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The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1864., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: July 26, 1864., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
ul knight on the occasion was Mr. Edgar Thompson, the telegraph operator at Ashland; but, on account of the same success having attended his equestrian performances on several similar occasions, he waived the right to choose the queen in favor of a young Confederate Captain who was a guest and paretic pant at the tournament. Among the concourse of pretty girls who were present the Captain felt considerable embarrassment in selecting his queen, but finally conferred the distinction upon Miss Rosa Brown, who was crowned amid the smiles and approbation of all who witnessed it. After the tilting match was over, the gay party adjourned to the hotel, where refreshments were bounteously served up, and then terpsichorean enjoyments were kept up till the "weesmall hours." Notwithstanding the recent visits to Ashland which have been made by the Yankee troops, and the depredations by fire and robbery which they have perpetrated upon its citizens, there is still a cheerfulness and thriftine