The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1850-1873, 1872-10-18

blowing parties, FROM this place,
with the Southern excursion party
louisville last Wednesday MOI ming
last week: Thos. F. Fleming, d. G.
(elm, Robt. NJ. Mckay, w. d. Tim
mons, Wyatt @. Harrison, Hugh T. Cor
don, Sam II. Armstrong, Theo. Lips
comb, Major A. Bowen, r. II. Jamison,
Robt. Frierson, J. II. Jamison, Henry
Cox, VIM. James, Willie Campbell,
Henry Dawson, L. A. Boyd, Jas. Street,
James Dale, Dock Brown, J. r. Lamb,
Joe Woodsides. The entire party con-
sisted of about six hundred men, all
from Alabama, Georgia, Florida and
Tennessee. The Reception Committee
met the delegation at Gallatin, Tonnes
see, with elegant refreshments, and from
there on the crowd was..the merriest ever
seen. At twelve O'Clock Wednesday
night, the Mayor and city fathers OF
Louisville met them at the depot with
warm and hearty welcomes. Thursday
at ten O'Clock a.hundred hacks were In
readiness at the Gait House, and the
whole party, headed by the Reception
Committee. went out in procession to
see the city. We were first carried to
the blouse of Refuge" erected and
sustained BY the city authorities. This
institution is the home Of poor orphan
boys that are picked up in the alleys and
cutters of the city. One is also in pro-
cess of erection for girls. The one al
ready in operation has within its walls
about three hunired boys, ranging from
three to eighteen years of age. They
were all formed into procession and
marched out into the garden to meet us.
When everything was quiet, the Rev.
DR.. Rivers, of the Broad Street Metho-
dist Church, addressed the crowd. This
great preacher, and writer of moral phi
losophy, delivered speech full Of pathos
and touching beauty. When he
us in solemn line, there was scarcely an
unmoistened eve in the assembly. May
the God of the fatherlees place all or
phsns in such hands. From this house
we were carried to the Exposition build
ing, where, at one O'Clock, we were in
vited to partake of as rich feast as ever
tempted, the palate of Epicurus' most
devoted votary. The Exposition ITSELF
made up of all that genius and cunning
could devise, and arranged in. unap-
grandeur--bafflesde description.
We would do the managers injustice to
to describe it. The display OF
the Fire Department in front of the Elk
position building, at 8 o'clock, was
grand affair. Five steam engines were
put in operation in about two minutes.
After the exhibition was over, we were
again seated in hacks, and carried to
Cave Hill, which, by the way, is one OF
the most magnificently kept cemeteries
in the land. Thence we were carried to
the Water Works, about five miles west
of the city, on the banks of the river
that means beautiful. From the top of
the reservoir, Louisville, KY, Jefferson
vile and New Albany, Indiana, are in
full view. The two latter being divided
from the former by the great Ohio river.
night we were banqueted,
ia royal style, in the Gait House. We
haven't the space to give minute details
of the entertainment; but when we say
that the supper alone, for six hundred
people, cost over five Thousand dollars,
it will convey some idea of its magDii- |
cence. Thursday morning we found a
train in readiness to carry us across to |
New Albany, Ind. The train was stop
ped fifteen minutes in the middle of the |
bridge that spans the Ohio. to allow US
the opportunity TO examine that great |
piece of work and to enjoy the beauties |
Of the scenery around. The bridge is |
the longest one on the continent, meas |
uring more than mile, and, with two
exceptions, both in process Of CONSTITUTE
ton, one at st. Louis, over the Missis> |
sippi, and the other over East river, N.
Y, is the costliest bridge ever built in |
the world. New Albany isa live little |
city OF twenty thousand people, and is
principally manufacturing place. We
visited the rolling mills and glass facto-
ries with much pleasure, and returned
10 Louisville in the evening. After this,
some of tie party went TO the exposi-
lion, some to the theatres and places of |
some to Cincinnati, and
some to the Cincinnati Fair. All the ex- |
cursionists unite in one voice to proclaim |
he CITY of Louisville the most beautiful |
IN the land, and her people, thel most |
noble, generous and hospitable in the |
world. Long may she flourish and in
crease in prosperity, until she becomes
The Queen city OF the West, and the cy-
nosure of commerce.