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~ Life at the White Sulphur.
The following sketch from the pen Of ". J.
", the we'll known correspondent of the
CNalcston Courier. presents an interesting page
from the Journal of life ut Southern Water
ing place.. The writer wieds graphic pen,
aud aG;urds.that happy. mixture of narrative
and disquisition in her sketches which lend to
thcmthcir riquancy and interest: R,.
GREEN BnrAn, July, 1851.
hlost people have sccnsa "Drcss BAR in our
citiesGanl those whohavc seen one have seen
n tlousanl; the same blaze of light, the same
, band of music, the same supper table, and the
same tumult.nt the door. But "Ball" at the
There is here nc, fierce contention with wrang-
ling mobs of eoaehmen-no confused phalanx
ofcarriuges-no painting footmGn-no curtsey.
inf .nnd% orer-heated hostess compelled to
Standing position with n collected mob staring
:nt her diamond tara-no laborcd decorations
of ofteruporary yerdure-no tedious ascent Of
crowdcd.stars-and no peevish bellies wrangling
in. Gle Ecloak room. !.
Ours first s.Dress Barr presented none Of
tlrese Objectionable, features. The room was
crowded, but after some difficulty we succeeded
III securing standing position in the crowd,
wheTeWe remained rs incapable of locomotion
asS if,enalosed, in the "Black Hole" of Cal
cutta%&s
'Inhe train of lovely women before us, SEEM
ing, nsintcrnlinaLle as Banquos vision of crown
cd head 81 our rowing eye -fell eupon t. young,
simply dressed girl, with cluster Of wild flow.
els in her hair, just such flowers as she might
have picked up in passing through the woods.
Ing tip OF her head was the most we could see
OF her, for she was so surrounded with beaux,
that%it was impossible toapproach the footsteps
OF her throne. One was .tormenfing her with
his indiscriminatc batteries with the dronc of
blue-9ottle fly; another rendering to her
acceptance some of those cut and dried scnten-
ces which he had bestowed upon tile successive
bells the ballroom for the last fifteen years.
ioor, girl! her Gountenancc seemed to appeal
to the aid. Of her lady friends as to that of
= good sainaritnns, for she" had '"fallcn among
1tis'hardly necessary to tell our readers that
tins fair girl is nm hcress f! The gentlemen.
here, with all their pretended insouciance,
knew pretty we'll from what quarter the trade
wind blows, and the are not often found elbow
ing'eaeh other to obtain the hand Of portionless
girls, even is as faiS as Hebes. A few no doubt
are attracted by4the personal charms of this
very lovely person, but by far the greater
number by les 1faar ye,g de saeassette" Few
are Hkefns:Italap prince, who very frankly
told I'm English eommopcr, when he made his
proposals for bis daughter, that his chief in:
ducementsto marry en heiress, and overlook
her being nm heretieswas that .he might rep air
.an1gefurnish hia place at Genoa.
1tis %hispereQ here that this fair girl has
been wooed by half the resident planters, of
hers own State, and wandering cavaliers Of
otheg. States; and that she has driven some
igtofthes Mississippi, ,tand some into life, Lake
.Ionchartrain, by her obdliracy. Among all
the .ospirants,N the ono who succeeds should
II filp Sza hnrc Nm, ~
and. proclaim his good fortune Jy: sounds Of
Miss-was there. .ins doasbls sl sha s,ssress of the
lightest tulle, looking as spiritual and ethereal
MS II she were fed on rose leaYcs, nfid drank
byacinthinc fluid from cups the sizc!of an acorn
and consistency of canarys eggshell. It is
sasA thdt young Georgia p]aRter haswon the
llenft Of. this fair gul, but ,csttink The gentle.
:. a'an@ho- was her shadow all the evening may
prove I've mouse to nibble hole in the net
which holds her in captivity.
The lion Of the male crowd was Mr.
:. whoag Established among the celebrities here
.1-wf ten in Aaliea-recognized by the public
as aieagned ~puudit, and travelled man. who
has been, 70 the four quarters of the globle,
and hronght home as much useful knowledge
in .the World 40pen:Inonthed audiences sur.
sronud him as they might have done an orienfai
taie-teller@ ofItalian imprOvisators. He has
seen not only 3he aIsouyre, ,.'sbht the dome of
Mecca, and sat face to face with tba.smumfnys
OF MooPs, by the light Of o8s Davgs safety
Sselszerswater fresh from, the rock, visited the
GaDHet A theJapanese palace at Dresden, aud
inc Gslsoreted -restaurants at Touloise, where
!. thstlmbs% geese are Gendiedsip sugar.
:.pelg thosseated dctatSssNefs group of
ssspsss sass et;.ss widely ssls:
plishsd stEuetpf (Sir. ArcIss of Ma.r. snu.
.Jaad sojopriIug lfeTe. iofsa fSasaaoas nai