Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1870-04-13
AFRICA RAMPANT.
The Fifteenth Amendment is Celebrated by
the MOkes.
Gorgeous Professionally Pic.nic-LOud
Times.
Speschifylng at tho ereenIaw Opera House.
ETC., Etc.

Etc., Etc.
Africa was iubilant yesterday, and all
Ethiopia, male and female, old men n
young men. matrons and maidens ~
and mokes Of all degrees, ages, kind n
descriptions were on the hidady. The 18th
amendment was ratified by them in a style
of surprising g-OrgeOusness, and lOudness
beyond ability of ours to sing. IL would
REQUIRE the news of forty p0lecat-power
to give the faintest idea of the odorous
p~sgeant-in fact, We haven't the scents,
and will not, therefore, try 10 do so-that
is, in terms beftting the occasion. Suf-
/ fee TO say, il was grand-indeed, grand is
no name for it-and after saying this we
will get of from our pigasses and 90 into
details.
THE CHIEF BEAUTY
of the affair was the secrecy with which
il was gotten up, and the unexpected
splendor with which it burst on the ayes
Of the astonished, benighted and utterly
ignorant and unenthusiastic white trash
who compose the lower orders OF society
here. For days past the telegraph had
been bringing us news of how The favored
race In Gods country" had been ever
lastingly moving things in the way of
celebrations of the " Fifteenth and how
the skin OF Africa, for a long time past
tight with overlooking and no work, was
T" Dustin out in spOts,' but our bosses
were singularly reticent. True, we
noticed that the sweeping of millinery
shops, the scrapings of book-binderies,
the lesvings of tin shops, etc, had been
I searched for several days with a singular
watchfulness, out it never struck US h
the mokes were up TO until We saw
THEIR UNIFORMS
yesterday-aud then the mystery was Ak
I planned. Every refuse bit of ribbon,
every gaudy piece of paper, every piece of
gilt tinsel, every available bit OF
1 giitterinR metal had been utilized,
and the pageant which proudly wound
its way through our streets shone
in all their glitteriug glories. To describe
the costumes would require several col
umns Of our space, and the talent of q
" most e~Itr'Or'Hery JtRklHS," so we viii
not attempt it.
THE GATHERING
Of the clans was effected quietly and mys-
~teriOusIv. the TRUSTING place being the
promenade at the Charleston depot land
here let US remark they showed remarka-
bic good taste and sense, for no more 1T
ting place for The sssembiage of a large
body of persons is 10 be found in our city
limits.
THE COLUMN
was formed as follows:
Brass band of the Sons OF Ham in a
wagon.
Marshals on horseback about two
dOzenl gorgeous in the hues of the rain
bow.
Two mokes with battie-axes blue swal-
low-tail coats, brass buttons, standing
collars, stripes on their pants, EpluTibus
unum on the seats Of same).
"Pole-bearers'" Band dressed en- -Ou-
are. with red breeches, et0l.
Chaplain lin black, bearing a copy of
the Scripturesl.
Moke with flag bearing the cabalistic
letters, 1. p. B.
independent Order Of Pole earers-25O
strong lnumerically-rather stronger by
an ~OdOr0msterb bearing banners with the
legend, "Hope and Prosperity to All"
1--WE trust in God and our other Friends
etc. The dress Of this gang was black,
with red trimmings.
Next came a wagon drawn by four
horses, on which were seated thirty-siX
negro girls, from six to sixteen years old, |
dressed in white, with 'low corsage."
Savalla Ban United Sons of Ham
preceded by a banner with the le-
gend, Friendship, Love and Truth"
This crowd were dressed in dark suits, /
with very wide blue sashes, and enor-
nous red, white and blue rosettes.)
Young Mems Association dressed IN
dark clothing, with sashes, ETC., as usual.l
United Sons of Zion, No. l, (about two
hundred and nifty strong, dark clothes,
with purple sashes-a good looking set Of
darkies, though we would hate to trust an
unlocked hen-hOuse in their %neighbor-
hOod.)
Banner, with h inscription, " Know
thg-self, re daughters of Zion"
Band fife, fiddle and a~ccordeon.)
United Forever Society one hundred
strong-the toughest looking deal in the
lot. They looked like they ought to be
for life in the ~penitentiaTy.)
Young Mems Association, No. 2 about
two hundred strong-a good looking set
Of fellOws.)
Laborers' Union, "a rough lot, but hon
est looking.)
Daughters Of Zion.
why, in the name Of all that's apprO-
PIRATE, this name WIS taken by an unre-
generate, unredeemed, rampant set of he
nOkes we cannot imagine.)
st. Johns Relief Society.
DraYmen's Association.
LabOrers' Union.
Mokes generally.
Eight carriages, loaded with mokesses
md little mokes.
Three omnibuses, chuck full of mokes
If all degrees.
Wagons, carts, etc.
Citizens generally"
THE PROCESSION,
After being formed, marched down Pop
to Main streets Gan accident occurring
o the car with the young mOkesses hap
at the corner of FOurth-nObOdy
down Main TO Beale, up Beale ETC.,
'tc., out to
JAMES PARK.
Here the conventionalities of duck
,0ciety were thrown off and the sexes
,omnllngled in delightful arcadian sim
Speeches were made by Ham
carter, sam Ireland, Davis, et ID genus
,BtRe, who now bask In the sunlight
# the infamous constitution Of
Mississippi, and who but a few months
igo, having found their occupation gone
n this State, 1" left their country tor their
'Ountry's good, - and cursed Mississippi
With their loaLhesome presence. !
EATING AND DRINKING
commenced as o as the grounds
reached, and continued withoutmuch
ntermissiOn during the day. When
'ventide came on the crowd betOok itself I
o town, and reassembled al the
GREESLAw OPERA HOUSE.
where the following proceedings were
Ield:
The Amendments, TO the number of
.early two thousand, met i'm council. The
Meeting was called 10 order by Colonel
AN IN g1AAa INV - Sc
as chairman, and Colonel Beau 5
acted as secretary. a
Barbour Lewis introduced the Rev.
lr. Lynch, who, by virtue of the Alcorn v
.cket, Is at present the Secretary Of State &
{ Mississippi. Mr.. Secretary Lynch gave f
is people some good advice, recommend
lg work as a specific remedy for l~aZiness
nd crime. He INDUCED in an immense
mount of glOrihcation over the passage o
the Fifteenth Amendment. His speech 4,
'as a re-hash of political speeches gen q
rally, but IN the main was temperate in =
5 tone. 4
The principal objection to it was its =
myth, as it prevented many white citi- =
'ns from gushing 10 the man and the
Al the conclusion of the Secre-
Iry's speech, Colonel Beaumont read a let T
n from GbvernE AlcOrn, of Mississip- +"
/, in which be regretted being unable to
the celebration. Mr.. A. 5. Mitch A
lell entertained the crowd with a speech n
q the detunct slavery question, conin- q
z himself mainly To the discussion of -
Fad issues. Several other white amend =,
addressed the gradually decreasing -
ovid, until AZ last, at a late hour, an ad- :.
urnment was carried by a small house. =
meet again at about this time in the -
ar Of our Lord eighteen hundred and -
venty-one. 9,
mote it be, and we may add, the n
ord grant that precious few Of 4 h stock m
amalgamated whites and blacE may A
on hand to blOyiate on that occasion. i
BOYS AND YOUTHS STRAW HATS. h,