New Hampshire Statesman And State Journal

Whig Meeting on Bemis's Heights. The 19th September, the day of the great convention on Boston Common, there was a vast meeting on Bemis Heights, Saratoga County, New-York. The Tribune correspondent says:

"I doubt not that the great New England Convention of Whigs, assembled on Boston Common yesterday, was of the most encouraging and cheering character, and doubtless the press of the city of New-York was represented there, to chronicle its proceedings. But in our own State, at the same time, on a site almost as memorable for patriotic service as Bunker Hill itself, was another convention of Whigs, quite as enthusiastic, and, I doubt not, nearly as numerous as the Boston convention. I refer to the gathering on Bemis's Heights. I was present at that meeting, and the number of persons present not only surprised but astonished me. I attended the convention in Albany, and I have no hesitation in saying that at no one time were more persons present at the Albany meeting than the number assembled yesterday on the celebrated Battle Ground. There were certainly more than 20,000 persons on Bemis's Heights. Very few of them, not certainly to exceed 500, came from Troy and Albany: the rest were from the surrounding country and neighboring villages.

The speakers' stand was on the very spot where Gen. Gates had his head-quarters; and it is impossible for an American to view the surrounding country from that point, and not feel proud of that country. The day was very fine and the enthusiasm of the vast multitude very high. A great number of young ladies from the adjacent factory villages graced the assembly with their presence, and a finer exhibition of female beauty it has never been my good fortune to behold."

Whig Meeting At Bemis' Heights. While the Whigs of New England were assembled on Thursday, in overwhelming numbers and strength, on Boston Common, there was, within our own state, a glorious gathering of the friends of Henry Clay on Bemis' Heights, numbering about twenty thousand!

The committee of arrangements had placed the speakers' stand on the site of General Gates' head quarters, thereby greatly increasing the enthusiasm with which their cause had already inspired both speakers and auditors. The day was very fine. A great number of young ladies from the adjacent factory villages graced the assembly with their presence.

On the stage were a number of revolutionary veterans—among the rest, Gen. Solomon Van Rensselaer, of Albany.

The Whigs of the surrounding country were well represented, and there were nearly five hundred from Albany. The town of Schaghticoke sent a large delegation. From Waterford nearly every Whig voter was present; and from Easton, Union Village, and other towns in Washington county, there went delegations from 800 to 1500 strong; the ladies forming a respectable portion of several of the delegations.

From Glen's Falls a large party came in a full rigged brig, mounted upon wheels and drawn by six horses; a number of sailors and two or three coons being stationed aloft. The delegates from the interior came, many of them, in enormous carriages, drawn by six horses, and containing from 30 to 40 persons each.

Nearly all the carriages were decorated with banners and flags. In two or three of the processions, several hundred vehicles were counted, forming a line several miles in length.

The meeting was addressed from three stands. From the main stand the Hon. Mr. Culver, of Washington county, delighted the vast audience by a speech which was characterised by his usual spirit-stirring eloquence.

Mr. Culver was followed by Mr. Hiram Ketchum, of New York, who addressed the convention in a forcible and impressive speech, referring to the principal points at issue in the Presidential contest, and closing with an eloquent exhortation to the Whigs of Saratoga to do their duty to themselves and to their country.

The convention was also addressed from other stands by C. E. Mather, of Troy, H. B. Northrop, of Sandy Hill, and other gentlemen. The speeches of Messrs Mather and Northrop were well adapted to produce a favorable effect upon those of the opposite party whose intentions are good, but who are too often the dupes of cunning demagogues.

The convention adjourned in great harmony about 5, P. M. and the various delegations filed off from the heights to their respective homes, gratified by the events of the day, and inspired with fresh ardor for promoting the triumph of the glorious cause.—N. Y. Com. Adv.