The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-25


DNSxss-"whcn the wine is in the wit is OUT Is
an old prcverb which comes up true almost every
day Of the week al police stations or fashion
able soirtes, but which is especially verified at
public dinners where half dozen people 60 10
honor the occasion and hundred or more to eat
themselves into apoplexy or drink themselves
into the delirium Of eloquence, not tremens
of politicians, lrstrdtevs and critics, oyster
house and otherwise, we have generally directed
our reporters TO take full notes OF the opening
proceedings, including the good speeches, and
leave the insane gable Of the small hours to the
silence which il deserves. For, IA O general
rule, the earlier proceedings are only interesting
to the public II Is then that the best orators de-
liver their speeches, and after them the more re-
spectacle portion Of the company retires from the
table. The scenes which transpire at later hour
In the night find ready chronices In the ehfcnniys
Of the ptess-astached to such disreputable papers
az the Er7vess-~ho hover like vultures over the
ieidwbere the battle Was being fought, picking up
the fl,h and garbage II Is upon that food that
these journals exist. We are not, therefore, sur
prised to find what purports to be an account ola
difficulty which occurred at the dinner of the Ora
matte Fund Association, on Monday, between
Mr., C. A. Dana, who Is said 10 be attached 10 one
Of the city papers, and another Journalist. The
accounts Of the quarrel are given in q muddied
way and il is difficult to understand precisely the
cause Of the affair even from the journals which
profess TO give correct account OF It.
II appears, however, that Mr.. Dana was indulg-
ing himself with little orstory, ard 10 order TO
make his Cicerouian eloquerce more effective he
adverted, In an offensive manner, TO the crit
citms Of the HkRAID and tie 7yrbs,s upon ~
Mcmahon, Mr.. Forrest and Miss Heron The re-
maxks of Mr.. Dana were objected to by another
nuest ut the table, and an alteration ensued
Nis quite certain that Mr.. G. A. Dana WAS
guilty Of q gross ATTRACTION Of the prophecies
witch obtain among gentlemen, and we shall
proceed &c show further that lis statements were
altogether false. He ses himself up a. the critic
OF the critics, and assumed that the Tribune
had attempted 10 write down ME-. Forrest
without success, aud that tie HERALD had
endeavorcd 70 write up Mrs Mcmahon with
the same result. Now this statement happens
10 be contrary TO The fact and Che truth, az we
hall show by the record; and the orator must
have drank exclusively 81 the fountain Of oys-
ter house iitersture, poured forth by the Sunday
csy,ev~ ar smse 70 Gar indaleed In the festivities
Of the occasion a. to bsve fbrgotten everything
that had previously occurred What are the real
facts In the cssei Some two years ago, Mr.. Ste
wart the present manager Of Wallscks theatre,
wrote series Of elaborate articles, In the Tribune,
upon the genius or talent of Mr.. Forrest as an
actor At The request Of Mr.. Marshall, the ma
mayer Of the Broadway theatre, where Mr.. For
rest was playing, we republished some of these
articles The ground taken was that no one bat
few idealis.s would zee the articles In the 90.
Iunns OF the Tribune, and The macager begged as
a favor that we would repub'ish them in the
HraAID. IN order that ;be7 might claim The stten-