The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1860-08-31
The state Ratification Meeting.


been desired. A fine rain on Tuesday places
the streets in excellent condition, while th
, weather yesterday was just of a tempera
ture to entice men from their homes Il
spend day in enjoyment.
The exercises of the day were introduced
by the firing of a salute of SO guns, early il
the morning. The night before, however
had been diligently made use of, IN the erec
ton of most beautiful trumphal arch, jus
above the intersection Of Washington and
Meridian streets. The arch was composed
of series of evergreen wreaths, encircling
portraits Of Lincoln, Shields &c, placed al
ternately, and could be distinctly seen from
one end of Washington street to the other
Several buildings were tastefully decorated
with flags and evergreens.
BY o'clock the city seemed full of peo-
pie, although not single extra train had
arrived. But the crowd that thronged the
streets thus early could not be called fore
taste of those who came afterwards. Indeed
our eyes yet pain US from looking at a rest
less moving mass of humanity from early
morn to IL o'clock at night
The extra trains began to pour their con-
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o'clock every available inch of ground ap-
peared TO have an occupant
The procession started about l o'clock
1t was headed by a beautiful three-decked
car, tastefully trimmed with flowers and
evergreens. The lower deck was occupied
by SO young misses dressed in pink with
sashes; the second with 33 dressed in white,
and the third with similar number in blue
the three tieIs representing the Ameri-
can colors. There were but few wagons in
the procession compared to what is general
| ly seen on such occasions. 1t was made ND
principally of Wide Awakes, who were over
| one hour in passing a particular point
! There were (for l must be brief, and only
give you outlines) ttty-three bands Of nlusic
/ IN the line of march. This of itself will
| give some idea of the vast concourse of peo-
pie, when it is known that each band head
ed delegation of men.
One noticeable feature was q wagon
! drawn by 43 yoke of oxen, on which was
placed large Fail-cut. Several men were
diligently employed in converting it into
rails, and making fence as the wagon
passed through the streets. A large fat
boat was also found in the same delegation, |
which was from Morgan county, and camped |
out IN the outskirts ofthe city the night be- !
FORE
But, as we stated before, the bulk of the |
procession was men, mainly on foot. Far as |
the eye could reach, up and down Washing |
ton street, it with the sidewalks was Gov
cred with a vast moving mass | think
there could not have been less than 5000 |
strangers in the city. These in connection /
with the multitudes which the city itself |
poured forth, must have run the number up
to 10000 people. Think of this huge num- |
Der crowded into the city, to give vent to
their enthusiasm in behalf of a candidate
tor the Presidency!
After marching through one or two of
the principal streets the crowds went to the
old Fair Ground. Here there were
four stands erected to accommodate the
speakers. A one the Hons Tom. Corwin of
Ohio and Underwood of Virginia delivered
eloquent addresses; another was filed by
Hon. Frank Blair of Missouri, Henry S.
Lane, and |. N. Stiles of Lafayette and the
others by Hon. F. NJ. Stanton of Ohio, Caleb
B. Smith of Indiana, and others. The
speaking lasted until six o'clock, when the
crowd was dismissed to make preparation
fJr the torchlight procession.
| have not sufficient command of words
to give our readers any idea of the grand
eur of this night demonstration Al least
5000 60 Wide Awakes were in the streets
marching and countermarching at once
Several buildiugs-the new Journal office
in particular-were handsomely iIlumin-
ated. Fireworks of every description were
swapping and flashing on all sides; turpen-
tine balls were darting through the air, and
strains of music-all mingled together-ab-
solutely panied the brain, and the eye grew I
weary with looking. ! confess | anticipat-
ed large crowd and a fine display, but
never did my most sanguine expectations
come anywhere in the neighborhood of the
reality. Even as ] write, the shouts of |
just leaving for home are ringing {
in my ears.
The flag was given to the Connersville s
boys who made magnificent display
Some little dissatisfaction was expressed at e
the decision of the judges, but we believe y
that soon passed away. When the Difficult T
ties the ConnersviIe boys had to labor un-
der to get to the Capital, are taken into con- /
sideratioD, the display they made was truly t
Their uniform was very tasty,
and their drill more perfect than that of any !
other organization. | think, however, e
could we have had our boys in the ranks, S
their display and drill would have exceIIed \
anything l saw during the evening.
| have but barely sketched one of the a
most tremendous demonstrations witnessed
in the West. Old men almost universally
concede that it excelled anything they ever t
IN lS4O. IL the numbers and en-
.husiasm are any index of the feeling il
throughout the State, it is just as
sure to cast its thirteen electoral votes for q
Lincoln as that the election day will arrive t
No accident of any kind happened during O
he day to mar the general enjoyment 1t v
was the universal expression of those pres I
ent, " 1t is good to be here" We doubt not t
he enthusiasm which was wrought up to 0
such pitch, will be taken to different por- y
ions of the State, and that great good will
grow out of the demonstration. T.
Death of a Pioneer.
CHICAGO, Aug. 29.-Jean Baptiste Fari- =
Dault, one of the earliest pioneers of the
Western country, died at FaribauIt, Mime
'ota, on Monday, aged 81. He had lived on :