New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-09-12

INDIANAPOLIS, September lot has been rain
ing heavily all day, and there has consequently
been certain amount of dullness prevailing.
Still the demonstrations on the departure of the
President and his party were not wanting in enthu-
siasm. They left at o'clock this morning, and
were escorted to the depot by battalion of regu-
lars, surrounded by a number of citizens.
The trip was very pleasing At Terre Haute
platform had been erected, decorated with flags,
devices, ETC., around which thousands of people
had gathered in spite of the weather, and provided
abundantly with umbrellas to protect themselves
against it. Owing to the heavy rain however, the
Presidential party did not alight
Nevertheless bands of music came on board
the train and accompanied the party from Terre
Haute to indianapolis, as also did deputatiou on
behalf of the authorities and citizens generally.
At Greencaste, on the line between Illinois and
Indiana, large body of the country people had
gathered on foot and on horseback, and they
manifested quite strong enthusiasm.
The presidential party reached indianapolis
about o'clock in the evening, and were received
by splendid torchlight procession already in
waiting at the station, whence the party drove to
the hotel through dense crowds, accompanied by
the torct-bearers.
The procession was mile and a half long.
On the arrival of the presidential party in front
of the Bates House, an immense concourse was
found to have already surrounded the building,
obstructing to impassibility every avenue of ap-
proach. The hotel itself and all the houses in the
vicinity were spendidly Illuminated and decorated
with as much profusion as taste.
The people called for President johnson and
Gen. Grant with enthusiasm that might almost be
characterized as frantic and that, at times, be
came perfect screams of applause.
The President and his accompanying party
shortly afterwards appeared on the balcony o
the hotel on which the mayor of the city delivered
an address, welcoming them to the hospitalites
: of the city.
Some of the State authorities had purposely alb
sented themselves from the city; but the universe
opinion was, that Notwithstanding this petty dis
: play of vulgar malignity, indianapolis had neve
before witnessed such a scene as the reception o
the President. The streets, the hotels, and al
the places from which view of the procession
could be commanded wereperfeotly jammed wit
crowds of people, all excited to the highest pitc
of enthusiasm. The persistence of the people i
continuing and repeating their applause wa
really something wonderful. The Democrat
club were out in full force and contributed in n
slight degree to the general manifestations of az
probation and delight
Mr.. Seward, in the course of speech whic
he made to the people, announced that it We
definitely settled that it would be impracticabl
for the President and his party to visit New O
: leans, as invited to do, inasmuch as they mu
4 positively be in Washington by Saturday next.
i A change in the temperature enabled She par
ar to endure the twelve hours journey much bett
than they had previously been able to do,