Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1848-10-13
The White Sulphur Tournament.

derrick White Sulphur Springs, virginia on
Friday last, was a very attractive aildlr.-
The matter was managed IN a true ancient
STYLE. with a Marshal, Herald and Judges
Tie knights were twenty in number, all
Virgiuians. At IL o'clock. A.. NJ, they APP
peared properly cdparisoned. drawn up into
line by The Chief Matst al, the rules 10 gov
etn on the occasion were read by the Pr's ST.
dent, Joseph Tidbal, who then addressed the
knights in n most eloquent and antnlllng
strain. reminding them, that IT their contests
were not, ne of old. TO be marked Ivy blood,
their reward would lie The same; the SMILES
and favor Of woman. lie therefore cheeIed
them on TO high and manly bearing, and to
an observance Of all the courtesies which
should distinguish the sons OF chivalfy.
The trial Of skill was then begun. the Her
aid announcing the name of each knight as
he set or at full speed, with couched lance.
The scene was really a brilliant one, the
baud striking up an appropriate strain as
each knight bore of the ring in triumph
The riding. in most cases. was fearless and
elegant, and clearly evinced that ouly a little
p%rictice was needed, with good horses 10
rive it all the effect ii desired.
There being a high wind The greater part
Of the time, The feat Of liking the ring was
rendered much more difficult than usual.
Mr.. Bennett L. Norris was declared the
victorious Knight. Messrs. MILAN and A.
NJ. Allen, being tied, made a new trial when
the latter took the ring, and Mr.. MILAN only
touched it. Mr.. Allen was, therefore, TO Sc.
lect the first Maid u Honor, and Mr.. MILAN
the second.
There being a tic between Messrs. Harris,
Jolinp, Englp, b. b. Washington, +. D.
Moore, and Maitingly, a new trial was had,
when Messrs. Marfis, Engle, Moore, and
Maringly, each took the ring, and upon the
next trial, Mr.. Harris alone carried it off,
and was declared TO he entitled TO the selec.
non Of the third Maid Of Honor.
The contest being thus ended, the knights
were drawn up in line in front Of the large
porlico Of the hotel, TO make their selection
Of the ladies 10 be distinguished on the oc-
casion.
Mr.. Norris selected the Queen of Love
and Beauty, and brought mp on the point Of
his lance the wreath with which she was to
be decorated, which the president placed up
on her lovely brow, accompanying the act
with an appropriate and eloquent address,
The Queen bowed, and received most grace
fully this token Of distinction.
Messrs. Allen, MILAN. and Harris then
selected each a Maid Of Honor 10 the Queen.
III lHe tNPUluE bHtIo was d UdIl. I ne bRu6en
and her Knight entered first, followed by her
cortege, the three next successful Knights
and the Maids OF Honor-the other knights
also appearing in their appropriate costumes.
After promenading the room, the Queen was
conducted TO her seat, upon a handsome
throne erected Tor the occasion, where, with
her Maids Of Honor in attendance. she recei.
we'd the obeisance and congratulations Of her
numerous retinue and visitorx.
We had often heard Of the boosted chival.
ry of Virginia, but regarded i, as a kind OF
abstraction, very pretty TO talk about, bu, moi
easily understood. But thanks 10 the pro.
gressive spirit of the age and the enterprise
Of the Old Dominion, we have now a practi.
cal exemplifcation of il in "The White Sui
phur Tournament" Burke could not re.
proach(ully say 10 Virginia, the days Of
c~hivalry are gone" for it has its Tournamen,
with Marshal, Herald and Judges its Throne
with a Queen of Love and Beauty and he!
attendant Maids Of Honor; its Knights, 'ar,
med and equipped as the law" of chivalry
directs to say nothing of the President o.
the Lists, which is probably a republican
graft on the ancient stock.
1t is ,rue the knights did not tilt at eacl
other, for there is some danger even in blum
, lance heads, and a fall on the green swar,
might have soiled their costumes, if moi brui
sed their bodies or broken their bones. The
, exhibited the better part Of valor-Discre
tion-and instead Of COUGHING their lances a
, the helmets or %eorslels of each other, sough
10 bear off upon their points the suspended
ring; which deed Of vslor was performe,
If with ''high and manly bearing" by severa
Of the knights, who received for their rewar
# : the smiles and favor Of woman.H
How such a scene would have gfaddene
tie heart Of Don Quixote De La Mancha
who would have beheld in it a glorious rev
val Of the spirit Of ancient c~hivalryl Ilmu,
indeed have been a gorgeous sight, such tast
m such wealth, such luxury, such p~raneing
d. steeds, such louting Of banners, such burs
Of music, sneh g%sllantry Of knights, sue
&c smiling Of damsels!
NJ But then-we might as we'll speak it o,
a. at once when we read the foregoing a
c. count, an irresistible spirit of calculation Sc
zed us, and we fell TO summing up the pr
rts bable number OF negro babies these TWEEN
re- Knights had sold for the purpose of purch
ST. sing the costumes they wore, and the hors
they rode, and how many " negro wencheI
" TO use the chivalric Language OF the O
," Dominion-they had disposed of to the hig
~ est bidder to pay the other expenses Of II
u" Tournament. These things, can Of cour
be Zone by Virginia knights without formi
any ground Of impeachment of their chiv
ny. The distressed damsels they are swc