, 1864-07-09
SECESM PICNIC AT WIND.
SO1k, G.. w.
An 01d-faAhf0ucd Southern DInner-A
Female Rebel on the IEnmpa.c-Se-
cesh Ovation.

The seceeh residents Of Windsor, iudu1g-
Ing in their blind faith concerning the United
stntes, always, behind tie age, like Paddy,
who Inquired If New YEARS day did not come
on the I'd of January, fo-got that Monday last
was the 4th OF July, and therefore resolved
to celebrate 1t on the 5th. Arrangements
were perfected for grand picnic on Tues
distance @ fFom Windsor, and invitations SEN sent
to forty or fifty fricnts. They stated that
carriages would be procured to carry the in
vlted guests to and from the grove free of
charge, and tables wou1d be set out at pre-
cisely 2 o'clock. Free adnittance to the af-
fair was the order.
Well, the secesstonists concluded their ar-
raDgements for O "good old. d.fashtoned South
ern pic-nic," and, 70 use Southern phrase.
1t was !" q right smart Affair."" Upwards OF
fifty martyrs" proceeded to the grove, car
rying with them elap-jacks, hoe.cake, and
other sfmilnr productions Of rebeldom, and
they a1id their friends might - sit down to
and, being rather wolflsh, they PLAYED sd
havoc with the 'fodder,h and when, at .
O'Clock, their invited guests arrived, nothiug
but few remnants Of the hoecake5, &C., re-
mained- The latter personages viewed the
prospects Of "good square meal" and up
peared In anything but good humor. They,
however, resolved, like alicawber, to wait
for something to turn up Finally straight
haired individual approached the group, hold
ing out his hat, requesting fifty cents Of each
to de(raJ the expenses Of the picnic. About
this time forty or fifty "inyitcd guests''
might have been seen making a Decline for
the nearest restaurant, where they could ap-
pease their keen appetites.,
Several "pleces Of silyer'' were procured
and q man dispatched to Detroit after Yau.
kee band. The lender Of the latter "could
not see IT." and the aristocratic southrons
were obliged t0 hire q band Of negroes, who,
Seated upon several barrels, 10 good old
cesh bellies and beaux danced on the green to
the music Of those sable individuals, who
were their equals in society.
Bts 1ae een spFPnhX F5igs ga styling herself M5s I
objsction to dantnr wt s%d her
nounced to the audience that she had procur-
ed the services OF Dr. Gray, "a regular gray
back, y who could deliver an oratioa The mu-
sic ceased, md the darkfes were dismissed in
"good old Southern style, to whistle for their
pay, the committee having retained the col
cured, and Mrs. Brig. Gen. Phillips produced
O rebel tag, about 10 feet in length, made with
her own hands, which she designed erect
Ing in the grove. The proprietor Of the
grounds, Mr. Turk, however, bad given par
ticnlar Instructions that no such tag should
disgrace Lis premises, and the Mayor Of Wind
sor had also given O similar order. hrs.
Brig: Gen. Phillips, c. 8. A, awasn't going
to be put of In any such way" and insisted
upon the flag being raised, and clustered
considerably, but all to NO purpose. n the
meantime, DR.. Gray, alins' Capt. Hines,
MOUNTED the stand and wrapped the traitor
emblem around his body, and "in good old
Southern STYLE" delivered the oration of the
day. It consisted, as may easily be imagined,
Of q TRADE of abuse against the Union, and
lofty praise Of the British Lion. He had not
proceeded fur upon the latter theme, rhen
some one In the audience suggested TINT If he
succeeded in eluding the hllser, which be
meritea, and got safely back to the Sonth,
he would be as loud In reri1ing the
shaggy animal as he was then In praising 1t.
At this the "doctor'' waxed Wroth, called
the intruder "d-d abolitionist," and stin
q good old Southern st5le'' proposed to
lick any d-d abolitionist on the ground"
He forgot the balance Of bis speech, and tho
meeting adjourned. Nearly all tile rebels
present wore traitor emblems on their per-
sons, especially the family of Mrs. Brig:
Gen. Phillips, G. s. A., who had small rebIl
flags Displayed from their bonnets and hats.
The fact that she couldn't raise that flag,
worked so heavily on her mind that she re-
solved to quit Windsor, and never more
visit her former associates, d threat, By the
aid Of the next morning train, she carried
into execution, leaving the gray doctor to
mourn her departure. Several ladies from
Detroit were present at this picnic, and
were the "obseryed Of all observers"