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The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

The Legislature Of Iowa are pctitioning
Congress in favor Of a grant Of land to aid
IN the construction Of the Prairie du Chen
and Mankato Railroad also, in favor u q
grant Of land 10 aid IN the construction Of
the Lansing, Northern Iowa and Southern
Minnesota Railroad The subject has been
before the U. :. House Of Representatives,
aud referred to the Committee on Public
lands
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

Mesrs. Ina BipwgIL. * Sos. Bankers, Of
this city, on the 18th ult.. enclosed State
Scrip note 10 Mr.. j. THoNPsos, Banker, ia
New York, 10 ascrtain whether IL could be
used In that city. Mr.. T. replied, under
date OF the Oath, IA follows;
III think this Scrip cannot be made available
here at any rate until II shall have been legal
red. When that ia done, my opinion is that IL
will readily pass At the par value IN this city. 70
Dir. Tuoxrsos does not appear " be
aware that the scrip has been Iegaiized 50
far as il is possible for State 10 DO 10. by
the necessary provisions Of law. From the
tenor Of the above letter, there can be no
doubt but that our Bankers can USE the scrip
for the purposes Of exchange. II they are
wi ling 70 remove the doubt which appears
TO have been thrown upon its legality 10
New York. With the certainty Of the
Minnesota sta,e Bonds being sold within
three months, by which the gold will b. in
the State Treasury 10 redeem the scrip, no
sensible merchant 10 New York would re-
fuse 70 receive State scrip IN exchange for
goods or debts and Bankers who are loan
ing rnoney, could no, invest more saeny than
10 this IL per cent. scrip Il they eau be con-
WINGED d ia redemption within six mouths.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11
The old SETTLERS, Asso~ssssos

The second meeting Of the Old Settlers
Association was held at the Capitol. in this
city on Saturday, the 9Th Of March. The
Object Of the meeting WA 10 complete the
organization Of the Society. A report from
the COMMITTEES on bylaws was ioad, and
adopted. The following named gentlemen
we're appointed an Executive Committee -
Mcssrs. II. J.. Moss, J. =. Owgss, W. +.
MURRAY, CnAs. u. Ei.PgiJ aud J. w Bass
The President appointed EAm +. GoopRlcn
rs Corresponding Secretary Of the Society.
Judge GoopRcu presented design for u
zeal, which was adopted. The first annual
meeting OF the Society will be held in June.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

There are two modes Of discussing public
measures; the one upon tho basis Of their
merits. and the other upon the basis Of the
motives Of its advocates and oppousnts.---
Every lair minded man will acknowledge
that the former is the reasonable method
and that the latter Is only rsortcd to by
those who hack argument to sustain their
positions. We have noticed throughout the
discussion Of the measure proposing loan Of
the State credit to the land.grant railroad
companies, that the Mnnesot,as has adopted
almost entirely the latter and most objcc-
tionable style Of treatment. Those who
have disagreed with its positions have been
stiematized rs the subjects Of bribery and
the partners Of corruption. Its sympaihi.
sers, alone, have received at its hands the tn
dorsement Of honesty Of intention.
To the charge Of corruption which has
been made against the great mass Of the
members Of the Legislature, We do not think
II necessary to reply. As body, they arc
men who have resided long enough In Min
nesota, TO have acquired established charac-
tiers for integrity and they cannot, certain.
ly, be injured by Wholesale charges, the gross
ness and recklessncss of which, deprive them
Of all taneial influence. But We may bc al
lowed 20 depart in single instance, and
give oar testimony in behalf Of one Of the
Senators from Rice, the Hon. q. Il. SKIN.
xxR, II for no other reason than that Of early
acquantanceship, and Of the friendship,
which begun in boyhood, has strengthened
with ihe intervening years. We know him
TO be honest 10 intention, and honorable in
actor and we would be quite ready, even
without acquaintance with his course on the
loan bill, to deny, Oh our simple faith in his
integrity, the charges which have been made
against him by the M,nnesot'on. We eau,
however, deny these charges from specific
knowledge Of the facts Mr.. SKINNER was
On original supporter Of the loan project, be.
fore anybill whatever was introduced. lie sup.
potod the bill when introduced, and when Il
lacked the clause which the N,nne,o,,an speci-
fisa theprico Of his purchase, quite rs heart
lily ~ he has since. He, however, regarded
the F@ibault" provision a. an important
ore for t,e interests Of his constituents, and
he secured its incorporation after the bill
had bees under discussion for several days
In the Senate. We are willing TO leave Mr.,
SKINNER TO settle with his own constitucn.
cy, the charge which is made against him
by the Mnneso,,on Of taking care Of their
Interest,"
We do not regard the lbcls Of the Mn.
nesot,aa against members in connection with
the loan measure, n Of any real damaging,
account and we should not. probably, have
alluded to them in this instance, had II not
been for the opportunity which the occasion
Afforded, for testifying our appreciation Of
gentleman whom W. hare known from child
hood for whose ability We have the highest
respect, in whose integrity We have the
greatest confidence, AMI in whose reputation
We feel personal, and we trust, pardona-
bic concern.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

The bill introduced into the Hoas Of
Representatives by Mr.. CHowEs, Of Henne-
pin county. for the location and organiza-
ton Of an Agricultural College, has passed
both houses. ard now only awaits the sigma
tnre Of the Governor to become law
The location, a. We have heretofore anoounc-
ed, s in Mcleod county, ooe of the richest
agricultural counties in the State We COO
graduate the farmers d Minnesota in the
prospect Of the early establishment 81 IN
Agricultural College in Minnesota Tbe
farmers Of Mcleod county, with such men
- Col J. II. SrEvKss 70 lad them, vii not
allow the organization to lag, il eprgy and
mooey can avail to build up the schoa.
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

The In Cross Democrat learns that the
steamer Ben Coursin has t,sn raised, and
part Of her machinery taken cot BY Mr.. r.
d. H.Hxrsos. Of Driabsch City. The
Coursin sunk, Tor the reason, tha, she va
% heavily laden with the cures Of the
mesehaots doing bushes On ue river
The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-03-11

PoR UTAn.-We learn tina, detachment
Of five hundred United STATS troops passd
through Seymour, Indiana, 'ew days ago,
on their way 10 join thu army in Utah, and
tha, more troops would 20 On next week, TO
the number Of several thousand.
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sam T i A UL.

SAINT PAUL.
Thursday Morning--March II, 1855.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
eth "Pioneer Buildings, corner Third and
Jackson streets, by
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The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

l have speculated a great deal upon
matrimony. / have seen young and
beautiful woman, the pride of gay cir
cles, married, as the world says-well.-
Some have moved into costly houses, and
their friends have come and looked at
their furniture, and their splendid ar
rangements for happiness, and they have
gone away and committed them to their
sunny hopes, cheerfully and without fear.
1t is natural to be sanguine for the
young at such times, | am carried away
by similar feeling. / love to get unob-
served into corner, and watch the bride
in her white attire, and with her smiling
face, and her soft eyes blessing me in
their pride of life, weave a waking dream
of future happiness, and persuade my
self that it will be true | think how
they will sit upon the luxurious sofa as
the twilight falls, and build gay hopes,
and murmur in low tones, the now not
forbidden tenderness; and how thrillingly
the allowed kiss, and the beautiful en-
dearments of welded life, will make even
their parting joyous, and how gladly they
will come back from the crowd, and the
empty mirth of the gay, to each others
quiet company. Il picture to myself that
young creature who bushes even now at
his hesitating caress, listening eagerly
for bis footsteps as the night steals on,
and wishing that he would come; and
when he enters at last, and with an afiec-
ton as undying as his pulse, folds her to
his bosom, | can feel the pride that goes
flowing through the heart, and gaze with
him on the graceful as she moves about
for the kind Offices of affection, soothing
all his unquiet cares, and making him
forget even himself, in her young and
unshadowed beauty.
go forward for years, and see her
luxuriant hair put soberly away from her
brow, and her girlish graces resigned in
to dignity, and her loveliness chastened
with the gentle meekness of maternal af
fection. Her husband looks on her with
proud eye, and shows her the same
fervent love and delicate attention which
first won her; and her fair children are
grown about them, and they go on full of
honor and untroubled years, and are re-
membered when they die.
Washington Ecing.
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ME$GBT,EeAMY. Y .
('onrtship.

/ am thirty-three years old. and think
that,I have looked at The science ofcourt-
ship in common-sense way. Yet Imay
have been looking for the past twelve
years through distorted glasses.
There is radical fault somewhere,
and am much disposed to think it will
be found in our system of domestic cdu-
cation. If parents would properly in
Sruct their children, in all human proba-
hility, by when they were of an age to
comprehend the marital relations, they
would understand the true mode of meas
uring men and womcn-the differences
between sham merit and true merit. We
differ no doubt from one another. But
the real points of difference are to be
found in our mental capacities and in our
physical organization. One may have
more rounded limbs--a more graceful
form than another-a brighter glow of
health and strcngth--finer teeth, more
glossy hair, brighter eyes, a more mclo-
dious voice. yet if the mind shine out
like light in the sky of thought, if the
person be not physically incapacited for
marriage, even though the muscles are
not so well, rounded, or though the
curves are less regular, still he or she
will outweigh any amount of animal
beauty where it is not animated by in
.telligence.
Every man, every woman admires
beauty, but the question is, in what does
it consist Our ideas and estimates of
beauty will vary as greatly as our men
tai capacities. No matter how much
physical beauty-symmetry of person
one may possess; if the mind is deficient
in cultivation, refined person will look
on the individual very much as we look
upon fine piece of statuary. "Oh !"
why can il not speak y is the exclama-
tion; and SO Of q nonsensical beauty
either male or female" Why can not
she or he think-humanize their be-
ings r.
The really lovely and loveable persons
Of both sexes is never below mediocrity
in intelligence-the more intelligent the
more lovely. Congeniality of sentiment
is essential to marital felicity, and how a
person of intelligence can find congenisli
ty with an ignorant person ! cannot i'm
agiae. Love of money, the pleasure of
pomp and show, induce many parent
TO neglect teaching his or her child that
the true man or woman-the true accatthy
is he or she who produces. No amount
of broadcloth can make fool of such a
man as Elihu Bnrritt; no quantity of silk,
satin. guazc, and paint, with defective
mind. can make such a woman as Eliza
Cook, s
Young men marry poor wives, general
~ when they marry rich ones +; so young
women marry. commonly, inferior men,
when they marry those who have been
reared in the lap of luxury. Now, | am
not disposed to quarrel with the ladies
being too gallant for that--but it does
seem to me. either that their ideas of true
manhood are very defective, or else their
minds require expansion, for the hean-
IDEAL men Of society are those who gener,
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02
POE sT.RY .
[For the Prairie News. I

WHEN THE COTTON FIELDS WEKE BLOOMlNG
loved my love, when fair and bright,
Her cheek first gowed with maiden's blush,
A, the cotton bloom changes its hue in the light
saw her life change. with loves warm flush.
And a morning flower she was to me, M
With youth and beauty coming; ......
When the plains were bright in the golden light
And the cotton fields were blooming.
Our love grew fond, as the year passed on,
TO the sweet, and early summer;
When the green leaves rustic and glance the light
And the South winds softly murmur.
And jcy was as bright as the sunlit clouds,
Each shadow of care entcmblng;
In the Summer days, when Hope sang her lays,
And the cotton fields were blooming.
And oh had time ocr her glossy hair,
Shed softly, rays of silvery light;
As Autumn comes, when the earth is fair;
And sprinkles the fields with white;
would have loved her, loved her still,
As when in her beauty coming,
She was faircr to me than the light bathed lea
When the cotton fields are blooming
But she is gone, like the cotton bloom,
With the blush of youth ON her check;
And the sunshine seems too bright for the gloom,
Of my heart, that dare not speak.
But still feel a ray of hope,
Through the darkness softly looming,
That she is still near, when the Summer is here,
And the cotton fields are blooming. G.
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OKOLONA, MISS, DECEMBER 2, 1853.

ally possess least sense, lgast refinement,
least cultivation, and most brass. True,
there are honora bic, praiseworthy excep-
tons but ask any man who has miexd
as much in society as | have, if what
have stated is not true! So, too, it is
not the girl Of sense, refinement and per-
sonal neatness, who reigns as the belle
of the place; but some silly, mad cap
creature, who is nowhere at ease, save in
the parlor amid flippant nonsense.
How often heve seen girls of appa-
rently food sense discard man who re-
ally loved them, and therefore respected
them too much to push his famiiarities,
discarded for a wild, worthless fellow,
who crowded his agrceablness into what
would be, to people of good breeding, abb
solutcly disgusting. To prove this prin-
ciple correct, have near and dear and
friend--a man Of the finest feelings i'm
aginable-who, when sOber-whch he
generally isis considered regular
bore among women. And why Sim
ply because he is too sensitive to repeat
before lady whom he would bewilling
TO visit or marry, word that he dare
not say in the presence Of his mother or
sister Yet this same gentleman, when
under the influence of wine--which is
unfortunately sometimes the case--is one
Of the most popular men among the fair
sex | ever knew. Now does anybody
believe that liquor ought to make any
man more attractive to ladies 3! The
idea is preposerous. The fact is one
that may well awaken serious reflection.
Can we not have our sons and daugh-
tiers, our brothers and sisters, to under
stanc that virtue and good sense out
weigh any a mount of gold ! These re-
nccions may also account for the fact
that married woman often fall in love
with single men, and married men with
with singule woman whom they previous
ly did not admire. In such cases, the
young man, boarding perhaps in family,
is himself natural as God made him to be,
while the married lady, having now no
object to serve, also forgets her " winning
ways, - and she, too, comes down to her
natural self-when every phase of her
character is now lovablc, where before
the very young man saw nothing to ad-
mirc-and vice versa.
There are hundreds Of lades, ay, thou
sands, who wonld at once understand
such a man as my friend above mention
cd-but the parties do not know each
other. The institution of marriage is
indeed a holy one, and if | ever enter
its portals, pray to get woman who
is blessed with good sense and personal
neatness, in preference to all the gold
and fummery in Christendom. Howcv-
er, never except any such event, simply
because my time is worth too much to
be wasted in parlor-nonsense.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

Some time since we copied a beautiful
incident from the local columns of the
New Orleans Courier. Here is another
equally touching and beautiful from the
same source:
We are not fond of detailing tina scenes
of that last struggle with the great Arch
er, before mortality puts on immortali-
ty; but in a season like the present,
where no one who interests himself in the
great charities of this city, fails daily to
witness such events, now and the one
occurs that is pleasing and instructive to
relate Such was the death-bed scene of
Emma b. A fiaxen haired, bright
eyed, sunny faced damsel of seven sum-
mers, was Emma-the light of her moth
cr's household, and the fayorite Of all
who knew her. The fever entered her
family--a brother, "a cousin, and an aunt
went down isto thh dark valley befor the
pestilenrGllReloped itselfin the lifeblood
of little Emma,
The disease was rapid in its progress
and yesterday we stood by the bed side
of the little sufferer. Her tangled hair
foated over her shoulder, the rosc-tinted
cheek had become waxen, the great
change was evidently near. Suddenly,
from deep stupor she reused into an
attitude Of the utmost attention. The
eve sparkled like diamond in gas light,
and slight tinge of pink appeared on
her cheek, as she sprang NY whispering,
with subdued interest, " Hark, the sky
is fnll of music, 1t is the angels they
come into the room; they come round
the bed. Oh !! it is brother, cousin, aunt
and many, many more" She stretched
ont her hand, her face dimpled with a
heavenly smile and with the evclama-
ton / come T. she sunk back upon the
bed. The vital spark had fed, but there
was none of the deformity Of death there.
A seraphic smile still dwelt on the fea-
lures and they still bore the same ex-
ultant expression as when she uttered,
al come" in response to the invitation
of the angels. Death had daguerreotyped
smile a. he gave life to another an
gel. taa
AL r.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

A Reform in Eiectioas-A corrcspon-
dent OF the Farmville Journal, writing
from Buckingham CO., Va, speaks of the
Inauguration Of a good movement there
He says: se 7tes s.4
An attempt is upon foot in this county
to prevent the demoralizing influence Of
elections. 1t requires of candidate,
when he proclaims himself as such, that
he should publicly announce that he will
not use money, either directly or indir-
rectly, TO secure his election. Many pa
pers are going the round, and there have
been already several hundred names Of
the most substantial men gotten up, who
pledge themselves not to support any
candidate who may come forward for any
office in the county and not make the
above pledge openly and unequivocal
ly. s. g ~
The next thing for the people Of Buck
ingham county to do will be to establish
an insurance Office that will ensure candi-
dates against living. s r
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

A Smart JFomaa" at Stemart's-- One
uay to Buy a Shaml.-Last evening an
elegantly dressed woman entered Stew
arts and asked to see some shawls. AT
ter asserting and comparing, she at length
made selection, the price being five
hundred dollars. Gracefully producing
her portemonaie, she rendered the clerk
a two thousand dollar bill in payment
He took it Immediately to the cashier,
who examined it carefully, and then, to
make himself perfectly sure, sent clerk
out with it to see an expert, and obtain
his opininion. Meanwhile, the lady be-
came very indignant, and resented the
affront which she said had been put upon
her. She was not character to receive
or pass off bad currency, and would new
er come again to Stewards to do any
shopping. Presently the messenger re-
turned with the intelligence that the bill
was good. She caught it from him, de-
claring that she would not take the shawl
After a little while, however, she seemed
to relent, and saying that she had been
to large number of establishments, and
that the shawl was the only one that had
suited her, she remarked that she would
take it, adding her determination not to
expose herself again to similar affront
The clerk was profuse in apologies as he
did up the article, and the two thousand
dollar bill was taken by the cashier and
fifteen hundred dollars promptly paid
back to her, when, without bidding good
night, she took her leave. The bill this
time proved to be counterfeit. She
had paid the clerk a different one from
the one first exhibited.
s1 Nem York Erening Post, 9th.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

or Died recently, of dislocation OF
the spine, Mr.. Atlantic Il. Gable. Mr.
Cable but few weeks ago was appa-
rently in the best of health, and commu-
nicating freely with his friends. Since
that time, however, he has taken to his
bed, and Notwithstanding the frequent
and powerful applications of electricity,
his system gradually became weaker, un-
til it ceased ro react altogether. Con-
trary to,the usual custom bis taking to
his bed was made the source of unquali-
fled rejoicing by his friends. He rests
in peace-s.
Wilmington IN. e. Herald.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

tV There is an Eastern story of a
person who taught his parrot to repeat
only these words I" What doubt is there
of that?' He carried it to the market
for sale, fixing the price at 100 rupees
A Mogal asked the parrot: Are you
worth 100 rupees e. The parrot an.
swered: "What doubt is there of thatT'
The Mogal was delighted, and bought
the bird. He soon found ont that this
was all it could say. Ashamed now OF
his bargain, he said to himself : 81 was
a fool to buy this bird The parrot OK
claimed. as usual: What doah Is shere
of that Z"
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

Good Idea.-Mr. Daniels has introdH
ced a bill into the House authorizing No
State Librarian to subscriber the name n
the State of Mississippi for one copy Of
the weekly issue Of each newspaper in
this State, that the same may be pre-
served and bound in volumes annually,
and deposited in the State Library as :
portion Of the social and political history
of the State and of the times.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-12-02

DISTRESSING Casaalty--A little boy,
aged about two years, son Of Mr.. ".
Rowell, living near this place.. came to-
his death, or last Wednesday, BY falling
into the fire. The little fellow was Left
inthe honse by bis parents, who were
engaged about the lot, and when first dis
covered by his father, he was standing
in the door, enveloped in flames. Medi-
cal aid was promptly procured. but he
died of his injuries, the semc night.
Oxford Mercury.