New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1846-09-16

ADlRoSDAc MOUNTAINS, July, lao.
We Epr7oR: could address your proofreader
.,-,ss Count schnekson used to say to the sailors
,.t,s Jogging them He was accustomed to com
-.,.e Allow me to suggest in gentlemanly
-.y-iust to hint in the most delicate manner pos
,se that you are a then fell the cat,
,bsk whack Now, in my letter describing our
,rOerations to ascend Mount Marcy alias Mount
TsLarus- Il do MT know as you design ever to pub.
s,5 the account of the ascent itself your proof.
,.,Ssr makes me cali it Mount Zohawas, which
you'd rather puzzle one who attempted to find it
nbemaps of New York State, Again, where
reako our forest meal, describing my compan.
,ss saving in conclusion we did our deroirs. he
makes me say on,- detoUrs' Now this is literally
sas. we did our derours no doubt-,he fact is
ighfy stated still it might not be considered in
cute 50 good taste as the other expression.
BET this Mount Marcy, whose proper Indian
ranei Tahawus j. c. siy-spltter must be re.
,hrstened with its old name. What propriety is
bae in giving the name Of Mr.. Marcy to the high
st nOblest mountain in the Empire statc1 A
sw men without authority christened it, and Prof
Enmcns in his Geological Report has ratified the
bsptisrn and attempted to give it currency in our
ftgsture. II the mountain had been without
cane this would have been impertinent but TO re.
ryethe old and appropriate one was sacrilege
Iahswus is euphonious and signiticant-Marcy is
nsher Prof. Emmons doubtless supposed himself
y,yhg his patron great compliment by this meas.
ne but the result viii prove that instead of add
a.. -
Incorporated name into his work which our liter.
u1re, our poetry, our histories, and even our &c
s1apbies, will not recognize. These modern
a,nes given to please some politician OF transient
reputation. or some land Spectator Of sti briefer
Immortality will soon give place to the old, signiii
rtnt and musical ones of the Indians. who first
possessed them have no objection to Mr. Marcy,
sl would as soon the mountain called after
him as any other man of equal ability, but nbom-
ssc the taste that can tx or tolerate these names
50 misapplied Here all in cluster are some OF
the mos. sublime mountain SUBMITS | ever looked
upon, and they are njcknamed Marcy. McIntyrc.
McMartiD, Emmons, Seward, &c. lt will do to
call mountain after Washington the natura
grandeur Of the one seems to symbol forth the
moral grandeur Of the other. Mount Marcy, as 1t
scaled, is the highest land East of the Rocky
Mountains, with the exception OF Mount Washing
NV which has nm elevation greater only by few
Agndred feet. Now let us imagine dialogue held
btween these two lordly submits ON which the last
nabcams lineer. As Mount Marcy looks Eastward
hsees bold peak still bathcd in light while all
he world is dark below, and rising from his sea OF
solitude he inquiries who he is that dares the heav
eswi.h his mysterious front The lofty mountain
dds away the cloud from its mighty forehead and
t'tng one glance on his companion i'll the Empire
Safe that stands even with his shoulders, proudly
spies. aWAsHlNGroN " The sleeping echoes
.wahe at the sound, and the immortal name is
uurMured reverently by every peak. e" And
wharf thou 2" retorts the lordly summit "whoSe
Eas shne stops the level rays that send West,
Trab the last range that binds together this slo-
rIs SIMON z" Marcy !" is the answer. uttered
aebw. whining, timid tone as ii ashamed with
nhaname to stand shoulder to shoulder with
Washington. And who" continues the stern
customer, arc those noble peaks about YOU ris.
Esm such majesty from out their sea of green 2
alutyv, MaclEartia, Eamons and Golden The
u mountain folds his robe Of mist again around
Sa and drawing himself proudly up on his prime
Nhroae, rejects the acquaintance protfered HIM,
&wllnOt own the modern apsrarts that have SO
seiy pushed aside their betters
Asaiu, say, have no objection ;eolQ5cdlly 10 the
aneoiMarcy, and condemn just rs strongly any
userIame otwhatever party, attached oft. Rest
issued these names will pass away with the gen
ssaco that gave them, and the Indian ones be re-
'0aed and finally fixed in our history and htera-
se
'ea'es US away 10 the famous Indian Pass. 1t
Aseeod!ess morning and the breeze comes stoop-
~sOser these naughty mountains as if indifferent
as names they bear and the great forest-sea
Sa' eeN'e 1t Ike the pillows OF the ocean. Though
,SsS ana exhausted shouldcrmy rife and tramp
-sS miles through the woods 20 the Pass. Unjust
" ne paintings ! have frequently seen of this
sSssoy Talbot, and others in the Academy of
gave me no correct idea Of 1t. In the first
s.Ses'aey are too tame, representing not all the
Ssa aad especially the roughness OF the bot
@ue Pass. This. instead OF being level
s,1l'aSa The mountain is perfect chaos OF
- sad 1t Is ascending dithcult mountain to
we 'aroash it At least found it impossible
10y ny gun and left it behind leaning sgainst
I Mitwas we'll nigh broke my head, for.
- ts-.s 'saa rock. fell backward down its pre-,
- ySs SIDES andwas caught. or rather fetched mp.
S,,ss 49, psek Of my head against another rock that
ss s'sed up to The one which had so rodely east
49,, IT. For while l lay helpless, and two
~ s.pes way and in all human probability yon
seFeF have been troubled with this letter.
81 y Second place, they give too much Of the
So. aoanisins and thus reduce by comparison
ssss go q the prccipce. This is probably one
49,, l'est psecipices in the world, and sketch
0e taken so as to give the impression OF I'M
ais0s These prilueval naked walls shoot
s'sa and in one place twelve hundred feet
isssa. As they thus stand gray and awful be
gs,h now hanging their mighty names over
l,a 90 md row falling back as il themselves
sa ,s TO look down on the abyss they made.
s'escnt most terrible feature IN Nature The
sans ssees twenty and thirty feet mgi, on the
spsss look like mere wild weeds waving to and
ssss e blast did not so to the top, i, was too
-a asssk, but our guide said he had been up
he p~,s.r