The Cecil Whig., 1879-01-18

thcy were hOnnred hv "a great mann
spectators of all sorts and ranks. ant
when they came within twenty pace.
oi The Honorable the presidents gat,
Ii'S Honor mad" his appearance anC
dia c"ca member the honor Of salu;,
hy manuquaS>aLInn, upon which thcs
hdit"d little and Jones Green E>u
holding ny the anniversary ode in hi,
right hand. waved it around his heal
IN very graceful manner bv wav o
sa!utatIon 10 His lIouor. who made
several low bows. which were respect.
FULLY returned by the master of ccre
monies, Sir John, and chancellor Then
His Honor, taking his place between
The two la>,-nauacd the procession
marrEc,i into His IIonor's courtyard
the way being all strrwed with flowers
and the ensign or flag displayed aS
usual. After some time sitting in the
courtyard, the members assembled in
His iionorS great saloon As His Honor
went 10 take the chair with grand
PAS, martial tune was played by the
chief musician or proio-musicus, and he
took the chair with Il plaudite
After the supper. of which the
outward decoration and apparatu.
was a. elegant and harmonious as the
inward rhetoric and eloquence of the
club was uncommon several lnval
heaithS We're drunk Then thev drank
to the memory of the South Sea
Company. and sang " The Great Bell
O! Lincoln " and that favorite song.
The Hundreds Of Drury."
\ speech of Il member having been
thought unreasonable. assuming. and
unpoite, the GelaStic law was put in
force against him, the whole company
being seized with most vociferou, and
roaring laugh, in which the culprit him
self Joined with most proiigious force
OF lungs. But hr. thinking 10 TAX. the
president upon his weak or blind side.
knowing his enthusiastic fondness for
Old England aud everything appcr;aiu-
ing to that happy country,-he asked
His Honor to favor him. at least for
country : sake: that he was his country
aen; and the univ Engii=hman now in
/ III" club besides himself and His Hon.
~ : attorney, the rest of the members
being cilher Cuuntrv-boru or Scot men
10 this HIS Honor made reply that
he set no value upon that, and that
tic ALWAYS Judged of man bv his be-
harior, and not by his country" This
was an excellent sentiment and came
from His Honor unawarcs. he no; being
given To speak philosophicaIlv or justly
when Old England was introduced into
conversation. which shows that even
resentment. at times. may make n man
after philosophical truths
On issuing commissions to new mem
hcr>. January 80, lI4a. i, was thought,
;iI 10 a!iiX scal- uf black Wax upon the
occasion Of the dav being the MARTYR.
,iom of that blessed saint Charles | :
\ motion being made To exclude the
u-e Of long pi pes in the club, excepting
The president :. the same was not as
>cnlcd 20
Mr. Jones tircen. the printer of the
Maryland Gazette" in acknowledging
the honor of his admission 10 the club.
-av>: 4" May good fellowship dspel
every cloud that may threaten Us. ex-
ccpting only that of tobacco. the dear
specific condensation of political con
rep!ions." Although he advanced to
high positions in the club E. his titles
We're expressed in the manner of the
ancient Romans, by five capital p's, =.
i. L. +. 7. importing sundry officers of
ifust and dignity, viz, poet, printer,
?anster. purveyor and punch-maker y
vet he did not escape indictment. duly
preferred in law Latin, and a formal
trial aud conviction. After reading the
sentence. during which Jones Greene.
Esquire, stood up. his lordship Knocked
up III HE table with a I ir .uallct. after
The nanner Of Sir Hugh McCariv, Esq.
lord president of the Monday club of
New \ "!k. and this signal being given,
the Sergeant .at-arn> immediately took
.Ione> Greene, Esquire into custody.
and be- was confined tor full half-hour
iangu>hlng prisoner in a remote cor
ucr of the room, being deprived of all
confer; and assistance from the spark
ling and enIivrniug hyard-a wociul
and lamcn,able spectacle, and warn
Ing 20 all loyal members to he upon
I h,ir good behavior.
These quaint aud lively volumes are
cmbelli>hed with rude drawings. not
without merit in their sense of charac-
ter, and representing the most humnr.
Gus and important events in the clubs
history, its anniversaries, its frolicS and
It's disputes There is series cf por-
traits of the members in which the like
nc-S.S are evidently in the words of
certain limner. 80 strong a. pisin." We
could quote songs and odes and acroS-
ties to the president and officers. as
wei! as clogiums on deceased members.
and an attack on Coley Cibber
Could we ransack the old garret> of
Annapolis and unravel the threads of
social history hidden in mustv packages
Of family letters. we might weave many
4 wuuf Of time and renew the life of he
dead people whose ghosts still walk.
they say. the old balls and chambers
or could the portraits speak and the
bricks become ioquacious, what scan
Ials and gossips we could enjoy. if like
old wine ihev-had ripened in piquancy
| and gusto, When We consider TO what
/ dimensions a tale of Yesterday expands.
what 4 growth NIGH, we not expect of
a scandal hundred wears old
But the Annapolis of the past is no
more. The contagion of progress and
/ Improvement is warning and winning
1 against the old-timc wavs and manners
/ and what might have been said of H.
/ >lumbcr even few wears ago is no
/ longer true. In its days of slumbcr a
naval commission reported: . \ polar
expedition i useless 10 determine the
rarth's axis: 20 to Annapolis rather
1t should he called the pivot city. 1t
/ iS the center uf the universe. for while
, all the world around it rcvolvcs it re-
mains stationary" An account so re-
Z nj bi-.,ri.