The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-06
Our Southern Correspondence.
METHODIST ESCAMPMESr. !
Near SUSDERvILLE, :. g., April =, 1851.
S9pth Carolina 1idhcdist Camp Mamg--D cscrip-
ton If The Scene-Rdigi2a, Potlics, aud CAffoa.
Then let our songs abound,
Aud exqry toar La tltv

toa If The Scene-Rdigi2a, Poliics, aud CAffoa.
Then let our songs abound
And every tear be dry
We marching through Imnanuel's ground,
To firer worlds on high
A Methodist camp-mccting in April would be
new thing under tia sun" north Of Mason and
Dixon. Here it Is the practice, however, enforced
ty the climate, 70 hold these gious celebrations
taus early in the season. Here, in the hot pine
woods i regular old ia ,hioncd Methodist canton
meut, now in full blast
II is the sabbath. The day has been bright,
warm and beautiful. Five thousand yisters came up
from Charleston last evening andto-day, by the rail-
road, eghee miles, for hafa dollar each way,
per head One train brought up two thousand passea-
gers less and the gathering aud about the
encampmeut at noon, numbered from eight 10 ten
thousand-at least four 10 one being OF the colored
population. Never have we seen such a cougrcsa
ton Of negroes. And the day is day ofjubiloe to
them. What care they for State rights, secession,
abolition. fail in the price Of cotton, the price
Of stocks They have fall days holiday Thousands
Of them Assem- hled together IL is the good time
come to them and they have made the most 81 il.
They have swarmed about the tents Of their colorsd
brethren-they have basked in the warm sunshine,
or lay stretched out in the shade. They comfort
ably clothed, except two, who, getting into
tght tore the nsey aud cotton OF each others backs
All the matronly colcrcd females have ther heads
deckcd on with tprbans, and the more dashing the
colors the more u be cnyied the lucky wearer. The
younger Of the sex are either bare-headed or in
L0nncts-a turban, among the calored sisters, being
considered - ouly properly belonging 70 the mat
rOHs, oldisa damSc,s; the bare or bOunctci
he sgnifyiug those who are IN the matrimonial
market. And never before have seen such black
negroes a. We have secu to-day, nor such various
shades ot shter coors, from the jet blScsthe real
Shiuy-fsced "Guinea niger to the straight
haired guartcroon, rassaD!e almost anywhere for
Mhts-neyer greater variety a colors, even at
Washington,
III, eucampmcnt I. in the pinc wools-thcy be.
Ing lee liable 70 the effect. Of the malaria which
rises from all this coast country, during the warm
weather, than the live oak openings nearer the
gvnmpy inlets 81 III. sea. And these meetings are
held ia ATril. because, after this Month. the night
air al over this scabcGid section + faay pesti!en-
ta and csTecislly T. the whites. Even A. this time,
the planters q the neichbornood como int. the city
At sunset = escslc ne malaria 81 The night air in
the courtr, completely rcyeuug the System 81
securing health which prevails ia more northcry
cities. tut while even tie acclmsitd white popu.
lstiOn are compelled a. THE .rccaution. the black
i II notorious, comp ratiyely exempt from the
malignant teycTs incident - swampy s-a coast
country il hot climate, IL south Carolina j. wei
~ On tie coast IL Africa.
This c5fup meeting has the Appearance &c PER.
rasnsnt village. from the fact that The camp. are
built II wood, iaary Il them being a. comfortable
o. thc houses ia which half the lopBia ion II the
Ear West ire "riscd" The camps are ranged IN
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