Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-06-18

We know "tDW do - can achieve
Whate'e or it trios. so leave
Sir Oracle to mutter as he may-may- may
| Sir Orac to mutter as he may.
Wit. too, will aim his bolts
At our broth erhood Of dolts.
And obscure us for time with the smoke.
But let him fash and blaze,
We, perchance, may snatch his rays
And pay him back with int'rest Joke for joke
And pay him. etc.
The venal knave in vain
Will join in hopes of gain.
Unless blood from turnip he can bring.
Could cent procure ton
OF coal, there is not one
OF our crowd who could make his kettle sing,
OF our crowd. etc.
Thus, not burdened with supplies,
Not too witty-not too wise,
Nor guided by Prescriptions Harng light.
We our little bow-wows make.
Which, lest some exception take. U.
May be mingled with little bark and bite.
May be. etc.
1t was agreed that this should be the
opening ode of the Cabal, with but one
dissentent, who thought that in the main
the words were pretty good but on the
whole, he disliked the air, as being too
much of bachanalian character, and
the main object was to keep free from
such. therefore in the main he would
like it changed
A dry old ID. d. set the matter at rest
by inquiring, why the dull dog who had
Just sat down, was like a mariner at seaY'
and furnishing as answer, because his
bark was on the main."
Ere the mirth this sally provoked had
subsidized, regular snarler said he did
not approve of so much levity, and roast
ing each other, like Hottentots He pre-
ferred something serious, and so would
say a word or two on the Intentions o
Memphis" which, if things were valued
by their cost, must he of paramount i'm
portance, for the citizens had paid mil
lions of dollars for them. The advantages
arising from the oourtship of the Sons
of Malta" and Daughters of Rebecca"
we're outdone; the daring feats of the
Cadets Of Temperance" and Knights
of St. George" were eclipsed; the " Cross
of ST. Andrew" and the " Fenian shil-
lalah" we're nowhere even the financial
genius of the great Don John, who runs
the city machine, is laid in the shade by
some of these same inventions
The first is a new mode of keeping
county accounts, suppose d to have been
invented by the general who first furn-
ished barbados with back doors, and
locomotives for safe riding; it consists
in taking two TO yourself and giving one
to the county; and far exceeds the man
ufacture of Eastwood hams, or the
construction of iire-proof dwellings from
condemned hatboats; and comes closer
to the mode of keeping accounts adopted
in the days of the daring militia than
aught / remember to have heard or
read Of 4
Another is, the "pocket-sll-you-can"
game, which has been successfully
played by several specializing officials,
in the appropriation of government cot
ton, some of whom, like the, martyrs of
old, have come 10 grief, and are subsist-
ing on bread and water in brown stone
mansions, commonly called jails. Only
that these sufferers lack the courage, their
deeds might shine with the luster of
" Sixteen Stringed Jack or " Claude
du Val"
The third is from the seething brain of
the pious Governor who rules the subju-
gated kingdom of Tennessee, by which |
voters are to be registered with a dot, as
the Register is supposed to be unable to |
iecipher any other Of his own hero
ylyphics.
But greater than all is the invention
Of a matchmaker who, by the power OF
coin, changed the minstrel of
King Duslan into a newspaper, thereby
sxeelling the feais of the most renowned
iemonoligisis of the past and spiritual
SITS Of the present and shows that in
as well as negrofancy the
people Of Memphis are up with the times.
Another d. D.. who seems averse to
efforts, inquired "In what
aspect does Memphis excel New York;
md very coOlly replied. In having an
and useless Park e
The B. D. then called for the exercise
4 the evening, when shy little fellow
cad thoughtful and happily expressed