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The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
LETTER FROM GRN. DAVIS.

The following letter from our distin-
guished Representative in Congress ex.
plains Its self:
ABERDEEN, 10th August, 1853.
GENTLEMEN: ] have this moment had
the honor to receive your favor Of the
18th inst, in which you say, AT meet
ing of the citizens of Okolona and yicin-
ity, without respect to party" you were
appointed Committee to request me to
deliver an address at Okolona on the
tendency of the political movements of
the day." at such time as may best suit
my convenience. 1t will suit me to ad-
dress the citizens of Okolona and vicinity
on Saturday, the 2sth August, inst.
Permit me to return my thanks to the
citizens of Okolona and vicinity for this
kind notice of me, and accept my cordial
considerations for yourselves.
have the pleasure to
+. tt be your obedient serv't,
REUBEN DAVIS.
To Messrs. L. HODGES, VIM. LIGNoN,
and B. F. WHEELER, Committee, Okolo-
ma, Miss.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
Candidates, Attention!

Those Of you who wish your names put upon
the tickets printed at the PRAIRIE NEWS office
will please send In your Names accompanied with
the money. No name will appear on the ticket
until paidfor. We are prepared and will print
tickets for the following countless Chickasaw,
Monroe, ltawamba, and Pontotoc. The candi-
dates Of the latter three counties, especially,
should send in their names Immediately, as we de-
sire to get the tickets to all portions Of said coun
ties in due time.
Our terms for putting the names of county Of
icers on the general ticket is IS, and for District
officers, $40. Special tickets, 81 a hundred
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

The Remains Of Wasaingtm.--The
Doylestown Democrat learns from a
source that it thinks may be relied upon,
that Mr.. John A. Washington who has
lately sold Mount Vernon to an associa-
ton Of ladies, to secure the home and
grave of Washington to the nation, IN
tends to remore the remains Of the Father
ellis Country from tie tomb, as he does
not consider them included in the pur-
chase of the estate.
We do not believe that there is any
truth in the above rumor. We cannot
think even John A. Washington capable
of so outrageous and disgraceful an act,
and yet the heartless cupidity, the utter
insensibilty to shame which he has dis
played throughout the negotiations for
the purchase of the tomb of Washington
by the Ladies Mount Vernon AssOcia-
ton, would almost justify the suspicion
of the editor of the Doylestown Demo
crat. If Mr.. Washington is agrieved by
the circulation of such rumors, he has
his own over-reaching sclfshness to blame
for the odium with which he has associa-
ted an immortal name. o
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

AccoMMoDATING.-The editor of the
New York Herald is quite patronizing.
lie says it is nonsense to speak of South
erners ceaSing to patronize Northern
watering places because of the i'll feelings
between the North and South, and con-
soles himself for the falling off as follows !:
There are very few travellers or hotel
sojourners from any section at the water
ing places, partially on account of the
hard times of last winter, partially on ac-
count of the increased European travel,
partially on account of the extortons of
the landlords and their servants, but par
ticularly because the extension of railway
communication has opened new places of
health and recreation. People North and
South have become tired of the old round
of travel to Cape May, Newport and Sara
toga, and have sought out new routes.-
The Southerners can find in Virginia and
Tennessee splendid mountain scenery,
with medical springs, potent in curing the
ailments peculiar to their climate and
habits, and they can there find society
to their tastes. As the facili-
ties of travel are increased, we shall find
Northern emigration settling towards the
Southern springs. Our people are fond
Of change, and anxious to open up the
beauties of our country, of which we
know comparatively nothing as YETI.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
WRATIiY.

Some one signing himself II. Maury
has been writing letters to the editor of
the Cleaveland (Ohio) Plaindealer, and
taking sides with the Blount family, in
the De Riviere affair." The person writ
ing the letters represented himself to be
Capt. Harry Maury, of Mobile, Ala
The real Capt. M. comes out with card
in the Mobile papers pronouncing the ar
ticles in the Plaindeaer deliberate lies.
BY the way, speaking of this reminds us
that the Blount-Zouave scrape has been
compromised. Col. B. has given his con-
sent to the match, provided the "gal-
liant" Captain clears his skirts of the
charges hanging over and diminishing his
fair name.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

Col. Dauis and his Speech.-1'he Hol.
ly Springs Democrat, referring to the 4th
of July speech made by Col. jeff. Davis,
on the ship Jno. Whitney, INDUCES in the
following ungracious commentary
"We are very much in hopes the Hon.
gentleman is wrongly reported; for we
are 10th to part company with him on the
Union question, and come to regard him
as one of the can't -be-kicked- out-of- the
Union-gentlemen. Southern Statesmen,
we maintain, have no right to tell the
Yankees that this Union cannot be dis
solved; for,that is just what these van
KEGS assert themselves. We hope to see
contradiction of this report from Sena.
tor Davis own pen but should Improve
to be true report, it will show thatsour
flre-eating Senator was travelling North
in more senses than one, when he deliy.
cred the speech; and may, further, arouse
a feeling in Mississippi in which will de-
monstrate to the Honorable gentleman
that the mosquitoes of whom be speaks
have it in their power to greatly annoy
if not wound, the great Senatorial OK Of
Mississippi. We repeat. if he did not
use the language he owes it to his con-
to contradict it,
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

IColin M. Campbell, Esq, formerly
connected with the Washington Union,
has purchased an interest in the Memphis
Avalanche, and in connection with Mr..
Galloway, its present accomplished edi-
tor, will continue to conduct that journal
under the name and style of Galloway &
Campbell.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

GEORGIA BANKs.-The following Geor
gia banks are said to be sound:
The Central Railroad and Banking Co.
The Georgia Railroad and Banking Co
The Bank of Savannah.
The Bank Of Augusta.
The Bank of Fulton.
The Bank of Athens.
The Manufacturers Bank at Macon.
The Northwestern Bank at Ringgold.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

THEDEPTH OF HUMAN DEGRADATION.
The Lancaster (Pa.) Inland Daily
Times says that Mr.. Isaac Bear, of War
wick township, in that county, and one
CARRIER, drank seven gallons of whisky in
thirteen days, when Bear died of mania-
a-pot9, leaving CARRIER master of the field
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

GIVE have received still later intel.
ligence regarding the laying of the Allan.
tic Telegraph, and We have now the plea.
sure of informing our readers that it is q
most complete success. As soon as the
recording instruments can be arranged
notice will be given in advance of the ex.
pected reception of Queen Victorias mes
sage, when it is expected all cities and
towns will make some demonstration to
celebrate the event. We think Okolona
has made considerable demonstration al
ready. We venture to say, there was
more noise made over this great event
in Okolona last Monday night, than in
any other village in the Union. New
York has been illuminated in commemor-
alton of it, so was Okolona. New York
fired her hundred cannon, Okolona her
hundred shot-guns. New York's grand
est fire-companies paraded her streets in
grand array, Okolona's tar-barrez CON-
pany did the same. Indeed, Okolona is
determined to be out-done by none Of EN-,
and we glory in her spunk.
Notwithstanding we lost considerable
sleep on this occasion, we cannot censure
The boys" when we take into consider
alton the great event they attempted to
honor. Words are inadequate to express
he joy which we feel at the glorious re-
'ult of the "Atlantio Telegraph" and
We raise our voice as did the young men
IN Monday night, and join in shouting,
hurrah for the Sub Marine Telegraph r
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

Health Of NeU Orleaas.-There were
BOG deaths in New Orleans. for the week
ending on the sSth inst, Of which lao
wereN from yellow fever-only eight of
these were Americans.
The Crescent says the number of
deaths from yellow fever at the Charity
Hospital on Monday, was Id.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

KANSAS ELECTIoN.-Telegraph news
to the 18th inst, from st. Louis says that
the majority against the English ordin-
anCe was as far as heard from 6,35S.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

Arrest eta Villain "A man came to
this place two or three months ago and
employed himself to Mr.. Thomas Davis
to drive Dray. under the assumed name
of Isaac Bradford. Some time last
week, Mr.. Turley and L. M. Cook, from
Alabama, having heard of the wherea-
bouts of Bradford, came to this place for
the purpose of decoying Bradford to
Yves. Point where they might have him
identified as Seaborn Bradford, who
stands charged with having committed
most foul and brutal rape upon little
girl 10 or ~ years old, residing, we be-
lieve, not far from Holly Springs, Miss,
which he succeeded in accomplishing by
calling at the residence of the little girls
parents, and asking them to let her 20
home with him to stay with his wife, as
he intended going off for a few days.
His wife, however, was absent from home
herself, and he took this method of Sc
curing his helish design.
Mr.. Il. succeeded in getting Bradford
to West Point under the impression that
he could get him into a better business
than he was in here, where he was ares
ted and confessed his guilt.
La Grange (Ga.J Reporter.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

New CoTToN.-Seventee bales of
new cotton have been received in Mobile
the presentseason, up to the 18th inst.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

CAN'T FIND 'EM.-The Reformer, in
describing Handsboro, Miss, says:
we will commence with the Foun-
dries in this paper, and follow with all
the other branches of business in succeed
ing numbers"
We have looked all over the paper,
but our eyes fail to find a single foundry.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

n Emerson's Magasiae and Put
nam's Monthly.-The August number Of
this excellent magazine is received at last,
and 1t is truly the best number ever issu-
ed. This magazine, without doubt, is
the best issued from the American press,
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
A VERY GOOD REAsoN.-A latte

A VERY GOOD REAsoN.-A latter-day
poet writes as follows to beautiful Girl.
who is thus deprived of a sutton, because
she bain't the pewter:
II love thy voice Of music thy airy, fairy figure
But, ali! it meetsa fearful check, for thou has
nary niger"
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
River News.

ST. LOUIS, August lathe Missis-
sippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers are re-
ceding.
The Upper Mississippi is rising at Du-
huge, with 81 feet on the bar.
VIcKsBURG, August 13.-The river is
still going down at very rapid rate
upwards of eight inches in twenty flour
hours.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
| Memphis Aralanche.

Wages in Cal.fornia.-There are now
300 workmen employed at the U. S. navy
yard at San Francisco, at the following
wages:
Master masons So per day, foreman of
masons 81 so; journeymen masons Sc 1;
foreman of stone cutters 81 so; journey
man stone cutters Sc; do skaters SIS !;
foreman of ship carpenters So; do plas-
terers Sc; journeymen ship carpenters
81; do shipcaulkers 81; master carpen-
ter of buildings s.; foreman do do Sc
rs; journeymen do do SIS to S. so; mas
ter blacksmith IS; foreman do 81 SO !;
journeyman do Sc so; helpers of do 81;
masons' laborers SO SO; excavators, &C.,
3 dollars.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

REMovED.-Col. Young has removed
the publication of the Spirit oftAe South
from Nashville to Louisville.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

U Our friends of the Fulton Herald
have a naughty contributor. In behalf Of
the fairer portion of creation, we protest.
Hear how he spins out rhyming advice to
the ladies just listen:
II you hold up your top-coats keep your pettieoats
3iciean,
Preserve the hem of you organdie, Brilliantine,
Home-spun or calico, but never be seen
trying to initiate some pretty-footed-
Yankee-woman unless your pettcoat is clean.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

"a An exchange records the marri-
age of James II. Goslin to Charlotte
Cook He's a cooked gosling, sure.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

USee the new advertisements in the
present issue.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
Destructive Fire.

One of the largest fires that has oc-
Cured in our city for long time. broke
out last evening, about four o'clock, in
the store 229 Main street, occupied by
Ward Il Jones, and used by them as a
drug store. A German, who, for several
years has been employed by the firm as
a porter, was in the second story of their
portion of the building engaged in bot
thing turpentine, and filled bottle which
Was cracked while in the act of sealing
it, the turpentine came in contact with
the fame of a lighted lamp, and in an in
slant the whole place in the rear of the
building Was in flames. The alarm was
promptly given, but ere our gallant fire.
men reached the spot, so rapid was the
progress of the flames, it was believed
that the whole block, together with those
Immediately adjoining, situated in the
wealthiest portion of our city, were doom
ed to destruction and this belief was
not removed until after an hours battling
with the devourirg element by our devo-
ted firemen, who made almost superhu-
man exertlons to quench the flames, but
did not entirely Succeed until late hour
last night. Loss $4,000.
Memphis Avalanche.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
Latest News.
Further from the Atlantic Cable.

rurtneT from tno AuunHc CWUios
ST. JOINS, N. f., August l3.-From
Trinity Bay today we learn that Mr.
Warehouses; recording instrument, thus
far, does not work on the Atlantic cable
Mr.. Whitehouse declines giving any in
formation respecting his operations. The
Hughes instrument will undoubtedly
prove effective when it gets ready to OPP
crate. Signals are constantly passing
through the cable.
Yellow Fever.
CHARLESTON, August 14.-Several
deaths from yellow fever have taken place.
The physicians say it is not epidemic.
New ORLEANS, August 13.-The
deaths yesterday from yellow fever were
fifty-tWO,
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

A SIGHT.-A wagon drawn by two no.
horned, crooked-legged steers, and a
blear-eyed, sway-backed mule passed
through town day or two ago. In it
were five coatless, shoeless, dirty-faced,
red-headed urchins, and snaggle-tooth-
ed old crone. The children amused them
selves BY putting their thumbs to their
noses and wiggling their finger at passers
on the street, while the old woman snugly
ensconced in a corser of the wagon-body
was porting over the columns of the Sunny
South!
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19
STEAMBOAT EXPLOSION.

We have the melancholy intelligence
Of the explosion of the steamboat Vir-
ginia. The V. was a lake packet be-
tween New Orleans and Mobile. She
was insured for upwards of $SO,OO0.-
The New Orleans Delta speaking of the
accident says:
At a quarter past 8 this morning, an ex-
plosion occurred on board the Mississippi
Sound Company's steamer Virginia, ~
ing at the wharf at the Lake End of the
Jefferson Railroad. The explosive agen
cy was extremely violent, blowing hole
in the bottom of the steamer, IAN iron
boat) so large as to cause her to sink in
about fifteen minutes, and making a COM
plete wreck Of the larboard side as far
aft as the quarter divits, and shattering
to pieces the whole cabin, in fact.
Nearly every one on board sustained
more or less injury from scaldng, but
fortunately the train had not arrived with
passengers for the excursion, on which
the steamer was to have started at II
O'CLOCK. Len OF the more severely wOun-
ded were put aboard the cars, brought up
to the city, and taken to the Charity Hos.
pital.
1t is said that there were some five or
six walters or firemen asleep below, whom
it is feared are lost, but nothing certain
as to their fate could be ascertained in
the hurry and confusion. ="
The safe, with the books and papers,
and all the contents Of the captains Of
fee, were blown overheard The causes
Of the explosion are not explained.
The general rumor is thatit was caus-
ed By gunpowder, charged into sticks Of
firewood, by some yet unhung parties,
which were unsuspectingly being used
to fire up with.
The baggage of passengers was not
yet on board, but remained in safety on
the wharf adjacent.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

0TOne Of the subjects of Partisan Cos
sip just now is rare case recently brot'
to light of man one hundred and twenty
years old. Four years ago he married a
wife who was his junior by just hundred
years, and by whom be has three chill
dren.-Erchange.
The inquisitiveness of newspaper men
is very great. Some are curious to know
whether these children resemble the old
mani
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

identifying himself with Gen. Walk
ers fortune, will ruin his prospects, if
nothing else
So says the Livingston (Ala.) Demo-
crat, in speaking of VIM. L. Yaneey.-
Well, this is the very double distilled es-
sence of National Democracy. Because
a man declares himself in favor of
Southern enterprise, it ruins his prospects.
Great is our country, but greater still are
its citizens, who, when man expresses
patriotic sentiments, cry out, his pros
poets are ruined! 81
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-08-19

Tie celebrated Madame VeStrlS pre-
served the splendor of her complexion to
very late period of life, by binding up
her face every night in kind Of paste, for
which the following is the recipe:
"The whites of four eggs boiled in
rosewater, half an ounce of alum, half
an ounce of oil of sweet almonds; beat
the whole together until it assumes the
consistence Of paste.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-10-23
state Eank Fully nrganized

We arc Informed that the Bank Com
mlssioners have authorized branches of
the State Bank to commence operations
forthwith, at the following points. the
preliminary Investigations having been
entirely satisfactory
The following arc the officers of the
several branches:
Da'enror.--Geo l. Davenport Pres.
ideHt; b. Il. Woodward, Cashier.
Des Moines--F. H. West. President
W ,rren Hussey, Cashier
Dubuque-F. V Goodrich, President;
TX. h. Graves, Cashier.
Iowa Gty--Thomas j. Cox, Cashier.
keokuk-Samucl r. Miller, President:
j. w. Nc Millen, Cashier.
Mt. Pleasant. Dewey, President /;
Tim. Whitney, Cashier.
Muscatine--A. o. Patterson, Presi.
dent; A, y. Warfcid, Cashier.
oskaloosa--John White, President !;
VIM. i. Smith, Cashier.
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-10-23

The following ,rvla the Elizahethtowr
Ky } Democrat has been slightly chan
ged to suit this latitude We commend
it to our Democratic friends they can say.
1--WE are bcat--it's DO use to try any
longer; We are ehawed up and spit out;
We feel now about the consistency and
shape of potatos run over by wagon
Wheel
That Upton Aar>rtis.r aud the good
sense Of the people have whipped us out.
We fought calamity to win this county.
We fous ht desperately. Speeches from
one to three hours in length were made
10 every precine, in the county; we wor.
ked hard individually; all our friends
that We could see we're hard at work, ey.
cry voter in the whole county was visit.
ed, and yet in spite Of all that We are
beat.
We believe that Almighty God, in
lis justice, has cursed this county; We
don't believe We will ever have good
crops here again We don't believe our
farmers will prosper; We dou't believe
Democratic sentiments ever will get a
footing in this hard old county. 1t is
our usual ill-luck weighing down again /;
We never desired anything al IDENTIFY with.
out being disappointed. We never had
pet but it sickened and died, VIC never
lad fight but what We got whipped, we
never asked a young lady to have US but
what she spit in our face; We never made
n bet that We didn't lose, and we believe
that the spectre of Black Republicanism
with CORY locks.and vulture-like coun-
tenence, is following US, following us day
and night, blasting all our undertakings,
and keeping the cup of disappointment
continually to our lips.
The fact Of the business is, fellow cit
liens, We can never beat RepuLlcunism
in this county until we raise up new
generation. We think that the young
men and boys, if properly directed aud
attended to, will stick to us when they
grow up, but us things nor stand De.
mocracy has no more chluce in Cedar
county than "a bob tailed bull 10 Hy time. ;
The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1858-10-23

.G-.k q III
The chief engineer Of the Reading
Railroad declares that investigation show.
that ON the 60 pound English rail tn,
wear is from q to II per cent, Will,
that on the American Is II to II pc,
cest, The breakage on the English blr
was one in 40 to 81. while on the Amer
lean it was one in 1T to one in 343
TIs utter worthlessncss Of English iron
az thinks, accounts FOR many of I'll
frighttul accidents which occur on Amer
lean roads.
y We fnd the above in the Cedar Dem
. ecvaf aud other exchanges. and mucl.
more might be said in favor Of Amr,i-
can, iron,, yet the D.mocrat sustains an
sdunin istra,ion that is opposed to protect.
9 Tag American manufactures, that is in
2 favor Of running the government in debt
millions Of dollars rather than protcc,
American industry, The old Fedora
: idea in favor Of large national debt,
seems to be q favorite one with the Dc.
mocracy. We are opposed to il, We be,
lieve that this government should "pay
a. it. goes aud not leave debt for com.
ing generations to pay.