The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1867-09-10
colosiu CAMP MEETING At aocgawsy.

The clam Is festive animal He may be cold aud re-
firing IN hrs outer nature and may Dc said 20 DO
s'crbbed cablned and confined" regards his ideas
and his habits but even still the clam must 10 looked
upon festive aui nal; for, grautng that he be not
jocusr within himself. he IL the source of enjoy mont
and satisfaction TO satisfaction which hut
u.o-v VINO partaken Of "clambake" fully
spprecia and understand.
IA thousand fathoms deep beneath the tide''-when
he Is not the suracslcs the clam. Hit
shell convoiae. his form eccentric and SPIRAL and his
general aspect. whom exposed to public gaze, wormy
but baked surface Of glowing emoers and eaten
with brown bread and cabbage salad he Is choice. So
much for tho animal and bis history.
If clambakes to be esteemed. however what must
he sad OF whom they hand In hand with exercises
of q devotional tendency, and are washed down and
eested by the aid Of spiritual songsland bymns9for
our coored brethren to think the two united In
lone harmonious WHOLE" at least extremely opropos
A camp meeting 10 now being held near Rockaway II
sCcorduS to the existing and its members
composed OF sundry kcompexioned elem ents OF
the population sunday was the great Gay Of the meet.
then visited the festive spot and assembled within tho
boundaries Of the camp From near and far the cohorts
of dark saints bore down. like Sennacherb's army, on
the woods near Rockaway. and the grove OF Hewlett
and tho fields grew popuous with the tribes OF men, and
the branches waved 70 and fro with the breath OF the
There are many ways Of getting to Rocksway, and
that by way Of Jamaica via East New YORK The read
10 varied certainly, but the turnngs arc so many and
ssmpts TO vis,, the camp meeting in this way viii
End himself wondering why 1t Is called ''near' Rocka
way, and exclsimng at last in utter despair IN the
language Of the song,
Thou art and yet 20 far
pleasant drive of nine miles, after the visitor
has got to Jamsica-supposing that he has escaped
shape Of puzzling routes hord moustros
sites, Jaunty, jumping locomotive aud passenger
him-wil bring him camp OF colored citizsnG
This Is located afar from tho lin OF cities and busy
hsunts Of man ana she SPOT has been wen selected 10
cpes from the fervent heat Of the during the
and also act umbrellas in wardng OF the rain should
On sunday the place full but yesterday, alas, It
was empty. Tho tents we're there. the booths were
there the benches as cmbed usual in festive crcios
and tho ofcatins divues conspicuous by their
presence but the multitude of paakors IN the ceieora
ton were gono a. least Tor the cay m'noute wss
| at nightfall. tent full Of sable choristers
Attempted .1 e wake up ssrsn but 'H sy
would be woke up and the on COOKERS did not appear
| to sympa,bize in the movement The keepers Of the
amid the scenes OF their triumphs,
and STOOL Marius STOOD amid the ruins OF Carthage
a,ser msmoriss Of the aie festv,tss The camp meet
ing at Rockawsy however can claim the credit OF hav
ing been one Of the gas.sss and most orderly ?, ~ ,ns
leland great reason for this, perhaps MAS that the
Excise law rigdly enforced and no spirits or lager
beer retacd TO hundreds who came, psrhsps with
Inc hope indulying mild potaons No arrests or
rows arose consequently and the pous members OF the
coiorod population conferred themselves with growing
| festive over the cIhilarating sarssparla, and
| when they passed the Glowing bowi' IL only
contained soda water, . mild and inocuous beverage:
Cambakes we're, however the order Of the day we'll
as oysters In every variety. and 70 the wants Of the
nner and spiritual man were alike satisfied. Clans
abound Rockaway, and 10 do sable citizens a the
present juncture The meeting will continue some little
time longer II appears 70 progress VEL although no
statistics given OF the number Of conversions made.
May cambakes continue TO grow In favor and a. for
camp meeting and s upholders. may II and they
noursh until the breaking up day arrives The shadow
Julius great "may never DO less" 10 the Ian
guago OF our Arabic frienda