The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1856-02-08

who was present declared that he was better
pleased than if he had received $780, The
Spritualists were then marohcd to the Police
Court ard made to dsgorge the money that had
been paid them by the staff.
For the Yazoo American Banner.
Mas. PREwErT:- Having recently visited our.
metropolis on business, concluded that brief
account of some Of the Incidents which came
under my observation might not be uninterest-
ing to you.
In passing through the country by private con-
veyance ere has all the annoyance of bad roads,
and witnesses but little besides the slaughterlng
of swine, the rendering of lard, and the prepera-
of sausages. BY the way heard learned dss
cusson as to the propriety OF saying that the
landlady renders the lard. Those who opposed
the expression said the crnclt}ia rendered the
lard, not the la ". | also heard one lady while
contemplating the slaughtered swine, say some
thing like ''port crerfares;" probably intending
to express the idea that what was lstely Saxon
! G1ctae was now Norman pork, which reminded
me of the conversation, between Wanda and
the swine heafl Gurth. recorded in thA first
chapter of Ivanhoe Possibly the lady said
"poor creatures but that is not probable since
| never saw fa'ter creatures in my life.
| | am thus naturally led to some account Of
| the anti-American convention which met on
the Sth inst. more disorlerly body never
saw; half with their hats on, all talking, and
| the most of them walking about generally. l
must say, however, that there were not seats
for all, which to some extent excuses them
Cannon of I.owndes was called to the chair and
,rent off in stosuel speech Among other things
hn spoke Of the Administration and his eulogy
on Pierce amounted only t. this, that "althongh
i his enemies had caricatured him as having fain
tied on the field ofbattle, yet his administration
has proved that many man has faintel from
physfcal exhaustation. He waxed eloquent
also on on the gIofious day-the eighth, q day
he informed the Antics, on which ssSontherf
blood had oeen split on SoutherB soil, as freeli
az he r.ins ofHeaven." aud all the people salt
amel., that is, the applause was very great. Al
unsopaistica;ei lobby nemJer, however, remark
ell, so,to 10 c. that according 70 his reading 0
history, but seven Americans were slain on th
! occasion alluded to, and that i was f0rcira bloc
r which towed 80 freely upon SIaslern soil. Ha
, Ithe present so called Democratic party bee
there instead of the American forces, they woul
not have welcomed the British "with blood
hands to hospitabe graves" but would have in
r vited them te help make a president: and nstea
! or Yankee Doodle, the tune would have beer
0 Come along, come along, feel no alarm,
U For Uncle Sam is rich enough to give you q
: FARM
e Mr. Cannon proceeded to say that Packing
e ham had held out to his army the hope Of boot
k and beauty but that the Democracy desired n
|: booty, but such as legtimatelv belongs to poll
5 ical triumph meaning of course all the salarie
It psrquistes and stealage of Office, which is a
IS they can get, and they desired no beauty bl
Is such ''as will beam upon them in the smiles
of their wives. sisters and daughters, and the youn
N American Democrats desired only the smiles
10 their sweethearts' Amidst this burst of ell
+ quence he closed amidst deafenng applause.
n I noticed that amid the legislators everythit
n. was made subservient TO the main point of c
rs ecting a Senator. Every Office within the gi
m OF either house, or both Jointly, was bestow'
s.' with view to promote the interests of some a
IN pirant, and the result was a great show of lib
,y rality on the part of both Northern and Sout
We ern members The Jake Thompson ..men a
by Brownies being willing tnat everything shou
ur be given to the South, SO that the South wor
Io-I have the less claim to Southern Senator a
nd the Davis men berg willing, for the like reas
Nv to we all the official crumbs to the North. L
1st same leading motive controlled the action OF
"a conventions A fellow from De Soto named l
or- buve, or something near it, introduced reso
,r ton that choosing electors for the State at lar
de they should pursue the time honored custom
he the Democratic party. taking one from Noi
os- and one from South Mississippi. and Whti
no of Lowndes suggested dividing line. But
in. Davisites would not be thus entrapped. TIL
nd saw that when this was recognized as a fix
ith and binding custom, it must be carried out
ate the Senatorial election; and as Brown is fr6
an the South, they coull not get in u avis but IN
{ take Thompson, or some other Northern mi
ner Several speeches were made against The re
lt- luton, and Mr.. Whitfield begged to explain
k" he had only intended to suggest dividing
ind in case The resolution passed, but he agr
ind with the gentlemen that he should know
,ay North no South, no East, no West, and lid
and great many of the members scarcely KIN
the their right hand from the left Lebuve WI
mt take to be the cats'-paw of Jake Thomps
ici- poured forth voley of broken English in s
port of his resolution, but it was too mnch
ar k en- to prop it up. Strange, by the bye,
be they did not pay more respect to. the eloque
leh of dear foreigner, isn'tit. Well. the res
cts, ton failed, but the principle involved was
ARE ried out, nevertheless Blythe from the NJ
for and the redoubtahle Colin Tarpley from
of South chosen electors for the State at Il
Z. Captain Wm Estelle,who had served his p
nost assiduousiy in the character oftragi CON
a dian orator during the late canvass and feltth
H.; had earned little loaf or fish, to the exter
:" ! the Secretaryship Of the Senate. at least,
disappointed in that hope. Therefore, !,
give balm for his wounded patriotism The conven
the nominated him Elector for this Congressi
met Distr ct poor exchange. Instead Of q,
"A him chance to ma se little money in the
ad- vice Of the State, they give him a chanc
rked spend It in the service Of his party We'll,
9nlY are wise politicians in their way. When
rine disappoint hungry purse, they pour wine
By q Ioa upon the woundedvanity.
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