The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1860-08-16

belief that the Democracy is in course OF ul-
innate extinction
Down with the party that robs the treas
ury, and then packs jury to acquit the
rogue"
Girard Lincoln Cldb, fifteen wagons with
banners-"Abc Lincoln, the rail candi
date"
yirdcn delegation, 90 wagons, with nu-
merous flags and banners. We noticed a
beautiful painting, entitled ''Free Homes"
which was much admired.
Bunker Hill Glee Club with six horse
team, and flags, made very fine appear
ance
WaverIy delegation, 90 wagons, with a
beautiful display Of flags and banners.
Upper Lick Creek turned out fine dele.
CATION among which we noticed six horse
team hauling wagon with rail fence upon
it,
These do not begin to embrace all the del
cations that was present, but owing to the
! impossibility of arranging them in line we
| did not succeed in completing our list. As
! it was, the procession was nearly ten miles
| long. Its cOunter-marching and doubling
upon itself gave all in it a fine opportunity
| of seeing each other, and the cheers which
TcSoundcd from one end to the other, show
! ed the enthusiasm which thew all felt. In
passing the residence Of Mr.. Lincoln, partic-
u,arly, the hurras were incessant.
In addition to the innumerable throng
that poured in on horseback and in vehicles
of every kind, we find upon inquiry at the
different railroad Offices, that the arrivals of
cars containing passengers were as follows {:
Great Western Railroad, regular train
from State Line, . cars; 1st extra train, from
| Chicago, II cars ; Cd do do IL cars; Sd do
DO Is cars; 4th, extra, from Bement, II
lcars; 9Th extra. from Decatur, cars: 9th
do do 10 cars. Total from the east, 70 cars
Regular train from Naples and Meredosia, s
cars; LIST extra, from Jacksonville, 90 cars
I'd do do : cars Sd do do 7 cars. Total
from the West 45 cars. This gives total
Of 100 cars by this road.
ST. Louis, Alton aud Chicago Railroad ::
Regular trains Is cars; excursion train from
North % cars; excursion train from South,
7 cars. Total number of cars by this road
60
1t will probably be entirely tair to csti-
mate the number of persons in these trains
at an average of 50 to the car. Every one
who saw the trains come in is aware that
they We're filed to repletion, many being
compelled to stand in the aisles, and others
riding on the roofs Of the cars. According
to the estimate the $50 cars which came in
yesterday added about IA, 800 persons to the
crowd.
The procession reached the Fair Grounds
at about l O'Clock p. NJ, and in very short
time thereafter the entire grove was filled
crowded to excess with the vast multitude
How many were present, it is impossible to
tell, but by actual count more than 10000
TasSed in at one of the entrance alone, while
the fields adjoining were packed and jam
med with wagons and other vehicles. And
yet, while this immense mass of human be-
ings were out at the Fair Grounds listening
, to the speaking, the throng upon the streets
was not apparently in the least diminished
j =" numbers
: making maj the impossibility OF one Spcalle,
: five stands were rGyd by the entire crowd
TIE ground. different parts o
' AT the first stand the people were allure
: ed by Judge Trumbull Senator Doolttlc G
; Wisconsin, Hon. John Wilson CCommis
= sloner of the U. S Land Ofiic, under Mr.
flImore), ondhy Hon. o. II. Browning
Most OF these speeches were taken down il
short hand and We shall, probably, at ar
early day, Ivy them before our readers
They were all most admirable.
At the second stand Mr. Case, Republican
, candidate for Congress, Mr. Cowan of Men
ard, Mr.. kctchum of Morgan, and Messrs
Wolf and LaRue made telling speeches
At the third stand, Hon r. J. Oglesbv o
Decatur held an immense crowd for full two
hours, and made a most telling speech, brist
= ling with sharp points.
At the fourth stand. Mr.. Carr and the
Hon. Joseph Gillespie spoke We heard 6
part of the latter speech, which was most el
oquent, and brought the cheers from thu
crowd necessarily.
At the 9th stand, where a very large au-
dience was assembled, the speeches were
made by Judge Palmer, of Macoupin Mr.
Ferrce, Of Lebanon, Mr.. Lincgar, Republican
candidate for Congress in the 9th district
Henry S. Baker, Of Alton, and DR.. DYER OF
Chicago. Several songs were also sung
with fine effect by the Lunbari brothers,
ofChicago, and gentleman, whose name
has escaped us. from Maine
! While Mr.. Wilson was speaking at the
first stand, it was announced that Mr.. Lin
coin had arrived upon the Fair Grounds
This was the signal of wild enthusiasm. the
like Of which was never before witnessed by
an Illinois audience. There was rush from
every stand towards his carriage, which was
Immediately surrounded by his warm admir-
rerS, and Mr. Lincoln was forced almost yio
lently from the vehicle, and carried upon the
shoulders Of the crowd to and impromtu
stand, he was called upon for speech
The huzzas and cheers which greeted him
were continued nearly ten minutes without
cessation, the uproar being so great that he
could not make himself heard When order
was partially restored. Mr.. Lincoln declined
making a speech in fitting words.
At the conclusion Of these remarks, Mr..
| Lincoln descended from the platform, and
with difficulty made his way through the
vast throng who eagerly passed around TO
take him 10y the hand. By an adroit move
ment he escaped on horseback, while the
crowd were besieging the carriage to which
| it was expected he would return.
! In the evening there was magnificent
display Of torch-lights and fire works gene
rally. The streets were all blaze with lirht
and enthusiasm. Never, we will venture to
say, have the highways and by-wavs of anv
town, large or small been so completely sur
| charged with the electric current which flows
from the Consciousness ofbeing embraced in
the meaning Of that PRAYER which SAYS.
May God speed the right" Hearts beat
ing to the sublime cadence of ''freedom for
the oppressed" backed by tongues and
lungs that made the very heavens echo with
the glad acclaim of victoria, rendered the
scene one sublime, magnificent spectacle of
triumph and Joy. Seemingly illimitable
or torches, bringing into bold relief vast
sea of human heads on either side of process
sion, made our city the theatre of a Splen-
did pagent, the beauty and sublimity