Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1849-09-27
Correspondence Of the Enquirer.
TraEsling AEetcHeG.
Cencord. "a. "a, Hept. 9. lle49.

our &EStinp ressiOn @n entering. ora love
y autumn evening, with the hustle Incl.
dent to the arrival and departure OF trains
Of ears, and ofsthe ordinary stir Of inhab-
itants at this honr of the day-is, that II
is pretty and Thriving village. The le-
gislature at ats last session granted to it .
city charter, bat the iahabitants have not
yet acted upon it. The village is situa-
ted in a broad. beautif0a and well culti-
waited valley, which is watsred by the
MerTisaack river. It has many ine and
some elegant residences . stately graz
lite CAPITOL. without any pretentions to
beauty respectable church
edi6ces--and very fne establishment
in the Retreat forthe Insane. This Il
alse be the seat Of New Hampshire de.
naocracy. for here is published Isaac IIilrs
celebrated SO New Hampshire Patriot" q
paper which I suppose has done morefor
the cause, than ANY other in the State.
The village has daily, and believe semi
daily, communication with Boston, Keene.
and the Connecticut river at Lisbon, via.
Railroads; and another is also in opera.
ton northby Winnipissiogee Lake, which
is destined to connect this capital with
Montreal. It is singular fact, / think,
for SO mountainous . region, that almost
adj the principal villages of the State are
connected with Boston by railroads--an-
other evidence of the enterprise and fore-
cast of the latter city.
10 give You sOme idea Of the scenery
about the White Mountains, however, and
to fulflmy promise to make the attempt.
I must take you back to Bath, on the
AmmonMsuc, where Iinformed you in nv
last, that we beNt,our course to the Fran.
coma range. Travellers in public con.
yeysnces usually follow up the valley Of
this stream until it intersects with the
stream coming from the Franconia Iron
Works, (where they keep the long ther.
naometers,) thence up the. latter stream
nearly to the base of the mountain, where
commences the descent into the Notch
We we've advised by our intelligent host
at bath, to cross the hills through Ian
DAFT. We did so, and found them to be
hills indeed, such asuaost men would lit
Gle think of taking loaded carriages over.
Bat the magnificent views we obtained
from the sumnaits, compensated for all
the tolls of the ascent. Here we obtain
ed car first clear view, of the !" Chrysta
Hills, " marking their magnificent outline
upon tho evening sky.
= Ssandias Mp in bald and shadowy grand
eur high%
Mount Lafayette reared its head above
all sthers in this range. appearing almost
to touch the sky. Here. too, we gave
vent to our FIRST exclamations of delight.
on finding ourselves in full view of one Of
the most prominent objects Of our Jour
ney.
Descending into the valley, we w,ry
soon found ourselves ready to commence
the winding ascent into the Notch, stran-.
gers in q strange land, just as the shades
Of evening were falling upon us: Moth
ing would have induced us to proceed
that night, through thedark,and winding
way, except our earnest desire to reach a
,eomfortable place to spend the Sabbath.
and the repeated assurances we had re.
ceived that the road was good. We soon
entered the dark and towering forest.
where Right was deuhy deepepad by its
darkening shade. The fact that we had
already on this day, started Wildcat
across our path, taught as chat all the
"varmint" were not yet extinct among
these hills, and the shadesof evening be-
gan to sit heavily upon our spirits.
Presently, however, we heard the clear.
shrill winding of horn, sounding along
our darkened way. which cheefed our
spirits again, and led us 10 feel that we
were in the immediate vicinity Of our ho-
tel. But it was vet weary way to US.
bsfere we reached it. and we subsequent.
" ascertained that il was only the fourth
or fifth echo which we heard, as the sound
reverberated along the mountain sides
About 8 o'clock the lights of hotel,
planted deep between these everlasting
hills, burst snddsnly upon eur view. aad
0as asar1s6ho ran along oar path. ,reit-
eEstiag ear expression Of delight.
There berg no church, nor indeed
any ether bailding. in the vicinity of our
! hotel we passed quiet Gabbakh---but
| mot without havirg our thoughts very
often tuunsd 10 the great Architect ofths
Universe. Tor the workmanship or His
hands, il sOme.0fils most majestic loryns,
was constantly before cur eyes. The
text beok Of stature was spop, and e.
heholaing it. . feeling, fave crossed tho
mind more frsqaendy ahan one.of delight
The hotel. called the Lafayette House
(Which merits the patronage Il receives.
4 ID situated about one mile southeast frosa
the entrauce 10 the Notch. Immediate
4 " in tlFe rsaref the hoase, rises Q noun
4 tain some l20O feet high. almost per
l pendicnlar: aaa On fromk within ! skers
! dissanc6. tsoms 80 Or 30 rods,) riaas ~
\ otheR. ahaat $500 feet, almost - ..
s1plly. called NJ CaRnsn. Imagine