American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-06-11
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Nix. EDIToR,-Some of the Ladies OF
Morsantown, accompanied by the Sax Horn
Band, made an eXCus sion TO Brownsv lille, on
Wednesday the I'd inst, on board the good
Steamer legraph which will be long re-
membereG by ali who participated Their Elm,
Tor the unmingled pleasure experienced by
its pariicipators. The day Was one OF those
g dies boreales" which have been so rare Of
! late. The trees which overhang the River
bank are just becoming used to their new
| iyeres OF green, so as 10 wear them grace
fully. At intervals the songs of birds and
| the joyous laugh of children would reach us,
minglng with the uncoUrteous - coughing"
| OF the steam.pipe, which told of our pro-
gress. There was no singl e incident TO mar
the pleasure OF our downward trip. On e.
cry side we saw evidences OF the necessity
o: improving the navigation Of our river, so
that we might have regular trips of the boats
al least as far as Morgant0wn. There can
be no finer country Ina t that which borders
| the river on both sides, & its resources need
only de, eloPment, to make it one of The
most wealthy. Impressed with these tho'ls,
we, the Ladies', concluded to hold meeting
Tor The purpose OF expressing ourselves in
| relation to that and other things. Where
upon Miss MARY Il. DERING was called 10
the Chair and Mss LOUISA WILSON appoint
ed Secretary, when the following preamble
and resolutions weIe unanimously adopted (:
Whereas, We have witnessed with regret
! the apathy Of majority of the citizens Of
Monongalia, on IA SUBJECT Of such vital i'm
| poriance 10 all as the Slackwal ter Improve.
ment of the Monongahelu River;
ind whcrcas, 1t is the great ihorouehlare
! provided by nature for the outlet of the pro.
ducts and travel Of this region of Northwcs.
tern Virginia ;-Thcrelore be it .
RcSc lied, That we, who feel interested in
ali things which concern the walfare Of our
| fathers, brothers, friends and selves, will do
all in our power 10 promote the cause of the
. Slackwaier Navigation Company"
RCSoiUed, That as we can only use " 40.
mems weapons" we will make full use Of
them in iurthcting said object.
RESOLVED, That we will not receive The
address OF, nor marry, any gentleman who
will not favor and contribute 10 the same.
RESOLVED, That our thanks are due TO Capt.
Woodward, aud his genilemanly Clerk, Tor
their kindness aud attention in promoting
! our pleasure, and that we recommend the
Seumer Telegraph to all travellers on The
river
On our arrival al Brownsville, we made a
short excursion into the town. and pattoOk
OF some very excellent ice cream We then
transferred ourselves to The Steiner Jerlpr-
son, with tie addition 10 our party of the
Misses Dawson, Of that place, (whose com
pany added much 10 our enj0yment) for our
return trip, which was very pleasant until
we reached Geneva, where " a change came
DER the spirit Of our dreams.n We we're
F.. there informed that the boat could go no
farther, consequently we were compelled 20
stay there until the next day, and dispatch
messengers home for land conveyaucps
We thought that if the Captain had tried he
might have brought us at least as far as TO
llaighs dam, and our thoughts were con
iirmed, when one day Afterwards the Tcle.
graph came 10 :he mouth Of Cheat RIVER 10
land passengers, after the river bad fallen 8
or 4 feet. We held meeting at Geneva,
at which the following resolutions were pas.
sed, loiliccfs, same as a the meeting on board
the Telegaph)
RESOLVED, That we do not thank Tho Can.
tain Of the good Steamer Jefferson, Tor cast.
ing US ashore, 2 miles from home.
Resolvcd That he committed Tho uhfor
giyablo siu Of turning deaf ear 10 The en-
treaties Of ths ladies, in refusing 10 make the
effort TO come with US farther Than Geneva.
Rcsoircd, That we wHi forgive him il he
vii promise 10 do bsilof by The next party
that travels on his boat.
RtSolycd, That 40 furnish copies Of our
proceedings to the Stu" aud Union" for
publication.
We returned 10 town IN Hack. from ecu.
eva on Thursday afternoon. tired, bul happy
having had nothing 20 mpr our plolsore, ex,
cert tho alOrcssjd dfsipp"intncnt which,