New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-06-27
THE GRAND PICNIC OF THE GERMAN
MUSICAL SOCIETIES.

The fourth day of the great festival began cloudy,
but al O'Clock, Just at the time OF the meeting OF the
great bulk of the singers at Washington Hall the
Leasy clouds dispersed and fine sunny day favored
the grand excursion. The Singing Societies, Turner'S
and military Companies formed in procession and
marched through the Bowery, Chatham-st and Broad
way to the foot Of Canal-st. The procession was
an imposing spectacle account of its numbers, the
briliancy of the embems and the entire arrangement
oftheir proceedings. In front marched the CMabine
Rangers, Capt Bechtel, and the New-York Rlfiemen,
Company l, Capt Johnson then came body OF Turn
ers in rank and file then the vocal Societies with their
gay banners and standards; another body 1T Turner'S
the New.Ynrk Hussars, Capt Beiser, and the Wash
ington Artillery, Capt Scbnorr, bringing mp the rear
in this way taking the Singing Societies in their midst
The streets through which they passed were thronged
by people and thousands Of men, women and children
visited Elm Park during the day. There Is no exag
geraton in estimating the vast multitude at 10000
who, from o'clock until evening flowed to the beau
tiful spot selected for the great Festival Tue Grove
was thronged. The procession numbered about 5000
persons and proceeded in several steamers to Srykers
Bay and thence TO Elm Park
In the Park the various scenes of this " Waldlest'
Festival in the Woods were piquant IN the ex-
IRENE. They were new and astonishing TO many ma
tive Americans who were present, who never wit
messed the assemblage Of such immense multitude
of persons conducting themselves with the most per-
feet decorum. The occasion was full OF sweet remi-
uiscences Of the happy days of the truly beloved
Vsterland. Every society and company had their
banners suspended IN certain place, and numerous
friends gathered round them. There were forty or
ffy Of these headquarters At each the parties en-
loved themselves in singing, in drinking, and IN dan
cling to the music of FIVE of the finest bands of music
and in filling the al with their hurTahs. Suddenly
the scene changed, the rafting Of drums called to-
rether the members Of the Turnerbund, and they
marched through the thronged multitude amid en-
thusastc applause. They appeared IN the iali
vigor of health, youth and beauty. Crowds
gathered here and there to listen to some orator
who appealed 10 the old German love OF Liberty,
and therefore to the love of their new EGt-'tdnd,
the headquarters Of the future Liberation OF the world
Then the mighty harmony Of q great chorus s"ellsd
through the woods and reminded the listeners OF Tx
romantic banks Of the Rhine and Neckar, with thsA
old castles their merry vineyards and rich cites
Then followed the orinkIing round Bun dsrnken) ZION
enormous Birkeaheimers or trinkhorns, or giant sve
curs Of which we saw one specire.a holding abou
four bottles of wine, belonging to the Teu.enis &c
saugveyein of New-York, with the device:
ws- Dichi leb, web vein and zessng,
| Der bleibt Elm sein LEI en- lang.
Who does DO, love wine wife and song
| VII b. fool bis hfe-t me long,
and embeshed By the hut relief figures OF love, lii
erty and song.
Here met old friends brought together by this Fe
tiva from the most distant parts Of their new Vate
land, and Iemem' Oering old times both here and
the other side 81 the Atlantic, happy and sad day
revolution, barbados, prison and bsnishment. Inc
in another place he strong old German choral mus
or sugrs could he heard. Of which the old Luthera