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VOI^I. , 'CAMDEN, S. C., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MAY 17, lg65. * . . NO 35..
J. T.UEK^MAX ...D.D.BOCOTT^
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Oharleston?Burial of Slav
ery.
^Tbe celebiation of "The ^Burial of Slaver)*,"
which lately came off in Charleston, and of
which a long and rather lumbering, account is
given in the columns of the Courier, - was an
ambitious, but, as it appears to us, abortive attempt
to unite Unsolemn and the showy, or
to invest a spccie||Tivibuctoo oraie. with the
character of civilized celebration; while it was
otherwise a blunder that certaiuly partook
somewhat of the ridiculous?to convrrt what
% was intended as triumph into n funeral ceremo*
ny! The transparency, however, exhibited on
Ibe occasion," in which Cnffy and Dinah,
drawn to the life, and in appropriate attitudes
and Coytuiueio, by an* artist;--who scemcd-to
have dipped his brush in Day's choicest blacking,
was a performance not undeserving of the
applanse 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 ostentatiously
suspended over the speaking stand,
from which the apostle of negro liberty, (now
" i \ i,
the dearest cause or nuujaun-y,; xar&uu xrccmj*er,
addressed his many colored audience?Cuffy
was represented in the striking attitude of
hurling his hoe inio a bush, and looking defiantly
at his former master, from whose mouth
proceeds a label, with the following words, so
largely printed on it as to be legible to the.
whole crowd: 4,The Almighty labored six
days, says the Bible; what is the hardship of
your doiDg the same?" On another scroll or
label, the conclusive answer of Cliffy is giveiu
'I is free, and I isn't God Almighty." DinS"
was drawn in an equally significant* attitude?
namely, with her arms folded, and her mop
and broom stacked by ber side, and a lace and
top-knotted liberty-cap perched on her roked- i
-np wool, with a gay and jaunty air, which indicated,
by a sly satiric touch of the painter's
brush, that she was much n ore pleased with
it as a piece of holiday finery than as an em- *
blem of freedom, or evidence of the high and j
precious privileges which she had acquired and i
Wn ro worthilv endowed with. The follow- ]
ing account of the grand procession, abridged
from the more particular details of the Courier,
:. may prove amusing to such of your readers as
have not seen the original, of which but a few
copies have as yet reached the city.
THE PROCESSION*
The various black guilds of the city, consisting
of the tailors; bricklayers, scissors grinders,
<&cM having assembled at 10 o'clock, before
the headquarters of Gen. Foster, were soon
formed into order or organized sb a procession,
by the mounted marshals and other masters of
Ihe ceremonies?for toasters of some kind
wero found neccssan, could not wtl! be dis- ?
j-eused with on the At the appoint ?
ed hour, with drums beating, embWrn^ and
flags flying, and the .usual cortege of Uqfo,
dogs and rolling clouds of dust, tins processjbn .
mpved off, with measured tread, and
with.tolerable regularity, along Boufcddrrfor
Calhoun street, presenting- an imposing' apectacle
to "the eye of the philanthropist, 'aTt^^yidence
of the progress of the ago, and; the;-Effusion
of free principles?among whicjv>|jje
making free with the property of otiiejs, lyhenever
this may be deemed necessary
friends of mankind for the promotion of-these
principles, may be considered as 'the most Jmportant,
as it iB unquestionably the most p$bu-,
lar or greatly in vogue with these wbo Juwe
nothing to lose and everything to gain by the
doctrine and the practice und-sr it. Bnt ^to
proceed with the procession, which, though
not set olt by trie cou/cur ac rose nucs oi?a
Parisian chomp dc nta>, nr redolent of $c
odevr de rose breathings of tlie Goddess ^of
Benuty,'formed, with tho train of black cbhrniers
by which it wasp-ami, attended a trj|{y
hellee asxcmblec, that exhibited ah equal varfe *
ty of complexion aod costume?the latter consisting
of the costoff and not nlwats well (itting
garments which the ycm men. of the ffte.
had supplied themselves with from the wajdrobes
of their late masters; while the bjdws,
more simple in their tastes, figured geneni{ly
in those sweeping white dresses, fur whSlhx
though they give to every damsel thus arrayed
the appearance of a fly in milk, or jackdaw i6n
a snowy morning, arc strangely preferred: or
mnch affected by the whole race, of whatever
color or shade of color they may happen to fyc,
The procession having entered King strqet,
that dcw fashionable" pilcmieuude; whcur*t>flr *
Yankee bean and African belle may be daily
seen, in trifling or in tender tailc; or yet in
dashing hack and mule-drawn buggy, taking
more airs to themselves than they are enabled
to draw or breathe amidst the mist and clouds
oi dust in which they "liv-,ind move, and have
their being."" On arriving at the corner of
Broad and King streets, some disturbance and
confusion arose at the head oj: in the front
rank of the procession, 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 sufficiently aware of the feud existing
between the two colors, or that a pre-eminence
was claimed by those having ^liite blood in
their veins over those descended from the
sable Eve of the race, tfko seems to have been I
of a more frail and Magdclcnic character than |
her white sister, who, at'the South, at least, i
has left none to rise up and reproach her either j
with the ligitimacy or illegitimacy of their j
births. This point of etiquette, which either
of the offended gentlemen would have prompt
ly and politely yielded on the field of battle, |
was not, however, to be so easily waived ,
where, though no blood was to* be shed, its 1
Slaims and dignity were to be asserted and j
preserved or firmly upheld. The parties,;
therefore, were not so easily appeased, and a j
regular set too or butting match (a favorite i
mode of fighting with this certainly strong-1
headed, if not over strong-minded, race) would j
have ensued, had not the marshals and other .
officials interposed and temporarily compound-1
;d the quarrel, by which, however, the caval- j
;ade was left in a rather decapitated condition
? ^ it. .1. T? A-l I
or iLit; rest ui me uciv. xt uevertueicsa jcaimed
its march, and, though now rapidly
'ailing into disorder, and appearing to have
)usiness on both sides of the street, continued
,o make fpr the distant bourne of South Bay,
vherc it eventually arrived with w-urwly a
lorporal's guard or a sufficient number form j
i decent audience around Parson Bcvciivr, w!h\ ,
;eated solitarily and alone under the i;nj
ft
rency, and nervously twitchincj his finger, impatiently
awaited their arrival. BiH though
this remnant of a'once gallant bund at length
reached the ground, and listened with decent
attention to the parson as long as they cnnld
keep awake to the species of sermonic oration
which he had prepared for their satisfaction,
few were exactly in a condition or qualified to
comprehend or appreciate the merits of this de
omnibus rebus diatribe?having qualified a little
too often on the way to take anything more
of an intoxicating kind than what they had
already brought with them in their heads, between
which and their feet thfre was not that
understanding or concert of action tliat bad so
happily existed in the earlier part of the day,
when the latter submitted to the directions of
tbe former with snch mechanical and professional
precision. Thus ended the first lessou?
the whole affair terminating in a failure and
Babel like coufusion, presenting a saturnalia or
drunken fraternization between Yankees and
negroes, never before'eshibited to the world,,
and forming a reproach to a civilized community
and a disgrace to the country.
\Ve have prepared, Mr. Editor, h brief or
compendious report of Parson Brownlow's oration,
delivered ou the above occasion, which
we may, perhaps, prepare for another number
of the Phcenix
CAMWEK, WEDNESDAY, MAY 17.
Tlie city of Detroit bad a funeral procession, on
Tuesday the 9th inst.., over four miles in length, in
honor of their late President, Lixcoix
We have been favored through, the kind attention
of Mr. W. Molleh, with copieto of the Charle-ton
Courier and New York Herald, both of a lato date.
Secretary Seward.?The New York Herald says:
Secretary Seward is suffering somo inconvenience
from his fractured jaw, b?t that in other respects he
was almost restored to his normal health. Frederick
Sewaiid continues to improve.
CualOOS.?The Charleston Courier of Friday last
says; It is a singular coincidence that. Booth was
shotalmo3t in the samo place in which he sl.ot Presi
dent Lincoln, ana trat ne aieq at twenty-two miButes
post seven o'clock, the same hour and minute at
which President Lincoln died
In anoiher paragraph it is stated that BgotoJHh
not delivered himself up, as reported; but is in
York, and if wanted will promptly respond to the^Bp
of the government.
It is known that the body ot the murderer has been
disposed of in such a manner that none, save those
immediately concerned in the burial, know.where the
remains are deposited. Whether sunk in mid-ocean,
buried on some lonely shore below tide mark, or
burned, and the ashes scattered to tho winds, the public
know not. The Washington Republican says that
Booth had a commission of Licuteuant Colonel under
the rebel government. The above is not only curious,
but contradictory.
The ioiiowing pauiaoie ea itoriai paragraph we take
from the Charleston Courier of Friday last. If this
be a clever specimen of the taunting jeers we are in
future to bo subjected to?and that too by a portion
of the press of our own St^te?surely forbearance
must in time cease to bo a virtue:
The c. s. a.?The two officers who registered their
names at the hotel a day or two since, and, at the
same time took special pains to inform the public they
were aimihcd to the C. is. a., are perhaps ignorant
of the fact that the Confederate States Army isdelunct
by virtue ol'its being thoroughly beaten, whipped and
kickeu out of existence by the Union forces. a man
who wid ivg!s>-or himself as an officer rw : he rebel ar! ?,
at lie.' j. vs.ntfiin-2 shows, not on y a bad taste,
but ft h.L /. e.u.'ii. We cannct conceive how a man
possessed "villi a reasonable amount of sensibility can
take pride in announcing to the public thnt he ever ?
was numbered among a gang of rebels who made an
unsuccessful eil'?rt to destroy the country in which he
lived. Tho simple name of rebels as sufficient to
brand any one wjih infamy and disgrace, without the 5
party resorting to means which shall disseminate the
fact of his past career. The sooner the deluded peo. ^
pie who fought against the old flag return to a fbllallegiance
to the United states Government, the better
it will be for then i. ' .
Frovi the Istebior.?The Charleston Courier of
Friday says i People from the iuterior towns aro arriving
in the city every day. ' They represent that the '
feeling in the country is decidedly favorable towards
having the Stato represented at the Rational Corrgfess
at WasMngtonjat the next session." The _c:tizetis are
not wholly satisfied with the rebel Governor JTagraTit's
procecdure, and?re inclined to tho impression
that had he exerted himself as ho should havo done,
State matters might havo been in a much better condition
than they now are. All are anxious to havo
the communicitions opened with Charleston. Many
of the people now living in the countrr wore formerly
re.-idents of this ci;y, and, in numerous instancs their
household effects are still hero. Tlidy are desireus of
being where they can receive the protection of the
United States Government. Travellers reach here by
all sorts of means, some come in vehicles, others walk; . '
at any rate, all, it appears, arc determined to get hero {
n some way. There continues to bo a scarcity of
substantial provisions in the large towns.
,
The Sultana Disaster.
no eastern troops lost ry the explosion: ..
?alledged criminality of tiie authors ~.
tif.8?the boat crowded far betond iielfc *
C*ABAWW>~ - .? /jC ? *?
St. Louis, Monday, May].?Hon. John
Oovodc, of the war Committee, furnishes the
follow.i.ng information relative to tlic Sultana.
No troops belonging to the State East of
Ohio were lost.
All the Eastern troops will be sent to Annapolis.
Mr.,Covodo says that the 1 oatwas overloaded,
her registered capacity being for only 376
passengers, and she had nearly 2200 on ' board
There were other good boats at the time at
Vioksbarg, in which some of the paroled soldiers
could have been sent home in just as
well as not, but the authorities would not permit
them to leave.
t>I u.j ?: .UU1. ij u
iill? paiuicu jjuolfiivia ijjiiu iucau id iuluaugality
about the matter.
| About 2000 more paroled prisoners were at
mcksburg when the Sultana left. Three
thousand others were left at Andersonville, in
consequence of the rail road being destroyed
between Andersonville and Jackson. They
will bo sent to Annapo'is by way of the sea.
The agent of the Sultana writes that nearly
1700 persons were lost by the disaster.
All reports agree that not less tbac fifteen
hundred were lost.
J. Thorp, a guerrilla, was hung to-day. *
,
Jamestown.?This first settlement of Virginia?one
of the most celebrated spots in
American history?is now an abandoned plantation,
about half-way between City Point and
Fortress Monroe, on the North side of the
river, Only two or thrte old brick chimneys
and the ruins of a little old brick chnrch mark
the spot where the ancient village once stood.
The brick constituting these ruins were imported
from England at a very early day, and are
yet in a good state of preservation. Many of
them have been taken away as relics, since the
commencement of the war, and not a few of
tbum even now enter into the constitution of
lint i-omfortanlc winter quarters in the armies
of ilie Potomac and the James, and at general
headquarters at City Point.