New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-13
For The NswYork Tribune
A WALK TO The WHITE MOUNTAINS.


The sun rose red the next morning. "a 70 hsd
done ior some DAYS betokening not a favorable SKY
ior prospect. Az az early boar preparation for
the asce-t began. The tar Or i've ladies' assem-
ed al she door stirred for the occasion the hors.
IS were brought pad b,i, anticipating M
separation troui the company on toe top Of Wash
ias,on ani by : O'Clock the cAvscsde Of seven
or eight horses headed BY ,be tai guide on foot,
myself accompanying him, Was IN motion.
The White Mountains were frs, assembled on
horseback by the veteran Abel Crawford. about
,he wear $40; when he was accompanied by the
Surveying party Of Or. Chas T Jackson. They
were first discovered In toe year ls42. by AZ ish-
man Of the nsme OF Darby Field. Hs discover
Ing some rock cryssas upon them, ba, which be
imagined - be- diamonds the mountain received
the name Crys,sl HIS their iadiAn name was
A.i0coctooS.
Oar hrst sct was - climb the wooded mountain
Clinton which We DID by sEss path or rather
Oh snne worn BY the horses feet to the depth Of
TWO feet by two feet wide, occasions " inter-
ruPted by pstch Of corduroy, extending :; miles
occupying IS hlu-s. Mount Clinton has an 81
tirute Of sboat geo feet sad is the f-st OF row
& four mogr'sins yins between the Notch house
/ snd nat " sshington over the submits OF al
/ OF VI ch Your path llss-the distances between
the SUBMITS, by the path. being equally about
mile requiring to perform the wax over escr.
about an hour. They use suc,essiveiy one above
another. sHi sre In a curved hae. extending rear
/, Ia the direction OF Y. <. and : W The slm'
tof Clinton gained. ef, the party to rest trcir
I b rises vhie pursued toe remainder of the way
Soue. Toe noic'es being AZ great elevation o.
wood grows In them, but the path Is very stony
snd Often dangerously PERCEPTIONS. Two OF the
horses fell with their riders ss a'terwsrd learn
| ed. and were some what bruised IN consequence
Poos OF sts<nsn; water are In the bottoms OF the
notcbe', surrounded b. boSsy e'olnt add rarely
occurs 'iti.e cake. At ,hese pools rested ane
saked my thi-s, water never tasting b, tier. &
reach which sometimes veutured over trembling
ground that threatened % INN rye ne. TIE
summit or Pleasant. next after Clinton i smooth,
and affords grass. Franklin. the third in order
and Monroe. the fourth. sre lejsy peaks. hch
the path slightly DIVORCES fr M. On the SIDE #
| Franklin ! reached what had been IN prospect
/ .-lm Clinton. namely, some remnants OF the last
| Winters sl0w-this notw Outstanding that ihs
time was the 10Th OF July. The snow ia sposs
remain, upon these mountains through l0 months
in the year; usually first visiting them early 10
September pormfneut'y remaining after the lat.
ter part OF OFT. continuing TIL the first OF July.
Ir IS recorded as unusual that "in l'sl snow wa.
seen on IN south SHE OF the largest mountain ..
.he l..h OF July "ln 1920 10 lay t,i AUGUST
Aud 10 ihe warm At part Co.,, the samm the stur
aiest guide who conducts parties upon them om'ts
not % take his heavy ovefcoat with hlm. On tnI.
| occasion, owing 10 the ulc 0umou he { o! the day
! .the thermnmeter was then ranging al iO2 a.
Fraucotia, % or 80 miles distant the atm sphere
vas MT marked by any sensible change 10 :, m
persture tte difference. however. Of the same
between the summit and base, must have been
Considerable About Zen OF these snow
patches were 70 be seem being chiefly on the sde.
Of Franklin aud " ashiu ton, some Of which GOV
cred an area probably equai To a hundred feet
square.
AZ between u NJ. and P. VI. we together
r-ached the head Of tho Warrington where We
stood on me highest ground in the United State,
east at the K cky Mountains the Black Mountain
! OF North Carolina alone excepted The view
could scarcely have been worse. Beyond the
nearer mountains nothing was visible while be-
low, the forests were bat family perceived Sup
| posing the veil removed We see regular ranges o.
mouurains surrounding Ne. the prime pal Of which
are three ranges u the South east. running Nm r
and several 20 the Soath.west running y and :
the valleys between which are reku ar'y con'inu
Gus a4d thickiy clad with primeval forests TX
tending our borrowed ken 70 the distance Of ~
miles south eastward, We is&e ia the view a por
ton Of the Atlantic Ocean. Westward aud north
ward our Or spec, j. bounded by the Green Noun
tsius OF Vermont aud h shland which separate
the Yates Of the Amarscogin River from those
of toe St Lawrence. Wiunipiseogee Lake gem
Ike. sparkes Ia this landscape. Thus viewing,
we may consider also the mineral wealth 10 8
greater or less distance within the limits of the
State. surrounds IS.
Ia Jackson, at the foot Of the mountains. South
eastward. there is vein Of tin ore. accompanied
by arseucal o-e the richest OF any discovered b.
the Uuited States. Eaton, not far from j. il b
precinct Of lead and zinc ores together with cop
per and b1g.r1n ores; the former two Of whic1
are superior Bartlett. Francon'a and sbon
are amoog the abundant sources OF iron ofes in
the : at Limestone, So Important no aiding th'
substitution Of durable and ncombus,ible build
ags 10 the place Of those the contrary, !. the sub
stance Of numerous. aud somo OF them almos, in-
exhaus,be, beds around US. Lisbon aud Lyme.
we,tward, bat particularly HavrrhiIl in the south
bring into the market the product Of this stone -
Plambago, mica, and quartz-the latter Of which
d. used in the manufacture Of sand -psper-sre
Al mentioned as among other useful mineral.
under our river. n.
No. IY.-Cehgioal Ctlygeig u NJ WIs.mg' ~.
H,h 1T Sprtags- Dsseea - Loas'0ns PIps-FIDs
ans-d Dram Fret Eafsvfgnameas- oqo.st,a
The geological character Of NJ. Washington,
Dr.. Jackson observes possesses bat little inter
e.t Its surface 10 covered with angular and o.
blocks aud slabs Of mica slate Ia rock q a gray
color, and rssd extensively IN paving sidewalks.
occasiona'y tipped or marked with quartz Or
iel8sgsr Of a clear white These are piled W 10
much confusion. are nosniica with the rocks IN
places or those composing the mountain, aud besr
40 marks OF transportation Or abrasion BY dli1gisi
currents Bat most Of tue mountains Of the STATE
| h1yeger 80 far as I have been able . learn, are