The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1876-02-23

W. Page McCarty as Colonel McCarty.
Costume rich and elegant.
Edward T. Crump as his ancestor Leigh.
toH Wood, Jr, Solicitor General for the.
Colony.
F. Davenport as Sir John Davenport, an
Engiisbman visiting the Colony.
EtheIbert Fairfax as Lord Thomss Fairs
fax, of Greenway Court, where he lived in
regal splendor. Heappeared In Q preserved
relic OF the wardrobe Of bis aucestof-a
green coat embroidered In gold. he sdded
| to the costume an embroidered vest OF RED
satin.
Thomas Boiling as Colonel Robert Boiling.
Of Chellowe, the author Of the Boiling Me-
moirs.
William T. Thom as Rawleigh Downmap,
OF Morattico, Lancaster county. Heis . de-
scendant also Of Colonel Thorn, fthe Patriot
Convention Of 1776.
Edward D. Price as ais great grest-grand.
father, Colonel Peter Skipwith, Of Chats.
worth, who was grandson OF Sir John Skip.
With. I'D.
A. Sale Watkins (the gentleman Of the
white stick) as John Watkins, OF Bsthwood,
bis great greatgrandfather, who was mem
Der Of the Patriot Convention Of '76, and .
connection of the distinguished Leigh family,
VI IASluiaS VI UukCu Depj3Eitu WbtkluUS
United States senator and the eloquent sdvo-
cate. and William Leigh, the pure jurlst,
were brilliant representatives.
Raleigh Trayers Daniel, Jr., as q Court Gal.
liant Of the Period. He Is the representative
OF q distinguished genealogical line, maternal
and paternal, the heads OF which made their
advent In the Colony some two hundred
years since.
William Y. Sheppard as student at VIII
liam and Mary College.
j. A. BurgWynn as his ancestor, Colonel
BurgWynD, Of North Carolina.
DR.. George Ross as Colonel Joseph Msyo,
Of Barbados, one of the founders Of shis
distinguished family OF Virginia. His tomb,
| handsomely craven aud marked with tha
arms Of the family, appears in the family
cemetery at PoWhatan, just below Ricn'
mond.
| Meade Skelton as a representative OF the
highly. respectable Virginia family OF this
name, Of whom Reuben Skelton, clerk Of st.
Paups parish, Of Hanover county, and heri.
weather Shelton, were >honored examples,
Some volumes In possession OF the writer
from the library Of the former are marked
with book -plates bearing the arms OF she
f.mily.
Muscoe L. Spotswood as Sir Alexander
Spots wood, one of the most sagscious and
euterprising OF the colonial governors, whose
rule was marked as one conferring the great
est benefits on the Colony. He led the
knigbtly expedition across the Blue Ridge
Mountains in 1920, which was commemora-
tive of him by the institution OF the Order
of the Golden Horseshoe, OF which Caruthers,
| 10 work of fiction" The Knights OF the
| Golden Horseshoe "-gives y pleasing ac-
count.
| William L. Royal as his atgraudfathers
Colonel Thomas Marshall, OF the Revolution,
the father of the Chief Justice.
John Enders Robinson as bis great-grand-
father, John Robinson, Speaker of the House
Of Burgesses, who married daughter OF
Augustine Moore, Of Fling Green, King
William county. Speaker Robinson nel9
| also the Office of treasurer Of the Colony, ana
| was man OF broad culture and or the most
delicate refinement Of manner.
DR.. James Drew McCaw Moncure as Ed
ward Amber, of Jamestown, the progenitor
of the distinguished Virginia family of this
name, of which the State Treasurer and Col.
| opel John Amber, Of the Revolution, ana
| Colonel John Amber, Jr., OF the war OF 1917,
| were brilliant representatives. He is grand.
| son also ofthat worthy member OF the Medicaf
Faculty Of Richmond, Of the earlier years OF
| this century, whose name he bears 40 DIS
Christian designation.
Major Mann Page, delegate from Prince
| George county, as John Page, OF RoseWeil,
afterwards Governor of Virginia, who was
as we'll known by scientific attainment
| having an astronomical observatory lifted on
his residence-as by his statesmanlike quail.
ties and patriotic devotion to his country.
Thomas Booker ss Mr.. DePriest, his great
great-greatgrandfather. ~,
Francis Nelson as President William Mel
son, of the Provincial Council, who was com.
| monty known as Secretary Nelson.
Judge E. c. Minor as DR.. Hug Mercer,
afterwards General Mercer, OF the patriot
army, who sealed his devotion to bis country
on the bloody field Of Princeton. John Mer.
Ger, the compiler OF an abridgement OF the
laws OF Virginia printed at Williamsburg 10
1927; James Mercer, member OF the Contl"
nentil Congress, and General Charles FEN
| ton Mercer, member OF the United STAKES
| Congress, were other distinguished repre-
sentatives of the name.
| DR.. M. NJ. Walker, as the representative
Of DR.. Thomas Walker, who, with James
| Henderson, was one OF the commissioners
uppointed to explore the wilds OF henIoSky
in 1776. A sister of DR.. Thomas walker
married DR.. George Gilmer, q graduate OF
the College of Edinburgh, distinguishes
practitioner Of williamsburg, and the ances.
/ tor of the highy-gifted Virginia family or
that name, which bas numbered on Its lists
governors, statesmen, and jurists.
W. Scott Carrington as Colonel EdWara
Darlington, Quartermaster' 'Generai OF tos
southern army in the Revolution, and an 10.
innate friend Of Washington.
] Conotor u r Rand of MiddlsseX, a.
Theoderick Bland. -
William r. Trigg as Co!ontl AitRuS
Campbell, OF Flncastle.
Colonel Minor, first doorkeeper OF the
7 Senate, represented an Old Virgins gentle
map. Colonel Minor, who is connoisscur
in eating, pronounced the supper eXeeEeot.
No greater compliment could have been
; paid it.
OTHER COSTUMES.
Many of the ladies and gentlemen who
! we're on the dancing Il >or wore costumes OF
Lord Botetourt's time Of great spfesdor.
eaualliug in numerous instances. and rival
ling in some, those OF the conrtiers. Our
reporters undertook to refer only to those
who engaged In the Court pageantry, but
J their ewes for the beautiful were, neyerths.
! less. attracted by many Of those outside the
Court. and it was with regret they found Is
inn possible to include them In their descrip-
ton. E
THE SUPPER,
One of the most attractive features Of this
grand festival Of aye olden timen was the
supper. It was set 10 the rear portion OF the
Theatre, and was arranged with taste and
, skill that has rarely been seen In this city
before. and there perhaps never was one OF