Southern standard. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1851-1856, 1851-05-31
Prairie Point Barbecue.

The citizens of Noxubee county, portion of the
constituents of the Hon. w S. Featherston rendered
him public Barbecue on the goth, a short notice OF
which appeared in the Standard of last week Vein
timated that there large crowd present. that 1t
was intelligent and enthusiastic. Col. Featherston
was welcomed to the county of Noxubee on behalf OF
the citizens present, by Col. Dunn, in short and
beautifully conceived and appropriately delivered ad
dress After being conducted to the stand by COM
mttee of gentlemen he addressed the people upon the
questions of the day, in speech of great clearness
power and force. We have heard Col. F., on many
occasions, but never remember his presenting IN
more clear, compact and eloquent manner the points
at issue than on the one to which refer. Some
portions of his speech full of beauty the cton
always clear and strong and his argument potent and
convincing His array of facts perfectly over
wheming and they were arranged in methodical or
der As whole, his speech was eloquent, able and
convincing and as a proof of this, pleased to
know from personal observation that its influence
most happy, not only fixing the wavering but con-
vertng some opponents to the true cause of the Union
and Southern Rights.
The dinner served up was well prepared under the
auspices of our old friend Capt Poindexter, who, by
the way, we were really gratfed to learn heart
There was large number of ladies present who by
their grace and beauty cast charm over the scene
and by mingng amid the crowd tempered that exuber
ance of feeling that sometimes festive occasions
Col Featherston must feel proud of the confidence
such constituency-for wealth, intelligence, and all
those social attributes that go form society at
stable and efficient for the spread of sound morality
and the christian virtues feel assured that the c
zens of Noxubee present the occasion of which
speak, will compare with any in the State the I'm
ion. To possess the confidence of such people il
worth every exertion, and assured that the in
dependent, the open, bold and manly of Col
during the tendency of the late called compromise
measures before Congress- has wrought for him in the
kind regards place well and worthily filled May hi
future add to this kind feeling, and we Ions
he stands by the integrity of the constitution, tn
Rights of the South and the preservation of the Unol
of these States in all their original equality he canno
fail to command the admiration and confidence of Jus
such gentlemen and ladies were those assembled a
Prairie Point
We shall hold in remembrance the kind attention
of friends at Prairie Point for the Partially manifesto
for the success of this paper and for the effort mad
to extend its patronage. We will name two or thre
gentlemen to whom we are much indebted for aid
: Col. Dunn, Capts. Franklin and Price, and J. NJ Ma
con, Esq. We hope our friends at the Point will no
weary in well doing and in this connection we woul
suggest to DR.. Brown, Capt. Poindexter Col. Dunn
and other Southern Rights Union men, to adopt tn
Southern Standard the official paper of their Asso
citation.