Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1840-06-11
TIPPECANoE BATTLE GROUND.

CONVENTION or 10000
we expected some account direct from the seen,
u ue immense concoursc OF people at Old TIPS barL,
ground. but have nothing original for our read.r.
We select what follows from the correspondents. of
the ReP"6t'caH Banner. Of Madison. An editorial IN
the Banner gives the cSiimst o a delegate who has
returned, that nj least 25.0C0 or 30 1000 pcorle Wore
present The weather had been unfa To the
geihering. "hut the sun Oft Q 29th was unclouded AMI
the sky scrcne-a glsrioHs omen OF good to the friend,
e governmental ref IN. We may toll against an
the ir WIS and pers C Itiols o al held POWER, but tho
end of the contest WILL lie q glorious victory o nriu-
c pie aud pa / nc or eN,rIuce over The unworthy
PnsseSsnrs Or Al holden Iov o., and their armies OF sci.
fish Ur deluded iOllove ="
LAFAYETTE NAY ~. 1910.
The scenes We have passed through during The las,
uhree or hour days nave been such as will long DO
remembered rs those who have Witnessed them.
rearhed indianapolis ON Monday afternoon. aud there
found all the 10" sses crowded. the streets full of men.
hoses and wagons; ilags. hammers and steamers. way.
lng ~ all directions. Yesterday and to day our ride
has been like a triumphal march. thousand Of horses q,
AID wagons without nunhcr lined the roads; a portion
came round on the southern route Via Cnwlnrdsyine
amidst an immense company of hOrscmen. and reached
there on Tueskay evening: the next morning the del.
egates from the south western counties began 20 pnur
rnto that place in immense masses. on foot. on hone.
sack, and in wagons; and by : O'Clock. the number
collected there could not have been less than 5000
At9 o'cluk. the ladies nf the town presented the Mon.
gomery delegation with n beautiful rarn =. al the
residence of MIR WhiiloCk; and soon after. Tho whole
crowd took up the line ID march, preceded by the
CnwIordsNIlie Band OF music, Ia a large car. drawn
10y iohr horses Beng on horse. wc ouistripped tho
balance of the oeiRPauy. anl reached here IN udyanre
passing about one hundred wagons ON the road. cno,,d
ell with men. AMI some win women. We reached
{ il place about , O'Clock, som after which deler,i..
began b come in, 10y all mpdes of conveyance. GR,
and a hundred at a tmr. All the houses were s,o,
filed 10 overlowiug; and in a short lime n disch,rro
O~fartllcry announced the approach ola new re:nc.rce
ment by water On tepaIring 10 the landing we saw
a beautiful sieht-two steamers. lashcd together
came gliding up the river, their d ecks covered with
The large delegations, consisting Of some seven or eight
hundred, with a band OF music and two military com.
panics. There cannot be less ihaa 5000 DELEGATE,
here tonight, from other counties. Tippccanoe count,
will turn out tomorrow en- maSse a
IL seems as though the State were pouring It's entire
population into this county Never Le.ore. in tho
history of parties. has tuch enthusiasm Leen manifested
IN n political caus~. 4 deep feeling is now urging The
people 10 such demonstrations of disapprObatiun of the
acts OF their public servants, as only can precede the
revolution that cannot be ~bloollcss. I bad but little
conception of the length. breadth. AMI depth of this
stern determination FOR a change "f rulers.
P THURSDAY EVENING. hIay %.
| harc Just returned from the bItlc cround-Tb-
sights have witnessed to-day will never fade foI
my remembrance, nor can they ever be for gotten by
? any who have seen them. II appears as though tho
: whole Union were concentrating its population nj thu
D TIppecanoc Battle Ground. | had been but a fen
minutes on that consecraied ground, when ! fell
2 company with several of lIarrison's ui soldiers, wild
f'ught under him in many of his battles, aud especiallJ
at TippecanIe. Ihave seen them al most fight theH
battles DER again."-seen them point cut 1he orler al
encampaneut-the stations they severllly occupied
and. repairing 10 the place where the charge was made
Ivy the lnd'ais, point out the spot where the brave Da-
SIeh feil-the place where IIarrison's marquee STOOD
where they buried the brave soldiers who died on'
the battle heldi--and have heard hem Fepel, while
The hush oi indignatiOn crimsonsd their brew, the has,
ISLANDERS upon General liarrissrs character as an ofE
Ger. This afternoon. when | Left the glouud, the c-aa
VA the rear of The enclosed ground was a,rrndy nretfv
, well filed up with The numerous dclccuiuns In ali
! directions The woods were dotted with the tents and
camp cquipage OF the various com auits. Two oH
hree military companies we're already encampcd oml
the ground. their pinke l guards sci. and hish above eachl
, marquee and tent, waved the stars and stripes, or an
appropriate banner, bearing some inscription suited t,l
Tie occasion and thcimcS- The number OF. The ground
yesterday a. O'Clock, eoshi not have been less than
d or bJOO; and between the haiHc ground and shc
river (lSo miles dis.ance), 7 met nj least 1000 more
Gel e 'tcsi and on my arrival at the river. ! saw on the
oPPeIic side about 200 wagons. Of all dissertations
waiung To nc ferried over. and casting my eye farther
into the INTERIOR | saw across the prairie, as far as the
eye could reach. one continued string of harsepep and
wagons, pouring their thousands down To the marpiul
Of the srvcr. IL will be very difficult for all of heml
TO go across tho river tomorrow the bad roads,
havedetained n great many longer ihsnihey aniir paied
aud II is probable the numbers will eoHainUe 10 IN
crease until 10 morrow night
Major Jack Downing, aud many other distincuishe d
gentlemen are here; and a great many strangers from
felnsyIVani''O OHIO, Illinois. keniucky, aud else where
must reserve for another leitor a description of reI
various banners The organization. the speeches. Sc.
which will commence ton orrow. The Nretrhcd stalJ
OF the roads. suIae places almost iszpassablc, DO not de-
ter The yeonanry ofihe land from IurHNic out. Thew
gre here from the reIDotesi corners Of the Stale: and
many come ON foot. more than a hundred miles. The
real "log cabin and hard ciJeT " boys oon. tituie ai,
turnout, and no mistake. lafayette rs crUwde/ GpU
tonight. and all the boats at the wharf Tb total !
number now at the Battle Ground. and in tbs lace !
and vicinity, cannot be less than Is or 9ODcOT The
annciPai'en a. 10 numbers. will be more Than kzaG. :
Respectfully, yours, II Wv.