The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-01-13

THAT was In exceeding bad taste sir; but you
ae young man. Youth and indiscretion are syn
onymes. did not invite YOU to hear q lecture
but to obtain Information"
undefst stand COL Burr received a great deal Of
a.ten'ion 10 Siehmondf' "Yes sir; It was lavished
on ,n niln without stintor measure"
rray, sir, did Col. 0ibbon himself have any in
.s,eonrse with him ," None "Did his family"
No. how do you knowl" 1.-The hotels were
was lsvished upon every strau
ano resting place to bouselers wanderers NV ais
Yer was invited to Major Gibbons aomicil wss
~ Sefy aay volunteered my services surveyor
me, ment In Major Gibbons famiy-sot my curricls
loaded every day anywhere eiseo
Al ! re1es 70 near It; forgive your youthful folly;
ane with me to-day; want to hear your sdventures:
p,onlise you GOOD cheer. for In my heart rejoice
.nas you nave saved me from the conde mn atien of
an unrishteous act. Notwithstanding that Col Glib.
bon fought like patriot and hero =, the hsttIs NJ
So@pens, and was appointed Collector of the Port
eh .,;n ;nichmond. by Cen Washington had resolved
couht,ys services. which concluded he had Dis
gLaced BY parmitting his family to commune with
Come punctualy at Ave 4 wan, 6 nd nars, an
)oyed dinner more
DANIEL WEBSTER IN NEW CHARACTER.
Ane ne" York Express in a very pleasant no.
tice OF MIR. Barney's book speaks of the manner In
which that gentleman has figured through his long
iiie havisg been feted and courted by the tip top
society of all the great Cities and been on footing
of the most friendly character with the greatest
statesmen of his time, and with Presidents and
Foreign Ministers, by many of whom he has been
donesticdted in their establishments. With these
opportunities the Express thinks if bis memory is
good and his pen lively, he will write book that
will make the people stare 1t hopes, however hhat
he will not omit rare scene in which Daniel Web.
ster figured in new light and which it describes
as follows:
There is one incident in the life of Barney droll
very roll,-that we hope he will not omit In
1850, sooG after the passage of the Compromise
Bill, he invited about thirty members of Congress-
and Others to dine in restaurant in Pennsylvania
Avenue, and he prepared places and dinners for
only about ten twelve.-but the whole thirty
came,-and the night happened to be most un.
comfortable one. The dinner was to be at 6 p M
but it was not ready till nine o'clock There
were Webster, growing like hungry and starving
lion,-apd men of all parties, the most eminent in
position in the United States Never let loose
upon dinner crosser or a hungrier set of men:
but when at nine o'clock, the thirty found places
for only ten or twelve to sit down to thetabe there
was the loudest roar of laughter. Merriment then
soon took the place Of anger, Cabinet Ministers
stood up and waited on Foreign Ministers, and u.
S, Senator'S in great glee discharged the duties of
Scipo and Sambo. A few grains of champagne
let loose the tongues of all Honorable gentlemen,
and the dinner was long and peasant,-and
never was happier evening passed than was this
after all.
An incident of the evening" or night rather was
between Mr. Webster, then Secretary of State
and Mr. Foote then Senator from Mississippi and
low in California. The dinner was ostensibly
given to Senator FOote, then Governor elect of
Mississippi, and on the eve of leaving Washington
to discharge the duties of Governor in Jackson
Miss Mr.. Webster-the great Daniel--was com.
msSioned to deliver the new Governor FOote an
address. The orator took the head of the table,
and began in doggere, the most charming-cap,
tivating, bewidering doggerel-wiih sparkles of
pure poetry in that bubbed up aud out as if from
Milton or Byron-and the rythmical doggereI
and sparkling poetry ran on from him, it may be
full half hour-it may be more. Here was Daniel
Webster in a new character--a rhyme buder-a
poet-a doggerel manufacturer Everybody was
stonished-tickled-delig anna zed-astouns
ded. The plaudits were voc ferous--and the great
Daniel would seize hold of them, and other tenn
porary incidents, to weave them into his rhythm
The world would have, f it could only get it. the
richest sort of intellectual treat in all that SYM
postum.