The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-09-01

tentlons OF Captain sale anu inesoio.
and Porter, who neglect nothing 1or 'ne
comfort of guests. Mr.. G. Delarue' OF
Richmond, who presides over. the Wei
stocked bar, is very popular with the gen.s'
and is real good fellow. Here's long lie
to the whole set, who will never De 1orgot-
ten by COLD SQUIRREL
The Grand Masquerade Ball at the Wh'te
Sulphur--One of the Most Br1Haa7''
affairs of the acknowledgements
Costumes, Scenes, dc.
Correspondence of the Richmond Dispatch.
WHITE SULPHUR, August 29, 1868.
The grand mask ball is over, Its para
phernalia are slowed away for another sea-
son, and nothing but the pleasing recollec-
tons of its great brilliancy and success
remain. Without exaggeration, we may
put it down as one of the most successful
affairs of the kind ever gotten up IN the
mountains of Virginia. This especially so'
too, at so late q date in the season. On this
account it had been feared by many that
the ball would prove failure but even
the most sanguine were agreeably dlsap-
nointed in their expectations. The number
of persons present was very large, the cos
tunes varied and elegant, and the manner
of sustaining the different characters IN
this grotesque comedy of life excellent.
THE ARRANGEMENTS
for the ball were complete, and admirably
carried out. The grand committee was
sub-divided into three, each one of which
was assigned its especial duty. They were
composed as follows:
Floor Committee.-Dr. j Hanson Thomas,
Mr.. John Andrews, Judge Samuel J. Dou-
elas, Mr.. Douglas Taylor, Mr.. Richard II.
Spencer, Mr.. j. T. Perkins, Colonel B. G.
Adams, Mr.. L. H. Sergent.
Mask Committee (whose duty it was to
examine masks and see that no improper
characters were allowed in).-Dr. William
3. Ball, L. Q. Washington, Esq, Thomas
Branch, ESQ.,, Bernard Peyton, ESQ, Will
liam S. Gillian, Esq, and James P. CoWar-
Supper Commatee.-Dr. May, Colonel
Norton, and Governor Stockdale.
These subcommittee we're not appointed
as q matter of form, but did the duties pro-
perly within their spheres, and by conse-
ouence added much to the success and plea
sure of the occasion.
THE CosTUMING.
The company were indebted to Mr.. Mar
shall, the celebrated costumer of Baltimore,
for the costuming. Most of the dresses
were furnished by him, but few of the
visitors being supplied. His wardrobe was
an extensive, varied, and handsome one,
and as it was laid out for inspection in
the large ballroom for three days preceding
the ball, gave it the appearance of large
emporium for rich and elegant dresses. His
experience and taste in this line of bust
ness made Mr.. Marshall o valuable acquisi-
ton at the springs at this festive time.
THE BALL.
All was hustle about the White on
Thursday evening. The springs grounds
usually present beautiful and lively
scene after dark, but on this evening the
very buildings themselves seemed vested
with life. On all sides active preparations
were going on, and the numberless lights
that studded the numberless windows in the
springs buildings and cottages showed that
| there were but few residents in this joyful
place to be participants, aud gave adj
| ditional effect to the usual brilliancy of this
| evening spectacle. At about o'clock the
ballroom was fully lighted up, and Rosen-
berger and his assistants, the autocrats of
the evening, took their places and struck
ND grand march. 1t was not long before
the room was filed, and from all points of
the ground came anxious maskers, who,
decked in all their regalia, had waited this
moment impatiently. Ere long a lively
galop was played, and the whirling forms
Of the gleeful :wo-legged galopers told that
the ball was fairly opened.
THE SCENE
beggars description. The ballroom doors
have been opened scarce half an hour, and
it seems at its height. All around one is
life, beauty, pleasure, music, and fun in
their intensest forms. Young and old, male
and female, are mixed in the carnival, and
the hardest hearts must yield to the intoxi-
eating joy Of the occasion. It's splendor
dazzles one, and the more one looks, in the
endeavor to give it distinctiveness, the
more bewildered he becomes. In one mo-
ment the devil passes before him, in the
next an angel; now might" casts her
shadows around him; then Morning"
gives him bright smile here peasant
girl" trips gracefully along to the exciting
strains of " the Grand Duchess" there
"queen" whirls majestically around to
the measures Of the ''Corn Flower" In
feet, all is variety of the most pleasing
and grotesque description. One seems to
behold rich waving mantle of kaleido-
scopic profusion of hues, ever varying,
ever beautiful. Look there " Waddelowe,"
the fat boy, is cutting up strange pranks. He
has actually ceased to eat, and amuses him
self and an old witch by blowing on toy
horn, ingeniously constructed so as to vary
its notes. That young prince yonder talks
too earnestly to the 'Bayardere to mean
anything but" will you have me ?" Well,
if there isn't another affair of the same
sort A Mephistopholish looking fellow
talks love to lady of high degree, with
powdered hair and silks and satins in ne
cessary profusion. She seems but little dis
pleased with his attentions. She is remark
ably shy. All, "Old Boy" woman has
once more gotten ahead of you; for when
this mask-life of the hour ceases, you find
you have mistaken your woman, and made
love to the wrong one. Never mind, she
won't tell. All, my poor heart, there is
Marie Stuart =" looking SO grand, so love-
ly, and soqueen-like. Contrary to Chatelar,
az forget thou art not queen Of the
land" so much grace, 80 much beau
ty do seq. There is Rob Roy and
Helen McGregor, and Q noble looking couple
they are, too. Pat Malloy, git out O. that,
and stop pinchin' that little angels neck, or
I'll be after combin' yer head wild q grid
iron. Oh but what beautiful "Greek
Slave" there is. My, but what would l
give to be the master; and then she has
sister, who is " Peasant Girl Gee ! but
couldn't fellow love one Of this kind of