, 1857-10-02

course of well WV Ietch of The latC
newspaper
An nnecdote, hithertoS6npuLlished, may
serve to Illustrate his pleasant humor
While he was Governor of this State, he
was visiting Newburgh on some public occa
sion, and with party Of gentlemen
Whgs and Democrats, was at the Orange
Hotel. Good humor was prevailing, and
.ono story suggested another. The Cover.
nor always enjoyed story, and could tel
one with excellent effect. A Wing lawyer
was present, and the Governor recognizing
him, said:
"Ah, yes; I'll tell you good story Of
Spooner. The other day he came up to
Albany, on his way to the Wing Convention
at Utica, and so he took it on his way to
call on me to get pardon for convict at
Sing Sing. l heard the case, examined
the documents, and being satisfied that all
was right, agreed TO grant the request.
Spooner handed me the paper to iudorse,
aud l wrote, Let pardon be granted.
w H. Marcy when Spooner cried ont,
Hold, hold, Governor! That's the wrong
paperH And, sure enough, it was Wing
speech that he was going TO make in Utica,
abusing me the worst possible way But
| had granted pardon in advance, aud
suppose he committed the, offence after
ward"
The story was received with great ap-
plause, and Spooner being looked to for a
response, instantly went on with the follow
ing, which for an extemporc story certainly
is capital. -
Yes, gentlemen, yes. did. And when
the Convention was over, We went to Nj.
agara Falls, and as we were dragging on by
stage over miserable corduroy roads, bang.
ing our heads against the top of the coach,
and then coming down as if we were to go
through the bottom, the stage came. to a
dead halt; the driver dismounted, opened
the door and requested US all to descend
We did so, supposing that some accident
had occurred When we were all ont,
standing on the ends Of the logs of which
the road was made, the driver taok of his
hat and said: Gentlemen, we always. stop
here out of respect to the Governor; this
is the identical spot ,OAere Marcy tore has
PantaIoons." l.........
The story was heard with great jolli6ca'
ton, in which no one joined more heartily
than the Governor himself sbssd sdt ap1r
10 That pantaIoOns incident deserves to be
recorded in every history of this great man.
lie was sent out to hold special sessions of
court TO try the Anti Masonic parties
charged with murder. He was to receive
a salary and his expenses. With that
dlee regard for, details that belonged
to his sterling character, he kept a minute
account of all his expenditures, and handed
In the list on his return, without thinking
it necessary or proper 10 revise or-iiistrfke
out those items Of private nature, which
other men, less scrppulous in greater Mat.
tiers, might have carefully suppressed.
There stood the tailor'S charge for mendihg.
The political foes Of the Judge, when he
came TO be candidate for Governor, found
it, and paraded il before the world in the
newspapers; aud making nu efigy of Mr..
Marcy, suspended it in the streets of Alba
ny,'wlih q great patch on the pantaloons,
aud the tailor's charge on the top of thau
But an observant people saw through
the patch aud the charge into the heart Of
the honest man, and in that very deed Of
his they recognized a frankness and trans
parency Of character that commended him
TO their warm appreciation. 1t is not
probable that the pahtaloon charge lost
for him single vote, while II is doubtless
true that it made for him muItitudes Of
friends He was never ashamed Of il, aud
never had reason to be- 900.
Mn. MARcY's LAST PoKTRAlr. The New
York Evening Post, referring to the report
that Mr.. Marcy appears to have died from
disease Of the heart, says:
He was not Of an apoplectic habit, and
the suddenness Of bis death-the heart
ceasing to beat while he was lying on bis
couch reading book, which dropped upon
his breast as he expired-together with the
naturalness Of his expression and absence
Of distortion in his features, countenances
this supposition. Although it was not gen.
orally known that be was subject to the
heart disease, Mr.. Marcy on one occasion
during his last visit in this city evinced in
an unmistakable manner the symptoms Of
the fatal disease. While having his photo
graph taken by Brady, he was requested
BY the artist to stand, in order, we suppose,
to correspond with most of the other por.
traits Of eminent men in the gallery. Mr..
Marcy, however, attempted it in vain, the
palpitation of his heart requiring him either
to sit or move about.
His restleSsness was so noticeable in the
effort of standing for his picture, that he
was finally taken sitting in his chair-a pos.
ture rather more familiar to the old man oI
late years than any other At all events,
the likeness itself, which is the last ever ta-
ken Of the great statesman, is perfect
His garments are little more glossy and
fresh than in the original, but the face, the
features, and what Shakespeare called the
visage Of his mind" are there. The
shrewd, wise, half smile with which, when
in jocose and amiabe mood, lie would at
ouee please and battle those of his friends
who tried to know more of his mind than