Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1864-02-23

Cloudiess beautiful and glorious was yeSier-.
day: delightful exceedingly for outdoor perIu,-
bulatiOn, With not the ANNOYANCE at even wind
enough TO raise the dust From curly morning
therefore, the streets were thruHged. wonderful
number being women and children From tile
public buildings generally. - futerei. from
tue principal business houses the ret, White aud
blue was DISPLAYED but the star >Danglei banner
hoated NJ in triumph over the dome oi the e -
itol here IN this the very center of ali lndiaua
Something of an er~ighi, likely
At sunrise the numbering u: cannon awakenel
the eager and patriotic popul,tion-a gun each
for States that were once M happy Union.
Speedily the crowd appeared. pouring INTO W Sh-
ington street from every avenue Along this
splendid thoruus hfsre the sight ma entcenf.
Gay decorations everywhere Il united IN the sun
light At the crossing of Pennsylvania ami of
Illinois streets triumphh arches. wre,thei with
eversreens, urnamented with banners and sur
mounted with eagleS-biri~ 81 broad and sweep
ing piniOns-attracie all ewes Indeed. il Is
faint commentator To say that these adorn-
ments of the occasion were ste'ul. appr pria;e
aud beautiful
At ten o'clock The Governor and h- Stiff. &C
compauied by Gen HOvey. appeared upon the
street riding east-a premunItory symptom that
the grand military procession about To take
up the line OF march Men. women aud children
surced after them. Only Ia iow back again along
soon His Excelleucv, and Gil Holloway. and
Col Terrell and Col Schlater. aud Col BEN
nett and Col Rose and Col Blake. and Col
Burgess. and Col Russell, aud Col Stevens. and
I Col Davis, and Col urn and Col Robinson,
and Col Thompson. and Col. RYAN. aud Col
Galloway and Col Dorsey and Col Moody and
! Col Carey and Col Wright and Col Goodng.
and Col Hall, and Col Porter, and Col Andy
I Wallace, and all the Brgadiers about here. ON
we'd
T in the dim distance wheeled about aud approach
ing They deserted first about the inter
+ section of New jersey street.. Thence, in solid
+ column. comm ,ndei IN person 10y the dlstln-
su>hel chieiIians above mentioned. marched the
+ IN litary toward the street OF Mississippi. First
/ came the gallant veterans OF the 9th, mode>tlv
among them marching the brave Col. C'sgrove
"A true soldier. and not by any means one oi
the feather ted illustriouS hese num'erel
/ about two hundred aud fifty. Then ctme the
\ Invalid Corps. marching with thorough disei
/ pine and 10 the admiration of everybody. They
numbered We suppose. about three thousand
I Then came on Too. but with swords drawn. the
cavalry regimen 9Th. l0th, llth and l2;h-
I reudezvou-ing here. TO the number. perhaps. oi
two thousand Citizens quietly looked on as
/ this miniature army novel. givin. no cheers
struck dumb. il may be. nv the power o. the
State. so terti6cally aud Overwhelmingly exem-
,li6ai The Indiana polls National Guards
B,ud plaved John Brown" some thirty drum
nefs and h ers OF the Invalid Corps discoufsei
Life on the Ocean Wave and troupe from
Anderson brought up tue rear with Hall Co
/ lumbia
The procession was entirely military. 10 civic
/ orr.nizrion whatever forming any part OF II
And. reaching Mississippi street. II novel norm
to Market. thence by way of Penn',lv'nia sFee'
10 University squsre. where u dIsb'ndei.
Atl2N !. Gun each for George Washington
thirteen rebellious Colonies was hired