n who is drummed out of his regiment. His friends,
the funny journalist avers, "were almost ready to take him from the
vehicle, and carry him upon their shoulders," and he was "surrounded by
a large number of the citizen-soldiery and NANCHAN'S band." Among these
troops were the "Irish Rifles," whose weapon, of course, is the vitriol
squirt--the "MITCHELL Guard," the "MEAGHER Grenadiers," with "Cabbage
Garden," probably, emblazoned on their colours; and sundry other
regiments and guards, which--it was superfluous to inform the New
Yorkers--were ragged and--black.

Here lies the point of the whole joke. Misled by a parcel of
Uncle-Tom-foolery, we are apt to regard the coloured population of the
States as an oppressed race. They are, indeed, shunned and disliked; but
that is entirely by reason of their incorrigible villainy. They won't
work, but they will squat on an estate, and if compelled to clear off
and make room for industrious whites, they shoot the owner of the
property from behind a hedge. Rescued from starvation consequent on
their unthrift and laziness, they turn and curse the benefactor who
feeds them. Such were they who shouted welcome to MITCHELL; and only
think how secure a people must feel in their republican liberty to
permit a mob of savages to indulge in such a demonstration! This base
and brutal multitude did not contain one American citizen. Their bands
are stated to have played Irish melodies, "Star Spangled Banner,"
"Yankee Doodle," and other national airs. No, no. The ragamuffins hated
the stars as well as the stripes too much; and they no more played
"Yankee Doodle" than MITCHELL sang "Rule Britannia." Their music may
have included Irish melodies; but their other national airs were limited
to the class comprising "Lucy Neal" and "Ole Dan Tucker." They were an
assemblage of odious, miserable, ugly, degraded brutes, connecting links
between mankind and the monkey. There was not a single Anglo-Saxon in
the whole lot. In short, they were all--NIGGERS.

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CHARITY FOR CHURCHMEN.

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Our friend the BISHOP OF LONDON has published a circular urging his
clergy to exert themselves to recruit the failing finances of the
Society for Promoting the Employment of Additional Curates in Populous
Places. Very good; let all the other bishops issue similar injunctions;
and perhaps they will not forget to point out that a great many
additional curates might b