The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-12-12

hs Dfignt ApoHO's iute etFung with ms halr q
Natures harp has its million Strings, and]
Natures voice its unnumbered cadences. Theds
rain isi Natures saft lullaby. The
elfsh whistlesof Boreas is a-Mierd soprano, and
the rolling thunder magnificent bass Ii the
grand choral Of the universe The soul of mu-1
sic within usthrills ever to the soul Of music !.
without. This unde6natie symething lies
coiled in the deeper mystery Of being, and will
be revealed only in i,s solution. :
a'slisan mr.. Choafes Ma1uscrsps. i,io
The iIegible style Of the handwriting OF
Hon. Rl.fus Choa.e of Massachusetts has far
nished the text FOR many good jokes. The fol-
lowing which We f1d IN the Boston Journal,
,willbe duly appreciated BY those who have
spent hours II IN vainly endeayoring 70 attach al
meaning to the curious characters which nv.
C. calls Calligraphy; a'f'''''''es .iasea ss t''i
On the o .casion OF d late political meeting lt
became necessary that Mr. Choate's letter off
destination should be readr and the chairman
was calledqupop to fulfil the Office Chair
man accordingly rose in his seat and thrust his |
hand in, hisleh pocket to fnd the letter. Let
ter wasn't there Chairman tried Ahe right.
no 90. y Tried the coat mil pockets no suc-
cese. Letter turned up missing. Chairman
stared at Secretary, and Secretary in turn scrn-
sinized the countenance OF the Vice President.
lno Choate manuscript to be foaad. The next
step was for the persohto whomit was adde's
sed TO 90 10 his hotel Col. Richard B, Jones, 10
! Lock street and hunt the letter. COL Jones
was as busy when he entered as a musk-rat &C
high water, engaged 10 giving a lsdatch carpen-
ter directions fora Making an ornamental cor:
4 whats lie matter ,saissss, lie asked, ss the
| fat gent rushed into the, saloon. pulling like q
| porpose; awhat's yops hurry 2" Il n sa;'stsas5
.rWhy. colonal,h fn5 as mad ss shuuder;.
/ lPve lost Rufds 'Cheate,s letter.to the Demo
| cratic meeting. and they'se waiting to, hear j.
readp tsa has .haessos.f vf..sy... has, L..A....
sAh, indeed, that's pity" remarked the
Colonel, with bis usual sympathy. Where
i did Won leave IL tfastt sis s3EsfsFfTa ssasAds
+ AVER, the factn Edons know; but I'm apfet-
ty sure Isleftitin my room., ha,s, =. ),
Haye you leoked theret -, ..@4 8
ives but cant find it. -" = -
s.Why that's very stranger! nobody has en-
ltered your roam a,nceb you, left- Sunppse you
| 90 up, and take another look"
1.-THE fat gentleman acquiesced. and ascendeil
Ithe stairs together, when fat gent espicd I'D pa~
tper Wing on the 6oofswhichi he declared. ~ be
I the usissng document. This he seized aud
hurried up the State House. where the meeting
i was in session He entered and as The audi-
encc were on the cIimactefic Of expectancy TO
know what Mry Choates sympathies were, fai
GENTS appearance, red as q lobster in p new
:, suit of vermilion, with paper in his hand pro-
!, du.ed round OF applause. Fat gentlemen
subsided ihto chair AMI wiped his face with. q
3 square ward of cambric,s while Secretary arose
, adjusted his spectacles and neck-tie, pulled bis
/. slirt precisely three quarters Of an inch higher
E and then unfofded tile document. = WheRE he
s laid 81. he Bllshed scarlet, returned the poper
i to fat geii aud Sat downs Audience began io
Hiss, while Fat gent soon saw that instead Of the
o Choate letter, he had brought with him, by
d dlm;stake an architectural design. The houst
then weht in an hpfoaf i As it was too late Il
read the 1et.eraiid while the Secretary STATED
the facts Of Inc case out fat friend retnried /,
1Col. Jones to enlist his simpathy. While til
Colonel was thas listening u his chubby friend
al llnarrktive IN comes ID Dutch rarpeBtera with
lllplaned board Under his, arm, sawed in angle
linnumerable., Dutchy looked rite, and as
matter of course, his, employer wished to kno,
why.
RI "Why, Chones, must give up dis choh. an
le has noting more to do nit it--dat ish ALL"
"a .Why not?" was the surprised fejoiner. -
eyes, why not!' added fat gent, quite iRte
= est d ia the mans manner. 's-t,.s ge.ss s.
ld saWeIl, because id takes too much stuff, IN
2. too much work; and | loosh money on p
~ Sides" !
= = 'aWiRy you get all you ask, don't yoa.' il
:" oured the Coionels asaa -a/ al e:E fgt.s-Ffs
eyes ,bai yoh tell me dit de diagran vi
ii plain. and you send me one dat .isH diifercn
2 every ten foot, and ash hard to make ASH .
sl 'Wps, shsss y asdd says lie Colonel la
he aDere. ~ toiaer!a said tlatchyap prodacing II
es paper, and spreading il eii the table, Shoe
es deli me how you dinks | make dat for six q,
Z aaThs. 18Th .dease cai.ned ihe Colonel wi
~ a ss:oaSaess sJ gracious said tie fst gtnscn,
u ~hels been makipga 4 eorriee W hat choa "
'sss Such was the The case mss, The ID,
te, kly arrived Leipsiger--had By some mistake g
Ti' |lola of she fat gentlemnlk treassre, and ssi
us poainc Il toebe the ssaam Yankee cofnice,'s b
Eisishfsilylendeayore 10 saw out pau =
n Twas . nustsDexampled case Ct pcfse vsra,l'
yer tunder exlreme iL6c,llties as Col lna
iIs hscHptl locks ystE much shsf n ylHgsnla " We
feacs oidst dppesf n 4 gentleman upon 2 hs
spree. sAssnstA asil u ~ 81 ssi
IyrTns p TIVE TnaosE q GnEEcE :
1.aes fron Munich giyen in French uru
-jfafs<xb ne NJ fnee hd l.s
O. bat 81 Basars assalsd his yodii,il ne. P!ihs
Auelia de Bourbon, to . renunciatioa y the Rse
~ atholc iaith III order 10 beable acoeraine Isl
terms 81 bic Greek eonsfitntiof succeed his
pdA| |thes King op a his l pssssp!lP = y st'1