New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1844-06-19
THE TRIBU n E.
!, View from ,be catshln Mountain House

Io.e 10 the top o. the Catsklli. 1t was TOO colo
/ Tho fashionable world to he there, and the Top
T. The old mountain was lonely and wild as a hun
f. coo,d wish. ltwas bright afternoon that
Es,kcd up the long ascent, and the change OF
l.,o,era,uIc at the top made my blood shver. 1t
- the romance completely out of M friend,
e. stood on the rock, with ono hand in his peck
1, and the other digging cane into the loose
E..,b muttering to himself, We'll, cal this
5.o1ously roman,ic-coming up to the top of crea-
T., n freeze to death, and throw stores at an old
s.nbn This last was hit at me for sailing some
Hooes towards withercd and blasted tree that
sned It's naked tops from the depths below. " I'm
smup back" said he, " alter dinne--this is the
Host doletul place l. ever was III, ugh" prayed
ID besought him to stay. "We,' said nc, g if
y do shall 90 to bed immediately after dinner,
lad lie there till it s warmer, or you are ready 10
h. down, it IS 4 week. Oh! what a dOle.tat
Zoo He drawled out the word do!eful with
ncb sincerity and carnes.ness that laughed till
Msmount.:in rung again lie consented at length
H. stay, but with the most solemn asseveraton
Hat he never WOulU NC caught ittlC dS oiH'
! am not going to describe the falls two miles
Estsnt. nor the mountains that fold in over tie
hove in such solemn majesty-nor yet the glori-
sns view that spread out at sunset through the
load, silent valley Any one who has been
ab.rc. and sat down on the edge Of that rock
HID looked off on the Hudson, fading away in
HE distance at both cxtremties, like eternity
H., in the past and future, and watched the
s,h;,e sails dwinded to the size OF a CULTS wing
aJooly drifting on It's current. while the sun.
asbt Law on village and stream, waving fields and
s.Il;ny woodland will recall AT the mere mention
hi the spot, the quiet beauty OF the scene. Butthe
Evening think was more interesting than the day
las sat on the cliff andlookcd down on the dark
mess and heard the gentle south wind rustling
saouqh the black forest below INC, while the great
Hears Looked nearer than ever before, and caught
IOow and then a muffied sound struggling up from
s,he mysterious pavilion below that curtained in
1.-The valley, there was po"rr and mystery IN the
jscene that awed while II chaJmedme. Suddenly
|, light sparked through the gloon-another and
Isoother, till the valley was dotted with flaming
isyes The moon did not appear, aud my eye
,iroyc in vain 10 pierce 10 the mighty Hudson that
Twas rolling aong It's silent food in darkness ana
tcloom. That stream seemed a conscious benz
lmoyiug OH 20 SOME secret puiioSe, accomplish
! some mysterious MISSION All at once The forest
below seemed alive win echoes, and hundreds Of
whip poor-wills opened their threats OF once
From the share, loud whistle OF those near the
loo, of the rock 10 The FAINT, dying echo of those
lar down towards the valley, the notes rung, and
blended. and replied to each other in every key.
from the fullest tenor to the highest soprano, as
! every bird was trying to outsmg It's fellow and
i pour the most rapid song on the night air. Sud.
fdcnly all seemed to stop at once, while the wind
rushed by with its heavy bass-thcn, like well
! trained orchestra, they broke III again till the
very darkness seemed inherent with life.
Blu. how shall describe the lnorning7 1t Is
seldom one gets the best view Of a sunrise from
this hight. Simple sunrise has nothing remarka
bic in t-and it is the very worst time to view the
landscape, for the light falls directly on yoa
and not on the GALLEY. But this morning it was
| rare and glorious sight. The fog lay, vast
white and motionless sea over the great valley.
like the smoke that hangs over buried city tina,
an earthquake has sunk. Not a sound rose from
the moilonless mass, and II was hard to behevc
that there was life and motion under It's silcn;
folds 1t seemed as if some awful catastrophe had
happened during the night to the inhabitants BIZ.
low and this was all that was left 10 tell their
doom.
At length from the crimson East huge fire
ball rose slowly into view, waving and flowing
together like fluid gold. Higher and higher ii
mounted the clear heavens, bathing the house
and rock in a rich glow, and sending It's fierce
beams down to the dead mass below, striving III
vain to pierce the thick folds and reach Tie
green earth beneath
AT length there was slight motion discernbe
on the surface, and something like q shivcr
seemed to pass from North to South through the
vast ocean. AS the sun rose higher IN the
heavens, the convulsions grew more violent ard
rapid, MS if the white mass were mighty mon.
s,er Just feeling the arrows of his foe and waking
up to life and action. Ny eye became confused
watching the curling, writing motion, that was
visible under the surface, as II ten thousand va.
pory serpen;s were twining together But as the
sun rose still higher and poured It's iicrcer beams
on that gttering white mass undalations bcgan
TO move from one far extremity to another, Ill
pillows each miles long, rolled up and down the
buried valley. and threatened 10 storm the sky in
their fierce flow. Suddenly the mighty mas
rent right over the Hudson, and there lay a sloop
drifting lazy on the tide with It's white sail gilt
terng IN the sunbcams like the wing of a bird
had hardly time to utter an exclamation of rap
ture before it closed again as before. But these
rents soon became more frequent, now opening
over a farm house, revealing the green fields and
tlocks around 1t, and now over village, thai
bust with its white dwellings, and winter church
spire, like ID scene OF enchantmcnt on the view
II seemed fierce conflict between the vapor
and the sun, which should keep the valley. Blu,
1t was III vain that the pillows closed again and
again over the spot where the sun reached III,
earth. Its strong beams burst through and tore
INTO fragments their vapory forms, as il resolved
to visit the plants that waited their warmth and
Light. AS stood gazing this wild war be-
! tween light and darkness, heard low excla
| nation by my side. | turned, and my friend
was standing near me gazing down on the scene
1 IS II real battle were passing before his eyes
Through the whole length and breadth OF the
4 valley the vapor was now broken into fragments,
| drifting against each other and shooting up the
sdes OF the mountain as they hoated Woodward
Like columns Of horse, they charged on each
other, and while one waited to hear the noise OF