The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-01-18
"A GRAND sLEraHdNG CARNIVAL.
A DAY OF JovfAL Fun AT THE CAPITAL
THE MASQUERADE PROCESSION Ex-
CITED GREAT MERRIMENT.
WAsHlFaToN, Jan. 6. 1877,

WAbHlHdIONf w Jan. ., lSfI.
All Washington was gloriously excited
this afternoon by carnival sleighing
procession on Pennsylvania avenue, which
transcribed In fantastic scenes e2d fun
any public frolic here since the grand
ffeshly paved with snow, and resembling,
in its width, at least, o Parisiaa boulc.
vard--was bafore three o'clock lined with
Thousands of people, on foot, under urn-
brelIns, and In carrisgee, moist and ex-
;,e:.ss. spectators ::o.ss Ss :he a; ..;;oo Neither
tho Senate nor the Supreme Court was In
session, and the dignitaries of both those
bodies came down frnE, their homes with
their wives, children and coachmen.
Half the houses In the capital were emp
tied OF their occupants, who crowded the
valka on both sides Of the avenue till
near night-f fall and stayed there despite
the hail and rain. At an early hour the
House of Representatives adjourned and
poured forth It's members and clerks to
swell the moving inass of lookers-on
Among these not the least interesting
were the colored population Of Washing
ton, the shreWdest, best natured, wittiest
and most intelligent negro multituGe in
any American city, and who hesi from
every part of the Union, North and
South. From their roliicking lips came
chiefly che ehossA e7h:c.. grse.sd The soys4
tsrerS Of The carnival. i..i,'
The latter appeared en- mnsse in sleighs.
cutters, hogsheads, boxes aud barrels on
Funnes and In procession formed spec
tacle pFodigiouEly comical." The vehicles
In which they rode would have 5ufiiced
TO excite mirth enough, representing Us
they did every .style of winter equipage
introduced in the United States since the
day 4 Washington: but the masquers,
the costumes. and their mishsps caused
the greatest glee, and for hours the ave.
niue was In an upropr. .s.r.
It seemed as though the museums Of
all nations had been ransacked for an
ciens garments to 5ncass tho volunteers
of this odd featisalI. The jungles Of AZ
rica and India; the forests of both
Americas, and the wilds of the British
pegseasiofis north oftle United States con.
sFibuted, along with the toy aud costut1-
ers, shops,, TO their, makeup. AZ they
vent by behind hoEaea, both aeet and
sS| sney Rsssspsd opassa, ssm1 of gsas
whalee. ostriches, beam and wolves, al
ternasing between ,alsightuls of vividIy
bedecked mock specimens Of emperors,
pfitieesaes' and Iueens. spgs dem,n 9x.
elninaed atlwondsring darkey, ode same
es,EoEns. E, - dsy 8. 'psPrs ip when. .dey is on de
i"Of course. Now, I neya knowed it.
paF was Jim Blossom, my brudder.in.
Law, dc riaihsfrnl man, what perfawmei
before Queen Victory. He aaid she
didn't wear no CROWN A mighty sled.
bearing 100 niasqueIatieis, AaI6 drawn by
d dozen mules. hitcheds tandenl. went by
with ssaving Of Hags and many' voices.
Another side, occupied by men with
blaekehed faces and attired Ike women,
in calico dresses, sped fast. A sleigh full
| Of men In pasteboafd masks, with long
noses and scarlet cheeks, followed by 3
cutter crammed with boys, Initiating in
dress and motions q ,eluater of orang-
ontangb, excited meFriment which was
dwolleii hinto great pealsi6 laughter as q
| iEehicle on 1unpersr representing the Lou
isianw RetaEnl1gi Board came into eiew.
The per9onnges, composing thia board
were iioGe too comp plimentary to the orig.
inalB; Indeed, their aspect was as practi-
eai aS can sbs faBcied.s Nos the grUdpoi
Molly .Maguires in cutter close after
them. nor even. the silent four metnberz
+ of the Ku KIux Khan, who tailed of thia
braneh Of the pt1cession, matched their
tcIOClOuS 5Ooks. = p ttG cneero ana CacAl-
aatiana of acknowledgements rolled
down the Avenue in u roar, IS resounding
as the rNc~ Years guns fsoin the Navy
| Yard. . ''''''l'sisl'sfil. .'s'is
70 Nothing in the pageant WAS more de;
+ hghtfur thah The good hGm6f With Whieh
ell clasaes of pe0ple beheldo oall kinds OF
satires and, huFlesgues upon the present
| political ditiicultles.s Such satires, bow,
feveso ciumsy, we're nnn,erous, bus they
provoked naught but haartyilanghteE alld
k4rmlessg yittiUistns. The very -Ca6inet
officers; RHd other affice,holdera OIL ibott
| parties who poked rout their iheats from
their carriage yindowai TO viewt the spec
sAcle. iaughed, shook and ehoked behint
:fheir hatdkerehiefs. sl,,,os l,4 y, .afatr.
IL .rIo'TTI ~ q
apiNs OF AN ,AEcIRHr iSETTLElENT
P1-,The ruins4ofi thes oidess e2ltleghent el
bt!ie pVper james River WeYe Giscovsred
EfeW days ago an the upper &c lis iEian.a
ton by aRMancliesieE IVA. \ apsiquasy
They are lppptpvqd tVbess:l fapaaiaas .
hsn sid Aio,Is ieyss osi i.iitsi which wa
erected hy Cox .Ehoma a. S;iasg, near "a
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