The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-06-24

HOtS"" 1oNocHtf0H.-W are Nov
fully convinced that the publishers of ny
State should hold convention, and y
table of prices that all of us can otTo !,
to work by. We see the necessity evs s,s
day of some concert in our prices Somms
of us charge what our work is wo, t''
while others near us, if they cant ssl''
| Blanks and get an advertisement Al wy ~
price, they sell them and take it at ono ~
or. We have been taught to sell Blana '
for one dollar and fifty cents, Der oni, a'
while one of our rich neighbors d afga.,
them at one dollar. Others take MoL;ls
advertising for about two thirds less thas
it is worth. While such irregularitv u
allowed to exist, those of us who res..a =
our business and ourselves, are bound y
suffer. What says the publishers y
Mississippi to Convention at the nov
meeting of our Legislature? Speak on,
gentlemen.-Quitman Miss Adrert;s,y'
Bemare Of Wild Cause.-The Aucus,,
Chronicle and Sentinel publishes ths
following list of Georgia Banks, all !,
which it regards as totally unworthy 81
confidence or credit: Merchants RanL
of Macon; Interior Bank, Griffin, Ia
Grange, Bank, La5range; Southern RAM
cambridge Cherokee Insurance and
Banking Company, Dalton; Planters
and Mechanics Bank, Dalton North.
Western Bank, Ringold; Bank Of Greens.
boro' Exchange Bank, Griffin.
o. We learn from our Alabama eY.
changes that the Rev. Dir. Il. Hamilton
who fell from his high estate SO sadly
some years ago in Mobile, has applied d
the Presbytery of South Alabama, for i
repeal of the sentence of suspension from
the membership of the church, and that
his prayer has been granted.
Dacis rs Quitmaa.-Jellcrson Dayi
voted for and applauds the Conference
Bill. Gen. Quitman voted against and
censnres it. Davis says it is triumph
over black republicanism and pro-sa
very victory. Quitman says it is anortben
measure and a southern defeat. Now,
we are anxious to know, which one Of
these democratic god-heads will be sus
tanned BY The untcrriied' in Mississippi
Davis, or Quitman !-Hdndsboyo Re-
former.
or In hard fought engagement with
the rebels at Fort Rowns, in India, tho
British, under Gen. WaIpole, were re-
pulsed. Their attempt to take the fort
was entirely unsuccessful, and they Wen
forced to retreat with heavy loss. The
British forces in Dude have met with
several other serious disasters.
AT other points the rebels have been
defeated with considerable loss.
THE Coolie lrade-Witbin two years.
it is said that no less than $4,000 CHINESE
coolies have been landed on the island
of Cuba, while the deaths by the way|
amounted II 3,Sli-nearly nine per cent
of the whole number J. A Certain Eng
liah - : :: 70
every submissive'--that is, he kept
them in submission by stationing men At
each hatchway with loaded muskets and
fixed bayonets - Tribune. -,
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Gen. HaskeH.-We learn from The
Hopkinsville Mercury, that Gen. Has |
kell, who has been spending quiet re- F
TRACY for some time past at the Lunatie
ASYLUM at that place, and recruiting
his energies in hunting, fishing andothr
sports, was formally discharged from Tho
institution by the managers few days
since. The General intends still remain
ing in the family Of the excellent super
ntendent.
~ An elopement from the State Nor
NAL College during the past week has
furnished food for any amount Of gossip
among the beaux and bellies of Holly
Springs. The parties We're young lady
from South, Mississippi, and one from
Texas, accompanied by two young gen
tlemen from this place, who all crossed
the line by moonlight into tennessee
where only one couple were married, TOO
other having chung fire. "--HerdH
Or That notorious rufiian, Gen. Lane
recently shot a Mr.. jenkins, near Law
renee, Kansas. The deceased was ven
respectable and estimablc man. 1t
thought this murder will have one cod
eifect--that is rid the territory OF Y
presence of Lane.
IPAeat-Nem Crop.-We learn, say
the Athens Tenn Post, that engage
ments for wheat, new crop, have BED
made at 65 cents per bushel. Old whea
will hardly command any price.
or The Montgomery Advertiser ID
nounces, on the authority of TELEGRAPH
ic dispatch, that the Citizens bank
Nashville, Tenn, has suspended.
Prospectus Of the
HlAcs.,-l OF r-lE acvTE
ON the first of .Iulv npxt the undersigned "