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Show I PUOPOSED BAXltET. By the subjoined correspondence it will be eeen that a number of leading gentlemen of this city have tendered to Minister DeLong and the Japanese Embassy a social banquet, to be given at the Townsend house. Minister De-Long De-Long accepts, in behalf of the Embassy Embas-sy and himself, and Monday evening is named as the time; the acceptance for that date, however, being conditional on the opening of the U. P. railroad i lor travel. We would remind the ladies that this is a social, not an official, banquet, in which they can participate and enliven en-liven it with their presence and beauty. And the gentlemen will wish to see their charms shed lustre on the festive occasion. The banquet will be a season of pleasant intercourse, hightcned by cloqnence and intellectual gratification; 1 and the evening will be a memento to be remembered in after years by all the , participants. A ball will bring the festivities fes-tivities to a close. Here is tho correspondence cor-respondence : Salt Lake City, Feb. Sth, 1872. Thursday afternoon. , lion. Chas.E.DcLong, Envoy Extraordinary Extraor-dinary and Minister Plenipotentiary Plenipoten-tiary of the United States to Japan. Silt: The undersigned, friends of many years standing, appreciating your worth as a gentleman, and the value of your eminent services, render-! ed not only to our own country, but to the entire civilized word, in your distinguished dis-tinguished position as diplomatic representative re-presentative of tho United States hear tho Emperor of Japan, desire to express ex-press tn you the gratification and pride with which we have followed your brilliant bril-liant career in that powerful empire. Desiring to testify, in a more substantial sub-stantial manner, the sense of our profound pro-found esteem and friendship for you, we beg to tender to you and to the distinguished dis-tinguished representatives of the Japanese Japa-nese government, a social banquet, to take place at tho Townsend house at any lime that may suit your conveyance. convey-ance. We are, sir, Your friends and admirers, Thos. n.Citos, Warron Ilijsoy, Kich'd P. LoiiQsborr.Uco.L, Woods, Edmund Wilkes, Oeo. A. Black, E. P. Volluui, M. Kirkpatrick, Thoo, F.Tracy, C. K. lUrratt, A. S. Gould, K. U.Barron. Joa. F. Nounnan, Ji, U, Xevett, B. U- Shaw. Mason M. Hill. Geo. R. Maxwell. Q. A. McConnelt. William -M. Johns, li. T. Solbev, Thos. P. Alters, A, W. White, 0;car Q- Sawyer. A. L. Patrick, Uenry A, -Morrow, Gluts. U, Ucmnstead. D, K. Bud, Oao.W.Tnrrill! Allen Fowler, 1). Cooper, J, F. Hamilton. 0. F. Strickland, E, B Zabrisbie, WinQold Bobbins (le. M. Scott, I.. E. Uranccr. Jus. li,. McKcan. J. M. Curtcr. C. M. Uawlcy, Stephen Do Wolfe. To which minister De Long returned the following reply : |
