Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-08-01

The PATCH ON MR MARoY's BsEEcHEs.-HarPer's
Weekly relates the following anecdotes Of Mr. Mar
cy:
While he was Governor of this State, he was visit
ing Newburgh on some public occasion, and with
party of gentlemen, wings and democrats, Was at the
Orange Hotel. Good humor was prevailing, end
one story suggested another. The Governor always
epioyed story, and could tell one with excellent ct.
feet wing lawyer was present, and the Cover
nor, recognising 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 whic contention at Utica, and 50 he took It in
his way to call on to get pardon for convict
at Sing Sing. heard the case, examined the docu.
ments and being satisfied that all right agreed
to grant the request Spooner handed me the paper
to indorse and l wrote: Let pardon be granted
W. L. Marcy when Spooner cried out Hold, Hold
Governor that's the wrong paper 7 And sure
enough, it was sohig speech that he soas going to
make at Utica, abusing me the worst possible way.
But had granted pardon in ADVANCE and suppose
he committed the offence afterward."
The story was received with great applause, and
Spooner, being looked to for response, instantly
went on with the following which, for extempore
story. certainly is capital:
Yes, gentlemen-yes, did. And when the Con-
ventlon was over we went to Niagara Falls, and as
we were dragging on by stage over miserable cordu'
roy roads, banging 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 dead halt
the driver dsmounted opened the door, and request
ed US all to descend. We did so, supposing that
some accident had occurred. When we we're all out,
standing on the ends of the logs of which the road
was made, the driver took off his hat and said:
"Gentlemen, we always stop here out of respect for
the Governor; thisis the identical spot ohe Marcy
tore has pantaloons"
The story heard with great Notification, inwhich
no one Joined more heartily than the Governor him
SELF
That pantaloon incident deserves to be recorded
in every history of this great man. He was sent out
to hold special sessions of court try the anti Ma.
sonic parties charged with murder. He was to re-
ceive salary and his expenses. With that nice
gard for details that belonged to his sterling charac
ter he kept minute account of all his expenditures,
and handed in the list his return. without think
ing it necessary proper to revise and strike out
those items of a private nature, which other men,
less scrupuous in great matters, might have care
fully suppressed. There stood the tailor's charge
for mending. The political foes of the Judge, when
he came to be candidate for Governor found it. and
paraded it before the world in the newspapers and
making an efigy of Mr.. Marcy, suspended it in the
streets of Albany with great patch on the panta-
looms, and the tailo,s charge on the top of that
But an observant people saw through the patch
and the charge into the heart of an honest man. and
in that very deed of his they recognised frankness
and transparency of character that commended him
to their warm appreciation. 1t is not probable that
the pantaoon charge lost for him single vote, while
it is doubtless true that it made him multudes of
friends. He was ashamed of it. and never had
reason to be.