Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1824-01-15
GREEK BALL.


GREEK BALL.
NEW YORK, January 9.-Last night thi.
splendid gaia took PLACE and well fulfilled al
expectations. To those who were not pre-.
sent, slight idea of the fcte may be convey
ed by the following description or coup d'gi
OF the house The pit of the theatre was
hoored over level with the stage, thus forming
one magnificent saloon extending from the
centre boxes 10 the back Of the stage The
nrst object that struck the eye on entering the
mouse, was the Cross of Constantine, resplen
dent with light, surrounded by Grpcian ban
ners, and with scroll extending across il,
nearing IN large letters the motto of victory.
ioato .N'kd, Thy this conquer.) At the foot
VI TINS cross were two pieces of brass artillery.
captured during our revolutionary strua gle
the one taken at Trenton, the other at Sara
t"Ga, surmounted with the flag of the United
States and colours of some of the artillery and
Infantry regiments. The stage was closed in
by The splendid scenery in Undine, so as TO
give II the appearance ola christal palace from
every part of which the flashing lights were
reflected with thousand varied hues Ad-
'ancing to the centre and turning round, over
The great entrance was perceived the full
length picture the hero of the day, bound
rouhd with laurel, and forming by means OF
very tasteful decoration of flags, which
spread out from it in all directions, the base
or pyramid rising gradually ie the upper gal
lery oil the house and taperng TO It's summit
winch was formed by the camp colours OF
different regiments. Immediately above the
picture OF jackson, and encircled with the
same becoming dTapery, was the bust of Wash
ington: Looking up to the ceiling, there was
seen above the large lustre brilliant star, and
from the armament in which il seemed 10
glow descended, as fradiated from it, stream
ers of every hue, which leading down TO and
terminating al the columns of the upper box
es, round which they were wreathed, served
beautifully To diminish the effect of the 9th
erwise overwhelming height of the ceiling
turning again to the stage, the proscenium
was decorated with the large standards oil
6reece and the United States blended TO-
gether and reaching from side TO side. In
front of the Greek Dag was "A banneret nscrib-
ed Marathon" In front of that of the Uni
Ieu States was another, inscribed Z" New Or
leans" On the right side of the Stage was
statue of Minerva, with her lance and shield
The owl and cock (; the shield bearing on its
face the LaLrum of Constanine's soldiers
Opposite, on the left, was the statue of liner.
ty, resting shield presenting the American
arms on the back of an eagle The front oil
the boxes was tasteiully fesiooDed with flags
and evergreens; and where these were braid
ed up, were seen azure shields, presenting al
ternately the names of some Greci,n or A mer-
lcan victory, or Reconsideration and New
Orleans Fhermopyl@ and Yorktown Sala-
mis- and Erie, were mingled with the names
OF Themlstocles and Hamilton Leonidas and
Montgomery CimOn and La Fayette. Nor
was bnzzdris, the worthy associate of such
venerable names, forgotten. Upon the whole
the effect OF all the decorations skilfully ar
ranged, ana set of by innumerable lights, was
very great The committee of decoration.
certainly displayed no little taste and were
Wen seconded by those whom they engaged
To- assist them, Messrs. GrinnelI and Ritter
and Mr. Dunn, the architect To the Theatre
10 the Efforts of these gentlemen, much is
uue, both from the committee and the public
Inc Orchestra led by Bennett, and filed I'm
WIN excellent musicians, was on the right OF
the Stage Benches had been placed all round
the moor and IN front of the lower tier all
the boxes were thrown open. The large tea
room was reserved as an aitring room for the
ladies. The company began to assemble be.
lore 7 o'clock, and continued pouring in till II
Inc hie of carriages reached from WaIl-streei
70 the theatre A more splendid coup doll,
than was presented by the house when filed.
was never witnessed. To its drscrintion
however, we are quite unequal, and shall
therefore, not attempt it. One remark must
he added, that more orderly, and deeorous.
and gratifed assembly, was perhaps never
seen any where. f.4merlean.
GOVERNORS MESSAGE.
We received by the northern mail las,
night, the Message Of the Governor, but are
not able to-day 10 give il entire, which ".
shall eudeavOur To do in or next paper. W.
have only tune 10 extract the following para