The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-04-18
THE DAILY GAZETTE
MISCELLANEOUS.
PHENIXIANA.

The redoubtablc John Phoenix, in
a late letter, gives the following &C.
count OF the meeting between Mem
phis man and his better half at the
St Charles, in New Orleans. Com.
ment IL useless:--
Accompanied by my old friend But
ter6eld, who had Joined US at Mem
phis, I landed at New Orleans, and
proceeded torlhwit h to the st. Charles
H.tel. at this great tavern Amos
expected to meet his wife, who had
arrived from California, to rejoin him
after q three months separation. |
never have seen man SO nervous
He rode on the outside Of tue coach
with the driver, that he might obt ain
the earliest view of the building that
contained his adored one. It was
with difficulty that kept pace with
him a. he 'tumultuously rushed up
the steps leading to the Rotund... In
an instant be was at the office, and
gaspipg Mrs. Butter6eld.' followed
and saw him stop with surprise as be
came to the door. In the centre oi
the psrlor stood Mrs. Buttertield, -
That admirable woman had adopted
the very latest and most voluminous
style, and having on rich ELK of
greenish hue, looked like a lovely
bust on the summit tf a new mown
haystark. Buueriield was appalled,
tor q moment, but hearing her cry
Amos he answered hystericalIy,
My Amander" and rushed on. He
ran three times round Mrs. But,erield
but it Vas of no use, he couldn't get
in. He tried to climb hcr, but the
hoops gave way and frustrated the
attempt. He extended his arms to
her; she held out hers to him; tears
were in their eyes. 1t was the most
affecting thing l ever witnessed .--
Finally Mrs Battlefield sat down,
and Amos got behind the chair ami
kissed her, until their offspring, by
bowling and biting the calf OF his leg,
create diversion. They were very
happy; so were the people in the par
lor. Every boiy appeared delighted
and a small boy, a year or two older
than little Amos, jumped up and
down like a whip-saw, and hslloa'd
'Hoop.eev with all his might.
'But,erfeld,' said l, an hour Or two
later, Il suspect that Mrs. Butterdeld
has adopted hoops
oh! yes, answered he, i saw that
sticking out. Perhaps it will obvi,
ate tue little tendency she had to
blow up ! am glad OF it,
-:o:-
A REPoRTEK's AEEcpoTE OF Mr..
MAoAuLAY.-Att the annual Anti-Sla-
very meeting Il think OF 1920 Mr..
Macaulay, whose fame as q brilliant
speaker at the Union Society at
Cambridge, and a society Of the same
name in London, had proceeded him,
delivered the first Of those brilliant
orations with which the country has
been since delighted. AT its close, !
told Mr.. Macaulay that from bis rapid
mode OF speaking, and from SO much
OF the merit Of the speech being de-
pendent on the accurate collocatinn of
the words in which his rlany meta.
phors and figures were expressed, it
would be only al act of justice TO
himself to im mnish report OF the
speech. At first he hesitated, and
expressed some donbt whether he
could furnish sufficiently ample notes
for the purpose; but said he would
think Oft On my telling him ii he
thought proper to doso lshould pay
due attention to the notes, provided
he forwarded them to the Morning
Chronicle Office by 8 o'clock that even
ing. On coming to the ofi;e Of the
Morning Chronicle at th"t hour, !
found . large packet, containing a
verbatim report Of the speech as spo.
ken--the brilliant passages marked
in pencil, and the VIII 10 manuscript
we'll thumbed over, furnishing mani
fes, denotement that NO speech in En-
fields Speaker was more laborieusly
and faithfully committed to school
boys memory than his first essay in
public eloquence committed to mem
ory by the great historian OF the age,
Mr.. Jussice Ths7y.