New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-06-10


utmost strength of lungs were used. such was the
noise and confusion that reisned around from the
firing of soubs cheers Of the boys. &C., that no one
urle,s IN the immediate vicinity Of the speaker could
hear what was said At the Hall OF Records
q n purser and Col May, Of Ia, delivered addresses
The name oftbe latter created some excitement among
.oe Iri,hwomen who were In the rear oil tne poruco'
and s.psratsd from The speaker BY huge nag. we
hoard more than one person ask female, VINO enaeav
ored to listen earnestly to the orator. "nat was d"
name ooh. thin, don't you know was tne reply
asure ts the great Mesgher, who just escaped from
nrison God bless him. l wish could see MS purity
face I've known him since he was child so hign.
Az, he the uurty speakeri Och but | wish could
ONLY hear what he says. His voice seems mighty
CHANGED indeed. Somebody had been either quizzing
the woman. or on bearing the name May, she jumped
TO the conclusion that it was the ilustrious exile
The spesking over, torches were lighted, and
thousand boys and bhoys-on the free LIST at all rum
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS the streets, but where they
,,or, and how they Jared the Police know better
than we.
The spirit of this gathering was peculiar Pierce and
King seemed to be entirely forgotten no cheers hailed
their names and the speakers seemed to avoid mention
ing them Catching negroes was defined az the test oil
true Democracy and the miserable Barnburners if they
have any feeling left, must have experienced all the
Mains Of purratory as the victorious Southern Hunkers
held their aenuaed noses to the grndstone Alas for
the Dxesthe stantons the Van Burens they no
more.
Musical FEsTIvAL.-The Annual Mu-
steal Congresses of Europe are well known to our
readers At the Birmingham Musical Festivals in Eng
land, MAlibran and Jenny Lind achieved some of their
greatest successes As gradually advance in nssicai
cultivation we shall require the delightful assem-
blIee and the German Gee Clubs Of the United states
have all eady taken the initiative. Three years since
they commenced Their second festival In Baltimore
ast gear attracted great interest and the third festival
Is appointed to be held in this City On the 18th June
the Glee Clubs from the other cities will arrive and
will be received with torch ght procession. sacred
concert will take place Sunday and Miscellaneous
| Concert on Monday. We hear of musical Picnic
also upon the Island These combined Clubs VIII unite
not less than 200 male voices, and the festival MARKS
an era in the musical history Of the City The L'easT
| kran. of NewYork is already well known 1t natn-<
rally o. ands In the attitude Of host toward the musical
! guests whose head quarters will be at the Apollo
THE HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION
This truly magnificent display of the choicest plants
and flowers was opened the public yesterday in the
lower Metropolitan Hail. which for the hrst
time since its completion and is altogether adapted 70
the purpose. At evening, especially, when 1t Is oni
| iap,ly illuminated the coup dGA very beautiful. Inc
collection embraces more and and finer speci-
mems than have ever been presented on similar oc'
cason In the City, and when is remembered that TINS
| Society has been formed organized, has already
| enrolled more than three hundred members
| and now takes the field so trumphanty IN
the grand floral tournament with all Its rivals IN ths
Union just conception may be formed oil the ener-
gv enterpre and assiduity which have resulted In this
really remarkable success. As pleasure resort and
promenade during the days, it entirely unsur'
passed. and Yesterdays attendance OF delighted visitors
is an indication that the gay world evil rendezvous
| at the Horticultural rooms
The center of attraction Is, of course, the superb
| South American lily, the DicOria Regta which Is a
tropical marvel Yesterday there were of the huge
leaves exhibited showing the upper and lower sides
The leaf whose upper side appears measures not less
than 10 feet in circumference, and the flower which
will he dispatched by express from Mr.. Cope, in Pha'
depha and arrive this morning. will measure fourteen
inches in diameter 1t ia not possible to say certainly
that the bud which, Tuesday just ready to open
will crafty the public desire and show itself per-
| r.. DO 10 dow but tlIuIU us.i 49, -
| - ,,, ,-,--,rrs specimen Is larger than the Ia
mou, one at Sion House. the property of the Duke OF
Northumberland, and append to our notice de-
scrptve sketch of it, which, having appeared uuder the
auspices Of Mr. Downing, Editor of The H0TcHIuTiS,
has received the most competent approval. We note
few of the most conspicuous and rarest plants Ara-
cayia ercsd or Norfolk Island Palm CyoIs recOld, or
Sage Palm; A.aed DqaiclsidHa; A:aea Uariegaa; b.
napaita juaoeq DrGcena terminals, Scarletleaged
Dragontree Platyceum dlcic0rae Stays Horn Fern;
Oacidun papillio or ButterHyplant Of South America
ZONE of the most exquisite freaks Of tropical Nature
an aerial flower of the precise form Of butterfly
| DncT1dfurp CVpressRum from wZealand, ZdHta hor
rida or Horrid Palm tree, EPiphylun speciousum, or
splendid cactus There also splendid collections OF
| Roses. Gersniums Verbenas Petunas Remarkably
rich) Cact superb specimen OF hiOId eacciHed ana
other Hothouse and Greenhouse plants OF fruits,
there are superb strawberries fine cherries, and lem
ons of more than Southern size and richness. Among
the vegetables noted Caulihowers Cucumbers Peas
Lettuce &C. The collection of cut flowers will be en-
riched to-day by copous Contributions and already the
display OF bouquets Is very brilliant At the risk OF
seerqng nyldious in naming among so msny worthy
10 be named we must remember one basket massed
and OVERLOOKING with summer in its most gorgeous
forms The Society has deserved well Of the City, and
every one who falls to visit the exhibition loses more
than he knows Both the Society and the public owe
much to Peter B. Mead Esq, and the Committee assoc
ated with him. who repaired to Philadelphia and net
whstandirg the necessary difficulties, with some col
lateral ones of conveying this City the Victoria Regh
the texture of whose leaves Is delicate tissue paper
yet succeeded in delivering at the Hall entirely unin
iured. The account Of this plant follows:
MI Cope's success with the culture of this most g.
pAptc OF water lilies Is of the most satisfactory
triumphs Of American horticulture. An aquatic whose
leaves measure Elk feet across and that eands pond
under glass twenty thirty feet across the water In
| xy md in
not plant which one person In thous and would
dertake the culture Of for the first time In the United
States and succeed But Mr. Cope not only succeeded
more perfectly last summer In growing and blooming
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