The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-03

Dickens Among ototf handsome compliments paid 10
CANT bouquet procured fcr tho purpose By Mr. Bs:ry
ms was presented 20 her BY General horra in the
anG @ ,p ss ws Sa
ing specimens. What can ts more eloquent than The
welcome spoken q Boz m the language Of tho owsrs
. speech - the enc that We suhioin and which va
spoken 70 her by these flowers
Notwithstanding
American Sarrort-WeleonA
5n9elIea-Inspiraton.
Bay Wreona-Reward or merit
Boaa NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Comparable Gratitude.
Csstss, Red Rose--PopulM favor
DopAni Odord-Sweets 70 the sweet
Errtasting- Never ceasIng remembrance
Moss ROse-Pleasrre without alloy.
Pansy, or Hearts Ease-Ihnk Of me
White Jasmine-AmlRblenesa
White Piak-Ts!ent
Scarlet Fgopsred Speonoa-A,tachmen,
Acacia Rose-Frencship.
AZ 70 the dancing ths. was the faunss, thai could
possibly BIO imagined The company had mostly all
assembled At . remarkably early hour-even before
eight O'Clock: They nlsd and crammsd every part Of
boxes filled; the Hobbies literally jammed full
BY eight O'Clock. There was scarcely any such thing
who managed 10 struggle through the crowd M 10 ths
box entrance 20 as 10 get peep 81 the stage look
was enonsh'' las the young woman said whom shs
peeped into her mistress love letter. and they gave up
In despair all idea Of dancing for that night The noor
from the centre box to the the back Of the
like IL this city, country, Or any other Such
tremendous mob Of we'll dressed pereonsl Never were
50 nsusraby squeezed up here IN any place or under
any circumstances. There Was magnificent crowd, 10
which celebrated auctonser lost his wife, and although
ne searched diligently for three quarters Of hour t
took him all that sime to ind her, And yet there
no i'll humor shown Every one appeared peased--a
there was grsa. deal Of good senae some little nom
sense, and world Of fun ia the Affair." and they
tiCulaIy tho ladies' Az m fun q
as heartily as any Of the gentlemen In proof Of this
we need only state thst there they Stood arnmed and
crammed together on that stage, for hour and
great big broad. ndescrbsse joke Of sSs svsnns oc
and laughed and looked at the house IL laughed aud
looked ct themselves, and laughed and laughed again.
Every body wondered and asked IS The ola woman
would begin and how they would begin At last about
nine O'Clock, Barry said TO Simpson, ~ think we'd
before ne comes and they won't know wha. do with
themselves or what to think Of the whole affair BY that
time, They can't dance, and. BY George they muss
well, b" said Simpson, begin"
Bang went the great gong; every body jumped with
coming, Boz is comngl" But Dickens didn't come
ana bang wen. the gong again. Hes come now
said some seven eight ways, % the drop curtain
arose from before the abeaux, and represented John
terror prciubersnce and fAnta Jacket 70 match with
ne TWO inch tal IN that part, forming one OF the
That's him. that's Boz" Most SnSreussi .osrs Of
laughter followed this. Bang went the gong again
down went tho painted Drop laugh after laugh broke
curious and unearthly, ndescrihabs buzz or hum OF
sounds of many voices that was heard so often that
night broke forth aud kept up until Boz really cao
Something like an altemp. was made at dance but
the jam was then at "s heghtn tho man sad lust
before he jumped of the monument The mu.lc strncK
up, bu Satan himself could have struck up SO much
az reel or siaggar in that most magnificent mob.
And his continued Tor twenty minutes the Mayor and
the whole time. till 1t last, by suLdry cabsic sg u.s.
mods q the head, and motions OF the hand was eyi.
dent that Boz, like the Oampbells, was coming
then the buzz became beautifully bewitchiug
After Boz had been introduced TO the Lady Mayoress
and h,s v ERA and sasp shaken by the hand
up al the house, partly cnaons, partly bewdercd,
partly Satire, and good deal humorous bang went the
was the lady and Pickwck in The double bsdded room
All laughed hs except Charles Dickens himself aud
even he could not help smiling at the funny MIXTURE Of
In the midst or the laughing bang vent The gong,
awful rush 10 sss Sigh, OF Boz ELDERLY ladies' po,n
OF certain and uncertain ages married and spiusters
ali strained er oyes and some few sS,r a nedss ss
goose does when sees sranger TO catch glimpse
q b MS M aSe But he was . Poycks Short that The
him round The room The 6sEa struck ap irsa genie.
sas . w ss s ~sc s.s
with dreadful difficulty: Boz with tho Lady Msyorcss
on his arm came mex, and then General Morris with
them, for the crowd fell In and one couldn't tell who
from which.
After another tsblsau by dint OF some terrible Of
forts on the part OF Duncan Pe, James A. Smith and
several OF the Floor Committee, space cleared
large enough TO form half dozen cotilons: the
music struck up and Boz found himself dancing with
1t ~ extremely doubtful whether he |
knew, In The confusion, who IL not: for there
vas hardly room 10 breathe. still, he worked the !
muscles OF his face and forehead up and down. laughed
ont Of bis large mouth pretty far mouth 100 consider
Jag Is s only outh aud took his In The dance
u Is true that ne 'caGsseed he ought to
have gone forward one,n and that he turned himself
when he ought 10 have turned his partner but he
fidnt turn his own head OF his shoulders get IL
urned FOR him thai night il one % the unnss Affairs OF
he evening. lss
The last We saw Of Boz, he IN the LOBBY OF the
second tier, coming from the direction OF the reirssh-
nent room, in company with his lady, the Mayor &c.
Ana he was then locking pretty efectualy used up.
y appears that the oxcement the crowd Tho taking
he heat the dust tho fun the sensation, the cup da
he Whole thing had given him a throat or what I
seemed very good Imitation Of IL, and the Mayor |
Kindly took him and his lady home in his. carriage
'bout midnight And that the sst Of BOZ that |