Smyrna times., 1862-11-20
That Great Celebration !

IMMENsE(O ToRcHLIGRr PRocEssIoN-GREAT' Our
POURING OF THE UNTERRIFIED"--"A IIIGH SEA
AND FLowING Bowl"
For week past the public had been on the tip
toe of excitement in pleasursble anticipation of wit
Messing magnificent celebration of that "greatcst
victory ever obtained in this country" Barn-door
posters were scattered throughout the country
nouneing the great event; their papers emblazened
it in their head column, and the impression some.
how ran through the county that there was to be
oxroating, grand supper and, Of course, an unlm
tied supply of invigorating pOtatiOnS
Well, Tuesday night came, and the unwashed"
were on hand, according to the programme. AT 7
o'clock the procession formed at the Delaware House.
The horses Of the marshals onethird Of the process
sion composed of marshals and elected cand-
dates and. in fact all the others used in the process
sion proper were grOy-tho white mans Party'-a
brilliant idea, that should immortalze the genius in
whose fertile brain the stupendous thought
cclVed. After much riding too and fro, by the nu-
merous marshals, " the show" was pronounced ready
10 move before the eagor eye of the spectators On
it moved. and by the time the dlated eye had been
prepared to take in its magnificent proportions the
act cnded and the curtain fell
1heN whole procession was Just rtCo minEIss in
PGssing giUen point in a snail trot." The mdjor
part Of the procession composed of boys. froIn
eight years old up, many of whom were Union boys,
who carried lights for the sake Of "gettng into the
show" 1t was, indeed, a boys lanplight fzzle.
The Smyrha Brass Band headed the procession.
The torches did not number over sixty or seventy
ia all, and these, hear, were borrowed from Bill
Mclnllen's Rangers; there but two large
trans parencies, aud only one of them respectable
looking add TO this two ugly banners (guess that's
what they intended for) aud few small color
ed trAnsparencies, and that's the end.
The whole thing, considering the bluster and
and preparation and trumpetng of what ii was to
be, was calculated to excite only derisive laughter
1t was one of the poorest things gotten up in
our town, and have known our boys alone to ex-
Gel it on several occasions.
The inscriptions, Of course, were made up of the
"nigger," and of them had something about free
Speech free press and free religion. The latter we
could not comprehend. because we don't think many
of them can complain Of being deprived of their re-
hgiOn.
After parading through the streets to their, and
we doubt aOt everybody else's satisfaction, they
halted at the residence of Mr.. Temple. and after
short speech from him they were invited 70 parak,
of his JfOlring hospitality and sans ceremOnis-ir
rushed the "great unwashed" to "whet their whis
tle." After this the crowd adjourned to the Dcla
ware House, where they set up school, with Msssrs
Salisbury Booth, Biggs Cullen, and several othei
sssistanis to teach "ncgro equality to their African
brethren. aad other apt scholars.
While eAjoying the joke. we pity the psOr unfor
tuna.es who came suppsrless, expecting to have
grand feast at the Governors expense, but who, ae
shouting upd bAwlng until midnight, went HON,
with tho isherman's luck" an smp:y bag and
hungry gut" The OK was not roasted, nor even tn,
| fattsd calf killed.