New-York daily tribune., 1851-09-26
on The eve. On ether hand the -lver rs bounced

with scattered pires aIi ceoars, .nsy sn1i hi''
r,ser. WITH ne lnferraation ezcef; "heir th.y
+ o,el tC adM.tIre waters al soLf mp ,H'u7
I mountain stream. such ii,lio Inie's alone 'fe@A
/ the con:.nuiis of these majestic walls 20 "n'-A
on pa,sades are cnild's-liay. Az sher mouths
! the ,rr,rg torrents have formed holding gro-ni
on the rocky bottom. where vessels may hni
anclo-are. and around the saw mill or the llm-
bennen's cabins. patch Of turf or oi rrain r'-
freshes the eve with Is vcTdUre. You perceive
these nooks only as You are passing them, a:ar-
long above or below and the closed barrer again
stretches impenetrabe. and the demon Of the
riyor has you at his mercy as before. Ine depth
OF the water is vcr} gTea.,-thcy say nom i've
10 seventeen hundred feet. It j, black from It's
profundiiy and when dashed INTO foam oy the
steamer paddles 0ccomcs "a beautiful amer.
No other river pears so o.J as this. Thought
IS called tributary of the :. Lawrence It IS
very much deeper al IT. mouth the dlheT-
ence Is sad to b. seven hundred fee line
OF forty fathoms sounds the -. Lawrence. and
one Of hundred and sixty the Saguenay. Thus
the tributary j. the superior Of the TIVE, and OF
It's store Of waters ever wthh0ds the greater
part. The tide rises and falls there near thirty
| feet, but the food AT the mou,h,-wmch IA mar
rover than the stream abOve,-seryes only as
dam to roll Oack the outpOuring mass, and thus
all the tide of the Saguenay are It's own.
The first sensation after you come around the
rocks that shelter Lasalou and feel yourself ln-
deed aAoal on the Saguenay, Is surprise deepen
ing into awe as the features of the scene are ap-
pretended by the mind. 1t IS not the awe you
have before the ommpoience Of Niagara, north
soaring sublime OF feeling with which eye and
Imagination climb larup shl'ery glaciers. here
the impression Is gradual 1t gathers, working
upon sense and though, together. tlll At last It
comes upon you Ike a storm. to pass away and
leave you weary and indifferent when II i ex
hausted To Niagara you desire always to re-
turn. YOU neyer ont grow It's fascination; but
the Saguenay, once printed upon the memory you
would not care 10 behold again, save perchance
as guide 10 friend, or # still young enough, you
may dream OF returning some day with your
bride For a bridal tour or its opposite, Iour-
ney 10 neutralize and eradicate sorrow, the
earth has no filter place this utter savage
ness is solitude for lovers: this grandeur and
desolation of Nature will chime in and aliay the
bitterness Of grei
There Is little variety here. OF indeed there Is
none at all Each bend in the river only repeats
the crags, and hoadands, and wide sweep of
water tina, you lusl left behind only here
and there the hills rise into vastcr and wilder
proportions, though still the same IN kind. The
Tcte du Boule, gray island whose rocks tower
from the center OF the stream, Is landmark
for voyagers so are the twin promon,Ones
whose names, Eternity and Trinity record The
astonlshment OF the early explorers as they
rowcd in the shadow OF their gigantic battle
ments These two rocks, or rather mountains,
stand near together upon the western shore
the highest is two thousand one hundred feet
from the surface OF the water they arc nearly
PERPENDICULAR. though one OF them-l think II
as Eternity after rising thousand feet ormore
projects slightly forward It's Jagged summit, as
If. al some expected signal. 10 plunge down and
iii the chasm The boat went very near-a
most everywhere on the n,ef the depth Is the
same on IN, sides a. IN the ccnteT.-so that the
curious might gaze straight up along the face OF
the prccipico Of course such stare Sky-ward
| can give no idea ol the magnitude. or the effect
of these antcdiluvian monuments Il You wish
really to see them, take a canoe mile or two
UP the rlycr, and float slowly down. YOU VIII
breathe lrcer when they are passed.
! heard of no legends connected with these or
any other OF the plnnaclcs IN whose company
we have spent the day. There may have been
such told by Indians or yoyagers over their
camp fires, but ! can scarce believe IT, Such
wlerdncss of y ature mus, S,ille fancy OF AT least
array II IN supernatural and lnhuman gloom II
the gossip OF the hunters bTouac was ever va
ned with tales Of Trinity and Eternity am
sure they were told with shudder, the Saguenay
must have been the Indian Pyrphlegethon, the
stream cncirclmg he'll.
There Is nothing that can be called pIctu-
rescue on tins river | heard of artists there
making studies no doubt such may be made
with profit, Is IN school OF nature different
from all others. But # wise, they Will keep
their studies to themselves, and never Use them
/ m plcture.naklne Art can hnd here much 10
| learn. hu, little to reproduce. Pictures need
a human interest no landscape Is agreeable or
satisfactory tha, neither has nor suggests The
presence oi Man How worthless are canvas
representations OF Niagara, and wha, person OF
sense would think TO paint cham OF icy Alpine
! nights, except as mere practice IN the manpula-
: iion Of forms and colors such pictures may be-
/ convenient for those who have nor oeheid Mag
ara or The Alps, but they DO not appeal to our
sympathie> We looA al them IS az piece of
>killtul workmanship like nice shoe al hand
somely stitched waist coat The Saguenayis of
the same age and lineage a. the Alps and
Niagara, and SO i ~, a ht sub eci lor pig aent>
and pencils l. Is 70 be seen IN lis own proper
tons and with lis own environment, or II Is not
seen a, all Who would care tor 4 miniature
gallery OF the Titans The more faithful me