The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1873-03-08

dressed in preposterously gaudy coIora, the
| rank and fe unable TO keep step, the bands
unable 10 keep time. Such were the sham
Ding, struggling collections OF citizens IN
plain clothes, with hats and garments varying
in color and shape as much as did their own
ers IN sIza and hti 5ht, without the falntest
notion ofkeeping step or line, and reminding
an Englishman irresistibly OF the holiday out
| ing Of some convivial and benevolent BROTH
hood in his native land. These worthy per-
sonages would be- well known on an Easter
| Monday fete ut the Crystal Palace or In the
tea gardens of the Gobollng Duck, but look
horribly out of place in a national procession
on q national festivity. The same remark,
save as to their uniform, which was neat, ana
their marching, which was excellent, applies
to the Knights of st. Patrick and TO
certain other organizations whose names
do not remember. To the stran..
ger noticeable feature was the lack OF
cavalry, and the rough and ready appearance
OF such as were present, which would have
been admissible and In some cases admirable
10 the field. but was not TO be expected on the
parade ground. To the eye accustomed to the
spick aud span neatness-I do not alude to the
style OF the uniform, but only to the manner
| In which IL was worn and kept-of the English
and French household troops, OF the Lille
Guards and the Cent Gardes or the Prussiau
Uhlans. or, indeed, OF the light cavalry and
was something provoking in the slovenliness
of the dress, the want of polish to the ao.
coutrements and the wretchedly ill-groomed
condition of the horses which was strikiugly
disappointing. To be sure, as regards some
OF the horses, large allowance Is 10 be made,
many Of them having been procured 10 the
town-useIul animals, more dlted for d0mes-
TIC service than military display. Indeed, q
| canard Is current that one regiment, not 10 be
named, was mounted on horses belonging 10
the Knickeroocker Ice Company of this city,
aud that many OF the members lost their seats
in consequence OF the animals pulling up sud-
denly at The doors OF the houses where they
were accustomed to deliver the daily cooling
allowance.
NOT MUCH OF A-CRowD AFTER ALL.
I was little disappointed IN the size OF the
crowd. I have heard 1t since remarked by
many persops that they had never seen such
throng in their livee; but measuring IL, mol
from an Euglish, out from an American stand
point, am inclined TO say that In very lew
places did IL double the ordinary crowd to be
encoun cred on Broadway at the height OF
the business Tide. The people were, on the
| main, good humored, but, like most crowds,
1t had its ugly elements. saw several gen.
tlempp present who would have done no dis
credit to that very low type OF humanity, 1.-THE
London rough" and 1t struck me that our
colored brother had way of whooptng and
yelling and showing against peaceaole citl'
zpns-possibly In the attempt to bring up his
heels somewhere near the front part oil his
foot-which was, to say the least OF It, aggra-
yaling. Noticeable, 100, was The fact that there
was very little cheering. That idea that
Britons are the only people that can cneer mas
long since exploded. | have heard American
hurrahs quite az hearty as English, and your
"tger" is au affective equivalent for "kentlsh
6re,n But 1t is certain there was
VERY LITTLE CHEERING
to-day as the President passed by, and to
what there was be never made the least re-.
sponse. Lord Chesterfield lays down the
axiom that 1t is the duty Of gentleman to
raise his hat in reply to similar salutation,
even though 1t be p:offered by a beggar; but
President Grants stove pipe might have been
nailed 10 his head, and hls lace was as cheer
fu aud expressive as the 6gnreheed OF an old
frjpate. Old Froissart saiu that we English
were very sad In our pleasures. nat we LOOK
them ''nnouh triStrenent." il the worthy
cGronicler had lived q lew centuries later, and
been tempted TO come over here, Il have no
douot the American lecture bureau would
have offered him an eDgagement,) ne Would
probably have paid them the same compll-
ment.
TIE AMERICANS MERRY PEOPLE.
Before the occasion OF his second trip to this
country Mr.. Charles Dickens told friend who
was ABOUT to visit America that ne woula nnn
the Americans q set OF cad, silent people In
tail COATS Tue tail coat accusation now ialis
barmlessly, aud as for the sadness aud tne 81
lence. I have never In my life heard more
merrment, occasionally, indeed, Verglng on
the giggle, or more iDcess ant and tUr the most
part excellent talk than among The members,
pape jally the female members, OF society INTO
which l have mad the honor Of admission.
Bul lhe crowd to-day struck me as being dull,
and wanting In that element Of rough but nu'
morous chaff which is characteristic OF an
English mob. observe that
THE INSTITUTION OF ORGANIZED LUNcHEoNs
on such occasions i5 common to both coun-
tries: that the meal here, as at home, partakes
of plcDic character; The sWalloWers OF lce'
cream and the slippers of sherry generally
pairing off into solitude q deair, becoming 30
engaged In conversation, which Is animated,
though low toned, as 10 be impervious 10 the
eptreaties of less agreeably occupied friends
at the windows, TO come and look at some
thing passing by. observed, TOO, here, what
I have equally observed at nome, tnat Tue
effect of these professions On cerCain nem-
bers oil the party otter luncheon is 10 produce
q fxity OF eve, an indecision OF utlerance, d
wavlness of hair and tendency 10 become
either belicose or melancholy.
TIE PROCEEDINGS IN DETAIL.
It Is time, however, TO give up generaliza.
ID.
A more dlsagreeable morning it would De
difficult TO imagine. The sky was quite cloud
less aud OF a bright steely blue, and the WIND,
which during The whole night had been
craving in turret and tree"-not, by The way,
that have seen turret in Washlpgton-had
not abated its Jury, and was tearing and roar
ing through the great, wide, bare, blank
spaces which are called streets, aud which
will some day be built upon, with deVlilsn
glee. During The night the wind had acted as
a scayepger and had swept the streets unu-
sualy clean, but by eight o'clock lib seit'lm.
posed duty was still unfinished. and wallis OF
paper and scraps of straw and various other
debris and litter were being hunted by 1t Into
corners and thence swirled away lnto less I'm
porraut localities. But few people 10 Ine
street as vet, and such as there are with blue
noses and chatlering teeth, covering under
Ihe fierce assaults OF the storm and scuddlng
under the lee Of the infrequent buildings Tor
shelter, The first real signs OF lie are 6shoWn
in the mastering OF the Boston Lancers al
Nailor's stables, and the preliminary caDter OF
these gallant warriors IS carried on under the
Inspection of the boOtbIacks and newspaper
bo;s who ordinarily haunt the front entrance
of Willard's.
ARRIVAL OF THE NAVAL CADETS.
sensation is also caused by manlfesta-
ton on the part OF Adams ExPTcss Company,
whose carts are decorated with hags and
each drawn by six gayly caparlsoned horses;