The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-08-25
OUR CATSKILL MOUNTAIN CORRESPoN.
DENCE.

CArNaIL MOUNTAIN HorsE, August 4 1880.
A Description Of this Mountain Retrsat- BEAUTIFUL Ap-
pcurupce If he Hus--Gausering cf american Beau
tls-Pltstifd Sappy # Fraa- risiters from An Sec
Gons # the CHiom-frendsap and Fateynisation, &c.
Away up here, enveloped In cloud OF mist the one
minute, The next with clear blue SKY above, with q
Of their eecy no,ting beneath u.s. entirely
ccncealng the world below, thought II might not be
unacceptable your myriad readers TO drop you line
from this aerial standpoint suspended as
are, like Mahomes coffin, between heaven and earth.
Seldom II that our view Of the lower world Is thus
yelled from and presume that the has been
tho result Of warm weather down below contingency
which meyer troubles up here, IS have now
have had 10 wear since my arrival % week aso),
cloth coat button I'd 10 exclude the constant coonees
Of this mountain retreat.
Pure the fret rresh breeze that Eden knew Is the
quotdanal inhale in this mountain fssncss, and
very visible is its eject upon the cheeks eyes and ape
tcx Of the "hrce hundred who, for too brief period
here, leave in the world ben.ash them the cares oc;u-
constantly subjected. Al ave A. N. rise W
The sur nouniiug the distant tops OF the Green
Mountairs of Vermont, aud witness the morning kss
with which he saiutcs the blusaing vapors that have
awaited his coming. and wheel 10 column before him,
lost amid the distant highlands Point Nor less
beautiful ~ the rising OF the moon, az We return every
Of ,he North Mountain, accompanied By scme Of Hea
vens last best gin 10 man. whoec b ght black eyes or
melting blue often lure glance from heaven
beauties Of st life 30 much appreciated by the bead
ties Of animated nature upon the principle that like be-
gets like, but certain In, that more than syiph like
hrm that scales the paths TO the North Mounain the
South Mountain Moses Rock. the Fairy Spring or the
Pals, staff hand would have answered the description
Of the cratic Byron, where ne says
Hcrs a form of life and light,
That seen, became part Of sight,
And rose wherever turned my eye,
The morning star OF memory.
With delightful walks weather aud company, We have
delicious frcsh raspberrcs. growing al around In the
greatest abundance whorehcrrcs as plenty Hssaps
at Saratoga leaves Yaambrosa II surprises 'ct-
zensr 10 find how much exercise they In tho
pure mcuuisn air withoat that feeling Of lassi-
TIDE fai que which is its inevitable Consequence
IN the world below WEAKNESS rom walking climbing
sctus 10 pass away with the hour which produced "
~ then the glorious view which would N absorb
ts,ry faculty IN its contemplation The BERKSHIRE
MOI ntains nifty miles eastward; the Green Mountains
one hundred miles NORTH the range OF the Highlands
OF the Hudson sixty miles south ward combined With the
western and hshest peaks q the Catskils (gh pcak
and Round top frame and encompass picture worthy
like living emerald UPON the brow n Mature there 20
glow 10 initiating beauty I'll time Itself eha be no more
forever.
We representatives here from every section o. the
Union and their fraternzaron will, hope do much 10
calm tie dreaded animoSfy Of sectional feeling From
my conversation with those from each quarter OF cur
cctfetsaoy have abiding hope and confidence that
should the trial there enough Of these who with
steady step and unatcrng trust the good sense an p
riot OF their colleagues will be found to keen stem
10 the OF The rnoun be lie temporary head either
Lincoln, Bel Breckenridge.
Among our ysters might name Church, the artist Of