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The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

The recovery Of fugitive slaves Is provided
for, under the new Constitution, much more
efficiently than under the old. The State, in
which any fugitive is lost to the owner BY
rescue or abduction, is 10 compensate the
owner for the full value Of the slave, with all
costs and expenses.
The Constitution of 1881 conferred upon
Congress authority ito make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into execution the [powers delegated to Con-
gress aud all other powers vested by the
Constitution in the government Of the Uni
ted States, or in any department or officer
thereof" Under this clause, large class of
"implied powers" as they are termed, have
been brought, by the convenient process of
construction, within the jurisdiction of Con-
gress. The Provisional Constitution em-
powers Congress ito make all laws which
shall be necessary and proper for carrying
into execution certain specifically enumer-
ated powers, and all other powers expressly
delegated by this Constitution to this Pro-
visional Government" thus materially mar
rowing the province of construction, by ex-
Guiding the idea that the Provisional Gov
eminent can rightfully exercise any author
ity that can only be established by implca-
ton.
We have now indicated all the leading
and material points in which the Constitu-
tion of the Confederate States is unlike that
Of the United States. The federative prin-
ciple, as contradistinguished from that of
consolidation, occupies, in the new Consti-
tuition, a degree of prominence that was
lacking in the old, and to the want of which,
more than to any and all other causes, the
disruption of the Union is to be ascribed.
The Constitution of our fathers was de-
scrvedly dear to our people, because, in the
past, it had proved itself to be the source of
great and numerous blessings. That Con-
stitution, however, was, in some particulars,
defective; and, through these defects, it had
been perverted from its originally benign in
tention, and transformed into an instrument
for the oppression and degradation of the
South. The Provisional Constitution, there
fore-our CONSTITUTIONAL which all the err
rors of the past have been repaired, cons
mends itself more strongly to the approval,
and to the affections, of the people of the
new Confederacy, than the highly vcnerated,
but comparatively imperfect instrument,
which it has superseded. 4
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
A Terrible Danger.


We have never supposed that the new
Confederacy was likely to be upset." so
long as the rcdoubtable James Watson
Webb, of the New York Courier and En-
quirer, could be persuaded to let it alone /;
but he has decided that it shall be put
down.. and, of course, he will see that it is
done, and that right speedily. While our
readers are resignedly waiting for the thing
to be done, they would like TO know, per-
haps, how it is to be accomplished. 1t is a
very simple operation, 'as easy as lying"
When mountcbank Lincoln shall have be-
come President Of the United States, he has
only to cause President Davis and Vice
President Stephens to be indicted for trea-
son, require the Governor of Alabama to
surrender them as "fagitives from justice"
and then quietly proceed to hang them.-
The head of the Confederacy being thus cut
of, the "ChevaIicr" is confident that it will
straightway give up the ghost. i
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
DIR. ThOTnweIPs Article on sfThe
State Of the Country"

To the exclusion of our usual variety of
matter, we give up our first page, this week,
to an elaborate article, from the pen of DR.
Thornwell, which we hope will be thorough
" studied, and extensively circulated among
their neighbors and acquaintance, by all
into whose hands it shall come. Let its
length deter no one from an attentive peru
sal of it; for, among the multitude of able
essays that have appeared during the present
crisis in public affairs, this appears to be one
Of the most able and excellent Clear in
statement, Christian in spirit, and invincible
IN argument, it is eminently calculated to
produce the conviction, in the mind of every
candid and intelligent inquirer, that the
movement of secession was political ne
eessity of the grayest character, and that all
Southern patriots are bound, by every con-
sideration Of honor, and interest, and duty,
to yield to 1t their earnest and cordial sup
port.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

The craft and editorial fraternity are pref
ty well represented in the military compa
MES of this place. In the Home Guards are
our contemporaries, Thomas A. and kinloch
Falconer, father and son, Of the Herald, and
two journeymen printers. In the JEFF. Da-
Wis Rifles are the local of the Argus, j. E.
Ballard, the editor of the Oxford lntelligen-
Ger, Howard Falconer, the editor Of this pa
per and his son, and one journeyman from
the Herald, and one from the Argus Office
ten in all. We think that these ten can
whip any twenty aboIitionists in the old pu-
ritanic State Of Massachusetts,, with old ''fuss
and feathers" and the ''rsil splitter both
thrown in for good count AT any rate
they viii try, if the worst comes, TO see that
the craft and fraternity are not dishonOred
by the Holly Springs rcpresentatiOn.-Hoiiy
Springs South.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
The Late Secretary of the Interior.

The Congressional Committee which was
charged with the duty of investigating the
facts connected with the abstraction of
$4,000 of State Bonds from the Depart
ment Of the Interior, has made its report,
which is severe in its structures upon the
conduct of cx-Secretary Floyd, while it fully
exonerates our respected townsman, Mr..
Thompson, not only from all completely, but
from all blame, in connection with the affair.
Considering that the Committee was CON-
posed of his political enemies, now greatly
exasperated, who would gladly have seized
hold of the slightest prctext as the basis for
an accusation against him, Mr.. Thompson
may well be proud of the unwilling tribute
they have been forced to pay to his official
integrity.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
Shall we have War

Every body is asking this question: nobody
can answer it. For our part, wehave not ceased
to hope that an amicable adjustment of the pre-
sent difficulties may yet be effected. For the
brief period during which Mr.. Buchanan will
remain in office, we are convinced that he will do
nothing to provoke conflict If Lincoln, upon
his accession to power, shall attempt to coerce
the seeding States into submission to the au-
thority of the United States, either by actual
invasion or by blockade of our ports, he will
thereby commit an act of folly which could
scarcely be expected even of greater simple
ton than we believe him to be. The Black Re-
publicans are intensely anxious to retain The
Border slave States in the Union, and we think
they are now satisfied that those States will Sc
cede if a coercion policy is inaugurated by the
new Administration; and a declaration of war
by the free against the combined slave States
would be utter madness. In the very nature Of
things, such war could have but one termina-
ton. The South would at last dictate her own
terms of peace Lincoln, doubtless, if left to
himself would be foolish enough to provoke hos
tilties; but he is now in Washington, and sur
rounded by men of better information, and broad
er views, than the country politicians who have
had him in keeping for few months past
Those men, if they can, will undoubtedly per-
suade him to accept the fact of secession as
thing past remedy, and to direct his labors to
the task of conciiating the slave States that yet
remain in the Union Should he have sense en-
ough to adopt that policy, we believe there will
be no more secession What the Border slave
States now require is not concession from the
North, nor even security for the institution of
slavery, but simply some plausible pretext for
remaining in the Union. Just let National
Convention be called, and let that Convention
adopt some high-sounding but unmeaning gen
crafty which shall leave Black Republicanism at
liberty to execute its purposes eventually, while
it shall profess to repudiate them for the pres
ent, and not another State will join our Confed-
eracy.
But, it may be asked, will the Provisional
Government of the seeded States permit Mr..
Lincoln to carry out such policy as we have
Indicated? We answer that it cannot do other
wise than permit him to do so, provided, he is
sagacious enough to surrender Fort Sumter and
Pickens upon the first demand that is made for
them; but should he attempt to hold those
forts, or to retake those that have been captured
war is inevitable. We cannot without COM
promise of the dignity and honor of the Cohfed-
eracy, suffer the United States to retain posses
sion of fortified places within our limits, after
reasonable space of time for negotiations shall
have elapsed
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
Administrators Notice.

/ ETTERS Of administration upon the estate
h Of Wesly Harmon late Of the county Of
Lafayette and State Of Mississippi deceased,
having been granted to the undersigned by the
Probate Court Of said county, at the January
Term thereof 1861, all persons indebted to said
estate are hereby required to make payment );
and all persons having claims against said estate
are notified to present their claims to me, duly
authenticated, within the time prescribed by law,
or the same will be barred
SIMPSON LESTER, Admir-.
January 80, 1861. 35-6w.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
Artfui Dodging.

ABRAHAM, the seller of whiskey and split
ter of rails, who is shortly to become the
commander-in-ehief Of the army and navy
of the United States, has recently been dem
onstrating one of his peculiar qualifications
for that high position. His policy, in war,
will be that of taking his enemy BY surprise,
just as he took the people of Washington
by surprise, on the morning of Saturday last
when he made his appearance among them,
unannoupced and unaccompanied, and long
in advance of the hour indicated in the Off
cial programme. 1t seems that Abraham,
as he approached Baltimore, became unwil-
ling to risk his safety by making public
entry into the monumental city. He was
afraid that justice might be done upon him;
and, doubtless, in view of the prospect be-
fore him, his condition became like that of
the Babylonian monarch, of whom we read
that "his countenance was changed, and his
thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of
his loins were loosed, and his knees smote
one against another" So, in secrecy and
darkness, like a guilty creature seeking to
escape the avenger of blood, separating him
self from his escort, he sneaked through
Baltimore alone and in disguise, and made
his way to Washington. 1t needed but this
to finish Abraham. His principles and his
speeches had previously made him odious:
his abject cowardice has now transformed
him into an object of ridicule, and made
him, from hencefortl, the butt of the coun-
try and the world If he were not the half
witted creature that he is, he might have
known that the contempt of the people of
Baltimore would have secured him against
personal violence for, surely, city which
sends to Washington, as its own immediate
representative, an abolitionist Of ability and
brains, like Henry Winter Davis, and suffers
him when at home to "run about loose"
through its streets, could well afford to per-
NIT an insignificant wretch like Abraham
Lincoln, whose lack Of intellect renders him,
comparatively, powef1ess for mischief to
pass unnoticed and uninjured Abraham
skulks. lie is tirnid and treacherous, and
by no means to be trusted. He is not, how
ever, to be feared. II
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
GUARDIANS SALE.

IN PURSUANCE of decree of the Probate Court
l. of Lafayette County Mississippi made at the Feb
ruary Term, 1861, thereof will, ON Saturday, the
30th day of March next on the premises, proceed to
sell to the highest bidder, on credit Of and two
years from the day of sale, the following lands be-
longing to the minor heirs Of Jethro Harmon late of
said County, deceased, to-uf: The West half of the
Northwest quarter of Section twelve, Township sew
en-, of Range five West; and the East half of the
Northeast quarter of Section eleven Township
of Range five West. The purchaser or purchasers
viii be required to give bonds with approved security
for the purchase money with interest from date and
in addition, the statutory lien will be retained upon
said lands J. ii. MARTIN, Guardian
of G. W. Harmon and L. L. Harmon.
February %, 1861. sew.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
THE CASH SYSTEM.

Tan ssInteIligencer" viii be published hereaf
ter strictly on the CASH SYSTEM We shall write
no name in our subscription book, of subscri-
Der, unless the money accompanies the order
and when 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 "Intelligeneer" is the largest and eheapest
newspaper in the county-only too dollars per
annum-and contains more reading matter than
any other country paper in the State.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

The SECRET OF SUCCESS IN BUsINEss.-We clip
the following from the Syracuse Union, and re-
commend its truth to the consideration of our
friends
When you find a man doing more business
than you are, looking at the advertisements he
has in the papers. The business man who puts
his sign in the newspapers, does a much wiser
thing than when he fastens it over his store, and
who would think of neglecting thatf The man
who advertises informs the public that he wants
trade, and his card in the newspapers is an invi-
tation to customers to come and buy. Where
one person reads in the street. five hundred
read it in the papers. No matter how well a
business man is known, he can always pick up
new customers, if he will take pains to let them
know where he is and what ne has to sell No
one can afford not to advertise; for by neglect
ing the means of securing trade, he loses the
best part of his profits.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
The Mails.

IT is likely, we suppose, that one of the
first acts of Lincoln's administration will be
the stopping of the mails in the seeded
States. This measure will not be defended
upon the ground that the States of the Con
federacy are out of the Union that would
concede too much for the purposes of Black
Republicanism T; but the pretence will be,
that the United States are powcrless to pre-
vent deprcdations upon the mails, or to pun
ish violations of private correspondence,
within the limits Of the Confederation
This, however, will be merely pretence !;
for the State laws are amply sufficient to
guard the security of the mails, even though
the federal laws, in consequence of the res
ignation of federal judges, cannot be en-
forced among us. Tae plain truth is, how
ever, that the Lincolnites desire to annoy us,
and this is one of the devices they have hit
upon for that purpose. Very well. IL the
Northern people can stand it, our citizens
will scarcely find it uncomfortable. We can
soon put in operation, and at no great cost,
postal system that will suffice for our local
and immediate wants and ''our folks" will
not suffer very materially by the non-
reception of newspapers and business letters
from the United States. Eastern creditors,
deprived, by the" wise and patriotic gov
eminent of the privilege of writing to their
Southern debtors, will come on in person to
collect their claims-perhaps. Il
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
From the " o. Picqyvne.
Revenue Laws or The Confederate
States.

Collector Hatch received to-day the following
instructions and copies of acts of the Congress
of the Confederate States, relative to the colcc-
ton Of her duties:
CoNGREss OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES,
Montgomery, Ala, Feb. Is, 1861. (
To The Collector at Mem Orleans:
SIR-By direction of the inclosed resolution
of the Confederate States of America, | here
with transmit to you copies of the acts passed
by the Congress on the subject of duties on i'm
ports. You are instructed to collect duties on
articles imported from all foreign States in COM
pliance with the provisions of these acts
Howell CoBB,
President of the Congress.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

AT the recent election in the city of
Wheeling for the choice of delegates to the
State Convention, only thirty-seven votes
were cast against a reference OF the Conven-
tons decision to popular ratification or re-
lection. The policy of precipitation"
would not seem to have many advocates in
that city.-Nat. Lateuigencer.
Z If we have not been misinformcd, the city
of Wheeling, at the Presidential election in
November last, went for the Lincoln ticket
by large majority. 1t is not surprising
therefore, that the policy of "pre cipitate sub
mission" should seem to have many advo-
Gates in that self same city.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
Administrators Notice.

T ETTERS of administration upon the estate
II Of Elizabeth Harmon, late of the county of
Lafayette and State of Mississippi, deceased
having been granted to the undersigned by the
Probate Court Of said county, at the January
Term thereof 1861, all persons indebted to said
estate are hereby required to make payment ;
and all persons having claims against said estate
are notified to present their claims to me, duly
authenticated, within the time prescribed BY
law, or the same will be barred.
JAMES II. MARTIN, Admir-.
January 80, 1861. 35-6w.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

AR an old soldiers convention" at Indian.
apolis, Indiana, on the 22d instant, resolutions
were passed deprecating any attempt to main:
tain the Union by war.
"A fraction over 80 cents on the dollar has
been offered for the eight million loan advertised
by the Government. Thereare said to be about
one hundred and sixty bidders.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

An unsuccessful instruction attempt was
made by the negroes Of neighborhood about
twenty OF thirty miles from Aberdeen during
last week; but fortunately their plans were dis
closed by servant girl, who informed her mas
ter of the time and place Of their meeting, and
he collected few neighbors who secreted them
selves near the place and soon after, the negroes
commenced collecting one by one. From their
conversation, il appears they only met on that
night for consulting, and TO prepare to make the
instruction between this and the 4th of March.
They were all captured and logged severely
aberdeen Conservative.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
Administrators Sale
OF
Sixteen Likely Negroes.

IN PURSUANCE Of an order Of the Probate
Court of Lafayette County, at the January
Term thereof 1861, will, on Monday, the 4th
day of March next as Administrator of the es-
tate Of Lydia Garrett, deceased, at the late resi-
dence of said decedcnt near Lafomba, Lafayette
county, Mississippi, proceed to sell all the ne
grocs belonging to said estate, sixteen in mum!
Der, consisting Of men, women and children.
Terms of sale, nine months credit from day
of sale. Bond and security will be required Of
the purchasers.
J. G. w. BARNETT,
Administrator of said Estate
January 80, 1861. 35-4w.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

The President has nominated, and the
Provisional Congress has confirmed, Hon.
Robert Toombs as Secretary of State, Hon.
c. @. Memminger as Secretary of the Trea-
sury, and Hon. L. P. Walker as Secretary of
War No other appointments have yet
been made.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
CITATION NOTICE.

To Nancy s. Sneed and her h,.sJdnd W. Y Sneed
Charlotte Courtney and her husband, Thomas
Courtney:
Won are cited to appear before the Probate Court
il of the County Of Lafayette, on the 4th Monday
in March next to show cause why the final account
Of W. G. Vaughan Administrator de 6Onis non of
w. B. Arnold, deceased, should not be audited and
final decree entered thereon.
by order of Court r
y. d. MOORE, Clerk.
February n, 1861. ...... Sew.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
Evncrtnr's Nntica.

To James r. Harrington, Susan Smith, and
her husband, Mural j. Smith: ,.4 .s.
YOU are cited to appear before the Probate
L Court of the County of Lafayette, on the
25th day of March, 1861, TO show cause why the
Petition of w. II. Steen, Executor Of Martha
Lusk, deceased, praying for a sale Of Slaves and
other personally. for division, should not be
granted. By order Of the Court,
Il. ID. MOORE Clerk.
January Goth, 1861. 35-4w
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
ADMINISTRATORS Notice.

L ETTERS Of Administration on the estate of John
II 7. Wilson, deceased, late of the County of La
fayete and State of Mississippi, having been granted
to the undersigned by the Probate Court of said Coun-
ty, at the February Term thereof 1861 all persons
indebted to said estate hereby required to make
payment to me and all persons having claims against
said estate notified to present them to me, duly
authenticated, within the time prescribed by law, or
the same will be barred
WILLIAM II. WILSON, Admir-
February 81, 1861. sew.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
February Is, 1851.

We understand, says the Pioayune, the I'd
section is understood, at our Custom House, to
mean that an goods, &C. from any Of the late
United States, not a part of the confederate
States, on 18th of February, 1861, purchased
prior to 18th of February, on or before the 2sth
Of February, are entitled to entry free Of duty,
if imported before the 4th Of March, 1861. Con-
sequently all dutiable goods imported as above,
after 4th of March, are subject to duty, and all
dutiable goods, not purchased prior to LIST March,
are on importation subject to duty, even if i'm
ported before 4th of March and, it also follows,
that all consignments of goods not enumerated
in section I, are on importation before 4th Of
March, subject to duty.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
A Congressman Assaulted.

WASHINGTON, February 23.-Hon. c. II. Van
Wyck, Republican) of New York, was assault
ed by three assassins last night on returning
from Hon. Preston Kings rooms to his residence.
Van Wyck shot one of his assailants, and was
considerably injured himself
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

--THE Columbus (Ga.) Times says the Eagle
Manufacturing Company Of that city has sup
piled to military companies of Louisiana, Mis-
sissippi, Alabama. and Florida 5000 yards Of
cashmere for uniforms since the secession move
ment began. 1t is described as "a substantial
fabric, Of sbs cadet mixed or green color"
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27
0m gqrb a0btrtisemtats
CITATION NOTICE.

TO Wilton II. 7Hrelkeid;
Woo are cited to appear before the Probate Court
i of the County Of Lafayette on the 4th Monday
in March next, 10 show cause why the final account
Of FLOYD Coward, Administrator of the estate Of
Amos Jones, deceased, should not be audited and
final decree entered thereon.
By order of Court. II uN ~ Is r
E. D. MOORE, Clerk.
February "a, 1861. 4fN 39-4w.
The Oxford intelligencer., 1861-02-27

V0U are notified that, at the March Term, SOL,
l. Of the Probate Court of Lafayette County, Mis-.
ssppi the claims against said Estate will be taken up
for allowance and examination All creditors are re-
quested TO attend. by order Of Court -..-f.t
e. d. MOORE, Clerk
February 81 1851. S9-Sw.