The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1857-08-13

The PATCH ON MARCY's BREECHEs.-Har.
per's Weekly relates the following anecdotes of
Mr.. Marcy:
While he was Governor of this State, he was
visiting Newburg on some public occasion, and
with party of gentlemen, Wings and Demo
Gratis, was at the Orange Hotel. Coed humor
was prevailing, and one story suggested an.
other. The Governor always epjoyed a story,
and could tell one with excellent effect A
Wing lawyer was present, and the Governor,
recognising him, said:
"Ah, yes; Pll tell you good story of
Spooner. The other day he came up to Alba
ny, on his way to the Wing Convention at
Utica, and 60 he took it in 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 endorse, and wrote: Let pardon be
granted. W. l.. Marcy when Spooner cried
cut Hold, hold, Governor that's the wrong
paper' And, sure enough, 1t ,cas Wig
speech that he 'cas going to make at Utica,
abusing me the worst possible way. But had
granted pardon in advance, and 1 suppose he
committed the offence afterwards"
The story was received with great applause,
and Spooner, being looked to for response,
an extempore story certainly is capital:
"Yes, gentlemen, yes, did. And when the
convention was over, we went to Niagara Falls.
and as we were dragging on by stage over
miserable corduroy roads, hanging our heads
against the top of the coach, and then com.
ing down as if we were to 60 through the bot
tom, the stage came to dead halt; the driver
dismounted, opened the door, and requested
US all to descend. We did sc, supposing that
some accident had occurred. When we were
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 to the Governor; this is the
identical spot achere Marcy tore his panta.
looms y"
The story was heard with great Notification.
IN which no one joined more heartily than the
Governor himself.
That pantaloon incident deserves to he re-.
corded in every history of this great man. He
was sent out to hold special sessions of court
TO try the anti masonic parties charged with
murder. He was to receive salary and bis
expenses. With that nice regard for details
belonging to his sterling character, he kent
minute account of all his expenditures, and
handed in the list on his return, without think.
ing 1T necessary or proper to revise and strike
out those items Of private nature which other
men, less scrupulous in greater matters, might
have carefully 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 ef-
hgy OF Mr.. Marcy, suspended it in the streets
OF Albany, with great patch on the panta-
looms, aud the tailor's charge on the top Of that
But an observant people saw through the
patch and the charge into the heart of an hon.
est man, and in that very deed of his they rec
ognised frankness and transparency of char
acter that commended him to their warm ap.