The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-09-15


Congress worked last winter, and we
thought it Inappropriate to the occasion.
* We sought in vain through the whole
crowd to find an original Republican who
was present for the purpose of doing honor
10 the President, or who osnbscribes to his /
policy. We found one who had acted with
the Republicans, under protest, for a year.
or two, but the chief nnen of the crowd
were those who had duringthe wholewarp
been the most hostile to the Government.
On the outskirtsfof the, crowd I'VE found a.
few good men and true, who hastened to
inform usthat theywere there only tosee
Grant and Farraguts " We were kindly fn-
Yited by General Love- who had come tos
Terre Haute, to meet the presidential party,
to take a seat in the excursion train. but
we preferred to go imam honest crowd son
the regular train w hieh left just as the,ex-
cprsion, train arrived. o lGAsso the cannon
belched forth the announcement that the
President had arrived, the loyerhanging
clouds broke. and poured down a sperfect
sfieod, w hich we are told quite spoiled a. fine
story about one Perieles, which our learned
friend. Dr. Ezra Read, had prepared toread
TO the President, and compelled the Doctor
to take trip to Indianapolis to lfinisha the
SJOTN anu 10 Ttttdd S0hdpbeI Oll OlpiOhAoOJs
and Military, and Naval affairs to Grant
and ,Farragut. The rain caused anspeedy'
dispersion OF, thecrowd,. and preventedth the
President from leaving the Constitution
aud the flag with the people, Considerable
crowds were gathered at Reelsvifles Green
l,castle and other points along theroad,;to
welcome the President and see him swing
on the circle.Bs,s anft99Al
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selves, under the. care of our old Radical
| friend, Col. Jim Burgess of the Sherman
House, BY whom, with his chief clerk ! Mr..
| f0hr, we. were, handsomely entertained.
| We recommend the Sherman as nexeel-
/ lent place, gtoIsfeeds and sleep. We had
scarcely entered the, portals of thisiexeel-
| lent hotel before we were met by Major
oMurphys who swasa brim fun, ofiAndy
lgJohnson and mean whisky, and who alb
rupt4y demanded if we were for johnson.
| we replied thatiyye were not, except when
very drunk.l1 The gallant aNIajgr damned
us with mach y5hemenQes and passing
| outside, drew from his pocket a. reYolNer,
which, he fionrishad in the air. and called
for three cheers for President JohnsonaNo
one in the vicinity responded, and the
/ brave Major became still more profuse in
/ sAE
/. Ineempany withthe editor of the Madi-
! son lvess, and Others. we proceeded, to the
Bates House corner, where we found a
/ large crowd already assembled, awaiting
the arrival of the President and his party,
4 who were being escorted from the railroad
to the Bates House by a grand itorch-light
| procession, under the command of Chief
Marshal O'Lary.15f ts.if tt bs5neaFfag9
1 " fri n n. n
way to the pavement, in close proximity
to the balcony, where the distinguished
strangers were to be presented, and, on
arrival the Mosaaccortege, found ourself
in the midst of a crowd, which seemed to
have no limits. All eyes were turned to
the windows that opened onto the balcony
and thoseiimmediately adjoining, and the
first. conspicuous object was the gallant
Major Murphy. who seated himself in a
window next to thefOne opening ON the
balcony. He arose, and, with his back to
/ the window, drew from his pocket a revolt
liver, which he displayed before the eyes of
the assembled thousands below, as much
as to say You see, am prepared for any
emergency Pix it. ,.tiTD II t. .1UoH ~ g.
a .The Hon. David Gooding made his APP
| pearance on, the balcony ) and, took sur
1
! louds calls for Gen. Grant. and, San Eocca-
ssionali call foro Johnson. 1T being rather
dark on the balcony, a servant wassent
tsouti with two Ii GIFTED candles, which he
placed on the floor, and presently he again
I appeared with two Inpres which he placed
on the floor satl the other side,aand then
turned to see how the FIRST two were 'iiIu:
| initiating the scene. They bad gone out.
ok
Pextfhguished by the wind and rain. BIZ
|, nese lamps were,resorted to, and two, Ilen
sent out to hold them . There was bonly
room for abodtt I. four men on the balcony.
The crowd below by this time we're crying
bIustfly for Grant, with now and then
Ia voice for Johnson sniBgoI 2of2litit5 - y,
BE- A gentleman, appeared on the balcony
and called for order and silence, but he
might as wen have attempted to stop the
drilling rain. or to lay the driving wind.
"Grant, Grant, Grant, !" rose from ten
Thousand thfoats, and fheemoresheC beck
oned for silence the louder the tumult
CREW. Gooding,a Meredith, and Others,
libobbed out and in their heads like terra
( pins, aad. were Received with loud cries OF
45.fGrant, Grant, GrantsFs Major Murphy,
from his seat IN the adjoining window,
Shouted and cursed, and denounced the
crowd below as Ignorant Hoosiers. He
called for the torchIbearers to clear the
sidewalk, TWO double, files of torch-bear-
, iers, pressed their way across the pavement,
and attempted TO execute the order. The
crowd called out, "stand your ground,
boys We have been under fire before, y
&c. liaf{ fn5 81 soi,sel 2t4 = ndas 5flf 20.
During a brief lull in the tumult, Good
Ling appeared on thebalcony audiannounc-
ed that the distinguished strangers would
be presented in turn. ie -. 80 i9fiT 7aF
III RIesident johnson was led out and was
received with a few faint cheers, and an
overwhelming volley Of groans and Kisses.
He bowed aad swung his handkerchief
and beckoned for silence, but In vain. The
crowd again took. up the cry for Grant,