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THE PRAIRIE FLO OVER:
I'm Independent Magazine of Literature
and Criticism.

and Criticism.
Western Literature! Confound the phrase,
we hope we shall never hear another word
about "Western Literature" as long as we
live! What is "western literature" that it
is different from eastern or southern or any
other sort of literature? Scarcely a news
paper OF periodical which we open is with
out some encouraging and condescending
love-pat on the poor shoulder of "western
literature or "western poetry" or some
such outrageous nonsense. Now we have
the presumption to believe that literature
and poetry, wherever they exist, are found
ed upon the same immutable~ principle, which
principle is a communication Of human ge-
MUS with the immortal beauty pervading all
nature-which shapes alike the cloud, the
rainbow, the starry skies, the whispering
landscape, and clothes them all in its celes-
tial essences-and which developes with its
beauty-creating power as well the delicate
rose-leaf as the souls highest aspirations
after the infinite and the eternal. In the
material as well as the intellectual world,
ever thing tends constantly towards perfec.
ton. The germ bursts from the rottine
seed, in the dark furrow, and springs upward
towards the light to bring forth its perfect
and beautiful forms-even as the soul of man,
struggling with the mists Of animal passion
and cropping in the darkest of its imperfect
organization, tends upward and onward till
it again.mingles with the divine source Of
beauty whence it sprung.
This is literature; and what miserable
nonsense, then, to talk of "western" litera-
ture, as if it were a thing apart from the
general order of nature-some interesting
phenomenon-an intellectual monstrosity-
to be patted encouragingly on the back, and
to receive, the stinted and reluctant praises
of ~self-appointed "eastern" critics, bestowed
very much in the same manner that they
would drop a shilling into the hat of an itine.
rant mendicant, who murders Cinderella's
Waltz and the overture to Fra Diavolo on a
v~ilIanous handorgan! We want nc such pat
ronizing encouragement. Does "western'
patriotism, or "western" eloquence, or "wes
Itern" craftsmanship, shrink from a compare
son with the patriotic and the eloquent o.
the worldl When me kpl CIay
, 1841-11-13

"Some ten years ago." said he, 81 was ira.
yelling over these mountains on horseback
and | stopped at this very house. The Land
lord was extremely ~obsequious in attending
to my comfort, and after supper he requested
me to join him in a bottle of wine. Moth.
ing loath, | consented, and before midnight
four empty bottles stood on the table end,
and he was acquainted with all my business.
very imprudently remarked in the course Of
conversation, that / had a large sum of mo-
ney in my ~valise. and he politely informed
me that he would take care of it for me un.
til the morning. Although some what intoxi
Gated, did not approve of leaving it in his
charge, and wishing him good night, | took
my valise in my hand and retired to bed
After | had undressed, | placed my pistols
under my pillow, and carefully, as | thought,
examined the room. l laid myself down,
and soon sank into a ftful sleep. l suppose
it must have been two hours after when
awoke, and collecting my scattered senses,
| endeavored to think what | had been about.
Suddenly | detected a noise under my bed.
What was my horror when | observed a
small piece OF carpet stretched along my
bedside, moved as though something was I'M
der it. A cold perspiration started from eve
~ pore; but, thank God, | had presence
Of mind enough to prepare for the worst.
Grasping a pistol in my right hand, and hi
ding it under the bed clothes, l feigned to be
asleep. In an instant afterwards | saw a
trap door, which had been concealed by a
carpet, cautiously lifted up, and | beheld my
landlord, with a dark lanthorn in his hand,
directing his glittering eyes towards me-
Still moved not; but as he turned his back
to put the lanthorn on the foor,I fired,
and"-
"You killed him, did you not?" shrieked the
Spaniard, almost jumping from his seat.
"Silence! till | have inished!' said the
stranger, and again he touched the butt end
of his weapon. "The instant that | fired
the villain fell! started up and merely pull
ling my overcoat on, snatched the lanlhorn
that he had dropped, crep. cautiously down
with my valise in my hand, to the stable. 1t
was a bright moon-shiney night, and | soon
saddled my horse. | galloped ten miles,
when | met a party of wagoners, and in
their company | returned to the house; but
despite Of our rigid search, not even as much
as the villains body could be found. But
if | can once put my hand upon him, if it
cost me my life, he shall die the dogs DEATH
The stranger arose and caught the Span
lard by the throat. Tearing open his shirt
collar, he showed the mark Of n wound on
his neck! We need say no more. Three
weeks after that Jose Gomez was hanged in
the city of Cumberland, upon his own con-
fession Of having murdered no less than five
travellers in that very room!
, 1841-11-13
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UNIVER SiTY OF THE STATE
MISSOURI,

.ITNllE preparatory department of this In.
Z stltution was opened agreeab!v to pub
ic n Office, on the l4th of April, and. is now
n successful operation. Although the fall
organization OF the University will not take
lplace in consequence of the temporary I'm.
iproductivencss Of its funds, before the au-
tumn of 1912, provision has been made for
the formation Of the regular collegiate elias
ses, on or about the first Of December of the
current year. With Il view TO the thorough
instruction, and discipline of the institution,
the number of its officers will be increased
1T the commencement Of the collegiate year,
and the necessary books, and apparatus. both
Philosophical! and Chemical will be provided.
The subjoined schedule exhibits substan-
tally TIE course Of study 10 be pursued in
the University, and serve as guide to young
gentlemen who may be DESTROYS of connect
ing themselves with either of the regula-
classes.
Preparatory Department-Englisll, Latin
and Greek Grammar, C;csar's Commentaries.
and Firgil's Aenied a books; Greek Tesla
ment, ~(gospcl,) and Cir. Minora, Geography
and Arithmetic.
Freshman ClaSS-FirSt scssion-Sallust;
hntiquities-Fisk's; CIR. Maj. Xenophon's
History; Algebra begun.
Second scssion-Algebra completed; Ho.
race begun; X%enophon's Memorabilia; &c.
ometry begun.
Sophomore ClasS-First-IIorace COM
pleted, Geometry completed; CIR. Majora-
Oratory; Trisonometry.
Second-Cicero De Oratore begun; Ho-
mers's Had; Mensuralion, Surveying, Navi-
CATION; Jamison's Rhetoric; Comic Sections
Analytic.
Junior Observation-Disclosures
tial and Integral; De Oratore completed; Che
mistry, Mineralogy and Geology; Natural
Philosophy.
Second-Gr. Majora-Critics; Nat. Phil.
and Astronomy; Botany, Nat. His, and Ply
siology; Tacitus.
Senior Class-First--Logic and Rhetoric,
Whateley's; Intellectual Philosophy; Ethics,
Wayland; Civil Polity, and Constitutional
Law.
Sccond-lnternational Law; Modern Ian.
guages; Christian Evidences; Political Econo.
nv, Say.
The regular entrance examination will
take place on the second Wednesday in No.
vember next.
Candidates may be examined subsequent.
fly in vacation. or during the session.
]. Ii. LATHROP,
President of the anniversary.
Columbia, August 90, 1841.
N. B. viii each Political and Literary
paper in the State friendly to the cause o.
Education and the State University, give the
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, 1841-11-13
MISCELLANEOUS
From the Crecent City,
The Travellers Story.

A party of travellers, we among the mum
Der, were seated around a blazing fire, in a
tavern upon one of the Allegany Mountains.
The coach had broken down, and per force
we were detained until the next morning.
We had finished a substantial Virginia sup
per, and each one with his feet on the fender,
and a cigar in his mouth, ruminated upon the
storm without, and the warm cozey comfort
within. Each one in his turn told a story or
related an anecdote, and at last the joke came
round to a hollow-cheeket individual, who
until then had remained silent.
"Gentlemen," said he, fixing a piercing
grey eye upon one Of the company-a Span.
lard, who unlimited, had drawn his chair up
to the fire, "some ten years ago, l came near
being murdered in this very house,"
At this moment the Spaniard got up and
was going out Of the room, when the nara.
tor arose, and locking the only door in the
room, put the key into his pocket, took the
Spaniard by the arm, leading him up TO an
old picture, surmounted by the English coat
o! arms in guilt work, run his finger along
the motto
"Honi sol qui maiy pense,"
said, displaying at the same time the butt
end of a large pistol, "evil be to him who
evil thinks" The Spaniard smiled, and said
he did not feel well, but the stranger swore
that no man should leave the room until he
MI finished his-.sp~5. Requesting us no
1nazed at HIS conduct he n Eeeded.
, 1841-11-13
ADMINISTRATION NOTICE.

is hereby given that the undersigned
" has taken out letters of Administration on the
estate OF Charles Bailey, deceased from the Rails
County Court, bearing date the August 2Sth lS41:
All persons, therefore, whoh have any claims against the
estate of said deceased, are required to exhibit the
same duly authenticated for allowance, within one
year from the date OF said letters, or they may be
precluded from having any benefit of said estate, and
if such claims are not presented within three gear
they will be forever barred.
ROBERT BAILEY, Admir-.
Sept. 18th, lS4I-3t.
, 1841-11-13
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

THE undersigned administrator Of the es-
Il tate of Thomas C~opcnhaven, deed. late
of Lincoln county Mo-, hereby gives notice
to all concerned, or in any way Interested in
said estate, that the undersigned admrnistra-
tor will make a final settlement Of the said
estate at the next Nov. term of the coun-
ty court of said county.
JACOB COPENHAVEN, Admir-
Sept. 25th. 1841.-4t.
, 1841-11-13
CAUTION.

CIRCUMSTANCES beyond my control, having
~ compelled a separation between me and my wife
Hannah Spratt, having mutually agreed TO live sepa-
rate, and apart from each other, and having made
suitable provisions for her support.
thereby caution all persons against trusting her on
my account, as I will pay no debts of her contract
ing after this date.
WIN. sPRATT.
- niGiiIS; G.cea. No. Oct. 90, lS4l.-3t.
, 1841-11-13

nv "eAkSA AAAS ASSo ~
Come, gather closer to my side,
My little smitten flock,
And l will tell of him who brought
Pure water from the rock;
Who boldly led Gods people forth
From Egypt's wrath and guile,
And once a cradle babe did float
All helpless On the Nile.
You're weary, precious ones-your eyes
Are wandering far and wide;
Think We of her who knew so well
Your tender thoughts to guide?
Who could to Wisdom's sacred lore
Your fixed attention claim
Oh. never from your hearts erase
That blessed mothers name.
IT'S time to sing your evening hymn,
My youngest infant dove;
Come press thy velvet cheek to mine,
And learn the lay Of love.
My sheltering arms can clasp you all,
My poor, deserted throng;
Cling as you used to cling to her
Who sings the Angels song.
Begin, sweet birds, the accustomed strain
Come, MARBLE loud and clear;
Alas! alas! you're weeping all
You're sobbing in my cal.
Good night-go say the prayer she taught,
Beside your little bed;
The lips that used to bless you there,
Are silent with the dead.
A fathers hand your course may guide
Amid the thorns of life
His care protect these shrinking plants
That dread the storms of strife;
But who upon your infant hearts
Shall like that mother write?
Who touched the springs that ruled the soul!
Dear mourning babes, good night!
, 1841-11-13
PO ETICA L.
From the Concord Journal
Ode to Thought.

OhThought! thou art a wond'rous thing,
That ever, on the wing,
Dest never tire;
Nor stay thy ever varying flight,
Even when wrapt in shades of night,
We shut earth's objects from our sight
And rest desire.
Now pictur'd on our wilder'd brain,
Bright, hopes and joys, a dazzling train
For future years;
Anon, thou bear'st a cruel part,
Bending with fear the shrinking heart,
TIL at some spectr'd scene we start,
And wake to tears!
when in our changing, mortal life,
We find some hour with gladness rife,
Without alloy;
Why dost thou from the guilty past
Some dark page bring, and over u cast
A whitening pail, our joys to blast,
And peace destroy?
Say, what art thou, and whence?
And when, our souls shall 60 from hence,
Where is thy end?
| asked-and with Overwhelming force
From truths divine, eternal source,
A voice in its o%'erflowing course,
Did answer send.
"ThougW is thy constant guest on earth;
Coeval with thy mortal birth
From God l sPtang.
Nor shall / ever cease; but know
That as the seeds, thou here dost SOW,
Thy future lasting veal, or wo
On me do hang.
So live, that theu mayest never shun
The retrospect of actions done
In other days.
Thus shalt thou find in me a source,
Whose overlooking, placid course,
Shall be i thee a vast sou
Of endless praise ELLA.
, 1841-11-13
FINAL SETTLEMENT.

TNHE undersigned administrator of the estate OF
Il David Hudson, decd late of Pike county
Mo, hereby gives notice to all concerned, or in any
way interested in said estate, that the undersigned
administrator will make a final settlement OF the
said estate at the next November term Of the ceun-
vt court of said county.
JOHN SOUTH, EexecutoL
Oct. %, 1S4l.-4t.
, 1841-11-13
N o r 3,

NOTICE, .
is Hereby given, that the undersigned, has takeS
out Letters of administration, with the will annexed
upon the Estate ofJohn Oestreech, ST.. deceased Go~i
the Clerk of the Warren County Court, beaSipg data
the 18th day of Sept. 1S4l; all persons having
claims against said estate are therefore notified 70
present them for allowance, within one year from he
date of said letters, or they may be precluded from
any benefit of said estate, and il not presented with
in three years, will be forever barred. =
CHARLES A. KUNTZE, Adm,rY
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

X-A TO RENT.-The second story of my store E;;lA on Dauphin street, well adapted for family tine lsi November next possession gwen immediately
 mrl0 204tf J. (. GWlN.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

SKETCHES of Conspicuous Living Characters il S France, containing 1hiers, Chateaubriand, La maritime, Lafitte, Gsizot, Beranger, George Sapd, Mme DadeyaRt, &c.translated by k. M. Wash, ,witl, potrat of Theirs--Just received and for sale by
 DOUBLEDAY X SEARS, mar20 50 Dauphin-si.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

GOWLAND'S LOTION for improving and beau Ot tiying the complexion, rendering the skin fan |, soft and transparent-just received fresh supply |. for sale wholesale and retail, by
 RICHARD NORTH, Druggist & Chemist mar27 No. B Government and I6 Com 'ce-sf
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

}zA TO RENT.-house and Lot on the Spring it;;N Hill Road, one and half miles from the city, being the house formerly occupied by D. H. Burke The house and premises are in good repair. Apply to
 ian l54d B. GAYLE, al the State Bank.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

HENRY k STODDART, corner Contl and Water streets, offer for sale
 lO-+ wide Linen Sheeting, l2-4 wide do do, with variety of single and double Danask Table Cloths and Table Linen, Table Covers, Tow cling, &c. complete assortment of Clothing of all kinds as usual. mar13
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

$1O REWARDls'rayed or stolen sa, from S.,d1e the cow with short horns, white hind feet, and white spot on her face,-other marks not particularly re- collected. The above reward will be paid to any one who will return the COW the subscriber at No. 6, Claiborne, or 68 Commerce street.
 mav5 25ltf GUSTAVUS HORTON.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

VIOLET ODOkS.-1he undersigned .iave just \ received and opened the following rare and deli cious Extracts, manufactured by that Prince o peu- mers, EDE, Peruler to Her Majesty Queen Victorias
 TAE VERBEEA ExTRAcT-A delicate perfume for the handkerchief and pleasant appendage to the toilet
 BOUQUET ARABIc-An essence possessing the most exquisite fragrance and delicacy.
 THE ROYAL EssEScE--A new perfume to be found on the toilet of Royalty, predominant at the Royal drawing rooms, leyees and other resorts of rank and fashion. l. c. DUB0SE & CO.,,
 mrl3 late BuBose & Rolf, 39 Water-st.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

}vA FOR SALE.--The House and Lot on the north E%%iL. side of Three Mile Greek, adjoining the resi- dence of Mrs Lousia Owen, it woull be disposed oI on reasonable terms, or exchanged for city property The dwelling house has all the necessary improve ments, and the Lot is in fine order for cultivation, contains 6 acres. Apply to
 JOHN SIMPSON & co,
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

NOTICE On Monday the Huh day of June next, lN shall expose to sale at public auction, al the Court House in the city of Mobile that certain House and lot of land, situate, lying and being iu the city of Mobile and described as follows:-Lo No. l5 in square No. 240, according to plan of city lots of Harry Toumin, decd, on record in the Mo bile County Clerks office, in Book NJ, Page 35s, having front on Conception street of forlysIx feet and extending back eastwardly from said street on its north line one hundred and y-fo feet six inch ea and on its south line one hundred and forty-six feet; bounded north by lot number h. east by lot No 4 south by lot No. 16, and west by said Conception slreet-Sad property will be sold in pursuance of mortgage with power of sale, executed by Joseph Bates Jr. to the Branch of the Bank of the State of Alabama at Mobile, bearing date the 18th day of March, 1885, and duly recorded in the office of the Clerk of the County Court of Mobile County Terms made known on the day of sale.
 mayl3 25Stf B. GAYLE, Cashier.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14
STATE OF ALABAMA-CLARKE COUNTY

STATE OF ALABAMA-CLARKEC COUNTY.
 ORPHANS COURT, March Term, 18il
 UyHIS DAY came WILLIAM RUSSELL, Admin Il istrator on the estate of Charles Brunson, decd, to whom letters of Administration said estate granted on the fifth day of February, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty eight and made an exhibit of the estate in his hands, and also of the claims against said estate by which it ap- bearing to the satisfaction of the court that the said estate is altogether insovent and unable 10 pay its debts It is therefore ordered that the said estate be declared insolvent and il is further ordered that no- tice be given in the Mobile Commercial Register and Patriot paper printed in the city of Mobile, for all persons having claims to file the same with the Clerk of the county court of Clarke county before the first Monday in September next. true copy from minutes. Attest, -
 apr16 235tf TERRELL TOWERS, Clerk.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

GOLD MINES! GOLD 1fLNESi FOR SALE. TN OBEDIENCE to decree of the Hon. Chan Il cery Court, at Court holden at Talladega, in the 4th Chancery disirct in the Northern Division of the State of Alabama, the undersigned Register of said Chancery Court, will proceed to sell, the first Monday in July next, at the ABERCIlOOCHE GOLD MINES, in Randolph County, Alabama to the highest bidder, on a credit of six, twelve and eighteen months creat, (taking notes with good se- curty, as also lien upon the premises for the pur- chase money,) the celebrated Gold Mines, known as section five, in township seventeen, in range eleven to be sold in lots varying from one-iourth of an acre to forty acres This section is supposed to tain the RICHEST DEPOSITES OF GOLD, yet discovered in the United States, and all persons de- srous of purchasing may have opportunity of testing he lots under the supervision of the undersgned sho will attend at the said Mines during the week preceding the sales.
 Indsputable titles in Fee Simple will be made to the purchasers they paying the expense of executing the deeds. HUGH r. WATSON,
 mar20 22lttds Register in Chancery.
 o. The Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, Hunts vile Democrat, and Mobile Register, will please publish once week until day of sale and forward the paper containing it with their accounts, to the Register Chancery Court, as above.
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

BOOK OF THE BOUDOlR; or, the Court sf AS Queen victoria.-A series of highly finished Portraits of the British Nobility, from original paint ings by eminent artists, engraved under the super
 tendance of w. & F.. Finden with poetical illusta- tions. A few copies in splendid binding, for sale by
 aprl2 DOUBLEDAY & SEARS
Mobile daily commercial register and patriot., 1841-06-14

"A FOR SALE OR TO RENT-A House Ee:.A situated on St Michael sl., No. ll9, between W al1eu and Lawrence sts, on moderate terms. This House Is in complete order, and possession can be given at any time when required. For particulars, apply to AUGUSTUS E. ROUGE, Front st.
 june 4E* bet st Francis and St hlicaelsls