Dayton daily empire. [volume] (Dayton [Ohio]) 1850-1865, 1860-08-27

those illumined shadows upon The water, until
above, below, and all around every thing
seemed vocal with shouts Of rejoicing We
viii be excused for snch ancies when the re-
alities ofthe scene were 40 conducive 70 their
reasonableuessl
Beautiful and inspiritug MS was the scene
we have hut poorly described, the effect was
heightened hto an indescribable grandeur
when the right Of the procession having gone
east to Madison street, and passing north 10
lst street took tho line Of march west on lst,
across the canal bridge, long before the rear
had passed the 2nd street bridge east, we had
the appearance Of four professions and the
torches, in the countermarch Of the two
streets, gave the appearance Of an endless cir
Gle Of FIRE A lady who was standing near us
with l.er company observed that the reflection
Of the torches on the Basin looked like mete-
ors in the sky
The march out LIST, to Main and South on
that street toward the Depot was hurried. A
large delegation Of douglas men -
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due at 20 minutes to 8 o'clock, and time was
"about up" and the people moved along as
though they we're charging upon foe 1t
was certainly suggestive Of the Zouave drill;
or that part Of it which delights in forced
marches, and brings out perspiration and
muscle. II was what might be termed a
tramp, and right cheeriy did the people jog
along, making the moments noisy with gee-
ful shouts for the Democratic ticket local and
national
At the corner of Main and 9TH street tho
right Of the procession wheeled TO the west
for the purpose of filing down Ludlow in the
vicinity of the Depot We were at the south
west corner of 9TH and Main, at this juncture
and the scene along Main street north was O
sight worth seeing While the right was al
ready fling down Ludlow, the rear of the
procession was pouring out Of lst street into
Main, and the torches, as they appeared around
the corner seemed to be dancing and whrling
like globes of FIRE in the sky. The many
transparencies, as they came 'bobbing up and
down" Main created an unceasing huzza, from
the thousands who thronged that great, wide
thorofare, and followed on either side and in
the wake of the procession.
It is impossible for us to give the
points and "knubs" of the multitude Of
transpariencies, Sc., in the procession
They were excellent and told great deal il
few words The one at the head of the New
er Sleep Club was the largest, and was 9x4 fee
--one side illustrating that part of "Helper
where he says that a tadpole represents free
soiler, fully developed frog the abolitionist
Mr. Craighead had just undergone the change
and while negro was attempting to hide the
fallen tail with copy of the Journal, C. wa,
lamenting his loss to the editor thereof, wht
promised to "fx matters all right" abov,
them was the Democratic rooster, with th,
face of Mr. Vallandigham, growing Justify
A good hit The other side was illustratiy,
of the race 10 the white house, Abe
was in cart freighted with rails, while tn
motive power consisted of mule ridden b
Greedy, with his hobby (the negro) safely Sc
cured behind Far ahead was the "Littl
Giant on nag making Flora Temple speed
The G,u Clubs of tltie City had their apprt
propriate badges designating them from eac
other. The EMPIRE Office was represented i
full force, headed by a large transparency
with the names OF our candidates inscribe
on beautiful American shields, on three side
the other containing the following: