The weekly Anglo-African., 1860-06-30
From the Independent
PUBLIC H0N0Rs TO C0L0RED PEG.
PIE.

a dark complexion seems to be vanishing
away. The city authorities, and the cti-
zens themselves, have just been lavishing
profuse attentions upon few dozen new
corners with dusky skins. The newspa-
pers, for several days past, have been pre-
announcing their movements the largest
of the hotels has been engaged expressly
for their accommodation; the tieetest OF
North River steamboats, was chartered to
steam them up the bay to the Battery; the
flags of the shipping were hoisted in honor
of their arrival; the store-windows of the
finest marble fronts on Broadway were
crowded with badges and banners, printed
in large letters, bidding them welcome;
the military were drawn up in procession,
seven thousand strong, to add to the scene
the honors of the national stripes and
stars; the streets were crowded with half
the inhabitants of the city, to swell with
the popular voice the general chorus Of the
day; and all this hustle and excitement,
all this gathering of great multitude in
holiday attire, all this beating of drums,
and playing of flies, and waving of pocket
handkerchiefs- performed simply and sole
ly in honor Of a few carriage loads of col
ored people, newly arrived from their
warm country across the sea- their faces
tinged with very unpopular blackish-
brown!
The colored people sat in their carriages,
and politely bowed to the whites who
gathered around them on every side.
They gave evident tokens by repeated
smiles, and by graceful gestures of the
hand, that they were immensely pleased
with their honorable reception. After this,
who will ever again accuse the colored
people of ingratitude?
They appeared to be in very good con-
dition, without fault or flaw; or, as they
say in Richmond, warranted sound and
healthy right and title good" We should
think though not claiming to be the best
Judge of such articles-that Simmi Booj-
sen-no Kami, first ambassador, being now
little old and care-worn, and probably
having seen his best days, might not bring
in the market more than $500. Mooraga-
XII Awajs i-no-Kami who is slightly injured
in personal appearance by heavy lips and
protruding front teeth, might be knocked
down at the same price. Moorata Okato-
rob, who, it is said, has learned to read
English, might on that account be consid-
cred little dangerous to Our peculiar in
situations, and would hardly he desirable
article of purchase. But Tommy tho
is general favorite, would undoubtedly
command high cash price because of the
extreme liveliness of his disposition, and
his remarkable ability to amuse.
These colored people, however, notwith-
standing the general activity of the colored
peoples market, have not yet been offered
for sale at any price. In fact, they have
some very unmarketable bad habits; the
most striking of which is claim to natural
and social equality with the rest Of man.
kind Thus, although colored people,
they not only made visit to Washington,
but, to the great discredit Of our institu-
tons, actually succeeded in getting into
the best circles of society there! Although
only colored people, they nevertheless
the white man that lives in it, and the
white, pretty young woman who sits at the
head of the table. The Old Public Func-
tionory, who writes himself as the Gray
Haired, made profound bow to these col
ored people, who, in bowling in return, as
was plainly noticed, showed themselves
like that well-known colored person, Uncle
Ned
Without any hair on the top of his head
The eolored people then proceeded to
Raltiu,ora ,nd aItho,,rI tbax, bod M f,nc
papers to show, and, so far as we are in
formed, no vouchers according to law, were
permitted to pass through the city after on
ly a brief detention on the part of the au-
thorities On Saturday afternoon they ar
rived in this city, and although their COM
ing created great excitement, we have not
learned that Captain Rynders or his depu-
ty marshals made any attempt at arrest.
On the contrary, the chief magistrate, May
or Wood, who stood SO very high upon
his dignity during his recent visit to the
colored people at Charleston, kindly con-
descended to give a cordial greeting to
these colored people on their visit to him
at the City Hall. The Mayors brother,
too, sent to the colored people handsome
boquet, though this instance has not made
SO striking an impression as the other, in
asmuch as he is himself one of the colored
people of the tribe of Woods Minstrels.
Gov. Morgan, from whom we had a right
to expect great kindness to all colored peo-
Pile, did no more than we anticipated in
his polite attentions; but confess to a CRATE
full surprise at the generous invitation of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Gordon Bennett, So
Letting the pleasure of the company of the
colored people in their spacious parlors at
Washington Heights, ON Tuesday at
o'clock. 1t is, however, but just to Mr..
Bennett to say that his invitations were is
sued privately, and not through the col
umns cf the Herald so that no appre-
hension need be felt for the Union Of the
States.
1t is to be hoped that so many and SO
Aattering demonstrations of good will to-
wards the colored people may be the bar
binger of an era of better feeling. We
are glad to learn that during their stay in
this city they will be handsomely enter