New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-03-20

sententiously thus: "The talk upon tho A..
, I" ners is not always remarkably sensible," al
which we agree, only adding" particular,
when q shop for the vending of corn, julio. /
kept upon the corner" The Avalanels oyr.
wbelms not only the talk but the takers. Thu,
animals it scientifically divides as fouows
!, ]. Street corner orators"
Q. " GROCERY alley hsunten"
g. Whisky infaued patriots"
4. Panic. struck orsven.."
Quite variety! And q man who joins an
these amiable characters in his own-s street..
corner r-groggery ALLEY haunter. whisky yin.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS DO q
nice person to call upon the father Of o family
about breakfast or supper time. with polite
request, for the sake Of the country, 10 b
allowed to ire up the paternal mansion. II
we lived in Memphis, u. S.--we had certainly
rather live in Memphis, Egypt, though houses
are scarce there, Of late years, and crocodiIes
plsnty--if we were feow-citizen Of The AZ.
aiaache, and received one of these inceudary.
domiciliary visits, We should immediately pro-
coed to reInove--our whisky bottle from its
accustomed place. We should try the yrtas
of mixing it strong and sweet. We should
appeal to the master passion Of tho "grOggssy.
alley hunter" If he didn't go away with hu
c0nfouaded shayings and friction-matches after
drinking, We should "draw" upon HIM aud
try to satisfy his ardent disposition in lee,
friendly way. We appreciate the appreheDsioas
of our Memphis brother. Fire 10 printing.
Office is the very deuce it spOils the types, and
ruins the presses, and makes more popisy.
ma.aE than can be probably disposed Of.
Moreover, FIRE has On uncommonly melting
effect upon syalanches generally; and It's
pretty hard if any Southern printer is to 10
forced into liquidation against hIs consent, and
that liauid-think Of it ,--cOld water If tho
avalanche could only liquify into whisky sad
wsterl But that's against science, aud mpos.
.ble.
Eyewbodys talk " justly remarks tho
Memphis paper, SO is not very sole ground
-. on waich 10 trust power Of tbis kind"
Exactly; and to this we add that every.
body's talk is a very unsafe ground upon
which to build n Confederacy. We suspect Is
woilG MT be creditable 10 the Davis structure
if il should be well known 10 what extent 1 IL
indebted to "talk," and even to "tsS u, -
" the corners" for even the shaky SOLID
which it possesses. The progress vi rebel
may be stated 10 series al frat ascending
and then descending. thus: Dripking-talking
-fghtNg-runniBg; and Of the last we have
recently hpd some splendid illustrations. Aiser
the subject il surcharged with " iailsming
WHISKY" Il canuot b. difficult 70 conyAcs
him that he has been grievously Injured, and
/. bound in honor TO do the next thing 70 the
talking" which IS tie lighting" Tue poef
recruit probably never owned 30 much Of .
slave "a li,,la-hDger NALL but. uuder tie
combined influence Of talk aud toddy, hs begins
70 b-moan the outrages OF the Abetlonisk.
and TO fancy that il it had not been Tor theu
h. would in some way have been toe owner Il
q plantation and several gangs OF bipedA
goods. The res. follows. Tie naltrested ma
epli.t.. and goes to battle; bus by the time 10
gets there his canteen empty, While his ach'
ing head teens TO bursting with sorro~snl ~
Elections. Aud then comes the running away,
which lately has been the most splendid pan
Of the performance. 4" If the military ehsf
"say fight" observes The AreioHehs, "ws
fight" Not always. Sometimes you DO the
other thing.
Our Cs,ro QL) correspondent informed US
the other day, that the Memphis newspapers
we're repeating the old cstch-word about
fighting til every man. woman, and child
Killed while at the same time hey
a" abounded in rebukes 20 the people for ihe.f
lethsrgy." Lethargy may mean loyalty, OF
indifference, OF hight; or 1t may mean sud
den giving out OF the stock Of - the street
corner" shops. At any rate, we thlnk tue
householders OF Memphis are beginning % aa-
derstand that burning their buildings Oh
hardly better their condition