Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-12-21
Written for the Ladu,s Rnnl-
QURT OF KING OHIO.

Uh III OF KING OHIO.
pFEssoR PERDIcARIs.%
ofKing Ohio has but little
p and circumstances" which
q characterize the places of
| pm none of the grand eur and
lustfs N long line of kings, the
wealtI nations and the revolutions of
ages shed upon the old principles of
Europv r the magnificent monarchies of
the Ea The Presentresidence oftheir
majesties, though called by courtesy ''the
Palace is, in fact, an ordinary house, and
has neither lofty halls nor shady groves
for/ Anfort or amusement. They want
y palace, which is of little i'm
ce SO long as they have the name
bpe of one, but they want nobility,
is a necessary ingredient to royal
snd deficiency which neither time
courtesy can supply. The King and
Fen of Greece, unlike the king and
queens of other monarchies, are without
the bright creations of nobility: and their
august persons are surrounded by plebe-
ians, who, though they are bedecked with
crosses and orders of knighthood, have
not the sounding titles of earls, lords, or
counts. The style of living in the Court
of Greece is free of royal extravaganza;
and five except the royal stables, which
are kept on liberal scale, every thing
about the King and his lovely consort is
marked by simplicity which is highly
creditable to their good sense, and which
is the more to be admired, as it is in unison
with the condition of the country over
whose destinies they preside. Notwith-
standing, however, this appearance of
poverty, which we have reason to consd-
er as virtue and an ornament, and the
absence ofthe false and transient light
which plays and glitters upon the Courts
of naughty tyrants and long established
alonarchies,there is,nevertt.oiess, in Otho's
Court something which, though 1t may not
dazzle the giddy nor bewillder the idle,
serves TO please the wise and interest TIE
thoughtful. King Ohio being the source
of power, his Court is necessarily the cen
ire of attraction around him, as round a
centre are clustered not only the flippant
couriierS of the day, but the most illustri-
Gus personages of the nation;Eis royal fctes
and royal balls call together an heterogen-
Gus, but interesting assembly, and presents
to the eye ola stranger ''tableau vivant,"
where one beholds the statesman as we'll
as the wild and untutored heroes of The
Greek revolution.
Soon after our arrival in Greece and
our presentation TO their maiesties, we had
the pleasure of attending royal ball and
Witnessing the light and life OF King Otho's
Court. AT the appointed time and hour,
we repaired to what is called the sold
Palace" and were ushered through suit
of rooms into spacious roicnda. The
hall was brilliantly lighted, and crowded
to overfowing with an assembly which
comprehended the worth and beauty of
Athens. In point of numbers and spIen.
dour, the assembly was doubtless inferior
to those which eniven the levees of Euro
pean monarchies, but in point of novelty
and variety Of costumes, It surpassed eve-
ry thing of the kind had ever seen or
heard. 1t was indeed gay and dazzling
scene; but in order to give even faint
: idea of the 'tout ensemble" must be al
lowed to note some particulars.
On the right of the hall stood, con-
scious of their stiff dignity and high impor-
lance, the representatives Of the European
powers, with their embroidered uniforms
and gay r5ands, and to the left arrayed
themselves thelminislerS off Ohio, vieng
with their competitors, the ministers of
Russia, France and England, in the rich
ness Of their uniforms and the spIendor of
, their trappings. At the head of the hall
and between these two ranks OF laced cour-
tiers, appeared the ladies of the Court;that
is, the wives of foreign ministers, those of
the Counsellors of State, and Her Males
tvs 'dames d. honour" These were all
attired in the latest fashion OF Paris; and
beside those who were lost in the light of
: their diamonds and their bIlliants, there
were many whom nature had endowed
with the more captivating and more vaiu-
able ornaments of female loneliness and
grace; amid this bevy of bright beings, the
daIk-eyed daughter of Marco Botzaries
shone like morning star. The parties
have described were fanked and hem
: med in by the Bavarian officers and the
Greek warriors; the latter of whom being
sessed in the gay and singular costume OF
taeir native land, appeared the most uni
que and the most interesting objects in
, King 9th hall. Their SNOWY camize"
and gold embroidered jackets set of their
i fine persons and athletic forms,while their
: broad sabres, which were flung careessly
] along their left side, gave them wide and
e warlike air. These chiefs. or, as thsy
r are called; the Pulicars, had, formerly, nc
E other occupation but the honorable voca
; ton of arms; and their country being undel
! the dominion Of. Turks, they were seldom
THE style of Professor Gregory Perdi
Q cars, now United States Consul at Athens
u win be Recognized by those who had th,
II pleasure oflistening to his glowing ,classi
IS cal lectures, delivered in many. on
re States duflng his residence q. ning year
"A in our c ountry. h. 3.