Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1856-10-23
The Convention OF the
Twenty-Esirst. q
Great Oa!pouring Of the Masses !
5000 Persons in Procession
From $4,000 to $4,000 in Council!

prominent and most attractive features of the &C.
cosion, which W III necessarily be lessered in inter-
est on paper, disconnected from the detail and
smaller minute ::thst gave body and proportion
to tie grand and attractive occasion.
We are not disposed to over estimate numbers,
as is too much the habit of editors and others in
their psrtizau zeal. We said on yesterday that
there were, at the slowest reasonable calculation,
10000 assembled on the grounds. We have found
no one of our friends who placed their figures SO
low. A gentleman on the stand with every OPP
portunity of seeing the vast throng and the ex-
tie Mt CT ground that was covered professor and
teacher of Mathematics and with every disposition
to be accurate, made an estimate by figures, which
we suppose to be the most reliable opinion ex'
pressed of the number present. His estimate was
As 600 1t was beyond question the largest as
sembly of Tennessesns that ever met in the State.
The wing Convention of 1910 may have been as
large-it may have been as large in 1874, though
we think not-but there were on those occasions q
much greater proportion of the crowd from other
States.
Our friends at distance may better judge of it
by the length of the procession, which was about
THREE MILES; the rear being on Market street,
the body winding through Cedar, Summer and
Church streets, when the head of it had reached
the Convention grounds, beautiful grove beyond
the corporate limits.
ORDER OF THE PROCESSION AND SOME
OF ITS ATTRACTIVE FEATURES.
/. The Military, composed of the companies Of
Captains Cox, Holloway and Newsom, from Da'
wilson, and handsome company from Cheathsm'
whose Commander we did not learn, followed by
a beautiful company of boys, Capt. Sloan, with
martial music, headed the grand pageant.
2. Carriages with speakers of the day and dis
tnguished. guests, accompanied by an elegant
Brass Band, and supported by Capt. d. L. CLAI-
BoRsEs large and unique Cavalry Company.
8. Then came the Grand Car, drawn by six
clay-bank horses, containing the young ladies rep
resenting the different States, as follows:
Maine-Miss Sloan, daughter of John 81 Sloan.
New Hampshire Eastman, daughter of E
G Eastman.
Vermont-Miss Gardner, daughter of John A
Gardner.
Rhode Islsnd-Miss Winston, daughter of DR..
John Winston.
Connecticut Miss NJ Sloan, daughter of John
q Sloan.
Massachusetts, Sloan, niece Of John
Sloan.
New York-Miss Chsathsm, daughter of Col L
P Cheatham.
New Jersey-Miss Cameron, daughter of VIM
Cameron.
Pennsylvsnis-Miss McGsvock, daughter of ia
cob McGsvock.
Maryland--Miss Claiborne, daughter of late Col
Thos Claiborne.
Ohio-Miss Emerson, protege Of Mrs Lezinka
Brown.
Indisna--Miss Claiborne, niece of Dixon TopP.
IIiuois--Miss Bette Stones daughter of Liston
Stones of this city.
Virginia--Miss Wilson, niece of Mrs Kingsley.
Kentucky Miss Scott, sister of Mr. Sam Scott.
Tennessee--Miss Van Wyke, of the High
School. -
Cox.
South Csrolins-Miss Bass, daughter of John N
Bass.
Georgia-Mias Cunningham, daughter of Gun
ningham.
Alsbama--Mss Hough, daughter of Mrs Annie
Hough.
Mississippi-Miss Bradford, daughter of Col.
Bradford.
Louisiana Nicholas, daughter of ex-Ssn.
| stor Nicholas, of Louisiana.
Arkansss--Miss Carter, daughter of Daniel F
Carter.
Missouri--Miss McGavock, daughter of James
McGavock, of Williamson.
Iowa-Miss Southsll, daughter of the late ]
B Southall
Florids-Miss Vsnnoy, daughter of Mason Van
noy.
Michigsn-Miss Kinney, daughter of Capt. Kin
ney.
Californis-Miss Mccall, daughter of DIR Mccall
Texss-Miss Thompson, of Texas.
Deawsre--Miss Coleman daughter of Thos
Coleman.
Wisconsin-Not represented, owing to the in
disposition of the young lady who had selected that
State.
Each was provided with handsome banner
Win lno udlne VI LUG osatO ioPiSsOutCuI onu aP-
propriste notices.
The Car was in the shape of diamond, twenty
FIVE feet long; fifteen feet wide, and fifteen feet
high, and was beautifully decorated with ever
greens, wresths and bouquets. The seats of the
car were arranged in such a manner as to present
four sidee and being two Deep the rear seat being
elevated above the front one, so as to present a
full view of each lady. In the centre Of the car
was erected pole fifteen feet high, with the flag
of the United States floating from it. The car
was escorted by thirty-one young gentlemen n
horseback, two abreast, each wearing sash with
tne name of the State on it which he represented.
Immediately in the rear of this was an open car.
rage, drawn by two grey horses, with Miss Whit
Geld, daughter of Gen. Whitfield, of Kansas in it,
as the representative of that Territory, with
large banner with the name of Kansas in the CEN
trs Above the word Kansas was written Non
interference, and below it, Let the people de-
termne their own domestic institutions" In one
corner of the banner was star half risen, repre-
senting Territory just rising to the position of
State. Miss w. was escorted by Mr.. Felix Smith,
the grandson of the late Duncan Robertson, the
founder Of Nashville, wearing badge with the
name of Kansas on it.
a. Next IN procession was q company Of Caval-
ry from old Summer, under the command of that
patriot citizen aud unisltering democrat DANIEL
s. DoNELsoS. A finer set of men were never led