The morning comet. (Baton Rouge, La.) 1856-1856, 1856-07-09
The tsnli NJ the Am,te springs. etc.

on the Third instant was grand Affair
| The wild meIiment of The dance, eehoing
through the quiet woo1s, woke nature
from her tranquil slumber, and breathed
over The Terpsicorean, revels spirit o
Romance unrivalled by the fairy tales %
old. This fairy spot rests on elevated
ground sequestered in the luxufiant shades
Of beautiful forest, with a natural scene
OF picturesque, and familiar beauty skirt
ing its borders that makes it a charming
retreat. The open grounds stretching fai
around 1t, are penelied by natures hand
with rugged uneven beauty; dotted here
and there, with clustering gloves and wav-
| ing trees and line Of thicket vetdu1e
where birds Of exquisite and gorgeous
plumage stray to MARBLE unmolested the
sweet summer notes there The lover Of
nature may see, bright and gorgeous with
sunbeams, the distant hills which his boy
ish fancy taught him to believe ii would
be thesheight vf happiness 10 climb with its
sonbte base, sheeted with the cool and
sparkling waters Of The Springs. But we
cannot dwell our object is brief descfip-
lion of the Ball. the souvenirs ol which
occasion furnish treasure for the bright iu-
ture.
On our arrival, which created no sensa-
lion, save shin, we felt ourselves
on beholdng our fashionable cloth be dash
ed with mud /: two or thre hundred people
had already reached the focal point of an
ticipated pleasure and were scattered about
in small groups and circles, willing away
the dull tedium of slimme, hours in social
chat and various other agreeable ways
Guests continued to pour in, until after
dark when the whole company, was fin
ally formed by the addition Of the I" last
arrival and certainly comprised at least
four hundred persons.
We have not space to detail the incidents
Of the day suffice il to say, that the en-
tertainment up to grey twilight hours,
was agreeable. Here an interval Of quiet
without and hustle within, told the hurry
and arrangement goiug on, for the Ball
Suddenly Jolly's band struck the signal
air, through every pulse the music stole
and merry hearts chaing for the dance
throbbed with JOY as each light foot bent
its way to the spacious hall. A bevy of
angel women, with eyes, lips, cheeks, forms
and fashions drawn by loves own hand,
made their entree, when troops of chivalolis
young men sought the floor to win fair
iedy's eyes and Join the tan.e. Tire ap-
pointed hour bad come. Wealth, splendor
and beauty, dszzled the eye--nlost brilliant
was the scene. The young and beautiful
mere sparkling with Jewels. Diamonds
were flashing and rejecting innumerable
lights, till Ii seemed Q. gilded picture Of
the mines Of Golconda. Mer,ily the music
sounded from the flute the violin and the
harp; heartily the young men and maidens
whirled away in the giddy waltz, which
Schiller has compared to the wandering
dances Of the stars. The old ladies' looked
on, Chartered and gossiped; the old men
laughed and sipped--cofiee the ball NOV
ed gayly on wit sparkled; beauty glow
ed, jewels flashed; grace, chivaIry, accom-
plishment and intelligence combined, to
give the affair fashionable eclat. The
ladies' began to retire, about 2 o'clock A. !
M. and at three, the room was cleared
The ball ceased its motion. We could not
sleep---our soul was agitated--we strolled
about pensively and looking on the
receediug world in its dioramic beauty ell |
ected this passage as the brightest. The
cock crew, and signalled The dawn of day |
We rubbed our burning eyes; gathered up
our duds, and casting a long lingering look |
behind, drove swiftly off for Greenwell,
where we attended the celebration Of the
Fourth, and another brilliant ball at night.
For the description of which we refer to
he able pen of" HI We would like to
ell you Of the fourth at Greenwell, but
ear we would fail to describe in terms
expressive the generous and
loble qualities of Mrs. B., the propyie-
,ress; whose soul is full of amiabIe charms,
md manners graeed with every kind and
ocial bearing, that cannot fail to win her
riends and patronage. Now then the ques-
ion is asked, who was the Belle Of the
Ball at Maek's % We challenge an
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