New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-07-26
The White Mountain.-A.cent of Mount
Washington.

fAHrsNs-NOunt W Washington Hotel, July u. l-ia.
H. GREELEY, Esq-Dear Sir There Is great
rush to the White Mountains this season There
are parties of thirty or forty ascending Mount
Washington every clear day. All here is life and
animation. The regular lines Of stages, numerous
extras aud the hrong Of private carriages are con
stantly arriving and departing. The crowd will
continue to increase until September
There are two places from which the ascent Is
made. One from Crawford st the Notch. the other
fro Faby au about four miles West OF the Notch
There = scarcely any difference IN the distance from
the two hotels have been over both routes. and
decidedly prefer the route from Fabyans. besides
Fabyans Hotel Is the only public house IN the
vicinity from which any view can be had OF the
Moanians-but from there we have perfect view
of the entire range
ascended Mount Washington yesterday in com
pany with a large party OF ladies' and Centlemen.-
We We're all mounted on Fabyans fine horses,
thoroughly trained TO gallop the plain and creep
the mountain We left the hotel about clock in
;he morning and passed on for the first miles
over a slightly undalatng surface through serpen
tine path much resembling the " Pearl street Cow
path" Of former days The weather exceed
inclv warm but we were completely protected from
the rays of the by the thick foliage OF the trees
that -kirted our pathway. Our course lay along
the banks of the beautiful AmanoOsuc which river
we crossed seven or eight times. The ladies' were
perfectly delighted with the scenery. Before We
had passed five miles one exclaims, Oh. how
beautiful We have seen enough already TO com
pensaie us for our journey from Boston or New
York" " II is truly enchanting says another
/ How delightfully."- the scene varies at every step,
savs the third Only look back and what a
splendid appearance Fabyan- fine cavalry make
while marching er the plain says another.
When We arrived at the foot OF Mount W ASKING
i oil nd drank of tho ID that
beautiful spring called IONS Deorum. When We
had regaed ourselves az this spring we mounted
aud commenced our journey up Mount W ashingion
\ The ascent j. about two miles. We were here
obliged TO walk our horses.
The base of the mountain s covered with dense
forest but a. you ascend the trees grow smaller and
smaller still until they d,vindlc to the shortest
/ -hrub-and farther up vegetation entirely ceeses-
| We rode our horses 10 the very summit of the
/ highest mountain in the United States. We ascend
ed many steep precipiccs where II would seem I'M
possible for a horse to co Yet no one betrayed any
signs of fear for all knew that they were perfectly
/ safe The cavalry was even led on over some Of
the most difficult places by lady mounted on one
/ of the finest of Fabyan's fine horses.
When we had di-mOunied and taken our stand a
lew rod. from our horses, the scene spread out be-
/ fore us in all it, wild grandeur and magnificent
1 beauty One after another exclaimed w hat an
ocean of mountains lies beneath every side =
How beautifully the whole landscape i travcrscd by
/ rivers and dotted with ponds and villages That
must be- the ocean at the East in the distant horizon
| That is Mount lafayette IN the West Here Is
| Lowcls Pond This must be- Fryburg Thh; i
| the Wnnepi~eoece Lake know It by it- numer
/ ou- islands This il the Adroscoggin That l. the
/ Saco' That must be- the Connecticut river Those
/ must be- the Green Mountains IN Vermont Nc. g.
After we had sufficiently Toasted the eye We sur
rounded large stone flat upon the surface. called
/ by the party Henry Clay'- dining table We here
partook of a sumptuou- feast prepared by our wor
| Inv host Fabyan. We used water for coffee and
champaigne for tea though we are all strong temper
ance people when down among the world
| | for one would saw Il never dned sOhigh before.
/ Among the tOasts given on the occasion was me
/ following: NdV the rirtues Of the american
| people be erated as the position ne Hor occupy
! This was given by gentleman OF your city II
! was drunk by the party with the warmest enthus
a-m " hen we had dined and many OF us Tor the
/ last time had looked down from that Lofty summit
/ upon the world below we descended the mountain
| and galloped over the plain TO our hotel-haylng
/ been absent about nine hours.
! After tea We were delightfully."- entertained by the
music of that coz maiden Mss Echo, who seems 10
/ make this her summer retreat. She would repea,
! hundred times every tone that fell upon her ear
Our WORTHY host gave q great variety OF tones from
the house which she never failed to repeat again and
again without the slightest variation lie ordered
cannon 10 be fired on little hilock short -stance
/ from the hotel and IN a moment she seemed TO take
command OF all the artillery in the Universe and TO
return the fire from thousand hidden iortresses
The echo from Fabyan- hotel exces that from
anv other point among the mountains, and is only
eauaed in any part OF the globe by that in the Nam
moth Cave in Kentucky spent four days IN that
+ Cave about year ago and can attest to the accu
racy OF the description given by Prentice OF the
Louisville Journal He visited the Cave IN company
with Ole Bull. In speaking Of the echo ne says
Cd Ole Bull gave us some Of his noblest performan
f ces n the points most remarkable for their wonder
/ fol echo The music was like no earthly music. It
seemed indeed superhuman The whole company
were a. mute and motionless as statues-and tears
/ copioqs and gushing tears. streamed from every
/ eve The point most remarkable for its wonderful
echo i upon the river Jordan about Fix miles from
the mouth OF the Cave. As you glide along syerthe
dark waters Of that wonderful river the echo seems
/ indeed ike no earthly music. The echo from this
\ hotel reyives the emotions produced IN my
mind in that Mysterious spot. No language can
give man faint idea Of the visitors impression al
/ either place Respectfully yours. w. b. w.
p : since writing tse above we have seen "a
| byan's tine White Mountain Moose led from the sta
| be. He was ca1gh, year ago last March by some
.port-men who were hunting deer.