The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-29
RTyEsyIEw. August "a 1878.

>Aw-~RIvERvIEw TRIP TO CLIFTON FORGE
!lc.NgC-JAMES RIVER AND KASAwHA CANAL
S!HMGnT-SnooT RAlLRoAD-POLlTlCs, &C.
RIYERvIEw, August "a, 1873.
i"ar UiSpatch,--I believe it is customary
'"r >pondrntS in writing to their papers
&" - dish up items of interest and informal
i.on Ia their patrons, but, in the language
- Ia" Immortal somebody. - is sometimes
vrruy impossible and oftentmeS very diff
ruii /" civ" vent 10 those ideas whereof we
hNr never been possessed Of which,"
Rambling UP the valley nl the james. al
though it is balm OF GIead TO those who
have been for the summer pent up in i hot
aud dusty town, does not furnish much in
inr way Of ncWs-itcmS which would clectrify
III" world AT large. Leaving our hot little
city. Flncastlc, upon the train our foreiatherS
were wont 10 travel upon III the early days "
rur c"uutry. We were soon ''O'er the hills
aHd lar away" Travelling through the
beautiful valleys OF the Catawba, Patter-
SONS and Craig'S creeks. we entered the pie
tuIesQuc and fertile valley of james river
H",t above where the river bursts through
Il >pur Of the Allegheny mountains near
tn. RathoIcs." making Il scene at once
Wild and grand. second only TO that OF
H,lrouy Fails, in Rockbridge county !;
!hrnce up the james TO Riyerview, the hos
intJ3'c r,ansion of Mrs. II. The scenery
around Eiyerview. and indeed along the
"ntrc route from FIncas1e, is varied and
beautiful. The manSion-houSe of our kind
hostess is situated immediately in the valley,
MT far from the river, on an eminence COM
nrnln- Il splendid view of the surround
lug country, and is surrounded by giant hills
,"y..rcd with forest trees and esergreeps.
WA flowers abound, which, in native
h"outy and fragrance rival the floral
beauty nf the Shahs pdrtsrre, On Satur-
du irfocd il party from Riverview, com
posed Il the charming Misses G. and their
brother Ut Danyille, Miss X. and Mr.. Fl. OF
HOtelourt, on an excursion TO Clifton Forge
/ q picnic given by the Sunday schools
!Jom Coyington. Our party started late, and
having TO drive about nine miles, found
upon reaching the grounds that the sumptu-
Gus feast which had been prepared had also
D:eu demoish' DIS matter of course,
much 10 our regret; yet we found an abun-
lance OF tie substantials left, besides an
ample supply of fine melons, of which we
heartily parlook, with a judicious inter-
mixture Of Mrs. Marks cidcr," to keep
~ the cholera, of course--at least,
That Is what the young ladies' said.
he day was PASSED pleasantly by all
present. We had the pleasure Of meeting
Tie Misses H., OF Lynchburg, three in num-
t"r; also Miss b., Of the same city; and
doubt if the Hill Bity" could have been
better represented as regards beauty and ele-
GaEce. Stanton also was well represented;
he-Ides, 50 vast u multitude Of rural beauty
va pIcscnt we could not think Of particu-
iuflling. The schools were addressed during.
TX day by Mr. Muhoilap, OF Pennsylvania.
Who Is IN our county prospecting with a
view oi settling among us; also by Rev. Mr.
l;ic", Of CoringtoD, who took rs the SUBJ
get 81 his address the I'd chapter and 1th'
verse Of ST. John, from which he delivered
al earnest address 10 the youth Of our coHn-
lry. Boat-ridiEg was INDUCED in 10y the
young folks very extensively. Croquet
>,rDcd 10 he the layorite game. A very
olnu>ing scene occurred during the day.
Every one that ever visited OH the upper
Jaitles knows Bill w, the Danjoist. Bill had
been indulgng rather freely in the cider
above written, and had gotten rather. show
ronie-you-ao," and be determined to afford
Tue crowd some amusement that was not in
The programme. This he did to perfection
ty singing the words Of "Shoo Fly" to the