Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1863-09-24
The Union Demo nstration at st.
Clairsville.. Great Outpouring of
the Peon1a.

the People. =
tFrom the Wheeling Intelligencef, ThursdayJ
1t is conceded that the great Union dem
onstratiou at st. Clairsville yesterday, was
the largest popular meeting that ever as
sembled in the State outside of the large
aud populous cities. The procession which
left this city was very large and imposing,
and great deal Of ingenuity and good taste
was displayed in the selection of notices
and designs. The iron Monitors turned out
by the Labelle Mills and the wooden Mon.
itor, attracted the admiration of the enthu-
siastic people. The Wheeling procession
numbered about one hundred aud fifty way.
ous, carriages and buggies, besides large
number ofvehicles, which, starting ut an
early hour, were not with the crowd. Near
Bridgeport, the procession was swelled by
professions from MartinsvilIe, Bellaire, and
other points, all along the road, the people
f1ocked in from the lanes and by.roads, and
from Oft the bill tops and out OF the valleys.
The procession from this end OF the road
numbered not less than three hundred We.
yieles soms of which contained as many a.
thirty persons. The-immense cortege NOV
ed along without any accident whatever,
and in tho best of order. At this end ofthe
town OF st, Clairsville banner wss stretch.
ed across the street inscribed ''All Hail,
West Virginia" and as tho people from
this side OF the river passed under the vel.
couie greeting, they made the welkin ring
with cheerS. Wheu the professions from
the. various portions Of the country united
with ours, and the whole commenced NOV
ing through the streets it presented one of
the grandest. moving sIeetacles we ever
witnessed. Our. eyes wearied with the at.
tempt to count the vehicles or to note the
lnnumerabc notices and designs displayed.
The enthusiasm knew no bounds. The
sidewalks, windows, doorways, and even
the house, tops were thronged with people
and such welcoming, cheering, and waving
Of handkerchiefs and yelliug for Brough
was never seen or heard of before. sull
One remarkable feature OF the demon
.stration was the large proportion of ladies
present As Mr. Brough remarked at the
Ecommencement Of his speech, in reply to q
man who manifested some impatience at
the delay in seating the ladies', although
they have no votes they each doubtless had
young fellow IN teaching, and their infiu-
ence will tell heavily in the canvass. The
briefest mentior of the more striking fea.
lures Of the various delegations would fill
more columns than we have torspare. In
fact the beauty, magniicence and iinmensity
of the affair is calculated to bewilder, one,
and it is therefore very difficult to give q
satisfactory account of it in detail. i, I,
There were several delegations OF young
ladies on horseback, all of whom were beau.
tifully attired in red, white and blue. Many
of the wagons contained tastefully construct
bowers Of pine and cedar, which were filled
with young ladies representing the Various
States. In none of these was West .Vir-
ginia forgotten. On the contrary our ia.
FAINT Commonwealth was always: distinguished
by having for her representative the pretti-
est GIRL in the crowd and the most promi
uent position. In one of these wagons the
little girl representing West Virginia was
! in the act Of moving about through the
pine twIgs Shaking hands with her sisters. -
One wagon was filled with the daughters Of
soldiers now in the field and carried the
bahnef-a"We have given our dear ones fol
our ceuntry's honor" 4itH ri
A little girl carried a motto-"I have
one grandfather one brother, five uncles
and twenty four cousins in the Union arlny."
In the Wheeling procession there were
several banners and mottoes which excited
not a little interest and merriment '.Is
Greek fire CONSTITUTIONAL General or.
der No. 49," 1.-THE order under which Val
landigham was arrested and banished by
Gen. Burnside Hemp or Canada fol
traitors "fiow are you Copperheads2" go
The Vsllandighamnisfs were exceedingly
quiet Wo did not hear more than hall
4 dozen chirps from fullgrown Copperheads
though the little chaps made some noise
from.the door Ways OF certain houses. There
was some little skirmishing among the Cop
penhea ads aud the Union men, in which, We
regret to say, the Wheeling delegation took
lively part, as general thing, however
coming 0ut first best Sd if' ~ dni1 so
! We conversed with old gentlemen who
took an'sctive, partin the campaign Of $40
aud. who remember the enthusiasm which
prevailed among th6 people. They say tina,
nothing in that menlorable campaign was q
patching to the demonstration ofyesterday
We have heard the 'numbdr Of tho cf6wd
estimated at twenty thousand souls This
should not be resarded9 as an idle newspa
per guess. The estimate " psbs pp9a thi
Judgment Of thes6 WHO arc in the habit O