The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1884-05-11

FUN. SUNDAY. MAY II.
Gee. xae1 VIII hin. vAo was vsil aequainasA
With he basinseA He thea turned 70 0eA.
Knox. Who HANDED hin Q paper which hs
tWashingtoa, handed 70 the President OF the
Senate. Our Prssidsnt tAdAmsl hurried over the
paper, carriages were DRIVING pest and made
suoh noiss. could tell Il was somsthins about
Indians. bat Was NOT mater OF single sen.
tenos Of Il Sever heads. - We since have
learned. wers stated ct the end Of the paper.
which the Senate were to givc their advice and
consent 70. They we're % framed that thia
could b done By aye or no. -
II was no sooner read than our Presl.
dent tAdAnsl Immediately ran over the 6rst
head and put che question. Do you advise and
conssntt and 20 forth. There Vas . dead
pause. xr. Morris whispsssd mo. We shall
80 who will venture 70 break silence hrst'
Our President was proceedlng. AZ many as-
rose. reluctantly indeed. bat from the length
Of The pauss. tia hint given By Mr.. Morris. and
the proceeding OF our Prosident II appeared to
me that II did not no other one would. and W
should have these advtoss and consents raw
ished In degree from "a" What tho I'm.
nlnching republican from Psnnsyivania do.
mandcd wAs that the consideration Of tho hrst
article should b postponed until the treaties
and other documents 70 which 1t alluded could
b read. II east an eye." he says. at the
President Of the United States. ! saw he wore
An aspect OF stern dlspleasurs."
This did not prevent Nj. Naclay from caus.
Ing tho postponement OF one article aiter an
other. until II was finally proposed that tho
whole subject should DO committed. Il had. at
an carly stage Of the business. whispered Mr..
Norris that thought tho bsst way 10 conduct
N tn MAI all ho
mitted. Ny reasons were that I saw no chance
Of fair Investigation Of the subject while the
President Of the United States sat shere with
bis Secretary OF War to support his opinions
and ovsrawe tho timld and neutral part OF the
Senate" He spoke In favor Of ommitment. but
declared that peavishness itself could not
have taken offence at ANYTHING said" Never.
theless. % Maclay sat down. the President OF
the United States started up In q violent fret.
This dsteats sr0V ps1poss Of my coming here.
were the nrst words that he said. He then
went on that he had brought his Secretary OF
War with him TO give every necessary informa-
tion; that the Secretary know all about the
business. and yet no was delayed. and could
not 60 on with the matter. He cooled. how.
ever. By degrees. Said hs had no objection to
putting on this matter until Monday.
by the looks OF tho Senate. this seemed agreed
to. pause for some time ensued; we waited
for him to withdraw: he did 80. with discon-
tented air. Hold IL been any other than the
man whom wish to regard a. the best char
aoter in the world. would have said
with sullen dignity" When the Son.
ate mot ON tho following Monday. the
President tWashington) again took the seat
| OF the Vice.P President. but no wore different
aspect from what he did on Saturday. He was
placid and serene. and manifested spirit OF
accommodation" Mr.. Msclay records the Gu
rious coincidence that. after this business was
| concluded and Washington had withdrawn II
| was called out by the doorkeepor to speak to
Col. Humphreys. 1t was to invite me to dinner
with tho President on Thursday next at 4
o'clock. really was surprised at tho invita-
ton. It will be nv duty to 60: however. will
make no inferences whatever. I am convinced
oil the dinners he can now give. or ever could.
will make NO difference In my conduct"
Tho .,lhnsylvanian's first dinner with Presi-
dent Washington Is thus described: Tho
President and Mrs. Washington sat opposite
each other In the middle Of the table; the two
| Secretaries. one at each end. 1t was a great
dinner. and the best OF the kind ever was at.
First was soup; fish, roasted and boiled meats.
CANNON. fowls. &c. The middle Of tho table
was garnlshed in tho usual tasty way with
small images. artificial flowers. &c. The
dessert was first apple pies. buildings,
&C.: then iced creams. jollies 30;
| then watarmelons. muskmelons. apples,
peaches. nuts. It was the most solemn
dinner ever sat at Not an health drunk
scarce word said until the cloth was taken
away. Then tho President. taking glass OF
wine with great formality. drank to the health
OF every individual by name round tho table.
Everybody initiated him-charged glasses. and
such n buzz Of health. SIR and health.
pnnInD, a nd 'fhn nh al Nd thop
madam. never had heard before. Indeed. 1
had like to have been thrown out In the hurry:
but got littlo wine In my glass and passed
the ceremony" Mr.. Maclay goes on to tell US
that 1.-The ladies sat good while and tho bot
ties passed about-but there was dead silence
almost. Mrs. Washington at last withdrew
with the ladies. expected the men would
now begin. but tho Same stiffness remained.
Tho President told OF New England clergyman
who had lost hat and wig in passing river
called tho Brunks. He smiled. and everybody
laughed. He now and then said sentence or
two on some common subject. and what he said
was not amiss. There was Mr.. Smith
who mentioned how Homer described Eneas o.
leaving his 1iJe and carrying his father out Of
flaming Troy. He bad heard somebody II sup
pose) wittv on the occasion; but II no had ever
read Il. he would have said Virgil. 1T does not
appear that Washington. Adams. Jay. or any
other Of the masnntes present detected the
blunder.l Tho President kept fork In his
hand when the cloth was taken away. Thought
for the purpose OF picking nuts. He cat no
nuts but played with the fork. striking on the
edge Of the table with II. We did not sit long
after the ladies retired. The President rose
went up stairs to drink coffee. the company
followed. I took my hat and camo homo"
Subsequently Mr.. Maclay had abundant
reason to think himself slighted BY tho Presi-
dent but after the Federalists had taken steps
to prevent bis reelection. and 1t was known
that ho would soon depart from tho Senate.
whore he had been tho first to MI tho r6lo of
great objector." Con. Washington showed q