Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1859-09-07

The RAILROAD BARBECUE YEsrERDAY.-It
were vain TO attempt in a hasty article for a
daily newspaper. to describe the magnificent
manner in which the opening of the Nashville
and Louisville Railroad to Bowling Green
was celebrated in this city yesterday and
hence we shall not ATTEMPT lengthy descrip-
tim of II IL was an occasion OF which
Nashville may justly he proud. Fortunately
everybody WAS here to witness 1t. and. thtre-
tore mn cbrouicIer is needed to tell Of its
snlendor. nor TO impress the scene upon the
recollection Of the people. We say every
body was here. bat this is not strictly true, as
we have every reason to believe that fifteen
thousand people do not constitute the entire
population of the country. Nevertheless, In
viewing from an elevated stand point the
vast assembly OF Ineu aud women that clus-
tered around around the speakers stand,
Tuck as tide autumn al leaves tht strew the brooks
10 vaIoInbrst,"
it really seemed that the people OF young
continent had come together, and we felt that
it was the duty OF somebody to excialm with
the poet
OH where did you come from
SO large congregation of the masses, as the
political editors say, has not been seen III
Nashville. nor in the States. since the Presl-
Dental campaign OF 1874.
According TO previous arrangement d pro-
cession. consisting of many kentuckians VINO
reached the city the day before, and very
larg. number of our own citizens IN Carriages,
onnibnses, buggies, on horseback, and on
foot WAS formed on the Public Square, about
Q O'Clock in the morning, whence 1t moved
acruss the Suspension Bridge, preceded ny
Horns fine Brass Band, to The Depot of the
Nashville. d. Louisville Railroad, ~here The
Kentucky delegation proper, winch Came
down on the O'Clock train, was received III
a -, form and escorted 10 u beautiful grove Ill
Edge6eld. where stand and seals bad been
arranged. Here our K ntucky friends were
welcomed to Nashville 10y Gen. WASHINGTON
BARROW in an elegant aud approp' ia'e ad-
dress He was followed by Gov. HELM, OF
Kentucky, President OF tue Nashville ana
Louisville RAILROAD Company Gov HELM
has an enviable reputation as popular ora
tor. and il is needless to say that he fully
sustained that reputation on this occasion.
At the conclusion of his address, Hon. An
DREW EWING read letter from the Hon.
w. l.. UNDERWOOD, of Kentucky, who could
not make il convenient To attend the ceiebra-
ton
About one O'Clock, dinner was announced.
Too much credit cannot be given the mana
gers Tor the stylein which the dinner was
oattan I'D. 1t bore testimony both to the
fine taste of the managers aud 10 the liberaii
" of our citizens. 1t was unqnestionably
the most tasteful and elegant barbecue that
has ever been seen la this division OF the
State. There were twenty tables, each
h ndred feet in length, and all were hlied
with the best that could be procured for love
O money. The ladies' of course dined first,
and some idea may he formed of the number
present When we say, that there were enough
Of them to Gil all the tables. The number
NV safely be put down at $500, and some
e,timat, d il 1T a higher figure 1t was Ger
'inly The largest collection ct ladies' we ever
saw. or. as sumrbody expressed it. 1.-The most
Extensive assortment of hoops ever brought To
lis market"
But the men!-thcy were innumerablr.
We wi merely venture to sly that they
nambcr, somewhere between eight aud ten
thousand, making an aggregate grand to-
tal-of from 1880 to Ii, 500 people. About
one-rhrd of them were from Kentucky.
After dinner, the crowd returned to the
stand. and listened TO addresses from JouN
Flxx, E-q., of Frankla, KY, aud Col. t. l..
BRANsFoRD, of Nashville, whrn, it being
about the hour for the train for Bowling
Green to Leave the Depot, many of our visit
ors crowded into the cars and returned to
their homes