The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-04-07
CORRESPONDENTS OF THE NEWS.

~ 'A INV ,h'NNA SVuV lNtcHtHinS, IL has
'ren banked by various obstacles. For
me Reason ! might saylruly, hat ! have
'arely had leisure for The task, and TO
another, the cxccrable weather having
stopped the mails in the interior, letter
would have only "a furlorn hope" of get.
ling through. have in the last month
anathemas enough against the
mail carriers to destroy Qf were Pope
all their chances If heaven. Though |
ann quite amiable, and not Il stranger IL
liSappoinlmentS aud vexations, yet my
temper is utterly ruined by the late wealth.
tr. 1t has raiued torty.fvc days in the
last fifty, is raining now, and seems in
c,iucd to rain ill doumstlay. 1t rains
with especial certainty and consistency an
Sundays, which breaks up church. going,
ii>arpoints the devout (f here he any
IN MOBILIZE, and vrxes the ladies who
nave new bunnets to wear TO church,
There is no guessing when il viii rain
md Il man can make no engagement to
20, or be ANYWHERE, six hours hence, will
ny certainty Of fulfilling it. In regart
to engagements man frequently gel,
more than he bargains fur. He engages
lady to accompany Him TO concert, the
TIRE, or what not, and at the appointed
imc, il il raining. There is 80 allrIna.
i've but to get carriage iii one is to be
rad and pay six, Or eight. or ten dol
lars fort And If he has a few min
lies walk to make, he must 20 iJrlitie,
Sih umbrella, uvercoai and ruhbcrs. I'M
Ter the penalty Of Il drrncling before he
relulnS. Such are the discoulorls and
IangcrS Of our winter climate, which in
Is fatality to health and life, is little less
in degree than the summer, with its cpl
lcmics. But enough Of the weather
uuisante.
The busy seasun is rapidly drawing to
close. The full rivers and full prices
ha,e furnished both the disposition an
he means to bring the cotton early t,
market, and very little now remains il.
he interior. Yesterday, three ships sale,
rom here in ballast, for want of freight,
t,Ian which there could be no stronger
proof Of slaanAliun in commerce. lh
merchants have leisure NOW TO hook oven
heir ledgcrS. aud count up their profits
nd bundle mp for tn ir summer rerrr4
ltns along the coast, ur among the lili:
nd mOuntaillS.
Pirolonii was here two lights, lasi
grrk, and drew full houses. Mobile au
fences are pclharS aprrecialive. bot eel
ainly not enthusiastic. An artist VIII,
AZ turned Paris or New York upsid,
loNn, may come here and excite nohud,
Il all. 1t is true, Whenever Il dislin
uiSlicd artist comes here, people buy
irkrtS, put on their best clothes, aud q,
MI see aud hear, but that is all. I'll
rliSt ought perhaps to b. satisfied vii
money, even without APPLAUSE, and u
hat score they cannot complain.
Miss Pie. is a pretty little creature
with a rose bud Of mouth, and is as in
noccnt and unaffected as The day whel
She WAS born. Her singing is sweet an.
oft, hut nothing wonderful. 1t is To he
,niSonal beauty, her simplicity, and IT,
Jay and pnntunime Of her face and eA
.rc>Nio,l with throws soul and >piiL
lily into her S,ng, that She owes Lr
harm and power over her auDicncr.--
Like Jcnl Lind, She touches til heart
i her audicn 10y the purity and sin.
,tli.iiy. Of her character, and leaves tAtl
nm only chained with her song, bu
harmed with the singer. Dear, cham.
inI, deli- htuI little lic.," is the excl.
nation If cyciy one, and the Stniimch
Il all. Hrrpartnts are very much aIrai
hat Somlody will Steal her, before sh
makes fortune for them, and they don
How Ter Ia 80 out of thtir sia ut, or L
ct acquainted win any man. IN til
hey are worly wise, Tor WAC would car
liz for her, 4 She were married. 81
ld1 ht he as pretty as ever, aud slug II
,wcetly, but HE romance of The thin
would he all gone. a M nied woma
might as we'll be dead, 50 far as any bod
ares for h,r. Artists and actress.
should never marry until they have mad
heir ioIlLne. ii jenny Lind ShouI
rnle hack again sle could hartll ill
hoHse. We had an illustration here
/ t. II