Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1863-09-17
nsg.TnE UN1oN DEMoNsrRArIoN AZ 81.

sstgpIi.iw. ia. MAULsBY.
esg-TuE UNION DEMONSTRATORS AT ST..
c,ArRsy1LLE.-GREAr OuTPoURING OF THE
PEopLE.-It is conceded that the great
Union demonstration at st. Clairsyille yes
terday, was the largest popular meeting
that ever assembled in the State outside CT
the large and populous cities. The pro-
cessiou which left this city was very large
and imposing, and great deal Of ingenu-
ity and good taste was displayed in the SCI
lection of notices and designs. The iron
Monitors turned out by the Labelle
Mills, and the wooden Monitor, at
tracted the admiration of the enthusiasts
tic people. The Wheeling procession
numbered about one hundred and fifty
wagons, carriages aud buggies, besidesa
large number of vehicles which, starting
at au early hour, were not with the crowd.
Near Bridgeport, the procession was swell
ed by professions from Martinsyille, Bell
ARE, and other points, and all along the
road, the people focked in from the lanes
and by-roads, and from of the hill tops
and out of the valleys. The procession
from this end of the road numbered
not less than three hundred vehicles
some of which contained as many as thir-
" persons. The immense cortege moved
along without any accident whatever, and
in the best of order. At this end of the
town of st. Clairsville a banner was
stretched across the street inscribed 'tAll
Hail, West Virginia." and as the people
from this side of the river passed under
the welcome greeting, they made the well
kin ring with cheers When the process
sions from the various portions of the coun-
try united with ours, and the whole COM
menced moving through the,streets it pre-
sented one of the grandest moving specta-
Giles we ever witnessed. Our eyes wearied
with the attempt to count the vehicles or
to note the innumerable notices and de-
signs displayed. The enthusiasm knew no
bounds. The sidewalks, windows, door
ways, and even the house-tops were
througed with people and such welcome
ing, cheering, and waving of handkerchiefs
and yelling for Brough was never seen or
beard of before. lsts47
One remarkable feature of the demon
stration was the large proportion ofledies
present. AS Mr.. Brough remarked at the
commencement of his speech, in reply to
a man who manifested some impetieuce at
the delay in seating the ladies, although
they have no votes they each doubtless had
young fellow in teaching, and their intiu-
euoe will tell heavily in the canvass. The
briefest mention of the more striking fea-
lures of the various delegations would fill
more columns than we have to spare. In
fact the beauty magni6cence and immense
ty of the affair is calculated to bewilder
one and it is therefore very difficult to give
a satisfactory account oft in detail.
There were several delegations ofyoung
ladies' on horseback, all of whom were
beautifully and appropriately attired IN
red, white and blue. Many of the wagons
contained tastefully constructed bowers Of
pine aud cedar, which were filed with
young ladies representing the various
States. In none of these was West Vir-
ginia forgotten. On the contrary our infant
Commonwealth was always distinguished
by having for her representative the pretti-
est girl in the crowd and the most promi-
nent 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 filed with the daughters
of soldiers now in the field and carried the
bauner-HWe have given our dear ones for
our couutry's honor" 20 p
A little girl carried motto-'I have
one grandfather, one brother, five uncles'
and twenty four cousins in the Union
army"
In the Wheeling procession there were
several banners aud notices which excited
not little interest and merriment. sis
Greek fire Constitutional 2" General or
der No. 49," (the order under which Val
landigham was arrested and banished by
Gen. Burnside "Hemp or Canada for
traitors !" s.How are you Copperheads9" &c.
The acknowledgements were exceedingly
quiet. We did not hear more than half
dozen chirps from full grown Copper
heads, though the little chaps made some
noise from the doorways of certain houses
There was some little skirmishing among
the COpperheads and the Union men, in
which, we regret to say, the Wheeling
delegation took lively part, as a general
thing, however, coming out FIRST best.
We conyersed with old gentlemen who
took an active partin the campaign of ls4e
and who remember the enthusf asm which
prevailed among the people. They say