The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1842-08-02

l NOVEL SCENE in WALL STREET Yesterday
about two O'Clock very int resting and sentimental
scene took place in Wall street Our old friend and
fellow sufferer Mr. Watson Webb, who fought the
duel with the Hon. Tom Marshall, made his first ap
pcarance at his Office since that great event happen
ed. The day uncommonly, clear cool. and
beautiful, and the weather, if made on purpose
could not have been better.
Webb rode down Wall street in the corner of
close carriage, half hid behind pair of magnif.
cent whiskers, which curled up with great elegance
and bravery. The carriage stopped at his Office in
wall street, and he Immediately proceeded TO dis
mount As soon as 1t was known that the hero was
on the pare crowd of brokers, bankers, fnanciers
and loaters collected around him, and they seemed
TO welcome HIM back on the old ground. His cee.
DRAFTED left leg was decorated with an elegant white
bandage from his hip down to the sole of his foot
The sun OF heaven shone upon its snowy hue and a
halo OF glory seemed to encrce this wonderful leg
He also held in each hand, magnificent crutch,
which actually seemed TO have life and motion, ac-
CURED no doubt from the contguity of the locality
| md halo of glory. Webb stepped down from the
carriage with great grace, and imped into his of
flee with such dignity beautiful white bandage
and pair of elegant crutches can only give.
Throughout this scene the crowd of gentlemen and
loafers looked on with great intensity of feeling
deep admiration-and very original smile seemed
| TO play around every face, such as Mephstopholis
usually puts on when he has succeeded in maxim
good investment in human souls The scene
was rich beyond description-full of sentiment, mo-
ralty, sense, and everything that was found at the
bottom of Pandora's band box
| Thus, after struggle of nearly fifteen long years
IN pursuit of honor-hundreds of sleepless nights
rows without end-percussion locks and mahogany
| stocks-the honorable murder of member of Con-
| gress-and the disgrace of many others, Mr.. Webb
was fortunate enough to procure a lucky shot in the
| calf of the left leg, which makes him happy and a
cripple for life. This is distinction which few can
ENJOY In these hard tmes-and it conveys a moral
which ought to have great weight in society, and
through all succeeding generations Mr.. Webb,
however, was modest in his pretensions, he
tined TO get killed in the field of honor
| or to Kill his antagonist, but on second
| thoughts, 1t deemed as well to make
a wound that would remind him of his valor for his
| whole life II is singular fact, also, in the pa
thology of honor and glory, that in the same build
ing another instance is also located establish
ing the fact in natural history that birds of a
feather flock together. Mr.. Belmont who acquired
| a never fading name of glory and lame leg in the
same virgin field of Delaware also does business in
| the same favorite building--and sometimes both
Mr.. Webb with his celebrated left leg-and Mr.
Belmont with his equally celebrated right leg, may
be found taking the fresh air out at Bloomingdale,
and along the romantic shores of the Hudson River
Serlously-seriously, however, before we close
Such are the deporable, lamenable, pitiabe scenes
| which demorased and perverted sense of human
honor, produce in the midst of Christian and civil
| Lied community. Are we wiser are we better Z
are we more sensible than the savages of desert
| doubt whether the intelligent and civised com
munies of the present day. have yet the practical
good sense, in many points of social life, which the
| Indians of the Rocky Mountains daily practice
without the aid of schools, churches academies or
the bible itself.