, 1860-09-21
An Aner.Dfnner Chat among Famous

An After.Dfnner Chat among Famous
AmcF1cuDHs
Under t3e Ee.d =" 4 Uinner at the Matos's,"
uaIper's No1tlly for 0:tober contains an arti-
e;e IRON al.lch We shall Gull ao1nc choice por-
tious. We must premise tha: tho dinner wds
given By the Hon. Fernando Wood, dariog
his mlyora!i!y Of New York in 1855, and that
tue pnzty, which was private one, included
Gen. Scott, Ex.Pfesiaent TGn Buren, aud his
aon Joho, Washington Irving, Commodore Per-
r., Hon. George Eaccroit, Ex-Governor Hc1atio
sesEour, Ogden Hoffman, azd barris,er Ger
rard REPRESENTING the har, md afew other local
celebrities:
Cpon entering Ice dining room, the Ex-
President waa waved to the right. and Gentt al
Scat to tho left Of the head. The General,
one arm and Bancroft By the other, saying, play
fully:
lyon horor NE, Mr. Mayor, but allow me 10
honer myself By beirg sardwiched between the
two hisioEGne."
"a palpAbls bribe to favorable posthu-
r,ous biography" instantly cried Prince John.
And lonK may it te before it appearsr' ad-
ded the PRESIDENTIAL! father.
These tvn fnyk, feenlcd to drrp frea tile uap-
Iias as Cenmado7e Perry, Hogatio Seymour
! ard Ogden EoeEar were obt4iaing thtir hon
orary pieces ut tie other eud. Ill was napkin
rustic and preliminary bus1le when Irving, y ho
had beea monesta:llJ cosua:ing the jokes,
t.*iukicd his eye niecbievously, and in his Pc
culi-t low, romauly yo:ce SAID, gtaneing up the
table to Commodore Perry.
"Gener1l s1o;:, you oueh: to have for bi-
cgra7hy more ge1uiae iuster than either 1fr.
B4nc1ott or l could give you; in fact, you
orstt te be s1apa.ntd, and tue Commodore
3oBte7 is your mAu."
This agreehtls :a:l; took ell eyes to the barly
sd o!u.. Commodore, who. always blashis,:
lite rue ssa1lac, teamed to Crow feminine
about the eyes as le tay all tbs 'osucrs levcl.l
1T bis q1a1tcr.uecK. But he rallied enough to
s:ammer cut thst, "for l:s part, he preferred
tae kn,cketborker Shines"
Cout.3do7e Perry was the most silent man at
;be taolc. had Eeter net hin before, but
was cls1u7cd vi h even his silence. Eesee1ed
The tmpodirent of true ssilor, who loscd to
l.tea 10 the ycr3s Of the scholars around him.
| There WAS q spontaneity If hearty response,
L,wevcr. yshen he was addressed that tempered
| The licenses OF thr dining room With the decl"
| siou Of the f1nrter deck.
| General S:ott referred to the first volume Of
1rripg's Lie OF Washington, just then in press.
| Irving sssd he hoped 10 liye IL finish it. said
| l!r:t Of life" hope" relorted Prince John,
yerceisiog that Ar. Irving grew modest, "that
the psces OF gou1 history, Mr. Bancroft, rsy
measure your life" Bancroft 1aughed heartily
Ut the sally, end said that, Il at his aye be had
| ooIy rot down toward the American 1evolu.
| American Marlborough, {bowilg TO Scott
| decsep.tude, as we:l - the responsibility o1
tie task, might altogether prevent its compile
| ton.
Gen. Scotts health haring bscn drunk, hs
| was called upon for his rattleanake story.
1t tseemed that, during the Florida campaign
the General and his s;aG "erc quaTtered for I
night in rough building constt ucted IRON 1hs
ground, and tie floor open at various places
| scarcely had the preparations for tie biToua'
| been cSppteted, when q noise from below o
rafting Tod conclusive;y that rsttlesnakes hat
their bivouAc On the ground under the uoor
Indeed, they were soon seen from Aoofe -
ured with my ere" said Gauefal Scott, hi
height of the Il 9or from the ground, and sa1
NJ once tina. was beyond resch, by shout tw'
inches. Of tic taitcst ratttesreke ever known
Iklew cs Eoy, from experiments, that tn
rattiesaukc never jumped OF darted- Lie stco'
W ss FIR ~ he could reach only, and then hi'
| returned and told lhe toticers that intended
nevertheless, to sleep on the floor, and pro
ncuoced it safe. But they left 1ns stono in NJ
glory, with uY martial cloak around 1no-
temporar, Sir John Moore-#hi1e iheJ campe
outside. Indeed, rather enjoyed the diseou'
titura Gf The SNAKES as they ratified me 10 s!es
and vainly tried to reach the holes IN II
| Hsor."
Some orc remarked that Thaekeray WAS med
:saing noEel in which Washington would b
introduced.
Irving said thu. would bs difficult, II Wast
ington has 10 little private Life.
| "un1e.s be c5ose to write about tne lot.
. dit:ies." added 3.ncroft; Warrington Nroi
agood many lore lines, almost ~ mary - ndR
STORY, Hhnks youthful Toluns Of " Solitude ~