New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-12
THE JVILDS OF NATURE.
THE FOURTH OF July IN THE WOODS.

THE FOURTH OF JULY IN THE WOODS.
Correspondence Of The n Y Tribune
BAsH-AU-BIsH FALLS July 4, 1853.
For sught that most Of the readers OF The TRIBUNE
know the place that this letter is dated at nsy be in
Utah or California It's name sounds 60 OuIsndsn; yet
il The veIitabe name OF place that snswers tue
idea conveyed in its date and caption, within few
hours of NewYork, by an easy, pleasant ride through
the valleys Of Westchsster, Putnam, Dutchess and
Columbia Counties through that fine farming region
that borders the Harlem Raroed
leaving tie city by the morning :rsin at 81 O'Clock
g. Ia the only one that goes through daily to Chat
ham, we reach little upimporlant way station, lOS
miles froIa the ery, 8: q o'clock The afternoon, hav-
icg Travelled twenty thirty miles IN c'ose proX
io ty o that rugged ch ain of hills bordering the line
between NewYoIk snd COnnec'icu, until little past
that DO. kaosn As Boston Corners where
the three States coming together the top of al
ruost impossible mountain, left a little corner of M4s
sscbuset;a quite beyond the reach Of her jurisdiction
Here then at tfis sta.ion of Copsks, in a charming
valley Of Columbia County, let the city-seeker afer
the widest of natures Wild scenery leave the care
and inquire the rosd 70 the fsls
If he II ike myself although accompanied oy
fee BILE invalid daug liter, suffering from tne he7ted
term n st slmost tked US slve II New YORK tne
last week n June he sill not inquire for csrrsse but
start of on foot up the Mount Washington ROAD leav-
if the carpet bags TO follow. In few mnu5es we
found our road winding along the bsnks of a moderate
sizeo mi stream, the nov idle Copase IRON works
tapdiag goouily upon the opposite Dank, ana very
soop We were IN gorge between toSerlng
hills wooded from the roadside to the peak, princl-
pslly with rugged od hemocks, save here and there
where the si6es had been stripped sud the WOOD
tumbed 10 the tom TO furnish fuel To the urnaces
but even these choppngs are again growing another
crop. . -. .
hillside, good csIrisge-road has been WORKED, ana
up this We had a pleasant shaded walk, getting
oil
through he rOcks and tie other hand ara also on
the osher side of the creek, trying ID oc up
To the top of the hls beyond, and the lgnt floating
clouds now and then touching and cbscurpg the tres
tops. Occasionally stopped 10 the shsoe OF an od
ntmlock road-nnbed chestnut to rest, or t. drink
from a little brock OF clear cool water, lesplns
do the me uutsin eide and across our path. little
further on We see break IN the rdge on tue rIgnt
bauo and hear the ioar like that OF the rapids sOo'e
the fall of Nsgarss grea. water, ard direct y we
come In sign. of the waite foam OF the stream as II
pOuTs of cascsdes, through one oi tae
wdet, broken rocky goges, oyerhung with its ever.
green border and forming scene after scene OF natura
soue beaaty. seldom ex,elled, II eqused, any
where IL the Atlantic States.
followed terminates; and here, night opposite the
gre siest al and ts eternal nusic htte rouga cot
taee has been built TO shelter the few persons wno
bsve beard of and come 70 visit the fails OF B,sa.au
bish--an Indian word tast meals Wild water And
Wild il ls.
The courfe of the stream where il has broken i,s
way through the huge, db0 CUT a
feet deep IA about northwest; making sn elbow from
The foot OF the msu fall II more 10 the west and
rups fer mile through ss terrific kspyon as thoee
we read Of in tle Rocky Mountails. On the south,
the hill is oensey covered with hemoek go N accss'
sibe hst the man LAS not yet been found with lngenu
ity enough 10 get IL swsy, aud s peak towers up so
high that oue approaching i from more accessible
point on the other side csn from tree top zee the
Huoson hls - miles dis ant and trace the smoke OF
the steamers ard locomoiives snd with glass have
a full view Of the Csissill Mountain House beyond
the rich va ley Of the Copake looking Ike pictured
carpet spres0 at his feot.
10 the south, the morn.sn lands Of the northwest
corner of Connecticut lift tier wooded heads; and
eastward and northeast the high peaks OF Mount
Everett ibsld Mouptsrl, and the hills OF Mount
Washington, Greet Bsnns'op, And Berkshire Coun-
ty Of Mass schusetts hll up ihs picture.
The falls of Bash su-bish dc just witain the lines
OF Berkshire County about 81 miles from Lenox, by
q very good mountain road and an extremely inter-
estng drive, PEI sing harrington halt way on the roaa
For pedestrians md mountain climbers there : such
variety of objects and daily new discoveries to make
that fortnight woud be little time enough 70 devote
20 ibis most Dvigor attn mode OF spendpg few days
Of relaxation from a busy, pent up city LIE.
To be gin wiih-our hrst e1eursion was Gown steep
pathway in font Of toe boute 70 ne basin below the
cascade enjoying the evei-olowing VINO toat draws
through the gorge ard 10 mostened % the ever n'ng
spray. Over the stream o. It tlmoes onward down
the deep cut channel, whiring IN wei tsirty feet
deep that ccng stones rave carved 10 the rock there
is rude foot-bridge. Across this ana taen up up.
up now IL then over fallen trees, rescaed rest-
rg place upon the brink Of the wall otrocks tnat
bounds the gorge On the south slde bal I1 the new
soene. that the eye the soothing usoy OF tee
rushing waters coming apip such sofened notes might
tempt ole 10 sleep where dream and start would
carry the dreamer down TO fearful death Again up
Another point another rest suo;aer and stu wilder
scene 10 open to view. We could gaze, and thlnk ano
write and sketch, and lul our mind 10 revere, and
wake again, but We must up once more; up % tnst
high point of the bold rock from the house that
looks 70 high and Inaccessible. Now how We look
down upon the Wild scene with nothing but tbs. nal
he use nestled into the DC of tne hill and le moving
life around il :hs picture ths, nature 10 its meet
wonderful artistic nocda has painted.
Now the valley up tpe stream opens 70 vlev, ana
We move sgan-tbis time descsT ding toward the
other side Of the riogs. Here We stop again on the
very brink Of preeipce that makes one dizzy 70 iook
over j. 10 10 full vie~ Of the house, around which
there is nov lively scere. l, is the 80 day OF JAY,
the Fourth falling Sunday; this is the ps;ona noL-
do, in this region and g'es. crowd Of boys ana gris
fom BARNS ston and o.neT phases, hss come 70 see
",ke Falls" The rarrow rosd is fall OF wsgons-
some with one couple, come two ssd some hs6a
dezea. II = Lively conVssy Of s9ueiry e'ys aod