, 1869-06-06

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Tie Memphis fost has written the history Of Ii,
E1n1ntz, eootnetn eonR. "Dixte-". Briefly. Dan
ksc kme is hnns msnoeI Z, Of negro Minstrel band,
pressed with the singing OF toma coinrrd iasorr9.
engaged 10 IoalinH steamboat WIN cotton. lie
stnaitd ne ait, and With litse change 10 the
IL tae spring q -" - quote he , vords or
ne h.'t, Ars John WOOD came 70 New orieaas
70 Gnpay phy n eng.gepeni at the Varieties Theatre
!eeqoe OF Pocahon'aA Al tho ntbt fehearsM OF
ane p1eos everJ Thing went well TIL near the Gloss
o. .II ne second Act Tom AcDonouKh, the promp-
tro lsales, led BY sasan Denim. Everyfhins nj,
meothly, Int The music for the march ooud nof Be
chs,p cnea sp99 .n g. GaFo r.su va, leader oi tae
ether *as TOO tame, another not enough
n1 isns a 90 us1 SD ,ns ~ sn,, q
SUD Tom. md Dlxie' WA p1AJed, and lhe mAfch
sessl seas .qaHh Al as ns y a The eha
Pocahontes had 4run,' and from that time ont
ne etfeeta md pa1ioE rang with Dixie The Tsr
sEo1e m @ out that sp!ng sndt military bands took
Narse!llasc hymn wns 10 the French And thaiS
sow bow pixie became The popular war song os he
This story may be tue in the nain. bni, II ue
mistake 4 M not The Pasiors Of the south rang with
Dia;em before The spring OF 1851 In the SUM
culrstng health On the 6rosd praisea Of fiji fiji.
nos NJ Lincoln was then an nspraut for Pres.
iaeuS!a! 1onols and a. his election was opposcd
Y stephen =. Douglas. the Senator from tue
suefef state. and Mr. L g lifetime rival, it nav
easily be imagined that excitement nd
high, AID that maas meetings Of either
Party were monster auairn The wEiter
attended Republican demonstration al
aia1.oonr where d!tr thousand throats shouted the
nAmcs of Lincoln and Han,lln- Owen Lorciog.
tne great abolaon!sf, was one Of the Epeatcra
ana, by th: way, excepting Hon. Tom Corw,n, the
Most cnective stump orator Of the campaign
men night came on, the crowd did not leare for
tncir homes; but the Wide Awn1ea trimmed theIr
lamps, and marched IN long blazing lines eui
With bands of music and Wild huzzaS, through the
Elsh si1ty singers mosed with the procession-
During the march tho wagon ha1led In
sung. and iSen, ''4 IL Obedience s'1s 3 1oaa "a
cals, Nj. Lovejoy stepped forward on the bal
freechcs In closing he eulostzed the song Of
"Di1ie," sald the air Was the sweetest and nj the
ehtDe time the most stirring that he had erer
near1L 1t lA Southern song, he remarked, but
one possessing charms broad enough for the
who.s coantsJ, and be nsled That It be sung py
deafsn4ns shout, Of applause greeted the
sreake. on making this request, and the
band At once commenced playing the air.
The sixty singers followed the notes with the
words Of the Bong, and at tcast ten thousand
ing Lights gave a magic color, and wild, etrapsc
beauty TO The sccnc- In such an hour did tie
Writer OF this article n'Bt dIaf In the
1eaAao Oh Dlxtc." At th@ time the NouR MuSt
haze been ve1J popular In the North, OF % many
mentA notice, On the broad. rolling prairtes Of
llnnolA And, being popular In the North IN the
summer OF lb60, It strikes that the streets and
paFor1 Of the South must have echoed Min
Dixie" before the spring Of 1851.