The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1867-02-01
The Dog on the Door-steps.

From tie World.
There is in Philadelphia a very snug aud most
respectable private house, of which the pro-
prietor is Mr. Peter Augustin. He, and his father
before him, has always held a respectable social
position, and followed useful calling. Here.
if a gentleman, or more than one, wishes TO
give private dinner party, he can do it. Here
bank directors and turnpike managers dine, and
there is, or at least was supposed to be. over it
all the shield of privacy which protects social
intercourse. Last week few gentlemen invited
Mr.. Buchanan, once President of the UdIted
States, to meet them at dinner in the most
sOciable and unCeremonious sort OF Way and he
came, and doubtless the dinner was a GOOD one,
and all the better becau Sc 1t was not dishgured
OF interrupted by speeches or toasts or apy-
tnmg of the kind. 1t was strictly private
entertainment. But nowadays, and espe-
cially IN the CITY of Brotherly Loue, there is
no security. II people don't choose 10 dine
at the League, they are not allowed to dine
in peace anywhere. On this evening il seems
Mr.. John W. Forney, Secretary OF the Senate,
and editor of the Press was in the CITY
of his adoption He was that night, vagabond
He had been at the Union League aud found it
dull-as who does not ?-and was wander
ing down Walnut street, when he espied
the lights in MIR. Augustins dining-room
surely thought he, loyalty is banqueting
here, and where loyalty is, there l must be well
come. 1t IS too soon TO go to bed.n He
crossed the way and rang the bell, and, when
Mr.. Augustin appeared. ne boldly asked who
were the company mp stairE, to which, it is said,
the reply was given in courteous but emphatic
terms that IL was none OF his business, and he
turned away and sat, desperate and thirsty, on
the lower step and wept. Cams utotLdt acute. He
trieu the bell again, and this time with better
success, for a subordinate negro answered it,
and gave MIR. Forneg the names of the company
and possibly a copy of the bill of fare, and per
haps some of the remnants OF the feast; and,
armed with this, he rushed down the street to
the Press office, displaced his literary editor who
was preparing Sunday article on the family
relations OF the royal family of Prussia or Sake
Gotha, and wrote the following "deCent" edito-
rial Tor the deleCaCiOn of the ladies and gentle
men of Philadelphia. We have no other com
ment to make on 1t than this that we do not
believe there is another community which would
tolerate such q social outrage or such fellow.
In Philadelphia, Forney is loyal gentleman!
.hE IhE oaIEre IN UoUNCL.-The event of formal
state dinner" to eX-Presidont Buchanan, by
hls disciples, at Augustil's, in this CITY on
Tuesday evening last, must not 90 uIIoonried.
The following persons composed the company:
james Buchanan, Edward lngersOl, Richard
VauX, j. B. Baker (eX-Collector), Henry NJ.
Phillips, DR.. Evans. OF West Chester, George
Sharswood J. I. Montgomery, DR.. Biddle, Mr..
Savage, DR.. McCrae.
1t would be hard to find more complete re-
preventative body. 1t was the creme de 10 creme
of the sympathizers. The exploit of Mr.. Inger-
soil at New York where he lnsulted the Gov
ernment that protected him the speeches of
Mr.. VauX in ranting apology for the Rebel
lion-the steady affection OF DR.. Evans for the
lost cause"-are as well known as the obedient
following of j. BIS example by the other
patrons Of the feast. What a happy reunion it
must have been Nothing to interfere with The
flow of congenal feeling; no discordant voice
of intrusive patriotism; no loud interation OF
offensive loyalty; no reminder of the death Of
slavery; no vulgar allusion to the death o
the Confederacy; above all, no "Lincoln hire
lingn in the shape of a Union soldier. If the
o. P. f. was not happy, it was his own fault
Nothing could have been more agreeable to him
save only the presence of such dear friends a
banshed Sldel Mason, Breckenridge, an(
Toombs. But who knows that the next banque
may not be given in their honor under tht
claesc roof OF Wheatland? Andrew johnson i
doing his work so well that we should not b
surprised if Mons. Augustin is compelled t.
hire the Academy of Music when these illus
tTious brethren next assemble to do honor t
hls lllustrious predeCessorSnd himself.