Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1852-08-20
THE WIG "LUNDY'S LANE" FARCE.

THE WING hLUND1'o LAM FAME
The Lundys Lane wing celebration is passing into BY
word Of ridiculous and larcica failure II Is the greatest
humbug on record We did mol know or guess the
full extent OF the dicue attaching 10 every part Of it till we
read through the following crue and unusual exposure OF
the hunbug in The Boston Bce-u wing Journal
We observe that on the strength OF the letter OF the COM
mee az given by the Bee OF the papers are wicked
enough L, laugh about the "hay-'nou candidate That,
however is rather too bad Gen. Scott could not he the
thing being failure But must be confessed he tcas lucky
in reversing his first decision TO be present himself lie
could not have survived it, II the wing leaders wish TO
make another bunder in this way they will go on win
their proposed Churubusco celebration at Harrisburg hut
we hnpe in .ss they do that The mechanics engaged IN
getting up preparations will be more lucky in obtaining
their pay than Mr. Yale appears have been SO much oT
the Scott military harTdh!
gu read ,A account Of the doings at "Lundys Lane
The (reat Scott Lundy Lane Failure and HumJng! Neir
and Rich Dere!OpmentS.-De6ts Unpaid and No 'loney
| Left.
very specal effort has been made By certain class
politicians and papers 10 impress upon the country that the
late Scott celebration Lundys Lane was successful and
..lorous" affair To his end reports have been ndus
osy circulated far and wide that there were al Least
peop!e presents that enthusiasm aud unannty
prevailed and that terminated most hopefully ior Tue
Scott Nothing could exceed the accounts mat nan
| tGfn,p:"" - " '' NY :
But hero another and altogether dercn, version OF the
affair The iacts OF The clearly prove been
most signal failure We have authentic and ndspu;abI
ground for saying in the first place. that there were not
over UuU0 PERSONS at The Ceebationa least forty thou
sand less than was represented by those interested in circ.
ating fiscoot, which have gone all the country. As
10 numbers IL was therefore great failure
record Ii was gathering of the Scott party from The
entire country; and yet but handful Of it were,
spondcd 10 the cali Instead Of the 100 900
atcd upon, the $4,000 that Repeatedly said be pre-.
sent, the feeble force Of only 10 000 were there.
Nor - this all The proceedings, we are informed were
OF tho most stupid nature void Of heart enthusiasm of
thpir
DIG gun, arrived, that the thing egregUus fail
urr risncd sickness and went into the Canndos Other
srcwd men did The Such cheap and empty charac.
tes Colonel ScouIer Of The Atlas, only left and
them were committed Inc desnlts vi the "Scou cel,bra
tion." OF course nothing could il from turning
farce win such clown actors About dozen speakers
Of his small sinmp rlevcd themselves Of any amount Of
twaddc. SchOulcr's, correctly informed actually
Disguised most of those who heard il.
So much for so much A richer point is 10 come
But we must introduce little episode, the better full
understanding of the matter
The committee Of mostly at Nj
agara--o which c. W. Holly chairman, in anticipation
nf tremendous gathering bchought themselves how they
could accommodate their 100000 guests. Hotels out
Of The question; and the villuge houses would hold
fraction Of that number They had hear I'd OF mammoth tents
down East and in good time forwarded letter promi
Wing in this city, for the purpose of negotiating
or more. Mr. r. NJ. Yale, the king Of mammoth tents was
consulted, and bargain struck forthwith Mr. yalc's mon
ster tent was then spread AT Cambridge for the Alumni ban
quot The next day. by the aid of hands and almost
.upchuma labor the tent was placed board The
Mr. Yale with Characteristic enterprise took an extra train
and at an extra expense almost flew Niagara The
was 10 be of so siupendOus nature that neither night
lay saw Mr. tale close his eyes He arrived the
before The celebalion put his chosen work. and BY
midnight his immense whtencd the famous village
Of Niagara.
The great day The expectation OF the committee
was ptoc. And well it might be- when 100 900 guests
we're coming But they waited, and waited and waited
III all in vain. few thousand Struggled into The viii
the appointed hour arrived the big speaker were
Ill and incios eebss Of the Schouer stamp opened
md twadded cor hours Thus passed the day Evervbody
acknowledged whole IN ha
ying aud unparalleled failure
We now come more particularly the point The COM
ntee lniing themselves in tight pace-havinp bargain
II or me accommodation Of 100 600 and found bit 10 900
consultation with pale faces and disturbed
'aln What they did that night know not; but thai il
'as m anxious one we may well Imagine The committee
lad made most wdiu calculation
The next morning Mr. Yale received the following note
rem inc chairman OF the committee OF arrangements II
PEAKS Tor se!i, and will afford significant hint as 10 the
riit OF events:
WEDNESDAY, MORNING, July 2S,h 1852
DEAR SIR; We shall not need your tent to-day If YOU
WI eau on me WI! settle with you for yesterday
would advise YOU buy some hay to fill it. and charge
q e W Tor lodging unless you wish to get of to-day
Chairman Committee Of ArranrcmenI,s
Mr.. YALE ''"'h'
Here was, substantially, official announcement, tina,
Ne whole affair was miserable failure. And too the rich
css, nIVclty md business like advice of Mr. Hovl Mr.
ale had better fill his with hay open lodging esiab.
shmeo at sixpcncc hend Nothing about this remarkable
Incident was sent the wires along with thai 40 000m
e" e't of H. Schoner didn't probably think il of innor.
lnce We think Mr. Holly must he remarkable man. and
ave an extraordinary EYE TO business"
cfc IS something further In connexon with this that de.
erves 10 &c told Auny of those who managed This whole
unuy lane uhou5 were owners the railroad TO Buffalo,
:! PROVIDING contenpblc accommodations or none AT ALL
icy competed thousands 10 go twenty miles 10 Buff
oo' ,h 'delnSs This made expense of severn, dol
rs !iosc VINO chose 10 rcnain could do SO at sixDence
cad, hcTcing like many cattle
heTe being no use for the tent Alr Yale took il down
ith despatch. ~ : 49,
nut now came new act in the farce The committee an
ucea 10 hr ale that Trey out of money and could
OF pay num- fortunately he had previously received Dor
on OF MS dues but for the rest he will probably have 10
s'se Unless suit, which he has Instituted is scce iu
ne committee furthermore announced that they could moi
y anybody eiSe IN word it comes 10 this thar they
ere bankrupt The chairman of the committee ac.
lo"ieas that hlr. fales bill was us that bv his ent
Use ahe hard labor nc had earned his money but-bu-
eTe was no money 10 pay nybody f
"s terminated me grand humbug in complete pecunary
'lca, and moral bankruptcy II was got up as every.
ing appears TO u.s. TO sponge the public But as viii be
en-, Inc managers made signal failure of il gul 10
ep up little show and make noisc and with the hone
partially covering up the real of things thew load the
iesraph wires with the diabolical ulsehoods DID
er anything equal ths2 Never Gross LIVING IA had I
oueh but when spongng downright cheating lie added il
comes atrocious.
Such are the men who are attempting bolster Scott into
presidential charsueh their means l, was such