Smyrna times., 1859-07-28
AMERICAN SUMMER RESORTS.
WHITE MOUNTAINS,

t WHITE MOUNTAINS,
The route to The White Mountains. os wa
as all the curlostIes Of that region. from Ne,
u York, Is by the Norwich and Woscesler boot,
on winch route Through tickets can be procured
These mountains cover an area of about Al
miles square in northern New Hampshire
, though the name of White Mountains is. in tb,
heIghborhood, given to the central group onl,
-the haIt dozen lofty peaks, of which Mt
washington Is the royal head and front The
western cluster Is contra distinguished as the
Franconla range. We will suppose our tourist
10 nave made his appearance on the south east
to the Central or White Mountain proun VIA
Lake WInnIpseogee and Conway Valley, and
thuS meet him at the Crawford House, near the
GREAT NOTCH.
The magnificent gateway called the Notch
Is chasIn between Two perpendicular masses
oi rock, approaching each other to within TWEEN
/ y-t"o ieet. Dark OverhangIng cliffs stand rs
sentlnelS over thIS solemn pass, and 1t has been
WORK VI Toll TO cut Il pathway through the
trownlng barrier. This gorge is some three
miles long. Upon the north the steep noun.
| tam walls climb the sky, to the heoht of , 600
feet above The road beneath them. The rno
ged TANKS OF the devoted Mount WILEY. bear
ing yet the fatal tempest scars Of IS26. stops
fhe view to the left, while Mount Webster
dark, and massive, aud grand, as was he whose
name 1t bears-tils the landscape on The rght.
MOUNT WASHINGTON.
The ascent of Mount Washington, The chlef
exploit OF the visitor, is tOlSome and even
dangerous feat to this day, despite the improved
facilities OF travel. The Journey from the
Crawford House is nine miles. made ON tho
backs of Canadian ponies, though the view
from the summit will repa, the adventurer tor
his trouble. 1t is 6226 feet above the level of
the ocean. We have not space to describe The
view; 1t will be sufficient to say that the At
lantc, and KatahdIn, in Maine, as well as the
Green Mountains Of Vermont, are visible from
It's summit on d clear day
NAHANT, MASS.
Is delightful watering place situated about
II miles from Boston, by water. The peniu.
sula IS divided INTO Great and Little Nahant.
aud Bass Neck. The former is the larUesl d.
vision, containing 800 acres-a part of which
Is under cultIvatIOn-many handsome dwell. !
nSs, and spacious hotel, with a piazza on
each floor. In other portions are numerous
cottages, chIehy occupied by the citizens of !
Boston as summer Residences Nub8ut Is one !
OF the Oldest watering places in New England. |
and thousands resort to 1t during the suItrv
scenery.
NEWPORT.
Newport has held the position of being the |
most fashionable watering place IN the United |
States, but the White Mountains, Cape MAY,
Niagara Fails, Virginia Springs are fast de-
sroying It's presuge. The old town of New
port lies near the wafer, but of late wears since
the place has grown great as a summer re ST.
A q ph llo,, 4
,unus mansions has sprung up, extending far
along the terraces winch overlook the sea
The flood OF travel has called up, too, a num-
Der OF magnificent hotels, of which the chief
are, the Ocean House, at the south end of Bel
evue street; the Atlantic House, at the head
It Pelham street; the Bellevue House on Ca.
harlne street; the AquidneCk aud the Fillmore
louise. Inc chet picturesque attractions of
he town and Its vicinity, are the fiue ocean
hOres, known as the FIRST, Second and Third
Beaches. 1t IS the First beach which Is chiefly
lsed by the Newport guests as a bathin9
ground. AT the Second beach are the taInons
ocks called Purgatory, and the Hanging
Rocks, within whose shadow it is said that The :
celebrated Bishop Berkeley wrote his Minute
Philosopher" The Spouting Cave, Glen, &c,
re charming places to ride to.
SARATOGA SPRINGS.
Saratoga owes it's celebrity almost solely to 1
is mineral springs, the surrounding scenery c
assessing few, If any, extraordinary attrac-
IONS. Saratoga Lake is, however, beautiful
heet OF water, within a pleasant mornings or
drive, aud Glen's Falls, on the Hud. !
en-, are within two or three hours travel. Ii u
3 frequenled during the summer season by !
Americans from all sections, aud even by for l.
ign tourists from all climates During the c
eight of the fashionable season no less than 1
wo or three thousand arrivals occur within u
week. The hotel accommodations are COM a
lste; the most extensive are the United i
states, Union, Congress Hall, Pavilion, Adel. l
hia, Washington Hall, Columbian, Railroad,
Prospect Hall, and highland Hail.
1t IS stated that in the season of 1853 before |
he end OF August, more than 10000 VISITORS II
ad already visited the Springs. Appleton i
veil says: The Al pha aud Omega of the il
ally Saratoga programme Is to drink and TO II
ance-lhe one IN the earliest possible morn Fl
ng, and the other at the latest conceivable fl
Ight." The waters are beneficial in affections
f the liver, IN some cases of chrome dyspeo
ia, and chronic Diseases of the bowels They n
re easily reached either by steamboat up the 4
hudson, or Hudson River Railway, or Harlem :
galway to Albany, and thence by rail to Schne 6
lectady. u
NIAGARA FALLS. q
II is almost unnecessary To say one word "
bout these wonders of the world. EVERY
choo boy has learned their wonders by heart a
We could not say one word which has not Il
een said before, nor will our space permit us s
o say what has already been said. There are
many routes TO it. From Philadelphia via w. tt