New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-08-15
FROM NE WP0RT.
n The N. Y. Tribune.

osvourse anxious, and by this time mpa
80 details of the Wetmore fete, which hss
-, m,gp6ed almost into al affair of state. Where
,bou,snd persons gathered together, the PEG
~ NAV be ssid to be present, and in writing OF such
an OCCASION fall at into treating de re-puo.
les" The gravity of the subject requires tna'
should divide it into heads; and, though 90 mol PROM
Use you sermon, it will be my fault if you 90 no''
somewhere, fLd moral.
In the first place then
THE DIFFICULTY OF GETTING TO Ihh
IMAGINE Castle Wetmore besieged by al enuie''
sucoession Of carriages ia double file, WIN Nv o-0
defense than the Sheriff. plain but peisiS'en '~-"
tediou. 10 many. no doubt With bis one ioea VI "n0
ga, time ladies and gentlemen-can' so' ''''s A'
q" faster than one at time. 80 tue carriages "oi'
told off Ike prayerbesds, serious anu uo'ou. Pio
os.s extremely unacceptable to the none coacnmen
0bs same spoken of in a former ietterlwho looked
"a ;f,bev would have liked TO have made steeple-
chase of the whole affair, running down gate, grounds
and Sheriff, without renorse.
Imagine the vigor of the women sitting bolt upright
anne in their hair some in their hats, and all in their
ball clothes. Imagine the wide-Open eyes and mouths
of the quiet new poers, gathered at windows, doors
and street corners 10 see them Imagine your corre
spondent-a modest One-horse man-nearIy run GOWN
BY barge-Lke equipages with elephantne oeaS's al.
misunderstanding, nevertheless, with the true pluck
The TRIBUNE and rejoniDg, " Have care, gentle
men; if you infringe, you impose ana IL you IMPOSE
"Iimprison" Imagine this delay lasting until somen
na,eut fair ones leap ON their carriages like lobster
is his she H. and make their way, with all the speed
of hoops and tight shoes the grass to the grea
entrance where stand, little shy OF going in
Secondly
THE SCENE WITHIN.
Your correspondent has entered, and found the
house, as was to be expected, large, heavy, and ex
pensively upholstered The master of the house re.
ceives his guests in the hail. which would have held
many giants as an Eastern tale. Distinguished for
moment by his notice. they pass Except the Dewagers
who examine the furnitu,e huge tent. Handsomely
foored, comfortably crowded. and enivened by the
upceasiDg efforts of the Germans Band, which is
present in full force The white Of the tent ID
not fattering, and the ladies' in spite OF their
obvious impression 10 the contrary, not looking
their best. Some of them look better by night than
by day. and all of them would look better out of the
tent than in it, if they could only think So However,
here they copgregale, and wax up and down and all
around greeting and smiling much as prunes aud
prism Will allow. Here too, the dancing goes on, aud
the accustomed teetOtums spin round to the music as
smoothly and mechanically as the little figures turn
with the grinding Of the hurdy guiGy. AL the great
New-YoIk polkeTs here, aud the Boston Knowing
One, who can dance down any three OF the Others
This part Of the spectacle does in the least remind
your correspondent Of the days of his youth. He
danced then because be liked it, and went through
the step. Of the period with an enjoyment which was
probably obvious to oil beholders. But these young
people, with now and then bouncing exception, do
not at all make this impression Their dancing seems
swift and smooth solernnty-itis to be done, and
they are deputed to do it, with all possible gravity
and dispatch. / assure you that corps OF jolly
Shakers az meeng.time would give one greater idea
of Enjoyment in the thing taan these young
friends Of ours. Yet the general elect Is
On the whole hilarious, aud there comes vt
las. a pretty coiillion, called &" The Lancers,
which succeeds in restoring animation. Bus thirdly,
The DRESSES
And here your cor espoDdent feels that he has
undertaken too much, aud Is fan to acknowledge
bis incapacity. Unequal to details, he can only
saw In general terms that there was great deal
of shine from eyes, SnmOnds and gold-laee, anu
great deal Of white drapery, inerSpersed with al te
coolers If the rainbow. Some were Distinguished rs te
White Lady, the w bite and Bue Lacy, the "hNe anu
Purple Lady, the " bite and Green Lazy; o'hoi'
ware mixed in their hucs and gate promiscuous.
There was, too, n great leH o Wo""'"S "i"~o 0"01
il, hort the most @ eerful black ever remember TO
have seen, charminply illustrative OF poor OPheas
maxim that you can never wear your rue with dlf-
fe,ence In this case il seemed to be Rue de la
p.;x - or "Rue St Honore." With this pun and
without noticing the uniforms, which were trashy
NE will pass on to subject NUMBER -Four
THE REFRESHMENTS.
These we, Q said to be insufficient, and we should
not wonder if they so. Had the hospi"'e enter
ta;ser expected to relieve all the hotels in Newport that
dsy Of the charge of feeding their occupants he
should have slaughtered hundred or let us say h'ty
head of cattle, whose roasting and distribution nght
have furnished the young people with some useful oc-
cupation Had all the pudding stone OF Castle Wet
more been changed into real plum-pudding, 1t woud
not have been too much for the satisfaction OF such
multitude it, as it seems, they brought nothing out
II cir appetites with them do not therefore consider
Mr. Wetmore responsible for any of the scold'ng ana
pushing, and scratchu (, that actusily took place.
Our good friends should simply have dned at nome;
they would then have enjoyed the aesthetic banquet,
which was intended supplement to the daily
bread" not as its substitute. AZ the Undergraduates
say, 600 not cold into any bath" should advise,
as a general maxim, % Go unfed into any party;
and TO the farer part of creation may say in the
words Of the little hymn:
For Ladies you should never let
Your hungry passions rise;
Your pretty hands never made
For bones and Strssburg pies"
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