New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-07-11
NEW LAUGmING->TOCK.

Really the gods are good. If Pan is sometimes,
as during the present season, little nggsrdly or
red.eyed Mars unusually rampant, have We not
slusys Momus With u.s. snd reason TO bless tue
sensitive diyinities that baDisbed BIN from Olym-
pusf What an intoerably dull world this would
be- If sll the fools We're cut Of il But We need
Dot fear failure Of the succession while the sunny
st ction Of this coufederscy continues To produce
such a crop Of choice ones BON 10 the motley.
The lsst and finest fool who bias wandered here ls
an apcit u gentleman from New-Orleans-a certain
General Polffey-Who left Massachusetts, half
century ago, and who came TO Boston TO celebrate
The last Fourth Of July Had be but made his festive
and ar niversary visit about year sooner ne might
have eaten dinner at the Revere House with tee
Hon. Ben Hallett, and filed himself at that peri
patetic and perennial fountain Of patriotic dish
- ater. HID b. even gwen notice OF bis Intention
Of visiting Boston, diferent arrangements might
have been made Unfortunately, his guide took
HIM to the Music Hall Unfortunately, Mr George
Sumner was the Orator of the Dsy. Unfortunate
". Mr. Sumner did lot kno@ that the New.Orelns
Renirmsn was in the house, and 50 missed the
opportunity Of eratif! ing personase so ilustnous
Unfortunately, Mr. Sumner, instead of spoutiog ia
d safe and general way after the old fashion, dis
cus.ed freely and earnestly the bred Scott de-
cislon, and did not speak in very sfectionate
language of Mr. ChiefJustice fancy To this
Gen. Pafrey was obliged TO listen His too
oificious friends had probably conducted hin TO
front seat, go that egress would have been
difficult; and, pleased OF dispeased, he was
con PEELED TO stay. II Mr. George Sumner had
been speaking in New Orleans, or even il
Washington the General might have sileneed
experiment, however sweet, safe aud efectG, else
where, would have been perilpus ore 10 Boston
SO the martial veteran had to keep quiet We do
not understand Why be DID not ga Tito eonyulsioas.
His escape from spopleIy appears to Us little short
OF iraeulous. But be did escape, and the Grafton
delivered, went down to Fsneuil Hail, with sour
stomach sud feeble appetite FOR his dinner. Here
he mss,ica,ed 10 grim wrath until somebody gave
Cotton Cloth or Cotton Culture" or " Cot
ton Gins" or Cotton Hats" or Cotton
something" and the company called upon Gen.
Psfrey 10 respond. He arose. He pulled out the
plue-if We may use the eSpfesslon-aud deluged
tie compspy with mott. lava He relieTed hum
self He thought" says the report, "that il
Was rather bard 10 De invited 10 celebration for
" the purpose of hearing the lags of the United
" States tIampled under foot" He considered Mr.
Summers ora,on ill-timed and he was not afraid
"t1 say So" OF course, be was not afraid. He
Kew how perfectly safe be was in Boston. He
knew that DO tarpot was bubbhng In the Eeighbor-
hood He knew that the company would keep
their feathers TO sleep upon. He knew that 10
bludeeon would drum q retaliatory tattoo upon bis
reyerberatipg ersnium. H knew that no commit
tee would wait upon him, ard warn him to leave
Boston within twelve hours. OF course ne was
not afraid.
But suppose that at Fourth Of July dinner in
New Orleans. some ardent NewEDglander, having
listened to spicy and spasmodic attack upon his
on;,ions or 10 some concentrated sheer at the
hor. of bis love and honor, shoud dare 10 rise and
to speak plainly in their yindlcation Imagine the
r;o, Picture the excitement! Think hox the
shower Of champagne glasses would thicker
around his fated brows What meetings would
there be What immovable and active committees