The Yazoo Democrat. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1858-18??, 1859-06-18
" Fight dog, fight bear,
There's no dog of mine there"

We are decidedly opposed to the slave trade
question being made party issue, and hope the
State Democratic Convention will "pretermit" an
expression Of opinion upon it. This is the posi-
ton of the Democracy of this County.
| regret very much that the meeting of our
Convention will conflict with the Commencement
exercises at the University of Mississippi ]
would be very glad to attend both but as one
of the Commencement orators has been chosen
from my own countymcn, | will delegate my seat
/ in the Convention to some good Democrat Car
roll will be well represented at both Many
young ladies are going up to Oxford, las they say,
to Aatter my young frien1's vanity, to hear the
Alumni orator; and as ii is my chief delight to be
among the ladies, l escort them up. ut may be
will be make wife by the trip Ahem!
Our mutual friend, your Oxford correspondent
is Il very vain creature Who else than he would
have assumed the nomme de plume his pen graces !
Let us analze it. Pluribustah-ierivcd from
plus many, and English busto, bust, which taken
together means simply, "many on bust
Therefore, when lie takes up his pen, he is many
on bender whole team" | shall be more
modest as l am alone this evening. So, adeu.
UNI-BUSTAH
P. s. | came near failing to write you of a
visit 1 made on Friday last to Carrollton, our
Countryside. A revival meeting has been going
on there for five or six weeks past, conducted by
the Presbyterians and NIethodsts united Such
was the interest taken in the meeting, that none
could tell me at what hour it would probably
close. | was informed that many hardened
sinner had been made to see the error Of his way,
and to turn therefrom into the path of righteous
ness. Many are the anxious hearts who still
daily attend the meetings in search of the "pearl
of great price" Ia the evening of the day was
tl,o.o I al
lawyers Offices, whose occupants, though young
men, fear, are beyond the reach of the minis
tors persuasive powers. The business houses
were all closed. The clear ring of the anvil was
not to be heard. The mechanics hammer was
silent. The merry laugh-the sure index of q
thoughtless happy heart-which WIS wont TO
make the streets resonant with its joyful rim T.
was hushed. Sad, indeed, was the spectacle |
had read of the gloomy appearance of London
when the plaques were raging, and of our cities
when the yellow fever was numbering its victims
by the hundred per day, but never before had |
beheld anything which gave me even faint idea
of the actually Of the picture | had seen de-
scribed. But the drearness, the sorrowiuness of
that little town, reminded me forcibly of the
truth of what had read, Its sinners seemed to
be son the stool of repentance" The faces
which had before, at all times, seen bright. un
wrinkled by cares, had been completely changed.
Sorrow had made its mark In them could be
read the internal connections, which fill the bosom
of one who feels himself about to be "a lost and
ruined sinner"
God speed the work for Catrollton has been
a place where more callousness to culture re-
ward or punishment" might have been found than
any place | ever saw. There was none or but
little downright wicxedness, but the outsiders"
--all good " clever-fellows seemed to be per-
fcctly careless as to the future world. But
enough. Again, adieu U.