The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-04-21
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR.
TUSCALOOSA. April 18th. 80

Sdu pieuSuTe. MOI so. snow me an
individual who can feel any sadness while
travelling through vallies redolent with
the perfume of the honeysuckle, or up
and down hillsides studded with violets
and daisies, and I will show you person
dead in every respect to the loveliest
charms of lovely nature. He is indeed
a misanthrope who can journey at this
budding season without feeling happy,
gay, glorious: However, my trip hither
may have been made up more of joyful
anticipations than wayside pleasures
l will not bore you with tedious details
of all the events that transpired on the
way, but one incident | must relate -
About 35 miles from this place, in Pick
ems County, stopped for the night at a
tidy looking double log cabin, the occu-
pants of which, 50 the dame said, had
lately migrated from "nigh unto twenty
miles from Augusty, Georgy." This
was, of course, interesting information,
but the announcement, leone in to eat
folk !" was far more so. glanced at
the table, and was conscious of having
got in the wrong house. The mistress
poured the coffee in a manner highly
creditable to her hailing State. She flaw
ored the liquid with "long sweetnin',"
and remarking "poor folk has poor ways"
soused her dextral index finger in, and
stirred it. Withdrawing her digit she
said "every little helps as the old wo-
man said when she"-here our landiady
wiped her finger between her lips, and
continued, 81 make it a pint not to
waste drap." | reasoned and thought
she might as well put her finger in the
coffee as the bread, so summoning all my
philosophy, | gulped the Rio with stoical
composurc.
Tuscaloosa is somewhat improved in
its aspect, and now is, beyond all ques
ton, the most beautiful town in the State,
or even in the United States. The State
University, located here, is not doing well,
and what is strange no one seems to feel
certain as to the cause. There is some
thing rotten in Denmark There are
some efforts being made to arouse spir-
it in its behalf, and sincerity hope they
will be successful. The female schools
are fourishing. Nearly four hundred
young ladies are at present in attendance.
By the way, some Of the teachers are
more sensible and accommodating than
in parts | wot of. They make no objec-
tons to the young ladies receiving visi-
tors of any and all degrees of relation
ship | think this more civilized than
to shut up girls as if in prision house
and forbid them seeing any except near
and dear relations.
l have often thought if painter were
compelled to depict on canvas, Tuscaloo-
sa and her people, how difficult would be
his task ! He might it is true, present
us with sketches of men and women,
houses and trees, but no perfection of his
art could reproduce the frank and cordial
smiles of her generous men; the winsome
glances of her beautiful women the hos
pitable appearance of every house, or the
matchless magnificence of her wide arm
ed shade trees.
You remember the Foundry here was
burned some weeks ago. Three men and
one woman have been arrested, and are
now in Jail. They are accused of having
murdered the man, whose remains were
found among the ruins, and set fire to
the building in order to conceal the deed.
It's mixed up affair, but from what
can learn nymphe du pare was at the
bottom of it. l do not think the evi-
dence, though, so far as brought out, is
sufficient to convict the accused.
! scarcely know whether to return as
soon as l intended. The foot of Time
falls lightly when it treads on flowers
and you need not look for me till l burs
upon your sight. | write this with new
fashioned pen, donated by Web, the clev
err, and indispensable appendage of thu
Waverly." He is bird out and out
lacking only the feathers. Long may b.
wave in the Waverly." He requests
me to send his SEVERAL regards to tn,
News" YEARLY Yours,
II.
MEXICAN NEws.-From the N. O
Delta of the 18th inst, we have interest
ing news from this quarter. The Juare;