New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-09-01
i11ap-5i0e Notes No. ii.


tu place Although partly from lack Of leisure and opPer
tupity and partly from sheer incidence TAXED 10 put ~
threat in execution ii has by no means been 10,
now while floating the waters OF TINS looie and
hall indiie some further concerning 'EsMo bor
the varied associations connected with It's scorer! lin
acter which forced themselves upon my aue'd found
gered about Burlington for more ihah - the many
abundant employment for my time IN The ex
delightful places within its vicinity m with the
cellen Libraries univeraity and J" J Of friends
ipr4Il;gent literary society winch NV Mans.
aaye r1c access Directly 10 the east OF cban
field mountain the highest OF he 80 IS ,ho senp sn,,
~. ;t hare brow TO catch the last s!eaH -, e. -
- e n, - Vermont 1t Is near I'VE thousand iee' nsH'
,d IL easily accessible, even to It's summit -
; eor, Burlington brings you u lis ioor, ana ia'u @
- Iii. NJ abou, FIVE hours TO Its highest peak Aions
Gov !, mile or two the path though none OF the best
va, on;te good, and OF steady nerves VINO can walk
noon the brink OF precPice FIVE thousand feet ign Win
steady step and look upon the thick masses OF cloud oo"
and around hi without any sensation IKE g!doe'5 Vi ed
will find the excursion most delightful.
ron the northern summit which is the highest The We"
mos, magnificent. With clear atmosphere and good
a.s vou nav see almost every part OF Vermont with JUS
oh nnsn1ilng hills Jus pleasant streams and small neat
1I Iookipg TO the north, you far into Canada
IN the east the White Mountains OF New-hampsnre Oo1ho
The horizon with magnificent grandeur ana ioohns Se
ward the eve rests upon, rather wanders o. te "'
looh of the State bcrdered by the beautiful ChamPa'h
,aryng in width from fifty yards dozen mics, ana h'es
from one end 10 the other with the grecnes' ard most e
ghtful islands Beyond this rise the hls hiiiS "a '"
Yor-looking soemny, but not rowninsiy uIo2 tue sio
o prospect spread before them Most OF those VINO '
Mi. fountain choose pass the night upon us Top 81 q"
;r .la rising of the sun At little distance toward H.
base is small where If well PROVIDED WIN paIN'
.,h,aa &c Won NAV procure quite coIfortao'e iou7
c You rIust not expect, however, voTy MID ana oalS
90 fan Won while ron sleep; for it's law more gen
.rlv acknowledged though generally true IN inc
world Of nature than in that OF civil ana soc'a me- ~ %
higher YOU rise above the level OF the great 'ta -'i ~
and las Kindly will be the winds which will burst upon your
Uric On the summit Of Mansfield toe you VIII be VS.
ted all night by troops OF stars. but not by mem ao' "
ds thick and dark clouds will enfod you IN their camp
embrace We arose and rushed the Summit wtch Is o.
.ars rock about hour before sunrise: uoae facing 49,
Tho stars were vet visible and shone out with clearer spe
dor than when from the lower earth pu' ~, "
there was vet more OF beauty and OF glory than above
clouds rolling over the sides OF the nouhoi ~ -.
east lighted up aud somewhat scattered by the last oFe
dawn Bat en- the side away from the sun they were yer
heavy and dark frequent CLEANS oil lightning darted through
81 large cloud which lay the south and the whoe mass
seemed convulsed by inward living torture but soon
The light streaincd with sudden gush tct made the
ayens blaze with the brightness and chased the Stars at
from sight The sun soon rose as 1t seemed VIII" con-
scous majesty the clouds melted fastened away from ms
sight and the whole character of the scene was changed VIII
sudden and most exciting effect The summit OF the noun
lam is easily seen points along the western SIDE
of the State and heap OF stones has bean Paceo uce
serve 5 point for Typographical observations.
One of the finest and remarkable places WITHIN VS.
inns, distance of Burlington lies directly opposite. IN New
York think it somewha singular that none or so ew OF
those who sisit Lake Champan and The notable resorts N
It's neghborhood should have taken notice OF the banks
the Ausabe river For wildncss and subllnlty know o
nt few portons of our country that urpass them indeed to
Niagara alone should feel inclined to give undlsPued su
prernacy Soon after leaving kceseviie the current ct the
Asablo becomes quite rapid and abon hall mile below
ihe village falls precipce some SILKY ieet ls anu
ihen flows on broken and winding course oT shout nan
mile when il rushes still higher ard more striking
eaton and rolls along between the banks which then ne
come the striking portion OF the scene hey are oil
The fall they are fifty feet high and this increased 10
about one hundred feet For about three miles the rVer
runs between these banks which, in places are hun
bred and fifty feet in perpendicular hight and approach
within twenty feet of each other here ae iresen ceiS
in the sides and place. where the walls are highest
und the channel the nariowest you can descend through
narrow cleft the bed of the river where large nat rock
about feet long and hall as wide furnishes ahdS
cace This certainly magnificent scene tile river
which Won can see but for short distance both above and
below rushes swiftly through its channel with loud
greatly increased by the echeng walls, and shoots rap
iy paat the rock which you stand II mere were eo
COOLING on The other side, nmbe would easily leap
across and through this exceedingly passage the
whole water poured in its onward course TO the
Lake The banks their summit are hiay covered with
wood and in their sdes frequent small caves aRd assures
No who has aday spare and who has the srshe>,
wish to look upon the wonders Of nature IN her most grand
and glorious moods. should pass by these banks while Jour
neying through Lake Champlan The appearance OF ue
yer forces upon the mind the conviction that TINS narrow
and remarkable channel formed at some distant day o
ONE terrible coRvusion and viewed IN connection win va
nous geological phenomena which may be remarked IN The
nitv this singular gives ground Tor the belief
that rhe whole bed OF the lake followed out by the same
treat CONFUSION Burlington appearances tending 10
niar conclusion NAV be observed The rock in thar vcn
~ is uniformly red sandstone running in inclined strata
North and South At point about half mile South OF the
village this broken across and al very hard stone
of totally different character and structure about ten teei
hick runs at right angles with the regular strata and TN.
mas been traced Mansfield mountain in direction and
across small island in the middle of the lake into New
York on the other The appearance of the would indl-
cate that it was formed by pouring into this crevice melted
mineral matter and allowing thus cool and harden In
The immediate neighborhood found upon the surface
ground large piece of solid rock totally unlike in ITS
character any thing found in the State Ii entirely isoat-
ed and the bed of similar rock ouns in Newl
fifty miles from the lake shore These and many other
similar appearances which may be observed in the vicinity
give for conjecture and for geological speculation