The pilot and transcript. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1840-1841, 1840-05-06

other rich one bearing tHe arms VI the Stdte'
Another banner had on it ship with the
sentence above Labor IS Wealth" and be-
low, "Doay gire up the htP.'
The York County delegation was preceded
by banner with The characteristic motto
1.-THE White Rose of Pennsylvania defends
the fair fame of Harrison"
The next banner was from Schuylkill
county, it waSa splendid likeness of Genl.
Harrison, with this nscription-"W. II. IL.
In Peace the farmer and his rloughsharei in
War the soldier and his $word.n On the re-
verse-"HaIrison and Tyler"
The Dauphin County delegation bore an
elegant banner, on one side Of which she an
nounced her principles as, First for sack
SON. EErst fnr, HgrHtSen. Always honest
1s&A gaveNp Caesar for Rome, and nop 10 Ltf
aid of Rome she calls the Cinc,nndtns Of The
Vest" On the other side was, "i'rO Patri0
Harrison and Tyler"
In the same delegation there was also a. beau
tiful banner, which attracted particular notice
This bannerwe learn, was got up by two men,
bers of the Harrisburg Tippecanoe Club, Messrs
A. Jones and T. Fem. On one side of the ban
ner, the body of which was black satin, was a
Log Cabin in gilt, surrounded with thirteen
stars Indicative of the Is original States; and
attached to the Cabin, was barrel of "hard CT
der" also in gilt. The string Of the door of the
cabin was not drawn in. On the same side was
'sHarrison, Tyler, and True Democracy" and
"The ball is rolling" all also in gilt. On the
other side was the Pennsylvania Coat Of Arms,
and the inscription--''To preserve their Liber-
ties the People must do their own Fighting and
Votingw also in gilt. The banner was splen-
didly decorated and trimmed.
Fayette County had 4 Log Cabin drawn by
six horses, with the following inscription
"Laaersl Mountain Boys. from Fayette Cou''
ty, Pennsylvania, head Of the Mississippi Val
lev" Deer and Fox skins, Bdck-horns, with
sundry implements of husbandry, adorned the
sides and roof of the cabin, and boughs of green
trees decorated the top. A barrel of 'Hard-
Cidero was placed in the rear of the cabin, and
a gourd was suspended by it. fag in front
announced that itcame-'EF From Fort Necessity
- W'ashington's first Battle Ground"
Another banner, we believe it was from
Bucks County, had ''Huzza for Old Tippeca-
noe"
Lancaster County had several beautiful BAN
ners; on one was "The Gibraltar of the Key
stone state-good for 1000 majority for Old
Tip" We hope it will prove true. Another
had Gen. Harrison's invitation to his soldiers
when he babe them farewell. The 6rst banner
from Adams County had for motto, "Adams
County, Penn; opposed to reducing the wages
of the laborer and mechanic" The Adams
County banners were ornamented with beauti-
full devices The Delaware County motto was
s'No reduction of wages" The Pittsburg dele
CATION bore likeness of Farmer Harrison at the
plough with Log Cabin in view.
There were numerous banners from the west
ern part of Pennsylvania, besides those we have
mentioned. Mercer CoUnty had several SPLEEN
did banners.
DELAWARE followed Penn; her State
banner had for motto, 'EThe first to adopt-tha
last to abandon the constitutions" and several
other banners were displayed by this gallant little
Americans description of the Kent County ban
ner: - r.
The banners of the Kent CoufrS Ggation
had on them the ''Blue HENS ghtcke7ts." "a
name given to the Delaware Line I9the glorious
war Of the Revolution. As the worthy sons OF
worthy sires have arrayed themselves under this
banners, an appropriateness VIII be seen from the
following explanation, furnished by one who
took part in the struggle for our national indie
pendence:
SIN the revolutionary war, Delaware was
among the most densely populated portions OF our
country, and is said to have furnished FIVE thou
and fighting men to the revolutionary army
The regiment Of E.DeloJcdre BlueS," was so cal
led from their blue uniforms. When they march
ed from Wilmington in l776, they were indeed
gallant sight Fight hundred men, with such
perfect discipline in their march, that when adj
yancing in line it was said bullet might have
passed from one end Of the regiment to the other,
between the ankles Of every soldier without
touching a man. exhibited spectacle such as has
not been exceeded since their day.
They were exposed in every action from Long
Island to Charleston, and as fast as they fell in
battle their ranks were recruited from Delaware
alone Jaquett, who was one of their officers,
used to say that he could march all day with
them, from sunrise to sunset, and when on
Green's retreat, every body else was tired and
asleep, his Sussex soldiers alone would get fd
die and dance around their watch-fres. They
were engaged in thirty-two pitched battles, and
were always the last to retreat. 1t was natural
that thew should have been then the pride and
boast of the State in which scarcely man was
left who had not a relation friend in the regi
ment.
"Captain Caldwell had company recruited
from Kent and Sussex called by the rest "Cald-
tune in Carolina was nicknamed from this "the
Blue Hens Chickens" and fEthe blue chickens
as the fun and fancy of their comrades preferred
The phrase. But after they had been distinguish
ID in the South the name Of the Blue Hen was
applied to the State, whenever after battle the
-ecruiting officers were sent home to get more
chickens of her raising and those who came from
Kent were chiefly taken from her forests of white
oak. The poor fellows for the most part died in |
n the battles of the Revolution, and but a very
ew of those who returned ever received any re- |
ward for their services, being paid of in CONT
rental money. But the wings Of the Revolution |
lever ceased to boast Of the Blue Hen and her
.h;ckens, and to this day their defendants will |
,ften boast in Kent, that they are the cocks of
hat brood, and were taken from "the STOPPING
White oak"
At this point Of the Procession was another