The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1846-08-23
TYLER,
WEBSTER, ASHBURTON,
BUCHANAN, PAKENHAM.

Mr.. Pakenharn entertained himself chiefly in
review OF The glorious boundaries Of the Rio del
Norte Of York State, as we passed along rs CONT
nuous panorama Of fields, and fleets, and towns
and villages, and points marked On the page o..
history for ali time 10 come, and swelling hills and
green mountains, and cliffs and rocks, and wafer
tails, and all the elements OF ne ciiasey beant-
lul and beautifully ciasle. He gaz,d over
the he gifts near which And,e was captured-he
glanced at West Point. Stony Point, and the
Crows Nest, aud locke d had for the immortal
proboscs OF St Anthony's Nose and then AT ihe
face OF the glltering river, though he exi ec'ed
Washington lrving's biz surgeon To spr.ag up
twenty ieet into the sunshine
But we found n more Intimate acqna NANCE in
the plain and unpretending DR.. Elijah Whit, OF
oregon, coupe of young men, par of 'sir
and intelligent creatures Ut Ri, Sex who were sent
down to redeem the world, sller bringing to the
very verge Of destruction. With the full concur
renee OF DR.. White, We were soon organized into
a snug little congress OF our own. And the Doc
tor, by request, expatated upon Oregon, its pro-
diglous mountains, terrible rivers, beautiful val
leys, Indians, bufiaoes and grizzly bears. and Mr..
Whitney's Tarond But his eloquence was re-
called most strongly in his descriptions OF the cas-
cade mountains, through which he has pioneer red
way for the eniigrants to the Willamette and the
future commercial Chinese entrepot of Astoria
AS nearly as we can recollect, the following is an
extract from the rhapsody OF this practical man
upon the mountains and volcanoes OF Oregon =
"The cascade range, Miss, Cunning To the blue
eyes OF the fair stranger side,) the cascade
range runs parallel with the Pacific coast far
thousand miles, at an average elevation OF 5000
feet above the sea, with frequent peaks rising
six eight thousand feet higher, and shining
with eternal snow for al least seven thousand feet
from their SUBMITS. There is Mount jefferson near
Frazer's river, and Mount Rainier lower down;
then comes Mount ST Heen's near the pass of the
Columbia, t,en Mount Hood, and Mount Wash
ington, and the Six Sisters, many of them unex-
tinguished volcanoes. in tar wrl-hsr all these
lofty peaks are visible three hundred miles
at sea, like so many light houses along line of
five hundred miles, with their silver p;nnacles
glittering in the sky. The whole Of them have
raised up by 'he upneavings of the volcanic fires
beneath them, which at intervals still break out
with more terrible sublmity than Vesuvius. In
lS43 in November OF that year, Continued DR..
Wmte,) was witness to one of these explosions
of the volcano Frazer's river. 1t was three
in the afternoon. A dark heavy column Of smoke
boiled up from the white summit of the noun
tain, and soon 1t was envelSPed In an mpent ira
bic cloud, save from the upsreaming fire. and
the rivers of red hot liquid lava that poured down
its sides. The sky at 80 miles distant where
stood, was dar kened as by an eclipse OF the sun.
heavy twilight hung upon the face of day, and
a shower OF ashes fell around US. The Indians
afterwards told me, that the fish in Frazer's
river were destroyed to the sea from the
stream Of lava which flowed down into its waters.
cloud Of sinoke--indeed that whole country OF
Oregon is volcanic-is boiling springs, its active
volcanic peaks, its deep assures, and dreadfui
chasms. its whole structure and formation be-
speak it, region resting still upon Of fire..
Substantially, though we may have some what
embrlllsh the language Of the narrator, such was
the statement Of Dr.. White concerning the Ore
gon volcanoes. We have give 4 it, because il may
be relied upon, though to most Of your readers,
II will be as novel as it was to us. Pending this
state ment VI the sublime of Oregon, the beautiful
of the Hudson was almost forgotten, and the
CatskiIl Mountain House upon its lofty elevation,
to our view, in comparison, to little
county vrlla upon gently slopng hill.
We were called from rhes' rcmniscences to
dinner and had the pleasure of finding, thai
Mr.. Willard, The polite stewart, and his brother,
he clerk, had provided us with three places
vis-a-vs with other three for our company, with
one especial quadroon for our accommodation.
We we're right in guessing that Niagara was The
name.
At Albany, Mr.. Pakenham left ns en- route, as
leave this pleasant btlle city Of Trey Tor the satur-
malta of a day at Saratoga. Respectfully,
Tur