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The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1859-10-19

w. George Mason brought to this
Office some fine specimens Of apples last
week. Much obliged: do it some more.
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MASTER COMMISSIONER,S S.ALE.

MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.
Isaac Lewis vrtas Ss.etsa nhoa.'t roa tho
James Evans &al Court of Common Pleas of
Monroe county Ohio, 1 will offer for sale at the
door of the court house in said county
On Saturday the l9M day Of Nov. 1859
Between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
o'clock p. m. on said day the following des-
cribed real estate to wit:
The north half of the south west quarter of
section five, township five, and range seven.
WIN. OKEY, Mas. Com.
Oct. 10, 1859. 1855. Monroe Com. Pleas.
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Toed gntelligente,
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 18TH, 1859.

~ James Cunningham was elected
Justice of the Peace of this township on
last Tuesday.
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~We have now On hand
a large supply of blank Deeds,
Mortgages and Justices blanks
of all kinds. q
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DR.. II u L L III E N,
q e M E ( S &,
OFFICE, NO. 1873 4TH STREET,
WHEELING, VA.
NEXT DOOR TO THE TOWN CLOCK.
N O T [ G. E ,

n y i u Ii
DEM AMIN DYE, and Thomas L, Dillon who
Dare non residents of the State of Ohio, and
whose place of residence is unknown will take
notice that Joshua Campbell of the county of
Monroe and State of Ohio, did on the 10th
day of September, A. D. 1859, file in the
Court of Common Pleas of Monroe county,
Ohio, his petition against the said Benjamin
Dye, Thomas L. Dillon, Thomas H. Genin, John
Goudy, Robert Goudy, Isaac Goudy, David
Goudy, Mary Dye, wife of said Benjamin Dye.
Phillip Virgins and Sarah Virgins, his wife
and Margaret Cloudy, jr., defendants, the OBJ
jcct and prayer of which petition is to quiet
the title of the said Joshua Campbell to the
north east quarter of the north west quarter
of section four in township four of range FIVE.
in Green township, Monroe county aforesaid,
formerly owned by Margaret Goudy, deceased,
and the said Benjamin Dye and Thomas L.
Dillon are hereby notified to appear and an
swer said petition on or before the 5th day of
November, 1859.
JOSHUA CAMPBELL,
by VIM. +. Hunter, his attorney.
Sept. IA, 1859. CIV.
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MASTER COMMISSIONERS SALE.

John Kent RY virtue of mandate to
VS. ID me directed from the
VIM. T. Kent Gal Court of Common Pleas of
Monroe County Ohio, will offer for sale at
public auction at the door of the court house
in said county on
On Saturday the 19M day Of Nov 1859.
Between the hours of 10 o'clock a. m. and
4 o'clock p. m. on said day the following des-
cribed real estate, to wit: Lot No. 43 in the
town of Calais in said county.
WIN. OKEY, Mas. Com.
Oct. 19, 1859 $2,4O. Monroe Co. Pleas.
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SHERLFF'.S SALE.
Hampton, Smith & Co. RY virtue !,i: Of writ ri
VS.: - OF Eendlttont Er-
wv. Boughner. pona, issued from the
Court of Common Pleas of Monroe county, Ohio,
and to me directed l will offer for sale, at pub
lie outcIy, at the door of the court house in
the town of Woodsfeld, in said county, on
Saturday, the 29M day Of October, 1859,
betu cen the hours of 10 o'clock, a. M, and
o'clock p. M, of said day, the following dss-
cribed real estate, to wit:
Lots number 7 and 8, in the town of Claring-
ton, Monroe county, Ohio; also the following:
Beginning near the bank of the Ohio River at
stake in line with the east line of lot No.
"a in the town of Clarington; and owned by
George W. Durkee, and Matilda McCarty, be-
ing across an alley from the north east corner
of said lot; thence up the river 60 feet, run
ming straight with the east end of said lot
number S4 thence running back from the
| river parallel with :he north line of lot number
S4-12O feet thence southwark with the east
side of apple alley on the north side of lot
number "a; thence eastward with said las
mentioned alley to the place of beginning, con
tanning lot of land 80 feet by ll2 feet il
Monroe county, Ohio.
Taken in execution and levied upon as thu
property of A. w. Boughner at the suit o
Hampton, Smith s. Co.
C. NJ. MORROW,
Sept. 2Sth, 1853. S5,55. Sheriff, NJ. C. o
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Probate Court, Monroe County O..

SETTLEMENT ACCOUNTS.
NOTICE is given that the following settle
lN ment accounts will be for hearing in said
court on
Saturday the 5M day Of Norember, 1859.
l. William Bennett administrator of VIM.
Sleesher, Final account.
2 James Walton guardian of Morgan's
heirs, final act.
8. Peter King guardian to Resecker's heirs,
final act.
4 Isaac Booth Executor of John Booth final
act.
Elihu Morris Guardian Of VIM. Ullom's
heirs final act.
Nicholas Ritz Executor Of Adam Arm Par.
tial act.
Benjamin Starkey Guardian of Lorenzo
Kinsey's heirs.
8 VIM. B. Den: Administrator of James
Conley final act. JOHN S. WAY.
Oct. 19, 3w, Probate Judge
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Woodsfield Retail Market.

Corrected Deekly By Sinclair 8 Baker
WOODSFIELD, OCT. 10, 1859.
Flour per barrel, $50 Molasses per gal
Wheat per bush lon ........ 70
u, 90 Rio Coffee per lb, Is
Oats per bushel, 33 Java Coffee per
Corn per bushel, 100 lib, 1s
Lard per pound, IL Hay per ton 500
Tallow per lb,.. IL Fish per lb,.....
Salt per barrel, 300 Nails Sd. Cd. 10d. 81
Hams per h., 49,. II and St.
Shoulders per lb, IL Brooms per doz. 200
Corn meal per Onions per bush
,ushel, ,......... 1OO }el, l,............. 60
Potatoes per bu. so Timothy Seed
Eggs per dozen, per bushel, ..... 100
Teaper Id, IS 1 90 Rice per lb. g to 10
New Orleans Su- Candles per lb, Is
gar per lb,. $3.50. IL Butter per b.. 10
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TIME IS MON Ely;
SAVE TIME.
SAVE LABOR,
SAVE MONEY.

Among the valuable improvements of the
present day none is more deserving of notice
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State Of Ohio Monroe County.

Sept. 2sth, 1853. s5,55. Sheriff, NJ. c. o
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13
MATTERS GENptaA,I.y

Is old Buck democrat 4" is cues.
ton that has for some time been pro.
pounded by the opposition, and which
mas to some extent proved poser to the
great unterrified." We will not pre-
tend to answer it; not being solver OF
democratic riddles We'll be content, vet
little while longer, to think he's "no
better than he ought to be-" The Tariff
question will throw considerable light on
the matter, probably But this editorial
was not commenced expressly to discuss
the democratic-whiggish principles of
our popular @ chief magistrate, 50 to
other "matters generally" we turn our
attention. The mails the mails =
What's the matter? No mail this week !;
no news from Washington City; no, moth
ing tall. Some exchanges, two or three
weeks old, complain of {" dry news" =
Any sort Of news will be welcomed by
us, but It's more than probable that, con
sidering the state of our prairie roads,
and the quantity of mud and water, the
news, when received, will be ANYTHING
else but dry" The weather has been
SO so, since last week-those who live
here, will know how to appreciate it,
those who do not can. derive no idea of
the actual state of things, by being told
that it has rained and been cold, and been
cold and rained again. Our street.
thanks to a proyident corporation, is bet
ter conditioned than it was last wear
But the plank walk Can't we stir the
stony heart of our Mayor to do some
thing with this (almosD nuisance But
this is subject that should, properlv.
come under the head "matters particu-
Iarly," so We will dismiss it, at the same
time forget "matters generally" and
wait for the mail.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

Good Society.-lt should be the aim
OF every good girl and boy to go into
good society. We do not mean the rich,
the proud and fashionable, but the soci-
ely of the intelligent and the good
Where you find men that know more than
you do, and from whose conversation one
can gain information, it is always safe to
be found. 1t has broken down many a
man by associating with the low and yul-
gar where the ribald song was incuca-
ted, and the indecent story, TO excite
laughter and influence the bad passions
Lord Clarendon has attributed success
and happiness in life to associating with
persons more virtuons than himself. If
you wish to be wise and respecled-if
you desire happiness and not misery, we
advise You to associate with the intelli-
gent and good. Strive for mental excel
lence and strict integrity, and you will
never be found in the sinks of pollution,
and on the benches of retailers and gam
blerS. Once habituate yourself to yir
tuous courSe--once secure love of good
society, and no punishment would be
greater than by accident to be obliged for
half day to associate with the low and
vulgar.-Er.
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~ Who can read the following wi,lo''
ping the tribute q tearl Mourn6,l Oh
as tha weiiS notes Of i dying swan s ~"
read and weep; ''u-~
In Podank, where the thistle
Blooms, dies, and rots
Where the winter winds wb;sth,
All round the lots +'''lc
Lived the slickest gal you ever
Saw in your life;
Ankle like blue beach lever
Voice like IA fife. Y
Asl sat by her counting,
Calm and serene;
With her apron she was sport;na
Checkcred and clean '''s'
mingled was our hash together;
All day we sat-
A chawin' gum in winter weoth.
Happy as fat.
Long stuck to her like teasles
Summer aud fall;
But she went off with the moaa,as
Ankle and all. "''s'
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FoUNDLINGs.-A week or two since,
near the Winchester Cemetery, Memphis
Tenn, box, containing two infant bod
les, was found. One had the appearance
OF an almost fully developed infant; the
other must have lacked fully three months
OF the development necessary to insure
natural birth. Nothing was discover
ed calculated to lead to solution of the
mystery.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

Cold FLOODED MuRDER.-The AT
lanta, Georgia, papers contain an accoun
of a most foul and dastardIy murder com
mitted in that city on the 3lst ult. w,
give below the parties and the provoca
| ton, as contained in the Nationl Ameri
can of the first. On Thursday evening
Mr.. Dalvin Webb, in his official capaci
| ty as constable, served a casa on viii
lam A. Choice The latter gave bail
but Immediately thereafter commenced
curSing Webb, and attempted to strike
him with bottle, but was prevented
He afterwards thretened to shoot Webb
on sight:
Webb was at the Trout House about
II O'Clock leaving which, in company
with friend, he saw Choice approaching
from the car-shed. Webb-not suspect
ing Choices murderous diverged
from the corner Immediately opposite the
Trout House, and reached the. corner
diagonally opposite, about, the time
Choice reached the corner Immediately
opposite, the width Of the street, (about
sixty feet between them. Choice now
drew his pistol and fired at Webb, who
reeled and staggered toward the fence,
before reaching which a second barrel
was discharged, when Webb fell, and al
most Immediately expired. Webb's left
side being next to Choice, and in nearly
point blank range the shot took effect in
the region of the heart. There was no
quarrel between them Thursday night
and not word had passed between them
since. Choice was shortly afterwards
arrested, after some show of resistance,
near the spot where the foul murder was
and is now in the calaboose.
There is most intense excitement
among the citizens and but for the
strenuous exertions of the city officials
Choice would have been hung by a
mob.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

OF Sauntering through the hardware
establishment of Fl. L. Reynolds & Co.,
Mobiles Ala, we spied "Jack"-you
know him don't You! if you don't you
ought to; well, he's right sharp, but not
as sharp as the long bladed, keen pointed,
razor-edged knife be handed to us, and
said, yours forever!" This. was cut-.
ting rebuke to the tale some folk tell
about other folk not liking US. ANY and
everything in the hardware line can be
found at Reynolds, and Jack, or some
other accommodating fellow, is always
on hand to attend to customers.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

fa Another Siga-The Charleston
Mercury takes strong ground against the
idea mat the re.opening of the slave trade
Is 70 be considered as one of the planks
IN lhe platform of the Southern Rights
party. 1t has not the least idea of com
mitting the party to this measure. The
Mercury smells rat. And yet Anoth-
er The Montgomery Advertiser, one
OF the heretofore, warmest advocates of
the. traffic." has faced about on the
question as is usual when changes oc.
cur, goes into extremes, and now de.
nounces it with bitterness only equaIed
by Its former warm advocacy.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

SToLEN.-Some audacious rascal has
stolen our drab colored pants. They
may be recognised by neatly executed
patch-on the knee. May the thief be
compelled, for ninety nine years three
hundred and sixty four days; twenty three
hours; fifty nine minutes, and fifty nine
seconds, to wear patched breeches
May his pants always be six inches
too short; and he too poor buy straps
May his suspender-buttons be always
wanting; and his waistband buckle with
out q catch
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ELYMENEAT.

MAanIED-On the 2lst inst, by Rex. A !
wln' Mr.. Bowlinggreen Burnett, of Aber1,lI
MISS to Mrs. Ann A. Noel, daughter Of ''o'
Neelcy, Of Huntsville. 04'
Oh the 23rd ult., by the Rev. j. d. Mann v
erdecn. '"'' "' " al
On the 9th ult., in Copah county, Miss, r,
chancellor Stephen Cooke, to Miss W1lrs = !.
that county. " 'ADs
She Was a willing soul.
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or 1t was so cold a week ago ~,
nesday morning at st. Paul, ibo =. y
mercury was down to 80 degrees ~ ns, y
zero the minute, arrowy spicule WIN v's
which the air is usually filled Of y" w
mornings grew to transparent ter. NAVY ~
nails, huge spikes and shining bars 'a W
when one trod on the pavement i s sa
like fine steel. But towards noon the WY Wy
curry got back to zero and 1.-THE atmosn H..
became comfortable, says the Pioneer sra'
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

EV The ecentfslse report oftbe death
OF Col. Albert Pike, of Arkansas. bring,
to mind his capital poem of 1.-THE fine
Arkansas gentlman." The following ex-
tract from it indicates how they do the
mournful over the departed, and NAV
suggest why he didn't die to aecommo-
date the newspapers who reported his
demise:
"Ihey laid him ont and spread him
out and fixed him for the tomb"
And then on account of their sorrow
for his decease, opened the biggest kind
of a game of
Faro, right there in his own room:
But when he heard the rafting of the
checks, he tore the linen from his face.
And bounced up and sung out Hold
on Prlndle don't turn I'll go twenty on
the King and copper on the Ace
Like fine Arkansas gentleman, close
to the Choctaw line"
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

SHE'S LITTLE BUT SPuNKY.--Advices
from Paraguay Nov. 22d, have been
received. The Semanario, the official pa
| per of the Government, has an article on
the approaching collision with the Uni
ted States amounting that" the Repub-
lie is ready for war if war is to come"
it says:
We are resolved to MAINTAIN our rights
with all the tenacity that justice author
ICES. We shall stand firmly together
without being appalled, by consequences,
keeping ever in sight our outraged ma
tional dignity. We do not hesitate TO
say that this war, when it once shall
have begun, will undoubtedly affect the
security of our neighboring States, and
that to preserve their integrity and tran
guilty they must not admit into their
political schemes sentiment of entire
indifference to the attack made upon the
Republic of Paraguay.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

Excitement in Dominica. DO.
mnicans are in a high state of excite
ment and Indignation at the insult offer
ed to their nationality by recent propo-
sition made to them by Soulouque, the
negro Emperor of Hayti. The Haytien
Envoy Don Maxine Reybaud, it ap-
pears, proposed to President Santana to
merge the sovereignty of Dominica into
that of Hayti--in other words, that the
President should resign his power into
the hands of the Emperor at the other
end of the island, The President imme-
dlately gave the envoy bis passports,
and it is supposed that war will follow.
The officers of the army, and many of
the first citizens, have addressed q note
to Santana, declaring their determination
OF preserving the independence of their
country aud of dying, if need be, in it's
defense. t...
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or The city of Aberdeen has voted
tax of $4,000 to be applied to the
construction of that portion of the New
Orleans, Jackson and Great Northern
Railroad which will connect the Mobile
and Ohio road with the city Of Aberdeen.
It is Thought Tue amount secures The
connection at DO distant day.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

HE uNIvERsIry.-In consequence of
the panic occasioned among the students
Of the University and their friends, by a
few cases oftyphoid fever which termina-
ted fatally, the exercises of the Institu-
ton were suspended on the 18th of De-
cember, to be resumed on the Sd of jam
ary-- last. We learn from the INer-
curry that the health of Oxford, and of
the students who remained during the in.
PERMISSION, was never better than at pres
ent, and that there can be no possible
danger to the absentees In returning and
resuming theiL studies
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

Notwithstanding since we had
the pleasure of forming the acquaintance
of Harvey Topp, clever young man,
who, though not member of the "press
gang from his intimate connection with
the Examiner seems one of the Craft.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

Terrible Railroad .Accideat Ar
GusTA, ga, Dec. 3l.-Forty pessoBs
were Killed and drowned this m6rhine "a
the train from Columbus to Macon caused
by the washing up Of a culvert on the
South Western (Ga.) road which threw
the train off the track. The whole conn
try J, is flooded, from the heavy rain which
fell last night.
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tFrom the Tonlbigbee Press. I

Rec. Robt. f. C1ute.-We have beer
called upon to part with this gentleman
who has with christian zeal and fidelity
to Christ's cause, performed his part
faithfully in the Christian Ministry du-
ring his sojourn among us. He is po-
lite gentleman, faithful soldier of the
Cross, and a profound Theologian. His
ministry has been blest, and the Church
here, through his instrumentality, been
increased, and greater unity of action
and feeling impaired to its MEMBERS
We congratulate the people of Okolona
in having secured the services of one
who, to know, will be to love; and one,
in whose hands the Banner of the Cross
will be borne proudly aloft.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

An Alden to Greece,-Bayard TAYLOR
IN his last letter from Athens, thus bids
beautiful farewell to the land of co.
lossal heroes and mighty memories:
" Let me not lose the pensive sweet
ness and sadness of this last evening in
Athens. The sun is rapidly sinking in
clear saffron light beyond the pass of
Daphne, and a purple flash plays all
along The high, barren sides of Hymettus
Refore merises the Acropolis, with its
crown of beauty, the Parthenon, on
whose snowy front the sunsets of two
thousand years have left their golden
stain. In the distance is the musical
Aegean, dancing with light, whispering
waves, to fill the rock-hewn sarcophagus.
Themistocles Plains olives send sill.
yer simmer through the dusk that is
creeping over the Attic Plain. MANY
an evening have | contemplated this
lllustrious landscape; but it was never
so lovely as now, when look upon it for
the last time. Every melodious wave in
the long outline of the immortal NOM.
talns-every SCARED marble in the au-
gust piles of ruin-every blood-red ane-
none on the banks of the IIysus, and
every asphodel that blossoms on the hin
OF Coones-l know them and they know
me. Not as curious stranger do
leaVe Athens; not as a traveller, eager
Tor new scenes; but with the regret of
one who knows and loves the sacred soil,
10 whom 1t has been at once sanctuary
and home"
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40, wad some Power the giftie gle us,


Thus spoke the Scotch bard; but it
must be remembered he did not live in
these times when Fontaine and Saunders
take such lifelike pictures. See cad.
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UTAH MATTERs.--Brigham Young has
requested the presence of force of sol.
dlers, in Salt Lake City, to keep watch
over band of two, or three hundred
teamsters-lately discharged from the
Utah expedltion-who frequently intrude
the sanctity of the harens, knock down
the saints and make love to the saints
wives. Brigham's request will, probably.
be granted but then, wont Uncle Sam i
bold "soger boys prove more troub-
lesome than the teamstersl We think
twill be a practical illustration of The
aeage :. Jumping out of the frying-pan
into the fire.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

OF We congratulate the members Of
the Episcopal Church upon having Sc
cured the services of Rev. r. +. Clute ;
vice Rev. j. ID. Gibson, called to Colum-
bus. We welcome DR.. Clute to his new
scene 9f labor. H
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TRUST SALE,

ny virtue Of n deed Of trust executed on be
- llth day Of October A. D. 1853 by Georgg
W Henderson to me as trustee for the benefte
William II. Saunders, ! will proceed to cluse ssa
rust ny selling Ut public auction to the highest
bidder, for cash, at the Court House, in Monroe
County, Mississippi, on Saturday, the 10Th day
of January 1853, the following Real Estate, 70
wit; One undivided third part of the North
half Of Section No. "a, Township No. 10, Rang
No. $ East, lying in Chickasaw County; also, ibs
following negro slaves. to wit: Mark, about .
Years Of age; Cornelius, about IA years Of aee
The land is valuable prairie, and the Negroes are
likely. The tile is undoubted by me, but WI
sell only such as is in me vested, by trust deed,
Though the terms are cash, vet am authorize
TO say that the beneficiary will take good acceP.
TED ~ months bills on Mobile, if desired say
between the hours of 10 A NJ and 4 P, NJ anu
IRON day to day, until concluded.
JOHN b. SALE, Trustee
Jan 10, SO 10 2w
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o. Windham Strong & Whitfield,
Mobile, Ala, desire to sell their friends
supplies of choice groceries. See card
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

or. al. Gibson, under the Battle
House. keeps large supply of all kinds
Of Drugs. Medicines, &c. See card
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-01-13

20 Those in want Of crockery should
look at the advertisement of NJ. E. Ho-
mer.