Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-05-27

room enough Tor all, the seats al the .fes
tive board" are soon occupied and W
fall to, John f. Wheless, Chairman of tn
Committee OF Arrangements, presiding.
THE BILL OF FARE
embraced the appetizing array Of. dishe
given below:
Sogp-Green sea turtle; peora of cream
Jalienne.
FISh-Lake Erie salmon, boiled, auchC
vie sauce.
Hot ERtrees-Leg of young chicken
sautie, la chasseur; sweetbread, larded
aux petits pois; filette of beef, braizel, a |
Goddard; Spring Mountain oysters, pannee
a la maitre d'hotel; chicken croquetteS
Italian macaroni: rice cake, lemon flavor
spring chicken pie; begnet souflle, a la Va
billie.
ROaSts.-Loin of beef, with mushrooms
sugar-cured ham, champagne sauce; duck
apple sauce; young pig, PAnglaise; loil
of pork, picked sauce; spring lamb, wit
new green peas; loin of veal; chicken
stuffed; saddle of Southdown mutton
spring chicken, Steward sauce; turkey, cur
rant Jelly.
boned chicken, with truffles, champaign,
jelly; Tennessee spiadbuf; roast beef; chick
en- salade, with lettuce; boned turkey, appl,
jelly; lamb; buffalo tongue; sugar-cureC
beef tongue; lobster salade, en- Mayonnaise
RettShes. = Lettuce, radishes, spring
onion, salade, cream, London club sauce
young beets, withcream, anchovies, Spanish
olives, cold slaw, Worcestershire sauce
cheese, sardines, red currant jelly, Frencl
mustard, Stafford sauce, chow-chow, picca-
dill Capt. Whites Oriental pickle.
VegetGbles.-New green peas, asparagus
butter sauce, cauliflower, au gratin, stewed
tomatoes, Lima beans, new potatoes, with
cream, new carrots, spring beets, boiled po-
tatoes, tomatoes, young cabbage, spinach
au jus, sweet corn.
PGstry-Rhubarb pie, goosebeuy pie,
Washington pie, lemon custard pie, Cabi-
net pudding, wine sauce; fruit cake, wafer
jumbles, Queen drops, lady cake, almond
cake, jelly cake, pound cake, brandy snaps,
candies, lady fingers, spice cake.
Ornamental Cdkes-Mountain cake;
black cake, starch cake, egg kiss pyramid,
macaroni pyramid, Fish-Chase pyramid,
candy vase pyramid, almond pyramid.
gWeS.-California plum, ounce,
damson, green gage.
Jetttes and CredmS.-Varigated jelly,
Massadone of fruit, marashino Jelly, claret
wine jelly, peach jelly, charlotte russo, va
nilla ice cream, English cream, orange
sherbet, Italian cream, strawberry cream,
orange jelly, pineapple jelly, blackberry
Jelly.
DesSert.-Pine-apple in champagne; or
anges, sliced in Kelly Island wine; apples,
bananas, raisins, figs, filberts, English wal
nuts, pecans, Strawberries and cream.
The banquet demolished, claret and
sherry began to circulate, and we all warm
up for the
THE ToAsTs AND SPEECHES.
''Our Guests" was the first toast an
nounced, to which Col. F. P. Cahill was
called upon to respond. He said:
Gentlemen: In responding to this toast
am certain but express the sentiments
of your guests when L assure YOU that we
most heartily appreciate the honor you
have conferred upon us on this occasion.
If We ever had doubt as to His Majesty,
we are to-day prepared to acknowledge that
Cotton is King, for we know of no business
interest in the city that could provide a
more royal entertainment, or tender its
Inequalities in more princely style. As
your guests, it affords US pleasure not only
to yield our allegiance to this King. but to
bear cheerful testimony to the intelligence,
integrity and honor of his Ministers in
Nashville. | refer TO all who serve him
here, as well as his Parsons. IWhen this
most palpable hit was made, all eyes turned
toward the most modest man of the CON-
pany, who buried his blushing visage in a
bumper of claret.] On behalf, gentlemen,
OF your guests, permit me TO thank you for
your hospitality, and to express the hope
that your hundred thousand bales received
in 1873 may be doubled by the receipts of
1874.
The second toast was, "Our Financial
Institutions Mr.. NJ. Burns, President of
the First National Bank, said in response,
that all he knew apout finance was that
every man was, after all, his own financier
and that if he did not paddle his own
canoe he was certain to be stranded. He
saw before him men who, if they could be
sent to represent US at Washington, would
take care that, within six months, Tennes-
see should have enough currency for her
commercial necessities. The cotton men
were emphatically the bone and sineW of
Nashville, and they had added within the
past few years seven millions of dollars to
he wealth of our city. He had trusted
many one of them and had never yet
been loser thereby. In taking his seat,
ne gave the sentiment-"May | live long
70 extend you accommodation, and may
7ou live as long to be my customers"
This was received with enthusiastic ap-
1lause, the whole company rising to their
eet and drinking bumper to ''the health
If Michael Burns.'
MFR. A. b. Stahlman, Agent of the Louis
lille, Nashville aud Great Southern Rail-
Dad, responded to the toast, s'Our Rail-
Dads and their Connections" Ii was adj
nitted by those most interested, he re-
marked, that without railroads cotton or
'ther markets could not succeed. OF the
ailroads centreing at Nashville, the Nash
lille and Chattanooga brought during the |
'ast season $4,000 bales of the staple, the |
louisville, Nashville and Great Southern |
'etween $1,000 and 60,0O0I, while 1900 |
anne by wagons. The receipts |
lad now reached about 100000 |
ales, but with proper effort on
he part of Nashyille's cotton men next |
eason should place the figures at 10000. |
lie was satisfied that such a result could |
e reached. Our railroad facilities were
Oday superior to those of every other cot
OH market, and shippers obtained less rate
D the seabOard. ("That's sO.') Mr..
tahlman closed by stating his conviction
hat Nashville could build up a far more
Extensive trade than at present with Liver
COL, Hamburg, Bremen, and other Euro
can cities, by which shipments could be
lade to those points on through bills of
aiding, if the cotton men would fully util-
Le all their advantages.
In responding to the toast, "Our Com
lercial Interests and Boarc of Trade" Mr..
[. G. Hensley, of the provision firm of Hart
Hensley, and President of the Nashville
oard of Trade, said:
Gentlemen of the Cotton Board: Phoenix
Ike, the commercial interest of Nashville
as arisen from its ashes, and under cir
instances of the most adverse character,
under the influences of the more
cent financial panic, it came out I'M
,athed, preserving its integrity and COM
lercial honOr-meeting all liabilities "like
little man" when other and more preten-
GUS cities were shaken from center to cir
Inference, amid the appalling crash of
edit and tumbling houses. To you, gem
emen, much is due for your unfailing and
ntiring efforts, for your energetic and
industry in sustaining the
ade of our city. You realize to-day that
Dur colabOrers in the great and growing
,mmerce of our city appreciate your labors
nd, with the receipts of 100000 bales of
,tton staring them in the face, radiating