Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-04-08

very pretty court full cf vases; ~ containing
shrub ss1pd othors gcld and silver fshes, ~ was
also the tase 10 mnny parts Of the prdsa~ The
roo was 20 feet high, with fae dome. On
the three sides were branches Of t<ecs With birds
on them in iIligree. all different, and most richly
gilt. The chairs wore covered all over with mag
nifcent crimson velvet, embroidered very thick
with solid gold. They wsre sent 30 Con So Qua
from Chin Chu, his birth place. II certainly
had the appearance Of . fairy palace.
"The party consisted Of Con So Qua and his
fourth son, who were dressed in splend,dly flow
cred grapes and stiff satins, and twelve English.
The table was out with silver dishes on each side,
something like our bread and butter plates. We
had much else to eat, that not of these dish
es was touched, except some deer, dried and scra.
ped which was excellent. Thore wore placed bv]
each person three different kinds Of almonds and
raisins, in cut glass sauccrs to eat at intervals,
two English wine glasses, one Chinese silver
drinking cnp, shaped like an egg cup but rather
larger, with two embossed haudles, and a beauti-
fl stnnd also of silver, curiousiy .shoded silver
spoon with green ivory handle, two tortoise-sheIl
chop-stcks, with silver forrules, and a plate of
the finest china.
"Immediately upon our being seated, a large
full of birds most soup brought 70 each
person. The cost of birds nests is $40 for cat
ty, or one pound and third. When he had cat.
en- as much we liked of this, it was exchanged
for soup of another kind, and SO on for six differ
ent sorts Of soup. Then large stewod fish was
handed to Con So Qua in cut glass dish, and be
sent pieces to each Of us in small cur glass
plates After this, thirty-cight large saucers full
of different things were, Que aficr another, pre-
sented to US all: all chopped up, and most of them
excellent. They consisted Of fish, wild fowl, poul-
try, and meat beche le mer, and slices Of ham,
were used to flavor many of them. There wore
great variety OF European wines: but drunk
nothing but what Con So Qua called nice it was
Ia light wine, and mulied- 1 must have drank
half gallon; but was not much tho worse. We
werc engaged in this manner from six to half past
nine, whore everything was cleared away and
we thought it impossible that W <6E,lfhoexpcc
ed to eat any more, but no such oseape .HsIl6i
us. VI n sa' s'-,~-S t'ftt q s. "a III.
"As soon as the cloth wns ili0gJ, :. eisFt fs
quantity Of sweet-smeliine Q5ee93 n lg1S9 9trf
| aromatic shrubs were thrown ~ tlg thb!o, l6r
us to rub our hands with, after having West5d
them and then regular course Of confectionery
was brought in. after the English style, equal to
any that ever saw. We sat about two hours at
this, drinking most sociaiIy all the time. About
half-past twelve. cotfec, sweet winos, and liquors
were. introduced. chsry and raspberry brandy,
pink and white noyau, Consiantia, aud Frontinac.
"After Con Sc Qua had taken ioave Of each OF
us separately, at his court steps, according to
Chinese etiquette, he arrived by means Of a short
cut, at his outor door before US, and insisted upon
attending ~ home. although we had a mile to
walk. There were largo giobo lanterns carried
before and bohind us, with Chinese characters
upon them, denotins Con Sc Qua's family, rank
and occupation"
! A good Shot-Aia Disfamce.--A boasting cha
racter out West recently rejoiced in the repu
tation Of bcinga good shot, but on being chaiien
ged he ran away, andit was found that he was
\ a good shot at distance. This reminds US Of al
old story Of much more point and humor. A
wcll-known little Irish lawyer, famous for impas
stoned eloquenco and sarcastic power, got chaiien
gcd once by irritable witness. who took offence
at somc sharp cross-qucstions in court<l< The or
ator know precisely as much about fighting as
j fancy boxer knows about Millon's Paradise Lost
His friends told him, however, that thore nc
way to avoid tho scrape, and it was certainly ex
pected from him either to fight or apologiso.-
This settled the point; for tina proud little II ibcr
nian, though he would rather eat than fight. stil
infinitely preferred being shot to 6axkinP an apollo
Icy. So the TWO duclists, with fbeir seconds SC.
were soon upon the baule grouud. The chaiien
Gor was notorious rs q great pistol shot, and ha'
fought some haIf-dozcn duols before, in one o
which he he was SO badly wounded as to be left
cripple for life.
II Whom other prelmnaries werc arranged. he re
quosted through his second one favor from his I'D
versary, which was--perinission< a ssRo4 aGnin6
: q milestone that was on the c1ln Gro1ni ~
He sought no advantage, but wish1 10 lem "a
tho stone, being too hme 10 stau1 11Toe& NI1|r
4 support. His request was at o. n krenao(54e
just as the word was about to bel juen< ~ "a
lawyer issued his mandate to stay proceediness 8
J, no also had request TO make.
!, la the gravest manner in-t6e world hc solicite
permission to lem against tks nexs mile slone r
. and the joke was go good that The challenger 100
his revenge out in hearty roar efiaaghtsf. viii
7 drawing his deadly defiance, and declsring b
could never shoot d man Of such exceilens hsmo
7 The opponents shook hands, and we're over afte
close friends, while the barrster rejoiced in th
Y quizzical renown of being good shot--at ii
I lance IN, O. Pisaypnc. rs I.
| Refined Kaarery.-A fellow BY The name