Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1840-03-16
Washington, Jefferson, and Harrison.
The Farmer of North Bend.
The man that is 10 Scoe The Country.
Reirenchment aud Reform.
THE CiNCINNATUs OF THE WEST.

HalnsOhP BUT The banners are not the most III
teresing Of the sight TO day. Regular built Log
Cabins, ,ch chmneys, doors and cindo0s, and t0eit
roJed, mounted OIL wheels, and drawn by horses
had been brought fifty md hundred miles, with
signs Mt The side ofthe door, of Hard Cider In
some OF them fires were burning in the chimney ;
twenty and thirty delegates rode into the city in
each Of these houses. There were four: one was
from Clark county
The Cuyaohga delegation brought with them n
very handsome full rugged brig from Cleveland, n
distance of $50 miles. 1t was on wheels drawn
by six white horses; a hundred ,lelegateo with IT,.
They have been week on the way; encounter
ing rain storms, and bad roads, so bad occasional
ly as TO sink the wheels in the mud to the axles /:
they, however, pressed forward, determined to
reach Columbus i'll time, they came in about
O'clock, and passed through the streets amid the
shouts of the assembled thousands.
Large Canoes filed, also, with delegates, came
from Licking, and other counties, these boats
were made for the occasion, out of large trees cut
down aud dug out, holding 30 and 40 Delegates
Wiiiidm Neal, Esq. had boat from II large syca-
more tree 20 feet long, and large enough to hold
80 u GO persons The delegation from Wood
county brought with them IL very handsome rep
resenialion of Fort Neigs. 1t placed upon wheels
and drawn by horses, it was large enough to con T.
tain hundred delegates within the pckets Guns
were mounted on the fort and n large banner,
with llarrison's reply 10 Proctor when he dcnlan.
died the surrender and also the motto Don't eive
up The ship
A very neat small but well made steam boa,
was brought by portion of the Licking county
delegation. Ii, also, was raised whee's and
drawn by horses. 1T was called the Farmer of
North Bend. The motto on the banner borne by
this delegation was 'Ship Constitution Our
Flag
An old man came in with portion of the Wood
county de egation, bringing with him live Eagle,
caught few days since on the battle ground OF
Fort Megs
A delegation Of old Hunters from Champaine
came in cttriou>ly constructed, boxed. up wagon
with the name in trge letters, OF the sides, NJ d
River Trappers,' with coon skins etc. hanging
about the wagon, aud all the delegates in hunting
dresses.
o d hunters OH horseback, large Conastoga wa
CONS, 40 and % in tlenl) sma wagons and car
ruges otevery description, and horsemen and foot
men have hronged these streets to day without
number. The name of Harrison has been shu4 -
ted and re. shouted, throughout this whole day. -
The excitement is very great, and The enthusiasm
past all bounds. AS have before said, it is not
possible to describe The SCENE of this da y no man
can do it is heyon al description.
The Convention organized ut 5 o'clock this nf
ternoon, in the public streets, there being no house
in Columbus large enough to hold one twentieth
OF those present. stage was erected mt the cor
ncr of Main and Broad Streets az the junction of
the fence enclosing the State Honse yard, for the
IL
ito" was organized, ana the transaction of some
preparatory business, Gen Murphy, Of Chi leo e,
and the Hon. Thomas Ewing of Lancaster, ad-
dressed the assembled thousands composing the
convention.
am this evening ha crazed with the unceas.
| ing shouts and huzzas of the people for Old Tip
peranoe; and the moment am writing. the side
walks and streets are literally crowded with living
| forms 1t Is indeed, almost impossible 10 crowd
through inns great mass of people, even to reach
the end of the single squire. The city is umn-
aled, and presents beautiful nppearance-all is
life and JOY
The very lowest estimate have heard from any
one OF the delegates present, is len thousand ain
! ny say I5OO0 aud some say 1000 II is stated
10 be the largest convention that ever assembled
in the United States
The convention was adjourned to / O'Clock to-
morrow 10 hear the reports of the several com
mittces, etc. Col. Peudletan aud Judge Wright
are the committee from our delegation to report
resolutions.
Saturday Ernmg, 22i Feb. 1910.
| The convention has adjourned, Thomas Corwin.
is to be our next Governor nothing but death
can prevent il.
A grand possession was formed this morning
of the entire delegalion--Col Noble, Of Ibis civ
Grand Marshal, with deputies appointed by the
several delegations. Geo. Graham, Esq. is the
NIarghal from our delegation. The procession as
yon nay well Imagine, from he immense con.
course of people hire, was highly imposing. The
following is The order:
Iltary procession in 'front.' II band of music Sol.
diers of the Revolution, with the Marque Flag, !
saddle housings and holsters OF Gen Washington,
worn in the days Of the Revolution, Il cannon
rlrawnb by six horses the Convention Delegates
in Congressional Districts numbering from RIGHT
and lett to the centre, Log Cabins at regular inter.
walls, a steamboat drawn 10y horses canoes ut reg
ular intervals, music Of each district, with their
a in np1pr -;
citizens oil The state, clzens Off he county, citizens
of The city
The housings and holsters of Gen Washington.
were placed on horse which was led by an old |
soldier Of the Revolution from Miami county.
There were three uniform companies from
GAINESVILLE, n German uniform company from Chill. |
lcoihe, ana an infantry and cavalry company of
Columbus These companies were very hand
some indeed, and with their various bands of mu.
SIC added much To 4 splendOr of the procession
The Brig from Cleveland, the Steamboat from
Newark, Fort Nleigs from Wood county, the four
Log Cabins, The Mad River I'rappers' Game Cart,
and The Canoes were all in procession. In nCdi.
ton to the old soldiers noticed company OF
about thirty, marching by themselves who were
soldiers under Gen. Harrison Mt Fort Meigs. Their
Marshal was an old man ofG0 or 20 years of agc,
dressed as AN old hunter, with knaps ok on his
back Il tin cup, &c.
The Eagle, froni Fort Meigs was borne in
basket, raised on The top ofa staff. The Eagle
has this evening been presented to our delegation
TO convey TO Gen. Harrison, and will he taken
down by Mnjor GARRISON, and presented in the
name of the donor TO the General. {
One delegation had an old lin pam with the bot l
tom torn out, raised on u pole with piece icrapee
on top, representing the Tin pan bursed and dead
delegation of about thirty by themselves, from
the Northern counties, hud each one large
corn broom with The motto, HARRISON and Re- |
farm was told they were men who had until
very recently been loco iocos I
The citizens of the State of New York, who {
happened at this time to be in Columbus, Joined
The procession; they numbered, should think,
forty or fifty; they too, had their banners then
motto was From the Net The star of Empire