Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-07-04
From om New York Con. pondent


| Some 20,0O1 ofthes gentle, music loving PEG.
pie, met in the Jraot nj grounds, known a. Elm
Park. aud passed the day ina manner which
called up all one has read of German home life.
| The spectacle was one Of the most pleasing ever
Witnessed The day was most praptious,-a
grateful breeze teuperng the fervor ri a cloudles-
sky The natural situation of the grounds. sink
ing into cool dells rising into grassy knows and
! spreading into level stretches along which the
! heavy folinged oaks formed greenwood vl~ta-,
| heightened the pcturesqpenc-s of the hundred
groups scattered over them. Sken hammers
| hung from the trees. white tents gl-tened in the
open glade- Of the groves, and all about was
true democracy of the high born and the lowly,
rich and pour. male aud female, frnteruizing on
terms If the most delightful equality, chatting
snd laughing in holiday abandon. Now the
whole mas di-eolves into what might be family
groups. for the alfrctionate concern esch mani
tests far all lie rc-i. Who gather about a basket
Of lunch, lying at tuii length upon the grass, or
raising skillfdl voices in some denr old song o'
.'Vaterlana.." auoathey cluster like bees around
some orator who makes all eyes fearful with
sweet and trndrr memories of ancestors homes
far beyond the seas aud who, as he dcscends
from tlla ro.ruln is borne about on the shoulders
Il n- enihn siastic hearefs, aud -alutcd with many
kisses from the hairy lips Of the men, and many
smiles from the frank hearted German madens
then in IA remote part rises swelling music from
"A band plaHing in the shade 10 whose strains 9th
cr instruments at other points reply, until the
whole green i, ringcd nbout with chain of NIL.
ody. But The grcat feature Of the day was La
ger Bier. had heard much aud seen something
Of the gusto and capacity Of these people for this
beverage, but the reality OF this experience 50
much orcrtopped myformer notions rs t. keep
mc perpetnally aotonshed. Lager TT in mod.
dy cnsks. IN pewter cups, IN glass mugs IN IN
mcn,e ok horns tipped with silver aud slung un
der the arm by a ta~seed cord, in massive 81
yer gabets with cnnei,a inscriptions, in great
stands turned al hoaNcd from the hickory
tree with the lnd lcit on Lager Ber-cvcry.
where I.nger Bier. II VIZ slipped. tn-ted poured.
swill,d Fr.,ud ,,udal wrr friend greeted cnch
,lhrr with Lager Birr,di-eour-cd over Lager Bier
and mad. funtr and mo-t farewell, in Lnger Bic.
lhc women partook equally with tho men con
ccaiing pJul cap after pint cup under Their deli.
cate belts with commr6dabe dcvtcIit, md many
II dutch swain caught the blue eye Of his beloved
maid glenmng with unwontod kindness upon him
over the f.o'h Of the rming lankard. But hn it
hpuourahi1. sni in lrai,e OF Lager ier, II
aid not work tho riotou- aud noisy results which
n~rrlo f,lla .,r. lredo roi.'''n- Al the oN.
cr'ci.rs # the uon.rrons assembly passed off in
the utmost harmrny, and the broad full moon
nowt beamed upon Il happier procession than
moved lis why FROM LIN Park ou tuesday eve
ming. There are no lsafe iut, III (, at, peaccabl"
putrolic ctize, OF our country. than
they, aud IN, h.prt tbrobbed with pIi1e WHOM
heard THEN baud, tr4-ie,uttrr SCUM old t,rnaan
airs, simultaneously STRIKE II, " Had Columbia
Tho police forco detailed to preserve order ga
the ground, were actually the no>est and most i'll
behaved men present. They drank more strong
liquor, swoggcd more, ami by their manner and
words encouraged rowdyism IT, greater eNtout
than any equal number OF persons on the ground.
just nj dark in wandering through the old stone
hotel situated in the centre of the Park. occupied
for the most part by the Indies of the festival for
Withdrawing rooms, stumbled over unis y party
of some twenty Yankees, half of whom perhaps
were policemen. Glasses cmk'd rum flowed
freely, sons- were sung, slang compliments ban
died about, aud liuallv thu druukest number OF
tive party pr posed motion. "Gentlemrn,'
said he this is free country, and ! 50 in tor
every man don7 rs he ID pleozes Now,
gentlemen. all ON you WHO is favor ofrum now
and for ever say aye." wa- Interested to no.
ticc every "Star, pfeseut gave most losty re
spose and that not voice ora hjee0p was given
in the negative. temperance men in rural dis.
ucs full of faith IN the power OF right ana
Fernando Wood, what do you Imagine the Pro-
hlhtory Law will be worth in this city, when it
depends 10 great extent upon such cattle for
it- enforcement