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The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24

-AN ASSERTION AND \ DENlAi"-ben. W H. Nak.f'
in one Of bis late addresses. made the assertion:
MIR Buchanan. through his Secretary Of War, sent
al ambassador 10 him Gen. Walker) saying that If
b. would orcgo the Nicaraguan enterprise aud en-
gage in the service of Mexico, and while in that ser
vice do some act, snch rs hHing dorR the flag Of
Spain. rendering war between Spain aud MEXICO
Inevitable, he (Wnker) wouldrccevr the support Of
the administration.
The Washington Union replies to this with fat
contradiction, us follows:
II H. perhaps hnrlly worth While u say thnt thc
President never authorized tho Secretary Of War or
any other p~son. to speak for him TO Gen. Nall.r
personally III through an 'aulu--adar. On The sub
lact referred fo nor ha. the Secretary or War hcll
ugy conversation With Gen. Walker w through ul
ailhn--ador, speaking or representing the ya@s oI
the President or the administration ~ c.ared IN
the report of Gen. Walker speech
We Shall now have ihoroal specifications and proof.
which Gen, Walker may have TO sustain his state
meat
The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24

seGNE At GGAyG, At the interment Of III ody
Of Mayor Wayne, Of savannah last week, the follow.
Ing pretty incident occurred, audis related by the
News
In the procession Immediately following the hearsc
the colorcd people marched to the number Of about
three hundred Attcrentwing thncemctcry they rang
ed thamsclycson one side Of the route chosen for the
process ion and sung one the most beautiful and ap
propriate hymns TO Of the sweetest tunes we have
ever had the pleasure oflistcningto II was crate
ial tribute to thcir departed friend offered in moa
graceful and touching manner
The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24

THE UPPER RlvERs--At ST. Louis, the goth inst
the river had risen three feet during the preceding
"a hours The Missouri was still poaring out floods
The Illinois was still rising The Mississippi was sta
tionary at Dubuque, but rising below that point.
The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24
COMMUNICATED.
COMMUNICATED.
COOPERATION OF SOUTHERN AND STATE
RIGHTS MEN.

The following letter has been received from an en-
ncnt Nirguian in reference to the late meeting held
by the State Rights Democrats in this place. II
speaks Tor itself.
Olp PoNr COMFORT Va July 4. ISIS.
Mczsrs. nclony, Munday Patterson Cole. aud Noone.
Gentlemen | have just seen and read in De Bow :
Review, the resolutions which you prepared, and
which were adopted at u recent meeting of state
rights and southern rights men, at Clinton, La.
am earnestly and ardcntly in favor of your great
object of protection and security for southern rights
In the union, Of separation and independence OF the
south out OF it, | had before rs means for one, or
the other Of these great ends, prepared the two en-
closed papers. and Offer them merely as sugg stoIlS
for organization and oppostion something like which
ought to be acted upon. In this view only take the
liberty rt submitting them TO those who are the most
active in maintaining. in this mode. the great cause
Of southern rights. The plan Of association careful
~ Worded so that every man of the south aud friend
Of the south might enter it. it, rcquisiions need not
exclude any who is not in favor Of submission tc
northern oppression without resistance, in any posi-
Bile extremity Of outrage.
.Ss one who is anxious for the most complete sue
CESS Of your great objects would make free to obrc
to the introduction Of all minor points on which true
southern men may differ Oar papers of this kind
should exclude true friend OF the south and thcr,
are many of such who might not agree on some mi
nor questions Of policy which not a nll cs-tnia
% the most entire and Jealous supporters OF the srca
cause Of the south.
/ With sincere and hearty wishes Tor The success Q
your great objects, am your fellow laborcr Ior IN,
south.
The suggestions here made arc worthy of the high
csl consideration and respect. and We would earnest
Is call upon all southern and ,tatcrg- men di I.ou
i.iuna ID adopt some proper plan If cooperation Y,
which they may more eiectually oppose and resi-.
all those influences both at home and abroad Nhcl
t.il to weaken the south and misead the people int,
i fatal apathy aud false security. ''t
The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24

qzS- Morpby, the great chess-player, is in London.
He will attend the annual meeting of the chess
n August next. a: Birmingham
The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24

r9"Fmny Fern boldly confcsses that in the recent
rainy spell, which made walking in skirts impractc,
able, she donned full suit of the male Ferns hab-
ilimeuts, and thus EQUIPPED, took long evening walk
to her eminent comfort and deectation Her husband
indeed, accompanied her, but whether in her cast of
integnments. the record saith not
THE ANTIQUITY OF LADIES' llooPs.--Our lady read
ors will find by turning TO the third chapter of the
book Of Isaiah and reading the 18th verse, that not
only were hoops in those days by the daughters
ofZon, but they were also an abomination in the
sight Of the Lord, TO save them the trouble, howey
or, of hunting it up, here is the verse; In that day
the Lord will take away the bravery of their nkng
ornaments about their feet and their enrls and the,
yQuad tres like tho mopo "
The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24

The LATE Dr. NETTIEs.-We are gratifed 10 learn
from Philadelphia paper says the Baton Rouge Ad-
yocate, that the remains Of this cstimabe gentleman,
whose sudden death at the Grard House has thrown
a gloom over lis numerous friends and relations in
this community, were inferred in the Philanthropic
Cemetery of that city the 9th instant with mason
ic rites, and accompanied by friends from his native
state and parish. Messrs. j. j. Jones' and A. Roger,
OF Baton Rouge and Mr.. George a. Neafus, Of Clin-
ton were in attendance bestowing upon the body Of
their friend all the care and attention which sincere
respect and friendship prompts We knew Mr.. Net
ties well by his death parish lost one of its best
citizens possessed Of high order Of intelligence
genteness of disposition, ahabillty of manners, and
many other noble traits Of character that endeared
him to all who knew him.
The Feliciana Democrat., 1858-07-24

LATER FROM UTAH.-Dlspatches received At st. Lou
is on the 2Oth instant from Fort Icavcnworth report
that Col Johnson entered Salt Lake City on the 2Gth
of June. Capt Marcy was there previous TO his ar
rival. All was quiet and the Alormons had been in
yted by Gov Cumming to return to the city and
take possession of their deserted houses,
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08
For the Prairie News.

MEssRs. EDITons 1t is notorious,
as well as a truthful saying, that there
are always persons to be found, who are
willing toretail gossipmg, scandalous lies,
but none are ready to father them !" Par
ticularly in small towns is the case, and
Okolona is not an exception. 4"
OF all the evils that af1lict society-of
all the curses which hang over mankind,
blighting the fair prospects of the young,
blackening the character of the virtuous
and destroying the fond hopes of the aged
in regard to their children, there is none
so mean in its influence, SO baneful in its
effects as the spirit of gossipping, or to
give its proper name, Of domnyight lying
Virgil, the most beautiful of Latin
poets, describes scandal as a monster
huge, horrid and deformed, to whom there
are thousand restless tongues, and as
many watchful eyes-equally as tena
cious of what is wicked and false, as q
heralder of what is true she clings peril
naciously to what is once propagated
whether it be true or false! BY day, sit
ting as spy she magnifes the evils, and
detracts from the true details of affairs
by night, gliding midway between
heaven and earth, she scatters abroad
with her thousand tongues the many re
ports she has gathered, and they grow a.
they are told and retold! Such is Sian
der as is represented by an ancient wri
ter, but this picture conveys only Sigh
idea of the baseness, the meanness, O
modern SANDER
Females are the ones on whom thu
blame of talking too much is often un
justly laid. Even if they do tattle tn,
excuse of being privileged characters il
this respect may 60 far to exonerat'
them. 1t is the undeniable, inalienablt
right of woman to talk, and if she know
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08
TRIBUTE OF RESPECT.
APRIL.

At called communication of Prairie Lodge,
Miss, April I'd, A. D. 1858, A. L. 1858, the follow
ing Preamble and Resolutions were unanimously
adopted
WHEREAS, the Grand Master of the Universe
has seen proper, in His unerring wisdom, to
summons from our midst, as we trust to the Gel
lestial Lodge above, cur beloved Brother, THOM-
AS G.. RANDALL, who was a worthy citizen and
consistent member of the Baptist Church, and
member of the Masonic Fraternity, a names
teemed by all who knew him, and whose death
we consider must and will be felt as great loss
to this community. Therefore, be it
Resolred, That we, with one accord, offer to
the bereaved wife and children our warmest SYM
pathy, and humbly pray that He who tempers the
wind to the shorn lamb, may ever shelter her and
them beneath the protecting wings of His most
benefcent Providence.
Resoired, That, as tribute of respect to our
deceased Brother, the members of this Lodge
wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days,
and that our Lodge Room be clothed in mourn
ing for the same time.
ResOired, That a copy Of the foregoing Pream-
BILE and Resolutions be inserted in the Minutes of
this Lodge, and that copy be furnished the FAM
lily of our deceased Brother, and a copy to the
Prairie Ners for publication, and all papers
friendly to the cause of Missionary are requested
to copy the same
THOS. B. SHEARER, }
c. II. WILLIAMS, }Committee
WIN. C. DICKSON.
JOSEPH BRETNEY, w. NJ.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

The Harem Unreiled.-A Moldavian
countess, a frequent visitor in the harems
of the late Redschid Pasha and other
dignitaries of Constantinople, thus takes
the romance out of the popular idea of
those Mahommedan paradises:
Women, fat, ill made, dirty and stu
pid-such is the personnel of all harems,
Add to this, that the women pass their
days in jealousy ofeach other, disputing,
abusing, and even fsticuffing, and you
will understand that the happiness OF
Messieurs the Turks, which has for cen.
turtles infamed the imaginations of ro-
mancers and poets, leaves much to be
desired to make it perfect.
"The harem is bell, where four OF
FIVE furies busy themselves in torturing
poor devil whom they call master and
lord
"a well kept harem, of four women
only, costs twenty-five thousand dollars
a year, and that Of the Sultan, for 1856
cost hundred millions of frances, OF
twenty millions of dollars. The young
Turks, who have adopted European ideas,
regard the harem as an institution that
has had its day."
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08
An April Fool,


Whoever could read the following,
though it be an April Fool, and not pity
the sorrows Of poor young man. de-
serves worse fate than being admired,
loved, &c.
OKoLoNA, April LIST.
Most Beautiful Lady: There was a
time when my heart beat with wild JOY
and delusive hope; there was time
when | saw beauty in the gay sunlight
of day, and, heard music in the ripple of
the pearly brooks; there was time when
| was happy, very happy, in the thought
that your affections might possibly be
bestowed upon me; but these times, with
their thoughts, have passed away and
left my heart to wretchedness and woe.
know not how it is; but fearful voices
seem to whisper in my ear, "you do not
love me n'N Oh it is an awful sentence,
which, if spoken by you, would strike me
deeper, and sting me keener than a
judges words condemning me to the scat.
fold
If you only knew how / weep and wall
and gnash my masticators every time |
see your lovely face beaming with smiles
for another-if you could but hear one Of
my terrific groaps, as it comes from the
very depth of my aching bosom, or see
the mighty scalding tears that roll from
my eyes like ocean pillows, and wetting
the dust atmy feet, you would, you could
but love! Ify you would but place your
delicate hand upon the exterior of my
thorax, and feel the rude Earrings of my
heart in its wild upheavings and down.
jumpings, you would at once conclude
there was either bushel of uncontroll.
able love or young elephant in the place
where my heart ought to be
If you could feel, see OF hear all these
things, you would think | was in love
had fit, or was getting in weaving
way at a 1.-TWO forty" lick, and would
no doubt, be led to exclaim in the langu.
age of the gifted Angelina
"Oh whar's my hoops and high-heeed shoes
And-and-tha all.
| AppII
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

10 The last Sunny South contains a
communication over the signature of
"Themis," in relation to the Judgeship.
Use are opposed to nominating men
for office when their politics are brought
in question, and made point upon which
their merit to any Office is determined,
but we agree with "Themis," and think
his suggestions very good. He makes a
proposal which we doubt not will meet
with general appreciation. 1t is this =
"That the members of the Bar of the
Judicial Districts meet in convention at
some convenient and central point in each
District, and suggest the name of some
lawyer in his District, whose elevation to
the Bench they would hail with pleasure
and nndcr whom they would be most
willing to prosecute the arduous duties Of
the practitioner"
Again he says: 1.-THE members of the
Bar from their personal and professional
knowledge of each other arc most com
petent to judge of the merits of the can
didates."
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

0rHarper, for April, has been receiv-
cd. AS usual, it comes filed with the
most interesting and amusing natter
How could Harper be otherwise. Come
up and subscribe for it. Price IS year.
GrBlackwood comes as regular as if
moved by clock work. We do not know
what to say of this number-it is better
though, than it ordinarily is. This is
more than the most labored eulogy could
express.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08
THE FIRST OF APRIL,

Last Thursday (lst April was cele-
brated as usual-everybody trying to sell
everybody. Some penned queer, quizzi-
cal epistles, others went busting about
telling all sorts of tales, making people
hurry off to attend to this and that
There were others again who took ad-
vantage of the liberty which such days
license and wrote amatory letters, in
which their feelings were depicted as
"sighing like burning furnace"
One of our friends-our particular
friends-received an deliberately written
sheet of Foolscap, upon reading which he
learned he had been elected a member
of the "tgly Club p This unexpected
honor filled him with such gratitude fol
said Club, he went about blessing (some.
thing he was never before known to do,
and lauding it as one of the cherished in
StftutlOUS VI OhOlOId w hdt oCcIucu u
please him most was the consciousness.
of having had the honor conferred solely
on account of merit-neither he nor any
of his friends ever having solicited Sc
distinguished mark of respect from thu
"hardfayored fraternity !"
There was p. S. which ran somehow
this way" Attend our next regular
meeting, as - of the News will prob
ably pass--his physiognomy having al
ready been reported upon by the com
mittee."
That was presumptious, want itl II
talk about - of the News in any sucl
way!
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

Naturalieation.-Three hundred AM
erican citizens were made at Manchester,
N. H., during the sessions of the two re-
cent courts in that city. The expenses
were paid by certain persons in the city
The Manchester American say:
"The most prominent agent in hun
ting up these aliens, and providing them
with papers, was never yet known to pay
an honest debt of his own since he came
to this city. Much less can he afford to
pay those of his old friend" Facts arc
fast coming to light, the Editor says, to
prove beyond question, that in two cases
the persons having been made voters
have been in the United States the re-
CURED time.
This is nothing new, and we marvel al
most, where cheating is so common in
manufacturing citizens, that it should be
noticed. 1t takes good while before an
American citizen, born in the country
can vote, but very little time to me-
tamorphose an alien into full-fedgeG
voter. When will it be safe, in our free
and easy country, to secure pure bal
lot box and an honest administration O
the Naturalization Laws, without being
subjected to the criticisms of fanaticism
and bigotry IN Y. Erpress.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

MEssRs. EDITORS Dear Sirs Please be SC
kind as to permit me, through the medium OF
your paper, to express my sincere thanks, and
also the thanks of others, to an unknown friend,
for the beautiful copy of the Bible, and also q
copy of Methodist Hymns with which he has pre-.
scented the Methodist Episcopal Church, South
in OkOl0na, Miss.
May the promises and consultations contained
in these books be his through Jesus Christ.
II. ADAMS, Pastor.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

A bill to punish professional gamblers
by whipping, has passed the lower house
of the South Carolina Legislature 1t
provides that in addition to the punish
ment already provided by law, that the
guilty party shall receive not to exceed
thirty-nine lashes. The papers do not
state whether stock gamblers are inclu-
ded in the benefcient provision of the
bill.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

" DR.. FEES card will be seen in another
place. This gentleman has located near our town
for the purpose of practising medicine, and we
bespeak for him liberal patronage. His system
Of practice is known as Homeopathy, which, al
though not very well known in interior towns, is
represented as having been emnently successful in
large cities, where it has been for the most part
brought into use
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

UNPoRTuNATE.-The Marshall Demo
GRAFT contained an original item a few
weeks since, which the Memphis Ava
lanche copied and credited to the Herald
The next number of the Democrat cries
over the loss in very pityful manner
and abuses the Avalanche for taking per-
haps the only original item its brain evel
conceived, and giving it credit to the brain
of another. We doubt if either party
have any brains, but be that as it may
MATT, you hadn't ought to dos so. Wher
the poor devil does happen to have al
original item in his paper, give him credit
for it.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

advantages Of Adrertisiag.-Every
issue of the London Times is accompa
MED with double-sheet supplement, fill
ed exclusively with advertisements, in
addition to the like matter inserted in tho
regular edition. Its charges to ADVERT
sers are beyond any rates known in this
country. Its weekly receipts from this
source exceed twenty thousand dol
lars. A single firm--that of Windhan
& Co.-pays the Times for advertising
une article" Circassian Oil"--one hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars per an
mum, and fifty thousand more per yeal
for another article-the "Circassian Ii
quid."
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

OrDr. WIN. +. WALKER was elected
President of the Okolona Agricultural
Society, at meeting held in this place
last Saturday The names of the other
officers we havn't learned.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

A Royal Typo.-According to an
ancient usage in Prussia, all the Princes
in the Royal Family must learn trade
1t is stated that the Prince Frederick
William, just married to the Princess
Royal of England, learned the trade of a
compositor, in the printing office of Mr.
Hauel, at Berlin.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

These traitors with Douglas, Brooderck, and
Stewart ought to be put up as target for border
rufiians and Lanes followers to shoot at.
Sunny South.
Yes; and you should be the first one
to receive the contents of their guns, par
ticularly if charged with Fahnestock' S
dead Shot, Vermifuge.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

rg' We will furnish either Peterson or Ar
thurs Magazie and the Prairie News one year,
scriber "a worth for $500. Persons desiring to
take us up at this proposition, should send in
their names immediately. This offer is made
only to new subscribers.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

T. Rail was run over by the locomotive, yes
terday, near the Pamela Depot, from which he is
not expected TO recOver--being at last accounts
very low So much for not keepingo off the track.
Pamela Star.
Some editors have a peculiar way of
trying to make people believe they're
smart. We recollect having seen the
above two years ago. 1t would be a
blessing to the country if such editors
could be run over, instead of L. Rail-
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

10 Ward has any number of medi-
Gated compounds" on hand, very few Of
which are bad to take" He has some
"Sugar of Lemon" which makes the best,
sweetest favored drink for summer we
know of.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

U The red petticoat is dangerous
thing when cattle are about. In Eng
land, lady wearing one was hoisted over
a fence by bull
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

rv Mr. G. Bernd wants good, steady jour-
neyman Harness Maker. See advertisement.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-04-08

Whoever could read the following,
though it be an April Fool, and not " pity
the sorrows of a poor young man. de-
serves a worse fate than being admired,
loved, &c.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-04
Kind Words---Why Use Thorn !!

1. Because they always cheer him +
whom they are addressed. They .,otbe
him if he is wretched. 'Fhev comfort him
if he is sad; They 1sep him out Of the
slough OF dependency, or help him out
u lie hssppens to be in.
2. There are words enough of tbs op.
posite kind flying in all directions-sour
words-cross words-irritating words
Now, let kind words have a chance to get
abroad, since so many, so different are
on the wing.
8 Kind words bless him that use them.
4 sound on the tongue tends to make the
heart mellow. Kind words react upon
the kind feelings which prompted them,
and make them more kind. They add
fresh fuel to the fire Of benevolent emo
ton in the soul.
4. Kind words beget kind feeling to-
ward him that loves to use them. Peo-
plo love to sec the face and hear the voice
of such a man.
Kind words are therefore Of great val
ue in these hard times.
f f
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-02-04
A Good Operation.


The following instance Of a mar max
ing money by being " confoundedly hand
up" illustrates the time honored apo
thegln that 1T is better to be born lucky
than RICH"
About the first Of July last a gentle.
man, who kept his account at the Ontario
bank, had need of $1,000 to pay a tote
due in New York. Relying upon
obtaining the usual bank accommodation,
be made no provision for payment until
a day or two before the notes became
due, when he learned, much to his sur
prise, that he could not be accommodated.
Being entirely unprepared for this rebuff
be found that he would be forced to "shin
it" and that but little time was left him
even for that. A friend, however, to
whom he related his embarrassment. Of
to lend him $4,000 in Central Rail-
road stock which would obviate the ne
eessity Of shining" it very extensively.
He accepted the offer, sent the stock to
New York and sold it at SIC. To-day
New York Central is worth SOC. and il
he replaves. that stock at this rate, he will
make $3.50, besides the use Of $4,000
for three months, by being 9 hard up"
That's what we call real " luck"