The Madisonian. [volume] (Washington City [i.e. Washington, D.C.]) 1837-1845, 1839-07-27

site direction and nj last you are extrcaied from The
apparent labyrinth, and the road drags heavily TO
the summit.
In this Pass, at the top, we found small farm
house, and four rations apiece besides water viz;
aspiration, inspiration, perspi-ration, and resP-
rafion, the last exceeding short, which was all
RATIONAL enough, considering the toll We had under
gone In attaining height so lofty aud elevating.
From still higher emnence of the road, which
Is crowned by gray headed rock, surmounied BY
white nag, the view is sublimely grand We have
never witnessed mountain scene more impressively
illustrative Of the Omnipolence ofthe Creator .The
heart dilates while The eye lakes In the encrcliDg
vasiness." Around and below, all Is full Of majesty
and strength, immensely and endurance. Like con-
scious giants, seated ON everlasting thrones,
"looking through the sky.
To hail the suns unrisen carr
these mighty mountains stand sieadfasi, immoveable
shadowy and sublime. They are like The mingng
Of unequal legions in disordered battle; or, as If
tremendous cross seas convulsed by cOntendng
storms dark heaying, dread and falhomless" stood
skill Yonder, towers slender peak like Teneriffe,
piercing the heavens-by its side, less presumpuous,
reposes broad bosomed knoll, like an ocean swell
there, Is lofty wall impending over frightful
enaSus-hcfc, stdhus Sidut WauSocuun, ~ " "e'st
over giants grave-there looms the proud dome Of
81. Peters-here, the ruin Of Coliseum ION yon-
der height stands "Casle Douglass" surrounded by
forest huge OF spears" forming
- borrid front
or dreadful length and dazzling arms in guise
OF warriors old, with orderd spear and shield
Awaiting what command their mighty chief !
Has TO impose"
And by the side rises swarthy Marmion, defying
"the Douglass in his hail." and all the lords around,
lowland and highland. Upon that loitier pinnacle,
dimly seen, dwells the Rain Cloud, and father Of
the tempest, wrapped in black glooms," and the
yawning caverns underneath methinks, are Borean
magazines, where the Winds are reserved
9. To swell the breeding tcrrors Of . storm"
In yon solemn shades boots the dismal owl--from
that dzzier height the proud eagle wnging his
flight of freedom through the irackless skies. Snug
y ensconced between two gentle hills, We see glen
where Diana might have loved to take her noon tide
rest; and far down the mountains side, in pretty
wales and quiet, dwell the gentle race of Echoes, that
play at shuttlecock, from cliff to cliff, with every
poor wight Of a sound that happens unconsciously
to break in upon their soitudes.
"An that expands the spirit. yet appals
Gathers around these submits, as TO show
How earth may pierce to heaven, yet leave vain man
below"
Passing few yards across the top Of the noun
tain westerly we suddenly beheld In little basin
below us, the Hotel and Cabins Of the Warm Spring.
whittier we were whired along down by the serpen-
tine road with startling rapidly, and where we were
Hospitality received BY the obliging and pleasant
landlord, Col. Fry
Ofthe Warm and Hot Springs, anon.
THE EDITOR.
WmTE SULPHUR, July, 1899.
p s. The Springs are not no SO fully attended by
visiters as they were last year. AT the Warm
Springs there are about Goat the Hot perhaps 40
at the White Sulphur about $50, among whom are
Langdon Cheves, OF South Carolina; Gov Johnson
and Judge Porter OF Louisiana Hon. John Robert
son Of Virginia. and variety of persons from every
quarter Of the United States. At the Red Sulphur
there are about 100 visters-at the Sweet Springs,
not more than 20 boarders. The weather has been
cool-bankets being necessary for the bed every
night, and fires sometimes, morning and evening.
New YoRk, July Odd, 1889.
DEAR Sin IL, few days since, brushed the dust
Of the city from my sandal shoon" and journeyed
to the hospitable mansion Of my friend DR.. John R.
Rhinelander, at Huntington, Long Island. This
gentleman, who, for several years. has occupied the
chair Of Professor Of Anatomy in the New York
College of Physicians and Surgeons, has recently
resigned the sua ion, and retired to enjoy the
oiina Gun, dignitatc at his beautiful seat. y.
The morning was bland and lovely-the beams
Of the summer sun were Invested of their usual
power BY troops Of scudiing clouds, and the wild
roses that flung their perfume across our path ap-
peared to rejoice in the exuberance of their lowell
ness. @=.. t.. II ..
Our course lay through the beautiful village Of
Jamaica, whose suburbs are skired by the grounds
attached to some OF the most elegant Mansion houses
in the vicinity Of the metropolis. Here and there
are bijous of cottages, with their fowers-canoped
porches and ivy-crowned wings win your attention
BY their unpretending loneliness and every side
plenty appears TO throw her choicest gifts into the
lap of industry The bay at Huntington presents
most picturesque aspect when viewed from DR..
Rhnelanders mansion, which is situated on an emf
nence commanding prospect which, for variety
and richness is not surpassed by any spot which II
has been my fortune TO visit. CHANGING your eye to
the East the broad blue ocean, with its multitude
waters and apparently boundless expanse, lies
before you--to the North, Long Island Sound and
the shores Of Connecticut, with her clusters of neat
cottages ana PHEASANT villages Where Inc mum OF In
dustry is ever heard, are in full view -Weswardly
your vision embraces the mouth Of Huntington
Harbor, the view of which is broken BY success
sion Of abrupt declivilies and deep gorges luxu-
Rating in redundancy Of foliage, through which
the eye rests on portions Of the bay which appear
like little fairy lakes,
(Which break into dimples and laugh at the SUM-"
While the South the broad sheet Of water, known
as the inner bay, spreads its tranquil surface before
you, surrounded on either side by highly cultivated
grounds, which rise gradually they recede, FORM
ing an amphitheatre Of surprising beauty Name
rous inlets sheltered from observation by the eafy
rentlr ch1,lre their