Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1842-09-08
From Tie PAiiad. q. s. Gasetts Of Friday last
GRAND WING CEREMONY.
RECEPTION or MEMBERS OF CONGRESS.


GRATED IN the finest style, Tor the excur-
sion to Wilmington. From every attain
able point there swung banner, so that
one who went to the wharf, remarked that
he could not see the boat on account Of
the flags. This boat had been engaged
by the Committee of Arrangements on
the part Of the Wings, to convey com.
mittee of one hundred to Wilmington,
/ Delaware where they should receive the
members OF Congress, and convey them
on board the Ohio, (the other passengers
from Baltimore taking the line boat, Rob
ert Morris, and then accompany them to
this city. Sometime before the hour de-
signated for the departure of the boat. cit.
liens were seen fockiDg to the wharf,
some to be OF the company, others to watch
he, departure, and at about all.past nine
o'clock, she left The city with the good
wishes Of those behind, that she should
encounter no difficulty. 1t was beauti.
full sight 10 see her flags Haunting in the
breeze, 8" like streamers long and gay"
while her deck was crowded with hearty
Wings in the good work devolved upon
them by public meeting, and the whole
was enlvened by the rich sounds of fine
band of music, engaged for the occasion.
On sped the boat to her destination,
cheered at times by the gatherings of peo-
pie collected along the shores, and about
twelve o'clock, came to at the wharf at
Wilmington, amid the cheers of an as.
sembled multitude.
After a delay of about three quarters
of an hour, the arrival of the cars was
announced, and soon after the members of
Congress were ushered on board the boat,
and after passing the line of the Commit
tee, were introduced to, and took their
stations near Mr.. Gibbons, the Chairman
of the occasion; the following members
composing the number:
! U. S. SENATE -Messrs. Tallmadge,
N. Y; Morehead, KY; Phelps, Vt. );
and Porter, Mich.
u. S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Messrs. Stany, N. c.; Everett, VT. !;
Cranstop, R. l.. Toland, Ramsey, T. Nj.
T. McKennan, of Penn; Foster, Fillmore,
Tomlinson, Birdseye, Saltons,all, Bar
nard, Blair, Linn, of New York Board.
man, Truman Smith, Of Conn; Randolph,
HaIstcad, of N. j.; Mathiot, Ohio King,
Ca. J. Underwood, KY. Gen. Caruth-
ers, NJ. Brown, Tenn. Thompson, Ind. !;
Hudson, BurnelI, Mass. Allen, Maine.
(Messrs. Huntington and Granger, N.
Y; and Stratton, Conn.,, came up to the
city in the Robert Morris, on account Of
having their families with them.)
All being gathered together, Mr.. Glib
bons, in an address, brief, elegant, and
very much to the purpose, welcomed Them
in behalf OF his associates. He wished
them TO feel that they were amongst their
brethren-that every hand was extended,
and every heart open to them.
Mr.. Satonstall, Of Mass, on behalf of
his colleagues, replied to the cordial well
come thus extended, and from thence Gid.
ed into rapid review Of the course Of
events during the session inst closed. 10
the course Of his remarks, an allusion to
the Statesman of the West was hailed with
loud and continued cheers. After again
acknowledging his thanks for the manner
in which they had been received, Mr.. Sal
tonstall closed.
The party then broke up into little
knots, and the merry laugh, from all quar-
tiers of the boat, spoke an enjoyment such
as suited the occasion. Mr.. More
head, of Kentucky, especially, gathered
around him delighted auditory, and in
his earnest and impassloned manner, re-
viewed, with caus,ic severity, the dolngs
of the President.
A superb dinner formed a most agreea.
BILE feature of the day, and, as il well de.
served, was much enjoyed. The removal
of the cloth was the signal for the CON-
mencement of the play, of mind and ge.
Mus, and the flash from both were fire.
quent and rich. The heat of the cabin,
however, prohibited long sitting, but
before adjourning to the upper deck, Mr..
| Gibbons arose, and, after some very neat
remarks, offered the following toast:
"The Wing Delegation in Congress
Firm in their political fai,h-steadlast and
true to the interests Of their country"
Mr.. Talmadge, Of New York, rose in
reply, and after briefly speaking, closed
with saying, that he could not possibly
offer better toast than:
"The life, and soul, and perfect en-
bodiment of Wing principles-HrNRY
CLAY"
The cheers were loud and long which
greeted this welcome offering, and were
renewed again and again with a perfect
enthusiasm of spirit.
TIE passengers, when passing Fort
Mlfilln, were gratiied by salute Of thir.
teen guns from the fort. |, was answered
by the guns on board, and loud and spon.
taneous cheers. AS the boat neared the
city, and the shipping and wharves be.
came visible, goodly prospect was pre-
scented, in the ships gaIly dressed with
flags, and the wharves lined with people,
who cheered the vessels on the course.
Dock street wharf showed but one dense
mass OF figures, and as the boat passed a
mighty cheer arose from them, dying a
way only to be succeeded by another, and
another, from the different points along
the front of the city; at times mingled
with the roar of cannon from the vessels
and the wharves. la this way, with the
ringing shouts of thousands following the