The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1866-08-18

Last night, the 18th of August, will
long be remembered by the citizens of
Evansville, and especially by the
German portion of her citizens. 1t
was spontaneous outburst of CRATE
full people to do honor to a brave
hero, a true patriot, faithful friend
of liberty, and tried and gallant
soldier.
foa THE GATHERING. I'D
As the shades of evening fell, the
boom, of cannon and the whiz of the
sky rocket was the signal for the peo-
pie to turn out and do honor to one
who deserves well of his adopted
country, and right nobly they re-
sponded to the call. The city turned
out en- masse. and more splendid pa
geant has never been witnessed in
this city,, not even in the exciting
canvass Of 1864. By the time it was
sufficiently dark to make the display
imposing, the chief Marshal organized
THE GRAND ToROHLIGHT PROCESSION,
which marched down Main Street to
First, down First to the residence of
Mr.. VIM Heilman, where our distin-
guished guest entered a fine, open
carriage, attended by Mayor Baker,
Gen. Veatch, and Mr. Albert LANCE.
Mayor of Terre Haute. The process
sion then. preceded by the Crescent
City Silver Band, drawn in their fine
band wagon by four horses, and play
ing as they cnly can play, proceeded
down First Street to Fulton Avenue,
out Fulton Avenue to Fourth Street,
up Fourth to Leet, down Leet to Sec
ond, up Second to Locust, up Locust
to Third, down Third to the Court
House, where Gen. Which and his
escort salighted, while the procession
proceeded around the block, entering
the Court House from Main Street,
where they extinguished their lamps,
The procession was over three squares
in length, in double file, close order
on the file leader, but with room for
the carriages between the lines. A
large number of transparencies were
borne in the procession, with sundry
pertinent devices and notices, only a
few of which we are able to give
Among the many were the follow
ing.
Don't give up the ship"
Massachusetts, and South Carolina
arm in arm"
United we standardized We
44don' get thetofices.9 i8tGof9lleg
What sort of a Ham was it tina
gave the Philadelphia Convention the
Trichinosis !? Val-lan ding dang-tu
den-ham. - ''I
We fight for the true principles o
the Republic"
Take the Offices, we are not 70
SALE"
"Gen. Which, the Apostle of Ger
man Liberty. !" a s II i-asah
"Johnson's Convention. insists tina
traitors shall not only represent thei
treason, but their niggers. VIII a fire
people submit2"
1.-THE Soldiers, the Saviors of on
country; we can never repay them"
Z" Dix and Doolittle-Doolit and Dix.
You've got the Democracy into a hi of
fix; ill et44 30 rfgailis.yaB aag II
You went to Philadelphia to get itbutte
and bread, a so a5ar Isl 4
But when you came back the d-ned thin
, Iai was dead, "a, Is
Z EIi9a One of the most speaking transpa
rencies contained the following
Iia-las Boo "NoRFH." ~ al.' ~" e
, g The Massachusetts and Sout
, Carolina delegates enter the Conven
! ton arm in arm" Scene-represent
L ing this interesting spectacle.l q
" Motto United, we stand divided
. we don't get the Offices" r..
{ y On the reverse-An1 afssev l ~,
, 7 'i1ia SOUTH 4 81
/ f. Louisiana's greeting to Unto
: Convention" a
T. .(IlIustratienZ representing Del,
: gates dragged out of the Conventio
+ by Policemen and shot and Stable
Il by citizens.)
Il Motto" The Military must SUI