3F TJ jJ [DECEMBER 21, 1861. THE YOUNG ASS ROASTED WHOLE. S .- .i. AT Algiers, a few days back, a considerable n'unber of high public functionaries partook in S-the saloon of the theatre of a grand banquet, the S- greater part of the dishes of which were composed of horse and ass flesh. The different dishes were Stressed in the French style, and declared excellent. '" -'-- i One of them consisted of a young ass roasted whole."-See daily papers. SIN Algiers the chief men did Provide a dinner splendid, S' And invitations send did To great folks, quite a shoal: And donkey's flesh and horse's S- Supplied the different courses- Besides a nice And tempting slice ... I Of a young ass roasted whole ! They first. a list indited -- Of those to be invited (For reasons herein cited) To dine upon the foal: And begged each noted lion His appetite to try on A juicy, nice, U T Nho n Wha_ 7uw a Egd_ _e t dp -1And tempting slice w Of a young ass roasted whole! SThey summoned BEN. DISAELI To feast with them so gaily; They thought it could not fail, he I Would like their banquet droll; I" .i I --- -For if correct the stories, ic' That he lived on tough old Tories, He would like a nice 'Bus D'river to Corndoucor:- "Now, BILL, JUST KEEP YOUeR oIMCKY 'OOuF OFrF IY CAPE. And tempting slice BULOrED IF YOU 'ARNT AS ORKARD AS A FEMALE PARSENGEr."ll. Of a young ass roasted whole! And after, growing bolder, They asked a magnate older-- The noble BOTTLE-HOLDER, LITERARY INTELLIGENCL Who does our state control; ONE of the strangest announcements we have seen lately is to- be found on the cover of a Owho stfancied CLSEo th addl comic American paper, called Yankee Notions. It runs thus:-'- Juvenile Books, for the OfDeserves a nice l Holidays, at War Prices! The happy mixture of children and, civil stribf is peculiarly And tempting since Jonathonian. What should we say in England if GRIFFITMI andi FAnRRA were to advertise Of and ass roasted whole. Another Military Murder. Children's books down again!" Of a young ass roasted whole. We observe that a clergyman promises the anxious world Thoughts on Preaching, specially And next their feast they urge on oith Relation to the Requirements of the Age. The title is so long-winded, that we are certain The REVEREND 21h SPURGnDN that the author has overlooked what the age really does require in preachers,-namely, Whosejokes irreverence verge on; brevity. Reading Withoutt Tears, announced by MESSRS. HATCh exr, means a new primer, And they as guest enrolf printed, we imagine, on very tough linen; what, in fact, used to be called an Indestructible The lecturer immodest,, Book," by people who were evidently ignorant of the activity and intelligence displayed by Of preaching men the oddest, children in demolishing anything inl the shape of a book. Who merits a nice Commoin. Sescefor Hfouscrmaids will, it is whispered, be followed by An Uncomron Sensation And tempting slice- ib a MaJeid. qf Al-work, to be edited by Miss MisARY Nx'WE, L, whose retirement from the active Of a young ass roasted whole. duties of life to the sLudious cloisters of a jail, will afford her ample time for the task. We hope we are not too latt with an entreaty that the author of the History of HeT'ry And nothiinrgwul avail 'em Milelis, a little' Boy who was not broitght up according to the Fashions of this World, Butthat CuwerR~that most stale um, will have his no doubt entertaining little book illustrated. Of course HENRY MTILNES would Of their young- dinkey's BA~Lu, not wear knickerbockers or a pork-pie ha-, or go to school, or obey his parents, or be taught Should act the, arduousnrle. tIo telll te truth ancd Into dishonesty. Theso are all fashion of this world, and the result He who just to suit his leases, is, incredible as it may appear, our little children are not the abandoned, degraded, and The 3[illennium's date increases, hopeless s;niers which the writer we speak of would seem to imply, by his invidious history Deserves a nice of a little boy who was not brought up as children are generally with us by their parents, who And tempting slice are presumed to love and take care of their offspring. Of a young ass roasted whole. A county marristrate's clprk advertises a supplement to the Justice of the Peace by Acutil;OLn. We imagine it is compiled from the practice of the county magistrates. If so,ach one that they pressed on the partial administration of these worthies would seem to claim for it the titlo of the Piece of Their wish to have as guest, on JIusticC. The day the ass was dressed on, The Lyra Aglitglcanc is, we believe, only the herald of the Lyrca A-lmericana, or lAmcricai The names would fill a scroll! Liar, a collection of fugitive poems describing the Federal victories at Ball's Run and else- He will need ten thousand verses, where. Who all the folks rehearses Tho Statutes of Large, advertised as now in the press, will be followed by the Statutes in Who merit a nice Smull, adapted to the nindts of the county magistrates. And tempting slice lWe are assured by an announcement in the Ticmes that the Groccr's .Tournal contains original Of a young ass roasted whole! articles, but we are not aware whether they are manufactured on the premises, like fbreign pickles or four-shilling" tea. By the way, is this a daily paper or a weekly ? and if daily, is there a Morning G,rccr and an ErL'cing Groc(r, as there is a Morning Star and an Evening Star ? How much better does a virtuous woman If so, surely the editor cannot have overlooked so obtrusive a motto as Tea venientis die, become by taking the conventional vow ?- tea decedento canchat." Only nun the worse.