New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-07-18


Surely
~Gcd made the country, and made the ,owne
/ never escape for day or two into the free air
and light OF Heaven that for weeks after my reuc-
tsnt return to this Gotham Of oars with It's con-
binati0n OF evil sights and sounds and smells, an
DOT possessed Ct sort Of land cAlenture 90 that
IN the midst of wilderness Of brick and mortar |
see green fields and running streams wherefor |
yesrn; and in Broadway feel beneath my weary
foot the bard pave ment wberewith men in cities
shut down mother Earth, butthe soft spring OF her
velvet bosom. To think that men, sound ia mind
and body herd here, while in the country they
may glide easily through life with less lAbor less
vanity snd vexation, and with more. how much
more, of health and happiness and even OF this
worlds goods at the years end
As soon as possible after the Vote yourself alarm
folk have elected their President think see the
spot where shall locate my individual bsllot,-"as
herembeiote described"
Much OF the attr actions and interest Of society ia
blnghsmton is reiersbe, | imagine, % the exist
cree there for several years of the excellent Fe.
male Academy Of the Misses White and q iain.
VI blnehamton's many fair ones maids and mat
rons not lew have been pupils Of the school aud
their won anly virtues and IA nents IRA IL.
best encomium. Ii is beautifully situated with IN.
grounds stretching down to the Chenango at il,
junction, and in full view OF both rivers IL s graft.
flying to know that the prosperity and character Of
the school were never higher than at presenesand
not here so much a matter OF form as il Is else
where was entirely satisfactory. One vital char.
acteristic is the scrupuous and perfect morale OF
the establishment, in which il is certainly second
10 none in the country. may be allowed to speak
somew bat undersandingly on all this, having had
a near relative at the school for some years
All too soon, was | constrained by the memorable
demands Of business, to turn my face homeward
from Binghsmton. Bot before l go, let me say
that know OF no town 10 this State, nor in any
other of the thirty which, 10 a man Of taste and
sense, possesses much greater advantages for
residence. Within a nights travel SAY rather a
nights sleep from New York, 1t cannot fail to be-
come one Of the most favored spots in which the
great metropolis shall love TO take its instalments
Of health and pleasure during the iervor Of the
Summer solstice. There is hotel the Pho
nix, where you are sure of clean table and
a good bed; the last luxury not often purchase
able in small town. Though must say paren'
thetically to those who intend to be as much at
large round the country as | was during my stay
to axe special bargain with mine host, or take
the risk OF having to pay as had, 81 for one sleep
and two breakfasts which, though 1t be " our In
variable custom, sir :" 10 one more honored in the
breach than the observance"
In the town there is Just enough business TO sup
ply every reasonable want; and for an unreason-
able one, is not Broadway within ordering dis
lance The Tribune is on your table at tea daily,
or the Euening Post is served up with your break.
fast next morning. 10 the clear air OF the hills OF
Broome DO epidemic can live; and those who take
exercise and ordinary care Of their health, may re-
nounce the Doctor with all his works and pomps.
Come here pale girl, from Saratoga and Newport,
where, to the throng and heat and dissipation OF
city life, is added the want Of all your home com
forts-and never sing again OF
That vale in whose bosom The bright waters meet
and think OF any other place on earth than the little
paradise that eDcircles the meeting of the Chenango
and the Susquehanna
Eight o'clock PM. and punctual To the min
ute with snort and rush, the iron " Wa kill' is
here with the down train from Owego.
Once more aboard, at the bottom OF one OF the
easy chairs, | resign myself TO steam and TO
Morpheus The former took hold with a will, bu.
the latter was far from me. The moon " did shine
as bright day." and the night was altogether too
lovely for sleep. Beside, little below Lanesboro
afquad OF rough Pennsy lvanians tumbled them
selves into the car all OF whom set 10 work ncon-
tinenty singing negro songs, without the slightest
reference TO each other or to the air in any given
case. OF course the din was hideous. An elderly
passenger who had lust before pulled on night-cap
and great coat for nights sleep, expostnlated pa.
theticaly, bat in vain. One young stentor, with
mixture of drolery and impotence that under dit
ferent circumstances might have been amusing,
proposed at the top OF bis voice vote whether
we II let these fellows go TO sleepg' which Of course
was promptly decided in the negative.
did care to sleep butt was hard Tor those who
did and the allowance Of such al imposition upon
them Though it lasted only TO the next staton was
the only thing saw for which TO blame 10 the least
the railroad company, during the entire trip:
The moonshne through the windows called me
forth, and j took my stand upon the rear platform
OF the last car. The wind fortunately blew athwart
the train so az to clear it Of the smoke and clnders
from the engine. There was nothing TO mar my
enjoy ment Of the scene, OF which my position gave
me the best view, and rode there all night.
And such a night and such scene! IL was FRI
day the Sd inst. remarked by everybody for the
most brilliant moonlight lately witnessed in these
attitudes. The sky was one unclouded blae, aud
in the food Of the moons efagence the brightest
stars were lost and the earth was as light as dsy.
II must have been such nigbt-more frequent
amid the haunted hills and dales and beneath the
mild SHES of Asia Minor, than IN our cold and
cloudy clime-that inspired old Homer with his
ma,chless lines on the Trojan watchdres before
the Grecian ships, in the Eighth Book OF his Tale
Of Troy Divine
$50 in md-hesyen the moon rides brightest elher.
wnh s her besueoos stars and not breath stirs the
Every hesdsnd and hilltop sta1d ooI In light
And every glade the boundes' sky starts all In view,
With every :.I Glad Is The heart OF the shepherd on
Imagine nearly two hundred miles Of such moon
light through the deep woods and solemn hills OF
the rock bound Delaware, with not a sound "
break the Stiffness bat the incessant clang Of the
iron wheels on the iron rosd-and you see at once
how far tits beyond any effort at description.
1t was q night Of profound enjoy ment to me, and
scarcely felt time AID distance pass until the
Morning star, Days hasbinger came dancing
from the east" and posing on the very mouotain-
top, shone out with a splendor before which the
mild Regent OF the sky" was fam to "pale her
nefectua fires"
AS we drive right on "uRder the opening eye
lids Of the morn" sleepy village after another
seems TO half awake while we pass and In q mo
nent are gone.
Blue through the dusA, the smoking currents shns'
and the white mists roll up from the meadows,
like sleep from the face OF the earth. Through the
slumbering streets of Goshen and the rich pastures
Of Orange County, onward, until a. length the
rails deliver Us at Piermont on board Of the Com
pany g steamboat Erie.
Amer run of an boar and three quarters we
landed at the foot Of Duanest At precisely 8
A. n: or 10 hours from Bing anton 226 miles Ia