Arkansas true Democrat., 1862-03-06
A Dish from the London Punch.

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 . A Dish from the London Punch.
 The London Punch for December is decidedly. rich on American affairs, especi- ally in its cuts and caricatures of Washing ton notabilities. For the entertainment of our readers we dish up few specimens of it's flavor:
 English and American BuUs--
 An English Bulls run calls aloud to beware
 Of his horns, ever prompt to assail,
 But Yankee Bulls Run is another affair;
 And creates most alarm by his tail 4 ContraSt,-English character personi- fled is John Bull. That of American is .jonothan Bully
 The American efhijition.-Mr. Punch < has great pleasure in announcing, in the most officious manner, that the directors of the international exhibition have not for gotten the possibility of the absence of voluntary contributions from the northern States of America. The subject has been taken into grave consideration, and nego- tiatiohs have entered into with the lords
 
 chief, in order to the adoption of means for supplying this deficiency, should it unfor- tunately occur Without entering into details Gas the whole arrangement may be rendered unnecessary by the arrival of Messrs. Mason and Slidell about the 18th December) Mr. Punch begs to say that, in the event of the federals declining to send contributions to the exhibition, the space now appropriated to such articles will be supplied through the exertions of gentle men connected with our military and naval service, and that among the involuntary contributions from the North will be the following articles:
 l.. The Niagra falls American portion ], by the kind permission of the Canadian authorities, and to he returned when done with.
 2 The American Eagle.-The interest ing animal will be provided with large supply of it's natural food, namely, Bun kun, to be obtained from the offices of the New York newspapers.
 3. Several bottles of Hail Columbia. I. Curious assortment of stumps. on which patriotic oratory has been delivered for some years, with the happy consequent ces now before the world
 ,. Several platforms, forming further portion of the stump machinery.
 6. The White House-name of .sLin coln" on the brass plate.
 '. The coat in which MT. James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald was whipped by Eleazer P. Growky.
 8. The coat in which Mir. James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald was cowhded by Phineas X. Blazer.
 2. The coat in which Mir. James Cor don Bennett, editor of the New York Herald, was thrashed by Ebenezer ". Whopple.
 10. A collection of nineteen whips with which MT. James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald, was at various times hogged by nineteen slandered citizens
 H.. The boots with which MT. James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald, was kicked by Epaminondas F. Buffer
 F. Six pairs of highlows, and five pairs of shoes, with which eleven other slandered citizens have, at various times, annotated the editorial labors of Mr. James Gordon Bennett, editor of the New York Herald.
 13. Remains of the brandy-smash in which MT. Seward pledged himself to n- suit England on the earliest opportunity, and the glasses from which his sixteen previous brandy -smashes had been inn bided by that statesman.
 II. Flags of the Southern Confederacv, captured by the armies of the North, (Promised conditionally only, in the event of such flags being discoverable)
 15 The declaration of independence, to be reverently preserved, and returned to the North when statesman, worthy to fill the place of George Washington, shall de- mand 1t. Is. Specimens of Jerusalem Snakes, Ringtailed Roarers, Regular possums, and other curiosities of American natural histo- ".
 r. A B'hoy-It will be interesting to compare this animal with his superior, but member of the same genus, the Go- rilla.
 Is. Specimens of American editorial writings. { (Disinfecting fluid will be found in the same case, and labelled Common Sense.")
 1o. Secret treaty for the partition of England between the Emperor of Russia, Mr. Seward, and the King of the CannibaI Islands.
 20. Mr. Brigham Young, the latest ally of the North, and model of his Seraglio.
 2l. The original book of Mormon, as about the only original work which Ameri- ca has produced since Kinckerbocker' History.
 P. Specimens of American Apes and naturalized Irishmen, stuffed.
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