, 1865-09-28
FROM. CALIFORNIA.
The Great Chinese Banquet to
the Colfax Party. !


i Graphic Dcscriptlon of Cclestta
State Dinners.
yrroro mr. n,rn co,rrsnondcnt !;
s,s rr,,.r,s..s r. 80. ,ce.
s,co TN a.s;,a, ~ Tsnn.an ta,,, 1Pt =. .s
ee. ~ ai'isAi - 1teu1cu.nt uosefno
Bfoss IN California, have been laying back
lfttle-so 10 speak-knowing .that his letter
would prove Of greater Interest to Won
readers than nine under the circu,n.tances
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No", no"e'et, 10 s auou' 70 tetu1n 10 tn'
grand Old Prairie stata'-fhat galian
State, for q sight ot which my heart still
| ycarns, amid all the wonders of California witt
n dcpner fealinn- than + wo,,,d carc to' ta,,L
.s' ..eA "e14a ea.1 ~ 'ei-
"tu tell Jon, before l nm through, few
things which fear tue prorcrb1al mydestY o
uthe f;oyernor,' unfrht nromnf him tn 1ecr,
mi conrc,n,rr +,,s r;sf, - ~ shaa., ~ 0''
'"' e TSr rs co,r.I ~ - r.n-, v1 ,no'e' u
| It Is now sixty days since stood with then
| on the little steamer, M among the clouds q
/ t,.a,-,,, s,r.orn;1a5 ~ 4f,a o,s,-,.1 .,a,,-s =
..I',a.. e,aN ~ ~ s4nA' pno"'
1ae misnt5 efes1a Sesaoa, On the bosom
tie blue "aters OF Lake Tahoe, and an
uounced to them Tint they were within th,
boundaries of the Golden State. Sinre fhn,
t,,,a t1..S hors traroiicI Ihro"11 ~ .,.i'na'
SInfo fIc}n tha eastern honn;1ors - ssn T1an
cisco. from San Francisco 10 n,;t1 tbrnnoh fSr
| egpn and Washington Territory to British
Columbia, thence BACK BY sea aid In at tn
| Golden Ga ate. then to the wonderful valley Il
the Yosemite fYo S<m-i.ty1 in MaFinosa
| county, back again. up through the Mana anj
Sonou,a valleys to The Geysers and IaeI: 1.rrt
once 1aore-seeinc ten times as much Of ou,
scenery Is The oid pioneers Of the coa1ntr,
sen IA reE~ knnp nF erery .eiea de1 h Gs
WAL. What thar 1nre saan fasrs .hor, ~ ~
ta1i ro,, ~ aats9, hnt-Tsnt AZ. sse.u -
thfnf to tell YOU siii sav for thrmAit.t % Nv, ~
narty who llaye ever risitcd ,b;s coast tere, .y
rcce;ved srch ncrfact nxston ~ a1ar, eter eter
nftie;r ouI,er 3or, ae,,,,s niass ~ e.5 step
Me and none ercy ~ 1eif onr ea ssn.s ou PSv,
Tith 11em s,,c1, 1osd 11ishor 9. ~ y
rn.nv fiends na.s H. ~ sSo,t ~. .ou1 ~ eu
and s,i thsr hara made az % ;1nn-nssion ~, er o,r
besve til they vii viii y p9Sna q s}nd}s an
fae1inrs for nnr nronie "s thsT t.ouid ri A. 4,ai;
Ths fsoyrrnnr,f SEit lone, hc 1s,ocrhe-ea ~
nld and vonnr ~ ira se5on1 rbi15ra1' 10 ~ ~
made himself nnrticnIoriv isar mn, IL afsas
vesrs manr Insn and 19man as iii I iont y iaI se
the atcrias r. to,d i tbe1n sle J.; ~ paio sne nn
ch;1dhnoa Amnn1 tia naeaI,,s. h,at " the sI
hera h.a tbs 1,1os ~ - "nn n9 ea
fnr.,a ,erhs "a nnne " 9ra,,ig W. ,a II t 1nn
WORTHY Than
| TnE GRAND CHINESE STATE DINNER.
Hayfng attended 1umbes Of these affairs
] presume that there were number of mat
| which may have escaped the notice Of The
| strangess, and will therefore give u short de-
| scription Of some Of the features Of the novel
entertainment. Let me say to; begin with,
| that whatever "John" attempts, he docs
| well there u no halfway work With him. In
ali il Is worth" II took three weeks for the
| heads q ne al1 great companies Or societies
ELY % %Nncu az tne Eanamen oI ta1nolnlA arc
M'!oed, 70 set1'e al! inc Eoants OF etiquette
| ~ pisseosnee, ano ng.ee ul,on INC Iolm oi
W. W. s5tts,4Is ~ t3, inl aata9ie sersnnt PC
~, - H., rar;1ea - ~ n. =! tne een.sea ~
MItn TDn laG Iio'pnvg ps,a o. oxaan IN, tasI tne
%hess at, ~ e .ne facane n States, Win tnsee ei-
SGSpteI' Gn.sn eeuc Ia 1.uM 11e snce =. Mtlcu
SM! Snton = ~ NapNut.l WIS PAse4 uPoo
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sr't "unta te t@nS nc, LUG luai..ou ot
t.nntE Wos J., 10 na ~ .us 1eso1aon nS u
T. ~ - tus ttoeta1 11uaI nuHeset,
~ ~ VIZ =. aast se..eu sne e.a"s e' s9ele.es
~ ni;ah ~, aasae ~ at anI .agts' a;E,Hs'
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ .no IN r. ~ & uslasu
iaa% .+ 1ata a.o,,.es,. II i, assS .o:1';a
whisb rec"nitn,.tea H. anH Dtarn1 ,11'l1u5 nn5
tnencefnyE nrIf ali was main ssiiinr TI,e
place chosen for the banquet was
:" TIE HONE uroSf ppsr4rnsrr
This csto,,,;.1,mcn+ "a ~ ~ eoa n,
i%inosa . ~ tnstn+, n ~ ts'e he e1e
~ th e . Gotlo ~ ~ ~ uo1sS = a. ano
T:s.,s.a. a et1..4 @ ons ~ 49, es ". nou! ~
~ iIe ,;t.. Iao ~ no Sou l"1as ~
lest3 @ uInus4 tns Atcu' u nc4 theSooks
ea1 ,s,,,t A. etn9as nasa ti,i ula ~ ~
Sint,,r th,an ~ kasS ,ri1;nh s. nu
w ss'pd 'uyTs, ~ See "a !" n;as "Su oGfnpy
tae ,..e seeona Aoof' end gong up anotnef hlghf,
So r-n~.,,>-.,,
ase!f1os Aooa,
Emch Is on tne thlfd 1oor. me reception
.{.a sg.a - nos III as aaoln1nente,
attAuuet I,ci1 tuuS . . l St44nGeSl cfcu ~ tue
1sa. y. .nS pan1.a3s,s sGeaccu MniSl
4auSs nonu esef3tun1S "Mcn ~e1estMl
nauu 1as toueneoA III one sue o. t4e recep.
lion room Is an alcove, ~ which Il raised
upon which The opium smoker rec1ines a be
I'd t351n w Which M fils III h i,rn;m Gp ta @ nmnnf
with tie widest iancfcs wliei, ever distracted
the mind IF mortal. leaves Ilfm ia The most
terribly depressed condition, D victim to hor.
rors uputterable when is Immediate effects
are gone, and finally SENDS him to his grave,
doubled up like arainbow, shrivclcd 10 q skrl-
ctop. a sieht to make men shudder and ernw
sick At behojiina. ' '''e' 4A'A'"s' *@''S3 t''''
THE DlS1Ss HALL
The dining hall on the second door is
work sci viii, cofolcfi riass. into three anart-
r,o,ts T., aanb ~ shitb tt,arn - re,a-, e.,
t,Eas ~ Sash ~ "mem luIc - looui iUs
.niee ensau taotSs uSeontoI. ~ " eescu
the high carved dark wood chairs Of the
Presidents, adorned with scarlet housings
embroidered with gold bullion. were SET
1,sa,. around tho walls for sle ase9moda,sn Of the
ei1sd ;r gomon tha tah,a1 ae'aeaa enmts oelns nro
stueu lol ~. taoles 81 as 10 MaAe every loot