The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-01
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
YAZO0 CITY. MISS. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 2 1856. !

Fore;gnism and Catholicism Re
quisite qualifications for Onice.
We published, says'the Washington Orgnn. 10
ourgissue of Saturday, q statement to the effect
that the Postmaster General had determined not
| to appoint any American to Office. We give be-
low letter from the Hon. r.. C. Puryear, in re
lation to the matter, which will give the country
some idea of the Jesnitism in this Department,
and the prescription which is practscda against
] Natives and Pfotestants.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,,
Dec: "a, 1855.
| Dear Sir: i see in your paper OF the 22d inst,
a statement concerning the appointment ofa post
master in my district, at M plison, Rockingham
county, North Carolina, which desire to correct.
1.-THE conversation to which you allude was be-
tween Mr.. Horatio King 1st Assistant. Post
master General. and myself, and net with Mr..
| Campbell, the Postmaster General, as stated in
your article. With this exception. the statement
is correct so far as it goes, but it does not en-
brace all that occurred between Mr.. King and
myself on that occasion.
| When made the application for the appoint
ment, Mr.. King asked me if the applicant were
Know Nothing? replied that | did not know
/
possible that his being Know Nothing would
be an objection? He replied, "Yes, am acting
under orders not to appoint any Know Nothing.
and to turn out all whom know to, belong to the
Order" / then asked him if a native born cit-
zen and foreign Roman Catholic, both equally
competent, were to apply for the appointment, on
which would he bestow it? lie said h. should be
compelled to appoint the foreign Catholic /
then left the Department, and do not know wheth-
er any appointment has yet heen made or not.
/ Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
| r. c. PuRYEAR.
An order has been received by Mr.. Nevitt, the
/ Postmaster Of New Orleans, to discharge every
man from his office who is member Of the Know
Nothing Or American party; and every employ
O I'M been called upon for distinct annnnciation
Of the 4IlE thal is 81 him What's misfortune
it is to be e61[1 i Ameffca!- Ns "a. Crescent
/
FOREIGN PAUPERs AND CRIMINALs.-ForeiSn
governments still continue to send their paupers
and criminals to our shores According to the
teen hundred and eight paupers, many of them
criminals, have been sent back to Europe during
| the last year, from that State alone The. Gov
ernor says that if this course had not heen pur-
sued. it is believed that every one of those persons
would now be inmates Of the State institutions
at cost of at least one hundred thousand dollars
per annum. The laws on this subject should bS
! rieidly enforced in every State and our country
not allowed to be made the receptacle of the Vi
cious. the degraded, aud the insane, whom foreign
parsimony and cruelty deliberately and unfeeling
iy sends over here.
n9- The New York Courier's Washington
> correspondent telegraphs:
1t is rnmored that the President is anxious fo
I an organization because he has special wa
t message to communicate.
The Journal of Commerce correspondent al
J y so telegraphs:
a If remors prove trun, things are taking shap
: in relation to our controversies with Great Bri
: ten, that looks little more warlike than eve
x the message or Senatorial oratons would rep
n resent. 1t is said that since the message wa
II written, advices have been received from MI
= Buchanan, with certBin correspondence respect
ing the enlistment question which puts the tw
b parties in very menacing attitude towards eac
Re other.
h These additional dispatches will not probabl
f be communicated to Congress until the Hons
le shall organiz,, and they not make so serious
or impression as has been made by the facts a
I'd ready traLspired
ut Another step towards move is about to /
We taken, by the ratification of the Nicaragua
le treaty which recognizes the claims of1hat Stat
ie to the Musqolto coast and country; and in effe
I'd therefore is guarantee of the title to the liu
is its by her claim d..
~ The Davenport Crcle'' society
Spiritualsts-the most prominent in New Yol
e. city-were arrested few days since for decei
S: ing the public. 1t appears that after their a
t. dence is asse nbled, the room is made dark ,ar
of the persons present hear all sorts of beantif
er music. On the occasion mentioned, one Of Il
We audience uncovsreda dark lantern very sudde
to ly, and discovered all the spiritualists with
an strumenis in their hands. They were arrest,
be aud made to give up the admission money.
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ot ReF We find 10 the Washington Union an
ur count of the suicide of dog. 1t seems that
is fine dog much attached to his master, was caug
s. 10 the act Of stealing piece of meat. Front th
10 moment he seemed very detected, and, q day
OF two afterwards laid himself down upon railro
nd track and let the cars run over him. This shou
lis serve as rebuke to the editors Of the Unic
co Having been detected 10 an attempt to rob t
rt- r.. s. Treasury upon false prctences, why dol
ty they, like the poor dog, throw themselves in fro
ay lof 4 rushing locomotive2 Have they less shal
de, than dogsg-Lou. Journal.
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