The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-07-01
RECEPTION DINNER

o Stewed Lamb IN Border OF fotatOes :
3 10 Liver Broied with Salt Pork. -
3 II. Cotellettes de Mouton.pannes 0rilee
ss,rle4 Of Beef Mutton Paper Sauce
s f:1ds o. Lamb MINT sauce o'''' Dss anu '
8 Mashed Potatoes. Bets: 5
New Potatoes. Cucumbers.
{ Cus,ard. English Plumb.
3 f 1pash. Iced saS Cream 5
3 5'ii1 Fsd.. S %$sSsi Cream ;
g e 6Isa ADpls'' R kaGSna' 3
Cherries. Prunes.
We had taken "a hasty plate of SOUP" eaten new
potato tasted glass of Johannsberger and had just
sent off Napoleon Buonaparts for bit of roast duck
when the Mayor raped his knife handle three times
upon the table, and rising spoke as folows-
GENrLEMEN-It is now near three o'clock. The spe-
ca train for Hartford must leave precisely at that hour
ns bs
therefore. that will excuse him. he should leaveat
this time.
There was some murmuring and some laughter at this
The President of the United States to his feet
and all at the table Immediately followed the example:
hope said he, my fellow citizens of New Haven will
this apparently abrupt departure but the ar
ratiye and it is now within few minutes Of the time
cordially thank the authorities OF New Haven and
its citizens for their cordial welcome and also the
officers students Of the college for the kindness they
have exhibited We must leave you my
and my only regret is that arrangements compel
at this uncture to take our departure from your beau
The Mayor then proposed. The President Of the
United States" which was drank with three OF the
rOundest and most unanimous hurrahs
The President and company forthwith conducted
from the unfinished repast to the front door and into
the carriages there in readiness, and escorted down
to the depot and all hands bound for Hart
ford, account Of the Presidents visit, had taken
places In the cars, the train put of Mt quarter
past three at extraordinary speed to make up
the deficit of fifteen minutes. so punctual are these
down casters in their arrangements We had
sion of another Hartford committee (havng been with
the party in all the at New Haven including
Gov Toucev Senator Niles Hon. Jas Dixon s. H.
Huntington, and II. ID. Hubbard
We ran up to Hartford. through well cultivated
country, at the rate Of three miles in ve minutes
The road had been newly ladthe dry earth and sand
had been loosened along the track, and such cloud
motive, and such a draft of smoke and sparks
came in at the open windows to fill the vacuum
in the cars, Qor Nature abhors vaccum) we
have special desire to experience again At the dis
of mile and half from the city the cars stop
corted by the Mayor carriages and then
with convoy of squadron OF dragons, the csvalcade
took up the line of march to Hartford
On the froptiers the column passed into the grounds
of the Insane Retreat, under arch Of flowers and
passing round the opposite 'front.' the Presidents
the Asylum came forward and delivered to the Pres
dent a bouquet culed from the gardens around him
S the ss and them the Show
Never. guess calculate, was there such day in
Hartford. The streets along the whole extent Of the
tour around and TIN ough the city, swarmed with
and boys, and the array of the fair the side
walks In the DOORS and a the windowswas popuous be-
yond precedent and beautiful without parallel Mercy
US, what bright eyes saw-whst rosy cheeks, what
hearty blooming damsels; fyou please what interest
ing pale and delicate sweet creatures there out in
Hartford yesterday there every variety
of beauty; thousand young madens in view at single
glance their eyes shining down upon you and tearing
your heart susceptible peruser all to pieces the
fire Of the exicans ridded the Tennessee troops
in the streets Of Monterey They waved their haDdker
riage they bowed they smiled and II felt that
had got into scrape, 1t was In passing under the
continued nre this fascinating aforesaid artillery Of
bright eyes, covered with dust and sweat,
and the hair Of your deponent resembling wig made OF
dr.ss Of respectable Christian. Well sir we passed
round and returned along the west flank Of the city
amid the ringing Of bells the peang Of cannon having
1t was here that the Presidents carriage stopped
at the elegant, though modest cottage Of Mrs. L.
H. Sigourney, lady who has written, perhaps, more
poetry than any half dozen of lady contemporaries
and better and valuable prose than any poetry she
sna w. hold in
the Presidents carriage and that of the Secretary Of
State stopped in front Of Mrs Sgouneys for glass Of
in the portico and shortly the old lady
from among them and helped the President to glass Of
Burke and Mr.. Appleton, and the Mayor; and while,
we stated in yesterdays despatch she thus &C.
cupied-
ION hospitable cares intent"
some imporunats galows Of thief found his way
into her boudor aud stripped the table OF suudry Wa.
uabes, including gold watch, gold pencil case and
other little articles Of readily convertible into
AZ length after three hours in the SUM- blazing away
90 and in the dust and in the pressure of multitude
which appeared absorb all the vitality from the atmos
phers making 1t hot and seaming rhompsonian bath
Hote for houra the fpa ord
through which they had passed The military, In their
tight hesvy cloth costume buttened the throat and
with their bear-skn heavy hard eahern caps march
ing foot all those three long hours at quick pace,
looked though they had suffered some. Had they
out wettcr-hsd they been cooped up an hour in an
Egyptian eccaeobeon, egg-hstching they could
scarcely have perspired more copously Water, water
there was one general demand for water.
The official company passed In busted down, aud
took lemonade you know, washed their hands and
faces, and after resting little, taken In to COLA
ton, which combined all the essentials OF dinuer tea
and supper, and at eight o'clock all hands went
down to the cars, where a nice young man was
found who had como up from New Haven without
invitation, and was recognized as an old offender
in the art of abstractng pocket-books from other
mems pockets and transferring them to his own lie was
taken into custody and kept back which Ia the last we
have heard of him. We hope he may turn out to be
cover her bQoutere We got the fact Of the robbery
from Mayor Ripley who come up with us to Sprngneia
some thirty miles where we arrived at hail pas nm1
last evening" having stopped for moment at seVera
points the way, lit tie manufacturing town on
the Connecticut river, at which the whole pJpunce
turned out and cheered the President for the rum sup
posed to be effected by the tariff of'46, no doubt
THE NIGHT AT srRINerIELp, AND THE RUN TO
BOSTON.
There was no particular denomination Mt Springfield
the cheers Of the people the usua, ar,ery I
and the ringing Of bells Put up at Warriners Union
House Of the the Union Took supper
the table looked like flower garden rom s nora uo
corations and the edibes even TO men VINO nau Just
an hour before enough to tempt them to eat
again especially when the NJ tne liable were
neither vour cffsea nor nor your moro ac
nl,sRed white men walters but genuine Yankee girls
who obev vour requests with smile anil wait upon you
AZ ,iss2y' 10 be sure Here Mr. Ashmun sat ut the
head Of the table, the same indomitsble whis VII