the paper Gentlemen Of
known ability. and Of Distinguished reputation
as writers, have also been secured as regular
contributors in various departments. Mr.. J. l..
Davis, the enterprising proprietor Of the Rural
Gentleman, deserves the warmest encourage
ment at the hands of all Southern patriots who
desire that tie South should be Independent of
the North, not merely in NAME but in fact
We have in cur midst an abundance Of unem-
ployed and undeyeloped talent which needs but
proper channel through which to invite and
direct its efforts, in order to supply the South
crn people with a domestic periodical literature
which shall be fully equal to that Of any other
people on the earth. Mr. Davis proposes to pay
his contributors compensation for their labors,
commensurate with his ability; and il is mani
fest that his ability to pay them mast lie meas
ured by the extent Of the patronage that may
be bestowed upon himself In PROPORTION to
the pecuniary success Of his undertaking viii
the list Of his contributors be extended, embrac-
ing wider range Of subjects and higher degrees
Of excellence. Each individual subscriber,
therefore, may have the satisfaction of aiding,
to some extent in the promotion Of the great
cause of emancipating the South from literary
thraldom under which it has already lain too
long, and from which 1t should at once be freed.
The subscription price of the Rural Gentleman
is only 81 so per annum 1t published week
ly, by Jerry H. Davis, at Grenada, Miss a,
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%Dcc1ined.

REBELS AND TRAITORS. This is the common
epithet bestowed by the Lincoln press upon
the people Of the seeded States The same
title was applied by the British and Tories in
the Revolution to our ancestors. Even George
Washington was styled the ''rebel leader, Mr..
Washington" Il took the ''rebels' some time
to teach the Tories good manners, but they sue
ceeded at last; nor do we despair altogether of
improving the Republican mode Of speech, and
that at no distant day George the Third never
against the Southern States anil there is no
other difference between the two tyfants, except
that the one was gentleman and the other is
blackguard. DispatcA .,.al.aa
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Sherifs Sale.

CHARLES PorrKR / III. pa. from the Circuit Court
- ie va Hir Of Lafayette County,
Why CnrnEEss, DY VIRTUE of the abope'
andC. S WORD. I'D specified writ to me direct,
ed. viii sch for cash, ID the Courthouse door in
Oxford on the Fourth Monday IL April, 1861, the fol-
lowing described Traetof Land, to-wit:
The South west quarter and the West half of the
Southeast quarter Of section number Thirty one 31
Township number ixl6l Also, a small fraction in
Township number Sever "a that was purchased by
Mitchell Childress from L. S. Harmon.
All the above lands Ne IN Range -Four Of the basis
Meridian Of the Csieknaw Gessi0n. Said lands have
been levied on - the property Of defenaaht, Chi
dress and will be sold to satisfy plaintiffs demand
and all cess s W. s. MCKEE, Sheriff.
. March "a. 1881 i -iH.-lffsr -if 43-tds
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
SHERIFF'S SALE.

M llEREAS, there was committed to the Jail of
w Lafayette County, Mississippi, on the 9th day
of September 1860, a runaway slave, negro man
who says his.nane is jim, and that he belongs to-
John McCarty, of Memphis, Tennessee; and the said
John McCarty having been written to, at Memphis,
Tennessee and said negro man jim having been adj
vertiscdin the "0xford Mercury newspaper pub
shed in the town of Oxford, for the time prescribed
by law, and no owner appearing to claim said negro
JIM, therefore, in accordance with the Statute of
the State of Mississippi In such cases made and pro-
vided will sell said negro boy JIM at public auction
at the Courthouse in Oxford the 4th day of May,
1861 to the highest bidder for cash. for the purpose
of paying Jail fees, &c.
w. S. MCKEE, Sheriff, &c.
April l, 1861. 4i-tds
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

81. The Yazoo Banner, edited by Mrs Prewett
speaking Of Col Glenn's address, says: .
although born in what is now an abolition
State-as deeply generating the Union formed
by our fathers, as any patriot IN the land, and
heartily deploring the sad necessity which forces
the South to dissolve all connection with dom
inant majority, who have even over-stepped all
constitutional barriers in encroaching on our
rights-we VIII never forget that our home is
hsre-that the North, BY undue and even IN
constitutional inffingements on our interests,
has placed herself beyond the pale of our conf
dence, and that a proper selfresPect based on
justice, and determination to maintain that
freedom we inherited from our fathers, impels
us to disrupt the ties that bind usas Il were to
the car Of abalitionism, and establish govern
ment more cOngenial to our sentiments. -ls
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

A VENERABLE AND REVEREND VoLusTRKR-
In the ranks of the Louisville Blues, from
Barbour county, says the Columbus Sun, is the
Rev. Alexander McLenan, Of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, who, with his two sons have
enlisted with the company for the term Of
twelve monthsi in the service Of the Confederate
States. In speech made by him at Clayton,
on their way to Columbus, he remarked that
''our cause was hoDored Of GedI and He would
crown it with success" Mr. MeLenan is up
wards Of sixty years Of age, and the greater
part Of his manhood has been dedicated to the
service Of the Ministry.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
A DISTINGUISHED Gentleman

ON his way from Washington, consulted me in
" regard to piles; upon examination told him
had never seen worse case and advised him to con-
suit others He went on to Mobile and New Orleans,
and consulted surgeons there returned and got me to
remove them. After operating he sent for friend
of his who had been told that he could not be cured
and operated on him. lie sent third and oper
ated on him. gentleman of this vicinity, after
visiting distinguished surgeon South, and sent
home as hopeless ease, called January I'd, and
operated on him with perfect success.
DIR. y. A. CLOPTON
may he consulted at Huntsville, Alabama.
April "a, 1861. 47-ly.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

Wnou THE cons Will DESTROY, rHEr FrHsT
MAKE NAD.--This has been signally illustrated
in the case of Abraham Lincoln, the last and
least, Of the Presidents Of the United States
Desiring to retain the border slave States in the
Union, and to induce the seeded States to re
turn, be has fooIishly adopted The only policy
that was certain to dcfezt his PurPeses. Had
he evacuated Forts Sumter and Piekens and re
Trained from any attempt 10 collect the revenue
in The seeded States, it IS morally certain that
the bordes States might have been retained in
the Union, at the nomiasl cost Of such unmean-
ing concessions as would have served them as a
decent prctext for submission. while it would
have been easy to provide fsy a peaceful sepsra-
ton from the other States. If they had steadily
refused torcturn to The Union, IN attempting
10 put down the foot firmly" abraham has
committed slight mistake He has put has
foot in H. u c re-f
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

HANsnAS's DAT.-0n FriSay last a yay
large crowd Of people attended at an early hour
to witness the hanging Of JEFF Slave BE-
longing to Doctor Lara At shout 1a O'Clock
NJ. Sheriff Jones brought the prisoner out Of
the jail, and conveyed him. to the gallows.--
When the Sheriff placed the cap over his face.
JEFF" sid off the platform and hung himself
without breaking his neck. He was induced 10
do 50, no doubt by the instructions Of the doc
tors. as some five or SIX Of them endeaFored for
more than two hours 70 bring him to life The
Sheriff was as smart A. the doctors. and let him
hang forty-five minutes before be cut him down.
-rffnefa Star, 18Th
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
Administrators Notice.

ETTERS Of Administration upon the estate of
IL Ezekiel 4. Gordon, deceased, having been grant
cd TO the undersigned by the Probate Court of Laa
yette County, Mississippi ut the last March Term, all
persons indebted to said estate hereby required to
against said estate notified to present them to me,
duly authenticated, within the time prescribed by
law, or the same will be barred.
SAMUEL KIRKWO0D, Admir-,
April g. 1861. 44-6w
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

The ANENDE-When, some weeks ago, the
election took place in Tennessee for members Of
the Convention, and it was ascertained that
Memphis had gone for Submission" by ma
jority Of more than seven hundred, and that
the adhcrents and apologists of Andy johnson
had swept the State by an overwhelming vote,
we dcspaired Of the regeneration of Tennessee,
and spoke Of ii as IAN abolition State" The
spirit recently manifested by her people has con-
WINGED MS that we did them injustice, and we
now stake it all back" with the utmost pleas
IRE. We comprehend at last, that the people
of that gallant State were sound at heart and
that their vote for members Of the Convention
was controlled by the frauds and falscboods of
designing traitors. Let them 'pcck their ants
and try it again." and especially let them give
good account Of the wrctchcs among them
who would sell the South into the clutches of
Lincoln and his myrmidons.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
The Fleet off Charleston.

GREAT surprise has been expressed in various
quarters that the war vessels Of the U. States
which lay outside the harbor &c Charleston dur
ing the recent bombardmcnt of Fort Sumter, did
not respond to the signals Of distress which were
displayed by Major Anderson, and come forward
to his relief Their conduct is variously account
ed for. A contemporary explains their inaction
by the supposition that Mr. Lincoln sent them
to Charleston as eyewitness Of the treasona-
bic action of the South Carolina rebels, intend
ing to prove by them that the latter really bad
the audacity to assail fortress over which the
stars and stripes we're floating Another expla-
nation is, that the commanders Of those vessels,
knowing that Uncle Sam had only a limited
number of war steamers, and that the saucy
Carolinians were ready, and eager and able, to
blow them cut Of salt water, came TO the con-
clusion that discretion was the better part Of
valor," and that they had better reserve them
selves FOR subsequent operations. They con-
sole themselves. doubtless, by singing, every
morning, in full chorus, these philosophical lines
from Hudilras -
"The man thai fights, and runs away,
May live to egllt another day;
While he who is in battle slain,
VIII never live 70 fight again" "
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
Administrators Notice.

T ETTERS of Administration ON the estate of Will
IL liam Brown, deceased, late Of the County of La
ayette and State of Mississippi having been granted
to the undersigned by the Probate Court Of said Coun
ty at the April Term thereof, 1861, all persons
indebted to said estate are hereby required to make
payment to me and all persons having claims against
said estate are notified to present them to me; duly
authenticated within the time prescribed by law, or
the same will be barred.
WILLIAM OWEN, Almr.
April "a, 1851. 47-6w.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

COLLECTING THE REvESuE.-1t could not
be expected to be otherwise than embarrass
ing. and even annoying to many TO have
their goods, wares, and merchandise stopped
at railway stations, where revenue guards
and collectors are located, until the officers Of
the customs examine such, commodities or
packages, and permit thur transmission or
delivery. Our business men have never
been accustomed to such detentiOns, but In
a short time they will fully understand the
necessities Of the case. and will not be an
noyed by ssch delays.
II must be remembered, also that nearly
an oar revenue collectors and guards are ia-
experienced in their business, and many de-
LAYS may result on this account. A little
time will curO such complaints, and We trust
that oar merchants and balsiaess mep will
look iHdulgeutly upon present delays and
vexations.- CoasfitafiOnalist.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
Administrators Notice.

ETTERS Of Administration upon the estate of
- Samuel Lection, deceased, having been granted
TO the undersigned by the Probate Court Of Lafayette
County, Mississippi, the last March Term, all per-
sons indebted to said estate hereby required to-
make payment to me; and all persons having claims
against said estate notified to present them me-
duly authenticated, within the time prescribed 10y law,
or the same will be barred JIM. COOK, Admir-
April 3, 1861. rrHsn irrHf 44-6w
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
Capture of the Star Of the West.

The Star Of the West is now a prize coming
to the forts, where she will be formally detained
until further orders.
To Captain Wilson, Of the steamship Mata-
gorda, is due the honor of the first prize of the
Southern Confederacy
The steamboat Webb left this port last even
ing in full trim to overhaul the Star of the West
Della. a...-.- Spsl.. &
There were rumors in New Orleans of the
capture of other prizes; but they needed au-
thenticity ~ - H''s'a p
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

The VIoKsBuRe WHIG,--We abandon, in ut
ter despair, our attempts to persuade the Wing
to set itself right by making reparation for a
palpable wrong. Its pride of consistency is
naHifcstly too strong for its sense of Justice
Instead of defending its past course with manly
argument it prefers the easier task Of asserting
that we have failed to show wherein il had done
the injustice of which we complained; and in
stead of meeting an Important fact which we
stated upon our personal knowledge it resorts
to buf6oncry in order to eyade the force of our
statement.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

d The var spirit Il ripe in tbs region We
understand . company Of sssenfy-five men un-
der Capt Z. NJ Aldrias~ has been organized at
cofeeEiIle, with strong probability Of large &C
cessi0ns. Capt. A. K Blythe. has, slsa. raised
a company a sixty-eight - Oakland Since
the reception Of the late war news. those who
have been heretofore Union are now for war 10
the knife and knife % the hilt, If Necessary
Grenada Rural GsAfIsmaa.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

Is A RAGE-lt is said that when the news
Washington, the leading Black Republicans
wcpt for very rage, and clcnched their fists,
aad swore far more terribly than did ''our army
in Flanders" They had better keep cool about
these little matters. If every time their flag is
hambled by the soldiers Of the Confederate
States, they permit themselves to be unduly ex-
cited, they will be certain to suffer in their
health Of course it will go somewhat hard
with them at first, and they will find it difficult
in short time, ''when they once get used to it."
they will take ii easier v.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

~ private letter to citizen Of Mem
phis from GAINESVILLE. Ohio, says: There Is a
great excitement here to-day. The President
has issued his proclamation calling on the States
for "a, 600 men. think he viii have good
time in getting the Democrats Of Ohio to fight
for Republican rule He might as well try to
turn the current Of The great Mississippi 90
wards St Louis
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24
ROLL OF LAFAYETTE GUARDS.
OFFICERS

fwm. Delay, Captain, IL. L. Bender, Sd sergt.
Jno. P. Grace, LIST LieutA. NJ. Young, 4th q
I. II. Lyman, I'd /" Abner Driver, LIST COrI
tJohn Henry, Sd wv Strong I'd
S b Robinson, 1stse'gtR T. CawthrOn, Sd g
Edw. Hilton, I'd WI NcIntcsh, 4th
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

Beautiful DEslGSs. Hutton Freliglfs e.
signs Of the Confederate States Flags are very
superior. See Their advertisement headed En-
reloPes,"
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THEcAsH SYSTEM.

Tug Intelligence" win be published hereaf-
ter strictly on fhe eAsu SYSTEM We shall write
n5isAmeyih ourshbssfipuon book, of subscri-
Der, unless the money accompanies the order /;
sawhen subscription expires, the name viii
be erased from the list.
We have to pay cash for paper, ink, printers,
and nearly all else necessary to our operations.
The 'Jntelligencer" is the hrgest and cheapest
newspaper in the connty-only too dollars per
annum-and contains more reading matter than
any other country paper in the State.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

V coxssrEScf.-When Abraham Lincoln, a
few years age. was stumPing Illinois with Mr.
Douglas, he was constantly harPing upon the
Dsclarztich Of Independence, the doctrines Of
which, as be contended, were wholly adverse 70
tbe institution Of slavery. Inasmueh As ;'GoF-
ernments derive their powers from the consent
Of TIE governed be insisted that negroes,
without Their own consent, could not rightfuIIy
be held IS slaves. Few aboEtionists contend
that negroes hare more extensive rights than
the white race; but Mr.. Lincoln IS ready 20
deiuee the land with blood IN order to force upon
The white man Of the South a Government
which they abhor. and to which they viii never
consent 90 long as God gives them strength to
hattie against T.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

CoHE RIeuT AT B9sTs- Hon Neil S. Brown,
and the Hon. JsIn BeH AZ Nashville, have de-
clarcd for secession
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

WHo Began THE WAR-The Northern poo.
pie appear to be lashing themselves into a state
Of fierce excitement, because, as they are told,
'thc rebels have made war upon the Govern
mcnt. They have so long been in the habit Of
swallowing all the monstrous falschoods invent
ed by the abolitionSts, that they are prepared
to gulp down any thing that may he presented
TO them. When their Father Abraham" dc
clIred his purpose 10 throw supplies into Fort
Sumter, and backed up his declaration by send
ing a formidable fleet and army to Charleston,
he commenced the war. Gen. Beauregard, II
he had been a fool, might have waited to be at
tackled before he opened his fire upon the Fort
Not being fool, he ''took time by the lorelock,"
and anticipated the action Of the enemy. The
responsibility, however, rests with the authori-
ties at Washington. Upon their heads will lie
all the guilt of the blood that NAY be shed dl.
ring the terrible struggle that is now at hand.
The Oxford intelligencer. (Oxford, Miss.) 1860-18??, 1861-04-24

MAJ. L. 8AgKsDALE OF TIE MrssIsslPPfAN.
Our readers will remember, that, in our last is
sue, we published a call made upon this gen
tleman TO become a candidate for Congress from
Che State at large, and his reply, accepting the
position to which he was invited. We designed
10 have called attention to the correspondence
at the time, but our notice OF it was mslaid and
did not appear. The call was in the highest de-
gree honorable to Maj Barksdale. bearing as it
did, the names of many of the most prominent
beading men from all portions of the State, with
out regard to past political differences. lie has
done yeoman's service, for many years past, in
the cause Of the South, and it would crafty us
to see him placed in position in which his en-
nent abilities may have wider scope and be
more extensively useful to the country.