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The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02
Mississippi Legislnturc.

We are indebted to our immediate re-
preventative, Hon. w. f. Walker, for two
or three letters, which we regret are
received too late TO publish en-
tire. The information contained is about
as follows: Corrects a report that an
act in relation to the salary Of the Pro-
bate Judge has been passed. The bill
referred to, embraces only Clarke and
Monroe Counties. A Bill to repeal the
acts declaring Chuckatoncha and Houlka
creeks, has passed both Houses. The
Levee question occupies most of the
time; and the " Levec Bill'(which pro,
poses to tax all the lands lying between
the Mississippi river, and the base Of the
hills east Of the Yazoo, Tallabatchie and
Cold Water rivers), is being discussed
with lively spirit. The friends of the
bill are willing to exempt the Chickasaw
School lands from the proposed tax. Mr..
johnson, of Yazoo, insists upon an amend
ment he offered, viz: that the whole
State be taxed at the rate of one cent
per acre. Mr.. Hooker offered an amend
ment, combining the tax to such lands as
had been condemned as submerged. A
bill changing the time Of holding the
Circuit Court, in the 9th Judicial Dis
trict, has passed the House. No change
has been made in the order in which the
Courts have heretofore been held. Ours
will hereafter commence two weeks ear
lier in consequence of a. curtailment of
time in Itawamba and Pontotoc Coun.
ties. This bill was suggested by con-
ference of all the members from the 9th
District, and it is hoped, will prove sat
isfactory. AT last accounts the House
was discussing proposition to adjourn
ON the LIST December.
LATER.-The amendment, to tax the
whole state, has been rejected by an al
most unanimous vote. A new Military
law has been passel-particulars
when We get them. A Senate resolution
to adjourn on the 1st inst, was concur:
red in by the House. aG
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The Opening Of Congress Congress
will meet on Monday, the 9Th of Decent
Der next, and already a number Of mem
bers of Congress are here. The new hall
of the House of Representatives, as well
as the old Senate Chamber, is the scene
of busy preparation, and no little eonfi.
sion. On all the doors aEMs&saA has
been placed warning visitors of paint,
and inside you see workmen actively EN-.
ployed in lacking down the carpet, ar.
ranging the chairs and desks, and making
everything ready for the transaction Of
the nations business. The appearance
of the hall has been much improved since
the adjournment of the last session. 1t
is true that the carpet appears to be
somewhat Worn and faded, but still that
does not mar the general effect.
Washington Union.
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Aye, when! Saw all the distinguish
ed Cant get away's,' viz the editors,
and left the Gulf City with nearly two
hundred dollars worth Of advertisements.
Heard that ship freighted with railroad
iron was down'the Bay--won'tvouch for
the truth of the rumor. Business has
opened very briskly, and we can but
commend the taste of those merchants
who have selected the Prairie News as
one of there advertising mediums.
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First Gun from the Paraguay Fleet.

A letter from an officer on board the
steamer Fulton, dated Barbedos, Octo-
Der 81, says:
Hurrah for Barbados After brief
but spirited combat with the mysterious
celebrities of the deep, this brave little
steamer reached anchoring quarters off
the island whose name heads this letter.
We let down the mudhooks" on the
10th, and scarcely had the staggering
motion of seattle been replaced by sober
steadiness with US when the Water. Witch
hove in sight, and steamed alongside our
own Fulton. The coal ship Ocean Bird,
which should have arrived from Boston
some.days ago, was not here, and our
captain was compelled to go on shore
and buy some fuel for the furnaces, which
he had no sooner done than the Ocean
Bird. We had sixty tons on board
when she came in, but the remainder we
will take from her. The Harriet Lane,
all Well, got to this port safely short
time after the arrival of the last named
vessel.
TO say that the first instalment on the
Paraguay fleet which arrived here, 'as-
tonished the natives" is no axaggeration.
| doubt whether Columbus created such
a tarore when he hove off San Salvador.
The proprietors of shops, green
groceries, restaurants, and Of other es-
Establishments, who frequently reap Pc
cuniary harvest from the joviah sociable,
aud meney parting (!) peculiari,ies of us
hautlcals, are SO over joyed at this place
becoming u sort of halfway house for
the squadron bound south, that they have
invited our officers and men to parties,
balls and ceremonies almost daily since
our arrival, and actually intend serena
ding us, and lighting bontires to onr hon
or. The 49th, 1st, and 2d regiments are
stationed here. The men are mostly
black, but the officers are white, and are
EnglShmcn. The Mimic rife is in use,
and the quarters for the soldiers first
rate. There are fourteen American ships
here. We leave next Saturday for Per
nambuco and st. Catharines.
CALLAN.
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A Black Republican on seward.

A black republican paper-the New
Hampshire Statesman--thus comments
on Stewards recent speech at Rochester,
New York
Now let us inquire, in the name of
common sense, OF what avail is ii to
prove by statistics that we pay three.
fourths of all the revenues of the govern
ment, while southern consumers are our
largest. OF what avail is it
TO prove, to the satisfaction of every po-
litician, that We supply the south with all
that they wear, from top knot to a
shoelatchet; with all that they use, from
steam engine to friction match, when
this very process feeds cur manufactures
The south Is as necessary to the north as
the north is to the south. Massachusetts
annually makes six millions of dollars
worth of shoes. The south is her best
customer When the shoe business de-
clines, gaunt hunger stalks through the
streets of her Aourisbing villages.
New England is extensively engaged
in the manufacture of cotton. We buy
the raw material of the south, and pay
in goods. 1t is the spirit of a hyena
that bites the hand that FEEDS it.. 1t is
high time to cultivate fratenal feeling
between the different sections of our
country. Neither commerce, manufac-
lures, nor agriculture can flourish while
the two hostile portions of our country
endeavor to cripple and injure each 9th
Ell Surprising we succeed in convincing
the south Of their dependence on us for
all they eat, wear, and use, and thus
stimulate them t, establish manufact0
ties, for themselves or divert their trade
into other channels are We gamers by
the process?
"Suppose we prove that they are in
debted to us for all their literature and
all their teachers, and thus rouse their
hostility to our books and teachers, are
We benefited in anywise No good has
come, or ever will come, from this mutual
elimination and recrimination. 1t nei-
ther strengthens the party nor hastens
the downfall of slavery. We hold that
every state has a right to determine
what institutions it will adopt.
why, then, hoist the banner of No
more slave states when the every cer-
ner-stone of our political fabric rests
upon the principle that a majority of the
people of every state, new or old, shall
decide that question for itsef?"
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long article bitterly denunciatory Of me.
With Mr.. Owen / can have nothing to
do, further than to say Ihave once re-
qucsted him to leave the State in order
to settle our numerous difficulties. He
refused, pleading his conscientious scru-
pies. went to Houston and spit in his
face; he contented himself with abusing
me, and leave him to wallow in bis deg
radiation. He, however, denies that /
spit in his face, and says he did not know
me. r. +. Owen not know ME-! Alb
surd His face may be incased in such
shell of meanness that he did not feel
the spittle upon his cheek; on that score
I'll even concede to him some grounds
for denial. Mr.. Barton, in his certificate,
says he saw me "attempt to spit upon
Mr.. Owen" /, of course. cannot say
whether Mr.. B. saw the spittle lodge, but
I'm sure l can spit, and hit an object the
size of the side of mans face, at dis
lance of three feet,
About those two champions, PR er-
cellencc, of unprincipled scoundrclisn +,
Messrs w. l.. Walker and j. b. mcgraw'
have word to say. DR.. Walker may
esteem himselfa gentleman; but was
very willing to be one of pack of.as-
sassins who tried TO force me to attack
Mr.. Owen, in order that they might
shoot me as duty to the law and good
order of the community. l also see he
is very willing to append his name to a
certificate that lies by inference, and lies
by statement. Mr.. Owen did not ask
me to fight and W. L. Walker lies know
ingly and meanly when he says so. Even
if he had twas not my place to accept
after treating him as / had. He also
states but did not say to Mr.. Owen, as
we see in the Prairie News, if he desired
to take satisfaction by abusing us he
could have an open field" may not
have said so in as many words, but / did
in substance, and the paragraph just quo
ted is only another evidence of the lying
proclivities of DR.. w. L. Walker. If /
have offended DR.. Walker by talking so
plainly he can have satisfaction by ask
ing.
AS for this j. b. mcgraw, a lower-bred,
winter -livered mass of cor
ruption does not breathe. A liar by ma
tnre, a scoundrel by profession, and
mean bastard by practice. He is the one
of this Owen clan, who has been boast
ing around that he told me, when l cock
ed a pistol in my pocket, (which, how
ever, did not intend to use, unless in
self defence) that if drew it he d shoot
off my head. He did remark, Don't
cock your pistol, I'm here r. 1t matters
not, though, what he said; | only men
ton it to show the dark dyed villainy of
his blackened heart. He is a low, drunk
en- vagabond, prince among scavengers,
a lousy whelp among NANCY litter Of
whining hound puppies, and is well known
as scurvy mouthed miscreant, without
honor, truth, or responsibility.
JOHN RICHARDSON.
p. ST. offer this advice to those who
may happen to have little differences
with Mr.. Owen Never go to Houston
and spit in his face-that is, if you don't
wish to get awfully-abused.
01- Petrol please copy.
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sayings Of Pre- atice.


We take the following from \ d.,
copy Of the Louisville Jbursat, the ny"
Der Of the 10th inst: 'u
The Pennsylvania records tho do.u
of physician, who" was an ardent Nv ~
mirer Of Mr.. Buchanan, and approval !
his entire Kansas policy" Such ann
val has been the death Of many Of I'M N,
Buchanan's friend recently.
Hon James Brooks, of the New Yo,l
Express, calls the combination of part;..
in New York the great Smash up pa,ts
against executive dictation and caucc;
tyranny.
There are to be no changes in n,
Cabinet and there is very little chanas
in the Treasury.
1t is announced that Mr.. Buchan,,
wrote letter to Erastus Corning, Of Nsv
York, saying that should he be defeated
for Congress he should be rendered IN.
Treasury Department, now managed hv
Mr. Cobb. With our national finance.
in such a pickle, We see no necessity d,
corning.
One writer tells us that swords an
poor weapons" and another that "wsa.
pons are the worst arguments ia ma,
connot talk nor fight, how are we TO d.
fend ourselves in this world?
One of our exchanges has an editorial
on children and Marriage The col
location of its words is incorrect; they
should read marriage first, the childrcp
to follow.
The Baltimore Sun boasts Of its indie.
pendrnce and truthfulness. If 1t hM|
mouths and hand enough to lie with, NJ
would tell as many lies as its big name
sake in the heavens ever shone upon.
The devl is very busy in this wicked world
Cincinnati Engrr.
If you are tired, why don't you rest,
and not be boasling of the work you havs
done. The elections being over, you
may as well blow off steam, and wood
up for tue next trip. aat- nE
The Cincinnati Enquirer says: Pres.
ident Buchanan is to-day stronger in the
affections of the people than he was tho
day Of his election. That's " an opinion
as is an opinion between you and US
and tb. n,St ,Hi,.n
1t is amusing to see how abundanfy
editor of the Washington Union bed.
auhS his political friends with praise. He
ought to threw aside the pen and turn
plaslcrrr. 8fa
The Boston Post has the following
synopsis Of Mr. Burlingalhe's speech at
recent political meeting in Boston,
from which we should Judge he con max,
Il better liil with his fist than he can On
the stump:
Exofdium.-IIoorah it's all right!
Argument!-1st Premiss-Fcllow.cili
zriiS, you are a great people Cd Premis /
"'h Sicut uluu : (OHCfHSOfH---l WI /
must elect me. ..Prorat,on--Hi!AaA!
We have to thank the Americans dr /
Baltimore for Il hearty invitation to At. +
tend magnificent festival in honor Of
their late magnificent victory. We can.
not possibly attend, but we authorize our
old friend Whitclcy to talk for MS, and
TO look handsome for us. He can Do
either for us much better than We could
do it ourselves. NV
AT the National Fair in Richmond last
week, horse trainer was on the ground
who exhibited an anti-kicking bridle.--
The inventor has sold ont his patent 70
the President who intends tn use It gu
Douglas Wise, Forney, and Others, who |
show a disposition to kick ont Of party
traces. VIDA
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

Atlantic Telegraph.-This great con-
hector of two continents is said to be
making desperate attempts at talking
One OF its messages, given at intervals of
six or eight weeks, is something like
this:
Vic-(pause Of two days. BUCK
(nlne days pause great-(pause) hum
-(pause)-bug-(eleven days pause)-
-baby-Prince-Albert trump
Balance unintelligible.-
Whales supposed to be numbering over
the failure of the "great enterprise" of
two nations. Sharks on bender.)
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The EMIGRANTs FOR NtCARGuA.-
The Telegraph announces that the emf
grants bound for Nicaragua now is Mo-
bile have been prevented from leaving
for their destination. The question is,
are we free people? The Federal
Government in this act of interference
assumes all the powers of a despotism.-
In its determination to cheek emigration
to territories into which the North can
not pour her pauper laborers, the Admin
istration must court Northern favor by
interfering in matter with which it
has no lawful right. The 400 emigrants
are on peaceful mission, and disclaim
any intention to violate the neutrality
laws.
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Words Fifty Spoken.-In a recent
letter of the Hon. Robt. G. Winthrop, he
INDUCES in the following truthful and
pertinent remarks. We wish he could
prevail on our "Northcrn brethren" to
agree with him.
have an Interchangeable conviction
that Incorporate anti-slavery agitation
has been the source of very large part
of all the troubles by which our country
has been disturbed and harassed for some
years past; that it has done nothing to
advance any real interest of freedom, but
has provoked and stimulated not a few
of the very measures against which it
was ostensibly aimed that it has impe-
ded and obstructed all other measures for
the prosperity and welfare of the people !,
and that there is little hope of any useful
or practical Legislation being successfully
attempted until Congress shall cease to
be mere ring for the prize fights ofpro-
slavery and anti-slavery agitators. 1t is
for the highest interest of the whole
country that there should be an end of
this sectional strife and / know not how
this result can be more effectively pro-
NOTED than by granting at least tenn
porary furlough to those of the comba-
tant who, by dispositi96, or principle, or
circumstS6ces, or connections,
are most strongly inclined to prolong and
aggravate that strife.
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Explosion eta Metallic CgG;m,-A few
years have served to bring into extensive
use for burial purposes the now common
metallic cases or collins, especially wher-
ever it is desirable or necessary to delay
the interment. When first introduced it
was the practsce to exhaust the air in
these cases after the body had been put
in, to secure them fully, as it was said,
against charge by contact with the at
mosphere. For various reasons this pra.
ctiee has fallen into disuse, the only pre-
cautious now taken being to completely
cool the remains before sealing up the
case. From some neglect, in this latter
respect, circumstance took place not
long ago, which, originating here, is
worth relating. The case, containing an
adult, who had suddenly deceased while
apparently in good health, Was sealed up
to be sent for interment to neghboring
State. The conveyance for half days
ride was by railroad, and then by wagon
for thirty miles. The day was warm and
the road rough, and much motion was
doubtless given to the remains. The
persons in charge stopped for a brief rest
at a tavern, and were in the house when
they, as well as all in the vicinity, We're
startled by very loud report, and it was
found the burial case had, by a rapid
generation of gas, exploded with much
violence, entirely blowing out the heavy
French glass face plate, which it shat
tered into thousand pieces. Nothing
could be done but to seek hasty inter
ment in the vicinity, and await the COM
ing of cold weather to allow the removal
of the remains to their destined place of
buriai-ChicagO Press and Tribune.
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,d0J We see that our former partner,
Knox, has become connected with the
proprietorship of the Aberdeen Conserra-
tire. Knox is one of the best, steadiest,
and most industrious printers we ever
saw; and we predict prosperous time
for him.
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II is curious fact that great many
Democratic newspapers, which didn't
dare to utter one word in favor of Doug
las and bis cause before the Illinois cleo
don, are now shouting over the result as
. glorious Democratic victory.
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Holly Springs Herald.

Hayder-7James HelIingsworth who
lived in theaeasterm part of our country,
and who wasstried for killing a free ne
gro in our Circnit Court, some years ago
and acquitted committed a brutal murder
on a man named Cain, on last Sunday
evening. He rode up to Gains house,
told him he had come to kill him, and
while the deceased fled from him, innic-
ted two dreadful wounds with a bowie
knife, from which Cain died in few min
utes. Hollingsworth Immediately fed
with negro man of his, they being both
prepared for escape.
He was heard from in Lowndcs county,
but at last dates had not been taken
The fact of his having the negro with
him, will doubtless lead to his capture.
He is a large man, some forty years,
old, has a most sinister countenance,
rawboned, with dark coarse hair and an
awkward appearance.
aberdeen Conservative, 2OM.
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A Locofoco editor in Indiana SAYS that
ne never marches to the music Of a
whistle" Most dogs run or trot to that
music.
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70,r Weaver, Of the Lexington Adcer-
tiser, bids for life interest in the lot Of
some fair Okolona, Belle. Lots of the
creatures here, friend; but they are eth
er ''just sold" or under mortgage. Bad
season for speculating( so we find it, in
that line-wait till spring or the time
I" When the cotton fields are blooming"
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~ OF The University of Nashville has
about FIVE hundred students in the lite
rary and medical departments. We are
happy to see this. as it evidences that
people here in the South are beginning
to appreciate home institutions.
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Our visit to Mobile.

Since our return we have received two
letters we wrote before leaving Mobile.
On looking over them we find nothing of
very special interest, and have conclu-
ded not to take up space by publishing
them. Will only make epitomized men,
ton Of the trip. Had very pleasant
time the first day on the cars. At En-
terprise, saw Col. Holland, the popular
editor of the News. He has just return
ed from the State Fair, and from the way
he hints about Miss this, and Miss that,
we opine he'll dream of fairs for time in
definite. All, COL, that acrostic tells
the tale t
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H We are indebted to our friends,
Ivy Shearer, g. Co., for box of the f.
nest favored cigars ever brought to Mo-
bile. We smoke, and watch the blue
volumes curl in the air, and as the ashes
fall, sadly refect--thus we must in the
end do, crumble into dust. May their
customers be as thick as the vapor in
our sanctum.
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W Mr.. R. is very clever gentleman,
who looks too youthful. &c.
III gsHasassga aeH5 Mobile Tribune.
Now amt that too bad ! TO go to the
city to have our regimentals cut out, and
then be called Mr.. by our partial friends
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II We are indebted to our friend,
Wiley Darden, for Mobile papers in adj
vance Of the mail.
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New Advertise ents.

One Of the practical results of our re-
cent visit to Mobile, may be seen by refer
encc to our advertising columns. We
find it impossible to get all in this--will
do so next week. The way Gets does,
gets us. g
If one gets anything from Gets, he
gets double the worth of his money, and
good deal thrown in. Mason gets off
the following, as the modus operandi,
when one wishes to to get goodies 81 He
gets into the shop, inquiries for Gets, gets
what he wants, and then gets out of the
way to make room for the rest of Gets
customers, to-wit, all the ladies and chill
dren in Mobile, for he gets them all"
s Mr.. Alex. Glascock will sell to advan-
tagc any cotton that may be consigned
to him. We know him, and hope some
of our friends will send him some cotton.
The Roper House is good hotel.
ne Our friend, Charlie Weaver, is with j.
II. Bradford 4 Co. Call on him.
We haven't space at present to give
an especial notice to all our advertising
friends, but will do so hereafter.
q The BAILEY TRoupE-Were here last
Friday and Saturday. Crowds focked
to see "the show" and none, we believe,
were grudging of the halves they left at
the door. Mr.. b. is one of the most
popular managers in the South, and we
think he deserves it too, for he always
keeps an excellent troupe of performers.
Some of the songs are worth the entrance
fee. Long will the memory of the plain
tive "Lula has gone" linger with us;
and the charming Yellow Rose of Tex
as" gild our recollection. Then "Robin-
son Corkscrew'-but don't laugh. Ma
jor Jones Courtship was done up brown
country character well delineated and
the bashfulness of green lover well de-
picted. BY the way, Major Jones is not
the only bashful Major We wot of. We
hope Bailey in his pereEinations will
not fail to come again. "