, 1863-04-25


Last evening quite a number Of our
city Copperhcads, comprising the SUCCESS
1ul candidates at the latc city election,
banquctted together at the Sherman
House, protrecting their symposium to
c late hour. As journalists whose claim is
to be enterprising, We confess ourselves
at fault in this instance. Our invisible re-
porter being on duty al Joliet, We find
ourselves with no representative in the
supper room. To watch for the droppinss
Of an open window, is in vain, in this in
stance. These gentlemen stand in awe of
any draft. We can, therefore, only infer the
nature Of the feast, and the flow of soul tlat
followed. And yet it is easy to Imagine
Il bill Of fare for such an occasion. Given
The market and its staples, the cuisine can
do no more than to reproduce them Soycr
himself cannot create.
The Soup must be the inevitable Afri-
can-the iuyariable appetizer at such
gatherings. 0fFish, how could they lack,
whose staple commodity is gudgeons,
caught by that mcancst of all bats, Sham
DcmotT Tacy Game should be ready to the
hands t'sttesc gentlemen, who haye always
made gal.1e Of every sentiment of Liberty
or Loyalty not coined in Dixie, and
sent to them for circulation by their
Southern masters. And besides, why
need they call for canvass backs, who
arc never weary Of attacking grcenbacks
There should be no waiting for Flesh among
men 10 whom the flesh of dark skinned
mcn women and little children is as the
flesh Of sheep and oxen, sold and bought
at the shambles. OF Fowl, why need they
so hungry who at the bidding Of JEFF Da-
yis would spit and truss the American
Eagle?
We should expect Side Dishes numer-
Gus ami in character. Aboltlonist f1ican-
dcau, with Southern sauce; Dead Rabbit
1lclangc; Buell. Fritters, whine sauce;
Old Abe Cutlctts in paper (Chicago
I@mes); Coppefhead Kidneys on pyra-
mid; would perhaps be some Of these.
There would be Relishcs, manifcstly. Tho
salad would not be lettuce with the con-
din,cnts, but more likely "Lct-us alone"
There would be caper sauce, for what else
could be expected Of capering young law
yers with Southern procliyitics? The list
Of Pastry would present Mcclellan Puts,
Birds Nest CAST years. Pudding, and that
most wonderful Of Floating Islands, the
Sham Democracy, that has always hoatcd
iu tow Of slayc-ship.
Very drunk these men would get, Of
course On the spirit Of the occasion. Slid
CT instances Of incbriation might be got up
On porter (Fitz john or the great ail that
has been brcwcd by the niger drivers,
which these men hare been trying to bot
tie for the past two years. We should cx-
pect Southern Port BLOCKADE brand ITO fig
urc very largely and some Of the more
heady youngsters would get exhilaratcd on
the late Charleston corkage. The whinez
when these rebel sympa:hizers get together
are generally more sill than sparkling
since Durnsidc's late order.
But why go further with the bill Of fart
that VIC can safely claim was reproduced
at the Sherman House last evening. There
was one feature present, borrowed from q
very old feast occasion, though it was moi
given to their eyes to seeit, blindness thai
would have rendered Belshazzer happier j.
not suffer. On the wall Of all these Shan
Democratic gathcringsi is written what viii
shortly blaze out into letters Of fire, it.
decree Of doom. e. Weighed in the balance
ond .f"and ranting." False to Liberty
trcac1!crous to Loyalty, deadly to th'
Enion, feasting cannot save them.