Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-09-05


green. The Whole. at dl,tanes, presenis
the appearance 81 a vast srro~. 9Th u.
head .hooliag Up 70 tie sky. s''ose q
roofs Of the houses Il va The mo-
unique spd beautiful decoration ever Al
tempted "a the city. aod Ia The ladies th
execution Of ell bat the out door work : .
e~ eredsie.l. FortA~r down ws-hingioi
street Ibs ssddIeT shop OF hessfs. hinsels.
4 Co. -ss upsss ts.tsfolly decorated will
sfesths rnd fssi oous o. fo~srs sEd ever
xr~ss-- The .vsing bars were drapsd n
elegant eirelss OF gre~n leave. snd a hugs
arch Of green spsnnsd the walk IRON tb'
house 60 the street. A. ssTsess points
~sre dseor.tioas in svefgfeens and hos
ors. vbieh ws have sst ;.me or memory ie
describe. Standing al the Cour House
aud looking w--t along ws-hipgten -.
the v,e~ ~ss superb. The high walls
seemed blsr,ng -ith myriad- ~ hue dag
futterins like freshly kindlsd ham-s "a
the pleasant breeze. snd the street bei esn
them vss 6lled vi,b q constantly mos.sg
yet never changing mss> of men. -ho IN
the distance presented the appearance Of q
restless shifting floor. srargied with the
gay eolsr of esps. and he bright gleam Of
thousands of polished lamps
Away down THE long svenue VALID
With fsge ard paved with pen. shot up
the huge green arrow. its fe-Ioons looking
in the distance like delicate line. % green
drawn on the sby With q needle. But the
decorations vere not conn ned 10 Washing
ton street Nv any mssns s,resmers.
wresths and flag. appeared on all The
streets. where the crowd wss likely TO
hsgs vsiving above the ctels. the JorsS.L
sfiice. aud other buildings. Is will hardly
be dosb,sd that our city had put on her
gsys.t dress for the great meeting
oArHEaiso or rEr caowD.
Al sunrise thirty three guns were fred.
and by that early hour the people FROM the
adjoining country were coming in. Hun
irsds and thousands from Morgan. Hen
bricks. Hsmilton and Hancock had come
within short distance Of the city the
night before and eampsd out. waiting for
he daylight to make their entry. Some Of
hes mustered in their suburbs aud remain
ID there till about = o'clock, or a little Ia
- when they began coming in. First came
the Monrovia delegation from Morgan
county. with about 10 wagons and at iis
head q large broad horn on wheels. com
one Of the phases IN the life Of
Honest Old Abe" Next came in the
delegation from Perry township. with a
Dou, City mounted Wide Awakes ai their
head and long procession Of wagons at
he end Then the Warren TOW nship dele
cation. with a large wagon gaiIy decors-
I'D and filled with young girls in white.
.ams from the east. filing long stretch
II the street With their procession. About
he same time the Washington TOW nship
.rowd came IN. one Of the largest and finest
n the whole county. Then came Decatur
nth huge wagon filled with rail split
ere actually splitting rail. from tn. log,
md drawn by ~ Joke Of oxen. stretching
llong the whole front of a square. more
han 100 feet. The Wsyse township del
sgaiion came in little before. with
mounted company of Wide. Awakes at their
read. aud wagons filled with girls aud
women. Al This time the streets were jam
ned. II was almost impossible 10 move
Wagons sud carriages were blocked for
squares in all directions. waiting for
'hance to move. Aud yet hardly single
ailrosd train had then arrived The
whsle vast crowd was composed OF those
came from ,his county aud the coun-
les adjoining. Up to this time We had
Iept the run Of the arrivals pretty aeeura
ely aud held fair recollection Of their
,nsbers and appearance. but when the
Wayne township delegation reached the
Meridian street crossing. The Peru Wide
Awahes aud the Fort Wayne crowd began
,ourius in through Meridian street, ancth
'r pouring appeared shove eslaipg down
n ashington. three or four others we're
vsitlng chance To move up. aud the press
Il men. horses. wagons. women. and va
srmeious. wss past all endurance. and NE
rave up The job IN despair u ~ss M use
o Try TO keep mp With the arrivals. aud
he only once wr noted specially aaer-
> ards we're the Wayne county Wide A.
wakss, and "Ahs's Boy. from conners
lille. who came do~n wssLieg,er street
a dsuse compact dssble line. al quick
top. aud we're sssAfs<a ,~sssfss ia p.--,ns
he paint where ve stood Long alter :fe
,sad Of the column had passed round the
Governors Circle. the long line could still
10 seen gathering With lamps and hags
lvav up she street tiil the eve could follow
4 no longer. The solid eelnmn passed
lions thu- coly broken by the dossa bands
hat timed their steps. till Il seemed ss i
q never wcali end. II ~s~ ,hs finest dis
play Of The whole dsy. fully Sustained ths
promise Of "oid wayne" % do herself
credit on The occasion. "Nnehsll's Hand
IN better sempsny aud better spirits ,hAn
when they marched up Illlnos s,re~, scii
larry aud alsus on the 18th of Juiy. accom-
panied them. aud made a most cfediuble
appearance and performances iisniltcr
esantv alec showed out heyead all curss
pees.,ses. Her part ef the rroeessiou.
afer il y. fsrnej. allied wsshiss'ea
street fresa E.s, 70 The su,e House. While
The Shelby delegation which eaiy arrived
.nsr The proesss,ea had started. Joined IN
waA 2soo men aud glosioss company q
I'd. Awsks. ls The isa aed eosfusion
ve ies. s.shi es The res, Of The Wide A
vates, freq Peru. L.~rsnesbarsh. And-
ersen. Grssrsburgh. srd cher pelots, and
can saly ssy they ~sr- rrssent
Tnr oaASp yae~rssie>
The srasd preessssea vss formed fsv
nisasss afssr II e'sloet. 10 he order ar
.ossesd in the psbtished r-osrsmres
under the dIrseuea Of Col. 7. A. NcrrF'
srd q nuubsr % assistants freu each Goa