Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05

Augusta Il lew WeehS sllCC, dilu d NSiy oioSHI
desire in some quarters that Hon. George Ev-
ans should have one more chance before the
Convention in August to cut an expectant fig
ure for the nomination to Congress from this
district. The meeting was to be grand raj
ly for Scott outside, with vast amount of
thunder underneath for Hon. George Evans,
of Farmingdale.
At about seven o'clock in the evening, the
wings of Gardiner, Farmingdale and Pittston,
to the number of serenity fee, exclusive ola
drummer and fifer, were drawn up in line near
the railroad depot to wait the arrival of expect
ed thousands by the trains from Augusta and
Hallowell on the North, and from Bath,
Brunswick, Topsham, Bowdoinham and Rich
mond on the South. Handbills of the bed
blanket size and less, had been distributed all
along the railroad the day previous, inviting
great demonstration for Scott, and promising
very pleasant moonlight excursion at very
low fare. The train from Augusta, where
Scott fire RACES numerically, brought down
t,co Hundred persons besides the music, includ-
ing about dozen conscience wings from Hal
lowell, and near forty boys. The down river
tran brought about ttcO hundred, including the
Bath Brass Band and one carload of interest
ing youth and Bowdon students "on time"
These all together in procession numbered
near fire hundred at liberal computation
At the stirring sound of the Gardiner fife and
drum in advance, the procession moved to the
Common, where platform for the speakers
several distinguished gentlemen from abroad
being expected had been erected. Quite
large number of ladies filed the seats in front,
and the procession finally made stand in the
rear in the shape of half moon. Counting
the ladies and democrats, the number of per-
sons on the Common amounted to about six
hundred. Major Swan acted as President,
giving an Introductory speech of just one half
minute on taking the chair. After few anx-
ious moments of silence, the President invit-
ed gentlemen in the assembly good at singing,
to step forward and sing wing song to the
tune of sold" Susannah. There was then
some hawking and splitting, when about half
dozen voices were heard, and such voices =
We concluded the vocal ornaments of the
Wing party in 1910. had departed. The sing
ing reminded us Of the noise of saw mill
with short water-very hard to get good cut
down, and good deal harder to get up again
After saving about a dozen verses of one of
the recently manufactured wing songs, long,
lank fellow, back of the staging, with voice
sharp as an electric fash and shrill as loco
motive whistle, sung out at the top of his
lungs, "giory." The effect was instantaneous.
A sentiment Of the ridiculous stood out broad
ly on every man and woman's face, and finally
eyaporated in universal litter. The choir la
bored through another verse and stopped.
In the meantime, the speakers having ar
rived, consisting Of Hon. VIM. Pitt Fessenden,
Hon. George Evans. and Richard f. Perkins,
Esq, smart spoken young wing of Gardiner,
introduced Mr.. Fessenden to the crowd.
Mr.. Fessenden commenced by expressing a
regret that he could not see the faces of the
ladies present. He complimented the fair sis
tiers of Kennebec, and alluded to the evening
previous as being better than the present, for
moonlight addresses and lovers firtations.-
This was all very well and touching in Mr.
Fessenden, but there was hardly wit enough
IN 1t to make the dry hash of near an hour and
! a half's duration that followed, 90 down. His
! speech was devoted to the whig convention at
| Baltimore. He spoke of the part taken by
himself in modifying the resolutl ms, and the
efficient and dignifed course of the distin-
guished citizen Of Gardiner. He avowed him
self in favor Of the fugitive slave law in part,
but opposed to it in detail. Like Mr.. Evans,
he wanted Gen. Scott untrammelled by "a plat
form. He said the whig party went to Z alti-
more to see if they had any principles As he
| progressed, he brought out the fact plainly,
that they found no principles there but that
the South brought out code in the platform,
which was patched up and modified by Mr..
| Fessenden himself, according to his own ad-
mission, and finally adopted by the friends OF
Scott. In fine, the South furnished the prin-
ciples, and Mr.. Fessenden and others swal-
lowed them because they couldn't help it =
After paying a high compliment to Frank
/ Pierce, with whom Mr.. T. claimed an intimate
acquaintance, he endeavored to comfort him.
self and the wing party, by placing him in I'M
favorable contrast with Gen. Scott as a mill
tary man. Some of the wings were angry to
hear good thing said of Frank Pierce The
best part of Mr.. F.s speech was the handsome
manner in which he alluded to him. But the
speech was unconscionably long, and elcted
no applause until the close. 1t harmonized
/ however, with the general drou uht existincy II,
this part Of the country and in the wing party
particularly.
Mr.. Evans was, as usual, well prepared for a
speech. His effort, which followed that Of
Mr.. Fessenden, was denominated by his friends
as peculiarly hdppy one. We do not deny it,
1t was dignifed and forcible He lauded
Scott for his military exploits. and although he
could not write elegantly, he was good man.
lie thought the country abounded in men fit
for Presidents, and Maine has her share 1t
didn't require much of man to fill that office
after all. lie was lard on newspapers and vii
lage politicians, meaning those newspapers
that stick to Webster, and particularly those
that charged him (Mr. E.,) with doggedly
sticking to Scott at Baltimore. Who he
meant by village politicians, is not known ;
but it is supposed he intended several working
! wings who are endeavoring to procure the
nomination of Ii W. Paine, Esq, for Congress
in this district. The speech was kind of gen.
eralizatipn, and would have answered for any
campaign for the last twenty-five years. 1;
! lack nd nuthusiasm and its forna uvoe ,,r;nc;,,l