The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-26
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The Centennial Festivals in Honor Of
the Birthday Of Robert
Burns, the Poet.
SsoHa's Bard HOnOred by his Country
men and his Admirers.
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The Land O. Cakes Represented by HE.
land Lads in kits and Hose.
ne Celebration by the Burns Club at the
Astor House-Burns Anniversary Assocla.
tlon at MOzart Hall-Auld Lang Syne
Association at T0ssel's Hal, and
scotla's Sons at Cameren's.
Pie Burns Association Grand Supper and Ball
In the Gothic Hall, Brooklyn.
The Burns Club Celebration i'm
Jersey City,
TO-, &C., &c.
The Burns Club Celebration i'm
Jersey City,

&c., &C., &c.
The ono hundredth anniversary of the birthday Of
Robert Burns was celebrated yesterday with greater
nsny and eca than any occasion since the bards
cease. II was worldwide festvty. Wherever the
matched poetry Of Burns is appreciated any Of his
congregated, due honor done TO the memory Of
the Scottish bard and fresh wreahs laid upon the
nausoleum Of his poetic fame In the leading cities Of
Great Britain as well this continent the country
men and admirers Of the Ayrshire poughboy by
consent celebrated festival which occurred yesterday
I or the first and the last time.
DINNER OF THE BURNS CLUB AT THE
ASTOR HOUSE.
The Burns Club Of the city Of New York. which always
celebrates the birthday Of the Bard Of Scotland in style
appropriate the merit which attaches TO his name and
The traditions Of his country, gave To the festvy of yes
Ssrday an unusual Importance the day being the oenen
nal anniversary of tho poets BIRTH The presiding off,
GERS Of the club in order invest the affair with greater
sclat temporarily resigned their seats 10 Wm c. Bryant
who acted as honorary chairman and the British Consul
Mr. Archibald who filled the vice presidents chair The
dinner came off the ladies' ordinary Of the Astor House,
and is unnecessary to say that the provision Of the
table was unsurpassed-every conceivable deicacy in
and out Of season. these atudes being represented
wines Of the most delicious quality and good old usque
baugh that would have tempted Dogenes. The room was
superbly decorated for the occasion with pictures and
Nags. At the head over the chairman's scat, the
portrait Of Burns supported each side by those Of
Washington and Franklin the whole richly draped with
The flags of many nations At the other end Of the room
fronting the orchestral gallery, large oil painting,
by the artist Dick of Burns at his plough receiving from
the Genius of Poesy the mantle Of her art The figures
kfe size, and the picture, in many respects though
probably hurriedly executed, is most effective
On either side Of the hung pictures Of Tam OShaner
In fall hieht-the "Rcurn from Labor in the Cotter's
Saturday Night and the Riggs Of Doon with the cenoaph
Of Burns in the dstance-al combining TO make the ap
Deaance Of the banquet not only exceedingly beau
tu but when added the rough, bold dialect in which
The bard loved sing that during the evening rembed
IN the atmosphere made the scene rich with the assoca
Mons Of the land Of Burns Wallace, Bruce Scott, and
those, whether heroes OF the sword, the harp the
pen who have maintained the national honor the tera
ture the song of Scotland.
The of the table equally handsome and
appropriate the decorations Of the They consist
cd Of 1--WE illustrations elegantly executed of the "Coers
famous poem besides Highland Mary, Burns Monument,
Highland Tower, LyTaue Cottage Tam OShanter, Scotch
Pavilion, Temple Of Worth.
In front of the guests table stood on pedesals busts
Of Burns and Walter Scott the brows Of the former bound
with laurel wreath.
At half past six O'Clock the company numbering about
300 sat down to dinner The chair was occupied BY VIM
Cullen Bryant Mr.. Archibald filling the Vice chair. The
guests entered the room preceded by the Highland piper
VIM. Ueland, In full costume, playing stirring national
air. Mr. Bryant leaned the Of the chairman Of the
club, J. Cunningham Esq. Robertsons fine baud in
the guests we observed his Honor Mayor Temann, G.
verpanck, Rev. H. w. Beecher, DIR. Francis, Jas. 7.
brady. Parke Goodwin Rev Thayer, Peter Cooper, Dr.
Osgood Ftz Greene alleck, Dr. Bellows, r. Willis and
Rev. H. l. Burns. Grace said by Rev. ii. W. Beech
or.
and having thanked the club for the honor done him
selecting him as their Chairman, proceeded to say
1his evening the memory Of Burns Will be celebrated as
hrst appeared before the world poet, has been grow
rug and Frightening the morning brghteus into the
perfect day. There time when his merits
were 30 freely acknowledged now, when the common
consent Of the literary world placed him 80 hgh or spoke
s 80 Of co
20 general and fervent an enthusiasm II We could
imagine human being endowed with the power OF max
ns himself through the medium Of MS senses witness
Of whatever passing the face Of the GLOBE what
series Of festivities what successive Of the
vou
70 his observation accompanying the shadow Of
this night in its circuit round tho earthl Some
twelve hours before this time he would have heard the
praises Of Burns recited and the songs of Burns
sung on the banks of the Ganges-the music flowing out
q the open windows on the soft evening air Of that re-
little later he might have heard the same sounds from
the mouth Of the Ephrates later STILL from southern
extremity Of Africa under consultations strange to our
eycs-the stars Of the southern hemisphcre-and almost
at the same from the rocky shores Of tho onan
Isles Next they would have bs heard from y the
and Americans on the banks of the Tber. Then in its
turn the Seine takes up the strain; and what chorus
res from the British Islesrom every ocean, mart and
river and mountain side with distant response from the
Rock Of Gibraltar Last in the Old World its
rnoet verge the observer whom have Imagined would
have tho voice of song and of gadness from the
coasts Of Liberia and Sierra Leone, among race cons
tutionally and passionateIy fond of music and TO
which we have given our Language and literature
In the New World frozen Newfoundland has al