The Portland daily press., 1868-10-03
PENxavU.VANUA.
THE PHILADELPHIA CONVENTION.

dwellings, has been faithfully carried on
in Chestnut street. There has been II
such exhibition of celors since the captur
of Richmond. Private honses along tn
route ofthe procession are generally dec
GRATED, and in many instances their dis
plays are quite grand The procession
formed on Broad street and commenced
moving at IL O'Clock The line was head
ell by General Owen with his staff mount
ed.
The war governors in barouches follow
ed, including governors Burnside and Cur
tin. The Boys in Blue of this city of near
ly every ward are being largely represent
ed. The Doth ward carries a flag with tn,
Rebel flag underneath with the motto
+'True Boys in Blue know their friends
Each carried flag. Among the delega
ton were two hundred prisoners, each car
rying small flag with the name of the
Rebel prison in which they suffered. A
wagon followed with the survivors from
rebel prisons who are unable to walk. The
tenth carried a battle-scarred flag of the
S2th Regiment. The fifteenth ward regi.
ment was headed by veteran carrying al
old knapsack that had done service with
the army. blanket on the top with the
motto ''our carpet bag" ''We are what
traitors call carpet baggers and scalawag.
ers."
The city delegates comprised the first
division and made an imposing appearance
the clubs marching in solid column ten
abreast. Next came the second division
with Coy, Geary at its head in a CARR ige.
This comprised the interior of Penn. dele
cations, which were very numerous.
The Bethlehem boys carried banner
declaring I'VE did in '65 and will in '68''
The Northampton boys carried the flag of
the 93d Pennsylvania Regiment. The
Schuylkill boys carried live coon ON a
pole which was said to be "the same old
coon." The Tanners also carried a minia-
ture tannery with two men at work in it
as it was carried along. Chester county
was also represented. The Lncerne BOYS
carried banner which declared that
s'Coffee can't win."
Dauphin and Marietta were also largely
represented, Allegheny county made a
good snow, their banner declaring ssAlle-
ghany good for ten thousand and advis-
ed the boys to close up the ranks for a fin
al charge. The Reading delegation had
a large pictured canteen showing the hor-
rors of Andersonville and the motto, 'sWe
will follow Grant to victory and peace
EastOn displays a full length figure of
Grant, with the MOTTO, 1--WE fought with
bullets; we will with ballots" Norristown
carried the old flags of the 51st and 3Sth
Pennsylvania Regiments. There were
many other delegations, but these were the
most immense.
The third division was composed of the
New York delegation under Gen. Graham,
and excited much applause along the route
owing to the music of DodwOrth's and
other bands accompanying the various
branches. The precision of march and
gallant bearing of each individual and the
various equipments attracted general no.
tice. FL
The German Legion carried the 5Sth
regimental flag and the I'd artillery flag.
The delegation from Brooklyn had brass
piece and made an imposing feature among
the representatives of the State of New
York. The next division was composed
of delegations from Delaware and Mary
land. Regimental flags from the war were
carried and excited applause. The fifth
division contained the New Jersey delega-
tons, headed BY veteran officers mounted.
One of the Camden clubs carried a banner
with this inscription: 1--WE won't forget the
prison pens of Andersonville and Libby"
and small flags with the names of t heGen-
erals under whom they had served.
Also the Grant Legions from Elizabeth with
German trains, Norwalk and clubs from Abb
scion sixth division, composed of Massachu-
sets delegation, headed by Browns Brigade
Band. These few Carpet Bagegrs" as they
called themselves,vely numerous, and compris-
ing large numbers of officers, and men veter-
ans from the war, the rear brought up with
a dozen firenen's ambulances and other vehi-
cles carrying crippled soldiers. The process
sion started at eleven o'clock and had not all
passed Third and Chestnut streets at two
Q Clock occupying an hour and half in pass
ing given point. 1t was in all respects a
grand spectacle but will be much exceeded by
the torchlight parade tonight, though it is
hard to conceive how any but veterans could
stand two such marches in one day.
EVENING PARADE.
The parade tonight far exceeds the process
sion of to-day,as all the invincibles and other
campaign clubs turned out, which they did
moi do this morning Various campaign clubs
formed in the lower section OF Broad street and
to march about nine o'clock. I'm
mense crowds of people witnessed their forma-
ton, and all along the line of the route, ex-
tending from Christian to Girard Avenues, the
sidewalk, steps and windows were occupied
with spectators.
The procession reached the corner of Third
and Chestnut streets at half past ten
o'clock, and were more than an hour and a
quarter in passing that point The city clubs
acted as an escort to the visiting Boys in Blue,
and conducted them over the route to the
meeting in front of the Union League House,
where the whole body passed in review
Among the notices exhibited on the banners
whiskey bottle empty, with the likeness of f.
p Blair on the inside and inscribed, "Here lies
the whiskey bottle empty, as we go marching
on" Another asked whether Tom. Florence,
the Democratic Congressional candidate, was
not a carpet Dagger" Anothe had pilgrim
on Plymouth Rock, as first carpet bagger.-
Another mo rebels in these ranks" One
ward club had huge rolling ball on a wagon.
The 18th Ward exhibited "This infant Ward
cries out for Grant and ColE.x." The invinci-
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The campaign club was nearly as large, while
each ward had independent clubs. During the
whole evening Chestnut street was packed
from Broad to Third street with people pass
ing from one direction to another, leaving
scarcely room for the cars to pass
Notwithstanding the crowds that lined the
streets through which the procession passed,
large mass of people assembled in front of the
Union League House, and meeting was or
gained. Col. Forney presided at the main
stand. He said this day the veterans who con-
quered the rebellion clustered by thousands in
the city of the the Declaration of Independ-
ance to conquer peace. They finished the war
with bullets; they now propose to consolidate
this peace by their ballots. They meet with
out arms, but are stronger than an army, for
though they have laid aside their thinking bay
onets, they are equipped with their ripe con-
victions. War was their school a1d rebellion
their school master, and no longer pupils
They have become leaders They have come
here for the purpose of protection to themselves
and their country. To secure this they began
by being generous to their enemies, and ended
by being just to their friends. He reviewed
the former Republican political triumphs,
spoke enthusiastically of the appearance and con-
duct of the great number of former union sol
diers and sailors who had assembled here -
He concluded as follows:
Even the rebels. unconvinced by every argu-
ment Of reason and of mercy, will not resist
the immense logic of inevitable success, and
they who fail to make good their pledge to
Grant, the conquering General, will see the
folly and danger of contendIng AGAINST Grant,
the eighteenth President of the United States
Gen. Sckles. Gen. Geary, and Others also
addressed the crowd. The speaking continued
until the arrival of the procession when 1t
passed in review, each club endeavoring to
rival the one preceding by the precision of
frightened by display of fireworks and other
demonstrations Of welcome to the Boys in
Blue After the line passed the assemblage
dispersed with cheers for Grant and victory.
ARREST OF BALTIMORE RoUoHs.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. IA sensation was
caused this morning by the arrest OF twenty
one Baltimore roughs at the depot, on charge
of coming here ior the purpose of being Illegal
ly assessed and voting They were marched un
der guard OF police through Chestnut Street at
that hour OF the day, crowded with citizens
and strangers and will be heard this afternoon
At this time, eleven A. M. the weather Il
clear and pleasant. Thousand of citizens lln'
the streets waiting for the grand parade wssicf
has OF yet moved.
ATTACK ON THE PROCESSION.
AS the procession was passing sixth and sew
enth streets this p. NJ, an assault was made
on the Baltimore delegation. A pistol was fir
ed, and in the struggle that occurred, Geo. La
ger was carried away wounded The wound
ed man is supposed to have been one of the as