New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-23

n a,.-Ie care n orA q, two places .te-e 3 Hot ;he
less: danger o, ACCIDENT of any knd. Bu: beyond
The Rocky Heart there have been no P,'l- msIe'
and .hereare many pace. where the ioolns = I'm
cult and the dars water beneath sWiit ana u,
ous. In .uch place, mile above the Rccky fear''
The sd Jewett was dro Tned during the present yeh'
The Rocky Heart e abou. nile snd hali if'n
where sou enter the rayne al he lower end, AM le
fifth or !s-t fa az Prospect j: about the sane ds-
lance above i. Thus the distance g three niles,
and .he stream in that distance falls 80 iee'.
The entire length OF the rsyne, whether on the 70?
of the perpendicular walls, or where the oanhs
abruptly slope ~ the rocky bed OF the stream
IL is crowned with trees living aud dead, anj a
growth of vines and vcrdure whose wild luxnrance
seems almos, tropical The store over and through
which this water runs + known 70 geo.ogls's as
Trenton limestone No vegetable fossils are found
in H. and il is composed entirely OF shells, the os-
.zed trilobite being the most Interesting specimens
found This stone j. eXcee,llngl hard particularly
the deeper strata, aud i perceptby hled with the
forms Of shells. When you consider the tine ne
cessary 70 petrfy the mass OF animated beings nto
thi- hard stone and also the apse Of time inst the
water u.ust have poured over / 10 have worn these
channel. hundred feet deep, the mind wearies Of
hypothesis, and for the sake OF convenience aud
rest viii accept any theory.
People come here % enjoy the remarkable scene
~ and 70 find rest and quiet. IL Is place where
YOU can sleep under blanket. There are neither
musaetOes balls nor parties, and t1e mercury mas
not risen AZ any time ths summer at O'Clock ID
the morning above 90 degrees Fahrenheit, and has
averaged only q degrees, and at no time has ].
been higher in tie day than 70 degrees, and that
only tHice for about two hours, from to 3oclock.
The average in the daytime has been about %
degrees There is also peculiarly in the climate
when the sun is slmsst lnsupportably hot IN tue
shade the air is pleasantly cool, and has an emoent
effect upon the skin, which ls at once grateful and
surprising In al other inland places where have
been the air itself becomes hested but here. no
matter how hot the sun may be, the moment the ar
stirs the breeze comes 10 the skin cool and re-
freshing.
Remaining here several weeks, the visitors are
feature of no small interest At Newport, Sara
toga, and some other places, you see only what are
called fashionable people, and such as strive Tor
this distinction: here, 10 some extent you are
bored by the same monotsny, but il is relieved by
host of country folk, who come many OF them,Wlth
their own teams. 10 see the Falls, and to get
look at the " great people from the great cities:
Tbese old-fashioned farmers, their wives and
daughters, with smburnt faces, and hands hardened
by honest toll form striking contrast TO the pale
pirls. brocaded women, and elaborate dandes from
the cities. These rough and sunburnt peasants
seem to be part OF the rocks, streams aud
primeva woods which draw them hlther
The drives in every direction are full OF interest,
particularly those 10 Prospect, and 10 Newport,
beautiful and healthy village situated On the
stream. in Herkmer County, about nine miles
south the road 10 it from the Falls following the
bank the whole distance. To the former place,
returning by the Cincinnati and Steuben Greeks,
through Trenton Village, the drive is hhl OF
picturesque interest, and the views superb, incud-
ing range of distance some sixty miles II extent.