New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-10-06

cfif rg IvrSer aud stu fdrfhef 70 thaI nozea tide
! fron -lieS ', kpe~ there va no escape. M. Lam.
se.zec N. vsjr. cord snd dis ,hygsd g.. srd de-
sc.sdei in sXety b. The aide Of tai spruce. We
made tbe At..tic fat by her anchor, soi for 8
meet talked ever What We should 90. We tad no. a
moothfui to eS. No pro. ecu.a o. "sa. Houi
how far ffou hsbtAtioo, we're hunsy % san rth'
DO earthly hope Of raising Q IRE, 90. no ds
not ces as 10 shere We vsre We rorcoded " s'us'
to the compass kindly lo.set by II. X ssvcoub, esq
AID take coures which would bring NJ out Of soy
wilde rDess we might be 10. We settled ia our own
niode that ether in John Browns Tract or ia
the great Canada Sderness-o the south, We tbought
OF tie Ots~s-snd knew ths, c,urre south oy e-st
would take ne out We had strength enough TO travel
the dis'suce. Is NJ. stepped up to the balloon scd
gave the eoge Of the baskrt parting shaks, saying.
Good bye, old Ausntic, and faoc,ed could see .
tear In hs horet eye when he said it. He sssned
greatly 70 regret he inability to perform HIS engage
neIts q, tie Kingston and New York Sts.e Fsrs, at
both Ct which be advertised 10 make sscenons.
rRarrIsG IN THE WOODS.
To tie socth at, thsn, s'arted. ANer travelling
abor. mile sut han We cane to the baak Of a
email creek, flowing d)sn from the wess~srd. A.
this lont ~e sere sgreeab'y Surprised 70 find ths'
some hGmHn bcirg rad been there bsfore W, for we
found several sDal trees cut down. the co So from an
oc fire. ard half barrel which hsi contained pork.
l eesery examined the stamp II rect
P.M
Ills rettied the question that We were n Canada,
fer very well knew that no Montreal Inspection OF
pork oand its wsy into the interior of Ne~.fofk
o.ae. We Travelled al day FRIDAY up the uakno Tn
creek which kept its general course to the sclth ct
ves,, crossing II about noon on h)stipg log, auf
s:nkirg, on lis southern bank, "bisz1d track.
which led up to deserted timber road, lying 90 the
opposite SIDE from large laundering sh.nty. We
hoped Of the lumber roads miah take rs on. to
settlement bat after travelling up them all until they
terminated in the wilderness, we concluded 70 cross
tie creek 10 the shsnty, and stay 10 it all night la
MouLtan get acrcss safely but ny weigh. vas greater
,1sp biz, and the raft let into the stream. Sank
10 AL oser and swan out, though II requiref ell nv
strength W 60 30, and on reaching the bank found
myself chilled a. scarcely TO be able TO stand.
te eff my clyihee wrurg them, an. We proceeded to
the shstty, where onnd plenty Of refuse straw but
i, was dry, and under a pile Of it we crashed
pulling il over heads ard faces in the hope
Ibat our bTesfh might aid in warming our chilled
bodies ;birk the most reveugsful, s,oay neat
would have pited our condition then. Tue weary
hours Ct night at lsss wore away, and we held new
conucL IL evident, we reasoned, that the creek
We wsre upon utei for driving logs 10 the Spring
seasoD II, t0eu, We followed It TO lie conhlsnce snn
the 0uspa. or some stream which emptisd INTO the
Oua~s, we would in tina get out the same way the
tuber went out The root OF the shsnty ~ss covered
with the halves OF logs scoopsd outiu manner fam.
Isl to all woocmen. These were hight and dry, aod
would furm An excellent raft. Why not, then, take
four q these, lie them 10 cross pieces by ~ythes and
such old things az could ebd around the shanty,
al pue the structure doSn TO that clyz ston Thica
course we adopted We dragged the logs down to the
creek ara La Mountsin tied them together as he vas
evidently II q sailor than myself. We got under
way, and as We pushed off q crow set up dts nal
cssirg-an insuspicioas sign and omtnous OF the
eieEt uisjs and suIeriDgs IN store for US. We
poled down stream about ten miles and came abruptly
ups o an nm,Dss pine tree which had fallen across the
ftre sm completely blocking tho passage OF the raft
Nc other t.ruatvs left but 10 uotie tbs pieces
arc afteu o, to puh then through ander the log rns
wa. al as dote; tied the raft together again and poed
her down stre am. To day we ate each raw frog, sl
We could find and began &c feel that we were hungry
But there ives no compsinng-oor ta'k was OF tne
hopeful future ard the civz sion We hoped yet 70
reach. Down the creek we went into lake eotre tTo
niles long, and into which we of course Supposed the
stres passed, having its outlet al tue lover enc. we
followed down the northern bank keeping always IN
shallow spots that poles could touch ice bottom,
Until we arrived ut the bottom OF the lake, where We
fouid outlet aud turned back upon the southern
babk in quest of it. 90 reaching the head OF tue lake
we found the current If the creek tarned abruptly
t. he light which was the reason of our losipgit,
We felr happy to have found 1t again, add piled our
poles Ike heroes. We passed, during the day, the
spot where had FIRST struck Tho creek, add where
We had made a slightly landmark, which might after-
wnId bid in hadiog the Atlsotc, should We eve
wish to do ia order to get her out. a. night we did
not stoo bot kept the raft going down through the
shades If awful 0fes whose solemn stillness seemed
20 hold the unreyesed mystery OF our daiksuing ~
ture About 10 o'clock it began to rain again. we
a,onped The vessel and crawlcd in Ter sone,
res enabled 10 get perhaps, hall an honrs sleep.
RsDg agan Tor 1t was easier to pole at night 10 tue
ro;n down al unknown stream, than to lie on the
ctonud abd heeZel, We pressed on tor couple oil
n,urs uptil about clock when pure exhaustion in
cuced to stop aga,D This time We founn spot
where the cls!ey back Lacked little OF comins dogn
to The ws..r. On the mud We threw our little ounde
,f st,nW and sat down with our feet drawn under
us. so that our bodies presented as ittle sur
face as possible for the rain to beat upon. But
we could not stand such an uuco@torsoe
position lorg, and as the daylight OF the SAD
bath brCke upon us, we're polling down the stream
in a orizzling rain. A. 8 O'Clock we came to place
she,e the stream cSaoaed-rushing over stony bed,
dcgn a steep decent between high rocks on etnsf
bal k To aet our raft down this place We Regarded as
h,I eess. We lied up and examined the shore. Here,
again we found uln,s sk able evidence Of lambermen,
AZ they had evidently campsd at this point to be mandy
by he attempts they were doubtless obi led to make
to get the timber down the canon. The rapids were
ab ut third Of uie long and 10 all ths rapids OF
bstk River there is ro.t ing Wild and romaotlc az
these We deecsnded the bstk and thought best to
,ry our luck toct After travelling about mde We
found the bak so tsrgled ard rugged snd ourselves
20 much exhausted, that locDnotion vas inpostloe
So We concluded to 60 back, ana # We could get tho
r.f down piece at tue would 90 d. with her
il re, wonid build rs good place a. possible 70
c, swl into, aid prepare for death.
We wen. back, aud after AMI hing the stream
aeutvely Lcluded ~ Try 70 get tie raft doSo. We
at opce mmer c.d aLc freely confess tos the n ost
,yylrg anc aoorioas work Of lilo OF labor. Toe
scrs would L0t tJaf owe. 700 az tune, before tnoy
ecud FL Ok On some stone which the iow ~n'er lett
above the surface, AID then you must pry Il over 10
soue way, AID pace il along ~ the nex ob'ifuclon
We str, college, to get into the srean often up 70
u middle, AID there several tines fell hesiong-
completely using up our compass, which now fraou-
caly po-tec in any direction ti added head thodsnt
d, si.sbe. The had unglued the casa, snd 1t
rss ruiLed Alter long houys Of sach labor, We got
ibs raj, COVE, sno La MouIaiE again tied Il togethsr
Passing Oh in about hour we cane 70 large lake
ten niles long, AID SIX naies broad. Around Il we
most Of coure paes Until W. should find the outlet