, 1860-09-11

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Objection was made to the number Of cigars
nut down as used on the Aida; also to the
number Of suppers and the quantity OF vine
to reduce them afaer they were sworn to ap-
peared to be quite too knotty question for the
Committee to solve in one night.
There are, Of COURSE, a good many Items Of
thousand dollars or 60. Nixon & Co. Is bill for
the theater il $1,000; the bill for the Alids
$500; then The al1l for liqaoEs at the ball IL
cludes good supply Of brandy; Dodxorth's
man. and e5 for the leaders; Gen. SandtoFd's
hill for muaic for the 1:t Division WIS Il .0e0,
but II ID reduced to $4,000. The bunting used
for decoration al the baii was procured II Stew
art. Of the Marble Palace. 1t cost 81 300. The
Auditing Committee tried to save something On
tbs biIl by having the material taken back 1T
fair rtdaction, bnt Mr. Stewart wonld not take
it back at ali. Then the man who put in the
extra gas pipes and fixtures for the ball would
not take back any of the material nor make =
reduction; reduction was made from his bill,
however, Of ons third, and th1 fixtures sent
back to him.
The carriage bill is 1850. The board bills
of the Naval Commission and the Philadelphia
Common Councilmen arc separate trom the
other beard bills mentioned, but the amounts
We hare not learned.
For the entertainn eat Oh board tho Aids,
where the japanese we're barely tTo hours,
E. 400 is charged. Their board oil at the Ne"
tropolitau il set down at $4,000, which Is
about g, 400 day, for the menl6ers Of The
embassy, or $50 per diem for each iEdivldual*
The ext enses Of the Committee are modestly
set down at 500. Now, Mr. Leland recently
stated that during the stay ftae strangers 1t
his house he was Obliged to furnish more than
$50 dinners q day to the Aldermen aoa the'r
friends" In Subsequent part OF the bill we
& ~ aha rriea of annneraH sat down at 4.3
each, exclusive Of wine.
Pursuing The liberal policy which the Messrs.
Leland appear to have adopted II mAklng oas
their bills, We submit that in charging only
800 for "the Aldermen and thei7 fflcndsp
who ate "one hundred md fifty dinners day,
for thirteen dayg." tho Messrs. Leland hare
done themselves gross injustice, and We think
that they owe Us 8 very generous acknowledge
| ment for calling their attention TO the over
| sight.
| at g each, price agreed upon before hand"
were eaten, and ~ ,5u0 bottles OF VINE II " 5o
q bo.sle.'' were drank. Considering that the
Committee resolved t. issue oily 8 200 tickets to
the ball, and that ai.er they were gone, not
another could be obtained for love or money" -
we find q ibeYa1 surplus Of 5000 "srppers,
/ or $4,000, supno4ing each tieketcholder to nave
taken two la4ies with him, and very great
many took only one, nd not ler vent aione:
VI tQc4e lnat Hefe ! 1875 ~ II % w &ess'0Ato
that not more than one in ts:ee atd or drank
anything 1t the ball, for the favored friends Of
the Committee 80 bl ,;ed up tie supper. room,
and fought and scrambled il 10 gross a manner
for the eatables and drinkables that most of TIE
guests gave up the attempt to reach The refresh
! ment table3 in disgnss. As to the wine. The
story that 800 bol. "a were drank, will never
do. Thu nutic bill Of 81, 900 will need par:
| ticularization; thu hands were numerous, and
their efforts commsnI able, but q ,ov0 is paying
rather dearly 10. tho whistle. Carriage hire il
set down 1t q 500, n amount too great BY q
least o1e-half; sad 10 ~ might 70 ~ through
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