New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-13
A Trip to the Mountains.


While the luxurious hospitality, and the mn
posing variety Of metropolitan enjoyments
1 draw thousands 10 New-lork, az this festive
sea- CT ples.an, TO escape from the whir for few
day with Dame Nature. though in her sober sarb her
wealth Of sdornmeps wholly laid ASIDE and her vernal
smiles xohsnged for the sorbre aspect which rcpels
the mere seeker after pleasure from communion with
her To this spirit stealing nook where she stll sits
/ aqueen in spite OF Improvements. an easy and rapid
frantic on may be made by the New'Jersey Central
RsIlrcsi opened during the past season Taxing the
boat the Battery to Eizsbethport you land IN an
I hour. and step into new, comncdous and elegant
car the swift aiding motion Of which s'tesss the ex
ceenec Of the road There arc three passenger trans
every day texeep, sundays this roed and the cars
sre usually hed; fact proving an amount Of travel
almost unprecedented, considering how short time
the road has been completed The qusntity Of freight
! transported Is immense II the day is bright hne
sweep OF country, level and denudei a. q rolling
prairie Is commanded BY the eye, which and
then in the swift transit pretty and aourshing vii
lsgcs, at which the train stops for moment darling
onward before you have time for than glance.
/ This suiices, however 10 show the promising growth
OF these thriving towns aud the aspect OF cultivation
ard prosperity in the surrounding farms, Here and
there. amid the bronzed hcroage and esless groves
and frozen akeles are seen fields Of young grain green
ifjust touched by the breashN spring. or garden
OF full blown csbbsges adjoining some sturdy cottage
or bank of luxursnt overhsnging some gushing
spring, above which droop the stripped boughs which
in summer cover IL with shade. As the cars rush on
with their stormwind speed, the face OF the country
/ becomes more broken and varied here wooded hill
rises steeply from the plain its crasgy ridge bcctng
over log houses perched is sdes, while fresh
stream bursting from its foot merrly along the
roadside inging its noisy greeting in the teeth the
whizzng engine there you pass along the verge OF
abrupt dccivity where you LOOK down on tho tops Of
hoary pines and the edges Of Jagged rocks and hear
Me hOarse murmur OF waters in eayernous depths,
the playful leap Of some tiny waterfall yet
gr@ped by winters icy hand again gray prscipics
frowns overhead picturesque valley presents itself
I or a smooth meadow skirted by rushing stream,
! spreads between a rampant OF hills; sweety un
dulsng extent of cultivated landscape spriuked with
patches of woodland and comfortable fsrmhoases
stretches far as the vision reach or the distant
glitter of spires and roofs shows the site of some town
lying little OIL the track"
Ii Is a charming excursion, either for winter or
summer morning; and we venture to say that moro
beauty aud variety of scenery may be In the three
hours and half spent on this road than In any other
direction from the city occupying the time. After
leaving the white House" you enter mountainous
regios aud succession OF pictures grand as well as
beautiful, meet the view. Many parties Of pleasure
were last surprised to find much loveness
and wldncss the city and easy Of sccess and
hardly lcs attraction Is offered in winter the eye Of
an artist or a lover of nature. Tnc hoar frost has
been busy wreathng the denuded forest branches with
his delicate sprays in imitation of the wealth d sum
mer and the effect Of the slant sunbeams this fairy
tail hat NJ m af
have scarcely time wonder all you see before the
arrival of the cars at the Phipsburgh Depot interrupts
your meditatons. This Is nm old Jersey town. which
has greatly increase during the last few months and
the new Depot model OF taste in its peculiar STYLE
has been visited by Thousands from the interior
rare curiosity-numbers Of the ancient settlers seeing
railway and train then for the first time In their lives
At this place omnibuses in waiting to convey pas
sengers and luggage the bridge that spans the
| Delew are, into Easton.
Faston was first settled about the mid die of the
century, and was of the latest settlements laid out
by Penn from whom IL received lite In honor Of
the country Of Of his noble friends The nnaI
treaties of the Governor with the Indians held
In lis publ, square It's first inhabitants chiefly
Germans the descendants of whom nhablt their primi
tive dwellings or less sntiquated residences retaining
touch of qusintness with the improvements of modern
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prosperous and the water power afforded In this fer.
tile valley with the enterprise Of It's inhabitants have
up mills factories, FORCES, their industry plying
in amost every direction. The town Is encircled by
amphtheatre Of lofty hills ockturrcted and
crowned with priuievsl woods; between these the
stately Delaware has cleft his fosming way and tho
placid Lehgh has;es to mngle its with the larger
stream, at picturesque point well known the spot
where the missionary Brainsrd had his cabin and fret
preached to the Delaware Indians The winding 70.
mantle Bushkll flows through fields and woods ON tho
other side sktng tbs beautiful space inclosed for
public cemetery, and murmuring and flashing st the
foot of Jefferson, q wild, ragged precipice lifting It's
stark rocky face In relief against the sky and descend
ing in gcnter slope the other side into the very
heart OF the town. The compactness of the directs y
readily accounted for by the vicinity Of the steep
hills and the rivers you may almost step into these
! from the brcked sidewalks But the extension Of
sidences will soon sprinkle the neighborng highh with
pretty white and brown cottages surrounded with orna
mental grounds -sunmer retreats for citizens retired
from bu,iness for families who spend the winters 10
the city, and come here to enjoy the warm months In
locality remarkably sslubrous and delightful The pop
uation Of the town, including South Esston and Philips
burgh 10 from 10 twelve thousand and its natural
manufactures and exhsustisss
In iron ore with s easy by railroad and canal
to the markets Of New.York and Philadelphia give IL
the preference any other point In the stats for
such purposes The surrounding country 10 limestone
soil OF the richest quality.
! From different points Of the summit Of South Noun.
tain, and Chesnut Hill, mile from Easton, mag
nhcent views Of the country obtained, extending
from 80 to 20 miles around, and embracing range 0f
mountain scenery unsurpassed this side Of ths ALE
ghsnies The Wyegsf, two miles north, up the Della.
L. I-~Il IT, L.
SCENTS miniature copy Of the Water Gap, the misty
outline OF which may be seen afar of, cloud topped
buwark for the majestic River. An extent Of cult.
waited country hes spread like map beneath green
gisdes-
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Where ihs and the yefduns a.. sav,,s,,S
And The sesntsd clover b.,.sous !. A, .~a~
Wkrrs the orchards ladea shovsrs al hL~~
And The breeze ans youf bros the rSes p-ran,s
Nor 10 the absence Of Howerscented gales and rrsen
foliage regretted for even AZ th. dresr ....o .l