Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1848-11-28
c-,o.,.v Morning, November %. ls4s.
WE SURVIVE /!

, As Glthiui chrohio'''s " M.
x;-alo,r readers sketch Of the Great wing
"a mean .ahe People's') T>rch Light Proces
zion in Great Gibraltar. Philadelphia new
Orleans, and NAM WING cities North and soo."'
had figured largely in the public prints a"o !,
r,,st .u,or,ous example had been SELL Oh "".
xf1igs could do in burning tar, Pi'cn a"'
:, pen,iue An Editor in Philadelphid s'A'''
be took his station at his window anu wy
os ,,ore than one hour passing
that point. Elsewhere, it is s'a'eo 'na' ~,
c,.siou was measured By miles, ana i "''
cd ,ha, in measuring the tape gave ou'.
sxes were dazzlcd with prummona h'e'
torches of every hue aud color waved; III, ''a''
oe s,.rs ,v;,kled; ,ransparencies combining
wit, humor, INTEL ct, of every iorn' ~"
,;e,,,eJ with decorations, met the gaze al e'e'
,urn and at,cl bewidermcnt to the e"o"a"'
meot We had heard of the Wing proce''''"'
In Norfolk and Pe;ersburg these
:" ,. tho towns were com
rss iSfytIy small, we were told iha' every '"'"e
was mag ilicent, beautiful, and little supif-
human. Expectation was accordingly on ''p'oe'
as the preparations began TO resound neaF anO
about our own doors.
We saw every day in all he Whis papers of
oar city in grea! Csp'tais 1.-The JUBILEE; ne
Rough and Z lady Club will NEE! 'o-night-bu.
sipess Of erest inpor ance will be before III
THE Vigilance Committee viii meet al 'ouf
uouse;' a iul attendance is absolutely neces
sary," Com miliee for collecting lords VIII re-
port 10 night" We heard Of the appointment q
Sub. Commiitets sucn as committee Tor ssthsi
log sones-a Commiuee for procuring iar, car
ed the Committee OF CJmbastibles-a Comn'''ee
for procuring Cannon, called the Roaring 0opi-
mi,,ee-- Committee on Toichcs-a COMMITTEE
for procuring rslabes and trlnkaoes, cane 'he
Committee on Fuel-a Committee on Church
Hill" 10 pile the bones when collected there; and
Committee on "Gambe's Hill" 10 place The
Tar.bairels. one upon the Top Of The other there
We sd mighty Flag about six lee! long ana
tour feet broad, win six led stripes ana I've
white s,ri9es and circle of Stars (six oil them
picked oi1) farn,ing across Main Stree; ou'
was fearful smu ted, and had evidently been
stuffed in some mserably dirty hole in CARER
ever since 1914; and lacked 10 il below was
small while cotton stripe ui'S - "otus AdJio'
81 r,a.....e:- There was an aoxiety upon the
faces Of ALL Something great and astounding
was al. Ut 10 b. performed. The creti, OF Rich
mood was 81 sake
We saw i: announced 10 The Richmond Wing
tina. Richmond contained population OF q. least
thirty thousand inha 5itans that, Of these, TWEEN.
.y.fye :housaod, II he smallest computation,
we're Ways, and We especed that, being all
Wings a Tremendous ,ura-out would b. the con-
sequence. We clipped from The Richmond
Times an announcement that made US feel IN
comfortable, 10. We al Gays feel 60 when we lhihR
a mass Of respectable citizens are likely y os
made So Ii runs alter his fashion:
"At meeting OF The Join. Committee OF Ar
rausemen,s he'd on Monday nghl, The follow
ing resolution was unanimously adoped:
"RssOlpcd. That We cordially invite our fellow
citizens OF the SAFE, who can make il convent
CO, to aucnd, 70 Join rs in our proposed celebta-
tion Of he late glorious !.umph oil Inc people"
What, inviic al the citizens Of The State 10
Join in the celebraionl We knew that Glib
ral,ar was great ciy-but there are things that
can, and there are things that cannot be accom-
plshed Crowd million Of felow.e citizens INTO
the proposed celebraionl Receive Them into The
houses Cordially provide for their susenance
We expected 10 bs irampled TO dea'h-not inten.
tionaiiy oh! np-but by he jam. No wonder j
ws. n.r.svarv n have Jnin, Commitee. Many
Join,s -.r,ia no reonred - satisfy so many
mouths. 6ni We knew the Wings of Git
,a,,a, were aba !, ,,a.t anv emsrosncv We
we're ;,o,re.s.d with ,be hsief ina, what they
undertook Mans, and would b. carried ont on a
nssnificent scale. Surely. though, we. wha,
splendid dividends cur railroad and steamboat
companies woul, makei
The proeramme. after dus incubation, was
ha,ched ana given 10 The world. Twep,y.four
Marshals were appoin:ed: NJ supoose one for
eyery ,er. cr FIVE or one thousand who might
be nresen, TER. was n he an ors,or-
They were 10 make fair star, at the Al
ricsn Church ana pass iublantes tbroueh the
principal s,rs-s. There were 10 be rocker-.,s-
nalsiii I'D Bonfres - and il was "par,icu.
!arly reoues:cd ,ha, no person will appear on
horseback e1ceut those DESIGNATED as Marshals 5"
The crowd would he 50 dense; it would be ma
zardous 10 lie and limb; and, then, i, would de.
tract tro", the dignity and consequence OF he
pace directing Generals.
A Committee vas despatched to Petersburg to
borrow guns; 10 ask the Loan Of all the tran
sparences ,ha, had been used in their beautiful |
procession Baltimore was telesraphed for such |
ifsnsparenc'es as could be collected there, and
We isa'n rom ''s hSpsoi'can mat "asn'ns'on
aso' 'u,n's'eu rs qoo'a' oome mat We VOL OIL
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