The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1850-02-27

gsshsT forming trio Of rosycheeksd peasant girls.
Night, with her sparkling g,rdle, made of twink
ling stars, and with the golden crescent fixed
upon her brow, was there in the character as
sumed by MISS Oh. As black a. night, and
as sparkling as the stars that ilumine it, are tho
eyes that repsse under her classic brow:
The Misses De, az Spanish ladies, were
dressed in white, and wore their black wells
thrown back upon high shs! combs f.. and falling
truly beautiful costume, and well becoming the
Miss VS. appeared in a plain white ball
S.s Some that h are scf A.. Of d xse ,b st
would ever make me sick.
Miss Ok, Of Enfield, maintained her reputation
TOR beauty and taste. The pure white she appeared
IN i: truly emblematc The assembly was no, honor "
Councillor C-g Mrs. B., the lady OF the house,
was also present, adding grace to the party.
La pettte Miss s of New Bedford, appeared IN
the character Of ,Glpsey girl; and rumor was
ss sig the rounds that she was "'As belle Of the
Miss c. gave great pleasure to all beholders, IN
her execution OF the Highland Fling. The Misses
c. polka costumes became them chamlngly
and Miss SIS La Cracovienne was very prettlly
sustained.
And amongst the sterner sex, conspicuous shons
the stalworth form of Byron D., In the venerable
costume Of that glorious old patriot, General Put
breeches soldierly.
Counsellor b. and F. G., a. Samuel Slick and
Solomon Swap, Esqs,, stripped the laurels from the
They costumed correctly, and twanged delciously.
"S,icks" got whitfield "some," by that brace Of
beauties.
W. J. T., as the Great MOgul, was the grace and
ornament of the ball. He gave US a spirited re-
presentation of Oriental majesty.
MIR. s., the gentemanly proprietor Of the hotel,
in the character of Charles the Tenth, personiied
in his handsome features most aptly the royal
head, In less troublous times, of La belle France.
+. T., Esq, Qhe wealthy proprietor of our largo
iron Efoundry,) appeared in the character OF Athos,
the Guardsman.
Capt. G In Greek character-srange and gold
Mr.. p. appeare in the character of most witlcss
clown. He Is not clown, certainly. Charley L.,
Of the Clinton appeared IN the beautiful character
Of Selim. The handsome youth was on tiptoe
from the first blast of the buge, tllthe ladies' had
all left. Col. B. was completely the creature Of
the fates. He set his heart on appearing IN the
character of Yankee Tar; but the goddess OF
grace would not consent to the Dissertation, and,
unknowing the change, he appeared a perfect
Apollo. Now, If he "Tuns off the track" blot this
out for ever. "Mort," Of Ogdensport, assumed,
with the perfection Of grace, the character Of
Frederick the Great, but, unfortunately, was
minus the snufibox. The immortal cooked hat
and powdered wig sat becomlngly on his head.
p. II. d., Esq, whether by intuition, or by
happy concentration OF adventurous circumstances,
or, as the result Of profound meditation and COM
Psrlson OF character, personal and historical, j
know not; but most certainly his assumption of
the costume of the celebrated favorite, the Earl Of
Rochester, was putting on Of a gsrb and charac-
ter that sat him most becomingly.
II. w, ESQ.,. as Metamora,, was most grandly
costumed; and he bore the dignified and sober
manner Of the forest chief with strict truth and
a lawn of the forest, Nameoka, was sustained In
full costume BY the beautiful Miss s.
Speaking OF Indian chiefs, after supper, another
" lord of the forest appeared in the room, MIR G..
from New York. He wore splendid costume,
but ruined the character by his levty. 1t was
thought to be thing to him, and that he really
found himself tor ohce in ''hI On feather" There
was no checking him; that Indian would laugh.
J. M, as Richard the Third was splenddly robed;
he smiled, but was not seen TO 'smurder when he
smiled" w. j., Esq,, Of New York was .'some"
L., as Figaro, the Barber of Seville. Charley L.,
as Paul Pry, minus the umbrella. J. l.. T., as a
Spanish exile L. s, Esq, appeared in the costume
of an American minister TO foreign court; the
suit attracted much attention. ID. b. s., Esq,
eschewing all the tinsel and trappings of royalty
all the feathers and belts Of the Indian, or the
graceful creations OF fancy, assumed, with bold
that docs credit to his valor, the character of
the wolf In sleeps clothing.
Our worthy host, w II. L made his bow to
the company in the character OF Jack Falsfaf. and
il may be we'll to remark, that the mantle Of
Hackett could net tall on broader shoulders. Mrs;
=. and Mrs. r., were very unfortunately detained
at home, 30 old Jack had to content himself win
"sack."
Miss F., Of Aurora, should have been mentioned
before. She 10 most ''rare and radiant maiden"
and appeared in the gorgeous character of Au-
rora, and sptly emblemauc in her ranscendant
beauty 10 she, Of the dawn Of day.
But this narrative must close, and hundred
name, sequaly entitled TO celebrity with the above,
must go unhonored for the present. Many of the
beauties from adjoining towns we could not recog-
Mise, and therefore, cannot mention. But the sup
per must have place In our notice, as IL had
conspicuous place in the proceedings Of the even
ing. Messrs. Leonard Il Burton made most lbe-
rul provisions for the occasion, and the immense
dining hall Of the Clinton House was entirely oc-
cupied. every fowl Of the air and fish Of the
sea" had Its representative there. In short, "the
old groan that we read Of" was heard distinctly
proceeding from the tables as they bere up the
load of delicious delicacies" At first the groans
were taken for spiritual knockings," and some
are inclined still to think that the spirits Of de-
rarted fessts had "smelt a rat" and returned TO
JON in the festivities Of the board The supper
was creditable to the accomplished caterers OF the
Clinton.
SO, after the wane Of night, and the approach Of
day, one by one the ghosts of departed beauties
ard heroes hied them to their sepulchres again.
Twas but gathering of the departed Of former
ages, VIII appeared TO US for q night, like the
ehost Of Hamlet's father, in the habaments Of
life. And, as day broke, the room where they had
held their reyel was deserted and lone.