The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-10-21

~ We extract the following from
letter written sume weeks since by The
Secretary Of the Agricultural Bureau:
The meeting ut Okolona. Chickasaw
couaty, was small, although they have
there one Of the largest and best organ
ized Societies in the State. A religion,
excitement was going On at the Baptis,
Church, which monopolized public feel
ings to sach an extent, that We could mol
get our appointment announced at the
church lest it might distract the attention
Of the people. We endeavor to he moi
only dettrenlial, butrcverential to church
meetings, and in no case have We attem-
pied to speak anywhere that preaching
from any denomination was going on,
but the fortunes Ut the meeting, Judging
from the fact above stated, were govern
ed by principles different from amy tina,
We have heretofore encountered. Not
only elsewhere have our appointments
been announced, but Preachers have at
tended, and in one case, made a much
more pointed. eloquent appeal to the far
nlers tlan We did. To do as Rome
does impIics that Rome has its own
peculiariles, and Of Course, our Baptist
brethren at OkOiona have their own NO.
iions AL and singular, but for the life Of
us, where there would have been any i'm.
p"runity in announcing an agricultural
Injecting TO come oil in the erentag utter
The preaching was over, our dull apprc.
tensions c.nuUt discover. We mol only
Respect religion as an abstract principle,
bul TO The DcSl OF our humble abilities. We
endrdvor 10 practice it, after the order
ol BlDlIsls too hut this SORT Ol exclusive
ness looks like trying 10 smuyglc people
inlo The Kingdom.
From Ukuloha We made our way to
Houston, where We found quite a number
ol farmers IN waiting, who listened 10 our
rtnIark> with apparent interest.
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LmPortant fran tie Society Islands,
Annrrati0n to tile Un,tcd iStutes.-Wr
have inpOi iain news Iron the Sucie,y Is.
lild, dated al IL ,ialra AMI Tahaa, On Tie
9lh of june, ami at Taniii On the l2lh Of
Jny. Thc governors Vf Tie first named
I>i'ndS = Who nave the power Of appoin
'ni7 "r det"r"llins the hing--ad il ap-
pc IS. lax h tne snprcm. power from
lam TO-. ", >.n OF Queen pomar, Of
iH"iil, VIII" Was eltclcd r,iicf ma. iSlrdle
about ii year ago. TLe ex-kins til
dcri 'cd 10 return lu t.,c nom. of his
lnotner, Pomdr', AMI thus lh. Stands |
were ltit wl.houl 4. /. .!Alp.lhcf.. In Ibis cmer. |
'-;::-lA-y lhe sovcrntlS Offered C,h>uI |
Owen, ol the United Siai,.s, to SUR u irr
The I>l,n,S ot I.hia AMI IL iaica to our
s"vcihn,nl, am hn,ied hm official let
iriS 10 that cnect Tor transmission 10
Wa>llin- Lon ! his movelu, M gavcgrrai
omen It /" lac rtpfrS, .nldllvtS ut En- nG !
ANA rIanct, vino lnclled sort OF icvo-
inihn against llic governors. In t,.ls
s'a,e I'll on lis the French w.r IN.
uy,lrosrdpIc arrived al Rlial,a, anil her
. un,niah cr l,"k Mr. Tn,naS Cluit and |
MI. J"rudn American eililt ms, inlU c,>tu-
~. IN ,c"ntcyoL them 10 Tahlti, on ac-
count at l"clr ahnexatlun prUelI,l,lrS.
Nrm, and, Interesting, and StnUbte.-l
lht'c Is perhaps II" more relpi>x.ng
Si'u 'li"li nor Young man, ANA nlu,i,sl
Mlti"i, llah thai III Wlllch he mas him
) II wn,h undilr TO determine whrtu
he "y"nng rosy maidcn,' wnn b tsi, y 10
ippc.r to I'm in bis ureullls, is alr.a,\
Engaged, ar occupies neu,rd gruLnl.--
l"e III les nave rc>urIrd 10 v,diuuS rx-
pe''I' hts, snch as wcsiiag rim I un Il par
,lcul,r hnsrr, &r., 10 make klnwl, ,n
trir i'!cnds an acqu"inldhceS NE i'm
poria,n ,acl that ,ih.y ar. abaut to mrr.,
.iner individuality in that Of some favored
one ol HE Slcriwr sex; nut lae>e rX-
pedienls have not fully answered, The pnr
pose, and 1t Was nacess ,ry to devise
s"lne new mrllo,l. Tne world moves
Atlantic canlrs are laii; wonderful III
r,hihnS crowd up.n cacn Ulner in starr
,ihs rapiui,y; The power ul The press i,
daily auehI,l,te,, AMI lis uses wi ,ely ex-
tehdcd; progress is written ON the ilan,ls
" $50 u" wy iV''"WuS duNtIitStulbtt
appcrs IN The st. LuniS Republican:
Eayased-Mlss Anna Gould to John
CAn'I! City Marshal, both vi Leavcn-
w"r., kansas 1crriury.
From t,is Time Ilcncrf,rih and for.
ever, un,ii Miss Anna Gould becomes a |
widow, all young grnlem, u are requested |
10 wlhlraw their particular altentlulls." |
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Bloody Duel near Mrmphis-AIctte
rom Memphis, T,nntsscc, to the Ian.
easier, (Pa.,) Exaniner, says that duel
was recently fought near that city by Mr..
Waters, Of Virginia, and DR.. j. T. EagI... |
formerly Of Pennsylvania. They fired
two rounds with Derringer pistols, both
being wounded at each fire. They then,
Dy agreement, resOrted to revOlvrrs, and
confined the fight. Mr.. Walters was
rd'lled at every shot, and it is sail. died
On Sunday night. DIR. Nagle was so
badly injured that his reonverv IL tbon..h,