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The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-11-11

Specimens Of Southern and Western
Rhetoric.--Mr. Winter Davis, in his let
ter to the students at the University of
Virginia, thus scars into the regions of
boundless space
"Such fever in youth portends mad
ness in manhood. 1t is temper alien to
the genius of our republic, whose life is
freedom of thought freely spoken, tenn
per which tends to civil strife, the
shock of extremes, softened by no con-
ciliatory counsels, the tyrannical dom
ination of local majorities to the exter-
mination of every protest, and the col
lision of those majorities in arms when
the kindly memories of the past are only
little more obliterated by injurious re-
crimination."
is like the orator who exclaimed -
" Proceed to the confines of civilization
on our western border; seek the wood
man in the almost inaccessible recesses
of the primitive forest. Transport the
evidence of the toll of the hardy pioneer
in his exertions to make home for future
generations. Place me, oh place me up.
on these evidences, and transport me
forth into the fresh morning breezes
where nought alarms or makes afraid.
In this specimen, the orator was Win
ter-Davising the we'll known sentiment.
F" Garry me oat on tseo chips" a }i1n
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OKOLONA, MISS, NOVEMBER II, 1858.

Ah,' he may be blameless in the eyes
ofsociety, where loving looks, and accent.
endearing count for nothing; but not al
the waters of the Atlantic could wasf
that sin from his soul.
But what becomes of the victim p
Does she pine, and die No,
Men have died, and worms have eaten than
But not for ldve;'' .a Af
| and 80 of woman. A fate w0rse than
death is hers. She finds herself like the
mlser, who goes to sleep fancying his
treasure safe--and awakes to find him
self peniless. She has " trusted all'' and
"been deceived" makes one man
the standard of all and when he falls
from the pedestal, where fancy had
placed him, she loses faith in everything.
Hcr'trust in humankind is gone-her
soul is poisoned and she becomes what
true men, and woman alike despise--a
| firt
But when see her in the Ballroom,
the center of throng as soulless as her
self; when | hear her loud laugh, and
her heartless jests when | look on the
brow which bushes no more and on the
pyacttsed eye which smiles but to de.
ceive when see her Turing others on to
the rock where she was wrecked, and
glorying in the epithet of heartless, l
sigh, because noble nature is ruined 4
and 90 back to the time when she was
young, and incocent and lay the blame
on him, who although the first to cry out
against her, made her what she is.
She is wrong, but she has been wrong
ed; and from one of the same sex whom
she glories in deceiving, she learned her
first lesson in deception.
These crude remarks are not intended
as defence of flirts, coquettes, or what
ever be their proper name-but only to
prove that while they justly merit our
scorn, they deserve also portion of our
pity.
AUGUSTA, Ga.
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The Crescent sees dark day coming
for the South. Speaking of the disorgan:
lied condition of the Northern National
Democracy, and of the late State elec-
tons, it says:
"The six New England States are ir-
retrievable in the hands of the Abolition
lists, and there they will, in all human
probability, forever remain. And taking
the latest telegraphic dispatches as a
standard, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana
and Iowa, have also gone overwhelming
in favor of the BlackR epublicans. The
President is politically annihiated in his
own State, in the great West-every-
where, where elections have been held.
lllinoise will go next. If Douglas is de-
feated, the Black Republicans will tri-
umph, the Administration will sustain
mortifying defeat. Wisconsin, MINES
sofa and Michigan have gone long ago
into the loving embraces of negrodom.-
Kansas will go as soon as she gets
chance-and nowhere, throughout the
broad North is pure, bright and patri-
otto sky, or portion of sky, visible to
the pracised and honest intellectual Wis
ion These are all incontrovertible facts
-humiliating facts-dangerous facts
Would that the opposite were the case.
In such an event none would rejoice
more sincerely and heartily than the
editors of this journal"
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For the rrairie News.l
MY CHILD sWEErsiEAAl.

Il hold it religious duty"
(Says Campbell--so agrec;)
ITO love and worship childrcn's beauty
"ris a pleasing task to me.
l have a playful, little sweetheart,
She is four years old, they say;
And her heart, so full of gladness,
Well deserves the Poets lay.
As the streams that leave the mountains,
Are soiled ere they reach the sea;
And as nearer to their fountains,
Sweeter will the waters be.
AS tho rosebud, too, is sweeter,
Than its sister rose full-bown;
So is little, black-eyed Alice,
Swecter than her sisters grown.
"Tell why is it," said her mother,
"That you love sweet Alice so;
And why not, on older maidens,
A portion of your love bestow'
Blame me not, thou matron lady;
DO not let me, thee surprise;
For I'm charmed by lovely gances,
Chances from sweet Allies eyes.
Perhaps it is that little Cupid
With his quiver, and his bow;
Sits upon her cheeks cnthroned-
Makes me love sweet Alice SO.
saw her lately, while passing,
Turn her head in playful glee;
As if her pretty lips were saying,
In. la.r ,.,., 4
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POETRY. E Y /.
fFor the Prairie News.1
SADNESS.

For the Prairie News
SADNESS. %
stand, and watch, upon the hills,
The yellow sunlight fade away;
And soft, in every valley fills,
The mist of Autumn's closing day.
My eye falls listless on the plain,
The fields, the prairics waving wild;
Those scenes, that come to me again.
As fair as when was a child.
But oh, there is change somewhere,
know not how, know not what;
Not here-for when speak of care,
They laugh and say know it not.
All yes, know that | am young,
This earth, with hope, is bright to me;
And care, her dark veil hath not flung,
To dim the bright futurity.
But oh, why hangs this shadow here,
Ger plains, still bathed in sunset hue
Unchanged-and yet no cloud is near,
To mar the sky's unfathomed blue,
Where is the charm of childhood's morn,
For all those scenes, so peaceful now!
The whitening fields, the waving corn,
All! it is gone, know not how.
Oh gloom, and is not youth thy balml
Cease tho'ts, your raging thankless surge
Toss We, when heavens winds are calm,
And all is peaceful ON the vergel
All! no-I cannot still them now,
'ris not the ghost of buried years;
This shade, that rests upon my brow,
Nor yet the gloom of uusLed tears
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Dandics IN Demand.-The following
notice emanates from the Warsaw (R. L.
Telegraph;
Waated-One hundred and seventy.
five young men, of all shapes and sizes,
from the tall, graceful dandy, with hair
enough on his upperworks to stuff bar
ber's cushion, down to the little upstart.
The object is to form gaping corpse, to
be in attendance at the church doors on
each Sabbath, before commencement of
divine service, to stare at the females as
they enter, and make delicate and gen
stlemanly remarks on their persons and
dress. All who wish to enlist in the
above corps, will please appear at the
various chnrch doors next Sabbath morn
ing, where they will be duly inspected,
and their names, personal appearances
and quantity Of brains registered in
book kept for that purpose, and published
in the newspapers. To prevent gener-
al rush it will-be well to state that none
will be enlisted who possess intellectual
capacities above that of an ordinary we'll
bred donkey.
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Darid and GoliaA--A preacher, who
we believe is of Methodist persuasion,
who used to hold forth to outdoor audi
ences in this town, was preaching once
at Forbestown, from a text which had
some bearing on the David and Goliah
combat. The old fellow (the preacher)
had some quaint and original ideas of his
own, and wasn't afraid to speak them out.
Aluding to the probable cause for Da-
vid's heroic conduct, and his readiness to
engage in mortal combat with the giant,
he said:
"Now, my hearers, what do you sup
pose was the reason that David was so
willin' to go out and fight Coli
all ( Was it because he wanted to serve
God ? No. Was it because he had re-
ligion into himl No. Was it because
he wanted to do good generally I No.
I'll tell you what he done it for, and
there amt no use O. anybody's denyin'
it. He was stuck after one of Sauls
gals (Sensation).- ).--Ruae Record.
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The Beautyal.-What is iti It is
composed of every thing that is good, and
noble, and true. It's in all high thoughts
--nursed upon the bosom of genius. 1t
sets upon the gorgeous throne of Intel
lect, and with its handmaids, the Fine
Arts, wields golden sceptre over the
heart. From the four rivers of Eden it
flashed from the ripping wavelets. 1t
hummed sweet song in the fragrant
zephyr that famed the cheek of mother
Eve. ltsmiIed from leafy Valambrosia,
and gilttered from the stars that cleaned
like lances from the deep Galliee -
1t has fingered upon the trembling string
of the Tyre, and enfolded poetry in its
spotless mantle. The Beautiful! IL is
not in the alluring Tarpia, with her gilt
tering jewels and frozen eyeballs, staring
on for ever. In the pomp and pageantry
of the earth, it is only mimiced. 1t is in
the simplicity ofinnocent, holy Childhood,
sleeping upon the mothers bosom, and
dreaming of the angels, or playing be-
meath shady trees. Manhood, moving
onward in a noble mission, possesses true
Beauty. And then Old Age--the twi-
light of life-when the stars of eternity
begin to shine out from the far off heav-
beautifM it is In truth, earth,
air and heaven are filled with the Beau
tiiul. it's the great embodiment of " ma
ture and natures God" streaming from
floating clouds, and murmuring rivers,
silent groves and solemn forests. Science
and art are but keys to unlock the doors
to its exhibition. All the Christian vir-
5ues cluster, as stars, in it's crown. In
sooth, we love the Beautiful, and it shall |
oe a part of our mission to develope a
leener appreciation of fit.-ErcAaagc.
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Newspaper Patronage"-In the es-
timation of some people newspaper pa
tronage' is queer thing. A man lives
in village--never takes the village pa
per--it is too small---don't agree with
the editor-don't like the politics,--too
much nigger- too much sfun--too
much something else; yet goes weekly
to his neighbor and borrows his paper
reads it carefully-disputes its general
contents-and at last. driven to extremes
quarrels with the type and quality of the
paper. But at last he sees something he
likes-goes to the office--puts bis name
down for three months-gets trusted
and finally has to be taken from the list
a dead This is what such men, call
newspaper patronage
Darlington + Wis Excelsior.
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A Ncp IKaH TO Pay Old De5ts.-Ar
editor was once called on by a wei
known constable who held in bis hand.
divers antiquated accounts and promises
to pay. The professional man saw his
friend enter without seeming to do so
and wrote away vigorously. He became
more and more excited as be threw pages
OF manuscript to the right and left. He
then laid out, most unconciously, pistol
on one side, and again six-shooter on
the other, he then dropped bowie-knife
between his legs; seemingly desirous of
dlsencumbering himself Of all needless
adjuncts, he drew and dropped on his
desk apair of brass knuckles, and final
ly extracted Billy" from his coat
tails. As might be well imagined, the
constable vamoosed' without a word.
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AT first We were disposed to favor the
success of Douglas, but we now think ii
would be far better for him to be defeat.
cd. His Squatter Sovereignty doctrine
is being explained by him more clearly
than heretofore, and he says the people
of the territory have legal means to for.
bid slavery, while in their territorial con.
dition. .--Macos Star. 55l 4
just so-frst ON one side, then on the
other--to day with Douglas, tomorrow
against him, and vice versa. And this
is national democracy-what a har-
monious picture, truly 7 IA
The reason assigned by the star for
its sudden change is that Douglas
"Squatter Sovereignty doctrine is being
explained by him more clearly than here
tofore-while on the other hand, the
Mississippian is eifectually exposing
Douglas squatter sovereignty views by
referring back to the Congressional pro-
ceedings of 1850 !--Len. ADVERTISER.
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A Great Sensation story
THE OYSTERMAN'S DAUGHTER.
CHAPTER /.

The usual serenity of fashionable 10
cality in noted Southern city has re-
Gently given place to scenes of scan
dalous and alarming nature A young
lady, the daughter of wealthy oyster
merchant residing in the above neigh
borhood, was Tilted several months ago,
by a foreign gentleman of rank-a Dutch
rag picker, who boarded under the same
roof. m 8
CHAPTER II. m,a
The girl, although one Of the loveliest
specimens of womankind, was rendered
callous by the hopelessness of her resto-
ration to public society; and she, ac-
cordingly, submitted the dazzling efful-
gence of her beauty to the gaze of the
hcartless people Of that fashionable To-
cality with considerable reluctance, when
ever she was obliged to go to the hydrant
for water.
CHAPTER III
In this way she had lived about two
months, when, one evening last week,
she met her jilter at one of our most pop
nlar places of public amusement, and,
drawing fan, which it appears she had
constantly carried about her person ever
since her lovers desertion, she knocked
him down without the slightest remorse.
t CHAPTER Nv.
The wretched girl then escaped, not
withstanding the strenuous efforts that
were made to arrest her; and hiring
vehicle, she was driven, at her own re-
quest, to small street in the extreme
suburbs of the city, and adjacent to
North river, where she took one of the
ferry-boats and crossed to Jersey, where
she was found late last evening.
CHAPTER v.
Upon receiving tidings of the event,
her distracted father, who has for some
time past labored under serious pecuniary
difficulties, with the greatest haste opened
a thousand oysters with table-knife.
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can't sit up for the door overhead; SO you have to turn
around and roll your legs out first, and then hold on till
you touch bottom som where an tn o let yourself up
right. 1t is dreadful work | don't know which is the
hardest, to get in or out Of a th are the most
difficult things in the world, AMI | shall be glad when l
am done with it, and nob"dy who hasn't tried to put on
their clothes lying down can tell what a task it is
Lacing stays behind you, and you on your face nearly
smo,hrred with the bedcl"thes, feeling for the e,eItt
hole with one hand, and trying t" put the tag in with
is u, laughing matter. Yesterday | fastened on the
pillow to my hustle, by mistake, in the hurry, and never
knew it till the people laughed, and said the sea agreed
with me, had grown 80 fat hut putting On stock.
ings is the worst, for there amt room to sto~p forward,
SO you have to bring your foot to YOU, and, stretching
out your back, lift up your leg till you can reach it,
and then drag it on. Corpulent people can't always do
this easy, | Can tell you 1t always gives me tn cramp,
aud takes away my breath. You can't-nobody but a
woman can tell what u woman suffers in a berth ut sea.
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A STORY OF THE REVOLUTION.

The American authorities, during the Revolution,
foun much difficulty in ~disposing of their prisoners.
They had no posts regularly fitted for the purpose and
they could suggest nc better means tor securing thelQ,
Than to place them under guard in a thickly settled part
of the country, where the inhabitants were most deci-
dedly hostile to the English. The town of Lancaster,
in Pennsylvania, was one Of those selected for the pur-
pose. The prisoners were confined in barracks, en-
closed with a stc cka lie, and vigilantly guarded. But in
spite of all precaution, they often disappeared in an
upaccountable manner, and nothing was heard Of them
I'LL they had resumed their places in the English army.
Many and various cOnjectures as to the means OF their
escape the officers inquired aud investigated in vain ::
the country was explored to 60 purpose.
WheE this became known to Washington, he sent
Gen. flazcn to take this responsible charge. This en-
ergetic officer, after exhausting all resources, resotted to
.stratagem. he Was convinced that, as the nearest Brit
ish post was more than "a hundred miles distant, the
prisoners must be aided by Americans, but where the
suspicion should fall, he could not even conjecture, the
reproach OF t"ryis.n being almost unknown in that
region. Having been trained to meet %exigencies Of this
kind in a distinguished career, as colonel in the British
a.my, his plan was fo;med at "nce, aud communicated
to au Officer # his own command, upon whose taleat
he rel,ed for its successful execution This was Capt.
Lee, whose courage aud ability fully justified the seiec.
ton.
Ibe secret plan concocted between them, was this
it was to be gwen out that Lee was absent on turlough.
He, meanwhile, was to assume the dress Of u British
prisoner, and, having provided himself with information
aud u story OF his capture, was to W teEowo 'pto tn
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A ~corpuleut lady, on her way to California, writes
bark to her acquaintance her experience in travelling.
Here is all extract from her letter -
Our cabin has two boxes in it called berths, though
co6ins would be nearer the thing, for you think more
situated over the other like shelves, and those together
make VIVA. is called q state roooil. Ny berth is the up
prrmost one, and | have to climb up to it, putting one
OFT on the lower tine, and the other away out o." the
xashstand, which is a great stretch, and makes it very
training then [ lit one knee on the berth and roll
"o it sideways. This is very inconvcnient for a W.,
rat my foot IN Mrs. Browns fa.s a. she lay asleep
I'sc TO the edge os The lower one, and nearly put eu'
or eye, AMI | have torn nearly all the sk'u Oft my
.nses, an then | have u large III .ck spnt where hav
eeu hurt, and my head il swelIed. III di-mouni IL
-uotLss feat Vt hvrseman.h'p, only lit for u sailor. You
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what to do, the fellow seemed to be enjoying the pros
pect of revenge as he looked upon him with a steady
y. Though the officer stood in appearance unmoved,
Tue sweat rolled in heavy drops from his brow. lie soon
took his resolution, and sprang upon his adversary with
the intention of overpowering him and escaping; but
the other was On his guard, and threw Lee to the ground ;
but fortunately, as his adversary stopped. and was draw
ing his knife trOm his bosom, Lee was able t. give him
a stunning blow. lie Immediately threw himself upon
the assassin, and a long and bloody struggle began; they
we're so nearly matched in strength ami advantage, that
neither dared unclench his hold for the sake of grasping
the knife; the blood gushed from their mouths, and the
combat would have probably ended in favor Of The as
sas>in, when steps and voices were heard advancing. and
hey found themselves in the hands of a party of coun.
trylnen, who were armed for the occasion, and were
securing the banks of the river. They were forcibIy
torn apart, but so exhausted and b~reathless, that neither
could make any explanation, and they submitted quietly
to the disposal of their captors, who were sorely per-
picked to determine how to dispose Of their prisoners.
After some discussion, one Of them proposed to obtain
the decision Of the nearest magistrate. The, accord
ingly proceeded with their prisoners to his mansion about
two miles distant, and called on him to rise and attend
to business, A soon as the prisoners we're brought be
fore him, be ordered them to be taken in irons to the
city Of Philadelphia. Lee improved tue opportunity to
take the OLD gentleman aside, and tnld him whohe was,
and why be was thus disguised. When be bad 6nished
the magistrate toid him that his stofy, VA -sef4av
made, and told in a manner very crsdit44Hs his ad
dress. and that be should give it all the *eig1Eh seemed
to require All L.ee' circumstances were unavaillng
A. soon as they were fairly hdged in prison. Le.
prevailed IN the j,iler to carry u note to Gen lincoln.
informing him Of his condition. The General receive.
1t u, b. was dressing IN the morning. an imnedia,rl,
sent one Of his aids to the Jail. That officer could mo-.
believe his eyes when. he saw Capt Lee lis uniform
worn out when he assumed it, was now hang ny in rags
bout him, and he had n It been sha, ed for a fortnight !,
he wished, very naturally. t" improve his appearance
DefOre OreSpntinO himself hpfnru tho Cnrrotarv nf Mar.
hut the orders were %peremptory, t" bring him AZ h. wa>.
When Capt Lee returned t" Lancaster, h. immediately
re'raced the ground and SO accurate, under all the u"
favorable circumstances, had been his investigation, thu,
he brought to Justice fifteen pc sous, who had aided til
escape of British prisoners.
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Written for the Emigrant Aid Journal.
Our Country.
Our Country Our Country:
The home of the brave,
The land Of the free
We love thee =! We love thee!
May thy destiny,
From the wave to the wave,*
Be to open the portals Of freedom to all
To free the oppressed
To aid the distrcssedE
To s~traighteu the bowed, anA9:ift them who fall
Our Country! Our country!
Each brave patriot heart,
Grows warm at the sound
We are free We are free
May wisdom be found
In every part;
May the Gospel be cherished by every one;
May our rulers be true
May they kn w what to do,
That our country a long race of glory may run.
L. N. CoUNTRYMAN.
Nininger: February, 1853.
*From the Atlantic to the Pacific.
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For the Emiyr mt Aid Journal.

For the Emiyr mt Aid Journal.
Our Town.
On Minnesota's beauteous soil,
Just sixteen months ago,
This spot was chosen for a town
All, what has changed it so?
A few short months have passed away
So Since these were farming lands,
And farmers gathered off their crops
Where Ninipger now stands.
But now, instead of pillow and scythe,
Mechanics have their sway
The hammer rings, the saw is heard,
Throughout the livclong day.
The smoke goes up from cottage hearths,
From cabin home, and halls,
And over all, the light Of hope
In peaceful beauty falls.
The Missis>ippi's sparkling wave
Before Us CLEANS and glides-
On high, the saw mills stately shape
Towers Ger the hurrying tides.
Our proud projecting rocky bluffs
Peer upward unto heaven,
Wild battlements to shield the wealth
Prosperity has given.
Then gather here from East and West
Come to our thriving TOWN.
-CCe.aae Gas. yy"ur fortunes with our own
In common venture down
Join in the current that must build
- A city on these lands
Till thousands and ten thousand tbrong
Where Nininger now stands.
w. w. O**+.
Fab % 1SS
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a %TuRlLL,NC ADvEATUaE.

Nininger, Feb. %, 1853.