The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1858-07-08
pERGnNAL

lished at Houston, in this County, seems
DESTROYS of a personal difficulty with me,
and his paper Of 3Oth june contains a
string of lies feel constrained to notice.
1t Is disagreeablc enough to have the i'll
will of a sneaking, whining cur and hear
him bark, much less to handle him, there
fore, what have to say shall be briefly
told.
l said, some time ago, the PRAIRIE
NEWS had the largest circulation Of any
paper published in the county. This the
Petrel denied, and said At had the largest
circulation IN tbs county. admitted it,
as the official paper of the county, might
have the largest county circulation; but
as for general circulation, | believed the
PRAIRIE News had two subscriptions to
the Petrels one, and offered to show lists
any time he wished. If | am wrong in
thinking my paper has the largest circu-
lation, and can be convinced of it, am
willing to acknowledge my error.
In the issue of his paper dated June
10th, he said We hare larger sub
scription at erery of;ce in tie county Man
you, sare your oun post office - then
asked him the following question in the
News of the 23d June:
Snow how do you know thisl Have you
been sneaking around at every box in the county
and enquiring the number OF our subscribers at
each onel or do you make the assertion with all
the iinpudence and eiir0ntry of a prevaricating
nature Verify this is good beginning, and if
you keep on, bid fair to become among liars what
Raphael was among painters, what Michael An
gelo was among scl1ptors, what Milton was
among poets.
In the last number Of his paper June
30tb), he copies and puts the same
question to me, together with the article
of mine in which | said the PRAIRIE
NEWS had the largest circulation of any
paper published in the county. do not
knou the PRAIRIE News has the largest
circulation, but | have reason sufficient
to warrant strong belief that way till
| learn better. He also says my paper
has been sent back to me "by men liv-
Ing in this region" j. e., Houston. /
have only to say to this, if it is Mr..
OWENS intention, and | think it is, to
say | send the Prairie News to any one at
Houston excepting the Petrol who is not
4 regular subscriber, or that | send ii re-
gularly to any one who has returned it
,ince | became connected with this office, |
lie is wiHfai, deliberate liar, and mean,
ow-doun, coeeardly slanderer. just be-
ore | came into the Office, good many
papers were sent to persons my prede-
lessor thought would subscribe; several |
we're Reconnaissance may be more than I
jnce, owing to my negligence in erasing
he names from the Office books. | have
learned from good authority, that several
copies Of his paper used to be, if they
are not now, sent back to him. He fur
Their says, if | can't put my finger on a
man who has refused lis paper | am
s. guilty OF attempting to put out false
Such man is not hard to
find. When | accused him Of "cOn-
litteness" in not sending me a
paper containing his article, | did not in
tend it should be inferred he was skeer-
ed of the bully as he styles me, but |
did intend to point it out as a character
istc act of the base, pusiAanimus pappy
that he is. The reliable person who says
he did mail paper to me must be mis-
taken, to say the least of it, as the num-
Der which is sent to our office usually
comes in the same package with other
copies OF the Petret taken AT tnlS post
Office, and | inquired particularly of the
Postmaster if Petrol came for the Prai-
RE News he told me No
In conclusion, | would say, when b.
f. OWEN dies, if fortune will ever thus
favor him, the master of the internal re-
gions, in consideration of his rery ralu
able services here on earth, will be by
duty bound to appoint him to the high
and honorable post of chimney-sweep of
hell and scullion to the devil.
JOHN RICHARDSON
Editor of the Prairie News.
OF Politics at present are at dead