Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1840-09-17
From the BALTIMORE Patriot.
Hummer HILL CELEBRATION

| We refer the attention oi the reader TO the &C
count we publish to-day, OF the 9 eat Convention
at Bunker Hill, the 10Th inst, here there was
one of the greatest gatherings OF the people That
ever took place in the United States. letter to
the New York Signal, says
memorable day for Boston has this BEEN
Both friends and foes admit, that il has presen-
ted the most splendid and remarkable pageant
ever attempted in the country Before daylight an
the avenues leading To the city were crowded with
the delegates aud visiters from the neig hboring
villages and towns-somo foot and some in ve-
hicles of all descriptions. The sun was overcast
+" the morning lowered and there was an April
uncertainty in the aspect of the sky The Fanltes
insisted upon it there would be rain, but the
Wings" were strong in the hope that the weather
would be as propitious as theirProspeets.
By eight O'Clock the sky began to clear and be-
fore that hour all the various delegations were bu-
sy organizing their ranks. A. nine they we're oil
convened on the common, where the marshals OF
the day on horseback commenced the task OF ar
ranging the immense procession. he common,
as the Bosonians call their spacious peTk presen-
ted magn6cen, appearance at this moment AZ
least ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND people were gath
cred there and with the banners and badges OF the
various delegations the gay dress OF the lady spec
ators, the music of SOME thirty OF forty bands, the
prancing Of seeds, and the log cabin songs Of
the delegates, it was most exciting spectacle.
THE LAST CARD" OF Mr. VAN BUREN,
|. has been constantly asserted by the Destruc-
lives, that Mr.. VAN BuREH had a private card to
play about the time Of the last move in the coming
campaign, which would carry defeat to his oppo-
nents A correspondent of the Newark Daily Ad-
yertiser who seems To kRoac " hat he writes OF, de
clares that in this last trick the Post Office is the
engine-AMos KENDALL, the Instrument to effect
it. Ghe first step is already taken by order ing
every channel of communicating Information to the
people to be closed, except Though lis hands and
those engaged in the conspiracy startling re-
port. such as the death Of Geucja HARRIsoN, may
be circulated throughout Ohio pennsy ivania, and
New York, Just the OF the election, aud eve
~ Wing paper contradictiag it to be suppressed
This scheme accounts for their conf !enee IN the
success Of MIR. VAN buren, notwithstanding their
overwhelming defeat in almost every State in which
there has been an election. This accounts for the
extraordinary declaration Of leading administra-
ton man. recently, in the city OF New York, that
"Fon Barren had card 10 Piay, isttek none Of his
friends suspected
There is but one way to break this infamous con-
spiracy down. Let every Wing traveller constitute
himself an Inspector Of the mails, which in all The
country portions ofthe Union are thrown out and
assorted while travellers sit waiting in the stage
Above ALL let every Wing traveller from the West
inform himself thoroughly ofthe latest news in The
quarters where he comes from, and twill be found
that true news can travel far switer from lip to lip,
among honest men, than any lies Of AMOS KEN
DALL's connecting, can get along in the mail bags
l--Ptiladeiphia Gazette