The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-08-27
A Convention OF NOtabillties-The Pic.Nae
OF the Pick Club.


large number Of the most extraordinary celebrities Il
this any other city had reunion yesterday in ons u
the beautiful groves contiguous to Yonkers Perhaps IN
Point of eccentrioy I every variety Of hue there never
before in that part Of the country any
assembage which could ut all bear comparison with this
II the picnic of the Pick Club, and New York,
Brooklyn, Williamsburg, aud the adjacent localities,
ontibuted their quota of intellectual and romantis
ladies and gentle 10 add to the humor and wit, saA
enjoyment Of the occasion. The great notabites-ths
fguranes in European and American hstory-the char
acters who perhaps will form the Cnderea and Giant
killers, and Aaddns Of Americas nursery tales In after
ages hailed from the Empire City There met togeth
like happy fanilyor ut least expected to meet
the Queen of BAVARIA whom the good fairy preserved
from all the wes and Of the Jcsuitica Prime Min
ister DAbel and brought to this country to exhibit hs
wonderful sppers the great discoverer and exhibitor Of
woely horses Feee mermads, Joyce Hetbs and singing
angels, the Napoleon Of showmen, Barnum the Hen
Horace Greeley the white coated pho who found
out the universal panacea for the human race to con-
sist in compound OF Fouriersm, aboitonism, Mane-
ISM and religious avoidance of Windsor rosp
and Martins backing and, though last not least the
Honorable and Reverend Mr.. Pick himself duly Inn
pressed with the importance Of the OCCASION his duties q
comptroller Of the J and dispenser Of hospitatcs and
his trust custodian Of Loas prime canine favorite
the longtongned Flora We have not yet received any
report Of the fun and froc of the festivities Of the
speeches and oratons delivered that OCCASION do
yet know inde1 whether all of the before mentioned
personages actually present. but may presume
that all accepted the invitations sent them and svaied
Themselves Of the opportunity Of participating in tina
most humorous and ,5cheche picnic OF the season. In
advance, therefore, Of regular dispatches We NAV
announce that tie Countess Of LandsfeIdt amid the
greatest enthusiasm, the cheers Of the men, and the
waving OF cambria by Tho ladies' presented to the
dosbtanie PICK Club splendidly illuminated banner,
tors accompanying the presentation with most elo-
quen inspiring and heart stirring appeal to the gaantry
uh afast Tn In akn
hereafter be to march under its silken folds With
sparkling and dated form the fair Countess
ed the history of her early efforts poor and
ddnseuse-her trumphs and her promotion into the
councils OF great ng-her subsequent prosecutions
and her final expulsion from the kingdom of Bavaria
where she had ieened only through the Of her SUBJ
jects-and their sovereign Skipping lightly the in
spooDy London guardsman-her ege lord aud husband
she depicted, with eloquent tongue, the enthusiastic
reception che had met with from the noble American
people in New York Philadelphia and Boston, and swors
" by the soul Of her mother' that she would pre-
serve the most grateful remembrance Of all their kind
nesses to poor friendless artistic Here her emotions
overpowered her and she could only bow the compa-
ny and telegraph to MIR Pick to bring her faithful
poodle, whom she Immediately layished those gentle
which other object had cvinced itself worthy
OF receiving. The Hon Horace Greeley DO supposed
to have followed the Countess and with his hands folded
fDriere and enveoped in his long. tailed garment,
ne delivered very prosy address temperance comb
6naon Of labor against capital the purity OF eection
&c. and then history Of the forma o
present condition Of North American Phaanx exhort
ing his hearers In conclusion not to neglect purchasing
WhiRsi-only two cents each. His speech received
with much cheering and he retired 10 console
quite moist with the which her "reminiscences had
summoned to dim her bright and lustrous eyes The
ceeded to the roerum and assured his audience Of the
happiness he felt In being surrounded by such
bage Of handsome ladies and gallant gentlemen Though
composed Of poets and charadistsanother discovery Of
Barnum's- and romancists and hteraus of brilliant and
varied talent the general antpathes of whom to each
other has grown TO be proverb, yet he felicitated
them in having buried all rvarcs this grand occasion,
and met together in as great peace and harmony h
scum broadway, price Of admission twenty five cents.
He then entered dissertation on temperance and
water drinking the best method managing menagercs
of wild beasts as well as human beings finally ex-
tended to each and every one there present invitation
to pass day at hsnis.an some tune before .Tibb's
himself, who gave his audience the usual compli-
mentary assurances of the delight It afforded his
heart Of hearts" not only to be participant In but to
be actually the chief head and prime manager Of tbs
Jae which made this the shtest day in the annals oe
mark for 1t In the almanac which, each suo-
ceedng yeM, would be pasted up with his own hands In
his own 0Ce IN Ann street He concluded BY shsanan
the whole assembly, male and female Lola Barnum, ana
the philosopher Joined the chorus. The song was svi
though rare and exquisite efuson We can only make
room for the last verse, which somewhat thus
Though pleasures fee, 1t still will cheer
Our sinking hearts, II once year
We still may meet, as We do here,
. TO dance feast and carol
Merry song. In praise OF wits,
Scovine's jokes and Barnum's "hits
Greeley's antics, and the fts
Little Raymond gets from Lois
The chorus was well and lusty sustained ssda wreath
Of laurel vined and placed on the brow g
the classic Pick Then Greeley most gaian,.y tucke9
Lola under the BsInum pcked up ens poons, snnk.
ing how IL would his mtnsD RE a"d ne lsdes ent
ruttp,p who contribute = tHe cvlHmaa x tos Psas
~. 80 ...,..,nx orusf ssd, ao-~ss " Dvu ~Vrths
bapd prooesdeJ In 20 the etsaEboal, vhich w
y vs.lpg 10 esavey tAcn 70 his ott1