Wabash express. [volume] (Terre-Haute, Vigo Co[unty], Ind.) 1841-186?, 1860-08-15
SUNRISE.
FsEEroRr. M, Aug. 6, 1860.

hhefohAs AAAsg aux " lOOu.
My Dear EIsrsss As came down from
the Canadas, through the Green Mountain
region of Vermont. and along the roots o.
the White Hills of New Hampshire.
stepped at the base of Mt Washington, in
little village called Gorham, and conclu
dsd to make kipk in my course Of travel
to take in this famous patriarch of the
lille.
la ascending, We took first a stage, rsgu-
larry running from Gorham co the alpine
House." nine miles of pretty rapid ascsn
sion. Thence it is six aud a half miles TO
the summit. The road now lies right up, -
say at an angle of forty f re degrees, or 80
About three and half miles of this
steep passage is furnished with q carriage
road, smooth enough for city street, and
a large gang Of men are now at work, push
ing il towards the summit Above where
this road has already reached, you proceed
by rough bridls road: crooked steep and
rough enough. it is. The path is in great
part rough eobble stones, over which the
aimble horses chamber up aud down, not
unfreqrsntly stumbling with their riders.
The passage. especially down, seemed to
me dangerous for the saddle. Most trav-
elsrs, especially the ladies, risk the saddle,
through inability or unwillingaess to take
the jsunt on foot. l preferred the foot for
this route of thirteen miles of steep cobhls
stone climbing. and was of in the morning
while others slept. Several miles of The
lower part of tn. way lay through dense
fsrsst. Here / rose through the morning
cloud, aHd presently emerged to a higher
region, esnopied with the blue sky aud
rolling, f.soy clouds. which promised ''f.ir
weather to-day" glad sound to one toll
ing up ian exceeding high mountai.,"
hoping to sec call the kingdoms Of the
verld in a moment Of time"
Along this road through the timber"
the sun smote me with uncomfortable ar
der, and 1 found it uphill business, - the |
angle Of ascent being scarcely mitiRated
anywhere. Indeed. that would not do; for
there was net much room for circuit, aud /
every mile forward mast yield 90 MANY /
feet upward; it was nuseessary, therefore,
to gain upward constantly, at about such a
rate.
found the makes part OF the mountain,
above the timber. swept by strong and
November blast Having just
smerged from the woods, foanisg with
psrsiration, | felt the sudden change very
'eDsibly; butt toiled on. along the zigssT,
upward, rugged path, filed with the mag.
,i6cenee Of the present prospect, and hun.
yering for the top, whittier l arrived at
quarter after o'clock, having left the no.
oil at half past FIVE; thus making the ak
md half miles towards the sky, in three
lours and forty Eve minutes, Including
ims for lunch. at the "Half way House"
'hsre was the only place that sat down
D rest, ascending or descending. {
Thus stood on the very pinnacle Of New
England. the crown Of Washington. The
lew was interrupted with struggling
louds; but by glinpsss, the magnificent
anorama was caught. was net so much
spt as some are, by the vsiw, Nor 90 much '
! expected TO be, az had been on high
Mountains before, aud was, therefore, pre-.
srsd for the effect However, such view
the outstrstched world cannot but raise I
rong emotions Of the sublime Hsgni6
mt On the one hand, the eye stretches s.
way, seventy miles, or so, to the sea coast 2
Maine, snd the open ocean beyond; on
Q other. fsc away inland and rouD dabsut, 81
Ter the hill country Of New Hampshire I