New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-03-25
For The Tribune.
The wIlds of New ork....No. II.


for tram, of eighteen dreary miles. few rods
from the house the path enters the forest we 500"
reached the spot and plungng surrounded oy
the eternal shades Abhorrent as our nature is 70 TO
nance there was still something in this endless
shadow. falling from hemlocks and beeches and
naples, whose age no one might tell, which ici' an
impression OF the solemn and the grand upon ''e
mind. Now as the path ascendea some ''''
brighter glimpse of light would break 'n.o11 60
nronise to opeh the. blue sky 10 our 'isoH @nu
no,. 90 book ran across our road, the flash oil the
,,,o,a .eem to indicate that the sunlight pene
,r,,ad ~ their bosom But the pine and spruce
GOOD close and overtopped the hill, while the ma
pe stretched his strong arms and dense foliage over
,be dark rivuet-all was particolored, dim flashing
bewi.ching, passing strange, like the light that
comes through the painted glass OF some old abbey
seen at sunset in Autumn.
|..F iends aud Fur;es,' exclaimed we. "What
spri,es has our fancy conured from the Vastly deep
No sprites, either, as we've live mortal Look!
Listen Buzz whiz! phiz bang There, he
strikes. The blood flows; thousand winged sing
era attend TO drink the crimson food Jehu! Yes,
thew are. they are musketOes, chole nauSketoes
and nothing but musketoes. bough, bough
INV kingdom for bough. Out upon ye, old shad
ows, for Withdrawing our thoughts from the prac-
tical A fig for stalwart trunks and gnary arms
Give us whisk, leafy, supple bosom, or We
perish"
II was severed from its stock In twinklng, and
we had it playing about the neck, ears, face hands
and feet with some agility. But the day was warm
no breath of air moved faster than snall space
through the forest, and the or1ny sweat began 10
aow The arm. weary with swinging the leafy
falchion sank by the side; and the murderouS
trooo returned in fresh bat.alions to the charge
They struck deep their lances into the cheek, and
covered the back of the hand like autumnal leaves
in Val!ambrosa. Dense crowds OF small black flies,
ycept punkies followed in the train of the mus
ke,oes They penetrated beneath the neckcloth,
swarmed behind either ear, and alighting on either
boot. proceeded TO push themselves upward be-
tween leather and lambs wool to reach our mortal
cuticle 4 Alas, they succeeded but too well. They
fell 10 armies beneath our weapon, and like the
old HYDRA of fable double pair OF forceps sprang
forth as often as fell. But there is limit 10
mortal suffering; and reached that limit, when,
our faces and hands being densely covered, we re-
signed those exposed parts to our bloody com
panions whose bodies thus protected three quarters
Of the area The experiment proved more than
successful for il found, that the stated ones
dropped away, their successors were content to
drink from the pool of blood that mantled from
,be old wound saving themselves the trouble and
ourselves the torture Of digging new well.
Well.aday They have right TO be thirsty and
an hour residence in their land made US thirsty too
Welcome was the sound Of little pool. that leaped
ont from beneath overhnnging rock, and dropping
upon our faces, we all imbibed long draughts of the
cooling clement Five miles of this tramping
brought US to the banks of Pine Creek, stream OF
about four rods in width by as many feet in. depth
liza rapid waters rush along over a rocky bottom.
and its precipiious banks are encountered with
drift. wood II was unsafe and impractcable to ride
the horses across and the company dsmounted;
next the lading aud saddles were removed, and the
bridlerens were securely fastened to their necks
Having found practicable ford we carried the bag
gage over on the driftwood and drove the horses
into the strean1-poor fellows they rolled aud
beaved in making that passage Of four rods like
fishing smack in gale off Cape Cod. The water
was not deep. but it ran like millrace, and tue
river could hardly be said to have bottom Large
angular blocks Of granite, with their faces sloping
in all directions toward each other, presented no
level substraum for horses foot, but by their
vergence merely prevented its farther descent AS
often as one foot was raised the other three would
slide from beneath him; and the utmost caution was
necessary to prevent him from getting his fetlock
enclosed between the gaping crevices, and thus
manning him for life. We escaped without acct
dent and pushing on n mile 10 what is called
"Merriams Shanty,' we snt down to a hasty meal
A funny man he, that christened the place. II is
IN open spot of ground without the iantest sign OF
covering; about thirty feet square, hard by good
spripe of water and had been cleared by the lovers
of Browns Tract sports for the purpose OF feeding
their horses on their outward and inward passages
Right cheerily did man and beast fall to their prov.
ender A. match was applied to the roots OF de
cayed stump, and as soon as II was II blaze, q
heap of earth and sticks and moss was accumulated
upon it, from which huge volumes Of gray smoke
yomted forth, TO the great annoyance OF the muske
toes. Multiplying these smuages-for such is their
name--we We're enveloped in the dingy fumes and
proceeded to discuss the bacon biscuit and cheese
,ol cNr ,nu1 rad % n - sut
located our nostrils, and filled eyes we could
feel sensible relaxation of hold the part of mus
ketoes and punkes Their forceps opened their
wings expanded, and away they flew from their
destroying enemy, the villainous smoke. II was
not a relief from, but exchange of ills: and 1t is
difficult for u.s. even at this distance from the scene,
10 decide which is the more tolerable of the two.
4 Having fnished our repast we pushed on in di.
rection about East Northeast The path became
more intricate in its windings and more mpeded
by fallen trees Two miles from the shanty"
brought US TO Copper Lake. a beautiful black sheet
Of water, much frequented by the deer and wild
fowl. Leaving this upon our right we stretched
ON our course over decayed causewaye, rickety
bridges and cold swamps Ten comtortless miles
were thus traversed and at last the open fields OF
Browns Tract broke upon u.s. We pushed for
ward TO the farmhouse, which still remains in a
passabe condition, aud is tenanted by family who
gain a miserable livelihood by fishing and cult
waiting the sandy acres. On one side are the re-
mains of the Forge from which HarrisoH hattered
himself to reap golden harvest Hard by is the
quarry and mine, run into granite rock in search
Of coal--a spot where man of common sense
would as soon hunt for mortal beings like himself,
as he would for any thing but granite. AT this place
we swan the Moose River 10 its Eastern bank on
horseback, the bottom being quite sandy and the
greatest depth not over eight feet. short tramp OF
two miles brought again to the head of the river,
which is in fact the outlet Of series Of Lakes,
stretching many miles 10 the Northeast Under
the roof Of barn, the frame of which alone re-
manned sound, we hung our saddles and brides,
and turned horses loose shift for themselves
during our absence A field of an hundred acres
affords them abundant passurage, and the instinc,
of the animals both keeps them together and with
in short distance of the cleared land Our faithful
guide was ready with three boats, and we soon
distributed ourselves and baggage among them
Our craft was very unequal, one being stout
clumsy fouroar, another studded short punt and
the third beautiful light two oar fitted alike for
water and land carriage. Il was fall FIVE in the at
,ernoon when we seated ourselves in the four oar,
and began to pull oar strongest and longest TO
reach the place where we had appointed TO camp.
Ten long miles. not rood less, before we were TO