Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-09-06

We were happy to learn from gentleman
f.o., Washington yesterday. that the Cholera
,od deaths had considerably declined IN
n,sr We hope our neishbors have seen the
,,o,st of the disease.
Alan, with our contemporaries, we are begin
NM, IN receive complaints Of the failure OF our
hv tho mails. We can assure our suoscri-
49,. tina, our papers are regularly and CAREFULLY
mt m and mailed, and that is no fault oil ours
r., ,t,v are not received as regularly.
The following description Of sun rise at Lake
,,.orye 70 given in the New York Commercial
y, tho same writer from whom We quoted re"
d,v. since, .ome pictures Of American Scenery.
Notwithstanding my repugnancc to early r,s-
., however, as it's SET down in the guide DOCKS
chat all ysiters at Lake George must see Ihe sun
,o,npeuce his diurnal career oil glory 'h'ouSn
She ayure vault Of heaven. we were surI'uS WIZ"
che lark ON the morning after we had iis'eneu "
-. chm And truly. for cnce, the result was
more than an ample recompense Tor the enor'' nc
ocone far surpassed any day dream ever manu'ac-
,,saIhy either Turk or Christian. Allow me to
ramark. en- PEASANT, that the sickly appearance OF
.ho sk;es Of which wrote to you some time since,
bas been rapidly wearing away OF late; the sun
INA are more natural and the region OF the
s,.,s i assuming deeper cerulean. Ii was al
,er m. prey of the morning had passed away,
and no, vet before the gates OF Aurora were fol.
- oneped, when assembled the observatory Of
the hotel.
The shaggy sides of the mountain were yet
shadowy and dark, and a light ieecy cloud OF
y,nopr. white a. the driven snow, covered the
bosom of til. Lake suspended, vet notlonless as
me c,nony. towards which it was destined to AS
rsud. / thought Of "the veil, the silver veil,"
which the Prophet Of Knrassan is said to have
gpno over his features to hide his dazzling bro"
from the sight Of mortais. The Frightening and
huShirg skies. however, soon denoted that the
charioteer Of the sun was advancing. Indeed,
his swift beams, like
-the monetary meteors sent
Across the calm and bssuteous armament.
BEGAN now to tiuge the peaks of the loftier noun.
t,ns at the west, with his golden dies, deepening
IN their rich glow as the parent orb ascended IN
ms career The beautiful drapery Of the Lake
wa, next seen in gentle motion, as II moved on
IS by the soft breath Of an infant. At first, its
western edge was lifted up as it were, disclosing
wider aud yet wider surface of the dark clear
waters beneath, as the yapOr rolled lightly and
gracefully away towards the protecting shadows
of the eastern hills. Breaking at length into
piIlowy masses, the mist BEGAN slowly to CLIMB
the mountain SIDES, in many wreath and curl
ing form, lingering in the glens and shadows OF
the higher mountain tops, as though reluctant to
disappear from such scene of Witchery. The
son was not yet visible from behind the mountain
tops; bot he was lighting up such a luxuriant
flame above and beyond Us, that we knew his as
cent to the summit was nearly attained. In the
next instant, the full orb rose. as it BY sudden
impulse to astonish US by the full blaze OF his
glory. II is impossible adequately to describe
the effect of this moment or to Impart even
faint idea Of the intensity with which the sun
beams, pouring in full spleudOr down upon the
Lake, were reflected back, the gories which
seemed all al once to fash aud blaze above, be-
meath. and around US. The vapor had disappear
ed, and there at our feet, deep among the noun
tains, and 'alone in its glory, lay the Lake.
with its hundred green islands sleeping upon its
bosom.