New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-03
GREEN MOUNTAIN LAND.
MOUNT MANSFIELD MONTPELIER, sc

MOUNT MANSFIELD MONTPELIER, &c.
CoIresp ,ndence Of The n. Y. Tribune.
"PAvILIos," Montpelier, VI Aug. Is, 1860.
No member Of the fair fraternity of the Union has
nober historical record current reputation than
the glorious Green Mountain State, Vermont. Con-
fessedy unsurpassed in the struggle of the Revolution
as ever since in her fidelity to the cause of Freedoms
unmact ed in the pastoral beauty of her valleys and
the varied grandeur Of her mountains and peerless in
the almost universal intelligence and Independence of
her sons and the beauty and virtue of her daughters,
Vermont has still crown of muldtudiDous natural
and social attractions, undreamed of by the world at
large and particularly by the fashionable travelling
wcrd.
Born in this gem of New-EDgand, it required many
years Of absence from it-Jears which bore me over
the chief highways of the civilized world-to open my
ewes fully TO is beauties and granGeurs have lux
uriated among the Caedobian hills the mountain of
Wales the tanner earth. piles Of England, the lofty
Alps ard the Carpatbians-have caught from each
thrills of sublimy and terror, well gmpses of
rayshug beauy-but must confess, that in all the
world beside, have stood upon no mountain.top that
could give such broad and varied vision OF the
besutiful and grand that which recently enjoyed
from the summit of Mount Mansfield, the loeet OF
the Green Mountain range.
From the peaks Of the White Hills, when You reach
them and tho storm and cloud will permit you may be
startled by aspects of sky and breath Of forest such
as can now here else be But the eve weaes
of erdless mountains ard woods The scene is too
bleak, rugged, and awful. From the summit OF
Maj sfed four thousand five hundred feet above the
level Of ChamplaD, the eye takes n at one circing
sweep the White Hills, the Adirondack, the Green
Mountains and twenty other distant ranges OF noun
tans and hills takes in hundred miles length OF Lake
Champsiu, dotted with islands and busy craft, and
stretching from Tconderoga TO Plattsburgh-takes in
The glistenirg spires of Montreal, hundred miles
distant, the slvery line of the st. Lawrence-takes
in The countless Villages, and hamets and farmel OF
this glorious State oonsecIated TO Freedom and without
being weared is Pefetually fed by varying sPendor
Of vision.
1t is but quite recently that the attention of the
pleasure ard sightfoC king world has been challenged
toward Mot Mansfield and already the tide OF tourists
turned thi,her flor Il three meuths season. embracing
July, August ard September reaches from ~ to oo
day, and 20 were booked at the :" Summit House on
the day of my arrival there-the largest number Tor
day since the mountain began 10 be visited And OF all
who climb to lie summit, many Of them being familiar
with the various famous mountain scenery Oi the world,
not one dissents from the opinion that the view rom
Mansfield traDscerds ia variety OF beauty and gradeur,
that Of any other known mountain peak. Very FAR IN
my opinion, does it eclipse any White HILLS view
-graIder is it than any large view from or APP
nine. There is mountain forest lake, river, city,
town. village hamlet and magnifed by glass vari-
moving life to content the most avarlcious eye
Morning. nom, snd evening, yea, every hour OF the
day. iDgs some new light, shade o. color upon the In
clouds and now they are FURNISHED by the sunbeams
with lire. Now the fogs and mists creep over the
lskes and streams, and now they are lifted az from
lines and fields of flashing diamonds The snort OF the
rCn horse is heard far away where the white breath
pulls from bis nostrils mngiDg with the drOniDg OF
bells 1t seems so is space abridged TO the eye
that rifle could seDd its ball from this lordy peak,
which looks down CONTEMPORARY on the Cronchlng
Lion" lCaues Hump, right into Burlington. The
White Hills, nearly hundred miles away, seem
scarcely csunon-sbot distant Next to bsloonng, for
breadth Of outlook, lie this summit Of Mansfield.
Then, what is Of the first account with pleasure aud
SIGHT seekers, this glorious mountain is the most &C
cessble of is kind. One can leave New-York in the
morning, and by the middle of the next days alter
noon be can stand on Mansfed's "nose' or chin,
ready to enjoy the spendors of sunset And not only
is more accessible but it Is also far cheaper o access,
and yet ia fresh snd free from the endless an
Doysnces and inpositons attached to established fash
ioI able routes. The mountain should always be VS.
iteo from the eastern side which alone has birdie
path. The way to reach It from New-York is via the
New Haven and Vermont Central, or the liudson
River, saratoga and Washington, Rutland, and YER
ont Central Railroads, or, if the tourist wishes, be
may first trip over Lake George, and down Champlsin
TO Burlington and from thence take the Vermont Cen
tIhl to Waterbury, which is the poin. of departure
from the railroad to the mountain. For 30 cents the
coaches whir the tourist up to Stowe of which Mount
Mansfield Is the towns crown j. well ten niles distant
where really good hotel, 1.-THE Mountain House,
kept by w. Matthew'S, awaits bin. From this point,
capital livery, kept by Seaver Wilkins, wlrls him
rapidly to The " Halfway House. six miles ard
IA half, where he is mounted easy, sure footed
pony, 10 make his further way OF mile and hall 10
the " Summit Hoale." The pony ride ls done easily
within an hour. The charge for the ride from Stowe
10 the summit and back, sixteen miles, Is bal p d.
The accommodations Of the Summit House are OK
celent and ample for fifty guests, ard as but 10" stay
at present more than night the house Is dellou
cowdsd. Another season tue ACCOMMODATIONS H'o "