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-3r #H3*3, ^ v7K«excitement,*rOn the 15thIsome ten orHillsborough.assembly took»Chil lien the,took place atof thatmarch for►the morning of the l?tk, it commenced rain-r; ^ ~ yi - V: - - \ ' y • S? v4cA‘ ^ r3 - * ‘ ^ ^ ■* • cy , »T - og ~ ^ * -ving, and during a greater part of the day.rained in torrents. Notwithstanding this\fact diminished the numbers of the meetingby several thousand, there was a great concourse of people assembled. 'I'he exactnumber wc are unable even to estimate, because they did not meet together at anyone point. During the 16th (notwithstanding the heavy rain) a carriage and boifehack procession was formed, composed ofseveral hundred carriages and agrcatnuin*^ * % ' Vlt;-‘ J. ...S., t, A/ 'I* . ,-^g I . * »»* T.i 1' V. 1 . .\ • ' - X* * W ' \. * '* !' ' ’ JT ■ ii ■ ,1 Ji Vlt;her of horsemen, with between two andthree hundred banners., In the wagonswere scjen many women, who in spite of the!Idements, manifested their patriotism bytheir presence. In tteaflernooxa Oeneraljj;Hauuihon made his speech.lt;The 18th turned out a beautiful day, andia procession of footmen with banners wasformed, which showed to more advantagethan any one we havA seen. It assembledIf)in the Sugar Grove,\: S * • j ~ Ww * £*7.- 4 u’t» v *v ■ . • if At • i * .«i •- . ■,a cane was there*presented to (sondral Hauiuson by il*e sur-»vivors of those ladies with presented ColonelCrooiian with his sword. This ccrcmou)was remarkably interesting, and the replyIof General Harrison very happy.JttMMfifci-'-ifl •.. Jr 7^.—^ -• ..it: ~The day closed with a most brilliant display of Fireworks.iThe delegates to this meeting extendedover a wide region of country* 'Flu* Sciotovalley was fully represented. : Might canal(boat loads came from Portsmouth alone.I *VHocking, Jacksoniii?Athens* Highland, Fayette, and other remote counties,/were very folly represented. Several nun-.... . * Jf. .•, «»* • v •-*; •*. . « ‘fflic * *’ :rT^~ •’ x:i 'yj-i- y •• •’ *v • ■ . .Ay- -Jjr- iJV.tfcvi vdred Kentuckians were present, togetherwith some of the best of their orators, among‘ r/ . m w £» I *. ■ ' — ” . r.^’w ,« j ■■ _y.. ^ v-% - ■ C .W »i-j| j ^ whom/we noticed Governors Wwkliffb,MsTCitLn, and Moorbiiead; Gen. Ooombs,and (/ol. Chambers.The hospitality of the good town of ChilIlicothe was unbounded, and the enthusiasm]of all at the highest point. All went* oatiIIi/ i
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The Cincinnati Chronicle
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Sat, Sep 19, 1840
Page 7
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