The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-07-28

THE FATCR ON MIR. MAEcY's BREECHRs.-TIarpcr's
Weekly relates the following sncc,lote of Mr
Marcy:
While he Governor Of this State. he was Wis
itng NewhurX on some public CCcgsiOn, aud with
party of gentlemen, wings aud democrats, wa. al
ihe grange Hotel. Goud humor WAS prevailing ana
Jue story suggested another. The Governor alwayn
enjoyed a story, and could tell with excellent
| Eject. whig lawyer was present, and the Gov
ernor recognizing HIM, said
"Ah Yes; II tell You good story of Spooner-
fho other day he came up tn Albany, his wAy t.
| the whig convention ut Utica and 50 hc took il in
hIs WAY TO call on ME 10 get pardon for convict
| At sing sing. j heard the case, examined the doc
umentn, and being satisfied that all was right
tgreed TO grant the request. SpOoner handed me
che paper To endorse, and wrote; Let pardon be
| granted. W. L. Marcy when spooncr cried ont
| Hold, hold doyerner that's the wrong paper -
And sure enough, it was IUiIg speech that he ,cas
| jo'ng to MAKE at tttcd. abusing the worst DOS
sible way. But had granted pardon in advance
and suppose he committed the offence after
wards
| The story was received with great applause and
| Spooner being looked TO for response instantly
went on with the following, which, for an extcui-
| pore story, certainly il capital:
| "'Irs, gcntleUan-yes, did And when the con
Yention was over We went to Niagara Fails, and as
| were dragging on 10y stage miserable cor
! duroy roads, banging heads against the top of
! the coach, and then coming down as if We were to
| 20 through the bottom, the stage came to a dead
halt; the driver dismounted opened tho door, ana
| reqnestC ms all 10 dismount We did go suppospg
| that srnc accident had occurred. When We were
all ont, standing the ends of the logs of which
| he road was made the driver took of his hat and
said: GcntIemen, We always stop here ont of re-
spect for the Goyernor: this il tho identical spot
| chcrc Marcy tore ms y,aatul1nsr' ga
The story was heard with great iollification, in
| which no one Joined more heartily than tho GOV
| ernOr himself
The pantaioon incident deserves 10 he recorded
in every history of this great man. lie was senI
out to hold special sessions of court 10 try the anti
Masonic parties charged with MURDER He was To
receive salary and his expenses. With that nice
regard for details that belonged to his sterling
character, he kept minnie account of all his ex
penditurcs, and handed in the list on bis return
without thinking IL necessary proper to revise
strike out those items of private nature which
other men. less tuous in great matters, might
have carefully suppressed There stood the taiOrs
charge for mending The political foes of the judge
when he came TO be candidate for Governor, found
it, and paraded il before the world in the news
papers and making effigy of Mr. Marcy, suspen-
ded In the streets Of ALBANY, with great patch on
the pantaloons and the tgilors charge the top of
that.
But an obseryant people saw through the patch
and in that very deed of his they recognized
lrankness and transparency Of character that com
mended him 10 their warm appreciation. 1t is not
probable that the pantHoon charge lost for him
,iuxle vote while il is doubtless true that il made
aim multtudes of friends lie WAS never ashamed
of it, and never had reason to be.