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Charleston-Burial of Slavery.. " Mdilor Columbia JPhohix--DEAR KIP: I en? doso, you a scribblement, or hasty parody, wbjfirW? amused myself with writing, instead of going to church, yesterday. 1 ought to r.polo C gis? for' sending yon such a scrawl, and sub ' mlttiog BO crude nn attempt to your critical ^. eve; out I know that your indulgence will temper your judgment; while, otherwise, I coald neither spoil the paper nor make the exertion required to correct aud copy it over. I place it at your mercy and disposal. Yours, w ith true respect and regard, NV. II. 8; The celebration of "The Burial of Shivery," which lately came off in Charleston, aud of which a long and rather lumbering account is given, in the columns of the Courier, was an atiibitious^but, as it appears to us, abortive at? tempt to unite the solemn and the showy, or to invest a ep?cics of Timbucioo or g ic with the character of civilized celebration; while it was otherwise a blunder that certainly partook somewhat of the ridiculous-to convert what woe intended as triumph into a funeral cere? mony'! The transparency, however",' exhibited on the occasion, in which Cliffy and Dinah, drawn to thc life, and iu appropriate attitudes and costumes, byan artist, who seemed to have dipped hie brush in Day's choicest blacking, was a performance not Undeserving of the ap? plause with which it was greeted, and formed a caution, as the Yankees phrase it, to the long-staring and rather mystified beholders. In this not ill-executed sketch, which was ostenta? tiously suspended over the speaking stand, from which the apostle of negro liberty, (now the dearest cause of humanity,) Parson Beecher, addressed his many colored audience-Cully was represented in the striking attitude ol hurling his hoe into a bush, und looking defi? antly at his former master, from whose mouth proceeds a, label, with tho following words, so largely printed on. it ns to ba legible to the whole crowd: "The Almighty labored six days, says the Bible; what is the hardship of your doing the samt?-' On another scroll or label, the conclusive answer of Cully is given: "I is free, aud 1 isn't God Amighty." Dinah w;is drawn in an equally significant attitude namely, with ber anns folded, and lier mop and broom stacked by her tide, and a luce and top-knotted liberty-cap perched on herriked tip woo!, with a guy and jaunty air, which in? dicated, by a sly satiric touch of the painter's brush, that site was much more pleased with it ?.a piece of holiday-finery tiian as an emblem of freedom, or evidence o! the high and pre? cious privileges which i-he had acquired and l>een oo worthily endowed with. Tho following ;>csountof the grand precession, abridged from ?ie more partit-.--?ai* de tiri ts o? ttl trCourier, may prove amusing lo such of your readers as have not seen the original, vt- w hick but a few copies i;uve aa yet reached tho city: TUE PfiOCESS?Oy. The various black guilds of the city, cons'st- ! iuj of the tailors, bricklayer.--, scissors grind - ere, ?ic, having assembled at 10 o'clock, before tiie headquarters of Gsn. Foster, were soon tunned into order or organized as ?i proces? sion, by tho mounted marshals and other mas? ters bf the ceremonies-for-masters of some kind were found necessary, or could not wei! be ? ii-*pensed willi on the occasion. At thc ap jvoiuted hour, with drums beating, emblems and | Mags flying, and the usu il cortege of beys, dogs | and roiling clouds of cunt, the pi oeession moved 1 off, with measured tread, nud at first** with j . tolerable regularity, along- Boundary or Cal- | houn utreot, preoenting un imposing spectacle I If the eye of the philanthropist, and an evi i dence of the progress of tho ancWJie difYu- | sion of lree principles-among Which the making free with the property' o? others, when- j aver this may be <:...;.:::-,:d necessary by the i friendo of mankind for the promotion of these | principles, may be considered as the most im? portant, ns it ?9 unquestionably t'ne moet popu? lar or greatly in voguo with those w'ho have nothing to lose and everything to gain by the doctrine and the practice nuder it. But to proceed witli th? jirocessioi, which, though not set off by thc coideur dc roue hues of a Parisian champ de mai, or redolent of the odeur de roue breathings of the Goddess of Beauty, formen1, with the train of black charmers by which it was graced, attended a truly belle asuembhe, that exhibited an equal variety of complexion and costume-tlie hitter consisting of the cast? off and not always welt fitting garments which the gcnnneii of the fete bad supplied themselves with from the wardrobes of their late musters; while thc ladies, more simple in their tastes, figured generally in those sweeping white dresses, for which, though they give to every damsel thus arrayed the appearance- of a fly in milk, or jackdaw on a snowy morning, are strangely preferred or mach affected by the whole race, of whatever color or shade oft color^they may happen to be. The procession having entered King street, that now fashion? able promenade, where the Yankee beau and African belle miry be daily seen, in trifling or in tender talk; or yet in dashing hack and mule-drawn buggy, taking more airs to them-, selves than they are enabled to draw or breathe amidst the mist and clouds of dust in which they "live, and move, and have their being." On arriving at the corner of Broad and King streets, some disturbance aud confusion ?rose nt the head or in the front rank of the proces? sion, through some dispute about precedency among its black and brown leaders, who had been assigned equal positions and commands by their Yankee friends, who were not suffi? ciently aware of tlie feud existing between the two colors, or that a pre-eminence was claimed by those having white blood in their vein6 0ver ! those de.-cended fro n the sable Eve of the race, who ducms to have been of n more frail and Magdelenic character than her white sister, who, at the South, at least, has left none to rise up and reproach lier either with the legitimacy or illegitimacy of their births. This point of ?tiquette, which cither of the offended gentle? men would have prompt ly and politely yielded on' the field of hattie, was mot, however, to be so easily waived wlrere, though no blood i was to be shed, ils claims and dignity were to ! be asserted and preserved or firmly upheld. [The parties, therefore, were not so easily ap ! pea-td, atid a regular svt too or hutting match i (a favorite mode of fighting with this certainly j strong-headed, if not over strong-minded, mee) would have ensued, had not the marshals and other oi?ieials interposed and temporarily com? pounded the quarrel, by which, however, the cavalcade wits left in a rather decapitated con? dition for the rest ofjtfbe day. ft nevertheless ! resumed ?ts march,.-a>:d, though now rapidly falling into disorder, and appearing to have business on both si.les of the street, continued lo make for the distant btmrne nf-South L>ay, where it eventually arrived with scarce'-y a corporal's guard, ar a sufficient iiumher to form a decent audience around Parson Beecher, dfiio, seated solitarily aud alone under the transparency, and nervously twitching his ii;igers, impatiently awaited their arrival. BUL though .thia rem? nant of a once gallant band at length reached the ground, and listened with decent attention to the parson as lo.'g as they could keep awake to the species ofaerinonic oration which he had prepared tor their satisfaction, few were exactly m a condition or qualified to comprehend or appreciate the merits of this de ommiLus rebus diatribe-having qualified a little too often on the wsy-to take anything more of ar. intoxicat? ing kind than what they hud already brought with them ia their beads, between whian anet their feet there was not that understanding or concertof action th at.-had so happily" ciisted in the earlier part of the day, when the latter submitted to tlie directions o: the former with such mechanical at*d ni-ofeiaional precision. Thus ended the first lesson-the .whfde affair terminating in a i ai Tu re -sud 3:ibel like confu? sion, p rescaling a sn tu r talia or drunken frater? nization between Yankees and negroes, never before exhibited to the world,-and forming '? n reproach to a civilized community and a dis- . grace to the eountry. . t We have prepared, Mr. Editor, a brief 03 compendious repoit of Parson Bro vrilow's ora? tion, delivered on thc above occasion, which wc may, perhaps, prepare for another number of the Phoenix. ??ocal Items. The offi?e of the Columbia Phcejiix is on Gates street, 6ccond door from Plain. Zealy <fe Scott offer gn at inducements at. their eale to day. Persons in want of house? hold articles will do well to attend the sa-le. See advertisement. We are indebted to Messrs. Morrow and Wadlow for copies of the Charleston Courier of-the 4th, and the New York Htrdli, of thc 1st-from which we shall publish copious ex? tracts in our next. THE COLUMRIA PHOENIX.-Our paper is now the only daily paper published in the whole State. There are probably not more than eight- j journals of any sort issued within the limits South Gaiolina. Our readers will have seen that.wc are gradually effecting improvements in our little sheet. They may take for granted that we will continue still to improve as fastas* opportunity will allow. But it is the day of small things, and we cannot move by will, but as the winds will. In a little while, it is our hope to enlarge our sheet, anc^-afford. more variety, and exhibit more elaboiate results. Our difficulty lies chiefly in the article,cf paper. This, in the present condition of our mills, is not to be obtained,.either in such quan? tity or such quality :;-> we desire. But, let oin* pleasant public wait upon us. We trust that, we have shown already, from our first ?letty beginning, that we havo the will, and qeed only thc means,*to expand the wings of our Phoenix, and 'to exult her flight, so that nenit shf.ll fail to be gladdened by her ascent into :?. clearer euiilfghi and over a wider provine*. W OBITUARY." Died, at Bamberg, S. C., on nih Mareh, 1805. of pneumonia, Mrs. ESTtfKR ANN ROACH, relict of the late Edward Roach, (Treuerer of the city of Charleston,) r.gcd sixty year.-;. lt.-. A--. M.\ A RECULAR commun?eatio?: of Co - -,'lrlmljrn Chapter No. 5, will beheld attae /Wiall ic t??e College [Campus, THIS AF? TERNOON, at 4 o'alock. By order: may 16 -1_J. MEN LE L. Secretary. BARTER! BARTER! ^r^nE highest pri?e will be paid in CASH or JL .fine BACON, for dry COW or CALF HIDES, at the Shades, located between the new l?tate House and tho Washington Iiotel, by may 8 fig TURNER ? McKENNA. A Young Lady, TX7 HO is capable of teaching; thc English V T Branches and Mathematics, desires a SITUATION ns TEACHER, either ia a small' school or private family. Coed reference;-1, given, if required. Add res "h. B. B," i.exing ton C. H., S. C. Anrii '/C sw-!*