Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1869-08-18
THE WHITE SULPHUR.
Tournament mt the white sulphur
springs-COrOnation Eeenes-Grand
Masque Ball In Prospect.


springs-COr0natiOn Seenes-Grand
Masque Ball In Prospect.
Correspondence of the Union and American
| MONTGOMERY WHITE SULPHUR SpRrNes
Aug. Is, 1S69.-Attracted by an adver.
tisement in your valuable paper, of this
delightful watering place, and the adds
tional inducements offered to witness a
tournament, ball, ETC., on the classic soil
OF old Virginia, we arrived here a few
days ago, and were delighted to meet
so many familiar faces, all of whom speak
in the highest terms of the salub ity of
the climate, the magic effect of the waters
in restoring the tagging energies of the
body and imparting buoyancy to the
mind and mere particularly of the mag
nifcent style in which the tables are
kept, and the general good order and
neatness observable in every department.
The tournament came off as advertised
and was attended by at least one thous-
and persons. Every available spot was
occupied by fair and beautiful represen.
tatives from Virginia, Louisiana, Geor-
gla, Alabama and other Southern States.
Some twentyNsix gallant knights entered
the lists, accompanied by long retinue
dressed is gaudy 1iveries and quaint at
tires, mounted on fiery steeds as eager
Tor the fray as were their masters. They
were headed by the famous M Metropolitan
Band OF Washington City, and paraded
around the lawn, one mile in circumfer-
ence, and the music of "Dixie.n Arriving
upon the ground selected for the tilt,
they were addressed in elegant style by
that gifted son of Louisiana, Judge Walks
er, who paid touching tribute during
his remarks to the beauty and chivalry
of Virginia. 1t is useless to inflict on
you the various feats accomplished by
each and every knight, where all did so
well. We will therefore confine ouselyes
to those most successful, namely:
Major w G Anderson rode as the
Knight ofthe Montgomery White Snls
phur" and carried all the rings, nine in
number, in succession of three rides.
He was closely followed by the Gallant
Knight of Ravenswood, Mr.. VIM M FL
lis, who got eight rings and a tip, while
the Knight Of the Hills, Mr.. Allen Esk~
ridge, got seven rings and two tips, and
Mr. L W Barnett, Knight of the Alleg>
hany, got seven rings and one tip. The
latter was tied several times by the
knight of the Lawn, Mr.. Hammill Will
son, but after an exciting contest in
which the spectators seemed to manifest
as much interest as the noble Knights |
themselves. Sir knight Barnett was
declared the victor. The honors were |
by the judges from the stand.
The Knights being formed in a line
preceded by the band playing "Hail to |
the Chief" returned to their quarters,
where they received the congratulations
Oftheir friends and numerous admirers, |
That afternoon no doubt was one of much |
solicitude to the fair sex, as the victori- |
Gus, Major was heard to say he was
disengaged and intended to crown the
handsomest lady on the ground. All
eyes Immediately seemed to wander in
the direction Of the fascinating figure
Of Miss Kenner, of Mobile. The Major
took the hint, and CALAMITY placed the |
sceptre at her feet, which was as grace,
fully accepted and that night, |
by maids of honor |
be placed the crown upon her
brow and she stood before the admiring
throng the acknowledged queen of "love |
and beauty" The coronation speech |
was delivered by E. r. Gregory, Esq, of |
the Lynchburg Republican, and elected |
great applause. At its conclusion the |
royal set of Lancers was formed and |
danced with grace and precision which
had the happiest effect, as 10 few min
utes after the spacious ball room re-
sounded the steps Of flying feet which |
"chase the morning away" In the
evening the lawn was brilliantly illumin,
ated by numerous Chinese lanterns, bal~
looms, rockets, etc, which lent an en-
chantment to the scene around rarely |
witnessed. At Il O'Clock a magnificent |
supper was served in the dining hall by |
that prince of caterers, Mr.. j II. Good.
man. In conclusion, we have only to |
add that great preparations are now be- |
ing made TO give grand masquerade
ball on the night of the 9th inst, and
from the character of the gentleman at the
head of it, delightful time may be relied
upon. We cannot close this imperfect
epistle without returning our thanks to the
and liberal prOprietors and their
polite and skillful assistants, Messrs. Bin
ford and Ksvanagh, for the friendly man
ner of our entertainment RoLANDo.