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The receipt of the news of the admis*Cosion of California into the Union, is thusICalifith^15* ~ r ^ # *19th of October: We have never seen sontJ; *1 *■ ; * » ’■ J ^ •* • Vgeneral and joyous an excitement, or any*inthing comparable with it, as that which juhas resulted in this city from the news re-itceived here yesterday. It had been an- Mticipated,yet so many disappointments andtodelays had been our fate, that everything pfhad been perfectly quiet up to the timemwhen the first gun from the Oregon gaveotnotice of her approach. Then the excitement commenced and increased, and bft — ■ aup to this present writing has not dimiiitlahed. It at once took down every body. EThe beautiful steamer came gallantly into I _.A - i a 1 % % tharborreing the importance of the news she bio’lby continued cannonading.tlt;At once the American flag went up cfrom every possible place in the city,itOne gallant fellow worked his way up theliilippery flag stafif on the Square, and roteohe halyards, amid the cheers of theirowd. Then the stars and stripes wereloating aloft, and every hat swung around,m •• * ; j I * j 9 J •md every voice was brought into requisiaLionto welcome the first public flag ever sraised there in honor of the thirty'-firstState of the Union. “Three times three,’'vere given in token of pride and pleasure;Vis many more for Harry Clay, for havingi‘assisted in putting it there,” the sametor Mr. Benton for the same reason, st»dinany cheers for others. Then the peopleM f ** ■ jomributed between two and throe hun-1 red dollars for the benefit of the fineellow who “shinned” up the flag siiflf.*- ; * . • • A 7loon two splendid pieces of ordnance?ere on the groiind beneath the flag, aindgrand salute—of we do not know how,any guns—fired in honor of the greatestcession.The cannon were from iheDvenue cutter, and under the ^directionfCapt. Frazer, were skilfully managed.Universal joy seems to prevail among11 classes. The young republicans arelorious, and so are the old ones.
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Delphi Weekly Journal
Delphi, Indiana, US
Thu, Dec 19, 1850
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