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The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY meRrIrc.
VOL. l--No. 80.
BOY LOVE.

One Of the queerest and funniest things to think
of in after life is "boy love" No sooner does q
boy acquire tolerable stature, than he begins to
imagine himself man. and to ape mannish ways.
He casts sidelong glanccs at tall girls he may
meet, becomes an attendant at church or meeting,
carries cane, carries his head erect, and struts
alittle in Ills walk. Presently, and how very
soon, he falls in love-ycs, falls is the proper
word, because it best indicates his happy, deliri-
Gus selfabandonment. He lives anew in fairy
region, somewhat collateral to the world, and yet
somehow blended nextricably with it. He per
fumes his hair with fragrant oils, scatters essences
over his handkerchief. an desperately sbaves and
anoints for beard. He quotes poetry in which
.love' and "dove" and heart" and "dart," pecu.
arly predominant; and as he punges deeper in
the delicious labyrinth, fancies himself filled with
the divine aflatus; and suddenly breaks in scar.
let rash-of rhyme. He feeds upon the looks of
his beloved; is raised to the seventh heaven ifshe
speaks pleasant word; is betrayed into the most
astonishing ectaces by smile; and is plunged
into the gloomiest regions of misanthropy by
frown.
H. believes himself the most devoted lover in
he world There never was such another. There
never will be. He is one great idolater. He is
avery type of magnanimity and self-abnegatiou.
Wealth! he despises the grovelling thought. Pow
Ctty Will tiir duOfdbtS UCiOvCu, hC fdpbusVuSiy
apostrophses as the first of all earthly blessings;
and "love in a cottage, with water and crust" J"
is the beau ideal paradise Of dainty delights.
| He declares to himself, with the most solemn
emphasis, that lie would go through fire and
water, undertake pilgrimage to China and Kam-
scatka, swim storm-tossed oceans, scale impassa-
BILE mountains, and face legions Of ofbayonets, but
for one smile from her dear lips. He doats upon
flower she has cast away. He cEerishes her
glove-a little worn in the fngers-next TO his
hart He sighs like locomotive letting of steam.
He scrawls her dear name over quires Of foolscap
fitting medium for his insanity. He scornfully
deprccates the attention of other boys Of his own
age; cuts Peter Thibbets dead, because he said
the adorable Angelina bad carotty hair; and pas
ses Harry Al contemptuously for daring to COM
pare s.thnt gavky Mary Jane'' with his incom-
parable Angelina.
Happy! happy foolish boy love; with its hopes
and its fears, its joys and its sorrows, its Jealous
les and its delights, its raptures and its tortures
its ecstatic fervors and terrible heart.burnings,
its solemn iudicrousness, and its intensely prosac
termination.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15
Americans OF Illinois.

A Convention of the Americans of the Sixth
District was held at Springfield on the 18th in
stant, to select delegate to the National Con-
|yention Mr.. Jas. NJ. Allen was chosen. The
meeting was large and enthusiastic, and char
acterized by the utmost harmony and good feel
ing Resolutions approving the Philadelphia
Platform were adopted without dissent, ard an
expression of choice for Presidential candidate
was made of Millard Fillmore
The same spirit of nationality and conserva-
tism-the spirit of opposition to the further agi-
tation of the Slavery question-we believc,says
the ST. Louis Intelligencer, pervades the entire
American party of Illinois. And when the time
comes for action, they will be found giving the
lie to the stale charge that the entire American
party North is 'abolitlonized. - Flag of the
Union
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15
AN ADVOCATE or AMERICAN PRINCIPLES.
YAZO0 CITY. MISS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY Is 1856.
Death Of ex-senator Berrien.

The deatfof ex-senator John Macpherson
Berrien, OF Georgia, has already been announced
by telegraph We learn from the Savannah Jour-
ma that the distinguished statesman aud eminent
lawyer died at his residence, in that city, on the
morning of the lst inst. He was in attendance
at the late convention Of the American party at
Mledgville, but was prevented by indsposition,
the first day of its session, frem presiding over
its deliberations. illness then contracted ter
minated fatally. Mr. Barrien was in the 10Th
year OF his age at the time of his death.
Mr.. Berrienr although for more than thirty
years prominent and trusted citizen of Georgia.
was, We believe, native OF New Jersey. He
was Ii Senator in Congress during the administra-
tion of John Quincy Adams, to whom he was po-
litically opposed, and on the election of General
jackson, was made Attorney General of the Uni
ted States in his first Cabinet. On the dssolu
ton of that Cabinet, by the resignation OF Secre-
taries Van Buren and Eaton. Mr.. Berrien declin-
ed resigning, except at the request of the Presi
dent, alleging that there was no public ground
why he should follow the example of the retiring
members. Gen. Jackson afforded what he asked
and Mr.. Berrien retired. For some time he gay,
a qualified support to the public policy Of Genera
Jackson he attaching himself more definitely to
the party of Mr.. Calhoun in the controversies
arising out of the notification question; he went
at last, entirely into the opposition, and inall,
supported the Wing policy generally, and Mr.
Clay personally, with much zeal and efficiency
He served long and very ably in the Senate, car
rying great influence by the weight of high per
sonal character the dignity of his persona
ldeportment and ad nitted disinterestedness. Lat
tery he united with the "American" party {
Georgia, and died in attendance upon one of thei
conventions.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

Bg An interesting forgery case, that had oc
cupied the Court for eleven days, was decided
al Pittsburg, the other day. The name Of the
accused is Laverton Thomas. He is seventy.
five years of age, is wealthy and possessed much
influence in Washington county where he re-
sided. His avaricious propensities led him to
misrepresent and forge, and swept away the
property of one McCorkle, through misrepre-
sentations and forgery. The latter was one Of
the principle witnesses in the case. The jury,
after an absence of two hours, returned ver-
dict of guilty. Col. Black in his closing argu-
ment for the State, referring to the appeal of the
defendants counsel for mercy, said:
Though he sympathized with the feelings
which actuated the learned counsel, he could
not forbear 10 call the attention Of the jury to
the fact that there were other parties in this
mat:er-parties who had been stripped of their
land by the avarice of the defendant--who were
now lying under the impeachment of perjury
for the facts stated by them in the cause Let
mercy be tempered by justice.
There was homely but Old adage, that sit is
n long lane that has no turning" The guilty
man may travel for years along pleasant ways
overshadowed by green trees, and regaled by the
fragrance of sweet flowers He may pursue
| his path for years without single misstep, but
for all that would arrive at a point where these
ended, and the rugged road of justice awaited
to be entered upon.
Turning to the defendant, be concluded by
saying Old man, you have arrived at that point.
Mt that . said it, but the Almls ny. Shall
not the Judge of all the world do risn.!
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

BG~ Gallant Mr.. Ridgway, editor of the Rich
mond Wing. has completly smashed up the hon.
orabe John Minor Bolts, personally and polit'.
cally. Mr.. Bolts friends having backed him out
from tight political and personal issue, made
upon him by the Whig, on the ground that Bolts
was candidste for the Presidency. and therefore
couldn't fight, the editor of the Wing "humbly
apologies" aud adds:-"It is entirely foreign to
our whole nature, and opposed to the uniform
tenor Of our life 70 make war upon women, chill
dren, and non-combatants. We submit however
that the rules which apply to a man who is actu-
ally candidate for the Presidency, are not those
which should regulate the conduct ofa person who
Is "before the people, for that Office at his own
suggestion and the suggestion q 4, ,hapafal o
friends. '-Ex. s.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15
A Fanatic i'm the Pulpit.

We clip the following from one of our Sag
Nicht exchanges:
few Sundaye since, highly popular and
talented Il rgyman of the Methodist church read
to his congreg tion the second chapter of Paul's
Epstle to the Ephesians, the 10th verse, which
is as follows:
"Now, therefore, We are no more strangers and
foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints,
and OF the household of God"
After. reading this verse, he deliberately rais-
ed his eyes to the congregation, and remarked:
l"My dear hearers, 81. Pdulto not a k,sow noth-
ing!'
The inference is, that as st. Paul was not
la "Know Nothing he must have been Sag
Ncht and Papsts of the modern bombshel
school! A preacher who would deliberately
put such a construction upon the text quoted,
must be both traitor and fanatic-a traitor
TO republican principles, and fanatic in the cor
rnpt politics of Sag Ncntsm.
{! n6s- The Decatur, Ala, Journal says: "In
jssMorgan county there are fewer Know Moth
"ings than in any ether county in the State with
the exception, perhaps of Jackson Morgan
and Jackson counties, Alabama, are the tive
celebrated and distinguished counties. where
nineteen-twentieths of the people are SO highly
educated, that they know a thing or two more
than anybody else in the world. For instance
they know Gen. Jackson to be still living (hav-
ing been told in his lifetime that he was immor
tal,) and they invariably mob any public speak
er who dares to affirm that any othor man, is Oh
has been President since old "By-the- Eternal!
slew the monster, the United States Bank. Nc
wondor the Know Nothings are 50 scarce il
those blessed counties. Great is Morgan, but
greater is Jackson!
M0J- Married on Wednesday last, in the Leg
isl lture at Albany, Mr.. Soft Shell Nebrask,
ro-Slavery to Miss Anti-Nebraska Abolition
\ Fusion, after courtship of a little over tw,
'st1neks,. The parents Of both of these parties
i u Mt were epposed to the match, but think
inn, after due deliheration, it would resul
Ia great mutual and pecuniary benefits they fin
ally consented. The marriage ceremonies wer
., performed by Bishop Hughes or his proxy
i Tharlow Weed give away the bride.
What Seward, Bishop Hughes, Weed g. Co
and John Van Buren, and his daddy hath jolne
!, together. let no man put asunder Esprit
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

MISS MURRAY's BooK.-It is said that Queen
Victoria would not see her maid of honor Miss
Murray, upon her return from the United States
and signifed to her that if she published defence
OF Slavery, she must resign her place. Miss Mur-
ray has done so, and she is no longer member
Of the royal household, and the Qaeen we suppos'
viii pay attention to her East Indian possessions
where millions of slaves are held by her subjects
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

e6- A special committee of the State Of
Massachusetts, has reported bill which takes
away the power of jurors to judge of the consti
tutionalty of the law. They are to consider a
law constitutional until the Suprsme Court de.
cides otherwise. 1t is time that everywhere
there should be more respect for Legislative
enactments, and that public opinion should moi
be allowed to thwart the course Of statutory
enactment.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

nA- A great many happy hits are made at
editors on account Of their professional jealousy.
1t is reported that the following appeared in the
Foxtown Fusilier: Postscript! We stop, the
press with pleasure, to announce the decease Of
our contemporary Mr.. Snaggs, editor Of the Fox
town Flash. He has now gone to another and =
better world. Success to him. Persons who have
taken the Flash will ind the Fusilier good pa
per,
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

ELEorIoNsix GEORGIA. whole American
ticket has been elected in Bibb county-the
county in which Macon is situated.
An election for county officers was held on
the 7th inst, in Muscogee. All the successful
candidates belong to The American party.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

nA- The Democratic Executive Committee
met at Washington the evening Of the 7th inst.
and fixed upon the first Monday Of Jane - the
time and Cincinnati as the place, for holding the
National Convention.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

~ In Sweden q man who u seen four
times drunk is deprived Of his vote At elections.
and the next Sunday alter the fourth offense is
exposed in the churchyard. II this Practice
was followed in the United States, how few voc
ters there would be, and how large our church
yards would have to be made.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15
Legal Notices.
Administrator's A Notice.

II will at the February Term, 1856, of the
i Hon. Probate court OF Yazoo county, present
my annual accounts for settlements and allow
ance as Administrator on the following estates,
namely, Sarah Hopkins, p NJ Ferguson, Sidney
Anderson, William Grubbs, Andrew Murdock
John Dillon, John Emmerson, r Hgginbot-
ham, w w Anderson, John McCasln, B
Davis, Susan III Lambeth, Thomas McMaster
and N Wharton.
JENKINS, Sheriff,
and Ex-Olico Admir-.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

pA- The Portland Maine] Advertiser very
pertinently suggests that those who cannot feel
it in their hearts to pray for the National Ad-
ministration, would do wellto watch il.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

peA- Recently, in Detrols. when Romeo and
Juliet was to be performed, scrape- grace. known
Romeo, was stuck fast in thepit.. At the moment
when Juliet exclaims, Komeo. where art thoul''
up got thessecond Romeo:
"Here / am in the pit. I had only. . quarter,
and couldh't get into the bozesl"
The audience roared. Tie eene was worth
the ticket, alone.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15
THE BANNER.
TA13G GIIIa
FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY Is, 1856
NV SchooI-Boy Love.

Inscribed to him tcho ,cM understand ii.
BYH. n. PREwETT.
love her still, tho years have flown,
And she is now another's bride,
And my own gentle chosen one,
Sits meek and loving by my side.
She was my first. my school boy flame,
The queen of oil my fairy stories,
On the old desk cut her name,
And twned her hair with morning glories.
| climbed the tree to hang the swing
Because the gipsey called me handy;
Brought her cool water from the spring,
And filled her lap with sugar-candy.
And then how witchirgly she'd say, s.
As softly to my desk she'd come,
Dear Frank, be kind enough pray,
To show me how to do this sum.
How joyfully took the book,
And pointing with my goose-quill pen,
| told her with knowing look
That ten from twenty left but ten.
And then l figured on the slate,
And proved it right unto fraction,
And she went to her seat elate,
That she could cipher in subtraction.
And how her little black eye glowed-
Perhaps she thought lid not he d her,
When | stood up and read aloud
NV lesson in the English Reader.
Neptune! how proud it made me feel,
Nv fingers tingle now to pen 1t!
" hen declamed that bold appeal -
Jururtha's to the Roman Senate.
Or Burke on Stamp Act imposition
Or read in doleful, plying strain,
or those poor victims of ambition,
Lord Guilford and the Lady Jane.
whipped my dearest friend, Tom Ray,
Because he said, i'm fun no doubt,
That he on the next holiday
Was going to try and cut me out.
And when went away to college,
She cried, and said with much ado
Id get my head so full of knowledge
I'd soon forget my little Sue.
But declared I'd not forget her,
As long as sun and moon shone DER US,
But sendher every week a letter,
More loving than the song-bird's chorus.
And then left my little beauty,
With love, true love, my only theme,
But mus " books and college duty,
Were dampers sosmy loves young dream
But for awhile, wrote the letters,
| promised to my first beloved,
Till twas decided by my betters,
To teach me Euclid more than Ovid.
'Tis now ten vears--how time will travel!
Since that bright rosy morn in May,
We stood together on the gravel, ~
/, Ere to college went away.
And promised by each word and token,
That nought on earth should part US twair
Promises made but to be broken,
For Sue and ne'er met again.
The other day a paper came,
I wish to Heaven it had miscarried,
On hymen's list read her name,
| L Q-.~ =
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

~ The cars on the irst railroad 10 Texas
commenced running through from Harrisburg to
Richmond, On the 1st inst.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

~ A woman offering to sign deeds was
asked by the Judge if her husband compelled her
toeign it He comnel mel" said the lady; Nol
ncf twenty more lIEG him couldn't" -.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

TyHEstock Of Southern grown FRu1T TREEs
now In cultivation at the MIssI1s1Pr1 Nun
series is very extensive and completes -embra-
cling every thingth& e wants Of the fruit grow
or may demand following artic'es can be
supplied in large titles and at very low pri-
ces for the qg te 1rrIEs-in 4so
4 ears old ms both stan
Sin 400 w! tiles. to years
ospS s-in 100 varieties, and years
old. Hsc- ctarines, Apricots, Plums. Cher
rias, Almonc Figs, Quinces, ines,
Raspberries. stfawbery plants,
ed Catalogues furnist2 TO allG
all orders accompY kby cash or
ence, promptly attended to.
Address CD. SWASEY& ca.
September =, lS55-6m Yazoo City Mss
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

neA- Thackeray delivered lecture in Rich
mond, Va, on Friday evening, to crowded
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

ROBERT s. HOLT. EDWARD BOWMAN
HOLT g. BOWMAN,
DOBE T s HOLT, d EDWARD BOW
LII MAN have ssociated themselves togeth-
er in the practice the Law. They will give
prompt attentiont all business entrusted to
them in the Cour: of Yazoo and adjoining
counties and all the curtis held at Jackson.
Sept \. Is t-f.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15
BY MRS. HARRIET N. PREWETT.
Professional Cards.

N. G. G s. Z. NYE
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
GENERAL COLLECTORS AND LAND AGE ITS.
Yazoo City, Miss.
DRACTICEi in all the Courts held in Yazoo,
Il and in the Circuit Courts of fHolmes, Car
Ioil, Sunfower, Alfalfa, Leake ani Madison,
and the Circuit Courts Of the United States,
the superior Court of Chancery, and the High
Court of Errors and Appeals at Jackson.
Jan'y IL, 1856.
The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-15

And promised by each word and token,
That nought on earth should part US twain
Promises made but to be broken,
For Sue and ne'er met again.
The other day paper came,
wish to Heaven it had miscarried,
On hymen's list read her name,
NV little school-boy fame is married!
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-02-15
Experiments with Diisre1t Kinds Of
Eertii,.eIS,

In September l,.t, | commenced expert
ments with seven different kinds of fertil.
izers. on seven different patches Of wheat,
side by side of each other, and with pre-.
cisely the same treatment in every respect,
fo- the purpose of testing their merits.
The first was bone dust-the bones be-
irg first carbonizei ard srouu1 in a plaster
mill; the second, Mexican guano; the
third, Mexican aud Peruvian guano mixed
in equal proportions; fourth, Peruvian
guano; fifth, Allen & Needles Super
Phosphate of Lime; sixth, Mapes' Super
Phosphate of Lime seventh Super Phos-
pha:s of my own manufacture. At the
close of fall no pe-ceptibls difference could
be noticed, except that where tie Peruvian
guano was applied, the grain was taller
and of darker green color, which would
establish the superiority of that article up
TO this period but before direct conclu-
sion can be arrived at, will follow it up
till j. is threshed next summer, when I
will report the result for your valuable Pc
rodical, for the benefit of its numerous
readers. J. S. KELLER.
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-02-15
Water In Barn-Yards.

Such is the solvent power Of water, that
if admitted in large quantities into barn
wards, it will dissolve into the earth, or
into streams and ponds, large share Of
fer.ilizing salts Of manure. The manure
of stalls should if possible be housed. 1t
should be kept moist with the urine Of
animals, and sufficient litter should bc
used to absorb the whole of this, unless il
be preserved in tank to be used as IL
quid manure, the policy Of which is per~
haps doubtful in this country, where labor
is high, though it may be we'll IN Europe
where labor is plenty. The true proceed
ing for barn-yard manure is to keep it -
far as possible moist, bu: not to suffer it
to be dreuched. If dry and hot, it gives
its nutritious gases to tie winds; if drsuch-
ed, it lose. its most fertilisius salts; when
neither seorched nor dreuched, it is de-
composed moro gradually, and it retains
in itself a larger portion of its eurichius
proycr.iss.-TA< Fatosor Anssrst, .NaSJ
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-02-15

CURRAN.-Thomas Francis Meagher
lately delivered lecture in New York on
the life and services of John Philpot Cur.
ran, the Irish orator. In the course of it,
he thus alluded to Curran's wit:
Everybody knew what he said when
some one told him that Lord Clonmel, his
great enemy, was about to die. Il Ibelievc,'
said Currap, he's scoundrel enough to
live or die, just as it suits his own cOnve-
nience.' Every one knew what he said
when told that very slovenly and stingy
barrister had started for the Continent
with shirt and guinea. He'll not
change either till he comes back again,
said Curran. Every one knew, or Should
know, What he said about Sergeant Hewit's
speech. The learned Sergeant's Speech
he said, reminded me Of familiar uten-
sill in domestic use, commonly called q
candle c,tinsuisher. 1t began at point,
and on it went, widening and widening,
until it put the question out altogether
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1856-02-15
tkeep this tn Fly-ti",e.l
Annoyance Of Animals from Flies..'
How to Prevent.

In order to prevent the very great ans
noyancc, which al Of cur mos: valuable
domestic animals are subjected to ID warm
weather from the attacks Of the various
species of flies aud other winged insects,
several very eftieaciOns rrmrdies -, b.
made available. If such preventives exist,
every feeling Of humanity, as we'll as the
more selfish consideration Of our own cotn-
fort require that we should use them.
As the result Of our own experience,
we would recommend the following re.
ceipes, which are simple and certain in
their action
1st. By washing or spriukling the
horses, oxen, or cows, with decoctiou Of
rormwood (Artemesia Absinthiun), they
will not be attacked by flies or other in
sects.
I'd. BY washing or spriukling the ani-
mails with decoetion made Of six pounds
Of the leaves Of the walnut (Jaglans reyia),
and FIVE pounds of the superfuous leaves
of the Virginia tobacco plant (Nicosiand
tabacum), with twen,y-four quarts Of boil.
ing water. This liquid may be used either
warm or cod, and when the animals have
been washed with it, allowed to dry, and
then rubbed down (horses, especially, with
fresh walnut leaves, they will be protect
ed for period Of fourteen days.
3D. The rubbing down of horses and
cattle occasionally with the fresh leaves Of
the common pumpkin (Cucnrbita p>po),
will also be found an excellent protection
against the attacks Of flies, &C. v.T.w.
PHILADELPHIA, 1856.