Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-23
P0LQ1r rToAl. .
The Marriage Of the Atlantic and Ibis
slssippi h-

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correspondent of the ST. Louis Repub-
ylicau furnishes the following graphic ac-
count of the wedding ceremonies at Mem
phis:
+ This ceremony being over, thecrowd with.
the delegations and fire companies, moved
to the Lcvec. there TO witness the crownibr
ceremony Of the dayAtRe nuptiais ofthe
Atlantic with th> Mississippi of The briny
wtters Of ocean with the fresh currents 81
tue stream whose flow has been us cease.
less for unnumbered ages as the sobbihgs
and sighings oftfe sea- In the procession
during the forenoon, the spectators had no.
-ticeda wagon bearing two large iiogsheads.,
Muchinqriry was excited as TO what t.ley
were; and the explanation was that they
contained salt water from the Atlantic,
brought 729 miles, across rivers and noun,
tains, andfouF great States, to be mingled
with the, waterof the Mississippi, as n sym
bol of the Upion of the seabosrd of our
country with its central valley, and Of lhat
identity of Interest aud destiny in which
the entire South is mbraced. -. 3
~ many respects ihe. scene upon the lie.
wee was the most remarkable of any at,tbe
jubilee. 1t was ,iudescribably grand in
some of its.aspects. 1t was estimated that
10000 were there. They, crowded The
height OF the bluff --thickly lined its sides,
and crowded tho level bclowr-stretchino
up. and down the river-crowding the decks
ofsteamboats by tue hundred and thousand,
people iu carriages on horseback, on drays,
and all inteut on the. ceremonial before
them-one simple and artless enough. but
beautiful in its.poetcal Significance po.
liiical and moral observation-disclosures
too, of the triumplIo of railroads over the sea
and the river. l1Ie crowd WAS as varied
as IL was large all Glasses were there, old
and young, rich and poor---the master, and
his servant, men and; wo,nen4-the' latter
lnduIging iuo the utmost latitude in the
styles of dress displayed-i-epery shade in
the floral Kingdom beiBg riyallcd by the
bright costumes that flashed sbacklhe light
from thousands Of beautiful forms dressed
in fabrics of every richness, silks, and laces
and lawn-~while interSpcfsed among them
were the honely ldsey and Manchester cal
feoes7--ibe democratic habiliments of the
.aumbse classes, eager 70, see the simple and
With much aptness aud felicity character
1beQ ln q HuptlH ceTeulOny, ana nenee, per
iapF, that universal procliyity Of the race
TO witaess avoiding, Yeceiyed IFS remark7
able, demonstration ON this occesi2p,. where
two so venerable Tor sge were to. be united
in the ceatie Of the, Mississippi Valley
Che sea had for centuness salsted the mouth
of the riyer,but never yet till now -haud en-
sbraced the broad waist Of fthestream--vney
or slept upon its, bosom. ,, ~ ,.., =, ~.t
4 After a,fey preliminaries, the hose Of the
Ph@uix Fire Company, from Charlestop,
was, carried toythe verge of the Eirer, The
engine was above, some; huudred feet, witch
a suction hose in one Of the bogsbeads OF
salt water. The delegation took their stand
at the edge oftle river, Col. Miles and May
forDouglass standing sponsors forthe bride
ahdsgroom. The latter offered few oh.
aseFgasssss@es aprepos TO the occasion May :
or Miles responded, Mr. Dougi closed by
placing a ring playfoIiy on the Anger Of
SMs. Mileswith The words, s'swhst fhiS great
people hath joi6ea together, let a,ons pat
ashndev"4 then the Pfoenix boys man.
9 ned the brakes "wit)tsa witlso the wd,erof
tt5 AAtlSatic felgNn diamond ,iropssato the
Mississippi, anSh Che Union@s aceompliShi