d crowd,
The pen that critics one and all allowed
Wrote pleasantly and well, was often funny,
The pen that brought renown, and--better--money.
My pen is stilled. That happy time is o'er,
Like that old English King, I smile no more.
Now that Sir (Secretary) GEORGE has spoken,
My fortunes (and alas! my heart) are broken;
For though I may not lack all understanding,
My "genius" cannot claim to be "commanding."

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FLOWERY, BUT NOT MEALY-MOUTHED.--To those who suggested that sending
troops to compel the barbarous Long-Islanders to be humane would lose
Democratic votes, Governor FLOWER is reported to have replied,--"I
don't care a ---- for votes. I am going to put law-breakers down, and
the State in possession of its property." There was an old song, of
which the refrain was, "I don't care a ---- for the people, But what
will the Governor say?" Now we know what the Governor says. 'Tis well
said. Henceforth he will be known as _The_ FLOWER of Speech.

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[Illustration: PAN THE POSTER.

PAN (_chuckling_). "HA! HA! WHO SAID THAT I WAS DEAD, AND PANIC-FEAR A
THING OF THE ARCADIAN PAST?"]

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SEA-SIDE ILLS.

(_BY OUR MAN OVER-BORED._)

A SEA S-IDYLL ON "BOARD AND RESIDENCE."

That we hurry out of Town
To the sea,
To be properly done brown,
I'll agree;
But of being nicely done,
There's another way than one--
Viz., the _rays_, besides of sun,
_L_ s. d.!

Now, it may be very cheap
For the chap
Who is rich, to pay a heap
For a nap
On a sofa that is prone
To a prominence of bone,
Or a table undergrown,
With a flap;

But a man who has not much
Of the pelf
To distribute freely, such
As myself,
And who's ordered change and rest,
Doubts the change is for the best
When he has to lie undress'd
On a shelf!

No; to slumber on a slant
Till you're floor'd,
Is a luxury I can't
Well afford;
And I'm sad to a degree
That, in Everywhere-on-Sea,
"Board and Residence" should be
Mostly _board_!

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"DISCOVERY OF A NEW SATELLITE TO JUPITER."--Well, why not? Why
announce it as if a noted thief had been arrested? "Discovered! Aha!
Then this to decide"--cries the Me