Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-04-24
rELLIGENCER.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL "a. 1858.
D0WN TIE MISSISSIPPI
pYpg. cuARLEs MACKAY

DR.. Mnckay tells in rhyme how he and his Na'e'
Belle Britain, went down the Mississippi to
New Orleans.
| He abbreviates the name of the river because,
ike the bard of Tippcrary, he could not hno "A
rhyme fur tue full word:
'Taas wintrv morning, as the clock struck ten'
That We LEI, - Lou $ tSo dsj S io %,s, mud
aud DIRE aiming Of disaster, fire and tos and hooa'
AND sauyers ripping steamboats through al their 'e"E
Yet. on ,nipbSard st piping we dismissed our fears
AMI b, hod thr"ulh sunlisht, in tiIT upper spst''
t,e %,vF mn snS S IFS hiGdrn sprins.;
lirareu iaas OF our ,s New New orleauu,
toutrI~ar,i ever s5utinar.i, in our gala ship,
fl0uliEg. ,tednisg. Pa"ti"9 dotO" the A's'''"IP'
In blaz- of glory shone the sun :hatday
In blaze Oi hrauty, fresh as IoweTy Ma!S Il,
maid fron Alabama tripping on cur deck
Singing song twilight fleeIy as he lark ,,r,
Tf. for inner ;ladness ,thougi, n,le may bark
sS os ." :" ig%ps sadne.s, VII the la
From til, oppressive Real AZ the fairy Far
sh NJ, L IN gu III the Future. -ilvery AS a star
Aud the SUI parted in his crims"n robe
I Iis sts, "a se%twsr IN our aart nip,
ELO.tin9 drifting a eJmiH0, d0aom tue MLs''"sP
brightly Tie mon inr ~ fe stIaE ine town.
Where the broad o iop'urs IFS waters do"A
10 the 't'-iss u l. r." i's a. bs,ors, =, .,ors
Au the, saiG THESE houses scattered Oh thr suAhu
RAKE their from Csiro, IN Tie Eastern land
M, , ,s he , at s% and 5%S as.ad away"
All, ", tinu. liz it be. Eazed "v tle;--
Aud ~ Ii.lieI "a id.sd hroush tie turhii stream
IS We i5a5td oonVHrds in .nii'n DIR am;
8 .iIwHr'I. evrr=cu:hwHId IL, eur painting ship,
Idting, dtcddiiDG t9oLfHg dO'sn tie Af"sf''iP'
Sometimes in Missouri we delay cd an hour,
Takin- n 4 c.Tgo-nu'ter, orr ana h.u
So etimes X .,tucky shipped pile ologS,
m,thu, ST. ep turkey once drov. OF hogs.
stubborriy lie IrrkrIs eyed The marrow plank,
Till ut length, rebel ous, smiling darg-r near.
They turned their long SHOUTS And~aId' aHd GFuutu OUT
their fear 49,,
Rode aud LesErode hel' and charged THEM IN Inc
Gghti
AnG pummriiing, aud. hosns aud Juggling at the tail
Until conqueredi and southwark passed our
Pintfng Scanning s,sorfirg dozen the NisAissip.
Tn &c days on the rivcr-nghts and mornings three,
Ere stopped at Memphis the port OF Tenness e
And wonuered why ;h,y gave it such name Of oil re-
4nry muddy ns,ps, q 3 t isnIi0, .n,..,
Aud b":.nd for merry England, to the peoples
AID here oh shame to Freedom! that with tongue
We toos on board .cargo'' of miserable men;
frsis, Of human creatures battered, hoaF sold
Like hogs. sheep or poultEy-th living blood for
And then sroaned remOrseful, and thought, in pity
sas ana @ tn e 1S . H9" y
Painting, groani, Q, mounting dosrnt.e NisSissip
Weary we're rte forests, dark on either side;
Weary the mlrsF,es, stretching far Pnd wide;
Weary were the O'-piles, strewn upon the bank;
Weary we're the gr TeS, growing wild an" danki
cary the tree-stunpS, charred and black with
fr';
Weary was the wilderness, Without house sprei
Ne ,ry the .-I.us built Up7I. the sand
Weary 10 wa'rrs. weary was the landi
Weary the cI'iu EiffI it, glide d wall;
Weary tle deck etrvd-wsar,-weAry all
SnihnE scented so pleasant - hope for ur II keep
Nothing II the wide world % beautiful as sleep,
~ " irnrN-v 4 soutlIrard IN our iaz- ship.
p1oGdting, idIiH2 i'df"9. q 'hoh tho Nt%StfsIp.
vn nee the sound of musi,3 worncs the merry laugh?
'ur-ir boon 'nn,, jest AMI sing nd quAAE
" he SlHv. T"jp Cng-Iaufier than the free.
" h guitar and b 4njp, an hirst VI rev .iry
liars Tire No;l.y -'t Gu=tlte ! the Joyous shcut
lark the niger chorus ringing Sharply ont
NvTrv l. the iRnlsman, gloomy Is the inId
For iHercul Is Justice and kinh Is Fite's award
And God who tenpers the winter to the shorn,
D. Ills lhe vge Of sorrow tese His lambs ioTinr-
aud gives them Cheerful and thoughts that never
Iato that d ark To-, orrow which ser men deplore,
FjOdtiUg, ste';ning dan ing doloH The Aisais"ip.
Oh the seventh LAY morning entered New Orleans,
Tn inynu''Cr Q y ''-"Q.e-n Iie Queenti
With -uniof -" from In gland, and Haunting stripes
AMI all rr swIrming Levee, miIys upon the shore
Bu7Zug, umiung. cling h Trade'- incessant roar
WITH hosting h"gsneads and casEs Of pork ana
or rollns bales ofco,ton, and singing at their toll,
And do EuS ards-wilenus doSnwhrds-te broad maies-
t1tinsi nor lingering hu. rolling on forever
re- r, travel resting, in soft aud AMBROSE hours
pueked tle growing and gathered summer DON"
And ,lisnked our trusty eaptsn-Our plOs-and cur
fort. al''i rs in .qety oo,cr tie .7..f.-tp.