Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1862-04-16
A dish from the London Punch.

Washington notabilities. For the inter
tainment of our readers we dish up a
few speciments of its flavors !:
English and american Balls
An Ensnsh Bull's run calls slons to beware,
OF his hsrns ev sgx -p-pIsto Assal
Bu. s RSb<e- HalI in Il Gn5tse- aHair;
Ard creates most ssrm sy AisfAll
"A Contrast.-English character per-
sonifed is John Bull That of Amer
lea is embodied in Jonathan Bully.
The american Exhibition. Mr..
Punch has great pleasure in announcing,
in the most officioos manner, that the
directors of the international exhibition
have not forgotten the possibility of the
absence of voluntary contributions from
the Northern States of America. The
subject has been taken into grave consid-
atior, and negotiations have been entered
into with lords of the admiralty and
the commander-in.ehief. in order to the
adoption of means for supplying this de-
fcieney, should it unfortunately occur.
Without entering into details (as the
whole arrangement may be rendered
uunessary by the arrival of Messrs. Ma
son and Sl;dell about the 2Sth Of Decem-
ber) Mr.. Punch begs to say that, in the
event of the Federals declining to con-
tribute to the exhibition. the space now
appropriated to such articles viii be
supplied through the exertions Of gentle.
men connected with our military and
naval service, and that among the in
voluntary contributions from the North
will be the following articles
l l The Niagara FaIls( American por.
ton by the kind permission of the Can.
adian authorities, and to be returped
when done with.
2 The Aneaa aca'a Eaple-Thaister
esting animal viii be provided with a
large supply of its natural food, namely
Bunkum, to be obtained from the Office:
of the New York papers.
8 Several bottles of Hail Of Colun
bia.
4 Curious assortment of Stun1ps, OF
which patriotic oratory has been deliver
ed for some years, with the happy cOnse
quences now before the world.
Several Platforms, forming por,
ton Of the Stump Machinery.
6 The White House.-name o
"Linkcoln' on the brass plate.
7. The coat in Which Mr.. James Cor
, don Bennett, editor of the New Yorl
|. Herald, was whipped by Eleazer ?
D Growky.
8. The coat in which Mr.. James Cor
don Bennett, editor Of the New Yorl
f Herald, was cowhided by Phinease K
Blazer.
9. The coatin which Mr.. James Cor
don Bennett, editor Of the New Yorl
Herald. was thrashed by Ebenezer V
? Whippie.
10 A collection of nineteen whip
with which Mr.. James Gordon Bennett
editor Of the New York Herald, was a
various times logged by nineteen Sian
dered citizens
i IL. The boots with which Mr. Jane
Gordon Bennett, editor ofthe New y or
: Herald, was kicked By Epaminondas P
{ Buffer.
I u. Six pairs of highlows, and fv
pairs of shoes, with which eleven othe
D slandered citizens have, at various times
r annotated the editorial labors of Nj
James Gordon Bennett, editor of th
: New York Herald.
= 13. Remains of the brandy-smash
+. which Mr.. Seward pledged himself
1t insult England on the earliest oppo
! tunlty. and the glasses from which b
4 4 sixteen previous brandy smashes la
been imbibed by that statesman.
IA. Flags ofthe Southern COnfederl
cy. captured by the armies of the NOrtE
: promised conditionally only, in tt
event Of snch flags being discoverable.l
N Is. The Declaration Of Inaepe,
t. dence. : To be reverently preserve,
'y and returned to the North when
a a statesman. worthy to fill the place
bO George Washington. shall demand it.
es 16 Specimens of Jerusalem Snak'
Riugtailed Roarers, Regular Oppossun
and other curiosities Of American natu
; al history.
r.. l7.A B'hoy.-It viii BE- intercstil