The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-03

persons who were expected but who we're
unable to be present The fret one was from
Mr.. Davis;-
40 No. Reed, Chairman Of he London Times
= Feed
FoRTnEss MoNRoE. va.-Dear sir:-Circum-
stances over which have no control will pre-
vent me from mingling in your bilarity on me
evening OF your supper. You will convey 70
the proprietor of the London Times my warm
aDpreciation for the services he rendered tne
'Lost Cause,n and although Pittsburg Landing
was not in Pennsylvania, as he supposed at tne
time, yet we should have liked 1t to nave oeen Sd
there and the more fully appreciate ms Is Ge- re-
sire 10 bring General Beauregard's army 50 iar
North. Also convey 10 him my commence ln
the truth OF the prophecies OF ms paper, par
tlculally the latest ones, although AZ preseht
am unacquainted with the suDlect Oh any OF
them or Of what they are about; yet tell him
not TO despair on account OF phsS Iallures, put
to keep on in the good WORK, anu some OIL tnem
must come true, particularly a .ney are cOntra-
Won 10 excuse my being absent on the night IN
question, as my engagements here are Of such
n nature that | cannot make any promises as TO
INV future n OVements.
Give my respects TO Mr.. CIymer, and tell him
Yours, in true secession bonds
JEFFERSON DAVIS, President G. 5. A.
At the close of the reading Mr.. Walter moved
pot of 'arfand 'arf to the "tenqnt OF the For
tress Monroe of 'Ampton Cross Roads" Drank
with cheers,)
After some short speeches by Messrs. McMullen,
Ingersoll, Vaux, and others, Mr.. John Walter
proprietor of the London Times, rose and sald:-
Gentlemen hof Hamerica: - When hi first
landed HIN your country hi was surprised to find
that the Indian savagee did not hinfest your
steamboat piers, though other savages did, and
the risks ran hin New York hin getting from
the boat to my otel will be a matter hof'istory.
Hi ham halso Impressed with the fact that hi
have no use for my tinder-boX hand steel hand
flint, which hi had the precauton 10 bring with
me, for the purpose of striking fire II hi should
be overtaken at night away from hany 'ouse.
Ny FRIEND and former correspondent to my
paper William enry Russull, ESQ.,, told me that
hif hi was challenged to fight duel hon the
hoficer hand he would put hus hof and wait
till the fight was hover; hi have ten duelling pis-
tolls, but nobody wants TO fight, and by 'eavens
HI han glad hofi. (Applause.)
Gentlemen hof Hamerica:-Let me say that hi
Railways knew your war would he hover, hand
hi heXpeCted hit would be hover sooner than
hi thought it wood, hand hit was. Great cheer
ing.) Gentlemen hof MISUNDERSTANDING hi
ham hoccupying time that could be more pro-
htably hemployed by hother gentlemen, but by
British subject, and ho allegiance to her Ma
jesty, hon whose hempire the sun, by 'eavens
never sets. (Here Mr. Alderman McMullen
proposed Three cheers for the Son that
never seIs" Tremendous cheering.) Gentle
men hof Hamerica, let's take drink. (Cheers.)
The m Getting, we should add, passed off very
pleas antly, Mr. Walter promising in his next
letter to the Times to give all the gentlemen a
notice, and Mr.. Degan a 6rstclass puff. Mr..
Walter has left our city, and gone West. When
he goes home he will have little increased
knowledge of America" and will not suppose
hat thai the United States. is the capital of New