Augustus Postlethwaite Tompkinson.—Editor of The Thorough Blue Whole Team—a paper characterized by its mendacity, its ferocity, and utter disregard of the feelings of the purest New Lights in the nation. A bitter enemy of the Hon. Middleton Flam, and having the audacity to speak lightly of the President of the United States.
John Smith.—A gentleman generally known throughout the Union, and several times run for Congress.
OF DOUBTFUL POLITICS.
Jesse Ferret.—Inn-keeper and proprietor of The Hero—a cautious man, and somewhat afraid of his wife.
Sam Hardesty.—Carpenter, so much under the weather as to have had no time to make up his mind, notwithstanding Mr. Flam's generosity toward him.
Quipes.—House and sign, plain and ornamental painter, glazier, and artist in the portrait and landscape line.
Nicholas Hardup.—Cattle dealer, a borrower of money from Mr. Flam, and, strange to tell, not yet satisfactorily settled in his opinions.
Isaiah Crape.—Undertaker and conductor of funerals—Cabinet and furnishing store-keeper.
Sergeant Trap.—On the recruiting service at Quodlibet.