, 1866-09-06

E1n1neuHe 1Iak& Meeting in Thiladea-
l,la1n 14si~t NlEl2t-Slxty Thousaud |
People III the Streets, with Torches
uud Trns.sparcncIc~-A River Of Fire /!
i1i Broad $treet-u::ntnce Display
OF Fire Works.
Especial Despatch to the Chicago Tsibu3e.l
PHILADELPHIA, Scptembest.
The universal expression, Tonight has been
that there were never so many people nj any
political gathering before. There are old poll
tjtans from all sections present, and none have
ever Witnessed crowd ceua1 to thss. The grand
a1nlies Of thc Itepub1ic scarcely cvcF were so
massed as to place 90 many men upon the
sass'c nsca OF ground. At shcrman'a
great review, In Washington, thcsc wore
more men, but they were spread orcr much
lavgrr asea- There were SIX stands. and five
so1h1 blocks Of people in Broad street, which fs
cue hundred and twenty feet wide, and WAS packed
from wall to wall. Generals accustomed to estt-
mate t1oUps, placed the number at about sixty
thousand. Besides tlcse tho strcrts leading into
t.:s crowd were l1lcd tor half a block lack on
c-ch eidc ofit- The responsibility Of Philadelphia
was nil there. Not the slightest rndeness was ap
pa1e:t, and there wns no disturbance
perfect haze Of lights, was The
centre, and three stands placed at intervals
of ncrrly 4 block On each side. These
stands were very pso1uscly decorated with nass
and flowers. and each vas provided with Its band.
Broad ttrtet was packed ta1l long before the del
cgatcs Or the various PROFESSIONS arrived. The
uho1clf''e sas kent 80 light tat 1uen could Etead
by tho constant burning Of many colored lights,
aud tic firing Of rockets and Kon1an can1les. The
united delegations met al National Hall, aoa
marching toGcshc. arrived upon the ground nj
eight o'clock, They were received by
the Prceidrnt OF The 1.ca9uc. Thca
followed eucf speeches from the various stands
the eccnc Inspired In tue hearts Of some Of tue
eonn;ly's best osatO.s. all they were here by the
scnre. This was euon interrupted by display
,l,at for hri1lfancy, order aud enthusiasm could
not possibly be excc1lci. Those standing on the
upper rorcEcs o{ tlle Lcague.lonsc, could see
showers Of colorcd lights moving toward them On
nearly all lie streets. md coon the heads OF the
,alious columns appeared, bright with torches,
Gay With banners, ao1ae singing, the bands ofoll1
cts playing The national airs. They marched
| in succession through the whole length of the
vast crowds looking like lara streams steadily
| Towing. Their tznn>r1zences werc dictionary
| or quotations fio1 AdGrcw johnson a. he was.
aud collection t!at lc would 1ln1 rnnst icrplex-
| ing. Tie toys in llnc were out by thousands,
we'l-d:iled vrtcrsus every one. MI having scr.c1
| in TIC army. The Republican 1nvincIb]es haze q
full rc=inental organization. There were dele
gates with transparencies from all the to.zns In the
vscinlty. AZ each procession reached Broad street
it 1t once blazcl and sparicl with light Beside
th4 r torches, lanterns and transaarencIes. every
man was provided with colorcd lights and
Roman candles. aud while the whntc area to1
five t1ecks was sending .nn Gro like 4 volcano
in eruption, the wh"lc tA.ong was chcertn@ all the
bands were playing, and come organizations ::
thousand etrong were singing aud making them
selves heard ahorc the tumult- At one time n
least ten thousand people Joined in singing "ally
| round tlIe flav.'f While these c0lumus flowing