Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1856-11-01
.I.rio.. Reunion a. The " ,er,.li no"-e.'

and to other invited guests, about one hundred
aud fifty persons assembled nj q o'el"ek lhnf'
day evening at the above named hotel aud alter
| discussing To depletion n many gal lon"d bowl 81
magnifernry connected punch. df-pcn-"d if"ln
n silver lade by do.ky ron If nigh. " in ger.
genus array" # fin linen and ihe punk lnsign
um of office upon HI bron-t. they desc"ndrd l.
the magnificent saiie n ma0gtr, IL the sound #
irinmphal music furnished by the brass baud 4
Isnohbutg College. composed If young genile
men connected with TINT Institution. Here The
powers Of description quite fail u if we could
do adequate jn-tioe Ia the scene which presented
it-elf Ia ouc view. aud Ia the unsurpassed .lc
gance rteheeche siyie aud lrneely generosity
with which the whole affair was gotten up. W.
would be paying hut n small portion OF the ne
knowleds ment- due 10 Mcr-,s. Wells a llsds
/ fun every individual there pres, mt The fri
,jeet which met heeye in entering the hail was
the following inscription on the will opposite the
entrance. in white letnrs upnu blue ground
TIM RESOURCES or THE OLp DoMlNloN Ml5s1
M BROUGHT or" Numrrou- hags mud fc-ioon.
were -n-Irndrd from the oriIing around the chm
deliers and "A draprry of the sars aud stripes
from the centre of the room. The mnnlrl-
Nfif uft'Hhi"d Win blillhnl U'Nflr hlu fNfIN
napkin upon the iable cnl"ldrd II. bnpquct.
The servants arraycd in white linen aud
badges and moved with that rnsr and polite Gle
genee which carries bnrk IL the halcyon
days Of the Old Dominion. The bill of fare
printed in golden characters On glazed PIPER /; on
the Universe. the amour. If the capital stock Of
the Virginia q Tennessee Railroad, when com
meneed and when Completed. aud the MINES ri
thu President. Superintendent aud Directory.
Now comes difficulty: we Cannot hope to do
ju-liee Ia the contents of the table hhough one
aud n did full justice 10 them thrre) Sufl II II
say there was everything found in first cla.,
haiel. aud grent deal more. Everything wns
gotten up aud arranged in style peculiarly
N"rsellinn and reflected great credit upon the
efficient cnirrer and tho accomplished chief of
the cuisine. simultaneously the cofks irom II
hundred bottles Of champagne wern discharged
al the ceiling like n rafting explosion Of II rrgl-
ment of mn-ket-, nnd the sparkling. soul ce,a
ting, wit connecting element sought its level in
the ventrnl resryoi, o hundred n.n, and every
glass filled n hundred times (rnore or less
Improper succession tinndy, sherry and srgar-
wele introduced. II Is not -tIunge that calls long
and loud should now have been made Fl speech,
md ,L., rho Hon ~ nnIl,r1 pr..,on sbo,la
have been 'h' h's' eomPl'm'"''d..
On motion If A NJ. lriblr, E-qs Of the Lynch.
burg bar, DIR. W. Otwny Owen called to the
CUM.
Mr. Preston sad thnt the occosionallerled him the
most profound pleasure. lie hid hid 10 idea OF heag
called upon thus curly in the action he expected the
Prcs lieut. would hrst toe called ont, and that light
hre would be kept up ailer the nss,uil from the man
column He then alluded to the completion OF the
rDnd aud tho circumstance, under which the bs.