New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-10

climbed by al OF strong nerve AID soma muscle
The crest OF Mount Webster, long wall of per-
pend culsr rock br gbtene1 by the sinking sup,
lowered over Va, midway TO tho zenith. The dn-
yer, Of course, pointed out the traces OF the fatal
slide of 1896 on Wiley Mountain, and presently
the house came in right. II IL now but an ap'
pendage to larger building which has been iuhao'
tied Ia sort of hoie believer ior tie past year or
two The occupants probably reckon that Two
slides will hardly be likely to occur IN the same
place.
Here commences The Notch which lie properly
m notch, but very deep, wild valley, or trough,
fo,med bv the bases OF the two mountains before
mentioned. At its head, oyerhsl ging it IN an I'M
meme precipice of gray rock, and seeming 10 oiock
all .srrss. ia Mount Willard peak more remark
able from its abruptness and its isolatioD than ts
actual HIGHT For two miles we drove forward
through the woods, climbing the ascending gorge
The tnpmost crsgs o. Mount Webster were no
longer FURNISHED with sunset; the air around us
or.w dark and COOL and toe Saco became Till
which / could almost collect in a bucket spruce
rider praDciDg through the woods on handsome
black horse, assured US that Crawfords was close
at band and obligiugly galOped ahead to engage
rooms fr us. A few very steep pulls brought US
10 cleft between immense masses OF dark rock,
leaving space of little more than twenty feet for
the road AID stream. Here, turning back, we Jaw
The Notch, looming huge and awful through the
blue vapors of twilight grand, truly Alpiae
landscape.
A hundred yards further, and we emerged from
the Gate of the Notch it is called, upon little
plateau, 000 feet above the sea. black pond, be-
side us was the fountain of the Saco. Lights glim-
m. red ahaad, the sound of music saluted Us, and
the oI front of the Crawford House rose like q
palace in the wilderness. From the balcony pealed
the band with goodwill, if not with great artis-
| tic talent; hundred well-dressed gentlemen and
! ladies' promeDaded along the yerauda; gas lights
hsrpd through the broad entrance-n short, all tho
| evidences OF frst-class city hotel, with the
| latest improvements, saluted our delighted eyes
| Our bedrooms were actually lighted with gas-and
| there were bell puls-snd somebody came when
| you pulled what you ordered was brought to
YOU Nature is good, / thought, but Nature in
combin ,ti IN with The latest improvements is best
of all. In the words of a NewE0glald poet, whose
name am sorry not 10 KNOW
Give to Natnr' Nsturs doc,
But give t. Ant more too
In the evening the guests gathered in the grand
saloon, about half the size of the Great Eastern's
deck, and there were performances on the piano,
hesrd in becoming silence, and the inevitable hop.
In this did not join, preferriDg not to do thing
at all rather than to do it badly, but the rhythm OF
the dancers feet reached in bed, through all the
t'mbers of the house. With this exception of the
hop, which occasoned temporary unbending of
ceremony, the company appeared to me rather
grave and formal. Those conyentOnallties from
which we so gladly escape, penetrate even here.
Immense trunks are unshipoed from the stages
costly dresses appear i'll the evening, the ladies
cTitlcise each Other-in short, the utmost resist
ance lie offered to the leyeling influence of the
mountain air. 1t is but shiitiog of loca.ion--nOt
of nature. j WAS impressed with pleasant sense
OF free ION this evening when the stage from Con
way drove up, with company of ladies packed on
the very top, and singing in chorus, with hearty
scoIn of all artificial prophecies. To me, the hest
tatiOD to break through rule occasionally, implies
doubt Of ones own breeding. Those whose be-
baviOr is refined, from the natural suggestions OF
refued nature, are never troubled by such misgiy
ings, and show their true gentleness most when
most free and unrestraned.
This morning il rained, az said before, and we
all rejoiced, not only in the rain, but in the EN-
forced lest. AS our stay in the Mountains is very
short, our duty to them would oblige NJ to use
every possible moment of clear sunshine, and the
storm a hesGog to our c0nsciences. In two
or three hours however, it cleared aSay-but too
late ,or Mount Washington. The clouds still hung
low hut lifted up their skirts they strobe over
the SUBMITS, giving us almost certain promise of
good weather tomorrow. We listened TO the band,
amusing ourselves with the efforts which the horn
made to keep up with the carionet, stirred up he
bears Zone of which answered my familiarities by
violent cuff with his fore-paw), and otherwise be-
gniled the time until afternoon. A climb to the
summit of Mount Willard two miles distant, ap-
peaIed to be the most promising stroll which Of
fered The Upper Falls of the AmmOnoosuc were
rather too far beside which, falls of this charac-
ter Cow leaps over natural rocky dams) are so fire.
quent and 70 deficient in all grand qualities that
felt little desire to add another 10 the thousands
have seen.
One may ride to the top of Mount Willard 10 an
omnibus, but it is not severe walk, even for Ia
dies In spite of the dead sultry heat of the air,
found refreshment in that steep, unvarying lane
of shade, with its messy banks, starred with deli
cate Orats the pipny eornus, ground pine, club
moss, and barebells. Nothing was to be seoo, so