Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-07-06

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he day, and greatly disappointed the
arge audience who we're eagerly and
With deep interest listening to the dis
course.
After the exercises at the stand were
gone through with, dinner was an
nouuced, and soon the eleven long tables
were fall, and fine substantial meal
partaken of by thousands. Others had
taken their own dinners for the conven.
fence of their children, and spread them
beneath the shade.
The crowd was SO great, and the day
so oppressive, that the large supply Of
water was early exhausted, and much
complaint of thirst was made. Messrs.
Damron, and their helps, did all they
could to supply he want, but their els
terms were soon exhausted also, and in
fact the vast supplies of all things pre-
pared for the occasion were used up
long before night
After dinner, the crowds of people
wandered through the grounds admir-
ing the great change that has been made
on this attractive place, and many were
the eulogies we heard passed upon the
good taste and energy Of the lessees.
The great attraction of the day was
the grand triumphal car, which was
really beautiful and rendered still more
so by the three dozen young ladies, Sc
lected to represent the various States.
The car was made by placing large
platform on wagon, with seats arranged
in the form of an ellipse, allowing the
young damsels to sit facing outward.
In the center was raised platform, on
which stood, leaning on a pedestal,
handsome young lady representing the
Goddess of Liberty. The covering Of
the car terminated in beautiful canopy,
composed of red, white and blue mus
lin, and handsomely decorated with ever
greens, flags, spangles, &c &c. A vide
muslin curtain surrounded the base of the
platform, near'y conce4ling the wagon
beneath, on which were the following in
scriptiona, "What God has joined to-
gether let not man put asnnder."
Distinct as the pillows, but one as the
sea Free, United, Independent"
This car was drawn by six noble horses,
handled with eonsumate. skill by the
! driver si taa 3. sauo1sj .
Ali the young ladies were dressed in
white except one, who, having lest q
father and brother in the war for the
Union, was very properly arrayed in
mourning, forming melancholy con.
trast with the white dresses of the others,
highly emblematic of the mourning
hearts all over the land--mourning for
the loved ones laid on the altar of our
preserved country Each young lady
wore a white ribbon on which was in
scribed the name of some State and
bore in her hand small flag. The
general verdict was that this WE the
great feature of the celebration.
At night many houses were iliumi-
mated, but we have not room TO partieu-
larize,. but cannot forego mentioning
Chambers Block, which was fairly
shrouded with Chinese lanternsaoiii ).
Thousands of people congfegased on
Water street to witness the FIRE works
A model barge was anchored in the river
on which to make the display, and the
crowd seemed much pleased with the
display. Some portions of it we're very
handsome While this was going on,
the Crescent City Band made glorious
music on the roof of the building on the
corner of Main and Water streets, and
Young America up town was having q
Qualification with shooting crackers,
bonfres, &c, &c. Is n "a em 4a
Neither at the Crescent City Springs
NOR in the city, so far as we have learn
ed, were there any difficulties during the
day. We never saw such excellent or
der where so many people were assem-
bled Everybody, by0 mutual tacit
agreement, closed theirbusiness houses
until night without any proclamation
from the Mayor or request from the Com
mittee Of Arrangements. Altogether
it was success, aud but for the intense
heat it would have been tremendous
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