New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-07-17
TRAVELS ut HOME ....L

I'm going TO travel at home that what was at
Arss intended for 9 Joke has naturally resolved
Iits,lf into a reality. Fhegenu,ne traveller has
chronic dislike of railways, and If be be An addition
lecturer Who ia obliged to sit ina cramped posi-
ton and breathe bad air for Eve months of the
wear he is the less likely to prolorg his Winter tor
tures through the Samper. Hesce, it is scarcely
a wonder that althoush have seen much of our
country. have traueied so little in it, knew the
HimaIsyas before had n.the Green Mountains,
the Catsracts Of the Nile befsre Niagara, and the
Lib,sn Desert before The Illiseis praires. have
never yet Oet me make The disgraceful confession
D at the outsea) beheld the White Mountains, or
fou-bec. or the SagaeasS, or Lake George, or
kT.eutoD Falls
"a In all probability, shoUle new be at home, en-
<ic,ipg Summer Incidence under the shade OF my
<oaks, were il mol for the visit Of some European
kffitsds, who have come ever 10 see the land which
all their kindness could not make their friend
forget Tee lstter ia tact, possesses far snare
: Of the national sensitiyeBese, and defended HE
q coupfry with so much zeal and magnificent asser'
ii. M. that his present visitors were not little
3 curi,us to see whether their owa impressions
would correspond with HE pictures. He, on the
q other baud, being anxious to MAINTAIN his own as
~e "a his countr,s credit, offered his services as
II GUIDE and Snowman TO Our Mountains, Rivers
Flakes and Cataracts; and thisis how be Il, you un'
arrstand CAME to start upon the preset journey.
On the who'll, thiDk 1t good plan, not to zee
ali YOUR owl country until sitsT you have seen other
= lanos. 1t is easy 10 ray, with the schcoi-gris'
s.I adore Natore but be who adores never crit
~ ici.es. "Wbat beautiful view every one may
sscry: "why is it beautifully" would puzzle many TO
an,wer. Long study, careful observation and va
3 nous standards of comparison are necessary-as
. much 30 as in ATTIC enable -one to pronounce
upon the relative excellence OF acenery' soan
IS have ON tins tour the assistance Of par OF eAPe
rieneed, apprecstive foreign eyse, 10 adHitloh 70
X NJ, own, aud you may therefore rely upon my CIV
n,s y gu tolerably impartial report upon American
HE and landscapes
IL When ore has point to carry, the beginning is
fxeyely thing. therefore embarked with my ireuds
OBJ North River day boat, at tue Harrls"n-street
~ pier. The csllope 1T steam-organ attached TO
the machune, WAS playing Jordan C hard road
10 travel with astonishing shrhlusss, and power
i. There's al American iIyepton". exclaimed,
blown off is turned INTO an immense hand-organ,
qua made TO grind out this delightful music
By. and-UYs however, came one Ofmy companions,
WHO anBoar ed: - have discovered the origin of
the music and thereupon showed me box of
>fkreen Nlr..xauze, 10 which sat slender youth,
l7n,su,pulating key.b board with wonderful contor
titns This, coveiy explained to us way certain
pa-sages weIe currod over aud others shrleked out
txiih ~ fu vshs meDce--s fact which we bed pre-
(vIously attributed to the energy OF The steam.
& Other disspp< intments awaited me The two
&|fofegVipg daJsta been insufersbly walm--92o
little shado--ab1 We were all, at my rec0G.roen
dalton, clad in. I-en. "This is jus, the weather
[toI tho Hvdsop,' raid /: "the molten of the boat
sui fab away ths tsat, while tni, iatease sunshine
Nili beauty tue. chores" But by the tlme we
reached W,shawkep, the north wind bic. firi-
susly, streakiog the water with lOag ribanis o.
(foam; We UNI soked heavy shawls and coats, ard
were still hshkrozen The air wasso very clear aud
keen thar the scener! was too distiHet-a common
fault OF our American. ,ky--destroying the charm
IA perspective and colcr. My friends would net
8beheye ia The actual breadth OF the Hudson or the
{Ajght OF the Palisades, 50 near were the shores
Wrought by the lena of ths air. The eastern saak,
frmD spu, ten.Duyvel to rsrrJtown, remlndedthem
kCf the Elbe betweoz Hamburg aad Blankenese,
eonparisop which l found correct. TappaR and
Havefstrsw Bays made the impression deslred,
tahd tbeDceiorth felI that eur river would amply
justilj bis fame.
Several years had passed since had seen the
Hudson from the deck Of steamer. / foundgreaf
changes, ami for the better. The elegant Summer
residences of the New YoEkeIs, peeping out FROM
groves Nestled in warm dells, or, most usually,
GROWING the highest points of tie hills, now extend
more Than half way TO Albany. The trees have
been judiGOusly spared, struggling woods carved
into shape stony slopes converted into TURF and In
fact the long landscape ofthe eastern bank gardened
Unto more perfect beauty. Those Gothic, Tuscan,
and Norman Villas with their air Of comfort and
home, give an attractive, human sentiment to the
scenery; and would not exchange them for the
CASTLES Of the Rhine.
Our boat was crowded, mostly with sOutherners,
who might be recognized by their link, sallow
faces, AID the broad, semi-negro accent with
which they spoke the American tongue. How
long, wondered, before these ChirS (the Califor-
nis term for SoulherGers-an abbreviaton OF
Cbvsip) start the exciting topic, the Discussion Of
Which they so deprecate 10 us' Not an hosr had
elapsed, when, noticing small crowd on the for
ward deck, I discovered half dOzen Chivs eEpa-
tiating 10 some Northern youth on the beauties OF
Slavery. The former were very mild and guarded
L., ~ Easrfui Ibat tha LraPes