The Ohio organ, of the temperance reform. (Cincinnati, [Ohio]) 1853-1854, 1853-09-02
Editorial Correspondence.

DEAh NkADEhs "a lew hVuAA otoEO -
ding brought me from st. JOhnsbury to
this place Of wonders, where God has made
wonderful manifestations of his power.
How insignificant creature is man, and
yet how important in the scale Of being
Well hiss the Poet described him as
"a worm, God. an insect infniter'
The White Mountain Scenery is the Wild
est, most beautiful, most sublime of any in
the States. Being so easy Of access now by
railroads, (Only twenty miles Of staging,)
the mountains must be great place Of re-
sort by not only the residents Of eastern
cities, but by travellers from the West and
South. If was called upon to indicate
the cheapest and most delightful tour for
my readers, would not hesitate to mark as
distinct points, Niagara Falls, Lake 0nta-
rio, ST. Lawrence river to Montreal, thence
by railroad to the White and Franconia
Mountains, Boston, &c.
There are seven principal peaks compo-
sing the White Mountains The five most
prominent are named after the first FIVE
Presidents. Mt. Washington, the tallest, is
6,226 feet high. It's top is accessible, and
is daily scaled by travellers. In ascending,
you encounter delightful lakes Of pure
crystal water, springs gushing from the
..,n,,-totn .;Jo oud y;yulats laan;no, from
crsg to crag in the widest manner. The
top of the mountain is without vegetation,
other than moss and stunted lichen. The
Franconia region, about 20 miles distant
from Mt. Washington, possesses the most
interest. The great Haystack, or Mt La
fayette, is the highest Of the Franconia
range. 1t is but 700 feet less in altitude
than Mt Washington, and the view from
its summit is not inferior to that from its
loftier rival. Among the points of interest
we would mention "the Old Man of the
Mountain" 1t is profile of the human
face, of which every feature is delineated
with wonderful exsctness, situated on a
peak of solid rock, 1000 feet in height, and
almost perpendicular. 1t is part Of Mt.
Cannon. The profile is produced by the
irregular jutting of five granite blocks, 1t
looks like an old man, and is SO life-like as
to be regarded with wonder and admiration
by all who see it. The profile is go feet in
length from forehead to chin, although at
the distance at which it is viewed, it dees
not seem to be one-ffth that length. I'm
mediately beneath it is pond of water,
covering some five or six acres, which we
may imagine to be the old mans spittoon,
although it is manifest, from its clearness,
he is no tobacco chewer. This pond is one
of the sources Of the Pemasawasset river.
Another object of interest is "the Basin," a
deep excavation in granite, which has been
formed by the continual action of boulders
of rock swept into the cavity by the stream
of water. The diameter of the basin is
about forty feet; its depth is about twenty
feet, and it is always filed to the brim with
pellucid water and thence it pours over
the rocky side and down through chasms
for many miles. The same stream Of water
connected with oilers, runs through what
is called the ."Flume," one of the most re-
markable places in the world. The "Flume'
is deep chasm, having high walls o.
granite on either side. This fssure appears
to have resulted, not from the abrasion Of
the rocks, but to have been produced by q
fracture. About halfway from the water
to the top of the mural precipices, is an
immense rounded block of granite, which
appears to have rolled down from the noun
tain and lodged, and is supported by small
surfaces Of contact against the sides. II
appears to the traveller looking at it from
below, as if just ready to fall upon him,
The length of the "Flume" is $50 feet. As
soon as the water passes through this place
it commences descending gradually over q
polished and unbroken rock, and looks in
its descent, in a fall of 630 feet, like stream
of quicksilver. This cascade is beautiful
beyond description.