The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1826-09-21

! they had been lald by a mason in a vst;siv
OF iartastical forms; betraying. bowet..
by their rude and wild aspect ths l,y
hand Of nature" The deserinl;on q .,,f.
hcicn;ls correct, but the beauty OF me taii
was now lost ~ suhlinnly. You hayh nnlv
to imagine tie Nhple body Of thu Amouno-
suck, as IT appeared al the bridge which
We Crossed, now compresSed 10 half of ito
width, nd sent downward al an anole oc
20 81 ~ degrees, between perpcndicuhr
walls OF stone. ''-'. ~
On our arrival at Crawfords the apTcnrs
ancc OF his farm was like that of Rcse-
brooks, only much worse. Some of hs
sheep and cattle were los, snd eight hum
! dred bushels ofoals vero DESTROYED. Hers
We found eight gentlemen who rave MS an
interesting account Of their nnsuccessfill Al
telupt TO ascend Mount WASHINGTON ,bc
preceding day. They went TO the "CampD
at the foot OF the mountain on Sabbath o.
yonlng, and lodged there with the ,n,en.
ton of climbing the summit the next morn.
ing, But in the morning the mountains
were onveIopod in thick clouds; tho ram
began 70 fall, and increased til afternoon.
when 1t came down in torrents. Al five
ocIocA they proposed 20 spend another
night at the camp, and let their guido re!
turn home for fresh supply ofproysions
Tor the next day. Bot the impossbilily Of
keeping Gre whore every thing was ss
wet, and at length the advice oftheir Guide
made them all conclude to return. though
with great reluctance. No time was now
to be lost, for they had seven miles 20 tray.
el on foot, and six of them by q ruppcd
path through gloomy forest. THEY ran
as last as their circumstances would per,
init but the dark evergreens aruund thcnf
and tho black clouds above, made il nipht
before they had gone half OF the way. Jh.
rain poured down faster every momcr'.
aud the little streams which they hadstep.
ped across the evening before. must now
be crossed by wading. on by cutting dowr
trees for bridges, to which they were q.
bliged to cling Tor life. In this way tboy
reached the bridge over the Amonoosuce
near Crawlorl's just in time TO pass il &c.
fore II was carried down The current. on
wednesday, the weather being clea' nrl
beautiful, and the waters having subsided.
six gentlemen, with a guide, went 10 Mount
Washington, and one accompanied jif
Crawford to The "Notch," from which no,h.
Ngg bad vet been heard. We met rgain
were five hours in rcic;ll,f Y WIZ Ir-
site OF the camp, instead OF threo, the ugu.
al time. Tho path for neatly one iiifH %
the distance was 81 much excayatrd or
covered with miry sand, or blocked rp will
food wood, that ,hey vcrc obliged 70 rtors
their way through thickeis almost i,nptne.
trable, where one gencration Of trcCs %
ter another had risen aud fallen, and Wcia
now lying across each other in cverr d.
rcction, and in various stages Of decay.
The camp itself had been wholly swept II
way and the bed of the rivuct, by which
i had stood, was now more than tcn rots
vide, and with banks from Ten to liftCcn
high. Four or five other brooks were pms.
I'd, whose beds were enlarged, sunc pi
hem TO twice the extent of,bs. In sc,o
'al tho water was now Only three or fcu,
eet wide, while the bed often, fifteen 'r
wenty rods in width, was covered inr
niles with stones from two 10 five feet 80
dame ter, that had been rolled down The
mountains, and through the forests, Ivy thou.
sands, bearing every thing before thcm.
Not tree, nor the root OF a tree, rcmuius
I'd in their path. Immense piles Of hrlr
ocks and other trees, with their limbs az
Jark entirely bruised oil, were lodged a.
lie way on both sides, as they bad beer
iriven IN among the standing and hal
trees on the banks. While tho
party were climbing the mountain, thirty
slides" were counted, some Of which b..
ran near the line where the soil and vogo
alton terminate, and growing wider af
hey descended, were estimated 10 contbi
more than hundred acres.-These wcIc
III on The western side Of the mountain
They were composed ofthe whole suriar
If the eGrih with all its growth Of wood
md its loose rocks, To the depth of 10, 2
md 30 feet. And wherever the slides G
wo projecting mountains met, forming
ast ravlne, the depth was still greater.
Such was the report, which the party
rom the mountains gave. The intcll,
renee which nr. Crawford, and the gen.
lcman accompanying him brought from
he Notch, was Of more melancholy ma
urc. The road, though turnpike, was in
uch n state, that they were obliged ic
ak TO The Notch House, lately kept by
a. Wiley, distance OF SIX mies. All
ice bridges over the AmonoosUck, FIVE IN
urnber. ih0ec over the Saco and those o.
crthe tributary streams ofboih we're gone.
i some places the road was excavated td
70 dept Of H. or 20 feet and IN others i,
,as covered with earth and rocks and trees
MS great height. In tho Notch, and
onp the deep deflc below il, for a mile
nj n half to the Notch House and as far
, could be seen beyond 10, no appeSrance
the road, except in one place for two o,
rec rods, could be discovered. TIN
eep sides Of the rnotntaius, Erst on Or
md, and then on tho other, snd thon o.
,th, had slid down into tisip narrow pas.
&c, and formed = continued mass ffoln
&c end 10 the other ths. turnpike wiI
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