New-York daily tribune., 1858-07-17
.HE WHITE MOUNTAINS FORTY yen
AftfI ISy

of FIVE persons Jeff Boston for the Waite x,c,,'C
Ire psi.y eons ted OF the present Caief Jus.c.S
kr. Na,hsnel Tucker, gentleman Of mach tss,sw
hor.ieu ,uris., ard whose garden occupei ,s- ~
where r1ylston place is rog sfusted Dr. Js,sM
Glow. Fi,secs {. Gray esq, and DR.. traoes By
Low of N,ndon. We perioEDed cuSll,o. - j0ars,
sDi bf way Of putting ourselves IN .rs.nins f,G
ohi.c, oi the journey, sscended several mosr.s.ss
the way among which were the nonscoc, ron H.
fry, y. H., ard the Ascu'Dsy. from Wir.sxN
Both these undertakings furnished days work ~
the ,as. signshLed by The ceatn o. se.seh,
hys.rix don at,). wtish Was detected chmbingsE
snd lispstched with q hs,shet. AZ csrrisserAS
were rot nunerou, IN the nortnern psrts of x.,
Hsmpshne, II was recss-sryto 60 up tee nv1s
high Is Lancaster, TO strike ,u,n2Ne ss'a &
been opered from tbs. place through the Note d n.
mountains 10 Portland.
Ihe iew persons who az tha, tine visited tie Va.
Meun.sns ususlly fitted out from CooN.y, sto,.
twenty niles from the 'op Of Mount Wssssga
Here We were comfortably lodged e. the .S-u Ssss
OF Mrs. Mcmillan. who supplied Us VITO oiAoIss ~
three days PROVISIONS to carry which g'ass vN
procured. Our estm s;e Of distance insisted o seia
miles into tfe woods psriortaed on horssoscs, ed
thrteen miles a. erwaId on foot 10 ascending es
u ouataip We pursued the course OF q s,resn IL,
called Ell,s River, sud sferward o-M,l csix
New River. Tie last WAS said TO have beer 'orra
within the memory Of the o.tese l2hsoN so,s, oyt
fccd which br, ke cut or the esserl side or the n,a
tain after heavy rsos, causing an inuudaticv % rc
OF the az sceLt country, and destroying coEnheas a&
cstue.
msnrer by forming bed Of soft hemoIs bcugAs
building tire OF logs, ard insly stretching oGrsev
to sleep on the wlndward side, wNn our iseI .oSsd
il. Our lullaby was the murmur OF rslsnborrS
waterfall and tie eternal hum of uusketoes, whea
though Inferior % their civilized &C spe''ss
the qusty OF their music, considerably exceed then
in tie atrocty of their bite. Tie nigh, proved tde
erd rather cool, so tha, IN spte oi the blankets !,
which we had rolled and puioned ourselves Me~ u
US glad long before day to crawl oGi x ths iEe
From cur enoampment, which MAS seven N iooa
TIE mountains, we proceeded next dsy | 70 o' trN
mil, by the side, or in the bed, OF Ellis RIVER,
gradusl ascent occasionally iBcumberet wisa fatis
f fallen trees. We new left the liver Tor one ofu
branches called Cutters River inS direcayfn,
the summit. After climbing for = cjn itereole IA
ty the side of this stream. the trees OF the feess
around us began to diminish N hight aud W hud
ourselves at the second zone or region oi ths nclr
tain. TGis region Is entirely covered With laici
low growth OF evergreens, principally oscs spruce
and silver fir which rice 10 the higE of 70 sns head
ard put out numerous strong honz)ntal branches,
hch closely interviewer with esch other, anfsn
round the mountain with formidable he ge Guar
ter Of mile IN thickness. Thus compact @ene Of
lrsl G. es kept down 10y the superintendent wegltg
snow during tie long Winter Of these regions, has
constituted of the mos, seiou. difficulties OF The
ascent of Nortaern mountains. AZ tue p.es.ns TINE
roacs cut through them III al principa appF'aeas
TO Mount Washington.
On emerging from this thicket, bCoreter weeh
we carried stood al 20 93, giving our elevation soove
the sea at ,li3 feet. We above ell weots,
and at the loo. wnht Past " tna
mountain. II rose before with stespGess sScsed
ing that of any ground We passed, ant presented
to view huge, dreary, irregular lie OF cars naked
rocks.
We crossed plain or gentle slope OF quster Of
mile and began to ascend upon the eide. Ine.e vas
here continued and lsboriDus ascent Of helg me
which must be- performed by cautiously stepping from
one rock to another as they presented hem@eses IKE
irregular stairs winding on the broken surface OF the
mountain In the in'erstces Of these rocks eocs
SIGNAL patches of dwarf fir ana spruce aud tufts Of
smsll Alpine shrubs in full tower Many OF tee p'sns
remarkable for their identity with speees growing
in the Arctic regions Of both continents Among taem
sre the beautiful Lspand azaea and diapeosis, the
blue meuziesis, and the exquisite little anarcmeds
y0ides.
We arrived at the summit before noon, srd sAp>-
erced the seIsstions felt by many subsequent tray
,ers, viz, some fatigue, good appetite, some exuu.
ton at being on top Of the United Sts.es-then .
cnsderedsome disappointment at the general blend
o Osssyn WhS said IN Ss that tSe e5ssS
meth of the mountains in New England " ie dsrnthxy
"eIrible being full Of rocky bills, us thick mole
ellis in q meadow, and clothed with infinite thick
"Wtds." Our barometIic observation, compared
wit simultaneous one by Prof. Farrsr OF Cambridge,
avn the hight of Mount Washington at ., 20 feet
toe the sea.
us he proprety OF taking suitable notice ot lt greet
occasion, In the exalted situation which we were Shout
10 gttain As there is no fuel On the summit with
witch to construct boDfre, every mau esrried up Z
dr. stick, out Of which flaming pie was constructed,
AM which, if it did not illuminate the surrounding
contIy at least served to boil the tin pornger which
cotained our tea. An anniversary dinner Was coa.
sned with appropriate hsrty and sennea NJ. ~.
drss brief but pertinent and rendered more msgal.
ooent by certain quotations from " Beknaps His
tory of New, Hampshire" Our guide, in corgrstu.
ls,ory speech, announced that we were the frs. psy
which he had succeeded in bringing up to The top,
without the loss Of singe man from disc couragenent.
Casting critical eye over what he was pleased TO ~
nominate our "slim bodies he proceeded to Justify,
| at our expense, tho old sdage: "A lean dog s@s
| chase" There was, however, one at least 10 our
party who did not merit this eproach, and wnose nxs
creditabe contour showed that our guide, like Dog
| berry in the play, had verified unjust thng.
Our next duty was to construct q monument or ~
spot, suitably commemorative of the party who hsd
achieved 20 great an enterprise. junk hottlS pa
been prepared, containing the names OF the faHy,
ten on paper and rolled up that the whole nschr
tion was fegible from without, through the gIsss
hole was criled In the highest rock, and The Eeek Of
the inverted bottle inherited and cemsnsed IN WI WIZ
cation to the traveller to spare what the lightning spares
lauding obviously 10 the glass). That the PRIDE Of
literature might be sdded to that Of science, the
whole was written in Latino circumstance which
proved disastrous in the sequel. As We prepared at
length to descend the mountain, We cast hnger-
ing look behind, and beheld our bottle already
holding dark communion with q cloud" ard dee
tined to stand for two thirds Of the year alone in
scousress that at last had got names up in the
world and that at that moment, from the A.aetc to
the Mississippi no names stood 30 high ss ours AIss
for the instability Of human greatness The very ss1s
season traveller passing though the village OF Shell
burne, near the mountains. saw our unhappy bottle
decors rstipg the bar room Of obscure tavern thE
place. IT had been visited by party of msssad,se
vaLdsls broken Of, and brought down ss trophy,
perhaps with the additional object Of getting tie IN
icription deciphered and Interpreted.