Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1856-07-11
CELEBRATION AT CCMbhh
w Nm E0I'kT HOUSE.

VIII ,m, W.ssrs, Editors, give me space in your
columns TO tell of the ia.e ct.eor"Uoh " u Lr,w
ImIv nj Cunherlund Court House! You mus nm
thnt the prup!c Of Cumberland are Il que. Whom
,I", .ho hr,l.s do rot lauat their charms ~ w.
s""' ,ha, nh. ,nen arc not given to osterla'io"S -:
-. I'm, when patriotism calls Them l'""' 49,.
hnmes. they are ever ready to respond Us y .ohJJ
t,ra;yn suffering or even to enter The tch'eu ir n",,Isd
~ tho nrrs.nt occasion neither OF these III
,hem but they went spontaneously the oa n .
,I. ,na,ron. the beauty and the chlvGlry, tnc oar;us
law md the little maiden fair--to pour OUT ~ - nv Hc,r il
nf their coui;try-it may be their last n"'l, IL ~. in
does seem rs ii the magic bands thht ",.; ;n, Jujlv
81 rand u'uion for eighty years are S["nn- liz.
more stteuuated from the aitriilon OF a%;n;n;np
cnrI, MANY of the good people OF 'le a"I Ir",;"n
counties united with them IN inaKihE
worthy of the country and OF 'heu"!. aorlv bour in
Thn Iurre compauy assembled al All e",l "~ II
,ha T,mr, Uousa. to whom, by request, ueo'Se -
Matthews, ESQ, in a few appropriate ,T"I nwJ Hard
duced the several speakers. MastS' -. ,noI sound
opened the ball in a speech WHICH, ~" EHSc;,nus style,
sense, not LEES than for the Sr".t'" ,",,cL nlder head.
rnnli have don, no dishunor to u hiu'u 80 60 nrnud
liz r,,n;Iv mud his worthy p~recePt"r Shou'u ~ .m
of the effort, for it certainly disp.aEa" IT, Ind suoken,
ma and a very careful training wien IT, nvI.n.o5sncr,
he read tine Declaration p E.a h' was Introduced to the
.,,H H, ills address, Astounding rs u 9ir ~ ~
lu,;onary lore and bistor!cni acu"'en' Wv +" Ills
~ nj, scholarly aud orhtorica! ~ sbnw.
W ~, WV, ,f RI. times that tried men 8 s'ui . 7" NV,
Por't"nu!II c,,ny ,n.nnwel by rhetorical s!uHy' luz
:" - - NJ In. cousrauencesi that h""tu 'r"h VI"
a -. i,rucrlo were very chhsieIy uEa"h anu "'f',
.r;n,.Iy GROUPED, whilst the gems 'lonn no Y ~, Oh
,,h,i derkrd his address !'iu'e"'cu ~ d" ., IN.
acquaintance wiz" IL
new. ., ,.ost. Edward 5. Brown.
Es,. entertained the company VIII. n very u ~ ~.
dr.ss. Qa;tc original III lis conctpnon' II u ,ho",,h
.nrnb nv IFS conious imagery IA ny lis GEM" ,houSu
" "n Iumnr-uuu;nt, Because he seemed ANXIOUS )"
I"a,","n i ~ irs iiy,ly sparkle. lfis e~Huriiuin, The ursGtiP,
tinn of the landing Of Columbus ina; o' ~ ,s,',".
Of pizarru, and of thu extinction o, Inc n, II d..,rye
w.rr su.ciinens OF word painting '"h' 'o""' "
r "r'J rpi.,l.r prui.e than / can give them:
~. Mathew. returned the thanks y! Inc aSsc'no'S
D., ,bs sneakers ir u neat speech, alter Mhich INC
rr,,yJ furm.d groups beneath the !u1uriaht sHaue VI
the Cour, green; WHERE :, m uov'I he, through the entire
nrn fr,,u frank disclosures of the proper process
~ rearing fowls, up to the curious mysteries OF down
ri,ht cuurtshIip. How much gas that nan Deeh nc'
nas,. wn. suffered 10 resolve itself into lis native ele'
iiueut-how many finely spun haran-ues tha' hie'
responsive signs from bnshtul belle or vtrH"llt swain,
tbst the precincts Of the court yard heard, would
neither be attractive 10 the general reader nor eou!"
they, if they ought, be published. u
n, which big, and lamb, and veal, and iowi ny EN-
bn,mrd in condiments, awaiting the sacriiicinI kh'ie'
or alrui; finger; whilst Il little way on pFcSiueu owe,
nv Tn. inim;tabl- Cnycc, whose knowledge OF "siewS
is On!v tudllleu Uy llht VI tHo ""N'iN' '"t '"'
W.ch.,b !, I,us. cauldron boiled, out OF whose capa.
cious nav savory compounds were drawn-con'
pounds that would have tempted the appetite Uf frlhr
Tuck, the clerk OF CopmHnhGrst, himself: Sad havoc
having been made Of the generous dinner III the
grove, the company were inarshaIed to the tavern OF
Mr. z. Is. Foster, where myriad good things were
ready to clog the stubborn appetite,
Dinner being ended, WE all assembled AGAIN III me
Court House, where, in lieu of toas:s, many gentle
men were called on to make speeches. Auch hl!ar''y
n.svaiIed end several speeches, rich in wit, aud &c.
iIial with hulnor, brought down the house III storms
applause. Twill be purdoned, il | refer pnrtiru'
larlv to those of Mr.. Alexander Trent, and Messrs.
and Goodrich Wilson-the first aud last, for
pi,h and point, however short, received All uusnimnus
encore, whilst that of Mr.. William Wilson, altogether
the spur OF the moment, was quite eloquent anu
very effective.
These exercises being over, the company again be-
took themselves 10 the tavern, ana TO Joyous music,
his head behiud the distant Blue Ridge. Then the
broke up, and then the celebration al CHm'
n nioJs,,pa ,;,ne SPECTATOR.