Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-28

al 10 rlsces In The city, the idea OF reooeAVoh
iny a, 4 s.q6le, struck US as ec'ns so"''A'aT
rn;ouf We tpraed j, over ara over ;" wv
hs.ts a sable is place IN ANIMALS VIZ" 'o"e
fea an wa,ecsd tEste bu' 10
u,rss.,s we cnn'd MOI divine The ohl.e'.
,ha,oh, ,h.re might BE- -nmethi"g aoo''
o,ao. .,a.oyc saun,eted aroun' to see VIA
was We ,av there lie Old 'l'o
yh;ch he Whics were wont y MAN ',.J
w,.h a.. ICONS il 1914 AMI W. sneW 'na' y 10.
seeo appropriately lufasd in' = sa0', -" and
!, -. n,le,,. s,.hle We saw iat horses a"s
sleek erooms, and plenty OF nay s us soor
OATS Whsl can II BEL We saw Gu '"e
large placard OF an invaluable ie"'eo,. ,,a con.
INC ,;ao bone spsvn and founder, ana we ~"
80. 49,, b;s must be The object sooeh' "i'e''
~ 49,. was his motto: "Ho Zade IS mat
49, ,,as,.r,s horse that looks so fioe, thai was
,;oo boccd, spawned and founaereo'
thew Ina, in "a all The Wings IN ms res'o"
,sere afl.red with the Bads and oloef Doi''' q
conpla ns, and NC knew thai some VI "'e''
l,horioy under The Bots now, anc we na'u'"'s
enough concluded that liale OF ms ie"''"'"s
medicine was essential, before entering INC p,o
csss,oo. |, is more imam probable that II WIN DC
recommended 10 the Democrats; but we are Q"
principle agains, qusck medicines anu uos''
no, based upon regular principles, and SO We wiz
I.,va The whis Msrshals in possession.
Our readers are prepared by these many
notes Of preparation for the srandest ana'r 'n''
,sas ever enacted in Virginia. But ''he dawn
was overcast" &c. /, was gloomy day. IL
raiped BY fits, and then it stopped DO uli'
,aved streets were in the most approved conoi-
,;on for making bricks, und every thing oe'oKeh-
ea darkness and gloom. 1t was pity N0
! rs,t resret-we felt ike seeing "creaiioh' W.
were wound up for nights fun-we wanted 70
say, Go it,
The rain ceased-the whistle Of the Engine
proclaimed that The Cars from Petersburg were
coming. In few minutes we heard the BOOM
ing of tie big guns. We fastened to the
Church. There was room enough. and to spare.
The ransparencies entered-they were borne oY
the Cockade- boys. There we're fifteen, repre-
a,n,ne the States that voted for Taylor and
Fillmore, giving the number OF the Electoral
votes cas-, by each State, and the supposed ma
;oruv. One was borne aloft and placed over
The pulpit. having miserable stuffed Coon on
its top, and on its side The words, "Ihe Soulh
safe p And as The Orator (Mr. hacfarlandl
arose, il was advanced, as the tuletary deity
over ishead We shall not attempt 10 report
The Address we were not in position TO take
notes; but, while we entertain high respect for
the speaker and his talents, we must say It was
n meagre effort II consisted Of laudation OF
General Taylor and Mr.. Fillmore in general
terms, o! a denunciaton Of the Adminlstra-
ton and those in power as falthless IN peace
and inefficient 10 war, of General Cas' as
,oarasie." and his supporters as the train
bands oil party. "(s,rA"so that Mr. NJ, occupying
l:s puslllon, should nave shown such wretched
taste y, and The speaker gloried that those,
whom the people had just elected, agreed with
the Whigs-he did not say in their principles
nor in the measures which they desired TO
carry out but in this opinion OF those 10 power.
He spoke kindly of the beaten Democrats, and
advised his friends to treat them well, for all
had the same objects in view, though they pur-
sued different roads TO attain the same ends
He welcomed the sons Of the Cocksde Town,
gave them hearty greeting, and then dissolved
Inc Rougl and Ready Club until the year 1852.
The address was tame and tanely received the
cheers were weak and feeble, and sparsely scat
tered.
We felt mat the time had arrived Ior he "de.
monslraion." We oblained commanding po-
silion we supposed, from what We saw, that
the torches had not been lighted, snd that now
we should wi,ress a sea al hesds 10 food Il
elo5ious light. We saw The Marshals collected
in a body, mounted on gay seeds (not spawned
nor fouudered,) lwen,y-four 10 number, and they
whirled entirely round once in circle. We
thought it was the Circus. But The Band struck
up lively air aud the procession advanced. To
give the reader an idea Of the magnitude Of the
mass, We induced friend 70 pass along with he
head OF Inc procession and we remained Until il
passed US; and when the rear arrived opposite US
We raised our lantern which was the signal for
him to stop. We asceuained in this way'lhe pre-.
else Length OF the line. 1t covered when well
strung out, square and halt. Now The
squares Of Richmond are 265 iect and the streets
are IS ieel wide; so that square and halt and
an intervening street would give 462 feet or 154
yards. They were arfayed in lhrees and twos, and,
as near as we could compute, a! about three feet
apart which woua give 1874 in line, and We
allow the maximUm OF three to each file, which
wouli give precisely 462 persons. The whole
line occupied, by siop-waich, precisely Two
miuues and a half in passing any given point
Every body knows, who saw the immsnss mass Of
living moving beings ,ha, one half were boys
from len 10 fifteen years old and we were aston
ished TO see negroes in the line, carrying torches
We reflected, however, that the Richmond Wing
claimed that there we're $4,000 Wings in Rich
mond, and we knew by The Census that third Of
them at least were slaves; 50 we concluded these
were the representatives Of that third OF the Wig
population. Let il be remembered, tina, OF these
462 persons one hundred came over In body
from Petersburg. Let il be remembered thai The
town Of Manchester had is representatives. Let
il be remembered, that Virginia was invited and
we must be amazed BY the extent of the conere.
gated human beings rom The mass Of the CT.
braltar Wings.
We counted the uansparencies. There we're
hirty-sigh, -oi ihesc, fifteen, as we said, were
rom Petersburg. They were, most of them,
simple square boxes. after one pattern, Without
as,e and without wit. The best were borrowed
There was one, the largest, having on one side
.arcatnre OF the Editor of The Union in bis Office,
scattering his papers about him, and crying Gu,
'oh, cary me back TO Old Virsinuy" Al hi.
side a large tom Cat, and al his back mis- terri.
led servant, saying, CORY, brieve Massa
round crazy" Oa me reverse, Old Jack on Cd
Whitley, with The motto, go more grape, Cap
Il, lnn 80 l.