New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-26

extn nifty, lofty bulwarks that stand az no 49,
the pass, and on the high north ward rage. Coll
not be rivelled by tine artists pencil. Ettls
rain, cooling the parched and heated air "a. 49,
most wflcome and refreshing.
Paint Rock makes picture that n'sht y.
study for landscape painter. The cliff, ris, ns,-
pendlculaTly from the water, 10 the high. OF tbs;,
ty or forty feet, sometimes oTerhanSinz tie ne,
so as To form deep cz'-rDous-openings. The ,oc.
Is formed OF layers yariously and richly coto,.S
giving one some idea at the formation Of the 80
tTated range on Lasc Sup nor. Adore tts -
rampant tower the ii.,s. partially covered 80
tell trees, and wearing Their shaggy crown. o.
the WISCONSIN sid-, as you ascend the sh.r, v.Ii
iIses 10 the hight 0i sxty feet or more Ii
perpenoculariy from the narrow line of sb,,.
The goTgeously coo,ed sto0e contrasts sitS ~.
dep green OF the woccs az its base snd rny,sS
evergreen, 90 the sumDit stand in relief a,,ast
| the sky Islands irnged with willows Al, go
river here and there, where the wild p,a.s go.
| in the greatest luXunlnce.
Stil ascending, Won ind the sane lofty ram
| part, crieey et rs base AID summit. .',S IsI,
OF dense iohss-, except where the face Of ,hs
CHI is entirely covered with broken masses Of
rock The eye rests with pleased arten,:cn on |,
conioSi hight on the Minbe,ota side, whose
| casteliated summit presents the apne. ran.e AZ
hosIy runs, tho opposite side being \ csysrno.s
saysge-iooklpe range OF rocks. rendere. .ild,ri,
appearance ny suln'ed trees growing in Their
rits. lhe stream IS now closely embraced h.
tween these barriers, nov exp,nds 10 gre.,e,
width TO inclose It's wooded islands. No rio,s .Y.
quisite landscape could be pictured by fancy t,,n
the one seen at this point in looking back. rbs
iRsofenas' oa -,si-tey. side approach near each
other the nesrest recedmg 'ntsis; Ne Iporninr
sunshine Is goften on their woods the ca!irYws,
| Ter hes hse sbeet OF silver between and the
background Is atofty orest. covered blu,;. La ths
foreground is an sfsnd covered with tai trees the
only underground being the high grass. brilliantly
| green. succession Of such pictures c t.h AZ 4
seems, more lovely than the other. is offered as
we continue to a-cend--varied only by the d.tfer
ent hight and position Of the hills and the stands
| suinbering on the dark, smooth waters. y
little farther up the uyer the shores become
less elevated the halls recedmg-and s;r;os Of
bDttOm.laud stretch Que, terminated ~ some dis
lance back by the higher ridges The timber is
much larger and oenssr than on many of the bot.
tom. lands of the Mississippi. 1t il not loag how
ever, before the same bluffs appear. At short in.
tervais clear springs gUsh up from their foot, and
send out their tribute in sparkling ms that hasten
to the river. 1t said there gseat ma abersof
speckled trout in these mountain streamlets.
A house appears now and then, the germ OF 4
settlement, and IL is curious TO note how pic.
turesque are these pioneer habitations percheJ
among the woods, and how readily the advance of
improvement defaces the romance of the view.
The settler spares Dot the leay honors Of the for
est, for to him potato patch has more CHAINS
than a grove. Marine Mil is t~elye nies
above Saltwater, and occupies site iorued by
nature for a town in the mouth of q beautiful
gorge. Some OF the houses are extremely neat
and have cultivated gardens they stand 90 4
table land, on the top Of an inconsIierdnle eleys.
ton, and two or three miles back is 70 be found
some of the best farming land in Il Territory. In
the vicinity is Swedish settlement, OF an inteli.
gent and industrious popu ,tion. The Marine
Min Company is said to be wealthy and enterpns.
ing they have partly finished new m 20 super.
sede the old one, which has been in use twelve or
fifteen years.
| have iorborne TO describe the terrible sand.
bars which, since the long continuance OF high
water, have partly filed up the channel. We
have struck on them dozen times each involving
delay OF several hours In such cases It is neces-
sary to send out boat with men and ropes, tie
tf6pe round some stout tree, ami haul the boat
OVER o., II That will not do, to tighten the freight
by removing some or INTO barges slong-ide. The
slow working over fugpiaable bar~ v lep Snds
time is precious is about as severe q test eipa.
tence as could well be devised. ,Itis 6e(pdi
the low water continues, that the ~chafnei vii
wear deeper. ~
Another 6ne subject f5r landscape painter is
afforded about twelve miles below the Falls. The
bluffs on the Minnesota side rise TO Commanding
hight, approaching nearer the river; circular
island lies directly in the fore ground, so densey
covered with tall trees that the sunshine cannot
enter, and fringed thickly with waving grass the
course Of the river il seen above follow ng the
curve of the nights, and their mpersious drapey
Of woods presents every variety OF shades IN green
mingled with the darker hue OF spreke ever.
greens. The general scenery is Of a similar char.
acter and far surpasses the Ohio. The hight Of
the bluffs and boldness of the whole shore, with
the gently winding course of the stream, and It's
numerous islands, afford picturesque points at ev.
ery turn. There is a large limekiln hereaboqt,
and the woods bordering the river are dense and
dark. At the bend little below the small settle.
ment they call Osceoa, there is beautiful grove
of the white pine, variety in the rich masses
summer foliage.
Rock Island rises abruptly from the bed Of the
river with it's encrcDg belt Of rock, and on either
side Che perpendicular cliffs Of trap rock rise 70
the hight Of fifty or sIty feet, brilliantly and ~
riously colored as before-their perfect reflection
in the clear mirror of the stream giving liner
effect to the picture.
Within short distance of the termnationa
our voyage, a scene presents itself which notma5
on the Upper Mississippi can parallel. The stream
enters wild, narrow gorge, so deep and dark ta@
the declining mass is quite shut out; perpendsa'
lar walls of rock scarlet. hued and gray with m
moss of centuries, rising from the water, are Pa@
in savage grandeur either side to hight OF lfe1
one hundred to hundred and fifty feet abgs \
our heads, their craggy submits thinly cOveKa |
with tall cedaIs and pines, which stand uprght9 /
intervals on their sides, adding to the wild al /
picturesque effect the river hemmed in and oys' |
hung by the rocky masses, rushes impstuou4y |
downward, and roars in the caverns and rits won |
by the action the chafed waters. These sheerad |
awful precpices, mirrored in the waters are has |
broken into massive fragments, there stand in D.
most architectural regularity, like vast coaas
reared by art or some gigantic buttress upim
itself in front Of the cliffs, like ruined tOxefd
primeval days. One slender shaft, soItayr'
lar, is seen; the top formed like a chair, in which
an eagle might build its nest. A high and hosg
cliff in front, seeming to bar further progress
appears the end of the river. But sharp tan
to the left discloses the rapids just before
stand two sOlid enormous masses Of rocklIk. guar
dian pillars and notch between them is ms
landing place, long bridge of boards conducting
from the bow of the boat TO the land. .
We bad but little time. after many delays,W