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THE NATIONAL ARnoRY.


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By references 70 he Spirit Of the 9Th instant IL
may Be seen that he sane author has hro1gkt forth
another OF the sane sort-ii anYlhsn-s little
more so'-bul The old name IS doiies ma nnother
even Mas Re,rsss,' subss:;us..c.
however much We may adnire Ih4 Literary
enAlacsr OF this living Sospn, are NEVERTHELESS
eoEsuained 10 differ with him upon question: Of
no mean magnitude and also 10 mallefs trivial
more serious -
In the sante-room, or svestibule' OF our remarks,
Ne aver, that he had no authority for changing his
name and demand the proof b. which he lusti-
hes the act; postnlates' wont answer. We should
like this erndits gentleman 10 produce parallel
from his accumulated lore. We charactefise the
act as Illegal and unwarranied ~ any precedent
Should think that one having such decided or su-
perlatise 'procivities' for The civil would regard
the act arbitrary and q q niliiars.' We shall
awaitghe proot-hope he will face the masic,' and
sadduce reason for reason In the meantime we
shall adhere to the old 'eognomen.' When he
shall have gone through course OF sproats' that
is, Il galized the act we shall ssuccumb.'
The treatise 10 which we now call the attention
OF your reade 8, is one Of suchlranscendent merit
we mean ofcourse, in literary point OF view-iaat
IL cannot fail to place the author, from III. s.cond
round OF the ladaer-where We Lass .ef.l him--at
once on the 'ysrtigiaous' heights OF farpassqs.
Fame We adlure thee, pr. rare Thy trumpet and
spread thy pinions and rest not neither higal nor
day. until thou hast Proclaimed to the wprli, the
nativity and ore.s;y Of this our Camp Hill lise
rary Hercules And il you can give sort OF an in
cidental hl-st fer the prophet 'Veritas-wLo has
foreteld This eyent-yon may do 80. Bus don't
u.eLtion Potomac on any acccnnt--thR myried
peans ofthe civilians heralded his funeral reqai.
en- which, when aGglacized, means, he am dead
and bur ed in other words, lie am gone "a, the
walls
Good Egg has been advised, and the advice lis
still often 10 berepeaied, 10 acquire stock OF his
own, and forbear 10 touch whatever writings the
Palatne Apollo has received, es,, II II chbnce that
the flock oLbirds should some time or other 10 come
Il demand their feathers, he like the daw1 strPrsd
Of his colors be exposed to ridieue
His genius is Of the Tuscan Csssius oF9sr,
more impetuous than rapid river who as is is
currently reported, was burnt al he funeral pise,
with the fuel Of his own books and papers The
schoomasIer ia, his wanderings has discovered
the philosophers stone or rather he has discovered
the place where Simon had secreted the wedge.
And still they gazad and still the wonder grew,
How one small head should carry all he knew.'
5 II is said that Horace Greely was struck with
brick, on exhibition the crystal palace, Lsndon;
and more recently, that the veteran Brooks met
with similar accident at our own crystal palace,
New York He was struck with one Of Powers
impersonaiions. Our readers, therefore, will not
be surprised To learn that We too met wilha SINH
lar calamity. We were struck with this super-hu-
man production Of Good Egg, alias Nous Yer
rons' Ii was deemed best 10 apprise our readers
Of this that he may not be at loss 10 account lot
any tendency TO idiocyncracv, in our crilic-Me
are still ereeling under the inalenee Of this well
nigh mortal blow-yet We havea reason 10 1a,teF
ourselves that things are as well with us as they
. are il would no DOUBT be much worse withus had
we been mo5n-strnck.' But, may te, we do err,
10 thus further pfJvo king the pusaht ire Of Good
Egg, alias Nous Verronsi yet it may appear in
the course of human events that for this, we may
be enumerated among the benefaciors Of our race;
for had the complicated end combustihle 'compo-
nents' ofbis mind not found escape inlhe way they
did, they. might have sought vent in the way of an
explosion. And who has the ina ginatioa 10 con-
ceive the diretnl consequence OF such an event l.
The literary world owould have lost Lock the
mechanical a Vulcan, and the anti-miltary a
Good Egg'-oiherwiseL Nous Verrons' BY the
way curiosity is on 'tiptoe as TO the import oil
this new name, would it not be advisable 10 hare
an explanation from The gentleman's own pen r.
Some seem 10 think that Nous Verrons is the
Latin for Good Egg There is an old story, TO the
effect that certain coon in the western willis
percbed on the upper branches Of a native oak
perceiving towing piece pointed az h'..l cried
out, is that you. Captain Scott I! he reply being
in the aiiir native, sthAe Will come down Shine
imaginative 5rsons might regard this story as ap-
plicabe 10 the Camp Hill CON- the hunter being
Faulkner. This however, is not exactly our APP
plicSHpn. We wish ourselves 10 figure ias the
MAKE Dc t6SeF Under s and sefns&sds s oSr.e
"A used UP man'--yet we woud>bot have bod
Egg forestai our readers 10 this individual ra-+
i2dlar, We would prefer that they should bs their
Awn ridges of our relative merits as authors Ii
must however not be inferred from our ffaakncss.
that are kilt outright. Not quite dead, Good
Egg'--ttere is yet enough vitality left TO make r
little sort of fight-which we shall now prpaeed
10 do.
The CALLED Jade winces;' this Is the caption Of
the 'sinpeudous' communication which has pro.
duced such startling sensation in the capital -
A very good beginning N Us Verrons,' but as
we own neither horse nor mare, nor yet will ac-
knowledge ourselves 10 be a Jackass. we TAIL 10
make application Next in comes sVerias' for a
series OF com plments-aad we take this occasion
10 rsturn our best III nks He is regarded cast
ing Lord Chesterfield in the shade, for refnemfnt
OF taste, and all hiatt in this we most cordially
concur with Goo Egg sor thsms my sentiments
exactly.
In looking on a littls further we fad sort OF a
crossword, h--li-but We pas en- TO- more iIrpor-
tant matters or particulars, such as the w bite
washing process that has recently been conducted
WITH a marvellous energy we tere take. issue
with Cod Egg fol. we 60 10 for While washing
al all seasons OF the year. especially il there are
grounds TO ap2rehend the approach Of cholefal as
Is now the case.
Then Pillow all kinds Of 'postnlaies,' and di1-
posiulates,' and credentials and moral apprehen-
sions. and naked assertions ; and Pelion piled on
Pelion, Ossa upon Ossa, with the velocity Of 4
shot from the shovel, Shy way Of proof-that
right is not 'right--al Of which we shall pass as
game not worth the AMMUNITION.
Good Egg says something about sundry Een-
gagements between the civil and military which
10 every instance resulted in the diseomhiurei Of
the latter This must be a mistake Of the PRIMER,
for the reverse seems to be the fact. The onlyen-
gagement between the civil and military, took
place about twelve years ago, when the laierItri-
umphed.
Whom the Gods intend TO destroy they first
make mad; we can make no application Of this,
reckon il was pat in just 10 hli up.
fha tahIN q nFactixfnp a the harp is
an sllusion which we cant appropriate. but eahsr
the inference that Good Egg has been invading
The dom;eiiiary Of private life
sGooi Egg these thugs ought not so TO be-
Authentic rumor says that distinguished min
lister Of the NJ. z. Church has been insulted. and
once If not Twice, the gates were closed upoE ms
ezress and ingress, II Is much to b. regretted By
every order-loving citizen, thar Good Egg, has
felt himself called upon 10 lug this matter into
the newspapers. To say the most fer this dissn-
guished divine authentic rumor Is somewhat di-
Fided as 70 his conduct. We may be ignorant as
10 the true characteristics of christian minister
pr even as the true meaning of the term chr i$t-
anity, we mean that christianity which was dis
played in the life and character Of the meek and
lowly Saviour 50 emphatically the man Of sor-
fov and acquainted with griefl Thsrefore, We
decline further comments. Good Egg mast elias
sify the case to spit himself We beg 10 be excused
The last roae OF summer left blooming alone,
While It's lovely companion has faded and gone
We leave 10 our reader, tbs task Of making This
application for We are wholly a. loss 70 conceive
whaf The last rose Of summer has got 70 do with
the National Armery.
By his mighty genius-ghe Official juno.' for Gays
be, the word rs gives military complexion 10
sthe sentence' Hear his own language, can IL
Be that Good Egg has awakened The ofhcial junio
this shsnhedrim thai like social incubus rests