Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1844-01-18
From the NSp York Ezpres,

From The Nsw York Express.
WING DoINGS IN BOSTON.
OF A WING BANNER-WHIG SLEIGH
RIDES
The good people ofour sister city know
how to do these things up in the proper
style. Their compactness and unanimty
in quilting together have often excited
our admiration, for we believe it to be the
sacred or their usual success, in whatever
they undertake.
The Boston Atlas gives very interest.
ing account Of ceremony, which has Just
taken place in that city,-tbe transfer OF
a Wing banner from .ooe of the wards to
another. The fact connected with this
possesses more than q merely local ia.
terest.
In iS4e, Thomas C. Amcry, ESQ.,, 4
citizen belonging to ward 8, originated
this idea: the banner was to be given, af.
ter every annual election 10 the ward
which showed the largest Wing gain. -
The first successful competitors, in 1s4l,
were the Wings of ward IL; in 1912, the
Wings of ward l took it, and this year,
ls43, it was won by those Of ward Z. 1t
was the occasion Of the transfer Of the
banner to the latter by the Wings OF ward
one, which is described by the Atlas.
A procession was formed from the first
TO the 7lh ward, and there appropriate
speeches were made upon giving and
taking the banner. Then the whole
joined in torch-hght procession to the
Exchange Coffee House, where sumptu-
Gus dinner was prepared. Soag, sena-
ment, and mirth ruled the hour, and the
representatives Of each ward in the city,
then ard there present, renewed their
resolutions that, in the great battle of
1914, the banner of 1910 should be car.
red into the thickest ofthe fight, by their
ward, and theirs only.
The Boston "Clay Club" as we learn
from the same authority, took sleigh
ride few days ago, which was attended
with some circumstances Of peculiar nota-
billy. 1t was the day Of the city cleo
tim. -Four large and georgeously paint.
ed sleighs, each drawn by six beautiful
horses, with banners and bugLes, passed
through the principal streets in the city
and visitt d most of the Wing Ward
Rooms, short time befote the closing Of
the Polls.
These terms were called: LIST, "Consti.
tuhon and Henry Clay" 1t was in the
form OF ship-its horses we're black -
an American eagle for hgure head, and
pullt of Live Oak. In this we're the gov.
eminent of the club, with appropriate
notices and banners. This sleigh cost
the owner some $4,000. 2. "rhe Ame-
rican" six sorrel horses. 3. "The Greek
Warrior" splendldly adorned, with six
greys elegantly dressed out. 4. "fhe
Ashland, six bays,--with splendid
Of Mr.. Clay's residence and
courier riding ihither express, bearing
the news Of his election, dated March d,
lS45.
The Atlas says, "these magnificent
SIeighs bore the American flag and other
devices, and each held from 25 to 80 per-
sons, seated. After visiting most ofthe
Wards, and cheering the residence of
Abbott Lawrenco, A. G. OTIS, the Mayor,
&c., the procession passed !h ough Rox.
bury to Brighton.
Here the oecupantsofthese magnificent
vehicles stopped sometime, and TO the mu-
sic Of :he "CIay bugle," (as MIR. Richie
says) enjoyed the evening as Wings,
W hen together, Know so well how to en-
oy eonyivial occasion; with warmth
md feeling, without abuse OF excess.
How, under such a system Of keeping
up the true Wing feeling as this we have
described, can there be anything else but
nat unanimity and success, which always
attend the Boston boys, at the polls