Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1847-05-12

"'Twas in The charming month Of May,
When al, the nowor. are hliihn and "a.

"'Twas in The charming month of NAV
When all the flowers are blhe and sa,"
s,,,,d.v last an. s,h NJ M -. =, ..r.
Me" Il wa, indeed May morning.. Spring morning in
Virginia. in every Of the term High over head the
clear blue sky seemed a propi,iou. .mile The
light Spring breeze only equaed by our Ugh, hearts
and bright faces All eager engage in the
OF the day. pleasant little walk soon brought N. to
cspacious and pretty canal boat chartered n, ,s b,n
py-a band OF iue music seated on the FROM, In T,yv
moments we arspl aboard and we move slowly of tho
band dscourscth .Love Not' ouekstep Crowds ON the
bank look smilngy us, mh il all abroad when the
OF 'bridge bridge" brings us ali IN exelwh,, we
laugh oyousy free The brids, p,ssed W.. again oxs
onward, the sweet music suil greet,ng our esr. oar
friends gathered CANDLES hill to see US off wave their
white handke rchiels while we move on w,
pass tho Amory, Iron Works Penitentiarv c and
looking back, we see Richmond beautiful Richmond Iy
ing romancally among hills its tall spires shooting in
the heavens its Capitol firmly seated on its hill fl place
ami fitting emblem for such templ, of lihs,,v,,h hi.
away down IN the distance tho tall mast OF the shipping
arc Peehng upwards. us lovely sight; and when
ss-eo seny on H. ie possible, inclined TO love my
"au ave pace more Du, am dgressng.
the IsC, and 900 ,hs ahi - "Sm 'ne cry; LOOK TO
% acid course among the many I,,,c ,..n 80 - -,
10th 10 leave sueb plcns,n, ,.,r..s. -. 80 80 I
foam over its rocky he'd beio,, 7, aS ~, Jou .
spots in the "Lady of the Lake. and ms &c. ..,s 49,
so far that almost expected no see y. Els D,. IL
ing her little shallon ,r,p,d ,hos. go, - -
many aboard full ms lovcIv =. a. 49, 80, " au
humn,inc the pretty lines of the oo., ~ ~ '''
an.
rSs, h., V ~. ,,e,s. sngty nae,
''~N'
Nor thou-sea.drinkin, DoI.,.,.
Can with this lovely stream eomn,,,.
We are now drawn rapidy ,on, 70 ,h. .,u,a =, a., ~.
on the Ocean wave and so highly s,rnny il ON, .n b.
all around us tina, wo NAV be nsIdon.d - ..v, 81, =,
truly conceived our canal bo,, 20 sIt ,h "o
thing of hfe' and surrounded "a she was h 6 HI, -
solid granite she might safely have lau,bsd =, ,ha al,
menis
We are passing boats laden chiefly with tob,cro -.
marked Rough & Ready" and "Lucy Lonr"-the latte,
dragged slow length along seemed 10 have awaited
itself OF the license of the LIe SONG ",,k. vo,r So;
Miss Lucy" We soon leave the boat for herr IL The Land
ing Pic Mic ground-the farm of the Senior Editor
OF the Union Thomas Richie Esa-a b,an,ifnI s,o on
a high bluff, overlooking tho canal and river What
beautiful grove majestic oaks covering the h,I- I,ce
with their shade What living stream of fairy c,es
moving with light steps through the grove How
pleasant such day OF among the forest
trees and wild lowers, birds warbing above and bees
humming around us!
Each breath c,u,h, 80, b,,,o.,,. -,
Ij,,o,rr, -, 80 ha',.L ~ 'u"u'
The SnodTrll mnTn,,,eJ a,d 60, ,
R,-eebosd swce,Iy lou ~ ~ WV
-,
we soon reach clear impd little stream and by its
Ge ne zoe, OF TAU popiafs aHd spreading beach trees,
11u spng Uos W Jus pure waters refreshing and cool
mere our eoaon Is 70 De spread do you see above
ahohg inc uees on he h sue mat group OF happy peope'
On TINS and on mat SIDE all around u.s. they moving
through inc shade Green beach leaves taieiuy arranged
mo "eas' are paced upon 'ne'r ioreheads iar Some
uie eu'uns hu'ns angnnH IN the stream See
.,e win, 'Ie I sun 9ohnes onand mer-
parry Singing on the MIL side, n'Dgng TO the free air
'he'i sun 'ieet "O'es'
There sang among the rest
AboOn them a. that pleased me best.
AID ,ho,, ,,. r,si, ~ t;, , H. .. ,
-, $50 ,h.,'aL - - s, n' i' p'eiSIhg Tue
=, -. .,,oa,,.. " ~ "' s'o"V uJius
" - - - IL 80, - -. --..,
90. s.feI, nIs,J .,I'b Oasin >, 81 go 'auey ou'
,sII,r, ma ,n, dosni.s TO- - 49, - ~ 500 , S
r,,,n,a roII.," s. la - II ' t, 'oia'
al The b,,rn I ,,;sh Lo, - ,L,h. ~ % ~ was IL 'ha'
90 ,hc SSb,irc yoIn,,os Th iI y no' prove one
,s,be, an ,h. 60, -, - - 80 ' 'ea'eu To-
gladden. ' ~ WI ''' Joy se''n' 10
4. NJ must TAXA ,,,,bIo ,,,,, 40. ,t, =. -, -
SOM. ur s,r,c A. %, H. - -, -, =, - ~ sP,eau
s,ro mn its pl,as,nt b,nks H., ,ba LII - , "
tho Iiuis crea,p,ss no. ;oy,usIr ~. - h, eo
ni,nbly As lawn.l we cannn, M, i,sb =, ,h, ,,
,yb, tb-ovs ont bs line 10 S,I5sni,. ~; 81 ia;
penrs-he mills steadily n,S,,WSs, = I; 81 IN zap
ba ; ba ba C,ppb, the rons ,u,cbad 10 So -, ,r
now near 3 O'clock Tho ..,lar1n Iond 80 hill IL
us hack 10 our table R,mhI,ng ,nd &c, in, - -, 80
oete and ,f,er fe,vcn, bcss,, =, ,b III, NJ; ~ , up
one of the three ministers who Son,,sJ me- h h ,'o
aence We enjoy the beef b,ro, I,nh ,ybio - -
apples and every delicacv nut IN Inv ,bc Nrs,,, - 10
own peculiar STYLE for our especiaI bene6t One has E
sures vet in store who never sat amid of
sizes ON the green s,yard drinking Lemonade Will. S.
and softly plsyed "Come oh come win me -, ~
After our collation. we leave the clear sp,ing and ,en
vale for the grassy bank Just the canal beneath the
shade OF oaks aid hickones Here stranger car
we togetneF again, pleasant slope, looking