Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1860-10-05
NO. 285.
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years, as thas Of last night. The grant
gathering Of the day reached a glorious sui
minatiOn in the illumination of the evening
As we write, at l2 o'clock, the torches have
just disappeared from the streets, tbe shouts
for Lincoln and Hamlin, for the Republican
cause, and from one Wide Awake company e
another, have died away, and only an Occa-
aiOnal tap Of the drum or shriH shrek Of
the 6fe gives token Of the immeLse demon
stratiOn, but the blazing lights still fash 'fn
our minds eye" we seem to hear again the
enthusiastic shouts for our chosen standard
bearers and we can hardly bring ourselves
down to write soberly Of the triumphant sK-
hibition- WsbsteFs and Worcester's Una
bridged are scarcely competent to express the
intense delight Of all who were 50 oprivilsged
as to witness the show Of last evening, even
with the pictorial illustrations thrown in
To come down to the realities of torch oil
and oil cloth capes is hardly possible after
seeing the sublime Pyrotechnie display that
formed the magnificent fsu Dc jois, but we
make the effort and the descent.
The procession, headed by the Heckpr
Band and the Cleveland Wide Awakes
marched through the principal streets of the
East and West Side, manouvering and coun-
tsrmarching to give effect to the long lines
Of blazing torches. There were about 200
torches in .sthe procession. The appearance
from the East Side, as the tOrch-bearers
marched along the hill upon the West Side,
was peculiarly fine. All along the route, on
both sides the river, the streets were lined
with eager spectators, who sent up rousing
shouts to the cheers Of the Wide Awakes.-
The street corners were almost impassible
for the crowd and fences, awnings win
dOws aud roofs bore up closely packed load
of living freight
The parade terminated at Monument
Square when the long procession counter
manded on and about the Square until it
seemed a moving mass of fire. An i'm
mense crowd Of spectators surrounded the
Square and filed every vacant space.
nLUMINAT1oxs.
There were many handsomely Illuminated
blocks, public and private, Upon Superior
street the Republican Head Quarters, the
Weddell, the store Of G. Wosthington & Co.,
Gaylord & Hammond's Block, the Office of s.
B. and F. J. Prentiss, were brilliantly
lighted up.
Unfortunately the LEADER Office, although
opening upon Superior street, has no win
dows upon that street. If the procession
would have passed thrO' Long street we would
have shown an illumination that would
have dazzled the optics Of sll beholders and
made Democracy tremble in its shoes.
Lon Bank street the Herald building was
finely decorated and brilliantly illuminated.
The Angler House, the Cleveland & Pitts
burgh Offices, Harris Block, and Wads-
EUOzirsj
some lighted up and trimmed.
On Water street the store of Fuller. & Co.
was Illuminated from top to bottom.
On st. Clair street the Cleveland Z Toledo
Railroad had their windows beautifully
lighted up with eoIored railroad lanterns,
giving very fine show. ..-
Upon this street the residences Of George
Wiley, h. X. Reynolds, Wm. Bingham, S.
o. GriswOld, Horace Hitchcock, George
Gardner, AnseI Roberts, W. A. Otis, Charles
Kendall, W. q. Hayward, Madison KILLER,
- Chaplin, John Coon, DR.. Roeder, A. ".
Fairbanks, N. DOckstader, T. A. Walton, the
Hotel de Europe, and Whitney, were illuui-
mated.
On Erie street the residences Of E. C.
Stanley and s. B. sturges were Illuminated.
On Superior street the residence Of Mr..
Huntington was lluninateds -l
A huge bonfire was blazing at the corner
ofSt. Clair and Bank streets. Roman can
dies were fred IN perfect batteries from Gay
lord & Hammond's, the Ydrad's Boat Club
rooms in Huntington 4 Prices Block, the
Angler House and other points.
. TIE CLOSING DISPLAYS.
Tho Wide-AWakes having reached MUnu-
ment Square, each man was provided with
a Roman candle, and at the word of com
mand, these were ignited. Then susued
one ofthe finest Pyroteehnie displays on re-
cord. From twelve hundred Roman candles
shot forth fiery balls which described tracks
of flame into the heavens, lighting up the
scene with Iurid glare and filing the all
with golden glObules which rushed, burs
and fell, in every conceivable direction unit
the whole Square was enveloped with tn,
dense smoke Of the com bustibles, through
which the flaming missives sped, while thu
music Of the Bands, the cheers Of the uni
formed army Of freemen, and the answering
shouts Of the spectators, made gOrgeou
demonstration, such as is seen but once il
ones lifetime. Then, with cheers from on
side the mimic battle field, and answering
cheers from the other, and wild Ojibvsy tao
tics by the Chagrin Falls Wide-ARakes an,
the delicious confusion Of universal goo,
feeling, the Republican Mass Meeting of th
Western Reserve closed, and the peopl
( went home.
) SPEAKING ON THE STAND.