Washington sentinel., 1854-03-08
an Indian chieftain-the younger as the lovely


Medora.
!. And sweet around Medora shone
Bright nameless charms, unmarked by her alone.
With heart whose soitness harmonized the whole,
And oh that eye was in itself soul"
Miss VS. appeared in a very becoming
and picturesque dress, as peasant girl-or
shepherdess.
Miss Wy attracted the admiration of ALL
by her most beautiful and graceful Polish cos
tune her lovely face and fascinating manners.
Of the gentlemen, arranged in alphabetical
order, comes first
Mr.. B-n, who well personated the stately
Sir Charles Grandson.
Mr.. By, of New York, who was splendid
ly dressed as King Charles ID
Mr.. BE, of Georgetown, and Mr.. S--h,
of w Washington, were the counterfeit present
ment" Of compromise, or non-committal men,
halfwhite and halfblack.
Mr.. CT, Of South Carolina, appeared
in very rich dress, as Hamlet and sustained
the character well throughout the evening"
Mr. C--g, of New York, wore the very
pretty dress Of French "Debardeur," which
greatly became him, and gave him very inter
sstMlns M4 agpearsnss gs. an excellent Indian repre-
sentative of the Choctaw tribe.
Mr.. H-s, and Mr.. H-n were two jolly
sailors, and looked their characters extremely
well.
Mr.. H d, of Boston, was attired in gor-
geous robe and stately plumes, as Doge Of
Tenice.
Mr.. H-n, of New York, wore very
handsome Hungarian costume.
Mr.. Is appeared, to great advantage, in
very handsome and becoming dress as Wild
rake.
Mr.. Mn as Turkish Pasha, looked
the character well, though the dress was rather
dark for much effect.
Mr.. Ne looked extremely well in splen-
did velvet court dress.
Mr.. Mn wore beautiful and becoming
Turkish costume of rich white silk, with SUI
perb jacket Of green and gold.
Mr.. No appeared as Spanish Don,
with very becoming dress
Mr.. Pc, of Boston, personated the ven
erable and immortal Cicero, and occasionally
quoted passages from the orations OF the "old
man-eloquent.n This gentleman and Hamlet
carried out their characters "in speech and ac-
ton during the evening, to the amusement OF
the guests We were, at times, much diverted at
several passages between the "ancient orator
and the modern "princeand scholar the former
being mistaken by the latter, for the ghost OF
his father, from the fact ofhis Dress hair, beard
and face being entirely white and ghostly IN
appearance.) Whenever Hamletaddressed him
as the ghost, as for instance, "angels and min
listers Of grace defend us, &c.'-" be thou
spirit Of health, or goblin damned, &c,'
the venerable Cicero became extremely indig-
nant at Hamlet's error, and cried out " am
no ghost, / am a Roman senators" whereon
Hamlet would strive to allay his indignation
by the quieting words: " Rest perturbed spirit
rest, and will avenge thee" And throughout
the evening we amused ourselves BY following
the course of Hamlet, and watching the method
of his madness. We noticed that he adopted
for his Rolonius the venerable Judge D-r,
| of New York; the lovely and gentle Miss NJ.
K for Ophezia a noble looking lady for tt the
queen. Mr. Cg, of New York, for his Ho-
ratio, &C., philosophising with them all, in the
words of Hamlet.
Altogether, Mr.. Editor, this was one Of the
most splendid and charming entertainments
ever given in Washington, and in all respects
went off most admirably. The bright and glit-
tering uniforms of the officers Of the army and
the navy greatly contributing to the splendor
of the scene. MERCUIlO.