New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-09


,s.,cy. Before ~ rose wel Of dark sbF ffva
tvs y nI Asadrsd :ess il Aisss gaping ,srs add
there With ,iwT sefle OF gasbs., % II :: I'D
sr,sbe1 II socsDg, As!e, sbs y-iasvAl s,es. Too
sgnn7. OF iksss ehDs vas tee average level Of tas
eosstry, and tiis peculiarly, 70 Gui, sfgtes to IL
tls northern. ahore O; Filmsrk, distinguishing rae
forms Of The c.yss aod ISLANDS frs tsse about A.
ter and HAnins,tts. riieh, asAo- are e0iss difa'-
eot fron those Of the Lof,deGs. "Oa ,sssrnhs
from spnzbergep," siie . Rsmms-feg. p.e,.asaf
TO ne, DO bet need 10 iecL st ctsit - ceEs ssss
when &c. sight Of the ecss.; snoV, freM ne
formation Of the e6fs, ey,e,y whese En.' There
u some genera resemblance 70 the chsh s'uHs or
England, especially about Bescay Head, but the
rock here appears TO be mics si.:e disfosed IN an
vertical strata, With many violent Transverse o'eass.
La We approached the end Of tse prenensoyy
which divides tie PorssDssr from The Ls1e liord,
the rocks became more abrupt sud violently sa:s-
tered. Huge masses, fallen from the sann.it lined
Ne bsse Of the preeipiee, which vas followed Tito
caverpon srches, TIE home Of myrids Of sea-guGs.
The rcck Of Sssrholt kiub, of the roiIs FessHSlsd
o massive fortress 10 ruins. Its walls o. snse,n
masonry rested on three eEeTnous vaults, tae fes'
Of which were buttrsssel with Wanting pAes OF
rocky fragments. The rsmparts, crsaslssed In
- hsd mcldsred away in csbers, AID one
some pnss' o. md sears Of the giant
fsnced he asw in the rtnu -h;,b haA
nile the marks of the shot and saen ~
wrought it, ruin. Thousands OF white e'i,a' sO"o
70 their nightly rOost, rested on every edSe ''od
cornice of the rocks but preparations were already
made 10 disturb their sl0u,bers. The steamer
cannon was directed toward the largest vault, snd
DISCHARGED. The fortress shcOk with tho e'a,h.ng
reverbsrstiOn; "then rose shrek, as OF cisy
.scked"-a wild, piercing, maddenins, nyriad'
toprued cry, which stip rings in my ears. With
the cry, came 3 rushing sOucd, Is OF tempest
among the woods; white cloud burst out Of the
hollow arch. way, Ike the smoke Of an answering
shot, and in the spscs Of second the ak was Tiled
With birds, thicker than kutumn leaves, aud rang
with ono universal, changing shrek. A second SHOT,
follow cd by second outcry and An answering dis
sbarae from the other csvens almost dsrkened the
SLY. The whiIriDg, rustlrg and screaming, SIS the
birds circled overhead, or dropped Ike thick sour
RES of snow. fakes on the water, was truly awfL.
There could not have been less than Fifty thousand
in the air q. one time, while as many more s'uns 70
the face Of the rock or screamed from the depth Of
the vaults Such sn indignation meeting never
attended before; but, like many others have heard
Of the time for action was past before they had de-
cided what to do
1t was now II O'Clock, and Sverhot glcwed IN
fiery bronze hster as We rounded it, the eidies Of
returning birds cleaning golden in the nocturnal
.up, like drifts Of beech-leAves N the October air.
Far to the north, the sun lay in bed Of saffron
light over the clear horizon of the Arctic Ocean.
few bars Of dazzling orange cloud foated above
him, and stil higher in tie sky, where the saiton
melted through delicate rose color into blue, hung
light wreaths Of vspor, touched with pearly, ops
line fashes Of pink aud golden gray. The ses Was
hhe web Of pale slste-color, shot through And
through with thread. Of orange and saffron, from
the dance Of myriad shifting and twinklng ripples
The air WAS filed and permeated with the soft, nys
terous glow, and even the very azure Of the south
ern sky seened to shine through = net Of golden
game. The hesdlsnds of this deePy-indented COST
the capes of the Lake and PorssDger Fiords, and
Of Mage, 5e-hy around us, in different degrees Of
distance but all with foreheads touched with super
natural glory. Far to the north east was So-dkyn
tie most northern point Of the mainland Of Europe,
cleaning rosly and faint in The full besns of tho
sum- and just IS cur watches denoted midnight, tho
North Cape appeared to the wessward-a long hne
of purple bluff, presenting vertical from. Of 300
feet in hight t, the Po'sr Sea. Midway between
these two magnificent headlsnds stood the Midnight
Sun, shining on US With subdued fires, and with tae
gorgeous coloring of an hour for which We have no
name, since it is neither sunset nor SUNRISE but the
blended loneliness Of bothbut shining 81 the same
moment in the heat and splendor Of MONDAY, on
the Pacific Isles.
This was the Midnight Suu az had dreamed il
as had hoped 70 see it,
Within fifteen minutes after midnight, there WAS
perceptiblc incsease Of altitude and in less than
half an hour the Whole line Of the sky had changed,
the yellow Frightening into orange, and the saffron
melting into the pale vernDon Of dawn. Yet il was
neither the colers nor the same character OF light
a. We had had, half an hour teforc midnight. TIE
difference vss 90 slight ss scarcely to be described,
but il WAS the difference between evening and morn
ing The fAiptest translation Of one prevailing tint
into another h.d changed the whole expression Of
heaven and Garth and so imperceptibH aud mirac-
ucusly that new day was sresdy present to our
con,ciousness Oar view Of the wild cliffs Of Sse.-
holt, le,s than two hours before belonged 70 yos.
terdsy, though we had stced On desi, in full Sun.
shine during all the intervening time, Had the SEN
sation Of aisht slipped through our brains, in tbs
monentag wiDAipg Of the eyes' Or was the old
routine Of consciousness 50 firmly stereoNped in
our natures, that the view Of morning was suni-
Gent proof TO them Of the presIstence Of night