The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1868-03-11

IN point ssf brillia1cys numbers In atteEd,
ance, anhEaristy and tastefHlneas q, COS
Gas Fsasss s of p ,,sn, s. sss z. s.ls'
seime. h0nored ii Jewish history, was the
sfmmediate occasion Of the balls This feaat
,,is, ana fas been ssince; the rdsJa of Aalass
ueras, King of. Persias eeleh ehEatad in, honor
liof the rdeliverance, ,oE the Jewish people
from the, designs Of Hanaan, With plays,
masqusrades, and festivities sof all ktnds.
Faithfully has it been kspt by the. de-
scendafts Of Israel ';and from the deyotaon
OF that race to every feature Of their Re- /.
ligion and history, this feast vii, TIL the
Jewish race are. no more, be marked with
the same attachment 10 and yeneration OF
this most Important part Of tfeir history.
s-, s TIE Mdnaga ganeat Z
OF this affair was adequate, and no one
could complain Of lack sof courtesy and
attention on the part Of those inschsrge.gl
/ tEsscsaius; commsHee SMsssrs. N. "a, Hirsh-
berg, William Loyensteip,. Isaac Hutzler,
William Heller, Sam. Hirsh. II .iaaa .r-ss7se5-s.s
q Manages sMassrs Isaac 81 schxiysr. h. y; ~:
,Gunst, julius Sycle, Il. Kopple, Julius Bear,
DIR. Jasnes Beais, 4Jacob1Mayy Henry Morris,
Moses Millhiser, Edward Cohen, NJ. Il.
)Straus, Isaac Ho1lander, B. Becher, Samuel
Henry Hartman, Myer Heller, Isaa6 Cohen.
Henry Whitlock, William Fleishman, Joseph
,Straus, Sol. Wise, MARY Mfttsidorfef.
Reception O Committse --W WiiliaIn Fleishman,
William Heller, Julins syels, J ), Msys Julius
% Floor as Manaasrs1WiiIiaIa @ " Loyens Isaac
Hutzler, Samuel Bevnheim, Henry Harris,
Herman Kopple, Charles Mitteldorfer. s.,
These gentle did their duty well,
,snd left nothing nndone to add to the
pleasure Of those presspt:aa ag1R8 .s3s
sfft sfcei sd The Ban saa' i.at s4s
was commenced at about O'Clock, when
d hundred or moro disguised couples
wended their way Sini the spacious and
handsome dining hall ofs the lSpotsRood
(which had been set apart for the. ballroom
6r this occasion), and were soon winding
mysteriousiy about in the ssGrand, Entf6e
March, Impatienee soon manifested it,
self among the maskersJ who were anxious
to enter fully into their respective roles.
It was not long before theamarch ceased
and the bugle sounded preparation for
livelier work. In moment thereafter
Kessnich with his splendid orchestra
struck upii Strauss's IS Flora 2 .Quadrille,
and the masque ball was fairly inaugura-
ted.a. .2ssstttf t.s2.a set3 teSg .Agrgss5ss y
.nyz8 ,stb tst,S5 The .Seens, IL efea oag IS d
from prominent position in the room, can
better be imagined than described. 81 1t
was one of fafascinating brilliancy and
amusing 1grotesqueness,a ss,aever1yarying and
constantly presenting to the eye new,
amusing, and pleasing phases. Nova fairy
fits before yourteye, thena clown; now q
negro, then a pretty flower girl. The gay,
the sombre, the rich, the plain, the snow
white, were all constantly changing places,
and they seemed to melt into one huge;
rich waving mantle Of, ,kaleido doscopfc hues..
The scene was ,eminently republican, for
there was no distinction here, on account
of color. d The pretty peasant girl did not
stickle to dance Q, quadrille with the ugly,
negro impeachment ~; the Noblemani
walked, at his ease by, the side Of some
female soup-house patron and the Queen
OF the Morning seemed to enjoy q waltz
with dusky son of Night as much as
though his skin had, appeared as white as
her own. Noble and peasant, black and
white, old and younggred, and yellow,
,ringed, streaked, and, cefriped, were all
mixed indiscriminately in this scene of
,brilliancy and joy. ..,3 tsE3'''
5a' , me Costumes; ! 5saa sIT
were varied, TASTEFUL, and numerous-
plain, brilliant, fancy, cheap, and costly,
though the pred dominant tendency was de-
cidedIy in the line of the comic. It would
be in vain to describe them so we will
simply ,enumsrate those which fell under
our notice, with the remark that there
were no failures, and that much excellence
was displayed in the majority Of the charac-
ters. The Polish Peasant Girl was repre-
sented by Miss N. a. !, the. Negro Voter,
who walked twenty miles to register, Mr..
A.G.; the Duke, Mr.. ]. L.; the Duchess,
Miss, a. h; Aurora, Miss F.; German
Peasant Girl, Miss J. H.; General Scho-
field, with an iron rod In his hand, Mr.. 9.
H.; ,Pierrot, Mr.. W. t.. Red Riding Hood,
Mr.. 81. S.; the Flower Girls, Miss Z. and
Miss D.; the Hungarian Officer, Mr. Moses
E. the Fop, Mr.. Isaac S.. the Newsboy,
Mr.J. H.; the Daughter Of the Regiment,
Miss NJ. B.; the Sweeping Girl, Miss r.
M; the Shoemaker and his wife (Mr.
and Mrs. Julius Lincoln. Bayne), Mr.. ~.
H. and Miss d. L.; the Sentinel, Mr. j.
s.; the. Cook, Mrs. ]. H.; the Old Woman,
Mrs. T.; the Fisherman, Mrs. Charles S. |;
the Harlequin, Mr.. NJ. u. f.; Conntryman
and his, wife, Mr.. NJ. NJ. and Miss j. S.;
Tailor, Jim Hardtimes. Mr.. Lonis g.; the
Butter Girl, Miss G.. L.; Paddy Miles
and wife, Mr.. J.. P. G. and Mr.. J. B.
p; Woodsawyer, M III. a.. H.;
Amina, the Somnambulist, Miss B. p;
the Spanish Singing Girls, Miss Clara N.Y.
ers and Miss Bertha Smith Secretary
Stanting at Home, Mr.. Marx Mitteldorfsr.
[The Secretary was seated in o represen-