New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-05-22

they call Newburyport. Why It should be SO shy
OF Massachusetts, l could Mt say, unless it was on
account OF the politics in that Stste-thoush this
could nj have been it, for it long before there
vas any politics in either OF the two States, or any
States. These States friend Tribune, a new
thing. Bat the Rivers have always been running.
can see the Sea. 1t looms up beyond the
country like dark mountain. can see the ships
climbing up its sides. l can see them plain when
the sunset touches their white sails. | see some
ships there without any sails. They seem TO have
smokes instead ike the smokes on, OF burning
chimbley. A new way OF making them go, have
reckoued, for they go right in the teeth of the
wind. by the looks of the smokes, and not sign Of
any sails. I've noticed late years, three or four of
them with reddish chimbleys and the smoke coming
out OF them black pitch-no the blue smoke
see curling out Of the chimbeys where they burn
fire woodland they seemed to steer farther to
sea than the general run Of the ships that go by
smoke | reckoned whether or they were MT
ships from the Old Countries. And they seemed
TO come from out to sea when they come in. They
come and went about every fortnight. /, could MT
be- though. that they were from the Old World
for ships would MT think Of going acrost the Sea
withou, sails. and they could n, go and back in
month, as these appeared to. But do MT know
May be you We seen these things with chimbleys.
friend Tribune-or do MT the Salt Water come up
to where you i've
All about me here used TO be woodstor hun
dreds of miles. of 10 the Eas,-on the Grants and
Locations-where they had nj msde towns of II,
the old aboriginal forests still Left standing
They We pretty much cut 1t of in the towns, These
Yankees are dreadful enemies 10 trees-they ii
hack EN- down, friend Tribune, whenever they
come across one with an ak on their shoulder-snd
if they cant stop TO cut it down, they II girdle it
so to see ii dying, by and by-and if they are in
too much OF hurry to girde il, they IL hack into
il, notch or two-just 10 show how they feel dis
posed. They seem to have perfect lignum- pbobia-
friend Tribune-though they have Mt such dread
Of trees as | wish they had wish they did MT
dare go near enough to one TO cut into it,-bu were
as frad Of as a mad dog is OF cataract! can't
bear to have EN- cut down these glorious old woods
" ish you could see OF them, friend Tribune,
of here under the Haystacks-the South side of
them, where the comes in warm. The grea,
Spruces run up there taller than your Trinity
s,eepe, and straight as an Indians arrow, and they
stand as thick as q field Of rye. And the Pines
The White Pnes-they shoot up there, six foot ,hro
al the but, and hundred fee, before you come 10
limb-P ines, no grea, Admiral ever had ship
could ride with one OF them for mast-Pines, 10
equal which the taest ever hewn OF Norwegian
hills las the old Teams;er usd TO say was but
wand. | hear EN- fall down the sides Of the noun
,ains ike these slides and makes me think, when
hon oF ~ ri and The rpqrn-
s,er us to tell US about, fell the siege OF Troy
You We heard Of the siege Of Troy, friend Tribune.
There was an old blind that went about the
country made some verses about 1t. And there's
been terrible cutting and slsshing among them,
these two winters past, friend Tribune. II KS kept
up awhile longer. there won't be White Pine left
standing here There's been dragon Of Down
sster up here, these two winters with company
of red shrted fellows from the banks of the Penob
scot. making terrible havoc among the woods His
name is Norcross. They call him The Timber King.
He'sa periec, Bonapsrte among the Pines-he 3
fell a hundred thousand Of EN- l should guess by I
the noise these Two winters past, and has got EN- all
into the river this Spring. driving them down TO
town in the old Bay State BY the name of Lowell
where they We put ~ factory, they tell me. Nor
purpose 10 saw up these Pines de got EN-
down on, of the mountains on the top OF the last
Springs l-esheIs, and they lay In the Penlge"as-
s.tt al the head Of log navigation all last Summer
ua ION, them there in basin. This Spring
he has tapped his basin and let the logs all
loose down stream. The Pemigewassett % alive .
with them now for miles and miles. and Nor
cross AID his Red Shirts are after EN- down the
river Ike so many hounds. Il is sight 10 see en-
friend Tribune ride these MIL logs down the rapids
They Il ja1np from one 20 another OF ena-hfteen
or tvyepry feet 81 i1rp-nght n among the white
water and they Il stay on a jarnb where the wafer
rams Ike ilLtai Ill the very instant II starts and
.hen they re of, with their long, iron-shod hand
spikes. Ibis Norcross is every WHARF among them,
and he has goI an eye like Kinsister. Queer, .
friend Tribane,is ntt-these Down-E ssters up here
after timber. Coming al the way from the STATE Of
Nsiue-frorn the most eastern lands" themselves
where the grea, pine timber speculation" was car
red On year o. Two ago-up here among the Nea7 I
Hc..pskire raountains after timber They have 70 {
cone TO Nss--Hcmpshire friend Tribune, for every 1
thiue-for tall tir,be. and tor ,al uen,-andI AZ, {
sorry they can get one away about as easy as they
can lie other-and Tor the sane purposes-to mar s
ks. : The s:sgedriver waiting, friend Tribune. .
and We writ you mere than ser on, 10, already, {
20 no more I'll another week, wien il got need 3
you shall hear again f.om
TEE OLD NAN Or TEE MOUNTAIN.
FrazcoH.s lyo:aA, AprtI - lsi6.
Az ELDER NDEED-Rev. Benjamin Hervey,
Baytts; clergyman cn us-ker Cc1rty, app-2red tha
Bapt.s- Convention E. Brooklyn his week n good kesl,h.
q me age hundred eleven yex-S- BE iocg
Ink The presen. and past have been
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