New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-08


railroad through the msrts of trsde on ne banss =
the Hud,on even over the Rocky Mountains whshe,
the gold rgion inver, you could contemplate with cue,
complecency but here where the golden age si seen.
10 lnger the vulssr noftpgr Of the ronhorse gr,..
hsrshly uron the II the Latin pot thought ths
the heart Of who first thwarted the designs u
Heaven in cutting OF The land from the "unsocsAl.
ocean by tempting IL with bis mpiovs bark nrss hsv.
been eirt with brsss and triple steel" Judge, Or.
gods how insensste must thsf wretch have been wao
frst turned the esen eyes OF railway harpc toward
o,r ouet village How must siurnber have forever flr
.sken his eyesls who thus murdered sleep
Bu, ycur memory having been recalled 70 the fact th
Won are on YOUR way 10 LenoS you VIII be woa1eEias
long before you get glimpse OF H. where there Ss
VILLAGE 90 fer w. Your expectation almost tires o.
seeing perehed, invtngly, on some hilltop now I'D
from view 10 whi the consideration that city set
ON h,l- oucit nt 70 be hid certainly brings relief
br, ,c,v;,hnn6nc your reflections up and sti up You
90 ill you suddenly ind yourself IN inc oacA street, Of
N. vilsce IsnoN has the highest elevation OF any VII
sge in the country, being st least io Zee move he
s,s level Yet sua'ci bill snong hi'is proscted
s,neNhsi bv s,r' o. amph:theGter az ridgsr. wAsuf
being hut avs, from the coci breezes when sweep
gratefully over ths~r mountain ranges In summer TIE
tfeI m, meier actually Indicates iess exuees oi nst
ard cold than m Inc , res located IN the adjacent va
eys Wheeler De principally owing TO 10 position,
TO that combined with the pleasing ndncemen'o
walking and riding offered by the shady avenues aad
dehg htfu roads diverging in many dire lions iron
Lenox to the eupetSdded effect 81 the cheerful mo
rAly which prevails hst the cheeks Of the yoisng wear
such peculiarly healthy glow is certain thu, This ney
er fais to aitrac; the notice Of strangers. II wa
with ess urlaise than eradication, eonsklorng The f.
yorsbeness 10 health OF the locality, and o. NE Parsgl
70 which its nhsbitanis ere devoted that on rc'en,
examination OF the record OF deaths, faithfully kep, Coz
The mast ten YEAR, found LcnoN 90 D. by 'sr tie
h,slthiest town IN the country.
Unlike the rugged .ro,esque scenery TO BE- witt
in some parts OF Bcik hire. the landscapes adjacent 10
ENJOY are rather If = picturesque character. There q
hardly rod OF level land in the town, yet there very
Htte that can be called broken Even The niIIs' no.
with tsndins thc, bold proximity present such social
AMI inviting aspect thst one m Whose ear natural
scenery spesks an ineligible language VIII remain long
in sight OF them without accepting their invitation to
climb their sunpy sides. Bald Summit, IN the South
wet tenders tempting request ~ any be l. brave
specuar mount" and will repay you with prospect
in grandeur and beauty not easily surpassed lac view
ne eiy,e you IL wide rich aud Joyou-nutnDs IA the
rance al vour vi.ion rovns. II you want guide book
take a." Allegro" with you, and passing iron swell TO
swell from hill top hill top, all the region over you
viii ind nothing TO mar the g"yey % W. p' u',s sua,
nv slores covered with meadows trim; delightful
svels undulstinc over broad, green yacy3; hills
vhote sides cultivated fields alternate with luNurlsnt
wood lard pstche'-'he very submits OF many erowned
with the swectes; pasturase; little lakcs OF peerless
bssuty snihug out Of their sheltered bells among the
hills villages ia several directions. emoowered IN
shrubbery that tempers the glow OF their wmte build
ncs the whole begirt in the distance, in some
directions by sturdy elevations, and In Others BY long
ridges drawing clear line against the Ky are the MAN
features Of n picmrc-tOr the colorng AMI detnis o.
which you must be indebted to Bald summit hni'eh
Here we have notice of some OF the lite
rary lions who have given celebrity q Berk-
shire
MISS srDGwicx
And fret. of Mis- sedgwick At the bare mention Of
her meme we seem whole troop OF sunny laced
children Gathering close around us-ior while htnns
name which men of the surdest intellect have long
associated with whatever u graceful IN literature we
know OF none more adapted to beguIe young children
from plsy and the old from the chimney corner Yet
ct aNU "
venture TO saw that the refinement OF her private lie
would reveal more TO admire the more was unolded;
we cannot even speak freely OF the cordially OF her
manners the charms Of her conversation, or the win
Ming grace ct her whole hfe for If we knew augh, Of
theee things beyond others, il could only have been
ftorn her conhding courtesy We are therefore re-
reluctantly compelled "a regard her In pos on which
she shares with many ohers and 10 place the great IN
character prominently before the eye than the
good
spent in stocktridge the place OF her birth Macy
the beautiful descriptions Of scenery 10 be- met with
throughout her writing, are transcripts oil impressions
made upon her mind by the scenery among which her
youthful imag natiCn was nurturof, in the Lovely valley
Of the Iou saOnic There Ii trait In her mental con-
stuton which gives more grace to all the g0ngs orh
Of her Northumberland and social-than It's Unborn atm
ity natural beauty She has done much 20 induce
hyee sympathy with the beautiful in the minds OF all
but especially In the humber classcs wohave been
supposed 10 be almost OF necessity our OF tn reach OF
its refining nfuo She has given nance and by her
descriptions atTactivenes, 10 many Of the most sd
mred feature of berkshire scenery; and horcul.
tura exhibitions always grsced by boquet ot f0w-
reared by her own hand. 49,.
Neither in her intellect nor her feelings nss Mss
sedewick been trsmmeIed by any Of the sraightlaced
notions OF school The simplicity OF natuie las ne'9
been trained by art TO rgdity nor have the spontsne'
Gus prcmptngs of intelligence and goodwill been
curbed into too decent conformity with conventional
models. Her views all subjects cmbr acing human
relations are uncommonly liberal and tolerant and are
only equslcd in breadth by her universal sympsthy
tla -..I et,. al .Inra. md -
mode in which she ridiculed the extravagance into
which religious doctrines, held sacred by 40 large
shsre OF her counymen had been suffered 20 ran and
which got for the New England Tale" the reputation Of
being attack against the doctrines tLemselses
seems TO form exception-we only say that
must be exception for IL certainly has no parallel In
ner wrngs, and no sanction IN her private character.
While must acknowledge that Il Is perilous under
taking 10 ridcue religious excesses-and while we must
in csndor cay that think Miss sedgwck has erred
upon the more dangerous side yet when we take into
confederation the tact that the Tao commenced
arehgious tract, with eincere desire 10 open mens
eyes to matters which may have needed correction and
mat after II had grown into book under the authors
hsnds she entertained no idea OF publishing H. until
slmo%t compelled by her fresnds, we cannot tlns
that II ought to impair the vidify Of our assertion
drawnfrom her later writings, and the impression OF her
private life, that she has cordial love for all that y
lovely and ready sympathy for all that worthy Of IT,
though strongly American IN her sttaehmen.s she
could yet md acknowledge wherein We are behind
our brsthers OF the Old World; her conyicDn Of the
abeurdny Of our eternal cell gorncafion country,
rhe recorded on the titlepage Of her Letters from
Abroad, in a motto which we think che might adopt
IN her opinions Of other things with equal truth well
John, think We mnst acknowledge that God Al
mighty had hand Ia making other countries besides
own
III impossible TO read any Of the Writings Of Ms
sedewick without being impressed with the idea that
che wrote not for applause for self gratihcaon,
.ut With more generous aim, and with higher AMI
Dillon. We know Of American anihOr who has done
10 much 20 eradicate false notions OF domestic education,
or OF social economy, who has made so many homs
hfppy and infused such sterling principles with uch
gentle tones into the popular philosophy Would that
there were more gentle spirits rise and oow In her
s'epa-to imbIue their minds fret with love Of
uuth the broad sound fundamental truth which under
hes human property IN lis widest scope ard then de.
vote themselves 10 lie propagation, with the erownss
End humility Of Miss Sedgwickl II they s0ald not al
produce Morks which for their literary neti, mt lnre