The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1865-09-20

Az olio CioOh, oF0i CLllS peSpOhe Une redQl-
ness of the eager knights, and the solicitude of
the more eager crowd. But, before the knights
make their appearance, let us look around
upon the assembled throng, and see, reader, if
we can give you an outline of its composition
Whatever may have been the effects of war in
thinning out the ranks of the sterner sex, we
are compelled to acknowledge, that it has left
unscathed the tender and gentle beauties that
adorn this glorious old, county, seated beside
the Chesapeake and in gazing upon the crowd
Of fair faces and dazzling eyes, assembled to
witness the proves of their knights, we could
but exclaim:
Hear, we fair daughters of this happy land
Whose radiant eyes the vanquish'd world COM
mand, i'ttt
Virtue is beauty; but when charms of mind,
With elegance of outward form are Joined;
When youth makes such bright objects still more
bright,
And fortune sets them in the strongest light
Ills all of Heaven that we below may yiew
And all but alteration, is your due.'
But we must hasten on, for the champing
steeds and the impatient knights tell us that
they are ready T" for the fray"
Brigadier-General Lane was Chief Marshal,
and heading the long list of knights, he leads
them to the stand, to hear from DR.. Garnett
such regulations of knight errantry as would
now apply, and should guide them in the
coming contest. And now the bugle sounds,
and each knight grasps
"A knotted lance, large, heavy, strong,
Which roared like thunder as it whirled aong.''
And now, in rapid succession, madly dashes
forward each knight
'By turns they quit their ground, by turns ad-
vance, -' hN0'
Victors and vanqushed in the various feld''
But time will not permit lis to dwell upon
this splendid passage at arms" 1t is enough
to say that the ancient renown of the Old
Dominion was fully sustained by these, her
sons of the seaboard, and that whilst the grace
and beauty present had called forth all the
prowess of all the knights, yet as faithful
chroniclers Of events, it is our duty to give in
detail the name of the croavned Queen and
such other fair lasses as had awakened love
and emulation in the recorded knights here
present. And it is proper to add, that the
choice fell upon right royal queen,
''Whose certain conquest would endear the fight,
And danger serve but to exalt delight"
dges-Geo E. Tabb, w. G. Lane ST..
Jno N. Armis:ead and Lemuel Janus.
MarshaHs-Chief, Brig. Gen. j. H. Lane
Assistant, Jno. G. Bohannon Assistant, Chas.
Marchant.
NAMES OF KNIGHTS.
Knight of the Ripping Wave, DR.. Lane.
Knight of Matthews Erode for Miss Lucy
Armistead) c. Davis
Knight of the Kenwood rode for Miss Tai
bot), Jno. Carey.
Knight of the Freeport rode for Miss NJ
P.,) j. R. Foster. .
Knight of North River, Dabney
Knight of the Haven, rode for Miss Ed
wards,) w. Stokes.
Knight Of the Cross, rode for Miss Ed
wards,) j. Fleet. ..s
Knight of the Lowlands, rode for Miss E.
Tabb,) John Tabb.
Knight of the Golden Cross, rode for Miss
j. Stokes) +. Bell
Knight of the Waverley, rode for Miss Bell
Tabb,) W. Jones.
Knight of the Chesapeake, rode for Miss j.
Stokes,) A. Hudgins
Knight of Wickhams Brigade, rode for
Miss Anderson) Sinclair
Knight of the Ceur De Lion, H. Tabb.
Knight of Midlothian, erode for Miss Il.
Tabb,) Williams.
Knight of the 'Lone STAR" rode for Miss
Kate Tabb) S. Smith,
Knight of the Wild Horse, rode for Miss
Georgia Hudgins) Christian
Knight of the Garter, (rode for Miss Sophia
Smith J A. Nuttle.
Knight of Pleasant Point, rode for Miss C.
Anderson,) Lanson. .,.,
Knight of the Sleeping South, rode for
Miss Betty Billups,) s. Miller.
Knight Of East River, rode for Miss M. P. }
W. Hicks
Knight of Portsmouth, rode for Miss Gale,)
W. E. Hudgins.
Knight of the Old Dominion, rode for Miss
Sue Billups,) S. Miller.
In this long list all could not be winners,
yet that each of the knights earned and won
a smile from beauty's lip, we have the best
reason for believing
THE RESULT.
Occur De Lion" took the first honors and
crowned Miss Emily Kemp as Queen.
Ripping Wave" took the second honors,
and crowned Miss Lizzie Hudgins LIST Maid.
North River" took the third honors, and
crowned Miss Maud Tabb I'd Maid
Garter" took the fourth honors, and
crowned Miss Sophia Smith Sd Maid.