The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1871-05-20
Sabbath in st. Louis.
ST.. LOUIS, Mo-, May Is, 1

Sabbath In st. Louis. go,
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, May 15, 1871.
To one coming from a quiet. Virginia
town. Sunday in st. Louis has many
points which greatly surprise and shock us.
We heard early In the morning a full
brass band performing guickstep as some
society marched by towards the beer-gar-
den, where they were to spend the day in
carousing. go
We noticed large proportion of the
places Of business open as usual, and were
informed that the theatres, 'dance-houses,' y
/" Varieties" "Can-Can" pei lformances,
specially "tempting bills" +" in view Of the
fact that their Sunday audiences are always
much larger than on any other day.
| As giving your Virginia readers an idea
of how they spend Sunday in St. Louis, we
give the following from the local column oi
this mornings Democrat: H. s-s. ..,.
'sSunday Festiuals.-Ye Yesterday, while
the .pious portion of the community were
engaged In devotional services, and the
tchnrches and Sunday-school rooms were
unusually. crowded, the gay and festive
members Of d number Of German societies
amused themselves at the various parks and
| beer gardens in their own fashion, and
without disturbing the Christian worship.
perS.
: AT the Arsenal the Hunters Society held
high festival, and music and dancing were
the order of the day. During the afternoon
La magnificent punch-bowl, costing SIS, and
filed with delicious May wine, was pre-
sented to Col. Hatch, commandant of the
arsenal, inreturn for his courtesy In allow
] ing the society the use Of the arsenal
grounds and furnishing them music free of
cost. A large crowd was in attendance.
at Concordia Park the St. Louis Turn
| verein gave festival, and practiced the
various gymnastic exercises, such as fenc-
ing, leaping, turning on the high bar, &c.
| A Frenchman and Prussian had bout
with foils, and afforded fine entertainment
to the crowd. The Frenchman, q veteran
soldier, proved the better swordsman. at
one time the amusement was varied by an
onslaught. made by D married lady upon
her husband and a good-looking young
| woman who was found in his company.
The indignant wife gave the pair good
thrashing. The park is now under the
! MANAGEMENT of Col. Frank aRomer, and is
kepti in good condition. .s, ..<..,s,=s p.e.,.<y
z Another society of turner's. met at Rim
kle's, and amused themselves in the fine
grove on the roadside. '.i@o - 5s-' 80 s: =;
Bamberger's, on the Grayo;s road, now
in the prime OF its beauty and May fresh
ness, was visited by q number Of pleasure
seekers, mostly drivers of fast horses and
young bloods, giving their lady loves an
airing. The grounds are delightful, and
are visited by many of the best families OF
the city. ...a-a-:.
Schneiders, on Chouteau avenue, Shaw's
Garden and Lafayette Park, and all the
public places of resort in the city and
suburbs, were well patronized, and the
number of vehicles on the road was unusu-
ally large. The whole city, except the reli-
gious portion before mentioned, seemed to
be on the move, and the day being pleasant,
all enjoyed themselves In the fashion to
which they were accustomed" a
The Baptist, Presbyterian, and Southern
Methodist pulpits were all filed on yester-
day By delegates to the convention.
7,ReY. Drs. Curry and Burrows, and Rev.
n. W. Wilson, OF your city, and Rev. Dr.
Poindexter, kew. j. B. Taylor, Jr., ReY. ..
H, Ryland, and Rev. DR.. Broaddus, Of Nlr-
ginia, were among the preachers.
The congregations were generally large
and very attentive, but DR.. Curry drew the
cro,od, and seemed to give great satislac-
ton. though his sermon was not quite up
to his usual mark.
The Sunday schools. OF the city attracted
great attention, and were visited by large
numbers of the delegates. In the afternoon
there were Sunday-school mass meetings at
several of the Baptist churches, which
were largely attended and Of deep interest.
Your correspondent attended the Benton
street Fourth Baptist) school, which NUM-
Ibersf 1,500 on the register, and had some
1,200 presentyesterday afternoon. v9 =
Ed. Jones, Esq, (the banker) is the efi-
cient superintendent of this school, which
is, indeed, a power in this great city.
SFg off nrE EFysltor1 nf
Boston Rev. DR.. Manly, of South Caro-
lima Rev. DR.. Taylor, Of New Orleans !;
A. f.. Crane, ESD, of Baltimore Rev. O.
H. aRyland, of Va; and Rev.C. G: Chaplin,
Of Kentucky, made short, stirring speeches,
and the singing Of the vast concourse of
children, with organ andEDooliD accompa-
niment, made as fine music as one would
care; to hear-albeit some Of us did not ad-
mirs the "gallop' on the violins, during
which. the. vast congregation dispersed.
|. There Is q Presbyterian Mission Sunday
school in the city, which Is said to be Larger
even than this one. ks..f .s. y.sla5
The Convention assembled this morning
at59 O'Clock, attended to various matters OF
detail, and spent hall an hour In very pleas
ant devotional exercises, led by the venera-
BILE DIR. Sherwood, of Missouri.
Rev. DR.. Boyce made deeply interest.
ing statement of the condition, plans, and
prospects of the aSout thern Baptist Thea.
logical Seminary, located at Grenyllle, 4. 9.
since the war the seminary has been. sus-
tanned by annual contributions from the
churches, which, sDr: Boyre says, would be
flIily sufficient If the brethren viii only
meet their obi gations. urged the pas
tors to send I'M the offerings OF the
churches. He referred To ! the eirclii1-
stances, of the location OF the sen1inarysat
Greenyille, 8. c., in. view OF the fact that
South Carolina pledged herself 80 raise
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