Bloomington herald. [volume] (Bloomington, I. T. [Iowa]) 1840-1849, 1848-12-02
Great Taylor Festival at ST.
Louis.

On The erening Of V,ednesdoy The 22d instant.
ny TELEsRAPH, ron THE HERALD.
|. i. NEE, and proper, upon occasions
wherever hang the destiny Of the nation
and the elfare of the people, there should
he some demonstration Of public rejoicing,
and satisfaction. when the ark Of our COW
enan, is safely deposited int he sanctuary
Of the hearts of the people. Last nigh.
nur whole rity was out. The friends Of
ravlor and Fillmore were out to testify
their rejoicing a, the result Of the recent
election. Oilers were abroad 10 witness
Tie display. In our own ecjornn in the
city, we have never witnessed such an out
pouring of The people. Men, women. and
children; the whole city seemed to have
fo,ssken their domiei's and congrcgae in
The line Of march Of The procession. The
c'eniug was every way ptopitons for the
purpose. A brilliant and warm day gave
assurance of favorable night. The sky
was clear, and the streets were free from
mud and dust. and every body was called
forth by these incentives. Allan early hour
'he demonstrations were made in every
par. OF our city. Bon6res blazing, tar
barrels sending forth their volumes Of
flames. torches aud transparencies were
glowing from every quarter. II was evil
dent tina, The whole city was awake and
on ,iploe for the coming event. On no
previous occasion have we seen the com.
muni,y so completely aroused, anc so
united on demonstration Of qualification
and pleasure.
There was some delay in The arIi-
val ard management, Of the clubs and as
socia'ions on the ground; but as each par.
~ arrived there was sent up such shouts
Of welcome as made The welkin ring again.
The several States voting for General lay
Tor, were each represented by four ladies
in open carriages. with banners, on which
were inscribed the names OF The States
and .he votes Of each so far as ascertain
ed. AS these wheeled into the line Of
procession, The shouts Of The multitude
went up with tremendous effect. The
procession then formed and moved in the
following manner: - Isl: The Delegates 10
phiIad. Convention; the President and
Orator Of the day, and the Central Com
mil,ee in carriages; 2drhe boasmen be
longing TO the port Of 81. Louis-this as.
ISOLATION paraded in large numbers; were
preceded by banner for New York.
with $4,000 majority; borne by four la
dies in a carriage, they bore a banner,
beautifully painted, REPRESENTING COM
merce. In their line was drawn car,
upon which was mounted several beaut
fully rugged vessels; ship in full sail
bore the ensign Of "raylor and Fillmore
for Washington City," willis, a tasty
crai. was advertised for sal, river. Sd: the
Is. ward, Taylor Club preceded by {
band, and bearing several Transparent.
cies, upon which were inscribed appropri.
ate notices. Al the head of The club the
banner was borne by four ladies' in
carriage. 4th. the I'd Ward PaIo Alit
Club. preceded by band. and bearing
The transparencies OF the Club, a, the heat
Of this clab, the banner Of Delaware wa
borne by ladies in carriage. 9Th: th'
Sd Ward Buena Vista Guards, this Clut
bore several banners and ,ransparencie,
which we have nc, heretofore witnessed
in their parades. Upon which were in
scribed appropriate notices. Among then
,ha. came old coon, alive and kicking
who seemed to regard the scene as iamili
ar. Thro' the line of this club. the banners
Of Pennsylvania, Vermont, Florida an,
Kentucky. 9Th: Alb Ward. the Rougl
and Ready Club, bearing two banners o
The Club Through The line of This Club
was intetspersed the banners for Nor,l
Carolina. Massachusetts, Conneclicut, ah.
Rhode Island. each borne by four ladie
in separate carriages: 7th: the 5,h Ward
Resaca de Ia Palma Club, bearing the ban
ners Of the Club. Through the line Of ,ti
Club, banners for Tennessee aud Louisi
ana were interspersed, borne each By fou
ladies in separate carriages. 9Th: the Gil
Ward. Monterey Club, bearing the ban
hers of the Club. in,erepersed through iii
line of this Club were the banners 70
Georgia. and Florida, each borne by fou
ladies in carriages. We also noticed at
,sched 10 this Club, fourteen email ban
ners borre by b'hoys, each inscribed wi,
a.motto suitable 10 the occasion and III
cause. The several Clubs were precede
BY music and paraded in great strength
9TH: large company Of Makers, mn,
eefins about IS mounted, each bcaiIng