Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1840-10-06
mo. 40.

iablish to morrow" he continued. The hard
money system; so much Landed of late AZ OPP
posed TO good system OF credits, and ten
years from fhis f'Sac, crcry man soic rich wtH Ne
r1chcr, and crers man notc poor tcM b, poorer"
Gen. Harrison, We are told by those who
were on the ominonce at the east, was heard
distinctly throou his speech at the distance Of
four hundred feet from the stand. lie was fire.
qucntly interrupted by loud and long plaudi,s,
and touched by his frankness and simplicity,
a chord Of thousands Of bosoms, that will thrill
for life with the recollection OF the day and tho
occasion.
Coils Christie and Chambers,
The former of New Orleans, tho latter ono
of the well known and gallant volunteer aids
of Gen. Harrison in the battle Of the Thames,
spoke after the General, IN order in which wo
have named them Col Christie was a pri-
waite at Fort Meigs, and testified 10 tho brave
~, hrmness, and military ability exhibited by
his old commander during the celebrated siege
OF that post, in manner which mus, have put
10 shame hosts Of those who have been Undue
ed by their proiligate political leaders 10 raise
the cry against General Harrison OF coward
ice" and "incompe,ecy," had they been ,hcrc
~ hear.
Col Chambers speech was full Of important
matter, and enlivened by frequent salies OF
humor. lie narrated tho Thames battle scene,
which he should be induced to write on, for
publication. Handling Col, Johnson as one
for whom recent circumstances had given him
feeling allied TO contempt,yet as one Of whom.
on account VI his past services, lie would wish
10 speak nothing harsh, he took hold Of the
great "Psuicoat Hero" Senator Allen, and
held him up before the searching fire Of his
sarcasm and rebuke turning him first this way
aud then that, basting HIM now here and now
I AZ hlIGtpra "a q Fc In ftS
cpiderms very much as a log-cabin house
wife manages roasting goose Till nearly eve
~ one present must have had feeling of pity
/ for the AJax OF Locoocracy IN Ohio.
The number Of persons present
Was during the whole OF the morning, va
! riousy estimated at from seventy five TO nine
~ thousand Conjecture however, was put TO
rest in the afternoon, at the speakers stand.
! Here while the crowd was compact, as we have
elsewhere described it, and during the speech
Of General Harrison, tho ground upon which it
stood was measured 10y three different civil
engineers; and, allowing to the square yard
four persons, the following results were arrived
at; the first made il II 900, the second 10000,
and the third 10000. During the time Of ma
king these measurements the number OF square
yards surface covered was continually chang
ing, by pressure without and resistance from
within. This fact accounts satisfactorily for
the slight difference in the results attained
and shows that that difference strengthens in
stead of weakening the probable correctness
! Of the calculations.
No one presen, would have pretended that
there were less than twenty thousand without
the limits Of the admeasurment in the city,
sauntering about the envrons, scattered around
the booths where refreshments were vended,
and lying in large groups upon the plain dis
cussing affairs OF state and making speeches
for themselves. This will swell the number
congregated at the Miami Valley Convention,
including the citizens of Dayton, (whose pop
nlation is between five and six thousand,)
which we do, to about One Hundred thousand.
This is what in round numbers we have plac-
ed in the heading of our article, and tins IL
| what, by those who have been more in tho
habit of estimating crowds than we have, 1t
was esfiD,ated at For our own parts, we could
make no estimate; we should not have known
how To 90 about the first steps necessary 10
the formation Of any opinion, which hc would
/ like 20 haz!ffd, upon the subject. Happily,
actual survey and calculation elieye US Of tho
necessity of any thing Of this kind, and there
fore the
Convention II 100000
viii send its voice abroad, starting Ambi-
ton while at its charts, and striking with ter.
ror, in their very palace halls, the Usurpers Of
the powers and Downiraders Of the prosperity
of the American People.
Er-GOr MefcaiGe
Presto ed over the Convention, and was speak
ing in his peculiar and forcbe manner, when
alta - o'clock we left the ground.
ScUcr0i mcidshfS
OF very interesting character, which we
had intended 10 notice ~ this article, must await
another day.--Ah5aay p-'iy Adeehser.