The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-01-03


phcus-we courted the drowsy god till long after the
morning cock had forgotten his matutinal then
arose donned our Sunday.go.tomecting suit-partook
of comfortable breakfast aud esarely sauntcrng down
Meetincsreet stopped at the Mills House to chat with
friend and enjoy fragrant cigar, and leaning aziy
against the WALL interchanged New Years greetings
with the passersby, meantime watching the clouds Of
gracefully curling smoke as they arose in fantastic
wreaths. But 10 on casting glance down the street.
we deserted in the distance what seemed to be man.
moth cloud approaching slowly, and heraded, not by
flashes of forked and eryongued lightning, by the
rumbling of the distant thunder. butby strains Of mar
tial music Nearer and nearer comes the cloud; and
now as the sun peeps down from his lofty height iper
baps to see the show and making darkness visible,
begin to see that our cloud is not cloud OF al. but
GRAND PROCESSION OF THE CSBLEAcHED.
Yes here they come, with steady tramp and martial
tread Make way there get out of the way and let them
pass. "Now let the kettle to the trumpet speak-thc
trumpet to the cannonier wthout-the cannon to the
heavens-the heavens to the earth for-here the
procession.
Tell ma. generous Muse who doth inspire the
humble bard that he may recount in most becoming
nhrase the deeds Of heroes paint with ready pen
the picture of them gallant marching on to glory Tell
me who first who last in the glorious corte9e that
temple on tn Aventine Mount. comes thus disguised
into the land cs the o!d Palmetto.
THE BLACK CAVALIERS
<Sse where come those gallant fiery steeds, proudly
ranc;nr as the strains of martial music fall upon the
orr Look where sit those lordly knights whose coal
black masks ft SO closely their godke brows. See
there upon that milk-whte steed picture. BLACK On
WHITE of chivalrous knight and behold that vener
able SIRE looking though the winy snow had fallen
on his ebony-colored cheek and left two streaks still
lingering there which looked like whiskers There
Muse has left us and dropping from Homerc Clouds
nbside into commonplace for whskers will not do for
poetry. 80
AWAY WITH THE MUSE
on LET us proceed plain prose to recount what saw
Frst emusic by band: then the black knights; the
old black gentleman with the white whskers and the
young black man old white horse. Next the flag.
with some evergreen the top and some ever black in
front and behind.
NEW BADGES AND BAcK-ScRATcHERS.
Then comes long of darkey civilians wearing
zach baice-but not the old copper badge, which, in
the good old tmes or perhaps they may prefer the cx
pression bad old es-old master wont to purchase
for their especial behoof at price ranging from two
dollars and half but badge of honor, small
piece of ribbon, which cost little nothing, and for
which they themselves had paid hadsomely. Adorned
with these badges. behold them marching gaily But
they stood not on the order of their gong-beng in
discriminatory mixed up without regard to size; tall
nipcers with low walked with short niggers with tall
hats-some sported umbrellas, walking canes and
one darkey carried ciousy shaped instrument, that
we could not for the life Of make out 10 what it
could be applied, when friend at hand, learned
than ourselves, suggested thai it might be back
ecratcher.
coLoRED SOCIETY AND CoLoEED SOCIETIES.
We had No idea that there many colored socie
ties among the colored society in Charleston But live
and learn. Here they in the grand procession
Banner.
MECHANICS Assoc1 ALTON.
In God we Trust.
Banner.
ST. JOHNS EVANGELICAL.
Banner.
''Moral Erie ndship Virtue Purity Club.
Banner.
Union Wide Awake.
coLonED ORPHANS.
MUSIC BIZ THE BAND.
Home Guard
FIRE COMPANIES
Ashley.-Niagara.-
PORTRAIT LINCOLN.
Fire Company No. Z.
Solitary Drum.
United Fire Company
And this the tail Of the great black comet. Up the
market to the Race Couse for the barbecue and up
went in buggy.
Oh TIE TRACK.
And what Go u!,,.ry 4. the Race Course? -Four
thousand black men ami women, 'yo thousand live mu
lattoes dead and :al dead sheep and hogs.
The old Jockey Club House. where i'll days of y"re
beauty>an f.shio Q: Carolina: wont to congrea.
now filled with ne l,cil aid negro
BLACK AID WHITE SPEECHES
In tho cinity e: ilc JuCgcs stand platform Wa.
erected on which seated several white men, sevc
raj mulattn men, several black two or three Whit
ladies, 1 ha-,iuzc iuuatto ladies', and eight ten
black ladies.
There were great ,ay pretty fair speeches made By
negro men r III :i;a; platform. were most lor-
rbly nauscatcd Gy cscs of their white brethren
These men took cxcc,ii pleasure i'll addressing an All
dience composed of ap TX rtousand negroes, and not
more than wlnte ,.hnSc on the stage excecd
One would-be ora:pr speech, in which he his'
Dragged about hei,i Ee; then tried to stir NJ
the negroes by n>ii,rs '.llarns. calculated to max,
their thoughts rcv' rt lays their slavery, ana
Judge, who, Years To give up fusitiv,
slave no natter a:'o' constitution unless the
=, could "sllow L bill oi s.l rom God Almighty"
aEc.:!:AT1 s.:H OF CAROLINA
It was announced t. the ;liicnce-rnany of whom
were eating na rs OF rrcad-tha gentleman was abuu
to be nncet who had been the carnnian W
was willing to iistcn to the '.roic- of reason' TIT
gentleman forward. rccted lines Of poetry