The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-09-12
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wss fbrown into . stats Of excitsaneas yesterday
/ afteruooa By the sudden appearsure upon me
Streets of grotesque procession, the IKE q Wnicn
We venture TO say has never been Witnessed onore
| Al The hour Of O'Clock band Of music, INQUIRIES
an 4 furniture wagon, came down Main street. ioi-
i lowed by some so or 60 individuals on animais
| which might have been taken for horses and mules
a, first glance but which may be more properly de-
sisua,ed az galvanized frames animals OF Bong
norts possibly, after resurrection. Owing 70 the
extraordinary style In which the riders were dress
ed, there being no particular uniform, was I'm.
nossitle to Distinguish officers from men. There
vas one dressed sitter the fashion of ancient
Zee militia officer with tall bellcrowncd cap ant
yellow plume blue coat of small dimensions, blue
checked trowsers ditto, and epauettes 81 enormous
size From the magnificent waving OF this heros
sword. we took him to be lone In authority -
There was a knight in armor land such arnor y
There was also strange individual OF Fallstanian
proportions. dressed Ia gay colors, with cooked
hat that might serve for residence TOR q small
| family. Nose and Lie were there In their venf
Gle. there were Turks, Cossacks Indians, Negroes
Clowns and Ia fact representatives rom almost
every class and CLINE. One thoughtful head OF
family had his better and bigger halt with him in
wagon. Punch was on hand in all his glory. The
Angel Gabriel was present, blowing bis long trum'
net at intervals, and as If this were not enough 10
lead people to supp Sc the latter days were coming
there was re- tentative of death In the form Q
a skeleton; (if the horses taken into account
this one had plenty of company In tact, 10 par
ticularize is almost matter of impossibility. A
prominent object was the teldpiece, drawn by an
unfortunate horse whose looks betOkened deep de-
preston of spirits. This cannon was made OF TIM
we believe. Ii was placed on an entirely original
gun-carriage, and was accompanied by an efficient
corps, whose rags were proof that they had seen
service.
As the procession progressed down the street,
crowds of spectators filled the sidewalks and win.
dows and the questions, "Who are theyt" "Where
did they come from Z" we're oft-repeated. Nobody
seemed to know any thing about them. Some said
they were Shanghais; some declared it was Santa
Annals Body Guard and some ventured to hint
that they were Know Nothipgs We can only say
that the initials r. R. R. quite prominent; and
they NJ ight stand for Rich, Rare and Racy, or Rich
mond Ragged Regiment or Railways Ready Re-
lief. We don't know any thing farther. Those
who profess to be well informed say that they came
down the plank road from Clarks Spring. Pro-
ceeding down Main streetas lar 18th, they cross
ed over to Broad street, and when last them,
they were passing the Richmond and Fredericks-
burg depot 1t is fair to conclude that they disap
peared as mysteriously as they came.
Whatever or whoever they were they are emit
tied to the thanks of the community for furnishing
pleasant variation to the usual dull routine of life,
and for aiding in brushing away the accommodating
cobwebs of care.