Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-10-15
The Great Renfrsw Ball in New York On
Friday Might.

The Great Renfrsw Ball in New York on
Friday Night.
The conn Van to arrive about eight
o lock, asd fling Marriages half a mile long
fSsr hous ins as1 a1s asas1Ss
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the upper tier. to impenss the general effect ef<he
spectacle. The stage proper was covered over
head by tent-shaped drapery, In admirable taste.
Prince arrived; and the interval of waiting, not
brief one, was occupied by the company In ex-
changing salutations with old friends, or In propa-
eating charitable remarks about the different
methods fesorted 70 by the American nooility. In
attendance, to indicate to the Prince and suite
when he should arrive. that they were the persons
specially sent by Providence on that particular
occasion TO secure to him pleasant evening the
men to enlighten him in regard to the expense of
the entertainment, the nursery men who furnished
the flowers, the carpenter who constructed the
hoor, and the name Of that beautiful girl, the
speakers lovely daughter who n standing meeksr
than Moses ever stood, with bouquet In be, hand
thinkfng Of nothing and nobody, while she Is the
subject Of discussion; and the women meanwhile
lord the pleasures Of 50 the mazy, IL possible or,
II not, to get near enough to ascertain from per
sonal inspection whether he ever shaved IL he
really does turn bis toes in when he dances a. has
been asserted, and TO catch something from his
lips that could be quoted In triumph to asoaished
listeners hereafter when he becomes King Of Great
Britain and ireland.
/ At last, and towards midnight the noble guests
oftheevening arrived. Their advent was heralded
by an unusual movement among the comm tee
who gathered In full force around the part of the
of a long rope succeeded in pushing back the
ladies' who were gathered there that they could
have the lions all 10 themselves for a time This
though not much relished, was submitted to with
as little grumbling as could have been expected
Presently, Mr.. Charles Augustus Davis REQ uested
the company to form a procession and walk
around, promising them, as reward for their
corpplaisance, thatthey should all have chance
| to see the Prince +, ''Of course such an induce
ment was not to be resisted tb ough not presented
| In Mr.. Dsvis's NEST fattering manner, and i'm
mediately . procession began to move in palrs,
ike the animals going into the Ark from left to
right In front Of the Prince to whom each person.
as he came up, was presented by Mr. Hamilton
FISH This proposition for the relief of the curl
oslty OF the crowd, though not announced very
felicitously, was working admirably, and some
fifty couples had already been presented when
suddenly the upper ends Of some two hundred Of
the guests suddenly disappeared with the accom-
panytng noise OF breaking timber and loud
thunp. About two rods square Of the floor i'm
mediately in front Of and about thirty feet from
the dais had given way, dropping the throng
standing upon II srme three feet down upon the
tops Of the seats of this theatre hume liatey under
Ii. Among those standing on this area were Mir
and Mrs Governor Morgan. ..-..
The assembly behaved with wonderful discre
ton Not single cry was heard; the crowd sto,,d
perfectly still and as soon the exact nature and
extent Of the danger was ascertained, the alarm
which at first was naturally considerable, SUBJ
sided One Lady tainted. Providentially no one
was hurt. This unfortunate and d spraceful acct
dent-for it was disgraceful In the last degree 70
the carpenter aud persons charged with this por-
ton OF the arrangements-literally spoiled the
whole affair 1t converted the beautiful spectacle
which few minutes before all wes. admitting
into huge joinery establishment; IL postponed
the opening of the ball for a full hour; it dimin
ished the space, already overcrowded, by expro
priating some hty feet square of the best part OF
the room to carpenters and policemen thus pre-
venting dancing, or even walking. without diff
Guilty, Tor what promised to be an, indefinite
period. t.s--- ~ ~. -
To relieve the floor, the com pany were REQ uested
to go to the supper room, which of course was
filled In an instant, and about thousand people
Were damned into the corridors, unable TO move
back or forward. waiting for the ins to come out.
that they themselves might get In In order to oct
out. The accident, during this painful hour of
reparauon, was the theme OF every tongue, and,
grateful as all Were that no serious accident or.
CURED, everv one felt that 1t throug no care
or foresight on the part Of the committee, that a
thousand people Were not killed; for the careless
ness which would permit floor to give way
under the mere weight Of those standing upon It.
might az well have preci pitated them thirty feet
az three, and filed this whole nation and peIhap s
another, with mouners. -,
When the repairs Were completed little open
ing was made in front OF the dais, about large
enough to- swing cat by the tail, and Mrs Gov
Morgan, whose superb toilet was the universal
theme OF conversation, and Lord Renfrew took
their place for the first quadrile Among tbose
who shared the distinction Of dancing in this set
were Lord Lyons with Miss w God, Mrs Gould
Hoyt, daughter Of Gen. Scott, Col Scott his SON
BeYYyInan oh
Jas. w. Gerard, who did the handsome tLIpg,'
on this occasion by Mrs. Rowland, and CAPTAIN
Gore and two or three other ladies and gentlemen
whose names have not transpired. This over the
crowd began sensibly to diminish. Lord Rem
rev danced several times and at two O'CLOCK
seemed to be getting into the merits Of the occa-
sion.
The Express says The Baron danced thirteen
dances, the following ladies being his partuers:
L. Mrs Gov. Morgan; 3. Miss Mason; g. Mrs
Gould Hoyt;4 Miss Helen ussell; S Miss Jennie
Field; 9. Miss Fish, daughter Of ex-Gov Fish;
Mrs August Belmont & Mrs Col Van Buren,,
daughter-in-law Of ex-President Van Buren,: O
Miss Augusta Jay, daughter Of John Jay, ESQ
Maunsell B. Field; -. Mrs Edward Coo ,er.
The Baron left at the end Of the 81 Yteenth dance
Mrs Major Delafeld, u. 8 A, was dressed in a
pearl brocade, trimmed with white lace; head.
dress Of feathers and jewels - 4
Miss T.. v. DePeyster-Dress Of white watered
SIX trimmed with cerise, silk over dress looped
with white roses; head dress Of white hyaciuths.
DccAhdH WOIc corn COlOreQ silk
trimmed with black lace; ornaments diamonds
Miss Turner, daughter Of Mr. ID. b. Turner.
was dressed In white tulle, trimmed with gold
leaves; ornaments Of pearl
Miss kinneys dress was Of white tulir trimmed
with gold ribbon In points, and pufings
Miss Belts was dressed In white tuIIe and fow
ers-all white
Mrs z. Goodhues dress was Of striped blue
and white MORE antique, hounces of white lace
MRS Col scott was dressed in white silk and
over dress, gold Lama. Head-dress, short veil
fastened with jewels and flowers
Mn w. farkin was dressed In pink silk, and
lace hounces, and head-dress Of white feathers
and pearls. -
Miss Beekmans dress was of white silk, with a
white tulle over-dress trimmed with pond lilies:
wreath Of the same flowers: gold h,sid th,omah
the puffs Of the dress
Mrs. Matthews was dressed In cerise colored
SIX, Trimmed with sncien lace, point de Venise-