The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-08-12

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In stesp Situations, ne shall nnd the the trees
rapify hs sub TANGO oeu for long dis .ns and II we
ooA more closely We shall No thai Il ST. numse,'es
which moisture abundAnuy suppl cd Tor the nourish
mcpl boh Of the MOSES and OF ~hioh they sus
t..a These belts Of dwarf drs are .,eus kaee fe.sure
Of the Serrs Nevada they only few feet Ia hegot
and - formed In reeiuena line, iher bfshohes
declining, and 20 rigid that s pears impo sbe 70 pere
trse their ranks for, while the de ng bs readily
permit one TO clip down between the unks, TO extr tate
oneself 10 not easy, the tsttefed clothing o. the
traveller freques lily testides.
Above this pon, are 70 be found only stunned bushes,
nsermDeed wi slender trunk, ba'ted and bleached-
the skeletons Of long since perishea; aud here We
frequently reach terrace enough depressed to hold here
and there little Akes whose ma-pn gro~ various rare
plants, mostly unknown In the regions bso". We
s Srvs ast, ,,. pern.p'' At some pyrsmia ,s 2.
forms the peak which nrst strikes the eye from
. distance, when, In looking towards the sierra
Nevada one describes series OF broad Wounded $685. FOR
the most part su'mouhtsd by less sharp
enei Al We scramble with difficulty this rude pile
OF rocks M veroure dsapp ars We are surrounded oaly
by desdAton But chal full description NJ the
mountain foliage for some future communication shall
ony add that In the mid region which had now attain
found ourselves surrounded with beautiful do ssrs,
willie below in the sacramento and San Jo'qain valleys,
everything green had dsapreaed In tho drought
TIE DESCENT INTO YosrauY VALLEY
From camp Hsre Green, We soon reached
Gge meadow surrounded by the fy forest and adorned
WITH brilliant flow rs Hsrs the trail lead. tae riths
and then divides N the left descending into the ssers of
Cncade Creek aad its ti ,u,arss A-cencug and descend
ing several steep hpurs and cOsng evers streamc 20
orally caught glimpe the everlasting walls OF the 70
semy, snd farther on We cleaning Ikea tlvsr thread
from the dark precpice the "Cacsde Of he Raiub,~"
We commenced the descent into tho valley 10 good
earnest, and IN an hour, after rolling, slipping jumping,
and come little swearing Among the less initiated, we
reached the level OF the river
THE CASCADE or THE RAIsRow.
Is from this point that obtained oar nrst view OF
the Yoemy Valley, and the sceno produces an mpres
.lon never to be forgotten As we pas up the valley
or tie Rainbow" already referred to. desceuds into
the valley on our right at one fau nine hundred and
edge Of the precipoe, then, descending broken into
feecy 70, sometimes swayed hher aud hither by the
Maynard winds At other tmes the sun i'lumines Its
spray into rainbow hues, and the whole hangs from the
cliff In thin veil OF pink white and blue mist Here II
has dashed and fosmed from Its dizzy height since the
creation With but savage and unapprecsting eyes to
forme most picturesque In their ontnes contrasting
seau,ifuly with the emerald meadows and masses OF
ppev cedars and oaks their base The stream carries
large body of water and has It's far away to the
SOUTH towards the divide or the San Joaquin river Here
flowing along the mountain ridges until leaps precipce
more than eight times az high as Niagara But must
not begin 10 excaim o. this point or shall exhaust my
store explosives before reach the great wonder OF tho
valley.
Al We proceeded onward were held In awe by the
sublime proportions OF GEL Captan" the "Chiefnan q
the Yoeemitya cn OF granite lifting iu giant form on
the len TO the height Of more than three thousand eea
side ortbe valley (Which here only three fourths of mile
wide immense cliffs also occur, their serrsted pinnaocs
piercing the very SKI and forming with Captain the
wsrode slowly and slmon reverentiay along the base
CHpan and oas the rssr rescnsS 70
fall, where we romainod during our sojourn In the
From the edge OF the grove the rear Of the house We
obtained full view Of the great falls, where the wAter
prec pilates Itself into the valley In three awful Leaps
cessively OF fifteen hundred four hundred and
dred feet Think OF a river pluneing over Q precpioe
twenty i've hundred feet high, and with the tso exoep
tons Of inequalities in the surface of the cliff which partly
ita n dtvxv ha into tha
valley below without impeachment II should be remem.
befed tia, this body Of wafer Ia no KIcklIns stream,
Of its descent that resembles q silver thread hanging
from the ca fbua river often sweled into formidable
dimension. oy the melting Of the snow IN the Ssrra Ne
Globe fade into nsiGnacance and your Nagaras,
Gene,ees, rrensoas, &c &C., are but aqueous ptgnss.
but, With all In grandeur and suomiy fails 70 produce
the effect upon the behoder caused by nrst view Of
dependent Of her gold mines gigantic trees higher than
the Of trinity Church steepe, mammoth vegetables
and Brobdgnaian fruit, filings down tho gsunsles to the
world on The waterl question, and challenges equal
70 the smallest falls Of this wonderful valley for
there five Of them here aud the lesser one s
have fshionabes among these lonely mountain fast
sing the praises OF The Cholook and tue whts
agArs only heard Of Choook but would cely
veature to soil their kids By scrambng up into the Sierra
10 view thsm The travelling public already becomng
wesed OF the monoouy OF the same old summer resorts
Ct the Atlantic States and flying TO Europe for relief
IL win be Q com mon thing for the New Yorker
where the sublime scenery and eIhiranE air are unsur
pasted Tben shall begin 10 read In the papers
courts Of the Yosemy Valley and the wonderful Falls OF
Choook.
TROUT Frurya
Not far from where the falls empty into the valley the
crystal and crowded with such mou, disciple OF old
LEAK Walton would 90 crazy about. Here l. A. and my
se resorted 10 fab, and we seldom returned without
necklace OF four FOUNDERS strung on willow twig an
no boaser but must In duty say that l. generally
fined bis pscaiary operations 10 felouiousy sbstracng
the ,ardnes from our lunch bssket seated In a com.
canvass The glorious scenery around him. and TO your cor
respondent belongs the credit OF escsng "entAngnns al
hapces' with the denzens Of the stream
MOUNTAIN soHxERY.
We made frequen journeys from the valley up into the
attended with great fatigue and some danger, but they
served 10 nerve for future efforts and mpsr degree
Of suengh aud bealhfclness such only tho nvisorst
Ing mountain air of California give Ia these accents
we were frequently struck with the straDgeness Of the
views abou! u.s. The great variety OF atmospheric effects
pre,enb some or Interesting traits In mountain
toenery-u when, In . foggy morning, the white veil
slosly rising Displays al the lower landscape clear
" TO the eye, while on the greater peaks wresihs
ped upon wreaths broken into thousand picturesque
shapes and high In the air that the observer de-
csvec 70 the real height OF the ridges before him As
be scepds Orally eners ih region OF vapors wh,h,
growing thinner and thinner al las, penetrated
BY the duscd ght that every part lie 10 s minated
and II he looks behind him. the earth suddenly term
mates In sea OF mist that the steep pyramid which he
n clsmborng appears ike ptccipous island Coating
magic .ky, anidss dnzzing rain Of innnessmal din
moncs
MOUNTAIN GAMv.
Amid such variety Of scenes which we're ever shifting
Ike dissJ wing view passed several wecksnving In
the open su and generally subsising on JUICY Ttpison
steaks OF killing or tue plscatory lururcs have
already referred TO- Here the blue winged teal the
tain wood duck, aud al curious upland birds
abound. Among the better known are the veritable
grouse Of greH size, and enet upor the heather which
here grows uxursny, contrary TO the ipee dirt OF
cry wise bosus no have asserted that heather docs
American
are hIec with it-of deep purple color-spreatug out
over countless across OF airy and dit ing 10 fragrance
through ali TIE air. This IL the true Scottish heather with
which the Hshandert stuff their beds, and generally
have made beds upon rs sweet yielding surface when
ever was 10 he fJutd. The crops OF the grouse
found nlled with u There is also the quail-the male
bro sporting pretty tOpsnot upon HIS head. These
we thoi by the hundreds and nnaly quiz,
The sport from sheer satey OF their meat We also Shot
several - road runners species Of birds resembling
the marsh hen rail n is motions, but which ics like
the woodcock They are YET unknosn 10 ornithoogisn,