The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1848-05-24
HGth of May Celebration

This dav was celebrated in this place on
Saturday last, with u great deal OF splrlt
and zesi. aud nothing occurred during the
whole day, 10 mar the enjoyment Of IT'S les.
tiyities.
The morning was ushered in, with all
that yernal serenity and beauty. which
makes MAY he month of poetic, inspira.
lion, which makes poets delight, not only
10 Gull boque,s from natures Parterfe, but
to wreatbe into exquisite eafland', the
flowers of e!oquence anu poesy; AllwllI
agree with u.. that 'twss injeed, lovely,
a charming morning; just such one as
should announce every anniversary OF the
slori Us goth of May.
"Cal,n was the morn. tie sky serene
The sky 20 deeply blue.
Across It's face no cloud was seen
10 mar ito prlstine hue "
"'rwas such day each freedoms son.
Should celebrate The day Twas Won"
At about | 0 O'Clock the |. o. Odd Eel
lows formed into q procession, at their
Lodge, and proceeded BY the Providence
band of music, marched to the Prcsbyie.
rian Church where the celebration Of the
day was to commence. After ell were IN,
the church was densely filled; exccp, the
place reserved for The Order. nearly the
whole Of the lower part Of the building
was filed with ladies, whose presence only
is wanting 10 make any assembly com
plete.
After order was obtained. The Rev. Cy.
III. Johnson addressed the throne Of grnce,
with avery solemn, Impressive, and appro.
pirate prayer; after which Msjo, Dung
with tina. b!antness aud suaviiy OF man
ners, for which he is remarkable, introdu
ced VIM. s. Harris, Esq. Of Cabarrus-
the reader Of the Meek enburg Declara
ton Of independence. Mr.. Harris prefa
ced he reading with some very happy un'
fitting remarks, and made some fel ciiou
aIiu.luns, TO the Times which tired men
souls" and in their inception gave birth Il
such documents as our Declaration ht
spoke ~ eloquent terms Of the Vade OF the
priceless boon, (lIbety) which We and The
world have won - he alluded to the Dec
laralion, as, /" the ark Of safety Of every cit
zen,p and 4" this spot (as) the Bethlehem
of American lib rty" Every one famil
lar With h.s speaking, with the chsse and
choice language winch he uses, will sppre.
cate our utter inability, 10 do justice 10
Mr.. iiarris's remarks IN an off hand re.
port, but he did honor to himself and bis
subject, both 10 his predatory address, and
IN the reading Of the Declaration. After
Mr.. Harris had concluded, Major J. w.
Fills Of Rowan was introduced naG for
more than on hour, he held the audience
IN wrapi and silent a,tenton, 10 an address
rep'ete With beautiful imagery, appropri,
ate illustrations, and eloquent strains he
possesses in an cnviabe degree, the power
Of pleasing both the fancy aud Judgment u
his audience, without wearying or tusking
their patience. In another column We have
Z, stieUDted digest OF Mr. Ellss remarks.
The oD.erva'.s--.. - -. 49,. #,
church, the Order proceeded 10 their I.nnge
where they disrobed themselves of then
'cgalia, and waited on their guests to Mrs.
Johnson's Hotel; where they par,ook Of a
sninpuous feast prepared by that "ronnois.
seur de Tart du ensinter" Vim. Hunter,
Esq. Before, however, the good things
which Mr.. Hunter had placed on the table
we're addressed" the Odd Fellows had
resumed their regnlia, and the ladies' hav.
ing taken seats, they waited on them, with
that gallant bearing, which II seems one
must only be an Odd Fellow, to compre.
bend and practise. Speaking Of the ladies',
we we're on the eve Of mentioning that,
there sat the graceful and accomplished
Miss here, the charming and sylph.
/ like Miss and there tho fascinating.
naive and arlless Miss---but where there
were so many, and each the queen Of some
peculiar charm and grace, Il would be,
though pleasant, yet an unnecessary du.
! ~, to enter into an enumeration: il suffi.
ceih, that there was quito u galaxy of fe.
male beauties, where each was,
=" A bright particular star"
and the added brilliance Of the whole
was enough To dazzle the vision Of poor
bachelor, and ~e---but "down
thoughts" we were just gong TO make