The New York herald., 1850-02-25
TWO CENTS.
Our PhiiadelphI. Correspsnssnce.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. ~, 1850
The Wig Bah-.afpearanee Of Mr.. Clay--zhr Sbyssss
ans Doinss The sepper, Se.
The whig ball, Friday evening last fully ssms up
70 public expectation which is thing m these
days Of liberal prom.tes and stinted performsnsss-
great cry and little wool. Everything was srranxsa
just as 1t should be- pseasing tothe eye snatng So
the heart, stimulating to the blood honor to hump
nature In general, and to the committee
The gentlemen sported cosS pants ana vests and the
ladies wore, might have been expected, frocks
(Phabus, what nsmeD Of every imaginable and un-
At the incest calculation, there about thou
sand ladies and gentlemen p.esent; and
was never before collected xiiAin' the four walls
o.. OF pubic building Many Of tn. youns
but their blushss, and OCCASIONAL stscss and % oo.
casional good, honest, girlish starcs, (whsn they
thought no one was loekingD made them look all The
scribabls yet unmistakssble, hustle about the main
entrance announced the arrival Of the idol night
fic died away into the softest whisper-ths dancing
ceased and the company, In plstoons, ranged them
an open avenue In tn. middle Fisnksd precsdsd and
followed by the various members Of committee Of
head Of the column not the old man pausinr on the
brink OF eternity, as he affects to describe himself
laughing devil in the eye Down the avenue the
"od boy, gaily and gracefully marched, amid the
hands the waving Of hsndkerchiss, ranging IN Sr,es
from fifty cents to fty dollars each This inprompsu
reception over, the dancing recommended, the
pany, with great taste and prepriety, permitting Mr.
Clay to stroll about the room free from the annoysncs
ment svaied himself sf the privilege by occasionally
Offering his to fair friends for promenade;
and in Gil these offers 1t was observed that he carried
out his great doctrine Of discriminating dutiss" by
selecting the youngest and best looking ladies' to
use plain Anglo Saxon, showing decided prefer
to lamb mutton. After watching the
dancers with besming and bene voeut LOOKS for
some twenty miuutss In company With select
few he visited the banquetting room. which not
only gorgesusy decorated but contained substantial
evidences Of Jim PArkinsons exquisite!- luxuriaut
taste and delicate palate Mr. Clay who has eye for
by the hand and assured hn that there st least
enc branch Of American industry that dd net require
protection, for he had given satisfactory evidence OF
his ability to place foreign competition ut ueter de-
hsncs. This delighted Parkinson responded BY p.odu-
cling dozen silver. headed bottles, dripping With Icy
pereprstion which regarded at fret With stern
gravity, and then han ded with familiar foDdness. MIR.
drew At bali part IL the company down to supper.
On the whole the wbg bail safely be pronounced
the mest brilliant demonstration OF the season tho
result altogether, Of the tact, spirit good taste sud
good sente Of Its managers.
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