The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-10
The Great Death Struggle.
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DEMOCRATIC LAST EFFORT.
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THE WHOLE. ARMY IN THE FIELD.
The Reserves and Allies Called in.
The Mountains travail and bring
forth a "Little Mice"
The Great Gun Rec0ils and is
r<tuc DismOunted. ta
The Small Arms Ineffective.
$ sUAVE QUI PEUT.,'
A NFEDLEss ALARM,

Although by no means terrlned, yet
with Unsurpassed anxiety, the leading
men of the Great Union Republican Party
| u Evansville and V6nderburgh County
al ose, on Saturday morning, to behold the
| sky clear, the air pleasant and balmy,
4 and a bright, beautiful sun Illuminating
and Identifying the world. There was
some.ca for anxiety. 4.k
The great Demo-John-C opper-son-ocrat-
fc- Ram Doo-dall-li party had for weeks
been blowing, calling, drilling, and urging
their mighty hosts to turn out, and by the
very moral force of vast numbers terrify,
dishearten, and crush out forever the ter
,rikle Radicals. Their great organ and
their little organs had for weeks displayed
great spread-eagle headings-calling the
faithful to rally-vasts posters, printed in
circus type, and of all possible hues, had
been sent up and down, the river, up the
railroads, into the interior of Indiana and
Kentucky, offering unprecedented in
ducements," half-fare trains, half-fare
steamboats,, grand free dinner, and
grand display of names of distinguished
orators, Hon. Daniel W. VOORHEES,, the.
tall Sycamore of the Wabash, !" General
Rousseau, Gen. Manson, etsaL qd isaJf1attunl.
| This was to be the grahdest upheaving of
1 Tile IudSSSSs ever Witnessed IN
| Southern Indiana-a great ground swell
! that was to strike terror to the hearts of
all Radicals and negro worshippers, and
overwhelm them for ever. The Union men
| had cause then for anxiety, when they saw
just such morning dawn as is best calcu-
lated to call vast crowds to a free dinner
and to unrivaled oratory. They did feel
anxious, and looked anxious as they had
/ a right to; but on Saturday night they re-
turned to their homes with a sense of re-
lief, qualification and joy, such as wreathed
their faces with smiles and filled their
hearts with gladness-after hearing the
news from Vicksburg, from Gettysburg,
or A.ppomattox Court House-feeling, but
! too glad to utter the cry, 9 victory"
The packet from below came in and
| brought-THIRTEEN. The News Boy ar
rived-but was not crowded" but she was
| going back for another load" we were
told. The half-fare train came in on the
railroad and brought the vast number of
I63-less than one-fourth of the number
who came, at night, to honor General Will
Itch.
/ A solitary flag was unfurled over the
street in front of the Courier office, and
that more than half way across the street
! in order that its display might be attribu-
| ted to some odd Abolitionist - on the
opposite side in case any of the unhung"
from the g other side " took offence at it.
/ As the day wore on and the time for meet
/ ing approached men who had been walk
! ing around with anxious look, peering up
and down the streets for glimpse of the
i vast PROFESSIONS that wer expected from the
| rural regions, and ready at every moment
"to whisper, with white ip-the hosts,
they come, they Gomez" began to grow i'm
patient; and after watching till nearly
high IL, and being only greeted now and
then by that SOLITARY horseman " or half
filled country wagon, the anxiety that had
elongated their faces gave place TO curl
Gus smile, which burst into broad grin
and eliminated in merry laugh as they
| caught the expression of each others eye.
Where is the crowd" was heard on every
hand-and echo answered" no whar."
| A little after 8 o'clock, an omnibus drove
up in front of the American House, and
| two of the Courier corps-fearful of rush
took the first seats, and, after waiting
10 or Is minutes, were driven off alone.
| We waited, expecting a grand procession,
with banners, and music, and flags, and
notices, and all that sort of thing, but,
falling to find them at a few minutes before
10o'clock, we accepted seat in the buggy
of our attentive and obliging friend Tom
Gather, the popular agent of the Adams
Express Co., and were soon at the Crescent
City Springs. We found several people
already assembled but by no means a
crowd. While waiting for the show to be
gin. we had ample time to observe and
note down the.
ELEGANT PREPARATIONS BY THE LADIES.
who really deserved alIthe credit achieved
on this OCCASION, and who are the only re-
deeming quality connected with the DEM
ocratic party. ~
The ladies, of Evansville, have always
been noted for their industry, liberality,
and eensummate taste, and on this occa-
sion the Democratic ladies had exerted
themselves, and really deserve great credit.
j The speakers stand was erected on the
declivity of the ground, with seats suffi-
Client to accommodate some loo or I5OO
people, so arranged as to afford all fair
opportunity to see and hear the speakers.
Back Of the stand were tour United states
flags, forming a background, with a life
size portrait of Washington standing bv
\ his horse in the centre. over the front OF
themain platform were three arches of ey-
ergreen, trimmed with small flags.
with a portrait of President John
son In the centre, decorated with
red white and blue ribbons. The ros-.
trum for the speaker projected in front of
the main stand, and was ornamented with
four beautiful bouquets in vases, and at
the outer, right hand corner was a battle
flag. The front of the stand was trimmed
with evergreen, and the whole made really