The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-06-27
The Yazoo Banner,


The YaZOO Banner.
This paper, we are gyatifed to see, makes an
elegant appearance this week, the Typography
doing no discredt to the matter presented. Ifl
any of the editorial fraternity could manage to
get along without good printer, and secure the
attention of readers, our fair friend of the
Banner is just the person to accomplishit it. But
the thoughts of an angel, would scarce be
sought after in a badly printed sheet; and if we
have not read all that has been written by the |
graceful and accomplished editress of the Banner
her printer was to blame. Now, however, a
new order of things has been inaugurated, and |
the mechanical and intellectual departments of !
that interesting sheet are prepared to keep pace
with each other, and both are eminently credit |
able to our neighboring city.
Noticing the contemplated railroad celebra- |
ton to come of in Canton, on the 4th, our fair |
neghbor takes occasion, in her rambling and
agreeable way, to mention among other pleas
ant things, that she will be with us on that Clio.
rious day. Among the many who have been
invited to participate with us in the festivities
of the occasion alluded to, no one will receive
more heartfelt welcome, than the editress of the
American Banner. If our rail Dad is destined
to "dry up Yazoo City and leave her on the lee
shore of trade and commerce." may we not in
may not only bring us the cotton shipped by our
neighbor, but persuade our fair friend, o. lang
syne, again to take up her residence in the
sweetest village of the plain. Canton cher
ishes kind remembrance Of her, and would
regard her coming as So colsummaton devoutly
to be wished
We really must be excused for copying the
above notice of US, and our paper, from the
Canton Commonwealth, edited by Mr.. Owen
Van Vacter.who is by far the ablest Democratic
editor in the State. We feel peculiarly proud
ofthe compliment, because we know it is not
only compliment, but the heartfelt sentiment
OF man who knows no deceit-one of the tru-
est and purest of men, though he is terrible
Sag NIGHT. Then it comes from the place of
all others where we love to be remembered.
Dr. Johnson said Of all the places on earth
where he wanted to appear well, Litchfeld was
the first because there he spen, the days of his
youth, and there amid poverty and hardships
budded the fair promise of his afterwards glori
Gus fame. The great photographer like most
; great men, had his talents frightened and hard
, en- d into briliancy ny friction with the sharp
points Of adversity-he was poor even unto
/ penury, and when he left Litchield for Londor
:, he went away on foot with his whole real estate
and personal propertytied up in a cotton peck t
;, handkerchief. He had heard of situation fol
: tutor with salary of a hundred pounds yea
that was vacant, aud he was going on foot te
. . London to get some great man to whom he hat
). letter of introduction to recommend him 70 it
i After two long days of weary foott-avel. he en-
tered one of the gates Of the great city, with tw
7 shillings in his pocket just az David Garrick en-
8 tered another gate, with but sixpence! Thi
If coincidence was brought out at great banque
E given years after to the great Leviathan of Lit
:. erature Doctor Johnson, and the greatest living
h Actor, David Garrick- it is all told pleasant
IS in Boswell's life of Johnson. After the publ
: cation of London, which strange to say, the au
:. thor prided himself more upon, than he did upo
, his dictionary, Johnson dressed himself in scar
}, let and went in a coach and four, to visit his ma
:. tive town, Litchfeld, remarkirg what we hav
! before related thathe preferred to go back Their
, to sport his laurels to any place in the world
Now we are not following out the analogy, bu
n ahe thought Ct Johnfon merely suggested itselft
us, by the grateful pleasure that, feel to kno,
i that our old friends in Canton cherish for US tn
,e kindly membranes that we shall ever hav
q for them.
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