Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1824-09-21

The Stream Of Uaatington.
Hail Mountains Stream that sldes along.
Slow, Pcnsive, silent dark, and deep,
Awake, and here i strangers song,
Awake-arousc thee from thy sleep;
For thou hast slept for ages past,
In secret solitary shades;
Thy day of glory's come at last
Awake and view those lovely glades,
Descending from the Mountains brow,
From everlasting hills above,
ofull oil bcauty-grace, art thou,
| That all who look on thee must love.
LoNe-ioVe they must; nay, do not frown,
But leave these solitary shades,
| Arise, and go with pleasure down,
And meet thy lovers in the gladcs.
IT'S thine, sweet stream of MARYLAND,
ojoin the East and " est in one;
Thy course sublime, ma estc, grand,
Thou art g. The Stream of Wa shnnton;''
And thou shalt to his City flow,
And thou shalt pass Mount Vernon's shades,
And thou shalt mirgle with Monroc,*
And meet Lafayette i'm the gadcs
Oh! hailowed stream--to thee It's given
Millions OF men unborn to- bless:
Thy fountain i'll the clouds of Heaven
Asource OF Joy and happiness.
Flow on, then. to eternity,
Flow from these solitary shades,
And when thy waters kiss the sea-
Do not forget these lovely glades
Camp Calhoun, from whence both of the OK.
ploring parties took their departure is NOT far.
from Deep Creek Bridge, where the rest of the
company soon arrived; we passed the stream
and proceeded on through 4 painless route to
the Narrows, where Deep Creek passes through
gap between Hoop-Polc Ridge and the Mea,
dow Mountain. some distance above the BRIDGE
In our way, IN one of the Natural Meadows. we
passed large spring, of the uncommon depth OF
at least ten feet.
The near approach Of the Mountain. at the
narrows, renders the construction of a dam.
should IT be found necessary to have a large re.
serfoir at this place, work of but little Difficult
" ana there IS stone of an excellent quality for
The purpose all round the very spot. This is
one OF those points, which, to see, is to be con
vinced, that the Canal is practicable, and that
tue sole question is, to the best manner in
winch the great work should be done and
such was the impression made upon the minds
OF those who were present at this very impor
tant place.
We left the uarrows and soon met with
.ahdrew stewart, Esq. Member of Congress
from Pennsylvania, who has taken so active .
part in regard to this Canal, Capt Mcneil, of
the u. :. Engineer Corps, whose party are now
exploring the waters around the summit level
ana VINO are to GO down Savage river TO It's
mouth, Lieutenant De Russcy, of the same
corps, and Mr.. Miller, of Uniontown. and nro.
cecdeh on through the Green Glades TO MIR.
Armstrong's, aheut ten miles from Deep CreeI,
bridge we passed the Little Yougiiorcnv
which is a fine stream, and went on about ibrcc
miles further TO the Bridge on the Big Youpb
iogeny at Whites, OH the state road. and
which IS a large and beautiful river conta;ning
itseif rs before observed, water sufficient for
a Canal.
We returned to- Mr.. .4rnstrone7s, to dinner
iresh ven'son was one of our dishes, and had
time permitted, we should also have had a mess
oi tsout, which are very plenty in Youghiogenv
and Deep Creek. After dinner, Mr.. CaIboun
and the Engineers proceeded on about II miles
10 camp McCDrnb, Capt, McNeill's head quar-
tiers, near Wetsals Spring, a water of Deem
creek, and not far from the waters of Crab
rec Kun, a branch Of Savage river and there
they remained i'm g the tented iicldp until noxt
morning a few ofus remained at MIR. .grn-
strongs all night aud early ia the Dorr,ipo
look INC state road to lngham's tavern about
e'gh' miles, and thence took to the left through
meadows and glades to Camp McConIl,, where
we found ourselves " ut home - and here ,ve ali
oreaktasted, and soon after, the word was given
to march.
10y tile time we left Camp, our conpany had
increased To thIrteen the number Of tic old r.
States and we found an excellent ptidc il,
SaInuei Magraw, an intelligent YOUNG noun
""uccT' ana uOugh there was some danpcr I'm
passing the deep rnurasses, and though our pafb
was often dark and dismal, no accident occurred
TO MARI orr felicity, which was of the purest
KIND for although The rain sometimes descen-
dcd on us IN torrents, we kept on our wav re-
CARELESS OF the Pcltings of the storm.
We first visited Camp Clay, near the White
Oak Lick, while Licutenants De Russcv and
Fc5scndcn of Captain Nc ellis brigade. are
now stationed, and here some of us took ano-
ther drink" of excellent whisl1cv, which bore
! think, the name OfStcwart and indeed if was
almost sgoOd rs the FeriuiUsh, or Peat-reek
OF the Calcdonian mountains. and in orr flow
ing cups, the friend of Freedom and of Iuferna,
improvement were not forgotten.
We then rode some distance along tIe No,tl,
Fork Of Deep Creek. ard thence nv g natl, No
path" to the forks Of North Glade RIM. ala, =
branch of Deep Creek. and from thence across
the dividing ridge to the raVine of branch nj
the ipit1le fork of Grab Tree, branch Of Sa
wage river.
We were now near most interesting spot
The spot where the East and the West the North
Monroe run, a water Of Savage river
! The waters Of Fayet;e county. PENNSYLVANIA.