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

the appearance Of vast arrow. with u
head shooting up to the sky. above Il
roofs Of the houses. IL was the mo
unique and beautiful decoration ever a
tempted in the city. and TO The ladies tf
| execution of all but the out door work IS
be credited. Further down Wasbingto
street the saddIer shop Of Messrs. Hinsele
d Co. was most tastefully decorated wit
wreaths and fsstoons of flowers ard evei
green's. The awning bars were draped i
elegant circles of green leaves, and a hug
arch Of green spsnned the walk from tn
house TO the street. At various point
were decorations in evcrgreens and flow
ers, W hich We have not time or memory L
describe. Standing at che Court Hous
and looking West along Washington st.
the vie~ was superb. The high wall
seemed blsziDg with myriad, Of liitit- flag
futtering like freshly kiudlrd flame- II
the pleasant breeze. aud the street beIweer
them was filled with constantly moving
yet never changing mass of men, who II
the distance presented the appearance of &
restless shifting floor. spangled with the
gay color Of cfps. and the bright CLEAN oI
thousands of polished lamps.
Away down this long avenue. walled
with fage and paved with men. shot up
the huge green arrow. its festoons looking
in the distance like delicate lines Of green
drawn on the sky with needle. But the
decorations were not confined TO Washing
too street by any means. Streamers,
wreaths and hags appeared on all the
streets, where the crowd was likely TO
gather thiekest, and with the score Of
flags waving above the h otels. the JOURNAL
Office. and other buildings, it will hardly
be doubted that our city had put on her
gayest dress for the great meeting.
GATHERING OF THE Crowd.
AT sunrise thirty three guns were fred,
and by that early hour the people from the
adjoining country were coming in Hun
dreds and thousands from Morgan, Hen.
bricks, Hamilton and Hancock had come
within short distance Of the city the
night before aud camPed out, waiting for
the daylight to make their entry. Some of
thes mustered in their suburbs and remain
ed there till about 3 O'Clock, or little Ia.
ter when they began coming in. First came
the Monrovia delegation from Morgan
county, with about 30 wagons aud at its
head a large "broad horn" on wheels, COM
memorating one Of the phases in the life of
"Honest Old Abe" Next came in the
delegation from Perry township, with a
bout fifty mounted Wide Awakes at their
head and a long procession of wagons at
the end. Then the Warren township dele
cation. with large wagon gaily decora-
ted and filled with young girls in white,
came from the east, filling long stretch
Of the street with their procession. About
the same time the Washington township
crowd came in, one of the largest and finest
of the whole county. Then came Dscatur
with huge wagon filled with rail split
ters actually splitting rails from the log,
and drawn by 43 yoke of oxen, stretching
along the whole front Of square, more
than 400 feet. The Wayne township DEL
egation came in a little before, with a
company Of Wide-Awskes at their
head, aud wagons filed with girls and
women. At this time the streets were jam
med. 1t was almost impossible to move
Wagons and carriages were blocked for
squares 10 all directions, waiting for a
chance to move. And yet hardly single
railroad train had then arrived. The
whole vast crowd was composed of those
who came from this county and the coun-
ties adjoining. UP to this time We had
kept the run Of the arrivals pretty accura.
tely, and held fair recollection Of their
Numbers and appearance, but when the
Wayne township delegation reached the
street crossing, the Peru Wide
Awakes aud the Fort Wayne crowd began
pouring 10 through Meridian street. anoth.
or pouring appeared above coming down
Washington, three or four others were
waiting chance to move up. and the press
Of men, horses. wagons, women, and wa.
was past all endurance. and we
gave up the job in despair. 1t was no use
10 try to keep up with the arrivals, and
the only ones We noted specially after
wards were the Wayne county Wide a
wakes, and "Abe's Boys from Conners.
Vile, who came down Washington street
in dense compact double line. at quick
,tep. and were eighteen minutes IN passing
The point where We stood. Long after tie
head OF he eolc mn had passed round the
Circle. the long line could still
be seer glitteriog with lamps aud flags
away up the street till the eye could follow
il no longer, The solid column passed
along thus only broken by the dozen bands
that timed their steps. till it seemed as IL
II never would end. Il was the finest dis
play o. the whole day. fully sustained the
promise of "old Wayne" 70 do herself
credit on the OCCASION. "Mitchell's Band.
in better company and better spirits than
when they marched mp Illinois street seli
tary and alone on the 18th OF July. accom-.
panied them, and made n most ereditable
appearance and performance. Hamilton
county also shoved out beyond all our sx
pectstions. Her part Of the procession.
after IL was formed, filed Washington
street from Eat to the State House. while
the Shelby delegation which only arrived
after the procession had started, Joined IN
with 1900 men and glorious company Of
Wide Awskes. 10 the jam aud confusion
We los. sight si the rest Of the Wide A
wakes, from Peru. Lawreuceburgh. And
erson, Gresusturgh, srd other points, and
can only say they wsre present.
THE GRAND rsocEssIos.
The grand procession was formed iow
minutes after II o'clock. Ia the order sn-
nouneed in the published programmes
under the direction Of Col. T. A. Morris
and number Of assistants from each Con-
ersssionsl District. The procession moved