Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-05-10
FTIIE INTEILIGENCER.



The New York Counter and Enquirer gives
the following description OF { ,esv eviebta,ea af
iair>:
Were you ever reader. spectator uf one 6f
those ParisiAI eNiiiniIiDnSs--We mean, Oi c0uise
Ihe beiirr class Of them, those which take pace
l"ice week during the winter, commencing at
The hour Ut midnight, at the Grand UprtH ,r
ihe % era Cntnipne Ii ~. aud il YOU lnOS0d
hpOn II With pmTged Ame.isan eyCS-and lss
take II i1r ETantvd sou dId-you have HO nc, d
In be tuld tiiat the :uasqurrlds l. uO cutertain-
neat for tile virIuOus daughters Of Amrrics-
the NOinliu"us music Ou the stage, the tl,l,r
'Warning with men and omen rXuavaganI
OstIImrs, ,iaIriI.g, WeaIiug, laughing quarrel.
IIg, Sl'caAing WUtls that should blister hunIau
ils, Tie T'yer, more a. gait aid seAcrcAe hum
r'IrS with dOa6ts eAter,fres aTJl every SJS le oi
,ntIIgim, aud 10 Ihv takes aud sInonS i,IlCeeir-
.IeS that irgEar dvsCFl tin!l and alunusI exceed
'e i,t To AID the imagination a. those v hu
ave Sern nothing Ui l.Ii~. We viii cite 4 few
.a>s1gcS trOn t,r ages of an Amt ricsin writer
h''.: Gnly iaii.t.iS that he uider--clIors:
~ lame IIan Could hardly help dancing %
-uciI music, bat the French shouted aud daiced;
they IiaIiCei NIii their feet; they danced with
! heir / g; they danced with their ANS; end
neir eyes danced mast Of all Now the
,ck> 81 q uiaignis brush your iace, AMI nov
iie ice ut Il countrSS c"Ines WITHIN 1sl IuciI uf
cur n'-c1 though yuu DC taller than She. 4
f'ferTette ~hiilS you completely round, while
'eTtlaps real jaT>uesc from the- Oprru IN per
Oriniils, Vne of her ettFeehats, carri,,l away by
icr enthusiasm for the dance, iaiiS ITO your
irus. The scene WAS indeed brilliant, for no
iIdy IS HllnweI 10 enter unless masked and dom
inOcd in travtAtry, aud no gentleman I.nles9, IN
HaNeSy or full dress 30, whatever might have
been the character and standing Of the iniivid-
uals of the assembly, their exteIiors were GER
tainiy always elegant and splendid.
As tie night wears on, and the blood grows
warm, the excitement and noise increase; eve.
rybOdy talks with everybody, tufoyers every
body aud ridicuies everybody. They laugh at
one anOtis-r, and tread on each Others toes, or
thOSe they had never seen.
At three O'Clock in the morning, the excitement
reaches its height, the musicians have caught
the general spirit, and play with redoubled ca
ergy; the demand IS ior noise as well as for fnu-
| sic. One Of them seems occasionally to strike
II harrel, another tiu-pan and another gong,
winch certainly giveS UitueSS To the iustru-
/ inentatlOn in perfect keeping with the whole
scene. fine dust arises and ills the Wn!e
theateI; II is just enough to dim little the blaze
Ofight, aud impart hazy look To- the splendid
array Uf beauty spread Uut on all sides. The
noise Is deafeinc; shouts of laughter IN every
key Of the diHpasOn arise iiOn live hundred
voices At once; blaze Of wit aud repaTtec, stale
enough in Paris, when knows il, but bril-
| liant to the stranger, Hies about ones ears
like the popping OF SquihS. The third sex Jf,r
a G'i>ette must belong to that sex a. she can
hardly be ranked aS masculine or frtnirIncj iS
now all animation; she Chaps her little hands and
dasles la, performing the eHolutions With sur
prising deXIeIiIy.
And low WI,nt claitcr uf feet. and flashing
Of eNc>, aud tussiig Of heads. How the tai
PiuIne> wave In the air, aud how the SNOWY white
lOrks OF the qui~ darce tn the Music, aid
what haking uf gHHdy dresses and laees AID
| >pargleS ahd elauieIs! What beautiful white
>huu ders aud LO>0mS Hit under your eye
" iiat Taper E'rims are bounding about Ou, aud
IivHiIng all the POSITIONS OF tie gIare>i Surely
they are all int &icated with pleasure, and PER
Z iiaIF> ieNv tl,inible> iu ui Cognar.
Herr u the b.gt' scene presented itself such
as cat never DC Witnessed elsewhere. The Ia
hles were strewI with Champ asIe bottles, SinUk-
ing hot i'unche>, bavar"iSeS, Segar siunI,s, brn
ken cigarettes, eufre-cuI.S liquent glasses, AID.
in short, every Imaginable drink az uIeIsil that
cuuid hc setNiceabie ia Barchanalian TouI
Ntile around the table, aud Un the table solue
Times, Weie closely grouped hundred iantast-
cal tniIiiS aid shapes Of every color IWiStetl intU
eveIy possible Position, anIi ali talking r1;h
er ShUutIi'g, at the same UIue. Tie air vas
hl!td With 'trIiSe sIn"ke frm the cigarettes uf
hitv pretty lips and the scsar~ uf th,r coIni an
irns, AID It tnrie Mas anything they Gid h; rider
tlam dII.king aud smoking. It the jinsnng
Of gia~ses bai,giug "i cliafs and grh,iu vifOI l.
Ia Ste v hO ruuid IA axe the most Iui-r.
For an i"stant wa> Completely lost IN re-
H,rii'I.s. Never had been present at u SCENE
"f gItnItr hIIaIeI.t eairIy-ie,tr ric aIIear-
arce> nIure iecri tive Nearly all "f these gan
d,, gilded cXteIioT rnnc,aIr,i Lcaits that Wprr.
mr uglt TO Lave been miserable; hut short
lie aud marry one seemed 60 lie the universal
aim, ar, ~ they danced tiein>eve,, iEtb misery
and death dauCtd Ihrir>el,e e. - far away iIUm
true hapl inees the quiet Iainily ireside i
Hoved iIVm the buisirTOus rsirth Of a masked
ball."
A sensible wife looks for her employment at
hotne-a silly one Obroad-
When i. hen most likely to hateEg When