New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-28

Summer In Berkshire Co. Mass.-Mounfain
scenery-Im In Iron, Coal, &c.

NIX. GkEkLkf 1t requires SOthN NDH'"-Nf ''7
piping hot weather TO write a, ALL and good dea OF
stamina to write anything worth reading. The only
consolation have in these days, when the heavens
are brass and the sun blazing furnace underneath,
is the reflection that il is hotter stH in New FORK
and wonder now, as sit with the thermometer at
90. whether you can be amiable in New York with
the thermometer at 96o II is relief to change
the dus, and tumult and heat and crowd OF Broad
way for the deep quiet the fresh green, and uniet
tered breezes Of the country. To exchange houses
for trees-hoi pavements for the velvet green-sward
the rattle of omnibusses and carts for the music
OF birds and running streams, and the ciosepacked
city for the free and open forest and field, rs a
change almost sufficient to change mans nature.
True YOU have brass bands in New-York and
Music (nore than week
In Scudder's balcony
but did you ever hear bird sing roluntary-nay
five hundred Of them singing one together Why,
this morning was awakened by the clock striking
three, and in less than fifteen minutes heaven and
earth seemed crowded with singers, singing for
nobody bu, themselves, and singing simply because
they could not help it, | slept at the base of huge
green mountain, along which the Housatonc goes
tumbling with sound that is halt snar and halt
song. 1t takes the good full hour to reach
the top of this mountain from the plain at the base
and when he finally achieves the difficult feat he
looks down amazed at the little manufacturing vii
lage at the base beautiful and picturesque though
it be, as much as to say, Is this all l really
thought there was something more important than
this TO be seen from the summit of this mountain, or
| certainly should not have taken all this trouble TO
reach it, Well the breast of this abrupt mountain
is clothed from bottom top with the richest green
and il is worth days journey TO see the wind
sweep over it, and all over this morning was song
song song The boldest, loudest note was the clear,
free carol of the robin. From this the choristers
went down on the scale through chick a-deedee Phe
be bird TO the chipping bird. There were hun
drcds and hundreds of them, and they seemed sing
ing on q racc-every one at the top Oh MS speed
and the top of his power. The glad forest rung and
echoed and the very treetops seemed to reel IN &c
stacy. Oh how pity the thousands IN New ork
who in these fiery days lie crowded and packed in
the cellars and bowels of the lanes of the city and
are not able to enjoy even the luxury OF Hoboken,
or the apology Of country out at Harlem. tell you
plainly | consider these great commercial cities
curse TO mankind the whole economy OF them Is
to make the rich richer and the poor poorer, and
must the plan WORKS duiDudDll W NtNuit tuis
result True they bring the produce OF other lands
TO US and cheaper the price Of thousand things we
eat and wear but Gu, bonoY Ii is happiness we
are after and thought il long ago settled that
we grew happy in proportion as we cnrtd" our
wants not as we feed them. Give the iand to the
people let them spread themselves over the soil,
and the competency and comfort that would be
gained would more than rccompcnse for reduction
of the shipping list. But ] will not bother my
head about these matters, as | invariably begin 10
do when in the country. 1t does seem so strange
and so unnecessary that thousands should struggle
and suffer and become criminals In our large cities
when there is such an ample glorious country ready
To receive them.
There are several beautiful localities arou nd
Stockbridge. some of which should like todescribe
in detail bat il is too hot. There is lcegen cool
enough the hottest day in Summer Ii has been
formed in one oftwo ways either small earthquake
having occasion to pass from one side OF the noun
tain TO the other and not choosing TO 60 orer It's heart
tore straight through it, and left its deep and sudden
path in Just the disordered state II made lt-or else
one part of the mountain took il in lis head one quiet
night when Stockbrdee was asleep, TO make a
short excursion on its own hook. and so slid quietly
away from the other part, leaving iurrow through
the mountain along the crease OF which the huge
rocks lie tumbled in every shape and position. \
march through this by torch light, with Hook OF
beautiful ladies in summer costume, is perfect halt
here and there on a bold, jutting rock, suddenly
emerging into the blazing light from some deep re-
cess or slowly fading away in the distant gloom
constitute the fairy part of the picture while the
blazing torches CHASTITY trees and cavernous rocks,
make it appear like the entrance to the internal
world
Then ,herc is Monument Mountain. which Bryant
has immOr,alized in verse. though there IS great
doubt about the poetry being true. There Is GER
ainly large pile of stones the summit OF the pre-
cipice. piled there by the Indians to commemorate
some tragic event that happened there years ago to
one Of their tribe. Bryant makes II out that beau
tu Indian girl disappointed IN love, retired one day
To this precipice TO commit suicide All DAY iohg
her death hymn was chanied, and her hair adorned
with flowers which she was wear into the Spirit
Land that only place Of repose left her stricken spl-
rit and al evening she leaped away from the hlgh
rock and came like flash OF light 10 the bottom
where she lay n crushed, a mangedsthing. This Is
the poets story but the matter fact people living
about the place declare that II was drunken Ola
squaw. who jumped of for pint of cider and broke
her neck in the bargain This connection OF sentl-
mcnt and vulearity. which is constantly meeting one
a, every turn in the world reminds me of beauti-
ful painting once saw in Italy. Venus had caught
Cupid in some mschievous love prank or other, and
had retired into a sweet arbor to punish HIM w It'll
the bare little urchin laid across her lap, she was
.panking him secundem drtesn with bunch OF
roses. The little sCape grace lay WIN HIS 'o' "ee,
kicking in the air, and his mouth wide open, bawl-
ING most Justify under the infection.
Here also is Laurel Hill which Miss Sedgwick
has immortalized who immoralizes every thing she
touches. and the most beautiful valley the sun ever
smiled upon 1t is equal TO any thing OF It's KIND IN
Switzerland We will say nothing OF II In winter
would like to describe one thing, SIMPLY be
cause YOU would ike it, but cannot ! have puz-
zled my head about il 10 no purpose Tor cannon
understand machinery at all. except on paper
Down the Housa,onic about four miles, near hou-
satonicvile. gentleman by the name OF Ayers has
extensive iron works which he is continually en-
larging He is man of exhaustless ingenuity and
is constantly introducing improvements oil lncalcuia
bic advantage TO the country. In the hrst place
some time ago, TO make the hot air generated by his
furnace reheat his furnace, he collected II IN pipes
and turned il back on the ignited ore. The place
where this stream of heated air meets the nre Is So
intensely bright that the eye can scarcely endure
the light. and il goes through thin board like
bullet; By this process he accumulated heat to the
immense saving of fuel Lattery he has introduced
a great improvement in making Charcoal. BY
erecting brick buildings in which he can pile eighty
cords Of wood at time, be saves some hi'een oush
els of coal to the cord over the common process o.
burning in coal pits. Not content with al this econ
omy, he now saves the gases generated In inc pro