The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-03
IRON ihe tribune OF this mOrmiao.


Mr. Hepworth Dixon, the English journalist and
book winter, who has been travelling In this coun-
try, departed tor home last week in state OF health
which We can but consider mlraculously good after
the severe attack of iOn'zation to which he was
subjected in Philadelphia; for in that town he was
not only publicly dined and wIned, but he was also
remorsely taken to see one OF Benjamin VESTS pic
lures Tin the possession OF the unfortunate Mr. Har.
risor), with which work OF art Mr.. Hepworth Dixon
declared himself charmed" c9r sga. ae3 1
~ ell do we remember this mighty csnvas--sx
Indians upon one side, six Quakers upon the other
slde, Win fresh invoice OF seasonable dr. goods
IN lhe middle. Phere are from eight to ten SOU
miles lbe the same more less lot pictures by the
same artist in England, which Mr.. Dixon might
have seen without the trouble of sea voyage and
issaia isisaSon we suppose to view the picture of the
e she x'fg place Of the landing, and to
Mr. West with their more vivacoase s5ssaas q
Mr Hepworth Dixon, II Is wei known, Is the
the ISLANDERS OF Lord Macaplay. That bis loroship
was substantially wrong IN his general estimate Of
still, in spite OF Mr,' Dixons eucidasons doaStfui; L
but he was unquestlonably at tau II in few OF his
qetans ana Of these errors the most has been made
LORD Macaulay ls by no means toe first writer WHO
has ventured to doubt the absolute perfection of
William tenn, and to maintain thats although an
That he kept upon FOOD terms with the most
yretched OF mona chs will rema n Eigmicant tact
which George Fox told Oliver Cromwell thu that The be
wOuld neither eat OF his bread nor driuof MS Gu o.
o1s s as eSr1 " e M
Nc Michael presided, and very severely Mr.. Nom
must mus nave tried MT Dlxon's moaesty for he told
was ycomprehensiye and gaccurate's - thar his
fpowers OF observation were acute and vIgoreu'
illustration, description ana narrahvep and as for
his style " 1T was like "a finely DO ished blade OF
Damascus steel, bright and keen, and incIsve %
Mr. Mem. told off Mr. Dixon's virtues as a practi-
ca pnrenologist tells on subjects bumps. He was
also lkened TO lthure and his pen to the spear of
lthuiie whereas, according 70 private inf0rma.
tson, Mr.. Dixon uses an extra. fine Joseph elliott,
No Sos, and not IN the Last like spear Mr.. Nc
say 49, that gross Of them perfect little arn,ory
may be bought for an inconsiderable sum Of money
Dy any proudly ambitious gentleman desirous of
In reply to these highly complimentary observa-
a speech which the Phiadelpha press tells us was
quite witty" which we must say strikes us as dam.
nably faint pi aise. The busbing guest ended by
inv ting the whole company to dine with him at bis
residenceIn Yorkshire, England, upon day uncer-
tam, and very much we hope they Will enjoy the
n; nrn dinner, when they get it.
But II Mr.. Dixon was the lion of the evening ii
Is peasing 10 know that he was not, speak,
ze9ogieaily isolated, Tor, according TO the report
be ore u.s. there were there, eating their dinners,
and making their speeches. and looking hard at
Mr Dixon tnat they might know him If they should
meet him again, great number lesser lions, not
OF the Lybian, but of the PhiIadelphia breed.
There was DIR. Shelton Mackenze who "neVer"
Snt 70 see pss Sgpsed n ,ba1 more or bril-
there was Mr. Boxer, VINO for some reason or
other is called the excellent GeOrge''a familiarly
reverenial style of appeaton which reminds US OF
q Rare Ben" and which is the more appropriate
because Mr.. Boxer, like Ben Jonson, has written
number OF pays. Then comes Mr.. Gillingham Fell,
wiO was "eloquent and just''-a compound oi
Demosthenes and AIistides. Tnen Mr. John Jay
smith of Germantown, who is not reported because
IL oud be "trenching on family privacy" 20 do so
which seems little odd after the liberties taken with
Mr. Bay ard Tayl0rs name, and with the names OF
several otEer gentlemen present, including Doctor
Austin Alib0ne, 'the lmmorta izer OF authors, ana
MIR Joseph Harrison, whose collection OF pictures,
containing Vests celebrated one OF Pennss nhn%x t,x
ing Mr. Dixon had been charmed Win ~ oao
morning" Dr. g. Coates read an "excei,aeenS ,e Ala so
''Io the Defender of PenD," but before JXarminS
Mr. Daniel D0ue heFty "conc uded tnis ,gatty 49,
evening with one OF those dis olaJs oi admTiraS ~
quence for which he is so c0urted ,s ~
every gay and festive seene'1 MT at 1 - nt
parenily such tremendous !eo" 'A-S 70 i"'''
quote at length what is said Of ~ ,,,ar, n, "a
drhere are those who anew 49, sec1ssr " .he
ihe eloauent advocate, the ~ tbars
powerf1iI deiender at tho 0nr u yIsuvo. anu ,ne,o
are thnse who though 0fohi in'eiY sEerce oensIi
10 a., a. tee eloonept orator arguing the case
mtsS ". sr ~ nS,ion before listening electors
-, a. III Ia, nniSrv is AZ we'll known nom where we,
Dus hls q an screen, saw him on this evening,
!tOin ~ Sndniio Wit and excellent fancy From
ho M @ ,hat he was forced 70 come out there was
9ssS Wy u eorioua fuTther. One lneen9Ant roar OF
is1antss, interrupted snly hx ssnetnns V eonanss