The market for live Hogs was
active, and, owing to the sudden
falling off in the receipts, prices ex
perienced an advance of 10(7/ 15c on
the closing rates of yesterday. Pack
ers took about 12,000 head, chiefly
at 5.25(/< 5.85 for common to prime
Hogs. The receipts to day were, 7
000 bead. The market closes strong !
at 5.25(7/ 45.00 for common to extra. ,
gffSuA New York despatch states
on the authority of the Herald, that j
Hon. Ben Wood won a hundred and
forty thousand dollars of Hon. John |
Morrisey, at faro, on \V ednesday
night, "it this is tru Ben has made ;
good some former losses. Meantime,!
it matters little to the Democratic
party which one of its distinguished
leaders has this sum in his pocket
it is all in the family. J
Anecdote of Webster.
The fi.Rowing anecdote is taken
from Frazer’s Magazine of Septem
ber 7
At the political dinners,of which
Webster was rather fond, he almost
invariably became tipsy before his
speech time arrived, and some of his
most admired after dinner speeches,
wore the composition of friendly re
porters. On one occasion he had to
be prompted by a friend, who sat
just behind him, and gave him sue*
cessivcly phrases and tonics. The
speech proceeded somewhat after
this fashion: Prompter: “Tariff.’’—
Webster: “The tariff, gentleman is a
subject requiring the profound at
tention of the statesman. American
industry,gentlemen must be—’’[nods
a little.] Prompter: “National Debt.”
Wcuster : “And, gentlemen, tliero is
the national debt—it should be paid
[loud cheers, which roused the speak
er ; ] yes, gentlemen, it should be paid
[cheers.] and d—d if it shan’t be paid.
