, 1860-08-17
TRCMBCLL IL HANCOCK COUNTY,
tCor1esr onle:ec Z. ,hc Pres, ard Ts'bu.e]

Monday the 18TH Of Angus: was tie first Of
Trumbull's regularly announced appointments,
was to he opened ut An:u>ta, in Hancock cour-
II, rcer the line Of Adams, Bruwu, Schuyler
and McDonouRh counties; and on the line OF the
Quincy mud Chicago Railroad. 1t was 4 sp'en-
did day and tie sun nerer shown more brightly
on glorious cause. Early in the morning,
Senator Trumbu'l accompanied BY Captain
Prcnties, Republican candidatc for Congress in
this district, anl C,l. Jones OF Quincy, d, which
point Mr. Trumbul had spoken twice on the
SATURDAY. previous, arrived By railroad from
Quincy, and they were most Hospitality received
by the Hon. James STARK, Presidential EIector,
and accompanied By the Augusta Wide Awukes,
were conducted to that ccnt!cuaa's res:denc=.
Extensive preparations had !eer made by them
to rcceiro the nany thousands expected in
town that day; for the purpose Of keeping dena-
ocrats away, the Dougasites bad after steiaE
TruIbul!s announcement, calleda n.ass meet
ing at the same p[ac: on ,he Saturday before,
giving out in flaming haadb;Ils, that all the
great men OF their party would be
there, aud at the same tire frcghting
four cars for passengers on the r.ilFoad arI
advertising that all Douglas Eeu could 20 from
Quincy to Augusta and return, tree OF c1arge.
he result WAS al assemblage Of from 5000 10
1910 persons was got toqether, and oil Dick
Thompson nude fiat speeches to them, and the
meeting, which was respectable in numbers,
was published in tIe Quincy Ufrald US consist
ing Of p, 600 persons.
Oo tue day OF the Republican meeting, as
carly as eight O'Clock, the people on horseback,
on foot, in carriages ard IN Wagons lcgan to
pour into town from all points Of the compass
aud continued so to do until The after
noon, but at about eleven o'clock it was
announced that four monster professions were
in sight, and the intelligent chief marshal
aud Ills aids, went to work 1T once. to cousoli-
MT aH fn1 1r+t&3
much skiil. The writer cf this communication
occupied position Gu the principal street. md
the procession passed by him, and contained
more than 500 vehicles Of every description
and Was one hour and quarter in passing,
being close together and the teams bciEg On the
by two, four and six horses, carriages Of every
description, and platforms on which were ria
ced everything imaginable. There were lat-
boats and rail srlittezs; there were ladies On
horseback and in carriages, REPRESENTING the
thirty. three states; flags, banners, moitocs.
aud devices Of every kind imaginable too.
To attempt to describe the sceue, is be-
yond the power Of the writer; there we're four
brass bands IN the sion, and in addition |
there were druma and flies inrumcrable. This !
procession consisted # thousands Of live Re- |
publicans, and the ladics, God bless them, we're
there BY hundreds. 1t WIS very generally con- |
ceded, that after the arrival Of tue several pro-
cefslop, that there were not less t1an from 10 I
to 12 900 persons in town, who arrived to attecd |
the meeting. About two o'clock. Judge Truu,.
bull. ha1i1g with much difficulty, with his |
friends, forced passage through the dense |
masses assembled in the beautiful grove to hear
him speak, addressed at least 10000 peo-
pie for, not less than two hours and Il half For |
me TO say his speech was most ablc and bril-
liant, ~onld not be dong Justice tu our glorious
senator-it vas orc o; bis most able cgoltE,
md tie manner in which it YVES received by
the masses, showed that it was fully apprecia.
only grand but t.uly effective, shall not al.
tempt to give tue details Of this abb. speech;
he noblv sustained the cause Of Reru5ticauism
AID Honest Old AsB''-~its staniasd.bcarsr.
and truly exposed the fallacies Of The squalter.
ite principles, ard the inconsistency md liy-
pocfisy Of its champion and leader. Ne was
shouts Of the assembled thousands, Aud when
he concluded, cheer upon cheer made the vel,
kin ring for Trumbull aud Lincoln ard 1lamlu.
The people were delighted ard they patiently
would have heard him until nigLt-fs1l. Atthe
close Of Tsumbulls speech our faseritee candi.
amidst loud cheering Capt. Prentiss uscended
the stand, and for about one hour, made one OF
his most telling speeches interpperseI
wi'h rich anecdotes, "hich cnly Captain
Ben knows how to te!l-1hc people
most wild With their euthusiasm. su.ro<e It
is needless for lie to 81; 10 yeu, that the r..
nub|icans Of this district say they can aud will
elect prenties. hope they wilt, tnd believe
they intend to do SO.
Af'er pzenties. .she ms etiug for few mi1utes
way addressed by Col. .Jonas, when with loud
cheers for L'2enla, Truubull, p1entiss, Yates,
and the good old cause, the meeting adjourned
between and O'Clock; and Sc orderly AID
! deeorous w2s all tie poiags Of That day, Tint
he streets Of ths beautiful town Of Augusta
we're es still aud quiet By nightfail as il uothing
1nueud had occurred. So much for this mon
=ter meeting. Depend unon il, tie people
ire aroused. end tie Squatteri,ss will hear sncl1
hundcr from this Congressional district in No.
Tcmber as will cause them 10 believe that there
5 seme little storm coming. ,
Trulniul. and Prentiss, accompanied by
from Maccmb, Iefs for thnt city by
be ersning train. TO l'tccd the mass meeting
o be held there on the next day, when it is cx.
'ected 2o,0ro persons will be present. The le-
,ublscans Of Augusta deserve much credit for
be spirited manner in which they got IN this
plendid demonstration.
AS ADAMS County, RErrn1tc.x.