Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1863-07-06


IN the eltv ssr generally SUSPENDED on S,turi,t.
and the people gave fall feius 90 the ma r,..,,,
is~lines that rrome's them 90 eiiov o.. A bal A ~
. ch return of the ith d,y II July. Tl.e "a.
review oi the troop- stationed here. via, ti.. a
regiment. portion ~ the 63i AMI 2ld hsuefv
ana one ot two companies Of cavalry After the
review the military marched through the princi
pal streets OF the city 10 Johnston's Grove north
oi the University and east 81 Camp morton,
shere the usual cerenonie- 10 he gone
through. md whore men.ier pic ME was tn be
nell. The people crowded there In thousands
; AMI everything p,ssed oR wi'h the utmost hsr-
mony and good feeling After dinner the troops
got orders ~ prepare n leave for the held
This. after their long march and the review of
the morning. and while the pleasures Of the DIV
were az their hight. was pretty hard. bot they
Oheved with alscriiv.
In TIE evening there WIS dancing ~ the Sol
dieF's Home and q hnn exhibition e hre works.
AMI the streets were throneed until lste hour
With peonle N holiday attire. Rockets we're
shooting through The air from almost every prom
inent corner. bonf'es hlnzed a, The street cross
ines crackers fire serpents &c kent IN nm
everlasting popping and whurring. bows shouted
and men rot drunk and everything indicated
that great peonle were rejoicing that they vet
hid a country 10 ne proud Of. There were a iew
fghis Of course hut not one OF any serious mag.
ninde or fatal result
SO f,r ~ We can hear throughout the State
the diy was celebrated with Ne much ENTHUSIASM
- heretofore IN some sections the two great
political parties did not hnrmonize and divided
of. holding their meetings nj different groves
and listening to speakers Of their own political
faith
The largest meeting In fhis county was in
lawrence township. two miles from oakland.
IL was held in grove on the farm of E-o Craig
dali 81 for
The lind WIS rolling. breaking into shady delIs.
and plentifullv supplied with springs of the rur
est water Preparafions were maize 10 fee ! a
large crowd. and the crowd WIS there At leas,
two thousand persons we're on the ground. and q
happier set of reople were gathered under
III" folds ~ the old f,g thar foafed over the
sneakers stand Those who did the work and
furnished the means In get the celebration
we're Democrats. and although il was not m
nouuced as y Democr,tic meeting II wa essen
tisllv one Persons were there from H,pcnek
and M'dison counties and some even from Shel
hv. The proportion of ladies' was large. and one
thing remarkabie was the abundance Of good
looking babies H. TIE crowd We did not emu
merate ,hese embryo Democrats in our calcula
ton as "a he number of the crowd. FOR 20 do So
would raise il at least three hundred higher than
tie figures used. The ladies'. God bless them,
have IT lost hore for the freedom of the peon'e
vet and from the spirit evinced nv them the iril
serceants Of despntism will have hard task. -
big job on hand. when thew attempt 10 tear out
the early principles OF freedom emplan'ed in their
breasts and tn plant in place thereof the seeds Of
slhvish svconh,ncy 10 rice and mower
The meeting was called 70 order in the grove
nv DIR. Corey. and after an eloquent PRAYER hv
Rev. Mr. Trowbridge the Declaration of indie
pendence read nv Mr. Graham.
The Grafton was delivered nv II II Dodd.
Esq and il was an eloquent and IMPRESSIVE ad
dress. lie dwelt upon the causes that had i'm
PEELED the separation of the colonies from the
mother country and the heroism that had charic
terized The struggle The spirit tha, animated
the fathers Of the republic was not dead in the
children. They know their rights and knowing
would dare to maintain them He traced the
strife now aei'ating the country to its source Of
finatcism. While that fell spirit ruled the land
peace an impossibility Reason must re
sumo its swav-right and jnstice must holi the
helm before the storm would pass over. He ad
vocatei peace-not dshonorable peace. hut
such peace rs would rejoice the Chris ian world
and in hs opinion that could only come when
nassion stilled and love. not hrte. was suf
fered to prevail lie pail glowing tribute To
our soldiers in the field Whatever the political
of the Administration, they re
sponsibIe Their duty was tn obey When they
returned TO their homes they could and they
would investigate the questions at issne and
he was not afraid or their decision He coun
seled obedience tn every law-the CONSUMPTION
law iociuded-but exhorted the people TO re
member their duty nj the ballot box.
At the conclusion of Mr.. DDod's address the
choir sung Piuribus Unym in verv fine stvle.
and procession was formed to march To the en-
closure where dinner prepared for the rbwd.
Four or FIVE tables extended the whole length of
an enclosure containing several acres. and these
tables were loaded with substantials and delica
cies in profusion The school house near by was
filled at the same time with baskets yet unopened
from which 10 rerlenish "a the visnds ds'ppe ired
froni the table. The excellent Marshal of the
dav. Mr. John Chapman. and his efficient aids
took good care that all were provided for, and
very many baskets were untouched after the large
crowd had been RECALLED luxuriantlv.
After dinner was over. and music and singing
had been induged in. the crowd. who were snx
ious to hear the speakers. reniired again to the
stand. where Hon james NJ Mason addressed
them We lett while he speakng
At Anderson. Madison county, there was an
immense gathering of the people 1t was
an old fashioned barbecue. with besve-.
sheep, &c. roasted whole. and all the
other essentials of first class dinner thrown in
The enthusiasm was unboundei ana the greatest
celebration of the Fourth that ever came off in
the county passed off pleasantly. without ripple
the surface the enjoyment Hon
Thom's A Hendricks and Judge Perkins were
the speakers
At Cambridge Ctv there was a vast assembage
OF the people OF Eastern Indiana. both parties
uniting The day passed off without any un
pleasant interruption. Governor Morton was the
orator of the day.