New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-07-10
For The Nov ork Tribune
A WALK To THE WHITE MOUNTAINS.
10 ..setOut-Glances at Places and Things
route.

Ia the early part OF JAY, 1884, SCI Oos ii1L TIE
house o. a relative in Concord, y H on walk 70
the White Mountains. These mountains inc about
l20 miles from Concord in a nearly y. - L.
direction
A glance g, places along the va is proposed 10
this aad the following chapter when IN ~. y we
shall ascend. and fa No. 8 descend the mountains
concluding our wax.
The hsh plain beyond coaco-d, On the route,
Immediately furnishes a mountainous scenery.
.arsarge 10 particular, ins Nor,h-wesswasd direc-
tion. j. an i'm posing mountain, lyiog rtween the
towns Of Ss isbory THE birthplace OF Daniel Web
ster, AID Andover. 1t presented On this occasion
the phenomenon Of a mountain capped with
cloud Tfirteen miles from Concord, l entered p,
a late h,u- the village u the Shakers o.! Can'cr-
bury, ia " hich obtained my first nights ioas-
ms This village is 2 collection Of some ~ or I'd
large Louses located upon bill. The majority Of
the houses are painted dbl yellow a lc~ a-c red,
and twoor three called the Offices. are Of brick
toe roofs % all are painted red SO roads pass by
them, but the surrounding ground is a. unbroken
swerd unencumbered by any object. The SOL be
longing 20 the Shakers has been reclaimed from
st. rile 70 highly productive state. 1t rests on
granite rock, the ingredients Of which enter large
j. into It's competition.
sanbornton Bridge situated eight miles north
ward from the Shskers' Village was nextreached.
The beautiful river Winnipiseogee traverses the
couutr, here. whose waters, IN common with a.
other rivers in a granite region, are remarkable
for their purity. rne mountains are numerous az
this stage Of your walk, and they continue t.
multiply % you advance. Sanborntou Bridge ls
mcntionabe only for It's factory for Satinets, and
that for splitting Pslm-leaf for hats. LIS appear
ance is ragged, ia a sense but its few Inhabitants
appear to thrive
Meredith Bridge, from Sanboruton Bridge u
miles, IS a large, handsome, aud active village,
containing two neat cotton and wooden factories.
To reach this crossed the Bay large body
Of crystalline water adjacent to Winmpiseoeec
Lake. and communicating with it by r small Rv
or from which the Bay proceeds the Wlnni'
piseogee River 70 the Merumac. a railroad
from Concord, north westward, passing over the
st~ip of land King between these bodies oil water
was q. the time being eraded. Meredith Bndse
u succeeded in miles by Meredith Village, a
considerable place, supporting, Ike US relative
cotton and wooden factories. The county De-
tween the two furnishes for the hrsl time
GLIMPSE OF the Wn,te Mountains. II, or It's name
sake. if Portsmouth chronclcrs tell truly has the
boporot having given birth to the distinguished
living Russian General, Count Znnezchof other
wise Thomas +. Williams
To Center Harbor next IN order, lying upon tue
shore OF Winnipiseosee Lake, 1t is four miles
through uninhabteo woods Beside the Lake He'd
Hi is chiefly conspicuous here, from bose sum
NIT Of 900 feet elevation survey to the greatest
advantage is had Of both the Wlnnipisoosee aud
Sluam Lakes. was prevented by fatigue and
misdirsction from ssccndng II, but passed TIE
! Sunday which Immediately followed on ITS North
ern side Those who shall travel on this route
will not soon forget the rare prospects winch are
IN this particular region afforded them. Ossipee'
Wbte-face. Israel and Chocorna are notable noun
tsins. and the enclosure which they form can be
bat rarely equalec.
Sandwich containing mineral tsulphure'ten
aud chal, beate) spring, Tamworth, surrounded by
swamp aud desert country Eaton. 90 miles from
Concord. one Of whose two unpainted wooden
taverns was chimneyless, SUCCESSFULLY followed
The villages have now become scattered barely
amounting To collections OF houses the townships
have larger territories. while you are quite non
p,uscd in your attic mpts to note distances. Pro
ceeding from Eaton to Conway sandy desert Of
four M five miles IN extent is crossed. There are
two Conways-one Of them prehxed North. Or
nv way between, when in tract Of airy woods
was surprised to meet face that had before
seen. Ii was that OF Nj X. Of the firm OF b. X
4 p. booksellers OF New-Nork who had walked
all the way from Burlington, VIA iaunt Tor the
benefit Of his health, and was vending his way
toward the Lakes, having visited the Nhtt
Mountains.
Two brothers and sister of the Ill lated MIR
w Hey live IN North Conway and the oarlai
place OF the deceased, with the bodies recovered
in the event referred to-an avalanche from th'
White Mount aius-s in this place. visited the
spot, being shown to it by Mr.. Stephen q. Wiley
on whose premises it is located. Ii.