Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-09
rur WESTERN SOCIETY,""
-, and Theological Celebrities
On the Great Metropolis.

.,,ior 10 be known as the western
sS', IL TO be formed In New York.
w., nsrsous born in the west are ellgl-
Un' :. membership. This recalls the fact
ue ,hore ere quite a number OF societies
'DSs Work. worthy OF at least passing
ID Ne" Tho sons OF the Revolution. tor ex-
nole' ara the descendants of Revolu-
amp Ulcers. and the society was
tlouA' at about the time Of the eVacua--
IoIme 81 the CIV bv the British. The HUI
'lon 0 Socieiy is composed OF the de-
gusISonts of French Protestants who fed
SCENE .Si. country in 1882 and later. Tue
70 .I hsrs of the Holland Society are de-
urandants in tue male line OF Dut"h emil
sco o.ts 10 this country. The number or
- in the Holland Society Is reia-
,iTsy az great as the number
n Generals IN tne Spanish
OIL " ColOnels at the South. They are
OF the large-paunched Hollanders OF
1Tees,InytOn Irving. VINO once loved q
as,I nj nlpepins in Bowling Green, but
s"nE New Workers., many OF them
sL ee1b and some OF whom, perhaps,
We heard of the gentle Irving, so igno-
~ are many business men in this
Iatnnsov-grabbing generation. Then there
iD1Se did New York Society. The New
land Society, however, OF these
S .uiSsriyations, has attracle the most al
.tion Ever since 1905 this society has
.epar care of persons from New England
m eaSe have drined to this city and
fDd themselves In INDECENT clrcum-
.ounc II has annual dinners which
sn much TO maintain a respect Tor
Tsw England institutions and ira
5itiops. The ROundheads OF Eng
Iand not only lett their mark on the old
country. but their brethren in ieelIng, II
NOR in lies of blood. the Puritans of New
ENGLAND. have lie I, perhaps, an even
yrpater IMPRESS on the life, the customs,
manners and aspirations OF a part OF the
ranuhlic " hicn has come TO be known as
NV England. The descendants OF WITCH
bnrpipg Cotton Matner and other rever-
end and pon-reverend murderers who
wore not hanged, as the Chicago anarch-
ists will be, simply because they merely
od rod hands on cranks in a war against
witchcraft, are not so stern as their fure-
fatbers. and they sit in tull dress suits
win patent leather pumps at the brilliant
tables of DelmOnicO once year at least
IN listen TO OratOry which is the best of its
lind hut which HawthOrne's grim
pnrltans IN sad colOrPd garments would
have regarded as mere prOtane VapOr-
incs impaired to the ancient discOurses,
mining I'D to seVenteenthly in their
rpmnrseless applications, which sounded
througn bare, drrary I'm citing houses
in abign nasal key, both on SaDbatn day
and lectur. day or the New England
gociety William NJ. EVaTts IS perhaps the
most brilliant orator. He is said to es-
TEEN bis membership in this organization
as an honor transcending any other he
has ever enjOyed. If Mr.. Evarts ever said
this be can afford to browse on mis- laurtIs
as prince OF fatlery out blarneying the
Barney stone Itself in Celtic efu+iveness
If complimentary expression. de is
very valiant trencherman. He is one of
the greatest diners-Out in New York, and
the gossips add that he begins at the be-
ginning and ends at the end as respects
both solids and liquids. and that be is,
nevertheless, neither dyspeptIc nor intern
perate He still weighs only about ITO
pounds, but is match for the average
gourmet" Of New York, London or
Paris.
In former years Edward Everett, DAN
lei Webster and Rufus Choate, a proud
New England trlumvirate OF in ellectual
power, attended the annual reunions. and
on one occasion Mr.. Webster made one Of
the greatest OratOTlcal efforts of his life.
Henry Ward Beecher was formerly one OF
the most notable of the society's orators,
and The Rev. Z. 5. StOrrs was another
speaker OF exceptional merits, rather as a
rheiOrlcian thai as thinker, for inteIlec.
tually he is pigmy compared to the
large-brained, dUme. headed champion of
!lDeralty IN religious thought, Beecher.
at whose heels so many spi eful spauiels
nave snapped IN recent years. DR.. Storrs
possesses, perhaps, a more varied
culture than Mr.. Beecher, and there
are those in Brooklyn who would
hken him TO BDsfon's former
1901. the polished and scholarly Edward
Everett. His style OF eloluence is smooth
a. Ice and quite as cold; his sentences
Dave glacial polish; they please the ear
WIN az uninterrupted flow OF harmonious
spreeh, but do not str ke as with the
pfOpoeFs commanding rod the springs Of
gopular feeling. Neither MIR. Beecher nor
Ut. storrs now attend the New England
uinneTs given In the metropolis. Since the
celebrated trial the two divines have had
10 intercourse. Mr.. Beecher, | under
sIaho, Is no longer invited to attend The
se" England cety's dinners and Dr.
S,olrs Is not seen there. Mr.. Beecher and
w w trends some years agO organized an
o1ner We" England society in BROOKLYN.
1nu ouI1 tnose who are acceptable TO both
societies. are invited.
e- En- beecher, who has just returned
rom England, had, by the way. a yerv
In1ccessiul trip. financially and otherwise.
NJ ny, Das salary o; $40, 900 a wear from
aHmoutb ehuTcD and refused a substan-
Ial increase which was az one time sug.
sssIed; be earns some SIS 600 a wear bv
=" ufes and has a moderate income
go. su author. Formerly he received a
ealAry OF 10000 wear as an editor. No
ra c,s! nah IN the United States has ever
he 'eu 81 large peculiarly return from
800 iaoofs as Mr.. Beecher. In a single
ov var ue nas earned over $50. 900, vet he has
lt.: @i. - unodrrate fortune. He is care
hov 'noney; De Is too great a man to
rbe,i,.h,e the dollar. He is generous,
So ana poor business man.
:, but he still owns a fine pIaca
reeAsklll, n. Y. His trial coat a
e'tghe, and however the fact NAV
ss,o epiored, the sun OF his remarkable
sings as now In his old age it stnwly
,i9nS ,ue west, IL gong down under a
An ms FORMER friend, DR.. Storrs. has
rs, auooLhe OF about Sl5 900 a wear as a
On R,na ,q1 ana Lecturer, lives 10 fine STYLE
- ooEIyn Heghis, one OF the tinest
.s ADJ u localities in this country, and is
n rs 10 De worth $25O,OOO. He IS a welt
Inss1 Il; man and is President of the
ii hi. i I,,s Historical Society, 10 which,
,s s' iile Of busy idleness. he devotes con.
81 me oI attention. He is, / believe. one
In W. "Saithiest clergymen in BROOKLYN.
lsa.1" i"rk the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dig.
n b,y u VI tne late Gen. Dix, is understood
,lercsi fortune NJ 100000. One o. the
M. a. pevo OF the lale half demented
made sal' the sale Of whose art effects
80 Hucu a fIIrOr 10 a.sa