The prairie news. [volume] (Okolona, Miss.) 1851-1875, 1859-06-02

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Office followed by 1.-THE curses of fat
and the Kisses Of scorn," Of who'll
country.
Last week the Battalion of Volunteer
of this city spent four days in militar.
encampment. 1t is composed of six o
seven companies-one Of cavalry, one 0
artillery, the csntinentals. two of rifles
and two or three of light infantry. They
are well drilled, we'll equipped, and hand
some companies. The uniform of th,
continentals is exceedingly handsome
1t consists of top boots, buff knee breech
es, buff vests, blue coats, rufiled shirts
and cooked hats, bearing plume o
feathers. The men are very tall--mos
of them over six feet, and in uniform, il
is the most military looking company
have ever seen-and | have seen the en-
tire army Of the United States, and have
seen an army of 10000 men on one field
Thecamp was in meadow near The
city. The mimic city of tents was a
stirring scene of activity and evelry.-
Thousands of ladies went daily to see
the {" bold soldier boys" at home, and
remained until ten at night, enjoying the
bospitallties Of the camp. After the ia
tigues of the day, there was feasting, and
music, and the "sOund Of revelry by
night" The battalion was reviewed by
General Butler-one of the inexhausti-
bic, military, Butler family, who have
figured conspicuously in all the wars
Ilo is a near relative of Pierce Butler,
colonel of the Palmettoes, who was killed
at Cherubusco.
You will see by the city papers that
Ben Lane Posey has accepted an invita-
ton to make an address to the ladies at
The commencement of the Calhoun insti-
tute at Macon, in your State, about the
2Sth of June. If he should say any
thing sensible he will do more than any
body else ever did on a similar occasion.
Such addresses are always "a bore"
and it is a very absurd custom to keep
hem up. Education, and all cognate
subjects, have been dicgdonged until
hey are as trite and threadbare as a
,randmother's tale. ! always abhorred
such speeches, college orations, ct i'd &c
euS anne. Ben has peculiar views OF
hings, and slashes away ad Abttum, and
hould he be in such mood at the time
le may be entertaining.
a couple of young Mississippians
ought very secret duel here about
week ago. They happened to meet in
\. O., having been together in college,
,ut estranged by an old quarrel. a ma.
ual friend being with them, and suppos-
nc them strangers to each other, intro
luced them. One of them declined the
Introduction on the ground that he could
lot recognise the other as gentleman.
The other struck him and a challenge
,nsued, and upon the first fire one of
hem was killed. The name of the sur.
,ivor is Stith, aud of the one killed is
Vick. The latter was clearly in the
wrong, and having provoked the duel,
very justly fell in it. The duel was very
secretly conducted, nobody being pres
ant but the principals, 'secor DIS and sur
yeons. The meeting took place about
noon, and all left on the mail boat at one
o'clock. The dead man was left on the
field, and message was sent to Captain
Maury to have the body coffined and
sent to New Orleans, which was done
next day.
OF all the duels | have ever known, l
never yet knew the innocent party to be
hurt, and ! have come to regard them as
judicial combats--the tests of truth,
where the guilty are sure to fall, and in
nocence to be indicated. have seen
men who could snuff. candle at target
practice, shoot wide of the mark, when
brought face to face with an injured adj
versary, and fall dead before the fire Of
an unskiled and inaccurate shot, 1t is
GOODNESS, courage, and consciousness of
right that makes the victor on the field
of honor,
" Thlice armed is he who hath his quarrel just,
And he but naked, though clad in Steel
Whose conscience with injustice is polluted
One Of your correspondents seems
much interested in the case of Pitts
There is only one more indictment against
him, and upon that l do not believe he
will be convicted. If Pitts had engaged
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