The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-11-04

Amy JnHSsoX's Flour -EEARaCTERIS1lt
TESNE&sEE ELECTION SCENES. II Na>h'hi'toc..
tohcr ~ Correspondence OF inc l'!'c'nii''l
ComncrciGLl-It is given ur all around Una.
the johnson demonstration last night was
the biggest thing in the way OF 1o'''sc',
meeting ever seen in the state. ne oio
rray.haircd veterans who arc always Hi.'"'S
about Clay and Polk and Che high OH 'iiiies
nf ",!o-,i4" gracefully Weld the palm ["
SATURDAY night. October ii. 1872. NOTHING
in the lonc-ago came UP TO this great demon
stration last night. -.
The procession formed on the public
SQUARE and moved through the principal
streets. 1t extended Il distance of two miles.
In il were several hundred mounted men ~
uniform, white caps and black capcs iahcieU 4.
:. Johnson yutcrs': six or seven bands %
music, wagons representing all the inHu>ti ~
Of the city, fifteen or twenty doi'h' on ,'u'.
| nrom city and country. hundreds II i'o'
thousands Of torcli-I;ghts. Il little OF every
thing on wheels, Including sleaiichSl"c1
carpentcr shops. with men at WORN hutch-
| ,r.talls with butchers cutting meat print
| ;nm-ntfces. throwing out documents as the
nro,mssion moved; looms, with viewers at
work: timers making tinWarc, 'hckshi'HS
at the forge. and, in short, llttlc OF every
| thin. that could by any possibility he got
onto wheels and pulled along. never saw
ANYTHING that came up to it. ana III lhl>
writing have not seen anybody who say
that lie or she ever saw anything t'iac came
up to it either. >,
The railroad men, who arc almost 4 UNI
for johnson. had out w. on-toad at loco
motive headlights, casting their Iurid care
in every direction. The tinncI& had coii"c-
not on wheels. about eight feet high. WIN 4
man on top piayin" fiddle, and unnn u was
raintcd "A. Us Bilo.-E)N for Coffee Cni'!'-
" ChCatEHin'S home. i MOVING PLATFORM.
drawn By four horses, carried Gancih%
party. 4 delegation from Tho: cwance MINES
carried their shovcl*. picks, and lamps. Inc
tanners tanned hides as the procession moved
along. The chair-makcrS made chars, ana
the fllrnitlTc-malcrS made furniture. y
wa"un-Ioad Of talors attracted particular al
tcn!on from the fact that j. y. hllEScil Is !;
tailor.
10 have johnson here tho Central Club
SEM special train for him 10 Union Guy,
| w. Tenn. where lie spoke yesterday. The
track was cleared for him, and h" came 100
miles in less than six hours, arriving here
about dark. He was received with tr"lncn-
dollS enthusiasm. placed in an open carriage
| drawn ny SIX White culiSci> ;, a1'i p'l at 'h'
head OF the fiery procession. There were
ut least $4,000 people upon the streets. III"
whole city was in #n uproar. tannoi,S
doomed. rocket, shot up into tie air, bands
played. ladies waved their handkcrchct>,
men chcerCd. and great ma>>cS OF people
rolled through the streets like The waves al
the sea. On the Chattanooga road alone
came nineteen special coaches, loaded to SUI
| C,r.tinn and hundred! left Tor want of trans.
portatiun. People llockcl III from the coul-
| try b. the thousands, in wagons, or foot,
and every way possible. They were not all
| johnson men. to be sure, but his friends
largely prctlominatcd.