Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-06-13
from the Charleston Evening New.
Grand Railroad Jubilee.

nay were marked with n lite and anlE1atiOD
and conducted on scale of brilliant and
imposing display, which we have rarely seen
excelled on any previous occasion. The
whole city Was out en- masse, business was
suspended, and everything wore the appear
ance of happy. holiday occasion. Tho
streets along the line Of the procession wero
crowded at an early hour by anxious thou
sands, all eager tohare place in the pic
| ture., The occasion was one to Justify such
move--the consummatien Of the nuplials
between the South and the Wesl--tbe Al.
lamic and the Mississippi and what God
| hath joined together let no man put asunder.
The procession according 70 the publish.
ed programme, Was formed on the Citadeb
Square. az o'clock A.. b., and marched
under the escort of the Charleston Light.
Dragons, the First Regiment of Artillery.
State Citadel Cadets, German Rifles of
, Memphis, Rife Baltalion>of the l6tb Regi-
rnen', Chiefs and Assistants Of the Fire De-
parsment of Memphis, and the various Fire
Companies Of Charleston. The escort and
! procession. nnfipr the direction Of Col Lance.
the Chief Marshal, was putin motion az 10
o'clock, and with martial music and flutter.
ing banners, proceeded down Meeting street
to Broad, down Broad to the Bay, down
the Bay 10 the Battery, the head OF the col
emn hating ON South Bay Battery.
A hrge pavilion had been erected near
the corner of East add Soath Bay Batteries.
where the ceremonies Of this Interesting oc
cason were conducted As socn as tho
| immense line. which was more than milo
IN length, rad hnhed and was propprly sin.
toned, a salute WAS fired by tire Marfan Ar
tlilery, and the deep mou,hcd cannon sent
ITS booming thnn6ets across the blue bosom
OF the bay. announcing TO the world md
"the rest Of mankind" The bans of matrimo-
ny between the broad Atlantic and the dis
tant father OF waters, and The crowdinp-
| thousands sanctioned it with a shout that
rent the air and made the wclkin ring.
The two barrels of Mississippi water
brought for the occasion. and conveyed from
The depot in The procession by Adams 6e
Co.'S Express. were then tapped, and the en-
CINE OF the Invncible" Fire Companv
No. 8, of Memphis was manned, and the
waters of the South and West we're mingled
IN n bright harmonious stream, in the pres
ence OF the happy thousands, The tumultu.
GUS sen OF humanity that ebbed and flowed
| around. The Atlantic and the MisSissippi;
were then pronounced man and wife, and
all the people responded "amen 70 The
iron rail. tile fiery track Of the iron horse.
whli its brea,hof fame and lungs of steel
will henccforth and forever unite the homes
The interests and the deStinics OF Charleston,
and Memphis, the Queen eiies of the South.
and West.
This interesting ceremony haYing closed
his Honor Mayor Miles introduced Mayor
!. .Douglhs. of Memphis, who proved himself
A. H. Irr-'i rrfy rgsurrut,uny. stnr,
made speech which did honor 10, the head
| and heart OF the man, and lent additional
iustre to the grand and imposing occasion.
lie is evidently n man Of mplk, and one of
whom his Stnte may Justly be proud He
was followed BY Gen. Haskell. of Tennes-
sec. the hero orator. who made an appropri-
ate speech, which was received with repeot-
ed applause
The Hon. Jefe Clemens, of Huntsville.
Alabama, thenfpllowcd in one of the hapni.
est of. hand efforts. The speeches nj lie
Battery were then concluded BY Major Ba.
ker OF Georgia. The procession then re-.
taFned through Meeting street TO the City
Hall. where it was dismissed
The fremen hada prominent place in the
day S exercises. the whole department being
out in full force and feather Their mas,Vs
| colored uniforms, their beautiful flags. as,d
engines decorated wilh,Hpwers by the f,.s
hands OF womaii. with ai inc 1i,l7 4 n X It,z =.
Paraphernnlia Of a holiday oedfsls ls,1
largely to the numbers as wel8ss q 80
items of the gay and gallant proccsslas,. aIegA
cry courtesy and attention was paid hsash,s
department to their visiting bfethfga le6Y
Memphis, ard invitations were assiahslf,l Ia
then 10 visit the several engine ltuses,ise