Hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1843-1845, 1844-10-10

with them a car on which Coon.
Bricklayers and other mechanics r ,
in their different occupa %ea'
during the progress Of the process; "O0'
Naples and Bethel precincts W.
largely represented. The latter bro "eI.
with them car on which were . ~
ployed shoemakers and others IS en-
rious employ men.s. all at work. " '''
Lynnuille turned out well. .,.,
One "Old Coon" was busily enrs..,
hatcheling fax, while Others 1 ws,s
usefully employed in the same WA Wa -
as the procession passed along. s0n'
The Meredosia delegation a,,r,,,.,
much attention by the introduction ;',u
the procession offs handsomely rio ,u'S
brig, called the "Harry Of the Vs., ' =
with live coon on the main,ou. NJ.
seemed 10 feel at home among he r ,is'
ging.
All the other precincts in old A..
gan were we'll represented, hu, y.
have no room to give full descrin,;o -
OF them. The whole county ss.m .a,
to have turned out on the occasion, 'N
Scott county. formerly a par, =,
Morgan. sent up over thousand ds,s
gates. Cass, another county &c, "A
from Morgan, was there, too. in l,, W.
numbers. In addition to these m.e'
Of the contiguous counties were val
represented. They all had numeron !.
significant banners and emb!ems. vbich
gained much applause as the proc...
sion passed through the streets.
The procession began to form a, 10
O'Clock, at the west part Of town. i'm.
mediately in from. Of the residence or
PORTER CLAY. Esq, brother 10 Hrr.
Ry. The right was given to Iowa
This delegation had with them N.
Clay Club Banner Of Burlington. an
which is painted a very good Iiksne,,
Of Mr. Clay. As we were no. in a GOOD
position to see, we cannot state the er.
act order in which the procession NOV.
ed. 1t was more than two miles in
length and from the judicious arrange.
ment Of its route by the Committee Of
Arrangements, it made a grand and
mos. splendid appearance.
After marching from the western sx.
tremi.y Of the town to the eastern, The
procession began its counter march /.
little beyond the residence of the Hon.
J. J. HARDIN, when. after circuit! Of
nearly three miles, it arrived a, lii.
College Grove. The crowd soon after
around the principal stand,
when the Hon. w. BRowN, Chair.
man Of the Committee of arrangements,
announced The officers of the day. The
Hon. J. J. HARDIN
Presided. assisted BY a large number
Of Vice Presidents and Secretaries. Mr.
Hardin made one Of his first rate speech
es on taking the Chair, and then intro.
duced Mr. Brown, one of The Wing
candidates for elector, from Vermillion
County, who made a most excellen.
speech, which was, however, inter.
rupted by call to dinner.
Ample provision was made for the
vast crowd, and much credit is due to
Capt. John Henry, who superintendsd
the Barbecue, for the judicious arrange.
ments Of the dinner tables and the man.
ner in which it was barbecued.
After dinner, Mr. Brown resumed his
speech; he was followed by Mr. Lin.
coin Of Sangamon who, of course. made
an excellent speech. At another stand
Mr. Woodson, another candidate for
Wing elector from Green County. made
! very able speech. He was followed
BY Messrs Vandevener Of Brown, Fer.
yuson of Sangamon, and Blackwell Of
Schuyler. Atano,hsr stand Joab viii.
kinson addressed the people.
A little before sunset the assembly
to meet in town in the even.
ing. The meetings in town-bo,h in
The Court House and Town Hall
were ably addressed by gentlemen
present.
The whig young ladies Of Jackson
vile had a large party at DR. Zabris-
kie's during the evening Of several hun
dred ladies and gentlemen. The sup.
psr provided for the occasion was .
superb affair, and all the guests were
highly gratifed with the entertainment
Dur limits forbid giving such = notics
Of this party as it deserves.
The celebration passed of admirably.
There were from twelve to fifteen
thousand on the ground, and this must
De considered a very large numbsTr
when it is known that there were very
tew present from distant counties.
Y Gov. Ford's Mormon War kept >
great many from attending. The
Springfield Cadets, almost all Of whom
ire wings, and who expected TO bs
here, never arrived from Nauvoo until
he morning after the celebration. En-
Try one regretted the absence Of Col
3aker-who had been retained in Qulu'
~ as Counsel for Sharp and Williams
land other distinguished speakers