Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1860-01-31

aies, placed m every window in the building. which
sned brilliancy the different th0roughfares and
lent an additional charm to the surrounding scene
al was pieasaat equally TO the projectors and par
Most Of The above establishments had suspeuded
business for the evening. and threw their stores omen
with free sHie and ecif to al. who wished to ex-
anime gcorgous displays Of stock At Shillitos the
oPpO5tuliity was seized upon by greatnumbers. who
wandered through the mighty structure with aston
ishment, and many a query was made from the
clerks oy lady visitors concerning the price Of thar
shawl or the probable cost Of that beautiful SIX
uress pattern that sounded, as the reply was given
Ialnef lnharmoniousy on the auFicular organ Of
their male attendants
VISITS TO PLACES or AMUsENENrs.
The Theatres and other places of amusement
were thrown open to the excursioniss Friday night
and many Of the Tennessee delegation avaied them
selves Of the opportunity Of seeing BILLY FLORENCE
and his Yankee Gal, who were playing an engage
ment at Pixies Opera House. while others visited the
other theatres.
EXHIBITION OF Tue FIRE DEPARTMENT.
Between Hine and ten o'clock on SATURDAY. morn
ing, the 2sth, the whole Steam Fire Department of
Cincinnati turned ont, preceded by MENrERs Band,
and Marched to Fifth Street Market Space, where
the excursionists had an opportunity OF wit
Messing the power and efficiency Of the Department
The engines performed admirably, and clearly de-
mOnstrated their utility, might say absolute ne
cessity. to a city.
VISIT TO Mr.. LONGwoRuI.
NICHOLAS LOSGwORTH the millionaire Of Catawba
Wine notoriety sent a message to the banquet Fri
day night announcing that he should keep open
house from ten until one O'Clock Saturday, and in
yiting the guests to visit his house and gardens
Large numbers availed themselves Of the OppOrtu-
nifty, and were most cordially received and hospita-
bly, entertained by the old gentleman. HIS house is
magnifeenty furnished and decorated and his gar
den is Of the most beautiful in the country The
parOrs OH elegant mansion were'all thrown Open
and his tables were spread with the richest viands
and the most costly delicacies of the land including
any amount Of his own sparkling Catawba, of all
which the guests were cordially invited to partake
TWAS most agreeable reunion and justly regard
ed a happy termination to the festivities Of the
occasion
In company with few friends, we visited Mr..
LoNGwoRTHs Wine Cellar. one Of the most remarka-
bic places in Cincinnati A guide piloted us through
all the apartments of this wonderful place, from
whom we learned that Mr.. LoNGwoErH had then in
his cellar three hundred thousand bottles Of wine Of
the vintages Of 1855 to 1851, inclusive and tina the
had a suiiciency of new wine to fiji one hundred
and sixty thousand bottles. There is therefore.
four hundred and sixty thousand bottles Of wine in
his cellar, which is worth to him one dollar per bot
tie. From this statement, in connection with the
fact that there are two or three other large wine
manufacturers in Cincinnati. some idea may be
formed of the extent to which the grape is cultivated
in this vicinity. Mr. LONGwoETH buys a large amount
of the unfermentel juice Of the grape from parties
who. cultivate the vine but do not manufacture
wine.
ATTENTIONS 10 TIE GUESTS.
Large numbers Of the guests awaited themselves
Of the opportunity Saturday of visiting the vari
Gus places of interest in and about the city and the
street railroad conveyed them from point to point
free Of charge. Every want and even wish Of the
guests seemed to be anticipated by the good people
of Cincinnati, who delighted in showering their at
tentions upon them.
The excursionists were all comfortably quartered
at the following hotels. as the guests Of the city
The Tennessee delegation at the Bu-net House. the
Kentucky at the Spencer, the Ohio at the Broadway
and the Gibson and the Indiana and municipal bodies
at the Madison and the Walnut Street, where they
were sumPtuOusly entertained BY the proprietors Of
these establishments.
TIVE DEPARTURE
Nearly all the Kentucky delegation left at one
O'Clock on the Kentucky Central Railroad on board
a special train placed at their service by R. B. Bow
LsR, Esq, the superintendent Of the road. They
were accompanied to the depot by the Committee Of
Arrangements and members Of the City Council, and
were Joined at Covington By a large number Of the
of hat MA
greeted them as the iron horse sped away with them
towards Frankfort.
Capt SHERLEY, with his wontcd liberalitv. tender
ed the Tennessee delegation and those from Louis
vile, free passage upon his magnificent steamer.
the Jacob Strader, which was accepted, and four
o'clock in the afternoon fixed upon as the time Of the
departure. The hour having arrived. and all being
aboard the steamer was Ioosed from her moorings
amid the wild shouts of an enthusiastic crowd who
had congregated upon the wharf to bid Us good bye.
and as we steamed on past the city, TIE shouts Of
the people, the ringing Of the bells Of the steam
boats at the wharf, and the firing Of cannon, com
mingled, to watt US on our hOmeward voyage
Thus terminated visit to Cincinnati one Of the
most remarkable excursions on record
The demonstration at Cincinnati was, perhaps the
grandest affair ever gotten up in the Great West if
not in the whole country. and reflects the highest
credit upon the people Of that city It was an ova-
ton to the Union, ard greeting to their sister
States constituting the heart Of the Great West"
Of which the citizens Of Cincinnati will have cause
to be proud in all time to come. 1t was spontane-
Gus offering Of fraternal goodwill from the mer-
chants and business men Of the Queen City Of the
West. to the representatives Of Tennessee and Ken
lucky.