Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1850-09-03
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE CHARIvARI AT MISSISSIPPI CITY; OR, THE
MARRIED LADIES' REVENGE.

There some sport among the most quiet of our
folks who ore spending their summer months a, The various
seaside resorts We heard the particulars vi quite excl
ling affair, got few days ago. that quiet and
staid of all the places the coast Mississippi City which
highly creditabe TO the parties and quite effective in
operation 1t appears that Dr. Tegardcns there is con-
siderable number OF married ladies' all of them young and
agreeable and most OF them quite pretty. Their husbands
poor unfortunate victims trade and AFFECT woshppers
Mammon, kept in town, behind their counters during
the week. leaving their better halves GIT along
way they can across the LaEelhe said husbands paying
hurried visits Of Saturday nights, visits rendered less
able BY their continued nervousness lest the steamers
should get 10 town beioie their During the week
the ladies' OF course hard pushed for Now
there happens TO be soufning al The same pleasant resort
number OF very agreeable single young gentemen-wiih
gentle mous,aces delicate goateeand very fine
lin shirts These Young gentlemen aided by few old
bachelors have their power render themselves quite
copasnt 10 ladies' bere OF their husbands but grace
less Foeues in spirit OF reckless disregard Of all the claims
OF galanty and the duties q" chyay instead Of rendering
themselves agreeable to the ladies' persist certain barbara
an sports, such pistol shooting rolling tenpns playing
billiards. and last, though least playing poker. The la
dies justly indignant AT this shameful Abandonment and
Ter degradation determined the downward tendency
OF the nuslinshred youth By Of decided and
energetic character The occasion the execution OF their
plan presented ITSELF when, the striking up
ON certain evening single gentleman could be found
to take part in the piddy dance
"Pun honor-it's warm shall faint protested one
Ut IS too encrvatng urged another ~ would survive
the ID inhcon aud they all excused themselves Ey
and oyt was observed by the indignant married ladies' that
one BY one the uxuriant youths skunk quietly away until
all had disappeared Though they tried secret they were
not BY and devious paths their steps
We're all directed mysterious house some distance from
the main building
When they all gone, the ladies' met and arranged
the! plans little negro was hunted no, who PLAYED the
most delicious discord upon gnurd fiddle old cracked
trumpet was found through which another negro declared
he could blow blast equal that OF Gabriel Then all the
oo I'm pans IN the vage collected and all The negro
children that could be spared Ia beat them Several them
were armed with respecatesized pokers whose tails they
were ordered to twist certain command Thus prepared
the ladies' accompanied by musical assistants and each
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another musical instrument Of e3ceence proceeded
to the Mysterious building whittier the young pre-
vousy directed their steps Arrived here they formed them
sGves IN circle around the house. The silence which SEEM
ed 10 prevail around within the house was ony broken
now and then by the Jingle Of silver its
ABLE ana excianaons OF Il 60 four beter 81 call YOU;
"Ihree Aces and jack and similar ntsrectiona phrases
proceeding from within the house.
In the midst of this awful silence, suddenly like clap OF
thunder there broke upon the astonshed the assem-
bied youths within the house. violent and tenen-
dons noise which appeared 10 embrace all the discordan
notes That either nature art could produce. There
the ear.piercng squeak of half dozen pigs in agony
there was the teehscraping blast Of huge cracked
there was Inc deaienng ding dong dang, of tim
pans-mnged with which, in delightful concord were the
screams Ut innumerabe COMBS and the bone grinding
sharpening scratching notes of gourd fiddle. Such
blast we undertake TO say was equalied by Captain
Rics band in its palmest days As may be Imagined this
terrific visitation of dscod produced Creates, alarm and
confusion among the occupants Of the house, they rushed
the door and windows bur what their asunshmept to
hnd the house surrounded by ladies' armed with
broom Sticks and other wake Instruments They called
for quarter but their Voices only of the bua
SWANS whistle in the hurricane. They fired off their pistols
TO alarm their cruel they succeeded only
putting flight the negro fiddler and thereby obtaining
slight relief The Others all stood their ground Unable 10
be head of the unhappy captves succeeded in
suspending white flag from billiard The signal was
accepted parey held when the besiegcd permit
ted march OF their fort the following conditions
l. That they would abstain from cards between the hours
of breakfast and eleven P. NJ
3 That they should hold themselves ready dance q,
least ten sets every evening.
B. That they should be generally agreeable and useful
the ladies' in the absence of their husbands.
Under this capituaiion the unfortunate youths
leased We learn that they have since regousy kept their
capi'uaiion, and that ready gallant and obigns
OF young men were seen than those Of Mississippi
city-[N O. Delta