Washington telegraph., 1844-10-30
From the Nec Orleans Brlefia.
THE WING CONVENTION AT
BATON RDI@s,E

city on Sunday morning, has already been
mentioned. Alter the boats which left the
landing. a an escort, had reached Carroll
ton, ami parted company with those con-
tanning the delegates, the latter proceeded
ON their course in the following order: The
Eclipse, with the delegation from the Sc
cond Municipality; the Aer. Scot with
those OF the First Municipality, the Com
mitteesand invited Guests, and the Alaba.
ina delegation, healed BY Gov. GALE: the
ARnarGR with the delegates from the Third
Municipality, and the masse-s ofvessels in
the port of Orleans; the Ne,c Word with
the Junior Clay Club, the Independent and
Clay Ministries; and the Fdne with the
delegation from the parish of Jefferson.
Along the whole coast from Carrollion
to Baton Rouge, the boats were chcered
with the waving of han lkerchicfs by the
"a lies, and the loud huzzas Of the men,
which were re sponded to by the delegations
on The boats; these and the echoes OF the
cannon. vibrating from blalx to bank, eau
sed emotions Of enthusiasm in the bosoms
ofthose who participated in the scene which
Will never be forgotten.
Larry on Molday morning the boats,
within shorl distances of each ether, ncared
Baton Rouge, AMI the loud report oil eau
non, and the cheers of the delegations, an
swe4eti gun Tor gun, and cheer ior che n
from tie InI.ut,lles on tie shores showed
that Il asge cencoursc wolid be assembled.
At is period tte Hurry Of aie Wess"
came IN viem-, AMI proceeding ,hrough the
line Vi ascen,iing boats romdcd 10, aud was
greeted with long AMI enthusiastic cheering
and round upon rouni OF artillery.
The j. ii, -ifasle sho,t!y afief arrived
w;lh the delegations from the Parishes of
-addsson. Carroll. Concori.a ani Iensas
and -,hase from Mississippi.
lhe immense bal prepared By the
".5sFai5h- OItis oI Na:chcz have been pre-
giUus-y aadcl, at about eight o'clocx the
several de.cgalionS disemlarSe1 ana pro-
ceeled 10 lie pace o. Rendezvous. iicIe
Inc, We.e .t1t4ci by lie da.egltions from
inc ya-.0u' parishes WHO had previous
, arri Cd aal ;!Iaut IL o'c,eek .,he line OF
march was taken up. b. several who
codEteI the nIlJer IN the procession if
was complied a. three thousand. Aier
Parad.ng through ihe p-inc. pa. parts of the
fJw-i. oLes d.i..ag is passage ca led upon to
.csp1nd 10 tbc plr.otlc VI aig ladies' who
incl the windJws aat ga.lcries If most Of
the bindings, the procession reached the
Jea..t.hI grove, selected tor the holding Of
the Convellion. Here, although every
preparation haIibccn made to accom-n1-
Iatc the expected mlitituse, the arrange
ments were found inadequate.
The stand ioE the officers and principal
speakers WAS onnmeItcd in a chastc and
elegant manner with wrea.hs and banners
ana rejected great credit on the taste and
patriotism OF ,ne ladies Of 3a'nn Rouge.
Shortly aEer the main body Of the pro-
cess!Jn L.,l arrived upon illc ground tie
Ladies Committee depucd to present the
pr.zc banner, accompanied BY TWEEN y-siA
youug ladies', cash bearing The colors OF
one Of the States OF the Union, drawn in
open barouches, Together with large num-
Der OF other carriages filed solely with Ia
dies, made their appearance. ami the ladies
were ushared to seats prepared for ihefh.
The Convention was then called to order
by the appointment as President of the
Convention. of the venerable
Gen. PHILEMON THOMAS.
SIcE PRESIDENTS:
I Yenan Cavalier, William Dc BIys,
Jacques T0utan., David B. lioegan,
Samuel j. Peers, Robert Fiuaer,
George ). Guion, l.. Farret,
! Lafayette Saunders, NJ. Barrow,
/ 4. Is. Roman, L. ". ChinH,
\. Boudous1uie, Stephen Henderson
Edward Sparrow. Joha Rou;h,
p. Marsh, Judge Dugle,
Moses Moore, O.Sla.aIaaf,
Mcssrs. :. II. Ship,cy, II. B. Forbes asI
~. ii. Hunt. were appointed to az; as
Secretaries.
On m ition Of Gov. Gale, au1 the mem.
bers Of the Alahama d ,legat.on and Judge
O:uion, Col. j. l.. Bin ga.nan and Mr. Yer
ger Of Mississippi. wc.e in.iled to seats on
The stand.
The meeting having been opened with
prayer by the Res. Mr- Wood and. and f,l-
lowed BY a pcr:incn; aaircss by the ycne-
rable President aild the apP1:ntaneni OF va
rious Committees, Col. Biuznnan and Mr..
ferger we're succcssively called upon, and
spoke with great force ami oloqueace un.l
the hour OF dinner.
During the interval between this period
and the organization Of the meeting, the
membcrs were Increased by the arrival Of
the delegations tscln TIC Parishes of st.
Martin 5, ST. Mary ;, Lafayette, West Fell
ciana and Point Coapcei numbering sevc-
raj bundled, and procession from The town
of about two hundred ladies'. The dclega-
tion from the Parish Of iberville arrived also
during the interim. 1t consisted of aboa:
two hundred and forty gentlemen, accom-
panied by one hundred and twenty ladies'.
The n,.to,,,a ,.. ,r.f.., raj -, ,,,r,.. -