Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1828-1831, 1829-03-16
From he Aio,nisr HeyuId.

querade which pres lively picture OF the RIGHTEOUSNESS
ana e~ayagance OF that kind of entertainment village
squire had unlucky, been made suddenly rich and
anu oaosnters became suddenly proud and determined 10
ouo their neghbos especially Nr Aoasses the sugsr
oaks equipase and SHOW. They olsndcd a eii Old
heshbors and excited the OF the whole country
Quofade resolved upon TO feed their enemies
into better Taking advantage the mask, the house
was hied with all classes wethc invited not and the
ofuproar aud outrage might expected
from such company. A from without shiveed the
splendid ,ranparcncc and drove the innumerable lpat
gttced in the trees chain shot through windows The
costly mirrors dashed in pieces by flying claet bottles
'ubcrs decancrs, and other costly wares up
and ground powder the grand supper table yielded the
pressure OF drunkenness arl nalevo and rolled
upon the hoor the daughters nsled their
trnke stolen, and the house last fortunately cv
OF s company by general confasiaon Of gauzes silks and
ilrcows commune a,ed ion one lady another
oTthe waltz worth reading and so is the whole book.
VILLAGE MASQUERADE.
tF,oa the Tales Of te Great ST. Bernard
PINE hurrics on in spite of all the reluctance of
mankind, and the dreaded night came. 1t was all that
had expecedit to be, with the exception that from
ohe otth soreness days OF summer, the weather chan
crd at n ncment's warning into tempest worthy Of
tne northwest passage. Oar ice champctre was
blown into Thousand gUens. Oar lamps fcs;oon-
c,i among our Gins, were sent fym- Ike :han-sho;
through our windows; our "grand emblematic" trans
Parency, the master piece OF London Appeles, and
winch cost dare not confess how much, was ripped
tromt top TO bottom at the first onset and discharged
w.. ;.c .''fc2 OF stcan-cngine down the grand
ttIircasc on the heads ofan ascending column of qua
kers, devils Jews, and Spanish grandees The uproar
was tremendous; and from my study, in which had
fingered till the first concouso should be quiet aud
might venture forth with safety my limbs heard
The general crash not undelghted with the antcipa-
tons OF its clearing my house.
Blr. Ultramarine's sudden retreat had left al our
ornamental exploits half bora The cascade painted!
10 fac smile of Tivoh, was carried away b. burst
oithe rvuet that we had been nursing for the occa-
sion Fhc supfJe f0tiafe on the mode! of the Grand
irons of Versailles, after nging IN half dozen
ynsiVc jets which burst into TIE drawing room win.
COWS and cxtravagated over the company refused 10
play drop more. The organ, expressly brought down
from London 20 cantivRc by unseen harmony from
groto, for which the wall of my study was broken
down. firmly resisted the touch ofhuman finger turin
the night, gave signs Of life only in succession Of
alternate screams and groans. The crowd was enor-
nous, the heat sitting the noise deafeninr and tho
crush hazardous, to life and limb To move, much
less to dance, ana least of all get glass OF wine or
fragment OF buiscut with fair combat became ran
IDLY ont of the question. Fixed like one of my own
candclabra IN the TO which had first work.
my way, saw, TO my infinite alarm, the crowd in
cSeaso, without measure. The mask had sanctioned
TVcry thing and body and conld soon discover,
through al It's pasteboard, that multitude had
made good their entree who had no invitation bpt
their own. AS the throng thiclened, its materials
Seemed palpabiy TO degenerate; the malice of nv vii
lage friends had mustered the rabble for nv fetc:
napleess figures, whose natural garb served them as
masquerade habits, and who PLAYED the clown with
the truth OF nature fought their way through The
iaass OF bantug and bruised shcpherhcsscs Diannas
and snitanuS. 10 resist was hopeless. and. in
The act OF inquring by what right tall rufIaa with
a watchmans coat aud rattle had made his aDnenr
ance Ill my house. at once received voey Of Ian
Guage that made all my bellies clap their hands ON
their ears grasp behind, which Left my coat skirt
less and push before, which deprived me Of m old
aud avoritc repeater, that would not have .vrn r
tie fce-simpe of the corporation.
new uproar from below announced t'iat = rein
iorcenent was at hand, in the sape OF the footmcn
conchinen, and grooms, whom the increasnr storm
bad driven within the house. Iik, the nvasions nj
no he MI nIulS l.-
rans drove forward the old disorder 'sat umpire of
3c!nght." Phe temporary orchestra left unfn,sb- !
I'd by Decorator, found itself unable TO sustain
the weight OF we!-ied beauty that fed to its bench
Is for refuge, and came down fidcr5 and ali with
crash ofcxplring harmony. The "grand sumner ia !
bic, utter having been fought upon for a considerable
tune, ut length gave way To grand assruN Of tle
Principal Champions, and after heave or two rolled
ne whole battaliia tn the ground, and itself on tie
top oft1cn,. The conflict was d1ubly revived on the
rising of hc combatants; dccuIrers, ten guinness
pair, few like mcteors against pierglasses. m ndr,J
iFuinens piece Aly matcL!lcss IIockhcjm funJlcrs
ancient rs Albert Durer, painted and cut with oil in
discribabe grfins, virgins, and boars beads 'inyal
liable TO the antiquary and man oiaaStc" and whoa,
sale broke tho heart of the Landgrave that had dra
cd them from his cradle to lis cnactcrc those m
munncnts and treasures that had reserved for an
heirloom to satisfy my rclnocst generation tho 70
tjneIneu OF their ancestor and that nothing soi @;
could have won from my sac-kccping but NV wife,
Degglng and praying to have something ia show ON
TO have, aud which would consequently cow down f.
the dust his and his sth pronder wie5 heart: those
exquisite em5ems, that an ancient Roman ,rould
have consccratedin the temple Of BaccIus and that
ought to have refused to al! human threats and
tears, | saw flashing through air, grounl between
teeth, tramped under hccs, and iaa!lv lcr;qatcl in
10 their original sand.
Tho supreme catastrophe Of the rout vt icnah
reused me to sense oi my duty. The Chandelier,
huge pile, whose GALAXY OF prisins drops and sors
would have raised the envy OF the Grcot Mogu, lad
given carly signs of lettering. Our Docoraior. his
true, had pledged his neck to US for its securi and
had roposed on the pledge, from prcsuninr il thc
more valuable to fellow who had nothing to lose
tie had even given himself an experimental swim
from ia chnin and neither It's time nor his wa,
,ct come, he had been suspended in safety. But
tue general coucuss!on, ir which lie very walls dr
cod, NJ las; rcachod toe co,ng, n fyine carcfiro
gave tic fnlshinr hov, nnd down t!rnGerod The
chandelier 10 whir!and OF dust pIastcr, aud ormG
IN.
In IN real nl1rm, cv'rcs,cI myself from f.,
chaos 90 Ascertain tne 'a'o ry rnnfr. md f,nnd
10y unfortunate We L3aJy oycrThcl.o-l t,. 49, +
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