New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1856-09-06
GgIsEA DEMONS TRATION AT CINCINNATI
FOR EsII.LBIOIsHs AND DoNET.sON. !
lIV1oN OF THE NORTH and SOUTH

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MAGNIFICENT SPECTACLE ON THE OHIO OHIO RIVER YER
Wednesday, the 9th ult. was glorious day LOT inc
Union. The great Fillmore and Doneson demonstra- |
ton which took place on that day at ex
Eceeded, In numbers and AZ
The people were there from the North and the South,
and from the Jast ana from the West. The number
o neonle WHO were gathered there are variousy es
t;mated from seyenty-fye thousand to one hundred
thousand without further comment, we proceed to
detail the proceedings as reported by the Cincinnati
Daily Times Of the 2sth ult.l:
THE PROCESSION. The procession was the first
demonstration of the day. 1t commenced moving at
4 o'clock z. NJ.
shall and his aids.
They were followed by a car, containing the Con
#tinenta Band, and handsomely decorated with flags
Next came an immense delegation , on horseback
from Boone county, Kentucky followed by the Gov
5ington and Newport Clubs, and delegations from
Louisville Frank and other Southern cities They
were accompa BY several bands Of music and had
numerous display wagons Among the notices dis
played were, e would rather be right than be Presi
dent' and !" Kentucky will stand by the Union at all
hazards In this portion of the procession there
organization numbering largely of young Ken.
tuckians, who will cast their first votes for Fillmore
Following the Kentuckians, were several Thousand
from Indiana and the interior of Ohio. a
| II Next came the Central Club of Hamilton county,
preceded by Mentors American Cornet Band, and
guard, arrayed in the Continental uniform. They
were followed by several ward clubs. Then came the
g Ninth Ward Boys who declared themselves !" all
right for Fimore, and who displayed several ban
neIs. Following, wasaa large delegation from the
townships, headed by several four:horse wagons
sschock full Z Of enthusiastic Fillmore men. @
long string of four and sixhorse wagons, all de-
corated with flags full of people, brought up the
rear, making continuous line Of more than two
miles in length. Esit 75<4
Ia ,f+ In
| procession paraded were almost blocked up with
people, from whom cheer after cheer went up for Fill
more and Doneson, and were heartily responded to
1 by those in the procession. 55.5,,
was a magnificent one. Multtudes were assembled
i on the wharf, while the windows and roofs Of the
houses were filled or covered with people, many OF
them ladies. Each delegation or organization was
1 received with cheers, and the waving of handker-
chiefs and hats The houses fronting the evee were
mostly decorated with flags, which added to the mag
| nifcence of the scene.
The Kentuclans were escorted to the Walnut street
/ ferry and passed over the river The remaining por
ton Of the procession were marched to the public
Handing and dismissed.
/ THE CEREMONY UPON THE RIyER.-This took place
att o'clock in the evening, shortly after the dis.
from shore to shore, and from this, directly over the
center Of the river, hung an immense national flag,
4 with UNION upon it. The rope was hardly percepti-
BILE, and the proud flag, whose lower edge almost
touched the water seemed to sustain itself In the air.
Three floating batteries were stationed IN the river,
the whole surface Of which was alive with sailing and
row boats, gaily decorated with flags.
4 AT 6 o'clock the steamers Champion and Hartford
CITY pushed out into the stream, the former from the
4 Kentucky and the latter from the Ohio shore. Both
were prettily decorated with flags On board of the
/ Champion were the Continental Band, number of
distinguished Kentuckians and the following ladies,
all dressed in white with blae sashes; each represent
/ ing a Southern State:
i -ds,kunsas-Miss Laura Hughey.
i NORTH Carolina-Mss Lou. Upton.
! 1eras-Mss Kate Mexican.
fTeorgia-Afiss HELEN Wade
4 South Carolina-hfiss Ellen NJ. Smith
Delatyare--Mss Ellen Shronl.
-Aiabama-NIiss Mary e. Brewster.
| Fyorida-Ass Bette Tarvn.
1 RSrginia-Miss Viola Boss.
| Kentucky-Miss Kate Brown.
/ y 1fa1gland-AIiss Sophia Oldham.
LouiSiana-lIiss Elizabeth Dye.
/ Iennessee-Miss Mary Thompson
i Missouri-Miss Mary Alexander.
Mississippi-Miss Mollie Crawford.
On the Hartford City were Mentors Band, some two
hundred persons from various Northern States, and
the following ladies', dressed in white, with blue
sashes, representing the North, as follows
Netc Je,sey-Nlss Mollie Bemis.
1 IMaine--Miss Kate Bassford.
i Ne,c York--Mss AIettie Huston.
i spefmont-Miss Alice Edwards.
4 penflsVkuanid-Mss Mary Roberts.
i Ohio--Afss Fanny Hutehens. &t
4 HE IYisconsin-Miss AIDA Thorp.
i Connecticut-hiss Isabella Witt.
Indiana-Nliss Henrietta Clark.
i 81 IYinoiS-Atss Sale Jones. ....
/ iuichigan-Miss Eliza Scott. ...... ....
| Cdlifomia-Niss Martha Ross. .Iu.
4 Io,ya-Afiss Mary Drake "."o
i lHd$sdchusetts-Miss Virginia Hanna.
/ Rhode Island-8Iiss Eliza lAskns. -.a-
4 Ne,y Hampshire-Mss Celia White.
AS the boats pushed out from the shores the bands
struck up the national air of :. Hail Columbia" The
river side was at the time covered with dense masses
Of people, cheering and waving their handkerchets
and presenting an animated and magnificent scene
both boats turned their bows up stream, and slowly
proceeded onward some distance apart. AS they
J reach the Union flag they foated slowly toward
each other, and soon side by side. Cheers went
. up from those on board, which was followed by
swell of voices from the two shores really ndescri
bable. To those on the boats the scene was one o
extraordinary interest. The banks of the river OF
the Kentucky shore were lined with people. On the
Ohio side, the wharf seemed a sea of heads, while
the steamers at the landing and the houses fronting
the river were black with people, And such shout
as followed this union of North and the South W.
+ have seldom heard At this interesting moment thu
batteries also poured forth their sautes, while the
bands sent forth Yankee Doodle " to mngle witt
: the din.
AS soon as the boats touched, Col. James, of KY
advanced to the edge of the deck surrounded by tn
Southern Sisters, and addressed g. r Norton, Esq,
Ohio, (Who was accompanied by the lovely represen
tatives of the Northern states,) as follows:
THE SOUTH TO THE NORTH.
Sir, and Representatives ofthe States of the North
The occasion which has brought together was apt
conceived, and is of the deepest import.
Ominors indeed are the signs which have appeare
in our political armament. Clouds have gathered
above us, and doated in portentious folds athwart
r sky New stars would eliminate in the heavens, all
. mar that beautiful galaxy which has so long glaG
: dened our vision and claimed our alteration; and on
glorious orb itself seems to be disturbed in its pathwa
of light. Faction has reared amongst our people, i
L most imposing attitude, its awful form and sectona
. ism would rule the day and the hour 1t becomes |,
! then as members of a ong-cherished brotherhood
prayerfully appealing to the Most High for aid an
guidance through the darkness of the crisis, to max
+ a signal demonstration of the faith that is With
9 u.s., and of answering devotion to the union
these States which has so long been our shield an
common glory,
In performance, sir, of the ceremony which await
u.s. how numerous and how glorious are the recollet
i. tions which crowd our minds! The Father of on
! Country stands in majestic form before us-l77
lights up the canvass, and we behold Jefferson an
g Adams, Franklin, Sherman and Livingston standin
and pledging for us ut common altar, their lives
their fortunes and their sacred hnnors. long an
bloody war passes before us-l7S7 then reflects GU
vision and that glorious chart-the Constitution
spreads its ample and luminous pages, and we Sc
appended, in letters of fire. written by hands guide
l. by Jehovah himself, the names of Washington an
n Franklin, Of Madison and Hamilton; and then move
r in the grand march of the greatest country whc
God in his providence ever gave to men. States il
$ crease upon States, gathering power at every sel
S united the off he tnaI