Newbern weekly progress., 1860-10-23

the community of aIl classes, who cant duently
about men and measures, of which Ito say the
| least Of it) they know nothing. win confne
myself to mere programme Of the grand affair;
as launching into particulars, tempting as it is.
would make my letter too lengthy for insertion.
Early on Tuesday morning. 9th inst the town
was crowded with people from all parts of the
| County, this being General Muster day. Ths
Bell and Everett pole was raised early in the day
without difficulty, by means Of q gigantic derrick
under the direction of J. Il. Ramsay. AZ soon as
| up. one universal shout rent che air From the
ground to its lofty peak (is rs over hundred feer
high) it presented such an ensemble Of beauty.
graceful proportion. elaborate but exquisitelY
tasteful decoration that :he spectators, OF al par
ties must have instinctively shouted with delight
| and admiration. At least she desfening volume
| of sound that went up, led me to suppose So A
beautiful pennant streaming at its top, under
| which hangs q rlch garland of flowers, the
handiwork of Miss Julia Beard. About 80 feet
from the top, Is an immense symrnetrical trans
parency. presenting eight triangular and fouS
quadrilateral sides. all covered with embems and
sentimen.s Gas was Immediately fitted up In
it, by which 1t is iumiuated from night fall till
day break; and will be till after Tie election.
| Its strange and extreme bezaty at midnight is in
| describable. There we're about eighteen hundred
men mastering that day. They marched better.
drilled better, and looked better than they did
last time. They were reviewed bS Gen Smith,
a man of imposing military presence, Every
thing went Of in fine style. Saw no one drunk
or pugnacious.
Thursday morning at sunrise SO guns were
fred, the national flag was run up, and the Band
played the " Star Spangled Banner" During
the forenoon people from the country and dele
ga'fons from distant counties came pouring IL
constantly. The weather was showey. and
looked deluges." Ae2 oc,ock, the first reeu
lar procession was formed aud marched towards
tho Factory grove. The number in this process
sion was about three thousand. The number as
sembled round the stand when the Band and
speakers got up, was about FIVE thousand. Clouds
distilng The most beautiful feature IL the DIS
play arrangements was the speakers stand. It
was in the form of grecian temple, in the 6orai
decoration Of which, nearly all the ladies in town
had been engaged day and half; therefore, it
would be endless TO describe the Iovely devices
One cannot PASS; it was a magnificent, and
finely propoltioned floral bell, the fancy and work
of Miss SalIie Pool. All admired and spoke OF
this beautiful thing IS /, hung from the apex of
the temple, over life sise portrait of John Bel!
The speakers occupied one wing of the temple,
and the Salisbury Band the other. In the centre
or dome was the orator and chairman. Among
the speakers were Graham, Morehead, SmitL.
Vance, Badger, &C., DC. Mf. Dockery was ap
pointed Chairman. The Rev. Mr.. Guthrie open
ed the proceedings with most impressive prayer
Mr.. F. E. Shober next gave an address of vel
come, after which the chairman introduced Mr.
Vance. He spoke till nearly dusk. His speech
was varied with facetfous anecdotes, irony. sar
casm and pathos, aud the whole of this vast
crowd seemed to hang Upon his words, entranced
he tried to stop several times, it rained all the
time, but the people would not let him. There
were many ladies present. / never saw such en-
thusiasm in an ous door meeting in a shower be
fore.
Soon after supper, the torch-light processIou
formed. 1t was perfectly astounding in its mag
nitude and brilliancy half mile long four men
abreast: and each has a torch or a TRANSPARENCY
also great many huge tsansparencies were on
wheels. with large bells inside. The great ship
of State, built and rugged by Dr. Wyatt here.
moved along in front of the Band Each dole.
CATION tried to ''oat shine the others in DISPLAYS
think the Charlotte party rather bore the
Bell" Such grand sight was never seen in
through town, halt was made under the Grand
Light on the pole, where extemporaneous Ad-
dresses, music, and hus&as like thunder, contin-
ued till eleven o'clock At pine o'clock next
morning, the great procession of the occasion
was formed and moved TO the grove. Il number
ed by actual count, over Eve thousand. After q
most telling speech from Gov. Grahsm. dinner
was announced. The ladies' tables were in the
centre of an immense double circle of tables
spread for the men Procession to dinner was
formed. The Band FIRST, then the ladies' then
the men fell into lineI thus all confusion was pre-
vented. have had some expefience in estima-
ting the number in crowds. I estimated the num-
Der at dinner, at from eight to ten thousand. I
have never seen such fine and ample dinner Of
this kind and the style in which it was approach
ed and partakeu of, was of the well regulated
family order, The Band played animaiing airs
while the people ate. Better order and decorum
could not have been observed, if it had been q
prayer meeting. Nothing was wasted Many
bushels of bread and over ton Of meat was say
ed, and has since been distributed among the
worthy poor. Speaking was resumed after din
ner, and kept up, intsrposed with choice mufic.
till dusk. cannot pass unnoticed a nagnsnin-
GUS avowal of Mr.. Badgers: He acknowledged
himself to have made q mistake when he voted
for the repeal of the Missouri Compromise and
Mr. j. Bell to have been right in opposing il.
deducing therefrom the latter's superior foresight
and wisdom.
At the close of the davis speaking each dele
CATION wanted to have Miss sale PooPs Floral
Bell to carry homo with them. 1t was awarded
to the Charlotte delegation. After supper many
of people again assembled on the pub.
lie square to witness the grand display of fire.
works under the direction of DR. Wyatt and liza.
ten to the inspiring music of the Band. But such
mania for speeches possessed the people that thew
could not be satisfied until they again heard
Vance "the Mountain Boy" he spoke IN honr
to them again and when done. the delighted neo-
pie threw wreaths around him and carried him
on their shoulders to his Hotel. Sucf glorious
time and such rneagre description no have
given oft! But must close.
Yours. truly. CoSMO.
ANOTHER FALSEHooD NAILED.