Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1871-06-15

every one. he would not e0n6uc HIN
sclf 10 one spot; In Ne eoazss Of his ~
Gumeut he woald aoss ahoae bseoss III
Court. Let him talk spoa What sahjes,
Be would you could ses islp lisassiag. and.
Istening. being convinced. A . man,
he was perfectly kind and eosrteoss toward
al. bat be had ooe weakness which swal-
lowed up al the rest. He Vas The vain
ct psrsou alive. He vas vain Of his van
ity. While I was in Russia. our minis
ter says. and another attache were sit
ting in his parlor. waiting for him 10 come
10 dinner. He came in. after 4 long
while. black AID dirty - any man.
Withoys saying . word, he walked mp "a
the sofa. jerked Cd his hat. threw il and
bis sword down. At last Mrs. Pinckney
returned, and asked, "What is the mat
teri" Matter! I have been insulted
madam! That's what's matter" At this.
my narrator says. my sword aud that Of
my friend. as il BY magic. lcapcd from
their scabbards to avenge the insult.
ventnred to ask. "How! I" Turning to me.
he said "Sir! Is not man Of my name,
my position insulted when he is to get up
at eight o'clock to pay homage to a little
girl "a Russian princess I Senturcd
to suggest that we were invited at eleven
"Can gentlemen dress in less than three
hours ?"
He used to bathe every day, and after
bathing he would throw thin gause over
himself, and had two body servants throw
fine salt at him. HE had heard" he
said. 'salt would preserve the skim. 1t
was true that there was a rumor spread
that he painted. This was not true, for
our narrator has time and again seen him
plunge his head into basin and give his
face such rubbing that no paint in the
world could remain on it. He paraded
his efforts in making this show. He
liked to hear such rumcrs. of himself.
He was fifty-four when in St. Petersburg,
and sixty when in Washington, thorg ID
be looked like thirty when he went into
company. He-was not very fond Of socie-
ty. and would not remain longer than ten
o'clock at party oftentimes. When he
came out he would say. LET rs 60 home
and have chat" which our narrator vas
most willing to do.
When he got there. he would begin to
unmake himself. He was laced in every
direction. He would wear the fashiona-
bic cravat Of that day, which was an i'm
mense piece of silk, about yard and .
half square. It was folded diagonally,
corners turned in, and that filed with .
long piece of padding. or, Is il was COM
monty called. pudding. which vas made
for that purpose. 1t was then folded and
drawn tightly around the neck-his more
than ordinarily 20. His whole dress was
faultless and beautiful. ~ we'll as most
The only thing tha. troubled
him was his thin hair. though he was not
bald. After he bad al bis tight clothes
of. he would fall back into bis chsir and
tell his servant to bring him q glass Of
"peach drink" which was no other than
most excellent punch. made With old
peach brandy.
After a nights hard study he would
come into court. end. in discussing ques-
ton would. in the course Of his argument,
say: Il think your honors will find an
authority for-that-in-the FIRST Of East,
about 604-yse-I should say about 604
and on the right hand sides" while be
knew it. having just examined il. All
this was done for effect. in order to make
the populace think he knew not only the
law but knew the location on the page.
DANIEL WxssrER.-My acquaintance
with Webster was begun in the court
room. where we often met. He was forty
years old when be came to Boston from
New Hampshire. I was at that time
twenty three. Just shout this time the
Spanish claims came up. Our mar
rator was employed BY the Boston mer-
chants to look after their claims, which
were immense-in fact the larger part Of
the whole sum. They desired Webster
to be with them, and they approached him
on the subject. He expressed willing.
ness TO- 60 to Washington. They arrang.
cd the fee and put the agreement in wri-
ting. If the sum recovered was 30 much,
he was to have five per cent; il SO much
more. two and half per cent. We wen,
on TO Washington. When We got to Phil.
adeiphia, he wa. approached BY the mer-
chants there, and asked to represent them
He asked me If l thought the Boston mer-
chants would object. told him 1 though,
not, unless the interests conficted. He
received two thousand dollars in hand as
aretaiuer. The next day he spent this
$2 in buying a silver service. He
was in Washington three years in looking
after these interests At the end Of the
time he got possession of the money.
called to see him. He said, "Was there
not something said about msrimum for
me" said to him: '.Yes. a great deal
was said about il. and written, too" Gwen
ty thousand dollars was the maximum
6xed.) "Mr. P" said be; ''the cal
culation are long and tedious; juss let me
give checks for ninety-6ve per cent. Of
the whole amount; We can arrange the
calculations very we'll" I'VE can first
put the account int the b.nds Of m %
countant. and he can figure il out in a
whole day." ..Well the truth Of il is,
Mr.. P. have spent the twenty thoa-
asd acls.rs long ago. Nov you can ar-
range il for me; write and tell these nes
thas they never expected 70 do This vell
that this is . brand snasehed from tAe n.
and get them 10 take ninety Eve per cent
/ promised 10 do 20. end did write 10 th<
lesding firms. who controlled about three.
foarths- They said. IAN very well; lei
hin have Il" He said. "All ssry veil
the lss ereditogs dare M spesk aboss ie
yea Desd not write 70 them.s In drav.
ing his cheek he did deduct the Eve Pc,
cent; He got about %. 900 cut Of thee;