The New York herald., 1851-09-08

thou art second BY appointment but In thy perfections
humble tribute Of one Of our most gallant knights Zap
Mr. Thompson, as Count Bertrand, being entitled to
the choice Of the third maid Of honor proclaimed the
Of Miss Jane Washington.
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and applause. Mr.. Bedinger ir considered secession
it-snd is from the first to the last opposed to
sion. Accept this humble tribute to thy beauty and
thy worth. Musc-"IIail Columbia -
The President then addresss knights sir knights
dcated-beauty is satisfied and you have the spproba
ton of the assembly and mine. You axe, therefore dis
missed with all the honors
The knights waving their helmets to the ladies' wheel
ed about and with their ances still IN rest, gaioped oil
the field, and the pageant A, this juncure,
large bald eagle or golden eagle supposed to be the
identical bird Of Jove in the vision of Mr. Dsdn
ger on the Oregon question might have been no.
vsring the top of the mountain singular and gr
tifyng coincide nee No doubt he came up from Har.
pei's Ferry for birds eye view Of the tournament The
company adjourned to dinner
diversions of the day. To morrow evening fancy ball.
Of which We shall give you the particulars eea saga-
SHANNoNDALE STRINGS,
JEFFERSON Co., Va, Sept. 4, 1851
The Virginia straightforward Of Gen, Scott
Tracking the Prssident-JVta up the Gay
Season--BaHs and Tournaments The Fancy Bal
at Shannondale-P Politics and Poetry, &c.
Gen. Scott, last week, passed up the valley, on
his way to the Greenbriar White Sulphur Springs.
1t is long and tedious journey of stage riding for
late in the season. Two hundred and fifty miles
jolting in stage coach, for a days benefit Of
White Sulphur water, in Septe mber, would hardly
pay. The inducements of the journey must be COM
mensurate with the enterprise. We have reason to
suspect that Gen. Scott is candidate for the Pre-
sidency. Good wings, Scott wings, if they can un-
yoke him from Gov. Seward, do say that the Gene.
k,I.o, l;ttlo Qot <ho
kindy-that he talks as oomplacently on the sub
iect as Gen. Sam Houston, just if his nomination
was an affair predetermined, and his election
thing, provided always that the party can be unit
ed; and they further say, that Gen. Scott deeply
regrets the dissensons existing in the whig party
and the continued agitation of the niger question,
as it is very natural that he should. But the way in
which the Highland Chief has been following in the
wake of President Fillmore's Virginia pleasure ex-
cursions, is little curious. A fortnight ago Gen.
Scott was luxuriatng upon salt water, hog fish, and
the smiles of the ladies, at Old Point Comfort The
President was there last July. Noww lind the Gene
ral-in- Chief passing up the valley of Virginia, and
received as lion of the first magnitude, name and
at Winchester, and at New Market, lin the tenth
legion, among the Suabian Dutch, and at Harrison
burg, and at Staunton especially; indeed, all the
way to briar, up the valley, among the de,
Scot h Irish, and the sturdy Germans, famous for
their fine farms, cabbage and sour. krout, and
buxom daughters, and those 1.-the and po verful
seven feet mountaineers; in word, all the way to
the real White Sulphur Of Greenbriar, Gen Scott
seems to have covered over the tracks Of the Com
mander-in- Chief of the Army and Navy, and neu-
tralized all the advantages promised to Mr.. Fill.
more from his journey
General Scott will get great deal of useful in
formation at the White Sulphur. This summer,
more than at any preceding summer, those Springs
have been the resort Of Southern pleasure seekers
particularly the fiery secesslonsts Of South Carroll
ma, Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi Some Of
them are still here; and few conversations with
some of these leading spirits will post man up
completely on Southern politics, and upon the sorry
chances of uniting the wings. North and South in
the grand steepe chase Of So But, at all events,
this excursion Of the General into the heart of Vir
gna will do much to put him retus in curia in his
| Dative State. But what will it all avail The
| State is democratic-the storm of 1910 did not
change her; and when the new constitution is rati-
fed by the people, as it will be next month, by a
sweeping mjority, and the popular vote is thus in
creased by the addition of some $1,000, what can
the wings expect but an increase of the majority
| against them Yet the vote Of Virginil may be
worth centerding for in whig convention, il they
| have q convention; and this may account for the
industry with which General Scott is tracking the
| President. Through our political spectacles this
| wild goose chase is curious affair. On both
| sides, we fear, il will be loves labor lost"
The gay season is closed at Capon, and the clos
nondale on the second and third instant, aud at
| Warrington, if the appointment was fulfilled, on
the same days, and will take place, according to
present arrangements, a. the Frederick county
White Sulphur Springs, near Winchester. within
| this week We bavc given you an account Of the
| tournament at Shannondae, on Tuesday, on the
| day before yesterday, and we now propose free
| description Of the fancy ball at this place llst
night.
4" The bright and youthful dancers meet
| With laughing lips and winged feet;
And golden locks come flashing by,
Like sudden sunshine through the sky
Passing over the formalities. or rather inf FORM
alities Of the organization for the affair was i'm
promptu, we come at once to the merits Of the case
| we were absolutely dazzled by the spleni lid scene,
as an owl is dazzled by the sun. The brilian,
lights, the artistic decorations Of the saloon, the
mirrors, the festoors Of flowers, the orange trees
under the orch ,stra, filed with stuffed oiris o.
paradise, natural life, the trimmings OF the bal
cony of the orchestra, the costumes Of the ebony
musicians,
The raven perched above the door,
Might be imagined but could not, on this interest
ing occasion, be described. The magic ring ant
the wonderful lamp Of Allddin, we were about per
suaded TO suspect, had been discovered, in som,
cave in the Blue Ridge, and were here brought
| into requistion. And, o1t upon the mountains
and on the beautiful river, and in the clear crcum.
ambient sky, II was what the old women would
smiling from heaven. as IL nought Of i'll,
| Could happen In so sweet an hour"
But the grand promenade march ann ounces the
| opening of the exercises, and here we are. The
company are aware of the fact that ubiquitous re-
| porter OF the Ner York Hoaa Is amongst them
They expect "frst rate notice" and they ought tc
have It; for there are beauties in this crowd that
had he seen them, would have charmed old
Abelard out of his conventcle or started John X an.
dolph to writing sonnets. Old Virginia. when called
upon to show her jewels, may exutingy point L
her daughters and say, "they ar thar" Promi
nent among the dancers tonight, are
Miss Nate Sappinton, of Charles.own, the queer
head dress lilies OF the valley. She is a splendic
creature; fair as the flowers in her black hair, mo
dest as a lily, yet queenly in her appearance q
Maria Theresa. Hard and Gallon, must be be wht
could gave on this young maiden unmoved by the
sight of love, the purity and grace.
The mind, the music breathing from her face
She had her maids Of honor, Miss Nelson Of Berkeley