New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-04-16

master Of the establishment took the pains 10 take
his order himself and even waited upon him N
person; but IS he is person OF overweeninx
modesty ard was, moreover, absorbed IN dong
the duty that lay nearest TO him at the time. hs
did not take il as anything particularly personal to
himself As he was settling his bill, however at
the counter, his attentive caterer, drawing down
the corners of his mouth till they met under hls
chin ard turning up he corners Of his eyelds an
they came together on the top OF his head, thus
addressed him:
"A Great Work going on in Boston. SIR.
Great work :" reiterated the other-aque-
ducts, railways, reservoirs and monuments OF an
Kinds tumbling one over another in his head. IL
don't comprehend you. What great work do you
meant"
Il refer" he responded, the beauty of holiness
beaming from every feature and the odor Of sane
THY and gravy exudiDg from his whole person; II
refer, Sir, TO the Glorious Revival OF Religion
which is now in progress in the city
The dogs, you say' exclaimed our friend.
Il am not sure as to the interjeetion-only re-
member il began with d. THE dogs, you cay
hadn't sn idea of it; and am very glad of it, for
don't know any place that needle TO have its re-
lieion revived little more than Boston"
u beg your pardon, Sir, replied his informant,
trife taken aback by this sympathetic assurance;
:" but took YOU for the Rev. Mr. A.
90 no ofense" returned the other; only
well-behayed man"
Having received satisfactory assurances ON these
pointe he went his way. But as he had been
once or.twice accosted in the street as this same
reverend gentleman or others, he thought that Q
due regard for his character called for fresh meas
ures without delay. So he proceeded inconts-
uently TO take them at his tailor's where be or
dered the white greatcoat just celebrated, and
which was his companion tor long time at all
practicable seasons of the year. The story ran
that he s,ept in il, but | have reason to believe
that this was an exaggeraton. lie chung 70 II az
the safeguard of his character until he saw ono
day the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in white
great coat and heard of another reverend gentle
man who preached in warm weather In white
linen Jacket. He then felt that much Of their
virtue had gone out of clothes, and he moOdiy re-
turned TO the ordinary fashions Of the world, feel
inc that he must rely on his character rather than
bis habits for his protection against injurious I'M
putations. And it is such man as TINS inst the
frantic editor Of The Courier takes for hyena
When he was told to what species OF the animal
creation he had been reduced, he replied: Per
maps am hyena but if so, thank God am
"a laughing one &" 49,,
If this we're not proof enough of the condition
of this poor editor, the whole sentence, from its
confusion of ideas, would confirm the Hopeless
ness of his ease. At any rate it would have
driven mad poor old Mr.. Buckingham, The Co..
rsrs former editor, whose grammatical nerves
we're of the most sensitive description. He
proceeds thus-"The hyena of" &c, lindi-
eating the person his diseased fancy has hit upon
as myself "whose peculiar business 1t is TO
tear to pieces the reputation of the dead, and
"who is the Byles' correspondent OF The NEW
YORK TRIBUNE, calls himself very harmless
gentleman in bis last missive to the New
"YOrk receptacle of everything that 10
anonymous and vile, and which in its mis-
l.. Loc,~ ,uhl liz at0lan
"ter of which il does not care TO say who Is tho
"puryeyor and the scaveDger." l have not the
remotest conception what all this means; but why
should we expect any meaning from one who Is not
merely mad DOrth-northwest, as Hamlet was, but
vet more 30 when the wind is southeriy, when he
clearly does not know hawk from handsaw.
He then finishes thus: "He [ to wit, he whom
"he tskes for your correspondent ia harmless
"for as he is crazed beyond all hope, his constts-
"tonal malig nity affects nobody but himself" Here
YOU see a certain proof of a dls0rdered intellect;
for you know one suffering in this manner always
regards himself AZ the sane man. and the sound by
stander as the lunatic Then the nconsequence OF
the first sentence and the last is too painfully IN
point. We have all heard Of craving distracted
bed-bugs," but did any one ever know OF an In
sane hyena2 There was never clearer case Of
specific deluson, and the magistrate who releeated
poor Mellen to the Insane Asylum for believing he
was going to be President, could not hesitate to
send after him, upon such proof, man who once
even believed the same thing of Mr. Webster.
You may remember that promised some time ago.
that would keep you advised of the state of that
painfully interesting distemper which has shown
itself of late years chiefly in this neighborhood.
have, therefore, dwelt aHmore length on this case
than it's intrinsic Importance deseryes-s kind OF
ezpermenfum in cOrpore ri!t-as an illustration %
the yiruence OF the Websteromana in very bad
cases. am happy to inform you, however, that
these cases are rapidly diminishing. The symp-
toms OF the disease mitigating, and its severity
may be regarded as passed over. 1t is, of it's own
nature, what DR.. Bigeow calls "a self-limted
disease" which will cure itself after II has had tS
run. 1t will die out gradually, and will pass away
entirely with the elder portion OF the generation
now On the stage. Pssterity, at least is safe.
And speaking of the stage reminds me that It has
been moused out that the comedy told you of last
week, "Its Ill Playing with Edged Tools" In
taken bodily from one of Scribes called " La
Passion Secrete" This explains the mystery
which puzzled me when saw it, how any native
American Il pray you, do not betray me TO tho
Know-NothiDgs) could have invented anything 80
good. And might add any Englishmsn either, Of
this generation. 1t is a very good acting play, II
well acted, and my evidence Of il is that after see
ing it twice feel an inclination to see it again.
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