New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-03-26
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rtIUttprfrt. Your sUul Rrd Gems, Npnnds 90
he In srrord viii bsr erandeurs Nol so nsgni.
l,d hy the msrrifconcc around you. Nature
here rourt oui hfr generic power 10 hpocs She
IL 10 q mood of Titanic rcvery. She leaps and
shouts Tho ctrih 10 heascd up aud doNn la ex'
utcreuoc q beauty ~ Inundated n matter by
creative Ipifit
ON the is,h dhv OF August, $50, the clouds that
Tor DAYS bed dnikered the Lake Of Thun, m
hidden sl save the bases Of the nearest noun
taiaf. lined tlcir compact curtain II so1bre va
for let In Neht upon the lake, tufr, mp their
broken masses 20 be dried and VI ened by
the sun, auG re0pened 20 the grateful oye ihe Tar
stirirg snow peaks Of the Ivnglrc good
dsy. like good deed, makes Soa forget score OF
Ettro The little steamboat vii - freight OF
cheerful tourists issued frorl the post OF Thun for
| It's afternoon voyege 70 the es''@rn end OF the
! Lake. The deep water, Like ccep heart, TOOK
| IN and gave back from its tran MI surface the
! erardeurs and beauties about The mountains,
e. the vspory mmicries Of them built In the arr
tainted then selves with the warm light into the
ccpiht Of tie lake, breaking and beautiiying with
| their impee. its liquid level Before us, 70 the
right the tar BlumiIS peaks Of eternal snow shone
! whitley suo1g The clouds that they mac ea'hefeu
about them a. n foil 20 their own wilderness -
| Looking back, when half way up the lake, the
Niefseu that rises from the water edge regu
| Ter pyrpmid a nile high, with n base equal 10 It's
! hight, presented magnificent spectacle. To one
| side, and rCurd Il head Of the mountain an $50
lated dark ms Of cloud chung, with Mysterious
threatening Look as though, blsckened by anger,
| IL ould wIestle with it as with foe. The sun
hesms behind, that seemed to issue up from the
! eerth Illuminating one edge of the black cloud,
sCded to the apendOr OF the effect little later,
the cloud had risen, and, shrouding Just the peak
of the mountain. gave 1t the aspect oil volcano
il travail. -.
TIE Lake being zen miles long, we landed 10
an hour and soon had our faces turned south
ward toward the valley OF Lsuterbrunnen rom
the hot plane Of Interlschen. beyond and above
the high angle formed by the inteHaPPlng green
mountains Of the usrrow valley the HUHgtf0n
shore like dazzling port OF white, clear and
pslpable. ct dreamy and unreal from Its unearth-
he beauty or the snowy surface, the e. c from
this poipt takes in probably mile square, wall
of toid white two miles up IN the air, bounded
below by the outline Of mountains, In the Inverted
auele below il seems 10 rest IL wss ike an ao
strAction a submBted essence OF the earth so
@ n so pure, out Of common reach, uP'plercl1g,
rredominsting. Like a high moral abstraction
100 enfoldiDg the condensed substance OF truth
which il cherishes and widely imparts to the en-
rieLment Of many and distant minds-these pre-
eminent white peaks are inezhaustiole iertuZefs,
scLcirg down from their heavenly elevation ioou
for Great rivers. In Nature there 10 no waste
nothing useless or idle-eVery thing workE-eyery-
,Iira 6os its life its purpose, ia dependence 10.
terl0cked with its power. The distant hats oil
Holland feel the power Of this cold pinnacle ol the
YunPfrau, which helps to keep ioll the feiSnteo
channel of the Rhine while on the rivers tost
lhe feeds she lie beTseli dependant the lDPaPAoIo
eybnlatious from them, condensed 10 the upper
air. fnrpitbirg the snow, which IN her sublime
.trereth abe sends back in ayalancheE, that give
m re torrents born in her bosom the volume and
,need 10 hurry 10 the plain. On her summit the
Creative Spirit is eDthrOned Ia uIspeekaDe gran
fcur ard works thence With ceEseieas Oouu'S,
We were soon enclosed in the wonderful val
lev. those sides are steep fir clad mountains, or
rerrendculsr fenks Of bare rock, quarter OF
mile high. Down its stony path the Lutcnlne'
whose source is in the near glaciers, comes shous
ing fercelv. 90 IL were the bearer OF an angry
message from the mountains
At the village of LAuterbrunnen, our resuhb
rl,ce for the nieht is the brook which tslls INTO
| Ire valley, over & preciPice nine hundred iee'
| hfsh. and thence from being shiyered INTO spray
nv the vino and hight of its fall, gets the name Of
Du,tbrook (stsubacb) ltselt WONDER II
'yre q this valley Of wonders. From me t"ul5ns
| feiov we beheld, over the green mountains the
rosv sunset that blcomed for several minutes on
one Of tie snowy peaks. twas asllnPse in'0ss
brighter word
-, sr8 uNfeI. well mounted, were on our
| ~ IN the VcagcrE Alp. TEE cool clear air
gave Is good appetite for bad breakfast AZ the
in near tie top, " hlch We reached a. .:
Now we are face 20 face with the white 6ien',
efs. between Us 4 deep black chssm. we stand
r nile above tie seslevel, and even with US is
| Tie STOW level Of the YpHgfraH. Toe sam
nh is rore than two miles above the sea :
40 tIot We have right in front and ABOVE Is,
/ 3i,tfrt from one to two thoussnds arts sn1
seeming but a few bundfed,G mass oi Versieai
! srcv more than = mile hien and seVefH ia
! hres5th TIE eve strives 20 grow familiar WIN
th.se tBblulties. Far below are all sounos Of
| a., common earth About us Is 4 sublime 81
4 .erce. so vide and deep that nothing smAn can
| tr.sk II. common noises only scfatch lss SURFACE
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