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

journalism has purchased half my.
in the Office Of the Brand Rsna ,h,ef
from Mr.. Frantz. and they will hbs s'lls
Jointly publish it, Col. Mayors 6ll t'ssa \
editorial chair, for which he j.
qualified. We wish the new a = aat
abundant success. ''pAS
Hacana Comsulate.--The Oxfo,aS.
curry mentions rumor that Capt. W.
Delay, of Lafayette, had been a an, Va
to this Office. rp'''0(
GT A few days ago two lifeles, NJ.
dren were found in vacant houss !, 's s
Louis. The Coroner not being or !, T. Y
watch was kept over them all njrht Y,
on arrival in the morning, they ws Yer, y N
covered to be wax figures.
II The planters Of Tippah eon.,
Miss, lately held meeting, and s,,..
very strong resolutions against ' Ss;s
swindled by broken bank paper--m n.y..
ing the Citizens Bank, &c., Ths ~
zens OF Nortn ana East Mississippi M
uncompromisingly opposed to bayins
bank in their own State and under H..
own control, but have not hesitated !,
the last eighteen years to wear ont
vast amount of Tennessee, Georgia M
Alabama shinplasters.
Murdev.-On the 18th inst, we lam &
VIM. P. Hudnall was murdered at Epls, :
prise by j. M. Steele. A reward Of slMNf
is offered for the arrest of Steele bv W.
p. Hudnall, jr., and 5000 in addition
offered by the Mayor of Enterprise
The following description is Given n
Steele Said Steele is about s feet M
inches high, weighs l6O to 40 pounds n
heavy set, has thick red hair. red CON- r
plexion, gray or blue eyes, looks to b I
about 80 years Mobile Tibsm !
A Hard Lick.-The Coffeeville III
telligencer calls the editress of the Ya0.
Banner 50 Mother Prewitt." She, onhS
snpposition that he means mother Of hN
press, regrets the designation, since i
that case, says she, "the Coffeevie ed X
tor is our son, and Solomon says a fool
is a reproach to his mother"
ODoaous.-The New Orleans Tn
Delta says: There are already In te
city seven or eight hundred distinct and
different smells, and several precincts u
hear from. We don't see why New o.
leans should not appropriately be dubbed
+" the city of a thousand odors."
or If you wish to make a shoe Of d. (
rable materials, says facetious Lanes
berg, You should take the upper part d
the mouth of hard drinker, for thai +
never let's in water.
Cen. Quitman, in 1924, married Miss =
Eliza Turner, the only daughter of Hen!
Turner, Esq, and niece to Chancelld
Turner, of Mississippi. Mrs. Quilma
stil -snrs;yes,. him. Wis ar int.rss,is.
amily, consisting of one son and fNN
daughters.
10 Mrs. Catherine A. Melville, Re-
rent for Mississippi of the Mount Vernon
Fund, acknowledges in the Jackson ps
'ers receipts from eighteen counties d
lbout S2,95O.
Resignatioa,-It is mentioned in
huntsville paper that Mr.. +. G. AIMS
las resigned his position, as General So
'erlntendent of the Memphis and Char
eston Railroad.
Good Salary.-The Governor Genera
# Canada gets S31, 900 per annum-s6t
100 more than the President Of the Unit
d States gets.
Mobile.-The election for Sheriff d
lobile, which caused considerable sth
n that city, resulted in the choice d
ames L. Shelton, by majority Of Ro
otes.
Increase IN tie Value Of Land and NJ
voes.-The last Mssissippian contains
table, prepared by Madison MaAts
$50, showing the assessment Of land and
egroes in this State in 1854 and 1851
nd the increase in value. From It
earn that the increase in the value o.
snds amounts to $50,7o6, 95I,2O andths
,crease in the value Of negroes, s5l'
81. The greatest increase has been h
he counties subject to overflow.
Vicksbnrg Wig
o. At a general meeting of the people
Hancock county, Mississippi, to "
ONT delegates to convention, to y
emble at Brookhaven, on the goth ID
tant, to nominate candidate for Con-
ress, rice Quitman deceased. on motion
Col. j. F. H. Claiborne and amidst ths
cclamations Of the meeting, ex-GoveI
Or McRae was unanimously Recommend
] as the choice Of the eastern counts
the district.
The Grape Crop.-The Cincinusd
azette says the grape crop in the regia
that city this season may be Designate
almost an entire failure. Some vine
'rds will have something Of a crop, bp
the aggregate, all the wine produced
i'll not pay the expenses of tending the