nine o'clock in the morning
Then , when the world to our behest is bent , And takes the _ Herald _ for its punishment , We 'll pin our banner to a comet 's tail , And shake the Heavens with a big ` ALL HAIL ! ' '' That 's the spirit of America , my boy , taken with nutmeg on top , and a hollow straw . Very good for invalids . Next to the question concerning the capacity of gunboats for the sweet-potato trade , my boy , the great topic of the day is the capture of Slidell and Mason , whose arrest so pleased the colonel of the Mackerel Brigade , that he got up at nine o'clock in the morning to tell the President about it . In the year 1776 , my boy , this Slidell sold candles in New York , and was born about two years after the marriage of the elder Slidell . While he was yet a young man , he went much into female society , and at length offered his hand to a lady . Her father being a male , gave his consent to the match , and on the day of the wedding , there was a fire in the Seventh Ward .