Weekly Trinity journal., 1857-10-03

The Patch on Var. Marcy's Brccchc~.

Harper's Weekly relates the following ancc
dotes of Mr.. Marcy
While he was Governor of this State. he was
visiting Newburgh on some public occasion, and
with u party of gentlemen, wings and democrats,
was at the Orange Hotel Good humor was pre-
vailng, and one story brought on another. The
Governor always enjoyed good story, and could
tell one with excellont effect whig lawyer
was present and the Governor recognizing him, +,
said
'Ah. yes I'll tell you a good story OF Spooner,
The other day he came up to Albany, on his way
to the whig convention ut Utica. and so took it
in his way to call on me to get a pardon tor u
convict at Sing Sing. heard the case examined
the documents. and being satisfied that all was
right, agreed to grant the request. Spooner
handed me tho paper to endorse, and | wrote
Let pardon be granted. W. j.. Marcy when
Spooner cried, Hold, hold, Governor that's the
wrong paper = And sure enough, 1t was tchig
speech that he ,caS going to make at Cticd, 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 u response. in
stantly went on with the following, which for an
eXtempore story is capital
Yes, gentlemen-ycs, did. And when the
Convention was over. we went to Niagara Falls ;
and as we were dragging on by stage over mis-.
the top of the coach and then coming down as if
we we're to 90 through the bottom the stage
came to dead halt. the driver dsmounted,
opened the door. and requested us all to descend.
We die so, supposing that some accident had oc-
Cured. When we were all out, standing out on
the ends of the logs of which the road was made,
the driver took of his hat and said Gentlemen,
we always stop here out OF respect for the Gov
ernor; this is the very spot 'ohcro Marcy tore h's
puntdlOORSp
The story was heard with great jolllcation
which no one Joined more heartily than the Gov
crnor himself
That pantaloon incident deserves TO be record
ed 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
lie was to receive salary aud his expenses
With that nice regard for details that belonged to
his sterling character, he kept minute account
OF all his expenditures, aud banded in the list on
his return, without thinking it necessary or pro-
per to revise and strike out those items Of pri-
v0te nature, which other men, less scrupulous in
great matters, might have carefully suppressed.
There stood the tailor charge for mending The
Raiitical foes Of the Judge, when he came to be
candidate for Governor, found 1t, and paraded it
before the world ia the newspapers; and making
an cfligy of Mr. Marcy, Suspended it in the streets
of Albany, with great patch oG-the pantaloons,
and the toilors charge on the top of tnnls.
But an observant people saw through We
patch and the charge into the heart Of an honest
man, and in that very deed OF his they recognized
Il irankncss and transparency OF character that
commended him to their warm appreciation. 1t
is not probable that the pantaloon charge lost
for him y single vote while it is doubtless true
that it made him u multitude of friends. He was
never ashamed Of it, and never had reason to be.