New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1845-09-03
BY GREELEY * McELRATH.

wiring Out, az Is 20 often the case, the parent, OPP
posed the match Slowly ascending for six or
seven miles more a steady hill along a deep ray inc
We came al length to the upper base OF the Iaghco
! nae. Leaving our carriages al little farm house,
here We distributed aronnd the baskets 81 cctcra.
! containing our provision for the body, and struck
into the woods for the top Of the dome a mile and a
half distant. Losing our way OF course. we wan
dered off into the forest and finally found ourselves
ascending another mountain. had fOreseen this tor
had caught view Of the dome just before We
turned of and knew from the direction m which ]
saw II that we were gong al an angle OF al east
thirty degrees from the right course. Finding our
path disspating itself into the surrounding bushes
We came to a halt and held a council over move
II was finally determined 10 leave the ladies
and rest Of the company behind, while a gentlcnaD
and myself should 20 on an exploring expedition
after the right path. After beating about for a while
TO no purpose | concluded TO ascend the hill was
/ on I'LL | could find OokingOii place from which
/ old Taghconac would be visible. | have travelled
through Christian woods good deal ia my life. but
never through such Infamous and mOngrel on.
tang clement this Laurel bushes higher than
your head wrgglcd and twisted their stems IN every
possible variety OF shape, If on purpose 10 see
/ what abominaby deiormed stems they co0id make
before they cheated a nan with the uniform upper
surface their tops presented. Through these went
/ hOundering Just tar enough underneath 10 keep
me from getting view rod in Circumference TIL
! came al length to a respectable pine-tree which !
]
there stood the Taghconac mile distant the Oth'
side OF the ravnc bending it, beautifully symmetrical
/ dome against the blue sky. Shouting down the
| mountain the direction 20 take off in a straight
line for the spot supposed the path ought TO he.
/ The labor | underwent in reaching it Is worth men
| lioning in every respect ! assure you. but ! viii
| omit it. Seated on coalpit not yet lighted. IN O
| little clearing | now and then shouted from my
perch for the benefit OF the company, while III the
! intervals ] kept mp lower sort OF accompaniment
made up Of yels and whistles till the sirsgsiers al
! arrived Now you are a temperance man know,
and thorough going one, but what would you
! have done in my case ] was completely used mp,
| with my throat as dry a powder horn There
was water in pail il IL true but OF that most SICK
cning temperature we call lukewarm, and there was
/ bottle OF good Port wine. I took the wine. and J
shield myself behind the declaration OF one who l.
/ generally considered a wise man, Give wine "a
him that il ready to perish Now if ! was not
/ ready 70 perish McR ! never shall be ready J am
quite sure at least never wish TO be more ready
The slender and almost invisible path that leads
directly up the dome goes at an angle o. nearly
| forty five degrees. Slraining up this a. best wo
could we at length reached the top. and Oh what
prospect lay spread out below us Standing on one
/ of Natures cupoas underneath the blue and ma
| iesic dome which God has reared we looked around
| ON an almost perfect circle of which we were NE
| centre ! was going 10 say give me compass WIN
! legs eighty miles long and ] could cut thai horizon
myself from the spot where stood bat ! was
thinking only of the dimensions and not {" thc
| beautiful and endless variety of the outline the
swelling uplands and misty mountains drew along
| the heavens As you open your eyes on TINS IN
| Obstmcicd panorama, there comes hrs confused
consciousness of a world of beauty, all mingled and
| flowing together. Gradually assuming shape ana
dsiinctncss as your asionishmcnt subsidies object
after object uncOvcrs itself 10 your charmed vision
| TILL as in ST Peters at Rome, you stand amazed al
| the prodigality of art around you, you here are
| holm cd al endless OF
| First of all YOUR eve sweeps round the horizon
taking in the outer frame work of this great compo
| siiion Of Nature With your .acc To the East ne
| eve rests on dim and misty range OF mountains
| that are stretching their lazy length along the
| heavens beyond the Connecticut. Turning on your
| heel towards the North old Saddle Back Of vii
| Jamestown lifts lis great scOllOpcd back into the sKy
while To the left a round mass (which we first thought
must belong TO the Adirondack chain, but " ich we
| were afterwards convinced must be peak OF The
| Green Mounlains) draws lis faint outline lvsisle
only at tines along the dreamy heavens as II Itself
| in a dream Now il shows its head, aud now wells
it-now looking as if il were about TO swell clear
and distinct on the vision and now fading away TIL
| il becomes a part of the sEy-it holds you NE
| spell Still making your heel pivot, your face the
| West lol there lies the huge leviaihan form OF the
Calskill in all lis monstrous proportions dark and
| naughty as ever. We have never seen range o.
| It's size present 50 strong and masculine an outline
! ~ this same Catskill and from tins spot 1t seems
the fortress of creation and perfectly Conscious
| of the Importance of It's trust But look al that wdVN
line of light at its black base. 1t looks like thin
body of tog stretched like serpent Just above tnc
| distant surface II is the lordly Hudson making
| barely slimmer in the lar Oft landscape Inc
rushing keels that dash its waters into ioam-ihc
| wealth of commerce that IL floating win It's TIE ana
| The nultitudes of men that hurying over IT.
current in the mad chase of life, are all invisible
| here That misty form gives no token oil all tins
| aud these.
Thus bv simply wheeling 10 different points OF
| the compass Your eye embraces sixty or seventy
miles either way. The second thing which arrests
| YOU is the intervening andscape-and here can
| say nothing as it ought To be said The valleys OF
| the Hudson. Green aud HOusaOnlc rivers ar an
before YOU. and such wealth OF cultivated heiSs-
such magnificent slopes going mp 10 the very crest
ot the hills and all laden with the rich harvest inter
| sperscd with patches of green forest looking like
| mere dashes Of Natures pencil, here and there OF
The bright underground never before blessed the eye
| of man The long sweet vales-the rolling upland
| and the bold mountain swell, stretch away anu
| bend over and mount upward ON every side lhcre'
NJ the low er end of the valley of the HOusaionic art
the Two settlements of Canaan white snow spots
IN the landscape aud farther up the quiet village OF
sheffield and still farther up the still more beautiiu!
! village of Great harrington, with It's white sprc
rising out of a grove of ancient ems while back Ia
the far upland rises the spirc OF the church o.
| Marlborough The eve still wandcrs up this valley
out the swce, village OF old Stockbridgc and finally
| rests on the distant white spire of LenoN church.
Beyond this the mountains have II all 10 themselves
d the valley of the Green River yon see an ti'i
less succession of garden-hke farms nierspersed
with houses and settlements Egremont is the only
| village YOU see along lis banks. The towns along
! the Hudson are invisible in the distance The
south salisbury lin Connecticut is hid just behind
| the Taebconac though its group of sweet lakes lie
sparkling in the II seems as II Nature mace
| tbcse lakes in some spare hour Just for her own
| amusement. and in a sudden freak drew thread OF
| earth across one, dividing II into two now called
,he T,,in sisters There is barely room for a car
| rage road along this narrow causeway. Ten or
fifteen lakes are visible dotting here and there tins
wonderful panorama in order to perfect me harmony
| of the scene Two or three miles on the south III
another branch of the Taghconac arr the iaus oil
Rash Pish. which Miss Sedgwick has made m
mortal The forest and the gorge tall IN there NE
a sunkcn grave aud that is all You can see dc
| signed 10 have given YOU description El u.sc
falls but have not room. eazcd aud sazed GA ihis
yondrous landscape with increasing admiration.
I. 3. 80, az those rivers that live for ever 100 me