Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1871-04-20
RECONsTRUCTED SOUTH CAIRO
, LISA-THE MIXED BALL.


pany B, of the Second Regiment of Ma
tional Guards, at Janney's Hall. To show
the progress which has been made in
social equalization, by Radical reconstruc-
ton, we make few extracts:
Capt. Jacob Thompson, the gentleman
| ly commander of Company B, is coal
black negro of huge proportions. HIS
manly form was clad in dark blue mill
tary suit, somewhat resembling in cut the
the dress of an Alpine hunter. +
He is very popular, and many a coal
black eye frightened in intensity, and
many dusky countenance blushed as the
ponderous Captain smiled and escorted
the ladies up the steep staircase. X
Several white ladies were present, and
evinced by their actions a full determine
ton to break down the social barriers
which have so long existed between the
two races. The highest civil
functiousry present was his Honor, the
Mayor of Columbia. Next to him were
the Board of Alderman of the city, and
| Hon. Vim. j. Filter, :he City Clerk.
Mayor Smythe is white gentleman, and
| danced very frequently. The
young colored ladies esteemed it an espe-
cial honor to dance with His Honor, the
i Mayor. The Mayor seemed partial to
the waltz, and the delicacy with which he
clasped his partner in that enchanting
dance was the admiration of all present.
The Mayor is q very graceful dancer.
Having long legs, he is peculiarly fitted by
nature for votary of Terpsichore.
Senator ]. Y. P. Owens, of Laurens
county, was also present. The Senator
is not enjoying very good health, and be-
lieves that the atmosphere of Columbia
| is much more wholesome at this season of
| the year than that of Lsurens. So he is
at present sejourning here. The Senator
did not dance great deal. He is suffer
ing from consumption, and violent exer-
| ton is more than he can stand. He is
white man, but is received in colored So
| ciety upon terms of perfect equality.
The Misses Rollin were accom-
panied by the white Senator, Mcintyre,
of Colleton, who is the fdnce of Miss.
Charlotte Corday Rollin. The Senator,
who is very small man, was attired in a
full evening dress of black, and in his but .
tOn-hole bloomed rosebud which had
been plucked by Miss Lottie. The Sena-
tor was decidedly the most graceful dan
Ger on the floor, and won unbounded adj
mnation by the skill with which he
executed some of the most difficult pas
SeaGLS. The Misses Rollin, of course, at
tracted more attention than any other.
ladies in the room. Being the leaders of
the colored ton, and the molders of FASH
ion among the elite of the city, this is
not al all singular. They were dressed
most elegantly. vi
Among the white ladies present, and
one that attracted much attention for her
beauty and elegance of attire, was Mrs.
Coviesart, the wife of a Northern man, a
merchant in this city. Mrs. Coviesart
presented a lovely appearance. She was
dressed in plain white, with flowers and
no jewelry. She is also beautiful dan
Ger, and attracted much attention in the
VarsOvienne, in which she had as part
ner Alderman Ninort, who is equally
graceful in that beautiful dance. The |
Alderman is a colOred man, but is very
fine looking and elegant in his manners.
He clasped his fair partner as firmly as
an iron band claps cotton bale, and IN
dalated softly 10 the music like ground |
swell on the beach. i
Toward midnight, as l was sitting
looking at the brilliant array, an unusual
buz and sensation in the room attracted
my attention. looked in the direction
indicated by the stir, and soon found the
object of it. A newcomer had Just en-
tered the room, and all eyes were upon.
him. He was dressed in light pants, a
little too short for his legs, q steel pen
coat of blue cloth, respondent with brass
buttons, buff colored vest, and dancing
pumps. His hair was abundantly oiled, |
and was neatly combed and brushed. His |
Countensnce wore calm, placid smile. !
Uncle Joseph at once joined |
in the festivities. SEEING remarkably |
handsome young colered lsdy by the
hand, he claimed her for the next dance,
which happened to be the VarsOvienne.
Uncle Joseph is a superb dancer. He
sways and rocks in his gyrations ike a
cotton boil in an autumn wind He is
very fond of the Varsovienne, Uncle Jo-
seph is. He says its gentle undulating
motion is graceful. Uncle Joseph is
very graceful man himself, and he can
do the VarsoVienne to perfection. Uncle
Joseph does not always ike the Virgins
reel. He says it reminds him too forcibly
of his younger days, when he used to
dance around his slave auction block in
search of the likeliest and most salable
young "niggers.' (Uncle Joseph still
speaks of the negroes as 'niggers" He
says that is one of his early habits ne can
not break Uncle Joseph never likes 10
do anything thai will remind him of his
early days and the sinful pursuits he was
then engaged in.
1t seems that at about u o'clock Mai.
Samuel Dickson, of the South Carolina
National Guard, who, as l should have
mentioned before, was at the ball in his
gorgeous uniform, went into the supper
room for the purpose of getting some
thing to eat. The Major had danced |
nearly all the evening, and felt quite |
hungry. He looked over the table and |
saw nothing. The table had been strip |
ped quite bare. The Major was about |
turning away when he saw q napkin lying |
on the cloth. The Major lifted the nap
kin, and was rejoiced to find that it COW
cred a plate upon which lay pigs |
picked feet,
The Majors eye glistened as it fell |
upon the prize, and he at once apprOpri- |
ated it and retired to corner to eat it. |
The Major had taken but two or three |
bites when Senator Mcintyre entered the |
room, having upon his arm the young and |
beautiful Miss Lottie Rollins, to whom |
he is emerged to be married. They ad- |
vanced to the table. The Senator locke ID |
around somewhat puzzled. He raised |
nearly every napkin on the table, and |
seemed much chagrined. He finally re-
turned to Miss Rollins, and whispered in
low tone:
'tMy dear, l had it and saved it for
you. l had put it on q plate, and cover
ed it up with napkin. l wonder who
could have taken it2'
Just then the Senator spotted the Major
in the corner, eating a pigs picked foot.
He looked at the Major very hard. The
Major showed no concern whatever. He
quietly munched away on
THE PIGS PICKED FOOT.
The Senator approached and said:
''Major, did you get that from under