Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-11-07


applications, which sounded through
bare, drsary meeting houses" IN .
high nssal key, both on Sabbath day
and lectare day.
THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY.
Of the New England Society, Will
liam NJ. Eyarts IL perhaps the most
brilliant orator. He is said to esteem
his membership in this organization ss
an honor transcepding any other he
he's ever enjoyed. II Mr.. Evarts ever
said this be can afford to browse on hts
lsurels as . prince Of flsttery out.blar-
ney ing the blsrney-stone itself 10 Celtic
efiusiyeDess Of complimentary express
sion. lie is . very valiant trencher
man. He is one OF the greatest diners.
out in New York, and the gossips std
that be begins at the beginring and
eDls at the end as respects both solids
AID liquids, and that he is nevertheless
ne'iher dyspeptic nor Incorporate. lie
still weighs only about ITO pounds
but is o match for the average gourmet
Of New York, London, or Paris.
In former years Edward Everett,
Daniel Webster, aud Rufus Choate, a
proud New England tridmvirate OF in.
tellectual power, attended the annual
reunions, and on one occasion Mr..
Webster made one Of the greatest ora.
torical efforts Of bis life. Henry Ward
Beecher was formerly one Of the most
notable of the Socsty's orators, and
the Rev. r. s. Storrs was another
speaker Of exceptional merits, rather
as a rhetoricisn than as . thinker, for
intellectually, he..is pigmy compared to
the laree-bIained, dome headed cham
piop Of liberality in religious thought,
Beecher, at whose heels 30 many spite
full spaniels have snapped in recent
years. D.. Storrs possesses, perhaps,
q more varied culture than Mr.. Beech
er, and there are those in Brooklyn
who would liken him to Boston's for.
mer dol, tho polished and scholarly
Edward Everett. His style Of elo
quence is smooth as ice and quite as
cold; his sentences have a glacial po-
lish; they please tho ear with an un-
interrupted flow of harmonious speech,
but do not strike as with tho prophets
commanding rod the springs Of popular
feeling. Neither Mr.. B,echer nor DR..
Storrs now attend the No1 England
dinners given in the metropolis. Since
the celebrated trial the two divIncs
have had no intercourse. Mr.. Beech
or, | understand, is no longer invited
to attend the New England Socisty's
dinners, and DR.. Storrs is not seen
there. Mr.. Beecher and his friends
some years ago organized another New
England Society in Brooklyn, and only
those who are acceptable to both soci-
cites are invited.
MIR. BEECHER,
who has just returned from England,
bad, by the way, very successful
trip, financially and otherwise. He
has . salary Of 100000 year from
Plymouth church, and refused . sub
stantisl increase which wa a. one time
suggested; he earns some $4,000 a
wear by bis lectures, and has mod.
crate income as Al author. For
meily be received salary Of $1,000
a yesr as sn editor. No clergyman in
the United States has ever received so
large pecuniary return from his IL
bors as NJ. Beecher. In q single ye.r
be hss earned over $4,000, yet be has
only q very moderate fortune. He is
careless with money; he is too gre at
q man to bow before the dollar. lie
is generous, charitable, aud poor
businessman. Several years ago he
sold bis house in Brooklyn, bat he
still owns q fine place at Peekskill, n.
Y. Ills trial cost fortune, and, how
ever the fact may be dsplored, the sun
Of his remarkable career, as now in his
old age it slowly sinks in the west, is
going down under a cloud. His former
friend, DR.. Storrs, has sn income OF
about $4,000 year as 3 clergyman
and lecturer, lives in fine style on Brook
! Ign Heights, one Of the finest suburban
localities in this country, and is said to
DO worth . Quarter of a million. He
is q well-meaning man, snd is pre5i-
dent of the Long Island Historical So
ciety, to which, in his life Of busy idle
ness, he dovotes considerable atten-
ton. lie is, | believe, one Of the
wesIthiest clergymen in Brooklyn. In
Now York, the Rev. DR.. Morgan Dix,
the son Of the late General Dix, IS un-
derstood to have fortune ofhAlf mil
lion. One of the clerical pets of the
late half.demented Mrs. Morgan, the
sale OF whose art effects made such q
Juror, il said to have received and kept,
as with q death clutch, some 100000
in Government bonds, which the lady,
in q moment of alteration, appears to
have given him.
PERSONAL AND CLUB GOSSIP.
The Stewart will settles it fOreve'
now that the Union League nor any
other club or charity would be given
the white marble palace on the corner
of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fOurth
street. In the early days Of the Union
League Stewart always intimated that
he might will them his mansion, bat
when Hinton was blackballed he never
said anything more on the subject.
Colonel Nicholas Smith is guest al
tie Union Lesgue, and attitudinizes II
its windows on pleasant afternoons
The Colonel is well-known as "pro
fessional beauty" fact which be doei
not hesitate to admit, and never lose!
the opportunity TO proclaim that he Ii
son-in-law Of the late Horace Gree
ley. He is q character, in his way
and being bright conversationalist a
we'll as a very handsome man of th'
Nspolsonic type although he wears bis
grazing bair long, he is popular in SO
ciety.
George Fawcett Rove, the actor
author, tells good story on himself ii
the clubs. Summoned to the door O.
his lodging when partially dressed, h
slipped on bis trousers, vest, and coat
The message he received was urgent
and he hastily donned his shirt ant
collar, missed his vect, containing hi:
watch and loose change, called on Gap
| tain Williams and nntihed him of thu