New Orleans daily crescent., 1860-07-03
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the wicked or Tue excitahle. You have read Of til
tremendous 6venss that have recently franspire
ia this metropolis, such as the Japanese reeeptio
ana Mrs Bannetsss Tste sl,olnFatrs. and have pe
raasea tie aupersasiva descriptions of the latte
affair that hare appeared in our Journals, wondei
Ing hew our citizens retained their rcnainin
sanity under the circumstances. Much 10 ya
may have beea carried away BY these magnitlcen
puiis, Y viii PLAIN, unsarnishea tale deliver,
that viii hriag yen back 10 stubborn facts and th
meagfe FaaIfs pf feas;ty. 1t IS aa ungratcnl task
but d dut5 yoa impose upon me. i.
The Japanese ball. or rather the bah given y
iionor of the Japanese, at the Metropolitan kiotei
on Monday last, was at best splendid huInbng
Admitting that Niblpss Garden and the apartments
devoted 10 tho festival were tasteiillly and gor
geousy decorated, tie haater presenting from the
stags csstp q uiN of great brilliancy beauty and
grandeur. ma eirisag she Lelands credit for libe
raj and sraserl Of their share of the
entertainment r am still compelled to dencnnce
this fasch gsunted reception as a n rnpckery a
i1elusien and snare ii you want to view il
thsoEgh tie golden media of reportorial imagina.
Hen read yesterday a papers, but the wings Of my
falsy clipped and cannot soar into the clouds
Among the unexaggerated facts were, however,
the crash Of carriages in Broadway, of the people
al the entrance DOORS Of the invited guests in the
vestfbules leading to the hail. especially al the
point where thc tickets were taken and where Al
n,an Boole tie major domo Of the assemblage,
Y standing Oh chair, shouted like an anctioneer,
-s Thezn that wants to go out pass this way--I
llainlt get no passes whoever goes out, goes ont
for good Y which were fHghtful and terrific to en-
dure. The writer had three ladies with him, and
would rather cnt his way through crowd Of hos
through such another q iamb. Y When. after half
an hours heroic perseverance, and suffering on his
ami their part, he secured seats for them in Ghrys
ty'a Saloon Ne felt az though he had saved their
i lives and shouted,
z Bisnillah. now the pesii's s past
and was contented to rest awhile, after such super
Auman exertien. Bat ID was in his attempts to
obtain reifeshments for them ut the supper table
that he realized The ayidity, the CONFUSION, jam
Ing. snatching crushing, inscriptions selfishness,
cracker breaking and dress. spelling propensties
OF the assembly. II the Chinese and Japanese
vented an xanse Ior calling us outside barbarians,
they hid an ample one in the sight here presented
to tlaeir keen and all observant optics. At public
balls, they will say, that We seize and desour like
y pack of hall fstarved cannbals or q menagerie
turned loose upon an obnoxious fat keeper. All
eA34t QStpptdHtu lU6
table In less time than swarm of locusts could
have tipped the green buds of a garden, and no
haspies coald have left it Id more repulsiYe CON
diti0n. Your correspondent deemed himself most
fortunate, with the aid Of that prince Of express.
anea, Jclin Hoey, 10 obtain bottle Of champagne,
tFo plates al isacraam and few straw berries for
f6s tanalehing fair under his charge. Not one in a
hundred were ID successful. We are told that |
tWsave Thousand bottles of champagne were drank
on this occasion, bHt do not believe that half-no
not quarter of that number u Al consumed, albeit
ase shall have ID pay for 20 many, no doubt
The crowd of politicians present with their fam
ilies outstanding the tsw distngu and re-
aned persaas Who appeared aFneng them, impaired |
An incurabae tome Of vnlgarity to tho immense
fhrong which, as ss wittiy said, contained every
body whase name was not III the Directory. OF
sourHe thsIe were many loyeIy ana elegant women
preasnt, but haFe been to many ball Of one
tenth the sfxe fhat contained double tie number.
The Japenese agnisariss, II they appeared in
Ahe aszeaabiy Al ~, Had Terg early il disgust to
their private anarsesa. while fen of their cu1g
and Bealliaa ttafa N 5aind.
para ass5 the ls@st I
conseu1e ~ III sgosfs dress "a 7
w0lnan E2eASAs 8hz ess sIatssfi I'll ON the
stage npoH which the embassy Has To have been
ezhibited, like rare sheR, being declined BY the
sehsitisS 0FieAtaia, occupied solely By ladies',
who bad tie strongest claims to ngliness, which
were nrgea ID 4 manner sllat IA emonstrated their
frHth ID eysrv gaxnr.
\ Now tllIa great crnshpf cfinoIae IS over, New
xorxers breathe freely as IL sersibly relieved, and
swithstandEng tslsir damaged dry goods and the
e1AorbtAnt hIlla shez will haEe 10 foot, console
themselves rs bssf tkef can With se hope that the
consequent inilax cf strangers ana increase Of
txzdei haS II sIll aeaaipeass them fer the
exifaSagant oatlsy.
ars. Janles 8orlsoiI Isannstts fsse ehasnpesre ID
ths Japssase prased d very successful aud paeas.
ait aaaiF Was weA and nrlneroualy attended,
bnts the xnapIe grounds affcrded abundant room
and the fase, fllfnlshed BY Delmonico, proved as
pientIfpl IS Twas excellent have consumed too /
much already 10 do justice to the fete, and
can that the hoatcss dressed In yvhite ,aee
which bename her mncI did tho honors with a I
gracetHl arb&nity that overcame even the Tribunes
reporser and f1raed an unwilling tribute Of asinl /
xation from hIB pen. Even ( Tommy the pet Of |
the Japaieae. WIS 10 very much takea with the I
lAdy plump aud wei rounded arm that he could
met ysfsAin 1pa psnehag n and exelaining ssyery
nnof good which familiarity she retaIiatea by |
faak king playful lunge III him With her fan, when
he III tsiEn laid bis hand upon hia swo.d with q
mock txagie lock and then burst oal laughing Il
You are much fnistaksnf you think this Incident
too sziRng "a be mentioned. Every thing connected
with ToIalg' possesses preternasnral interest
Even the World, which was 70 have been the model
Journal. the pnk ot prcpriety, The pattern of Inn.
macnlateHeas, has been tempted ID sander Tons
N.Y. ID order VI sive us sensation. The Times
las tnrnsa dercely upon TIE World, knocked ii |