The New York herald., 1867-07-19
PROGRESSIVE splalruAlErIc PICNIC.

Pictmrcsque Affair nt Fort Lee-The Flow Of
Nonsense and the Feast Of GhoMi.
A certain Ahmed Mofnssi Ben Al, are told On the
authority Of that charming improvisarce scerazade In
the "Arab!an Nights Entertainment" had once the
misfortune bind himself In the all powerful bonds Of
wedock 10 tha, he thought "passng fair" but who
afterwards turned to be '.ghou' csnnba Such
tho effect OF thai discovery tho lind OF the
happy Ahmed Mofussil Ben All that he fed away
from his ancestral halls at Basdad became nte
Ishmael wanderer the face Of the earth, al least
the Asialc portion of subsequently had his rieht
eye knocked out like the 9th b'r Calendars tho
of kngs) By blow from the tail o! the enchanted
horse mentioned in the veraclous narrative The
tragic story of this ifated Arabian gentleman mi ht
serve warning 20 those fond papas and mammas OF
BROOKLYN lads and mailens who belong The new
started under ths high sounding name OF
the Progressive Spirituass These encyc'opeodstal
ghouls OF the CITY of Churches-and the term only
as an anlitbess to sonlae Disciples of the New Har
n1nla Philosophy on the broadcast path OF mate
the religious aad mental requirements. big boys''
arc the Sriri,aasts. Cav are the ladies of this corpr
rate Sect and IN their outgoings IA in their Ingongs
lskeched some lime since in tho H-.ALp), They obav
all the doctrines Of the esh not o spelk OF the
opponent Of Tam o'-hanier. Yesterday was amt
vcrsary of these total ind gers IL the nual pic
10 celebrate their forna' ION body and 10 Fort
L-e they went in tho morning in hundreds nav, thou
sand strong Ito worship in stGod's FIRST Tempen az
they christened H. B,uG Grove Fort Lee hore 10 per-
form the vows they have vowed during tho past year
as 10 the indulgence O! their members in the may
dance. the whr ng swin- and the inevitable speeciy
ing with tea and lemonade accomuapin epts. for
getting The !estre sponge CAKE ard the cxbilcra;ins
paangt
From BROOKLYN sailed tho salan.-not the p,ous--
band Al uiue o'clock yeterday mornng The sw II
sides te ghouis spiritually ,ncined for the trip were
obhsinely allowed % purchase c.ots at fftv cents
thousand Of The eject came forward on the OCCASION and
abplt hundred school children also took ndvaniae
OF the excursion TO Fort Lee, and went the Nulse
tho conductor rhe raerna Titus surnamed Merritt
was deputy ssssiant, and The temporary and
part deck p1nsger afterwards changed to ''hoor
was taken by Brother Barnard band OF .masc dis
coursed the stirring melodies OF their native land the
spr's OF every nationality, and the steamboat psdded
precious freight board amid the piaudits OF the un
happy ones left behind shore who could not part,c
pate N the hsgira On the way up little incidents
occurred 20 mark the buoy spirits o. Sp ri,ua is,s
Herr Won Nckieihorpc engaged in desperate Irritation
who thought he loved her. was In agones thereat a
pup OF the bull terrier breed belonging 10 Of the
children, NEST nelancholily inclined during the
voyage, and gave vent to pitful whininy, which was
heart piercing not ear soothing The band played and
the Spiruaisis ipduged in soda water land perhaps
something stronger too they pa,d frequent visits {,
,.s hsr OF the boat and the Huse went on her way TO
the New Jerusalem located the west hank Of the
Hudson, When tho band stopped playing amusing
contest went be'ween = couple o! Young Savoyard
boys with harp and violin a2aius, OLD cripple who
bo would give IN. When he struck up Hg the
boys immediately played tomc horribly long barred
N, ersTe ana wh,n tho former apsed into
some piainiire ballad tho savcyards p,yed a
sndaneo or The hrano,a Of thsir beloved Italy. The
scenc between these ccnles:aa's for musca, honors
strongly reminded one OF hOyarhs "tslyai Musicians"
aud the struggle dl not between them until the old
landing at the 100, Of the Palisades, Fort lee,
reached.
Nov commenced 'all the fun II the fair" Up ne
million WOODEN steps that lead 10 the craGs, above witch
RuI H. rushed hundreds OF the sprtuasts bent
on begpn,pg their Lupercallan gam.s without ds,ay
Struggling up the rickev stairs climbed old lad cs as
we'll ss young ladies' and heir accomnsnying cavalle.
n, hiatt fN0
n would mover end The oasis a, the top length
reached and here an abundant fand OF and
RELAXATION had been P'lrned large enclosure
sas appropriated 70 taucing. Another tent lifted
up as MI eating sslocn while swings and targets for
PISTOL shooting ver. placed ali about among the irecs
ihe only aa-hacN TO the latter arrangement was that
We might rcceivca stray bulle, every and Then from
VI sa uoonc'%rs nc s ~ wnist pc'Sing OF swng'ny IN
enjoying themselves. soon the whole throng wcr,
hard At work sstug, drinking iand Lager beer not
prorrtbcd apparently IVY their "dcc,rnes'', dane ng
ssinging bsgins tirtiny IN last amusing themselves
In every possible manocs IN which they colt OF the
n,eans fos ths same ~ cr disposal Thus passed
the merry hours away iOr iue until the ater-
noon Sudden stop was pat ~ their pleasure although
only temporary ono by the sntagollstic influence OF
The cleik of ths weather.
Jnsl near 10 four O'Clock shower foil sharp, long
and decisive The water poured down from Tho iuky
clouds above Ike from inverted bucket and
anathema marsusths FELL upon the sprituslists Bon
nets we're spoiled, dresses not OF warranted fast
colcFs" aud Indeed good many that were began 10
lo1se hef brsncy and the faces OF the ladies' became
elongated and sad 10 ochod. The gents. too, who
nsd oces feoptenoeut in Ntsts tNu
iigh, psnts AMI shiny ha,s began also TO fade In their
eject, and grand scary was made for shelter,
on sr,.S ,1S,. NJ s"sne' ~. ,ha ,ur ., ans
picnic over How could q lady have q Nyht
heart wh-n her new bonnet, aud that ha, or dress
which had bsan the pride Of her mlner hopocssy
ruined IN, harp was gone from 1arA's halls aud The
soul Of music c although its skeleton represented by
the band sii tnnaacd. Tho spir,ualls,s found that
tns y,ands began 20 have Deal Sea "appsh" tasto,
and the ~ins To have dress the bottom OF the vino
cup: and they packed up their bottles and their
"a ~
ass over; the great spruss,c anniversary had been
noby celebrated; the glory OF the 'scer Andrew jack
son Davis Of Judge Elulonds of Warren Chase and OF
The rasor smith bad bcou sustained. The spiritual PIC
nc vas a fact over. poaoe 10 It's manes