The Grand Haven news. [volume] (Grand Haven, Mich.) 1858-18??, 1861-07-17
Our Travelling Correspondence.
LANCASTER, July 5, 1861.

lace on the New OK central railroad,
eleven miles east of Buffalo, surrounded
by one of the richest farming sections
that can be found in Western New York,
and is place Of large business enterprise.
AT this, place | made one of my most
successful efforts at, school teaching, and
have enjoyed o genuine heartfelt pleas
use in grasping the hand Of many former
scholars, who seem TO have suddenly
sprung from little boys aud girls to men
andlwomen, so rapidly do, times changes
leave their impress on all material objects.
PRESENTATION, Of \ pASSER. ,ne
In my last ] promised to give you a
hasty sketch of the doings at Buffhlo, on
the "4th." One Of the most pleasing
features Of the day consisted in tho pre-
scntation of q magnificent banner; by the
ladies of 1912, TO the Union Continent
ais military corps under command of
ex-President Fillmore, which took place
at 8 o'clock, A. NJ, at DR.. Lords Church,
Mrs. Olive G. Steele, on behalf the la
dies, delivered the presentation address,
which was very happily responded TO by
the venerable ex-President, who gave q
very brief sketch of the sufferings Of those
who inhabited Buffalo during the war of
1912, when the village was entirely con.
sumcd by Src, ignited by the torch of the
enemy, save ,laraIG,s 5u .H ..isa
lt0m7GoNE WIDOWS DWELLING, oi;ls
Whose descendants were then present
to witness the interesting ceremony. The
following are the concluding words Of bis
address: "That yencratcd flag, the SYM
Dol of our nationality and glory, must
never succumb TO foreign foe or domes-
tic, rebellion" 4.sa M
Mr.. Fillmore Is an out and out Union
man, believes in no compromises with the
rcbellious, and is ready, ut any moment,
when his. services shall be needed,
10 march + TO the tented field, at the
head of the venerable Continentals, to
the support of the Government and the
laws. saw the ex-President march with
his corps in the procession MS mol ISL
al dlar1 3 : CAPTAIN. r,.l 9i gr
His step was firm and elastic rs that
Of manhood in its prime, and his counte-
nance shows that cage sits lightly upon
him." ..l ia raiTar .gr .e,..
j think that Buffalo never presented a
more patriotic and lively scene than when
the vast cortege passed through Main
street. Some idea gifts length. and vast
ness may be imagined when we take in
TO consideration the fact that it was
FIFTY-EIoHT MINUTES f
In passing the American Hotel. The
Sixty-Fifth and and Seventy-Fourth Reg
iments, New York State militia, Buffalo
Tigers, Ellsworth's Generals, and Sackott
Zouayes, constituted the military element
of the procession. Thirteen Fire Compa-
MICS with engines, ladders, hose, &C., and
four Steam Fire Engines swelled tho vast
company. Then followed the different
civic societies, Arts Unions, Mechanics
Unions, &C., DC. But the attraction Of
the procession, and ono that engaged the
special attention and admiration of the
thousands upon thousands of interested
spectators that crowded together and fill
cd almost to suffocation every available
space, the entire length of the several
streets through which the procession pass
ed as well as the doorways and windows,
even to the sixth and seventh stories of
the gorgeous buildings on each side, ms
well as those of less pretensions to mag
nifcenco, consisted in the representations
of the
PUBLIC SCHOOLS
Of the city, This part of the process
ion consisted of twenty-eight largo vehi-
cles, deliberately adorned and covered with
wreaths, banners and tri-colored canopies,
all of the national hues, white, red and
blue, and within each vehicle were
THIRTY-FoUR CHARMING GIRLS
Waving miniature national banners,
singing patriotic songs, &c, and dressed
in the national colors.
The fire works in the evening were
brilliant and attractive beyond description
concluding with the storming and ca
pitulation of fort Sumpter. l noticed in
front of Sherman d Cos dry goods store
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