Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1855-11-02

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THE RICHMOND ENQUIRER.
ny Richie, PRYOR & DtNNA'NNr'
,,,, n,rCuIr & ROGER A. PRYOR. EDITORS
ERIDAY MORNING, NOFEMhEH .
TIE WINGS AND THE kNOW-NoIHlAGS;
OR THE STORY OF THE KILKENNY CATS.
Iii. mart of tho traditional history of Ireland that
q, certain occasion two cats met at Kilkenny anu
fop,bt and fought, till "they alto each other up
opd mn, a tin end of the tail was left. we
ALWAYS had our doubts as 10 the authenticity OIL ibis
tradi,ivnary historic tragedy, until the performance"
sin;lar fea. on much larger scale, and WIN n'e'
drama,c effect, by the Wings and hno"-No'"''s' u
Virginia What added to the agreeable surprise Oh
Ono ,,,,.r occssion. was that the performers were
-, tr;a,,. NOR, loving than David and JoAa-
p 49,. n.u,,, oa pvtLias or Nisus aud Euryaus.--
,1,s, winter. San to give himself moro strength 70
. Su,nv
eont with WISE swailed the Old Coon whole. Sam
performed this part OF the play beautifully Without
making wry face, or discovering watery oye' LUG
C,d Coon, too, was nothing l""th' out "cn'
through the act of martyrdon, when he hau pro-
posed and coveted, with enthusiastic maShahim'y'
The strength Of the two being thus ihu'Sso'"oiy
united an easy victory ever Wso was conh"en'y an
tcipa,vI. Owing to some t""r pas oil sam N"He
despte his rotcstatious to the contrary We suspect
of Ubern;an descent cousin, probably, OF fi"h"y
lpdv or Paddy Of Cork, or else lneal ucsceh''"h'
~ Ajax lebanon, with all his strength, land more
than his Stupidity the victory was not w"n' but
,s,e,a thereof Sam got terrible thrashinS. Here
upon the Old Coon, the Old Co"ns ghost oe@ah 10
x;G.,,s ,,d ahus. SAM most numerically, and t"
,,-,oo,. ., .n,;ro change of tactics. To this end
Som va, invited to meet at Philippi, (Lynchburcl
there to arrange all matters for new campaign. we
warned begged, besought Sam not to go "etoretoiu
aha csrts;p fat. that awaited him. We told hun he
wa, lured by syreus song like the invitation OF the
,ner TO the fiy so often aud happily applied by
humorous e1.official Of this city
Come! walk into my parlor,
Snys the spider 10 tho ny
But Sam. WHO is obstinate he is brave and fear
las. headed rs mol He uc.hcr feared men nor ghosts
md like another Bru:us, to save his country, he
marched TO PLilippi. lie had hardly arrived there
er, the Old Coon after stripping him Naked t"k'hS
away his principle. anG his platform IN" burning
bis secret lodges, gulped him down whole anu en'e
rto<us tSres ct rotundgs When the tutuFe historian
come, Ia record these thrilling events will he NOT e2
claim. Truth is strange, Stranger than fiction -
The Kilkenny Cats will no longer excite wonder and
admiration; and the bulls and bunders OF Paddy OF
Cork, and Handy Andy, will cease TO amuse' and
Sam will live throughout oil time, IN the recollection
OF men, az liking of the clowns
Though Sam and the old ccor be dead, their ghosts
still walk and throw down the guages Of battle to u.s.
Now, We can fight tho living, not tho dend. Eneas
tried that, aud in vain struck at shadows WIN ms
sword
Macbeth What man dare, dare:
Approach thou like the rugged Russian BOAR
The armed Rhinosceros, or the liyrcnr nsef
Take any shape but that. and my hrin nerves
Shall never tiemblc Oa be alive again.,
And dar. M 20 the desert Wi.h thy sword
IT, tr,,nhlu. inhbit thee, prolcst me
The baby OF Il GIRL Hence, horrible shadow
Unreal mocSery, hence J!
Go haunt tho Ism.. Tell them of ''the secrets OF
your prison house." and warn them OF the tate tha'
awaits their wicked deeds