Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1868-07-11
THE GREAT RALLY.

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The editorial rooms of the APPEAL
were occupied night before last until Q
very Iats hour (midnightl by a throng Of
fair visitors, who eflectuaIly precIuded
any chance Of writing up . the grand
aRd imposing demonstration of the De
moeraey. We did intend TO give oul
readers detailed account of the affair,
but it has been done so well by our
neighbcrs Of the AvaIdnchs and the
Ledger as to preclude any necessity for
the same from our hands, and we will
| eonfine ourselves to q few little incidents
that were not touched upon by our con-
freres.
Imprinlis-We are assured by those
well used to see and compute bodies OF
men, that our estimate of the number on
the streets was far below the mark
nesrer ten thousand than five; and on
making a calculation, we are inclined to
believe that the higher estimate is cor
rect. The streets and alleys concentrating
near the Offices Of the AVaLd77ehe and
APPEAL-were densely packed with hu-
man beings, from Front to Main, and
nearly from Adams TO Court. Never
before have we seen so dense crowd in
Memphis. It reminded Us very much Of
s Washington City crowd, from its surg
ing, heaving nature. The good order
which prevailed throughout the whole
affair was marvellous, not single fight
or disturbance having taken place during
the entire evening.
The WorshRm House was the only
hotel in the city that made an attempt
at illumination. 1t presented reslly
brilliant display, having been htten
up from basement to garnet. Unfortu-
nately, although the crowd expected an
address, and it was generally understood
that John Bullock, Esq, would speak
there, there was no address made st that
point.
There seems to have been e0nsidera-
BILE confusion, generally, in the matter of
providing speakers st different places.
II we are not mistaken, Messrs. Yerger
and MeRea were both billeted to speak
at the Bethel Block, but somehow they
spoke from the AUGla1che building.
The pyroteehnic display in various
parts Of the city was very fiRe, the air
being ablazs for couple of hours with
rockets, Roman candles, and various
other improvised feU de .joie. The AP-
PEAL office excelled all the balance in
the amount and quality of its pyro-
grand fusilade of rockets at
the close Of Gen. Pixies speech having
been neted as especially fine. A party
of ladies and gentlemen who were Oh
the sandbar on the opposite side of the
river, describe the scene, when the crowd
reached the APPEAL rooms, as magnifi-
cent in the extreme, the glare Of bon
fires and the meteorlike blaze Of rockets
lighting up the whole outline of the
city, causing it and the dark frown- |
ing bluffs to be reflected in the
CLASSY surface of the river with |
3 marvellous beauty and fidelity. |
The crowd, which before it reached |
the APPEAL was very noisy, while Gen. |
Pike was speaking, maintained silence /
almost perfect, broken only by the en-
.husiastic cheering which rolled forth al
most spontaneously at the eloquent and /
happy hits made by the distinguished /
orator.
By the way, the statement made by
he evening Radical sheet in regard to
he Generals speech, so far as it makes
aim say that Tennessee might or would
De carried by the Radicals in the coming
struggle, is simply lie of the first water,
md the author of the paragraph knew
le was lying when he wrote it.
Strange to say, that amid so much I
iying-ire there was not single serious
accident. one large ppouud" rocket
vas set off accidentally In Center alley,
md whizzed its way down the alley,
Icing no damage, however. The roof OF
he APPEAL editorial rooms caught fire,
md had quite hole burned in it before
t was discovered, bus a bueketful of
vster and a sponge soon put it out.
On the whole, the affair was most
magnificent success, improvised as it
vas. Had it been postponed for twenty
our hours, however, it would have been
ar more splendid-every house in Mem
,his would have been illumined and five
lines the number OF persons would have
lsen on the streets.