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Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-03

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Sir In justice Yourself and who be- similarly
afflicted permit to elite Instance OF the remarkable
until gently, but my wife having been afflicted with
affection and dspriercd stomach, for the
twelve used In ,esiore her
u health She under the CONSTANT treatment nj hVe or
able physicians but relief could be had then
several certificates the made y Bit
tors persuaded wife to them she did and in
ie time she began rapidly Not only her nervous
n, and diso dered stomach remove but her
raj health better than 1t has been years
write this Justice yourself aud for the cnrt Of Others
who similarly afflicted. Your obetont servant
Eiehmond June u, 1851. THOMAS NJ. MONTAGUE.
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HEN I{Y.

Goggin SIC; Letcher 4l0. Scnate--Thomas, ID,
500; Saunders, 0. lS6. House Of Delegates
Martin, 0, G32; McCabe, d. $780, Board Public
Works-Tredway sos. Congress-Bocock, b, no
opposition.
FRANKLIN.
Goggn majority leo. Saunders majority ll44.
PATRICK.
Letchers majority l0O--a Democratic loss of
100. Thomas majority 4S0 Saunders entire
majority IL.
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ExrRAoHDISARY EscArE.We received Tuesday
afternoon particulars Of an escape from death well
nigh miraculous About s =. NJ. on Monday, Mr..
X. q. Holden. of Winoosk and Mr.. Tenny, Su.
porintcndent Of Bridges on the Vermont Central
Ralrond were examining the under timbers of
the deck bridge across tho Winooski. nearest the
lime-kiln. plank on which Mr.. Holden stood
broke under him and he fell through tho bridge.
Az ho fell he threw hi-arms across a timber about
five feet below aud hung suspended rome forty
feet above the rocks and shallow water. Mr.. Ten
ny was unable tn raise him from his perilous po-
sit,on. Two Of Holdens men. who were instantly
ut the spot, were Unable or afraid 10 render any
assistance. Mr.. Holden then told Mr.. Tenny to
send for hclp I" the ime-kilns. as he thought he
could hold on. The distance from the bridge to the
kns is nearly one hundred rods; but Holden
able to sustain himself in that frighful position.
hanging by his arms and hands until help came
Then Mr. Tcnny and another man placed them
selves astride Of tho timber and carefully seizing
hold of him lifted him up, not an instanl-too soon
for no was all but exhausted and was unable to
stand or move when Mt Inst in place of safety
lilo must have sustained hims"lfa suited above
for than ton minutes Darlington Free Press
My 81.
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did no. know it, thai he just about To fall for
soon sftss, his election the panic came, and.
sAmonGse thepsands Of other railway Spectators,
pulled down the Railway King. md leyelled
his tAseas 10 the dust. His peelth vanished. his
noble ffisnds forsook hin. biz palace was desert-
Cd and. had Il not been Tor the constancy At Sun
lerland, he would long since have Owed under
and bssu lost TO view.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-03
Shocking Occcurenoe-Ten Persons Pois
oned.

We learn from . gentleman who arrived here
yesterday msrning from Newbsrry c. H., that on
Thursday afternoon last, the household Of Mr..
Robert Staurt, consisting Of four white persons
and six negroes. were. shortly after taxing their
supper, seized with violent spasms Of retching,
vomiting and other indications of having been
poisoned. The news spread with great rapid
tv and n crowd soon collected. On examination
the chocolate cakes remaining on the table were
fund TO contain arsenic. The cook, mulatto
girl, was called in. and on being questioned. con-
fcssed to administering the deadly drug and
ried witnesses to the place where she had bur
ried the remnant of the poison. She at the same
time charged q Mr.. Saunders, who we learn, is
an apprentice at the Helena work shops with
having furnished her with it, The disnterel
package was identified by the druggist a. having
been sold by him to Mr.. Saunders. Mr.. Saunders
informed the druggist that he intended TO kill rats
with it. lie had been twice TO purchase II, the
second time saying that the first was not strong
enough. II appears that whom the 6rst was MI
ministered only the housekeeper had been affec-
tod. and but slightly.
We are further Informed that Mr.. and Mrs.
Staurt were very low. without any hopes Of their
recovery. Mrs. Wilkes was supposed to be dying.
All the members Of the family who were ut sup
per wcre affected, except Mrs. Kate Staurt, II
daughtor-in.law One of the negroes was also
thought to be dying. Much excitement prevails
citizen and one Of the oldest merchants in the up
per part Of the State. No cause is given further
thnn that Mr. Staurt had tbreatcnedt to chastic the
girl for her misconduct. Mr.. Saunders and the
girl have both been arrested Columbia Cdroi-
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-03

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Dr. q. Aycr tho world nod Chem isa Of
New Eogian stopping 1T the Burnet Hons. In this
lie has been making tour Of thu Western States it
his sceDne assocates " investigate he remedial poduc
tons uch as he make remedial We notice he has been
received with marked leading citixens Of the
West aud rejced to fnd they have shown rsi
Of the no has perhaps done for the relief Of
human lila than any other AmercaD Daily Journal Cincir
matt, o. may 6dm.
Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1859-06-03

HAIR JEWEGkv.-We have received tive
Il books Of plates for HAIR JEWELRY Persons
ing such with be shown variety Of styles by calling
We furnish Il lower han the sae article
be bought elsewhere. J. WILLIAMS 4 SON.
2O-dta.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25
VOL. vII.-..NO 50.
THE LAST SENSATION.

The sensation which is now agitating
Gotham, is the great wedding "a union
of hands, but not of hearts, we fear) that
will take place about the middle Of this
month between Cuban millionaire, who
is old, ugly and disgusting, and young
American girl, who is yet in her teens,
and is said to be very beautiful. The
wedding will be conducted on scale of
magnificence never before eqpaled in
this country. The bridal presents, it is
said, will amount to six hundred thousand
dollars, and all the other appointments
will be on scale of corresponding mag.
nifcence. To us, this appears to be .
sacrifice of virtue for the mere blandish.
ments of wealth, for where there is such
disparity of age, there must be want, q
total want, Of anything like congeniality
of sentiment, and, consequently, an entire
absence of love, and, We fear, that after
the excitement is over and the wealth of
the old dotard has been realized and en-
joyed by the deluded girl, she would OK.
change it all for one loving heart that
beat in unison with her own. We can
not help sighing for the future that awaits
her, and pity her from the depths of our
heart for the misery she is bound to en-
dure. How much better it wonld have
been had she acted like beautiful and
lovely young lady Of our acquaintance
not thousand miles from Mobile, who,
when this millionaire offered himself and
bis riches to her in exchange for the love
and affections of her pure, warm, virgin
heart, refused them, as she would not bar
ter herself for gold, nor become the bride
of man she could not love for all the
wealth of the Indies. Though surroun-
ded with every luxury which wealth can
purchase, the former will be less happy
with the man she can but detest, than
would be the latter with the man she
loves, though he had to earn his daily
bread by the sweat of his brow.
Enterprise News.
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A HARD SUBJECT.

An "Old Soaker," who lives in Yves
ton, Missouri, took it into his heac
one day, and very sensibly too, that il
was about time for him to be considering
his probable future condition, and forth.
with repaired to the Rev. Mr. B., the
respected pastorof the Baptist denomina-
tion Of the town aforesaid, to obtain
light He was received with urbanity,
and forthwith the following dialogue en-
sued:
Old Sits your doctrine, boss, that
feller to be saved must suffer immur-
shun, isn't itl
Mr.. B.-Yes, Mr.. S., it is fundamen-
tai doctrine of our church, that man to
be regenerated must repent Of his sins
and be immersed.
Old Swell, boss, after repentin' OF
his sins and being slid under, If he fash
es in the pan, then what?
Mr.. B.-Although backsliding is much
to be deplored, still if be sincerely re-
pent of his sins, and is again immersed,
the church will receive him.
Old Swell, s'pose be again kicks
out of the traces after the second time,
(for you know what critters there are in
this world boss then what's to pay r.
Mr.. Notwithstanding all this, if
he seriously repent and solemnly prom
Use to amend his future life. the church
will again receive him into its bosom, af.
ter being immersed.
Old 81 After a few moments of deep
thought) proposes the closing interoga-
tory. "Well, boss, wouldn't it be BIAS
ted good idea to keep such fellers in soak
all the time r.
Our informant did not say whether Old
S. joined the church or not, but We in
cline to the opinion that, if he did, the
chances were pretty good for bis heing
:. kept in soak all the time"
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25
TEST OF ABOLITIONIsM.

All is not gold that shines, and th,
loudest-mouthed philanthropists and re
formers sometimes cave in when put to
severe practical test like the following
had brother-in-la said Mos,
Perkins, "who was one of the ravenest
maddest, reddest- hottest abolitiQnists yo,
ever saw. l liked the pesky critter wei
enough, and should have been glad to Sc,
him cum to spend day, fe.chin' my sis
ter to see me and my wife, If he hadn
lowed his tongue to run on so bout niger,
and slavery, and the equality of races
and the duty of overthrowing the Consti
tuition of the United States, and lot o
other things, some of which made me mad
and the best part of 'em, right sick.
puzzled my brains a good deal to think
how could make him shut up his noisy
head bout abolitonism.
Wall, one time, when brother-in-law
come over to stay, and idea struck me
hired uigger to help me at haying.
time. lie was the biggest, strongest,
greasiest niger you ever seed. Black
he was blacker than stack of cats, and
just as shiney as new beaver hat. !
spoke to him.
Jake" says /, "wben you hear the
breakfast bell ring, don't you say word,
but come right into the parlor and sit
right among the folks and eat your break
fast" The nigger's eyes stuck out of his
head about feet
You're jokin', massa," sez he.
Jokin'," sez /, {" IN sober as dea-
con.
But" sez he, 81 shan't have time to
wash myself and change my shirt"
SO much the BETTER" says |.
Wall, breakfast come, and so did
Jake, and he sat down long side my broth
erin-law. He staid, but he didn't say a
word. There wasn't no mistake about it.
Shut your eyes and you'd know it-for
he was loud, l tell you. There was a
fust rate chance to talk aboitionism, but
brotherin-law never opened his head.
/" Jake" SEE /. ..You be on hand at
dinner-time /; and he was. He had been
working in the meadow all the forenoon
1t was as het~as hick0ry-yand bilfl'
Pitehxand-1at pitt b; z .sase the rest to your
"Wall, in the aftefpo5n brother-in-
come hp H me- yi9<dder than a short
tailed bTRn hprhf time.'
Moe" saWbf, Il want 70 speak to
you" 4
"sing it out, w /.
81 have but few words to, ,Ay," sez
he, I" but if that ere confeuhded nigger
comes to the table again while I'm stop
ping here, I''ll clear out"
Jake ate his supper that night in the
kitchen, but from that day to this | never
heard my brother-in-law open his head
about abolitionism. When the Fugitive
Slave Bill was passed. ! thought he'd let
out some, but he didn't, for he knew that
Jake was still icorhing on the farm"
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25
THE PRAIRIE NEWS
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY,
AT 81 PER ANNUM. IN ADVANCE.
POETRY. !.
WHAT'S TRUMps!

w
There are many cards to play;
So many ways to croosel
In love and politics and war;
That forwarded our views
With ladies' fair, with statesmen wise,
Or men with lesser bumps,
Before we lead our strongest suits
IT'S well to know what's trumps.
Once, worshipping at beauty's shrine,
| knclt in bondage sweet,
And breathed my vows with eagerness,
And offered at her fee
My soul well stored with Cupid's wealth,
A love cemented lump;
A king Of diamonds won the trick,
My heart was not trump
Raving to see my rival swim,
Upon single rub,
AS he played the deuce with me,
followed with club
Two days within station house,
Rejecting on my sin,
found, as others may have done,
Clubs very seldom win.
oioNH Nlst ny suu tApcIlcuct,
ceased to deal with maids;
/ shg0ied youthful iollies off
And turned up jack Of spades.
Yet still find the dust as scarce,
And smaller grow the humps,
That though the spade un honest card,
1t is not always trumps.
But in world of outside show,
Where Mammon rules the throng;
To ease the little joints of life,
And smoothly pass along;
To find an antidote for care;
And stern inisfortune's thumps:
One card is very sure to win;
Diamonds are always trumps.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25
MISCELLANY. I.
HESTER IRVING.
BY HENRY l.. B0STwICK.

F. = os'SrrS IISstor, IIdb w, ury
almost always reading or writing, wher
| come in at night. your Winter sew,
ing donel'
+" Not all sewed until eight clock
and then found myself dropping asleep
SO, | took pen and ink to keep me wake
ful until you came"
Wasn't your work of sufficient inter.
est to keep you awake''
why, making flannel wrappers isn't
rery fascinating employment, yet have
managed to do respectable envening' 5
work See this is all complete except
the button-holes''
Well, when job is so neary finished
it would be as well to make an end Of it
before slecpin4, wouldn'i III came
out ut Fredrih justnow His wife was
pressing coat she bad just finished for
him had her iron at he IRE when I
came away. Size has learned 90 make
shoes also, and she showed me several
very neat pairs just finished for the
children. really. think she is the most
ambitious woman | ever knew"
"That eternal Frederic's wife -
thought Hester, and there was sudden
glow on her cheek as she answered:
Ambitious Yes, the kind of ambi-
tion that makes her wish to be distinguish
ed for loing more work than any one wo-
man in town, while she never opens
book and is childishly ignorant of what
is going on in the world."
Hester spoke sharply, and regetted it
the next moment, when her husband re-
piled:
"And a very safe sort of ambition it is
for the wife Of a man just setting out in
life; more profitable, | fancy, than the
ambition to write poetry for half dozen
And so, ranking thorns were in the pill
lows of husband and wife, when sleep de-
scended upon them that night, though
Hester sat by the lamp long after her
husband slumbered; sat until every but
ton-hole had its place in the completed
garment, and the sheet she had been wri- |
ting, though blotted with tears, was fill
ed to the end.
Poor Hester and poor Charles! They |
had been married but two short years,
and this was the way of it: For how
can two walk together, unless they be
agreed.
Hester had been married too young,
was too undisciplined, too undeveloped,
too much Of spoiled child at the time Of
her marriage, to realize properly its re-
or the sacrifice it involved.
She had been
a.From her chdhood's years,
A being Of sudden smiles and tears,
Passionate visions, quick light and shade"
endowed with a truthful and affectionate
nature, but impulsiye and wilful, and
sensitive to fault. Charles Irving had
been attracted by her joyous, elastic
and warm heart; be
admired her quick, retentive intellect;
he even knew, and smiled at her "fatal
faculty Of rbyming," though had he sus-
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25
A cuR1ou. nssunnEerIos c..r.

The Columbus Fact says: A curious
case occurred last week at Rome, id
Franklin county, Ohio. Mrs. Peters, wife
OF GERMAN of that name after a short
Illness, was supposed to have died. Her
husband made immediate arrangements
for her funeral, having procured a coffin
in this city. On placing her body in the
coffin, general perspiration was obsery-
ed throughout the skin, which was repor-
ted to the husband, with the suggestion
that the burial be deferred, in the hope
OF termination. To this the husband OBJ
jected, and had her inferred the Same
day, Saturday.
Alter the burial services were over.
some relatives of the supposed deceased,
who reside in this city, arrived at Rome
to attend the funeral, which had already
taken place, and hearing of the circum..,
stances. caused the body, which had then
been four hours in the grave, to be disin-
tered, when, to their surprise and joy.
they found signs Of life still remaining.
Restoratives being administrated, Mrs.
Peters gradually recovered, was taken.
by her friends to this city, and is now
well. We are informed that she refuses
to again live with her.husband. The cir
connected with the affair are
strange indeed, and should undergo in.
vestigation.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25

OF A down-east girl being bantered
one day by some other female friends. in
regard to her lover who had the misfor-
tune to have but one leg, replied to
them very smartly. Pooh wouldn't
have a man with too legs; they're SO
common I" B.
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25

II What is that which, supposing its
greatest breadth to be four inches. length
nine inches, and depth three inches, con-
tains solid FOOT A shoe.
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ny JOHN RICHARDSON.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

r. M. ROGERS. ". g. HENDERSON.
..s.--.- ----- - ----- - -
ROGERS & HENDERSON,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
AND
SOLICITORS In CIlANCEKY,
oKOLOgA, MISSISSIPPI
WILL practice in the Circuit Courts of Chick
asaw, Calhoun, Pontotoc, Itawamba and Tisha-
ningo counties; in the High Courts Of Error and
Appeals at Jackson, and at the United States
District Court at Pontotoc, for all the counties
comprising the Northern District of Mississippi
Feb. 25, $50 24-ly
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:
| eeY They have an ANONYMOUS poetical.
genius at the Virginia White Sulphur
Springs. 1t WILDE seen.by the following
specimen that, like all poetical genius, he
is touched with melancholy, and given to
moonlight meditations
How beautiful is this ere mite.
How bright the stars du shine,
All natur sleeps in trankliness
Cept this lone heart NV mine.
Our dog has quit barkin now
At felers passin by,
He's gain at the far off mune
With cam and placid l."
A letter writer says, that many bright
eyes are on the qai rice, to spy out the
pensiye bard -
Ancestry.
A negro boy was driving mule, when
the animal suddenly stopped, and refused
to budge.~
Won't go. hey 7" said the little WOOL
ly head, Feel grand, do youi / 'spose
You forgot your father was jackass !,'
~ The papers are publishing couple
OF amusing stanzas signed A Stranger"
and commencing
~ slept in an editors bed last night"
The reader is not informed as to the
sex OF "A Stranger" nor whether the
editor was at home or abroad at the time.
0~T What is the difference between
cat and documents One bas paws at.
the end of its claws, and thee Other has
panses at the end Of its clauses.
0T Why is newly born babe Ike =
gale OF wind Because L begins with :.
squsll,
The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-08-25

az Why is newly born babe Ike :
gale OF wind : Because Il begins with ..
squsll,.
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GT What is the difference between 1
cat and a documentl One has paws at
the end of its claws. and thee other has
panses at the end Gifts clauses.
Des Arc citizen., 1859-10-05
Gen. Lanes Promptness and Courage in
 the Discharge of Duty.

In speech made last winter to the cltl- zens of Washington city, who had assem- bed to congratulate Gen. Lane upon the admission of Oregon into the Union. MT. Voorhies, of Indiana, related the follow ing incident in the history of the iron- wiIled hero. He remarked:
 "There is history of events connect ed with the pioneer movements of Gen. Lane to Oregon, not generally known to the American people. On the llth Sep tember, l84S, at the foot of the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains, with a commission from President Polk as Gov ernor of Oregon Territory in his pocket, he, to whom you tender the honor of this demonstration, gave evidence to his coun- try and to the world, of a will, and cour- age, in the discharge of duty, surpassing that which Napoleon displayed in his im- mortal passage of the Alps. The great hero of Austeritz and Marengo was told by his guide, that the route was barely passable, and the order came from that bold spirit to set forward immediately. Gen. Lane, in consultation with Colonel Dougherty, mounlalneer of twenty years, experience, was told that the passage ofthe Rocky Mountains at this season of tbe year with a certainty ofspending the winter in their midst, was a human impossibility. We will set forward in the morning. was the reply of the American hero and patriot. who never knew fear in the achievement of public duty. He and his little band moved in the morning, and for five weary and desolate months, were lost and buried amid the gorges and defiles and snows of the mountains. Fancy may paint, but the tongue cannot sketch even the faint outlines of that expedition. Or the Sd of March. 1S49, General, Lane reached the Capital of Oregon, and before he slept, put the Territorial Government ir operation and started communication tC the President informing him of the fact"