The daily press. (Cincinnati [Ohio) 1859-1859, 1859-02-23

Heaven was begun, and since the birth of Terp-
sichore she and the Heavenly maid" in uni
son, have ever charmed the hearts Of both man
and womankind. The voice of birds, the gurg-
ling of falling waters, the chirp of insects, the
roar of the surgings of Old Oceans foam
crowned, star kissing waves-all arc but vari-
ations of that same old tune Of Nature which
received its life at the meeting of Nox and
Chaos. And in their limitations men have been
successful, and, from listening to these mystic
harmonies, have fashioned such sounds as force
large tears Of joy from hearts to all things else
adamantine.
These thoughts, although somewhat irrele-
want, rush into expression, upon coming out
into the air, after gazing for an hour at the
dancers at the Opera House Ball. This build
ing--which, we have no doubt, exceeds in mag
ni6cence any one of the kind in the United
States, if not in the world--last night, boheld
scene unsurpassed in brilliancy by any pre-
vious occurrence Of the same nature in the
West. The Muses. from the ceiling smiled upon
women lovely as they, and sweet eyes "lookod
love to eyes" that beamed as brightly as sun
beams upon the CLASSY surface of summers
lake.
Not less than two thousand persons, compri-
sing the more refined and elegant circles in the
city, danced beneath the food of light, which
fell from almost as many jets of gas, to the
music of Tolbecque's quadriles, or giddily
whirled in the mystic voluptuousness of La
bitzky's waltzes.
Ofthe decorations, all with the exception of
the drapery of pure white, relieved with coIors
above the stage, and the fountain which sent
up silvery jets from the centre of a dozen
Cupids, who reposed amid q small forest of
flowers, we need not speak. The public is
already conversant with the details Of the or
namentation of this magnificent temple, whose
proscenium is the largest in the world.
The arrangements in the supper and coffee
rooms were excellent, in the highest sense of
that much abused term, as also was all the
details.
Inregard to the dresses, We were pleased to OBJ
scrve-we are compelled, for want of space and
time, to be general-that while many were ele-
CANT all were tasteful: a fact which is all the
more complimentary in these degenerate days,
when the whole tendency of dress is to show
and width, and cost, instead of to elegance or
fitness.
The Ball in remembrance will remain what
last night it was to most who attended it, viz ;
pleasure and Joy. The -whisperings
which sped along the only way to the heart.
while delicious music arose and fell in voluptu-
GUS waves, will linger in thousand minds till
time shall be no more, and echo through the
halls of memory, until they, in the land of the
hereafter, tell joyous tale of, at least, a
glimpse of happiness while here.
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DOUBLE observation-disclosures OF MATRI-
MoNr UNDER DTFIcULTIEs.-Two couples, from
Fayettc County, KY, arrived in this city night
before last, and went to the Spencer House,,
With the most malicious intent to commit mat
rimony. They had left frowning mammas and
unrelenting fathers, and were fearful lest an
unceremonious ending would be put to their
anticipated blessedness by the untimely ap-
pearance of the parents of the girls who were
fresh and blooming as the first roses of June
After fruitless search for Dennis j Toohey,
the accommodating Clerk Of the Probate Court,
which lasted far into the night, they concluded
to run the risk of waiting until this morning,
when, before he had arisen, they appeared at
his sleeping door, and called loudly for
licenses. Always willing to assist persons into
the married state, he arose, administered the
requisite oath, accompanied them to the hotel,
and witnessed the marriage of Chas. II. Jewett'
to Mary j. Huffman, and John NJ. Coyle to
Virginia II. Spates.
Far now beyond the reach-except the anath-
emas-of their hard-hearted progenitors, and
reposing in the arms of the honeymoon, let us
hope that new dreams may come before those
of to-day are dispelled, and that the flowers Of
love which are blooming row, may not wither
until the fair brides seek for new husbands in
another sphere.