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DIAPER MOISTENER.-A New Invention for
Il moistening the leaves OF a Copying Book, Post
age Stamps, Envelopes, and moisten the fingers
wren counting bank bills. Also. useful for various
other purposes.
Ii will be found an indispensable article for every
desk. Ii Is perfectly simple and cheap, and must
come into general use.
TAYLOR & MAURY,
Jan Is Agents for Washington.
OsT MONEY "A LADY, WHILE MAR
- keting yesterday morning, lost Green Bead
Purse, containing S26-one ten two fves, and
one dollar gold piece, and five dollar note on the
Exchange Bank of Virginia. The finder will be lib
orally rewarded by leaving with The clerk at the
. ar once. janl7
NNEN DOLLARS HEWARD.-SHORT
i COLUMBIA CLOAK.-Was lost or stolen du-
ing Christmas III 'days, sh' ri Columbia CLOAK
with red woollen lining and faced with black silk,
neatly worked. Loops in place of button holes and
large sleeves with red silk lining Ii cost SOS and
was entirely new. Any one hrving such cloak will
receive the above reward by leaving il this Office.
ian l7-4t
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The Levee, last night, at tho President
House, was crowded and brilliant affair, all
the Washington world of statesm anship, dip
lomacJ fashion, and gaiety being present.
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Hon Hendricks B. Wright.--It will afford
The numerous friends Of this gentleman great
qualification to learn that he returned to
Washington last evening, and resumed his
seat in tho House to-day after some six weeks
absence, owing to severe fit of sickness He
looks as though he has had very severe ILL
ness, indeed. though now rapidly improving
in, bao1
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-20

Hon John Y. Mason.-The Canada's mail
not having arrived, We are still without later
information concerning the health Of the Hon
John Y. Mason.
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of the United States abroad, and the discon.
tinuance of 6llibustering. They have also
exerted themselves for the acquisition of Cuba
Congress evidently not agreeing with them on
the latter head, we take it for granted that
they have ceased to entertain much hope OF
obtaining the island, particularly since the
PRONUNCIATION Of the late proceedings on the
subject in the Spanish Cortez Their foreign
policy" has been simply to take advantage Of
every occurrence abroad likely to extend and
benefit our commerce without compromising
US, as nation, in any way with the affairs Of
any other people, country or government.
There being nothing in all that, that car
possibly be changed to advantage, it is very
certain that there has been no sweeping
charge in the foreign policy of the Admins
tration as alleged in the New York Times.
From Havaua.-Ac correspondent at Havana
under date of the 18th of January, writes vi
as follows
81 have little to add to my last communities
tons by the Isabel via Charleston. The EN-
plre City has been hero four days and better,
waiting the Falcons arrival from Aspinwall,
orleans this day without the connection. The
Philadelphia left New Orleans on the 5th
and only arrived this morning with a defective
rudder, which will take some DAYS to repair
1t Is shame these old boats should be allow.
cd to run on that line -
81 am inclined to think there is another at.
tempt to raise means here fox our dllibuste,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-01-20

Galapagos newspapers seem deter
mined to persist in misspelling this proper
name, though reliable dictionaries are within
the reach of every editor in the nited States
we presume. Their common error ia in spell
ing it Galapagos. The correct spelling il
Galapagos, the accent, in pronouncing it, be-
ing on the second sy liable.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25
TILE cHARcE or SECRECY.

The prominent objection to the Know Noth
ing party is that it is secret political organiza
ton. Answer every otller objection that may
be brought tosit, and theiobisctor invariably re-
ours TO the charge of secrecys and !discourses
You Indignantly about midnight coDspirators,
dark-lantern handitti, bats, owls and hyenas. /
Now 1.-THE ends which this party proposes to
attain were kept secret, there might be some
plansibility in this objection. But it Is well
known that this is not the case. The principles
OF the party are before the world---thc issue be-
tween them and their opponents is fairly made
Eup---and they are ready and willing to put their
cause into the hands of the popular jury for de-
cision. M
The interior organization is secret. And
! why! Because they can the better accomplish
ltheir purposes by secret association. Does any
body object to Missionary and Odd Fellowship
because they accomplish deeds Of charity and
benevolence oy secret means! Not at ali. On
the contrary this very SECRECY is essential to the
4 integrity and preservation of the orders, and the
4 only thing which prevents them from falling to
pieces.
I One would suppose from hearing these worthy
gentlemen decaim, that this was the first in-
stance in the history of our country of a secret
/ political society. Do the knows that the Conuen
pRich framed the Constitution Of the United States
ll7h of September? Ii not, let them consult
Jefferson's biography and other contemporaries
Gus history.
: What<was the midnight caiciis, which was
j held here, night after night in the month of
March, 1853, for the avowed purpose of excluf
lding every Whig in Virginia from the halls of
Congress---What was that but secret political
society!
But the Know Nothings plot against the lib
critics of the peoplef How? The people have
right to vote as they choose---and if they choose
to vote with the Know Nothngs who can gain
5 say their right to do SOL 1t is absurd to talk of
1 pIotting against the liberties of the peoplefor
!. are not they who thus supposed TO plot, a
portion of the people themselves, and a very
large portion at that!---and is it reasonable to
suppose that the people viii plot agoinst them
: selves!
The truth s;that in Virginia especially, the
State has been virtually ruled by secret political
; societies. The plan OF every campaign was con-
cocted here in Richmond by secret political
u society, known as the Richmond Junto. Both
d parties have had their secret caucuses and their
s,,lprvate conferences.
y The principal cause, in our opinion, of this
= hue and cry of the Junto against secret pohtica
II societies, is, that it blocks their own game. /
breaks the force of their secret society by oppos
II ING to it one more republican in its organization
y and consequently mere acceptable to the peo
le pie. Hincillae lachrymae!
ie As for the dark lanterns; history tells us tha
II Diogenes lit his lantern one night and went abou
s. the streets of Athens looking for honest man
"a And so do the Know Nothings 60 about loohin
IL for honest men---and find them too!
'u Richmond Whig.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25
SONNET ny DANIEL. WEBSTER.

- = - - - - - A@s1e = A1ASs
We are indebted to the kindness OF d lady for
for the privilege Of publishing the following
lines Of Mr.. Webster. written BY him in the Al
bum OF an American friend while on his visit to
England. Our readers, we believe, viii agree
with Us IN thinking It a happy idea, happily es-
pressed.
- THE MEMORY OF THE HEART.
Ifstores of dry and learned lore we gain,
Close keep them in the memory Of the brain;
: Names, things, and facts -whate' we knowi-
edge call,
There is the common ledger for them all:
And images an this cold surface traced:
Make slight impression and are soon effaced.
But we've page more glowing, and more
bright,
On which or friendship, and our love te
write,
That these may never from the soul depart,
We trust them to the memory of the heart
There is no dmming no effacement here;
Each new pulsation keeps the record clear;
Warm golden letters all the tablet fill,
Nor lose their lustre till the heart stands
STILL
I r 4
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

They say that thou art poor, Louise,
And SO | know thou art;
But what is wealth to noble minds,
Or riches to the heart!
With all the wealth of India's mines,
Can one great deed be bought!
Or can kingdoms ransom bring
One pure and holy thought:
No: vain your boasted treasures,
Tho earth to gold is given,
Gold cannot strength to measure
The love bestowed by heaven.
They say that thou art poor, Louise,
And so know thou art;
But why should lack of sordid pelf
Thrust thee and me apart?
The pearls that sparkle on the lawn
Our Jewels bright shall be;
The gold that frets the early dawn
Shall itour treasury
Ask We the prondest mifiion
Whom gold gives rule Ger earth,
Doth not our broad dominion
Out hegger all he's worth!
We'el rove beside the brook at eve,
When birds their vesper song
OF gentle truth and guileless love,
To woods and winds prolong!
And from the morning jewelled cup
Such healthful draughts We'll have,
AS never met the favored lips
OF fortunes glided slave.
Could Lydian Cresus, dearest,
AS wide kingdom see
As the tairest realm thou nearest
Belongs to thee and me?
I know that thou art poor, Louise,
And so indeed am l.!
But not the hoard's of oceans caves
Our poverty could buy. :.
FOR wealth beyond the miser's thought
We both alike control
The treasure of a priceless love,
The riches of the soul,
Then at this hour divine, love,
To holy echoes given,
Let thy true vows and mine, love
Be registeredin Heaven!
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25
BY MRS. HARRIET N. PREWETIT I. z z
VA ZUQ CIT Y
LAFAYETTE COUNTY.
FRIDAY, MAY 25, ls5

Having sworn that be would "reyeal none Of The
secrets the Know Nothing orler, and oiIered
to tbepublic his reasons for an inItacton of that
obligation. Mr.. McKipnon now stands before the
public, waiting for their verdict, He win liearit
soon, in these words, guilty ef 'ro'al PERU.
ry' sgl 4. ! Il
His name S also before the people ofthat coun.
ty in connection with Che eaadidaeYfor the Office
of Probate Judge. 1t IL an Office Of great respon-
sibilitys DO the people of Lafayette county think
he has display ed high erder'of moral qualiiica,
|tion fer that Office? Suppose when he takes thu
oath to faithful ly discharge the duties Of the oic
! ne should "apprehend IL tche understood (as Pa
ley says) by the promisee, that the promise 'pro
ceeds on certain supposition' for example, tn
supposition that his position will not afford hin
any opportunity to pocket large sum OF mono.
by collusion with some helpless Orphan: and sup
position should sturn out to be false, and that h
should get such chance; would he not conelud
that the ''promisory OATH was .'augatoay," an
pocket the slice of the orphans estate? We d
mot say he would, but what inference must tl
people naturally draw from his casaistry? Pc
haps it would be the safer policy not to give hil
the opportunity. lead him not INTO temple
Iti0.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

3 LIBERIA. The New Orleans Bulletin says:
.The success of the republic Of Liberia DEM
onstrates an interesting truth, that such thing
as African nationality is not amere chimeriele
idea d ~ leztained by enthusiast and zealots
hut ID lIiIek Substantive fact, and that the ag
gregation 81 the nomandic people Of Africa into
organized communities under fixed rules Of gov
ernment is entirely practicable. Viewing It a
an experimental effort TO civillze and cnrisuan
ize the natives of Africa, and to improve thei
political and social condition, the colonization
system. as adopted by the people Of the Y mte'
States, has been eninently successful 6
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

HrAey RoBErY By BoY.--A few weeks ago
q youth named John Fitzgihbon, stole 81 800
from his father Warren Htzgibbon, the same
being the savings If several years Of hard labor.
The praceless son Immediately decslnppd. bu'
was last night discovered and overhaulea by the
Police ID North street. nd 4 comparatively
Ismalf portion Of the money fecovered. Thi
vouno ssprodigal' confessed that he wen
d New Bedford where 10 senanlered larg
lauount q epsh. bit stated b extfnnation ths
liz was drnpoea snd robbed Of &5oo ~ ~
ltaken befnz6 dc Police Court ad bed IoZ -
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

rA- M. De Tocqueyille, replying few
weeks AGO to an invitation to attend q ban
q5ief eiuen by Americans in Paris TO the memo
Il 81 washington, wrote: s'I'here i no gran
der name Ii hlslory; I'D il il was permitted
me to choose place anBons 90 great men who
have LEFT eternal memorials would choose
|xiithout hesitation; the place q washington
and Ibeiieve that all who can apprsciate mor
/ d beauty and ore capahle Of being eaIaaszEet
lof IL would conpste for his place ~
please God 10 reserve both The spirit m s. 3
| u ,hat great mint sIss
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25


A SToRY FOR THE TmEs.---About the time
Of the State election, and while party spirit ran
high an energetic Know- lothinc calrasser had.
- ! very 6ery speech deirered III Mi,lyille. in
Qreesler county Worked The foreign popula.
ton y y point Of indignalion past ali endur-
.ance. The day following, as crowd of Irish
meti were collected ii the street, broodinp over
Their fancied injuries,a gentleman named Hol-
den, noted for eccentricity, advanced arnono
them. and, to their great delight, commenced q
violent deriunciation of the new party.
Beneath his magic Influence the alien audi
ence became. in their own estimation, the pillars
OF our republic, and as he warmed in his SUBJ
ject, Know N Nothingism withered to bare name
Infidef his scorchng touch, while cheer after cheer
burst from the excited throng, now rapidly in
creasing.
| "Who;" asked he, sbuiId our Railroads.
| "IrishmeIi!'swas the enthusiastic reply.
/ .'Who dig our canals?"
ssIrishmenl
.Who build onr State prisons and almshous.
esp
'Irishmenl' thundereda hundred voices.
"Who fiji them!.
Waiting iii vain for reply, their wlIiforf
champion, clinching Insists, shouted,
/ "Irastmea-you eUsts-Lsslmenf'5
/ B0stosp True FZoo:
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

nsa-The aHoly Synod of Russia" in its re-
cent manifesto to the faithful, urging them to
renewed zeal in behalf of Russia, against the
Allies, uses the following curious language:
"By the will of the Lord, the crimes OF oul
in their FREQUENT defeats, in the terrible tempests
| of the Black Sea- which swallowed ptheir yes
sells, in the illness which decimated their armies
was apparent the action of the powerful hand Q
God, lighting on our sides :
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

nea. .Never be critical to the ladies' was
the maxim Of an old Irish peer, remarkable fer
| his homage to the sex; ssths only way true
gentleman ever will attempt to look at the faults
Of d pretty woman IS, s.to.shM hss eyes,
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25
= LOVER STILL.

ssNa longer n lover!" exclaimed an aged patriarcn
"ab you mistake me if you think age has oiott-
ed out NV heart Though silver hairs fall over
q brow all wrinkled, and cheek all iurroWed YET
T am lover STILL love the beauty OF the maid
ems blush the soft tint OF flowers, the Singing "
the birds and above all the silvery ring III Tue Vi
= child. 7 love the star-like meadows, where the
h,. .tar-enns grow. with almost the enthusiasm as
when with nv ringlets nyng loose IN the wind
and nv cap in hand, years ago, chased the pam
ted buitterAy. love yon aged dame Her lace
i carp-worn. but it has ever held smile Tor me-
Often have shared the bitter cup OF sorrow win
Eher-and so shared it seemed almost sweet. ear M
of sickness have stolen the freshness OF her lie,
lint like the faded rose the perfume Of her love IS
richer than when in the full bloom OF youth and
maturity. ,,.,s e,1a
,rorether we have placed buds in the pale, fold
ed hands of the dead, together and Wept over helt
Graves. Through storm, and through sunshine W.
have clung together; and now she sits with ne
knitting, her cap quantity frlled, the old s1yie'
: kerchief crossed white and prlm above tne near
It that hos heat go long and truly for me, the din
: blue eve that shrinklngly fronts the day-the sun
:, liaht throwing her a parting farewell kisses ne
e brow and leaves upon its faint tracery OF WRINKLES
/ anrelic radience I see; though no one else cal
e the bright, glad young face, that won me hrs
II shine through those feathered features, and ta
:. growing love offorty years thrills my nearl y
the tears come: -.
E. Say not again I can no longer be a lover
to- Though this form he bowed, God has planteaekea
,e, nal love within. Let the ear be deal, the g
be blind, the hands palsed, the limbs wIthered U
nr bran clouded, yetthe heart, the true heart nls
i'd hold such wealth of love the power OF death OIL
Is 1.-THE victorious grave shall not be able 70 put o.
s. its quenchless lire.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

nSp@ It Is folly for men of merit to think OF
ESCAPING scensure, and weakness to be affee-
ted with it. Fabius Maximus said, he was
greater coward that was afraid Of reproach, than
he that fed from his enemies.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25
A Coon HTT.---Tne New ynrk ua-al1 -.

A GooD HIr.--Tne New York Herald save.
Winch Is WHIcH.-The Richmond ENQUIRER
says that the London Times always arrays itself
in favor of any movement against the well being
of the United Btates. This assertion is called ont
by the Times ARTICLES approving of the prrnciples
OF the new American movement The Richmond
Enquirer forgets that the London Times was as
ardent in support of Gen. Pierce's election to the
Presidency lit is now in favor of the American
party. Was the London Times, in supporting
General Pierce maliciousy arrayed against the
we'll being of the United States? We rather
think so. but will ask our eonfrere of the Rich.
nfond Enqiirer for his opinion on the subject.
aeae A fool in high station Is like man on
tho top of high mountains---everything appears
small to him, and he appears small to every
body,
i nA- In selling provisions at high prices it is
the poor that suffer.
i II the rich were groahd down till the sweat of
their brow mixed with the very bread they ate, it
would he no cause Of nomplaint: but when lot
lofragged children sit round the hearthstone hunl
Igry -breadIess because somebody demands high
price for his his corn it is case of inhumanity
: which God will notoverlook v hen he compels that
) Somebady to takea conscience at the Day Of
} Judgment.
* s TT. Iadeepadant
s | rs
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

TIE ST. LOUIS CauRcu.-The controversy in
regard to this church has been revived between
Archbishop Hughes and Bishop Timon, and the
trustees. The latter have addressed letter to
the Buffalo Commercial Advertiser. in which
they declare their unalterable determination not
to submit their property to ecclesiastical con-
troll They say that the ediiee belongs to them,
and that while they cheerfully submit to the au-
thorty of the church in spiritual things, they
will not yield their legal rights of property
They conclude:
"The Bishop may Danish the Priests from the
altar of our Church, but the material ediice will
still remain a cherished monument to the fdel-
ity and patriotism of its worshppers and the
shortsighted tyranny of their spiritual rulers.
The malicious threat of the Bishop may be ex-
ecuted, our noble 'church may crumble brick
by brick into DUST and persecution sharpen hei
sword the while, but the course of the trustees
will sooner or later be gratefully vindicated.
Ambitious prelates will then no longer seel
Ito stain their robes in the niife of politics, AM
avaricous Priests will cease to defle their hands
TO the exclusion Of their most sacred and pecu
Ii ar duties,' with the touch of filthy lucre.'"
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

Beg The condition of things in Kansas in at
tracing attention all over the country. Itwould
seem from the accounts that we have had that
Gov RsEDBR has rendered himself very unpopu-
alar, and he is charged with being friend to the
bo itiolsfs. A letter in the New York Com
nercal, however, says that Gov. REEDER is not
an abolitionist, and is strictly impartial as be-
tween the pro-slavery and anti-slavery parties
and seeks only to preserve law and order in the
Territory. Much now depends upon the firm
ness and discretion of the Federal Executive
Government for the prevention of a fierce civi
strife, of which Kansas will be the first theatre
[Alexandria Gazette.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

THE CRdfs EllkrR CouNT1 ,Mlss.--fii.
Liberty dvocste, of Saturday last, gives u
gloomy d6count Of ~ crops ii Amite count,
It sayss
Corn already Wits before MONDAY, and cof.
ton dlee opt - II reachessthe surface Of the
lffoadest sntltipa snn1 II odr plsnsibe community
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25
V0I,. NC. /

FoREIeNIsM AND AboI1rIoSIsM NorsherH
ADontaonlsts fully understand the value *of half
g 1aaflon fn1nfgvan fovs.gncfs ANNUALLY. to the
cause OF anti-slavcry noitations. Here i what
the New York Tribune saws: =
he fesultof immigration llithcr are these.
II has dug cur canals, built our railroads. start-
90 new brdnE1es Of industry, giyeI, US capital.
developed che country, made our w esfern free
state. Iisour principal bope ior The Terrific
RES now menaced by Slavery y--the great count.
tuition. Yet mliltitudes &c Northern men. nro-
tossing some comprehensiveness Of glance. be-
heye m checking. and abridgine Immigration,
by raising y hue and cry against foreigners
There never was more complete dog-ln-fhe-
manger policy, never more deadly blow sairn-
Ell at the cause Of freedom = s..
STRINGENT. One of the. amendments OF the
liquor law in Maine reads this:
III an expressman. cartman, porter, or any
other person shall carry a bottle, or cask, or
demiuhn of wineor other LIQUORS to a certle-
mans residence, he is subject to u fine OF twen-
II dollars and costs for the first offence. For
the second offence q fine and costs and thirty
days imprisonment il the penalty. Ifany man
carries in his own baggage or about llis person
o flask or any other vessel containing liquor of
any sort to be usei by him, the party .lone so IL
made liable to fne OF thirty dollars and thirty
days imprisonment
FIIIIBusTERIsM SHOCKED. The latest news
i from Havana is q s.stnnner'' for Young Ameri-
ca. Commodore Nice AULEY, whose guns were
expected tby the madscaps) to blow Spanish
cruisers otit Of the Gulf and knock the Moro in
to the middle of next week, was last seen tete-a
! tete with General CoNcHA; reviewing Spanish
troops. The fair inferefice, If not the settled
/ fact is that the gallant Commodore went out in
structed TO settle little matters of difference, and
found no difficulty In doing So in peacable man
ner which is far thaeeest way for coed christians
to deal in an age of fbibles, printing presses. and
unexampled commercial enterprise Peace. at
any price, will be bitter pill TO the fellows who
get up Park meetings.; but war, short of the
Weightiest reasons, would be far more bitter:
shameful, and degrading to this nation
/ Neac York Mirror.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25

VIRGINIA ELEorros.-A Washington cores
pondent of the New York Express says of the
Iapproachina election in Virginia:
aThe Virginia electionis almost the sole top.
tic Of conversation in this city at present, and
throughout the Southern Siak The best in
formed politicians beIa ut Wise will be
beaten from 5000 200 votes. ! learn
Eo(IcI8lIy that. 900 members of the
i American I|| &Irgina. The whole vote
! If the 81 a d not exceed 6Qloo0. You can
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25
They say that thou art Poor.

London, Nov. 10, 1929.