New-York daily tribune., 1856-08-13
SCHOOLEY'S MOUNTAIN.
4 rne N. Y. Tribune.

Park " IN its fountain of sent occasional sp~hdor,
have faded into an ench0a,ed distance, until they
See III TO my minds eye ike the thoroughi1re OF
that city Of rouhd towers, supposed to ENJOY
wusery existence at the bottom of one OF the IRISH
lakes. and with whose ,opogrophi.a! feat ires the
late hIr. TboDas Moore, poe and parasite, Was on
terms Of intimate acquaintance.
It is wonorons how sweet and subduing are the
iIhu. nces which steal over one at spot ike tos.
care no more for the promenade on the dollar
side at clock Dear as was the oper, TO me,
would lot exchange :or La Grsoge's wondrous
mechanism or BriguOll's rich leAibility of voice
the solemn music Of the orchestra OF waving
branches that plays every Dght in the forest grove,
and whose notes are struck by hand that never
touches falsely Much az long to visit the Sum-
Mer Garden and STE the fairy Agnes Robertson,
thar child OF April, who comes to us smiling or
weeping as the occasion calls, aud who. between
her sunshne ard her tears, builds raiobow in
our hearts that tells U.s. the covenant OF old, that
though in her power to dtstrOy our peace she from
mercy for-oOes the pryilege-n.uch as long to See
this most charming of English actrt ere the
close of her reign il her new dominion, not even
her spells can draw me from my hermitage in this
lovely stot Nor were she to come, as came that
fairy bird 10 the old monk. war6Dg from tree TO
tee and ever followed by the anchorte who was
supg into journey Of 300 years, not even then
would those brd-hke notes OF hers lure me away
from Scbooley's Mountain. "SchOOey's Noun
tain," hear you say, must have indeed rare at
fractions. DO the LOtos buds grow there that
you 40 far forget your home! are its shores
washed by Ltthe, aid do you bathe daily
in the waters that are bltter-sweet
No, No Iotos buds bloom there. No dismal
siIeom, shored with banks of night, flows slug
gishly along. Rut the sumach lifts its fiery spires
through the fields as il il were tht land OF the Par
S.es and the holy fame were bursting forth in all
directions, 10 be worsbiped; and IN the place of
Lerhe. tie water OF obliyi n, see from out my
wilcow the valley where pure stfcamlet winds
its way laughngly down the mountain. / cannot
I'll you the soitehlng feeling produced by lis iO@
distant murnuriDss, as talnty feeling their way
across tie fields they foil at your feet. 1t Ii like
the echo of the whisper of some distant music IN
the East. Nearer the town the city bells come
ever changing and baob ing about you, as If TO say,
Eve are near, Think not you escape u.s. But
here though within easy reach of the city We are
os secluded from the worlds work strokes and daily
din as il resting in the bosom Of the vale OF Wyo-
niDg or some aild glen among the Highlands OF the
IudsOn. l love this Tranquil spot, though, reader,
you may not. You may sgh for the gddy thr0ng
and the gay rey,lry Oi Saratoga. We hase II here
at the crest Grove and yet we have IL not. y
I, " steps lIom our portlco and ne are at Belmont
Hall a ftw more and We are at the Heath House;
ar here in these two houses are c0ngregdted a
fas hIol able multitude. They have such races and
taheuux, flirting, dancing ana driving, and they
haze bon Ing mat .besIhe ladies OF on house
against the Other--aDd indeed the last one they
had led 10 recrmnations. The ladies pointed their
pretty lips and most went TO pulling caps. We
SEE and enjoy all this, aud are tree from it's ex
element
but let US examine more nearly the Heath
Houee. ueed hardly say We have lots of piazzt
lere. 1t If pleasant in the Summer time to feel
Il at wherever GU 20 you will aiway find piazza
\ on encounter them on all kinds of unexpected
places-o on the tops of houses, outside ones win
dow and / confidently expect some day TO NEE
them In the fields. But let US hot laugh over the
piazza il is delightful institution. In the cool o!
the evening, what more enchanting than to tread
the long arcade with some fair one by your side,
azipg OF the CODED bnol. in the distance thai
So, Ill to slecp iu the moonlight like some bird with
ruled plumesi N0mt are never more delightful
tlaI when in the country. In town they rule IN
the country they captlvate. In town they walk
forth With full panoply, all prepared for conquest.
But kiered with sIla, armed with an artillery Of
iIDpt lious elunces they subdue US with their proud
oNdalniul ar. But in the country the spell of na-
turc seems to be upon them. The light Summer
robe, yielding 10 every motion of the plant form,
Las taken the place of the stiff brocadc. Amid
the quiet OF the fields and the dreary solitude
Of the woods they to feel there is no further
Zee, ssi'y for the panoply OF pride they don in
the city. Ii was in delicious garden like this
that girdles the Heath House with shaded walks
and banks OF roses that Armida the bland, pas
oionate seductive Armda, fascinated Rlnado.
II Tasso bad placed her i'll palace in some great
city, be would haye made her the imperiOus Queen,
not the tempter woman. Yet RHaldO GOl'd be
ata hpre Not IN. ra ra M haeu ut fu prea
10 lure him into folly but because there is safety
il multitude, and there is more than ole Armida
in the fleath House. We have seldom seen
LOrc beautiful sLd, what il better, a more gentle
pattern OF women than here. None of that constant
d essins OF artificial constrained stiffness which
FAIRIES town in its worst 'ormS into the country,
bur iul OF gay vigaC.ty and delightful ease See,
there is one now ,s,uing into the piazza with a
book il her hand. She Is what Monsieur Balzac
Houio al once recognize "une femme oomae
i tau!.' You know her, of course. Who In New
ok does Lot You have often turned to
,ok at her as she passed you IN Broad
Way The simplicity Of her dress is always |
,,Ikng amid the pdroqaetterte 20 coin
\ orc OF American female uWe There is an |
nd, Unable grace in her Movements Her silk |
iress, as she sweeps by YOU on the pavement |
J, ens to rustic with peculiar sound that send, |
HI rill thu h you. Me-. make w3y Tor her almost |
uyouDrarIly before they see her, touched by some |
ubt!e magnetic influence which heralds her ap-
.louch la the nat, rials OF which her costume
: composed, there rs nothing On which the eye |
,,sts Az that you remark il the exquisite h4r-
I ory that rtig,s between every detail. When
ou add to Ibis form that is roucd and 1.-THE,
,w,y yiug when 10 Hoion IN those ubduating lines
= ahich touch The eye, as rich music chords touch
the tar: pole face decately nodded, yet so
lear and transparent IN comple xion that s palor
does not Indicate the slightest want ot health; lips
I'D aud routing, and large dark blue eyes that ue
n der rhtir heavy white lids as the Alpine lakes
ia h. re,th tbe edges Of mountain SNOW. / klOy