The Wyandot pioneer. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1853-1868, 1868-12-24
Closing Scenes of the Banquet
A High Old Time.
cial to the Cincinnati Commercial


Special to the Cincinnati Commercial.
CHICAGO, December, 16.-Letters
have been received from Admirals
Farragut and Porter, expressing
their inability to be present at the
military union.
/ A meeting of Western cavalry of
ficers was held to-day, for the pur-
pose of forming a permanent organ
nization. General Wilson presided.
Little was done beyond appointing
a committee on, organization.
There was stormy scene at the
Banquet o-night. After the eata-
bles were disposed of, a terrible
raid was made on bottles, and ne
groes who dispensed liquid refresh
ments were almost frightened out of
their wits, as they were besciged on
every hand by eager and excited
wearers OF shoulder straps, cham
pagne corks flying as thickly as bull
let's in battle, and necks Of bottles
were snapped offin every direction
by those who were too thirsty to
wait for corkscrews and walters.
In vain Gen. Sherman essayed to
bring his subordinates to order.
His march to the sea was an easy
task when compared to an attempt
to restore quiet among that army of
Generals. He raped, shouted, and
finally made himself heard by a few,
and announced that the regular or
der of proceedings would com
mence. 2eTt
The poem by Colonel Pierce was
not finished, and the remainder of
the programme, down to the re-
sponse of General Logan, was, af
ter vain attempts, abandoned by
reason of the incessant riotous cou-
duct. Shouts and screams were
continuous /; alleys were choked by
a surging crowd; tables and floors
were strewn with glass, champagne
bottles were stuck into boiled hams,
and anarchy reigned supreme. Coy
ernor Oglesby begged the assem-
blage to be quiet.
James II. Bowen called on the
Chairman to urge the police to the
faithful performance of their duties.
A dozen general and staff officers
rose simultaneously to plead for or
der. .e
Six military personages were ar
rested for endeavoring to carry
bottles Of wine from the hall, and
conveyed to police headquarters.
The Fashionable Young Man.
Ha,per's Bazar, speaking in de-
fense of that sex whech is often ac-
cused Of extravaganza in dress, turns
the tables by describing the brother
of fashionable young lady: 1t
says:
Or course he smokes, plays bill
liards, and scorns teetotalism. with ci
gar at a quarter of a dollar.each, a do
zen day for himself and friends is a
moderate allowance-total three dol
lars a day. With billiards at fifty
cents a game and the accompanying
liquors, he would not be likely to
spend less thau five dollars every
time he INDUCED in this pref minent
ly lealthful exercise; and the drinks
which cement modern friendship, at
every chance meeting will fill up the
remainder Of the ten dollars pei
diem expended in these innocent
pleasures.
Dress, dinners, fast horses, and
amusements, will certainly double
this sum, and supply any blanks in
the first calculation, making an ex.
penditure Of over seven thousand
dollars a year for our fashionable
youth-an estimate by no means
overdrawn. If, in addition, he is
addicted to betting, gambling, and
kindred vices, there IS no limit to his
prodigality, any more than to the
diamonds, laces, camers hair shavls
which are needed to make out the
meagre thousand a year wherewitll
his sister can barely clothe herselI