The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-04-07
,er a hand If she were drowning.

A few weeks ago, we had Musard and
his troupe from Paris. But noiwilh-
standing all the celebrity he claimed AZ
coming from the academy Of music in
Paris, he made a failure lprp--vrrdict,
II hnmhug. This is a dangerous place
for foreign reputation, and FOR foreigners
They get cool criticisms and coltl should
crs here, without mercy. Whether Mo-
bile has any critical taste for anything is
a controyerted point, but whether II has
or not, il thinks it has, and does not hest
tate to speak It's criticisms.
For week past the city has been full
Of people, attracted here by the races
The inevitable rains did much to spoil
the sport and altogether The races We're
embarrassing. There were some good
horses, hut they never met in the same
race, and it was On. sized affair. II
was known in advance which horse. would
Yin, and there was of course 10 eX,itr
N, NJ about such races, One time ,nIl
were the knowing ,nes deceived. The
famous four mile racer, NithUlas. entered
for the I rec nile race, and tie "know-
ing ones" said lie would win. His com.
peiilurs were little known, and Large ODDS
were bet against them. He was badly
beaten by both his competitors, and lis
hackers lost about fifty thousand dollars.
His defeat is attributed 10 lis bad condi-
lion.
remember seeing in yonr paper u
complaint hy some corresponds III a. ainsI
the gran jury of Mobile County for find
ing true hi.l against Pits, of Ali>Si>.
sippi, upon which he was arrested in Mis-
>i>>irpi, brought here, lricd, and conNiy-
ted. 1t WIS an interesting ease, and ex-
eiIed some feeling here. Tue history Of
the ease is ibis: Pitts published "A pam
phlrt, purporling 10 be tie confession OF
one Copeland, who Was hung i'll PER-,
County, Miss, for murder. Pitts wa>
-hrrif of thai County, and published the
pamphlet as Il confession made 10 Linn
~ the convict, just before his execution
The pamphlet charges certain Lawyers
in Mobile as accumpiicrs of the convict
npre,iuus criminal atoci lioi>. II was
sold largely here, and the lawyers So az
used brought the matter before ,hr
-ranljury, ~ found true ILL., a re-
ItNiIiun WAS Then made umn The Gov.
NOR Of Mississippi for Pitts, and he
vas Surr,n lertd AMI brought here
Your correspondent complains of This as
, wrong. cannot See any wrong in it
The libel Was published ia this C..uniy.
md The prosecutor can not he cen>ured
nr prelcrring 10 prosecute il here. The
Governor of Mississippi WAS perhaps
Sr ng in delivering Pits over TO the
State of Alabama, in Il case nat within
he constitutional ri GIT of rrqui>iIiun -
The constitution requires of "A State Ia
deliver up fllgitives from crime, but nri-
her the letter nor Spirit of the 81 uSp re-
lures il liz the case OF miSdcmcaROrs
nd 81 the courts have decided. Pits
was tried and convicted last month, and
IS now III Jail under his sentence to three
months imprisonment. He is fine look
| ny intelligent young man. There is Il
rcat deal of sympathy for him, viii h |
.rcply feed myself, but | must say that
| is conviction WAS just, aud his Stntrn q
cry IL lat. y nan wi,o ,ilHrr want only
4 rccklrssIy aSsails character (lS WAS
'ne i'll Ills p'mlhlel) ou4It 10 he pun
she'd. Thtrc are Two other in iirln.inS
ending against him for the same iiorl
louls Faithfully,
BERNARD.