The Evansville journal., 1866-09-12

II maps, the remark, - there 8 .AnQy,
and there's Moses, passed to his
carriage in perfect quietude, and al
most lunheeded. The Secretary Of
H State was the next man to " pass in
review" Mr.. Seward utterly failed
to excite any enthusiasm, and so with
the Secretary of.the Navy. Il
- The Eassemblage were straining every
nerve to catch a glimpse of their be-
4 loved General, and as soon as Grant
made his appearance he was greeted
1 with cheer upon cheer, which rang
4 along the line, and was caught up and
re-echoed by the crowd beyond. Ad-
miral Farragut was also greeted with
! hearty applause, showing the, deep
hold he has upon the hearts of loyal
citizens = -. ri '''.'. .. .'.-' 80 w.
The Bates House had been chosen.
as the theatre of the reception cere-
monies, and accordingly. the process.
sion was headed for that point pre-
ceded by brass band, and fanked on
each side by mounted members of the
4 Butchers Association. The column
i proceeded up Tennessee to Washing
ton Street, and from thence direct to
the Bates House. Several thousand
people linedathe sidewalk, criticising
and commenting upon the procession,
but really manifesting little interest,
and but little enthusiasm. The torch
and Chinese lantern display was the
only noticeable feature The length of
the column was perhaps four squares.
There was little order maintained.
the column containing multitude of
boys, who utterly disregarded the
commands of : keep closed up,p and
g steady, boys" esll .a.sIa1,.lss..
From Masonic Hall to the hotel
few faint hurras were given for John
son, while continued yells were heard
on every side for Grant, and for Far
! ragut. bars ,lt'g9s sftf ~ gsssst ei sfsa&
| The meeting opened with yells for
Grant, which were continued until
General Meredith appeared upon the
balcony of the Bates House, and re-
questedg silence and attention, when
/ the yell for Grant was renewed with
| energy by the crowd, completely
! drowning the voice of the speaker.
| The General continued, saying thath
hoped, for the reputation of Indiana,
the people would accord a respectful
hearing to the President of the United
States. The noise and confusion con-
tinued unabated, and the General re
tired, After the crowd had yelled for
Grant until they were tired of that
they commenced yelling, Dave Good
ing & Trot out your policy, Here's
your Bureau Moses and AaronPa
[. General johnson, = by an unsophis-
ticated gentleman from johnson
County, ] interspersed with groans and /
tigers. sgst .isa3 .f55,i,la 81
Goodfng made his appearance at one
of the side windows, when he was in
formed by the crowd that they did not
desire an exhibition of thewax figures,
and called again for Grant and Farra-
gut, when the gentleman aforesaid re-
tired in good order =, 1870 .,is5 ~
Some shoulder-strapped gentleman,
who seemed to be running the SHOW
appeared upon the balcony and cried,
8 Hush you did set of ignorant Hoos-
iiers!"' which, was responded to by re-
newed yells for Grant and lEarragut.
Col. Mcclure came out and waved
his hand to the crowd, but failed to
get hearing. tau .laAt1 ~
. Col, Blake, jr., appeared upon the
balcony, and vent. through with
series of winks and 1blinks, but could |
not get the crowd to s. take the wink. .
Cries of 'sOfice, ,i'ast Bread and but
ter etc, rent the air, and finally the
President made his. appearance, and
was greeted with cheers, groans, and
and the rattle of drums. He bowed |
to the crowd and attempted to speak.
but could not be heard for cries of
" Memphis and New Orleansl' He
bowed frequently to the. audience, |
waved his handkerchief, wiped his |
eyes, and retired amid a mingled roar
of cheers, .groans, and Kisses.
Secretary Seward next made his ap- |
pearance, bowing to the crowd, but
not attempting to speak, and was
greeted in the same manner as the I
President. aae 4l5s
General Grant came out, and was |
greeted with enthusiastic cheers.
Farragut, Secretary W elles, |
General Rousseau, and General Raw
lings were introduced, and most en-
Enthusiastically cheered. sH syrY 80 sI
Then followed the formal reception
speech of General Meredith, the
first portion of which was perfectly
inaudible. He complimented the /
President upon his administration Of
the Government, asserted that he had
faithfully discharged his duty, and
declared that the masses of the peo-'
pie indorsed his policy of recon
struction. f'- Z .-s'is pat
I The remarks of the speaker were
almost wholly inaudible, only few
sentences of WI ich could be heard by 7
those Immediately undel she balcony.
The cries for Grant and Farragut
were kept up so necessarily that moth
ing could be heard. Several gentle
men besought the crowd to hear the
President, and the latter also appeared
and stated that he would not speak
unless the crowd would be quiet