New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-27

natured looking fellow, with cap minus forepsece,
and with rich curling locks, is looking on, at the
ssme tine diverting himself BY playing upon reed.
A siDgulany bright yet mellow light rests Oh this
I group, gradually shading of TO the other members
from the sister and baby who form the central OBJ
| jects, and producing strong contrast with the
other parts Of the picture which lie in heavy shade
/ These consist of low, undulstng valley opening
out from a wild mountain gorge, with high noun
tains on either side terminating in the picture on
the left Through the dasky. indistnct light
by which ii is filed one barely discerns shepherds
tending their focks
The other two pictures axe IN the same style as
respects contrast of light aud shade The i'm
perceptible degrees by which the strong yet ex-
qusitely delicate light graduates into the deepest
shadow through which the forms of things are yet
dscOverable, forms quite remarkable feature.
One is the bust Of a spare intellectuaoohing man
with beard A heavy gold chain suspended
around his shoulder, was informed, was the badge
of Dutch Mayor or Stsdtshauptmann The other
represents mischevous boy with ragged seal-skin
cap, through the assures of which his hair sticks
up, holding IN 10 cat struggling with all her
might and main 10 get away. bis merrment Is
indicated BY a hearty broad grin, revealing sn
irregular dirty set OF teeth with the gums In full
view. The age and authorship OF these do not ap-
pear.
ST. Crox like every other place, has Its lions
II can take you up on horseback upon an exceed
ing high mountain and show YOU all the king
doms of the earth and their glory. From the sum
NIT of Mount Stewart or Punch I'LL yOu can see
LARGE portions O. the island, with the irregular
shore on either side, and through the interior the
estates with their settlements, lnterseeted IN al
directions by roads and rows Of cocoanut trees
the beautiful completely of scenery already De
scrbed in these letters. Eagle or Blue Mountain
near the center of the island, | wastold, commands
a view of the whole with all is outlines, with the
/ chain of Virgin Islands to the north. was una
HE 70 ascend IT, but an Irish oyerseer on a neigh
boriug estate informed me in his broad rich. cOun
| try accentuation, that you could see ST. Thomas
/ fore and all
On the north side, extending 10 the most west
erlv point. a fnc road has been constructed along
the coast On one hand the mountains, now hang
ing above your head, now receding toward the IN
t,Tior present striking views; while those of the
sea ON the other. with the surf breaking upon the
! rocks az YOUR feet are also romantic. In some
ponts il is wrought over the base OF the mountain
/ as II marches boldly down 10 contend with the
deep. In one place the road passes O7er a cavern
Gus subteIrsnean passage running several rods
| inward from the shore at a sea level In high
! tides the sea flows into it, This road Terminates
/ TIA winding course of several niles IN IL "a
prove Of the various fruit trees OF the island, prn-
/ cipally the mango tamarind cOcOanut, bTeadfruit,
! ana an underground OF the luxuriant broad-leaed
/ banana heavily hung with its massive green clus-
/ tiers A dusky, aTbor-lihe light peryades II,
and il SCENE the very abode OF solitude. through
| the trees glimpses OF the sea are caught. This,
Wild and neglected as il now appears IL an artlh-
| cial grove and is called garden. Ii was planted
many wears AGO by the owner OF the estate in
/ which il then lay. The ruins Of a summer house
! Indicate that here he was wont TO come occasion
/ ally with his family or friends 10 pass day, week
| or month in sylvan pleasures. The actual pre-
siding genius of the place is an aged negro who
/ suddenly issued to our view, his white Woody
/ head like q spot Of sunlight iallen through the
trees he descanted partly to us, partly to himself,
and in part 20 some parsonage invisible to all but
/ bimfef-perhaps the ghost OF him who planted IL
! of the superiority OF the fruit, and gained few
stiyers BIZ gathering some for his visitors. The
mapcos lie furnished verified all his assertions and
mutteTlngs. ~,
There are several of these gardens on the island.
In one the dry, rocky bed OF mountain stream
Law through which the water from the mountain
rcars after rains The egt nd of fatal duel fought
here many years ago mparts TO the wild shades
gloom. awful interest. There are also public
flower gardens planted with the richest Oeanders,
fraunchupan, the white cedar OF these Islands,
oranges, lines and every variety OF tropical shrubs
and plants blossoming in luxuriant growth. There
il one such in the grounds adjoining each fort
tended by the soldiers. In riding away up among
the hills near a large mansion | also came upon
one IL was laid out in Emancipation times, when
! detachment OF the garrison was quartered here.
| close these letters BY alluding to that which
Of all things have met here has occasiOned IN me
! the strongest and purest emotion. IL was Visit
| ia the mansion where our great, calm aud pure
! minded countrymsn, DR. Channing-to avoid the
rigors OF Boston climate-passed the winters OF
! lS3O and 1881. | was aware from reading his
deeply interesting Memoirs that he came here and
one of nv earliest inquiries on arriving was Tor the
epot where amid these beautiful scenes, he passed
his time in deep and earnest contemplation upon
the souls relation TO is Maker, and upon the es
sential yet sadly violated law OF love between man
and man-to which subjects he could but have
been attracted by these new observations OF So
ciety. felt that it must be place OF interest to
| Americans-for there, in the maturity OF his pow
ers. one of our greatest philanthrOpists and re-
formers had received q re-baptism IN that hatred
/ of opuression and wrong which be had experienced
} on our own soil in his ardent earnest youth, ana
which had led him 10 return home and at once
/ with a truly conservative, patriouc ana deep
toned shirt 10 raise one of the earliest voices OF
remembrance against American Slavery. That
voice has gone on MISUNDERSTANDING volume
like muttering thunder, sometimes swelling out in
apeer-until the strong pillars OF our cOuntrys
peace and safety are shaken by It's reyerberatons.
Dr. Claiming resided at Clifton Bill, an estate
in the center of the island The house stands on
A rise of land-oyerleoking TO the eastward the
| ba.dsomest valley in all the isand-from which the
eve can sweep around to the south aud west, taking
in large reaches of land and sea BY invitation
of Werner De Nuy, Esq, OF the adjoining estate
"Slobs," passed day and d night in that district
IA the morning sun was pouring its earliest Hood
of golden light into the valley, gliding the con
spicuous mansion of Clifton I'LL, paid VISIT OF
sfectiopste reverence 10 the place, that | might
zee the house in which he had resided take in
tLese landscape views whose forms of beauty had