Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1855-10-11
rfom our New York Correspondent,


70 MP in praise 10 heaven in The sweet words of
some beautiful hymn, sung t. some grand old
fashioned tune of yore, by the great voice of the
whole congrcgation-but the yapid meaningless,
fflling ARIA that rises, thin aud lnengrc from
the hired qunrtette in the choir, ehll- hs..spfit-
grirvingit down TO earth. he fag ends of foreign
operas are not ct offerings of prase t. the ma
! iesty of Heaven. Such we heard last Sunday in
| Grace Church Can not bring from the eoun-
! try into our city choirs, some echo at least of
those dear old singing schools of our boyhood;
such grand aud solemn and reverentn harmo-
MES NJ a parting soul would choose 10 benr'it up
to Heaven. Such rs can Imagine King Da-
eid. from psaltery and harp. rolled round the
sublime psalms Of old. Such as "wiih trumpcts
also and shuwns," rose in grand united oho-
rus from the mighty congregation of Israel up to
the Lord of Hosts. Up the lofty dome OF the
new Trinity chapel you can hear each Sabbath
ascending from the whole assembly, borne up on
high by the grent organ, such noble anthems as
the everything Cd Hundred; and it is only on
such reycrcntial wings of sound that mans de-
voton can truly rise, and whisper to his satsti-
Cd spirit all thats within me praise His holy
name"
There is a great future in our laad for music,
Butit must not be II mere reproduction OF that
deprayed taste and false cultivation OF foreign
lands, but as fresh and original our hemloeks
and as lofty aud solid as mountains. Thus
only can it strike the great heart of the world.
We are to have grand Central Park at last,
commencing at 59th st. and extending to LOG ST.
and from 81 to 9Th avenue, two and one third
miles long. and 10 contain 776 acres of land
1t will be one Of the largest ifnot the largest Park
in any city in the world. and viii be "a Park wor
thy Of the name. will cost over five millions
Of dollars. The estimates and assessments are
all made and when the report Of the Commission
crs is confirmed by the Supreme Court, the
act passed by the Legislature in 1854, viii take
or.ef, ana we shall have Park such as will do
honor to this Metropolitan city.
Every one has heard of the vi sit Of one thous
aud Massachusetts Sabbath School Teachers TO
this city, but only II few have heard how 1t came
t. happen: AT a union meeting of tho teachers
of New York and Brooklyn, gentleman from
Boston said he would contract to bring ON Que
thousand teachers, if New York and Brooklyn
would provide to entertain them while here. The
gentleman who made the proposition stran-
ger, and it took them by surprise, and was looked
only them rs Qaxoto. 1t was, the retore received
with ominous silence, and passed out of mind
Not so with the originator. He ent homo aud
cayo out that the teachers of Mass achusetts bad
received an invitation from New York, and ad-
verised it extensively. Many II ade prorara-
tions to accept it. The Bost IN man went so far
ms to engage Tammany Hat! to h old meetinge
in, and 80 rooms 10 lodge in, for The iadtes The
teachers of New York, seeing that matters had
gone 50 far and there was stopping it, con
Guided TO take hold of the matter and make the
hest of it. They caused better pl,'e IS to be en-
caged and made such arrangem epts that the
whole affair passed off pleasantly and protitably
to all concerned. Many of our Massachusetts
cousins had never been to Gothata before, ane
were somewhat surprised as well as delighted, a
whit they saw and heard, and carrie home Il bet
ter idea of the metropolitan city.
The city and State of New York nre prolific ii
political Conventions. Some half dozen have
already been held. and the public had thought th'
end had come. Bat we have ust hno Il new in
,talmont OF these country saving securities, ant
are being daily notified of new ones to come. Thu
}tatc Convention has just concluded its labors n
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Syracuse, on the lth ultimo.
Tho sraight-out wings, who refuse to fuse
With the republicans, held large City Conven-
jon on Thursday evening" and IRE II have I
tate asscmbhge during the month. The city
acetug however, comprised about twenty five
,uro wings slnothered by blanket of probably
ne hundred know nothngs. The half shells
ave held their City Convention daring the past
eek, aud viii must probably arrange State
,ecting. Tho German citizens have just held 4
itv Convention Of what they denominate Ger
ian Speaking Americans" and made nomina
IONS of portions of the county ticket, separat
y this class of citizens. A similar movement
ombiuing all classes ofadopted citizens has beef
7mmcnced in other parts of the State. 1t viii
robaby result in another peculiar State Con
eution Thus the general confusion is becoming
for>e confounded. 1t may be well to have
Multiplicity of candidates, TO choose from, bu
; aus far Conventions do not seem TO to hay,
t rought to notice the ablest and best men of tn,
. ity and State. Eventually, however, this con
aston will throw into positions of prominence III,
/ Zen who will make their mark upon the age
UGH exeitcments and connections have general
. preceded the advent of great intellect.
lonr correspondent visited, last Sunday,
abbath School held on board the recruiting shi,
'orth Carolina. There are on board $50 sail
rs who are awaiting orders to go on diifercn
: hips of war-of whom $50 apprentice boys
these are nearly all gathered into the school,
! hey seem to be quite Intelligent aud promising
ads. 1t is quite an interesting sight to see then
II together' studying the word of God. Fighter
ave been drafted this week, to go on board til,