Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1847-05-21
THE vIENNorsEs ONCE MORE

On "Wednesday night we again attended the er,,,
binary performances of these children. Though -.
dances are as brilliant as ever they cannot hs .
pected TO please as much as when first SEEN far -
reason that an impression upon the senses hov.y..
pleasing al frst will pail by repetition. This i. on. e.
perorty Of the drama over the ballet "Goreeous r..
gedy" administers To the pleasures Of mind which =.
as infinite as its emotions. But, while We acknou
ledge that the evenings of this week have not been
delightful 10 u "a the last, We willingly do lus,,e.
the beautiful dances which have been performed r.,
Rocco is Of the gayes Of all their exhibition. -,
regime never found such favor our eyes IT,,
piece of the evening, the Flag Dance, is w..
fine pageani-some, we believe, think il as prs,,y .
the Pas de Flenrs. We were sorry to see so SINAI,
audience. The attendant tnnui Of portion of ~
musical performance has doubtless driven off j, 49,,
many.
The Editor, OF the Times seem much surprised .
allusion the other day 20 the dancing Of DAVID
We sorry TO that our friends are so poolv
instructed in scripural history. II they had read
their bibles with attention, they would have seen
in ID Samuel, oh. vi, H. the following words Gan,
David danced before the Lord with all his might, ana
David was girded with linen ephod." Il is fu,.
ther stated in the holy text that David's WIFE look
Ing out of The window, was much scandall,ea
thereat; because, we are given Ia understand. D.,
vid had not the discretion Of Madame Ellser and ts
not cut his coat 10 suit the taste Of the Jews III.
ancient Yankees, she did for the ''nice" Boston,
This is the only performance OF this char,,
ter recorded in the Holy Scriptures. When the Oh,
dren Of Israel passed through the Red Sea- we read m
Miriam the prophecies, and all the daughters of Ism,
came forth ''with timbrels and Dances" of which a.,
suppose the " Pas Oriental may he regarded rs m,
mature copy, while Moses and his hundred rbor.
sand fighting Jews Numbered out the chorus
"Sing IL the Lord, for he hath trlnmph,d plo,i,,,
The horse and his rider hath he Hung IN the 80,
The account of this most extraordinary tal.t i,
cord may be found in ~ Exod. lal. We hone ,ss..
references will satisfy the critical Editors Of the Tin.
They say the truth of our assertions AS 10 the anion,
oil the dance will not "pass muster with the Tbso,o,
ans" If they had been themselves '.Theclop,,r.n
enough 10 have dipped into the Archaeoloyes n ~.
or Brown they would have learned that IN The T-m,,-
al Jerusalem, there existed most magnifc-n, conn.,.
bdllst, composed Of The members ofthe Sanhedrm No.
tors of the Schools, and the rulers of the Synecoy.
which performed before all Israel, in imitation n -
vid.-tBrora, rot !. 1901
In these remarks allude 10 The paragraph N ~,
nesday's Times, mol TO The in that paper A.,
The Wing OF yesterday. In this trash, written an,
bly, that queer Joseph, in The many coored coat liz,
lodges before the curtain ever and anonl ana vs
seems TO be highly indignant that We do not show ar,
Strives in proper rcstases all aud every thing We saw
W. are gravey informed that punishment our d.
srrvatons were "transared 10 the virnnoisrs" ".
feel much mortified lhereat and 10 make our peace nnh
Madame Weiss, suggest the Institution ola "graul III
du d.dain" Il would give opportunity tor some i'm. II
f,tn NH hay. aIS hgsn
singers, and portion Of The orchestra Things has
come 10 a strange pass. These people live by amusing
the community il leisure hours; and when We refuse
u cover EYES, and cry aye Gods they are a.
founded Il our msoence The press has encouraged this
-pIit The papers think they utter uo,huy
but nav ksh phrases ofcommnn place praise about es,iy
affair If this SORT and the consequence Is, that the pua
r cares NOT two siraws about what they say For on
s.,y,s we discaim ouch tactics Whatever Is good
W. will commend, whatever is irrsoie, like ii
mr. mn,i, al the theatre we will condemn We have
said we thought fhe singing OF the 0rpheans proper
for The theatre and when unaccompanied By insuu.
mental music, faliguing, and we repeat u. That
y, The little girls was n "prrtiy child" What
7 hal they are all capering Venus dl Medci-' We ale
informed that the which We named have betn
performed by the orchestra Ii 80, either did hol
hcar them or they badly played that dld
,hen We free, however. 10 say, that the
little hit gave the orchestra has mol been unattended
" ,th effect. Since remarks, we have heard
OF the overlures alluded 10 very well executed and
take pleasure in according praise 10 the beautiful S0i'
on The Caronrt by Mr. Wagner, whose music THE
Ftuquier Springs have often listened 10 with De
light. He and Mr.. Cpl, n0D second IN command ale
musicians of great taste and skill and deserve all com
mendarion. While no musicians ourselves, We have
bca I'd great deal from the best 0rt,es aud are vain
enough 10 profess little discrimination on Tie sub
jrct AT all events, shall not relinqush thr right Of
publ journal express our opinions upon lhs OF any
other matter in which the public is concerned We
slsll not again touch the subject We are glad 70 hear
that the Pas its the whea-sheai dance
will take place night II is said 10 be superior 70 all
the