New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-15
ikcsIder, HE body guard Of giants aroand the sri
monarch Of ibs mountains.

noDareh Of ihe mountains.
1. wac dim day; consequently vail OF mist wa
drawn over the toe thunder-spiten face oil the oin
" sto,m-eh'ef," but the " linda lifted the curtain o'
clouds from bis bald forehead of rock 10 tune 70 give u'
a good view Of lis towering form. NyDpn Creek w.
vii ike ril bon OF silver from spool oil MI AZ 'e
foot OF The mouotaiD, and determined to folo" us
channel al enjoy the soft musie OF lts uDkhng Waes'
just ~ We entered a meadow whose shady groves
ard green carpet invited footsteps sudden scream
brought us % a hGlt and looking III the dire@''ou
wbene- & alarm came, saw three youog hies
sp from lie cree and hide themselves under heaps o.
snow " bite crinOhne This unexpected scene cans'a
us TO turn ABBOTT AND take another taeI, where WIN
"weary Steps and Slow, we pursued tne uneven e
tenor OF our Eay batting here and there N gather toe
luxurious bsrr,es that hang thick "a morning is"
drops on the bushes Having an innate dead
Of snakes. we allowed of these ugly rep,
tiles 10 cross our path unm0lss'ed. IL seemed
to flow like wrirked rivuet of greco
AT gold over the road Further on stood brown rap
bit, tame perhaps it had been armed u s'sTVey
Needed our apprUscn. A walk OF two miles ana hp
r0rd brought 10 an immeDse heap OF broken rock,
var, ing in ,ze from loaf of bread to the dimensions
of the Ci Hall. Here I1tans might have PLAYED, or
Millions angels fought. Over Ii. rough trag nents
We directed our steps until reached " the crack "a
orevice in the rock about ayard vice ana nearly t"o
bur bred Il ct deep. Rather than walk mile further
we concluded to climb through this crevi5e AT II we
went and with great difficulty reached the summit OF
the point where found guide and several visitors
the pulde not aware LNhb huOrb CUT lnIOuBu
"tte crack" passabe, and was not little aston
1htd TO zee heads rising rs If by mag. from tue
yawning ehasm. The summit OF this mountain COM
uapds a picturesque and be suiiul view Of the broad
vail, We below Villages scattered here and there 10 Sed
ike heaps of shells in the stance and the Whine spires
pointed ike the fir ger of faith 70 heaven. Ike Orange
fhope like a of molten silver, aud the 81 nous
Hudson swept pulsing TO the sea, where the shout
ing waves drown its murmuring music. Inc green
meadows the fields Of yellow stubb'e and b,5somiog
back heat gave the scenery the appearance OF an n
me1 Sc pack of cards the fate bsljw IL needed bat
q slight stretch of the Imagination TO make the broad
val-y a table, at which he gods where playing euchre;
the e Ids their cards the winding brooks streams OF nee
tar spilled from their fountain gOOes aud tue masses oil
broken quartz a0d granite the tennis balls they toss
atout for amusement. Beyond the owlands, where
(, athers OF blue smoke plune1 many emnney-aau
the slow laboriDg oxen looked like mammoth beetles
IL the furrCw; the hills heaptd Alps on Alps.
in weird al wonderful beauty, aud eulmlnating III
graDdeu and submity, softened into perfect htmohy
by the BACKGROUND of brown clouds, ana a5ched over
with 70 If Of blne, that seemed to stoop with tue
weight of goodness the opposite side. Mr.. E0lOc
pray pardon if have gone into raptures over TINS
lcture. intended TO conDe myself To sober prose,
but the overwhelming magnihcenee AID go 'hn'ty OF
The scene has betrayed iGo the use OF p5enc phrases
PATTI pOIsT lie Just coming into notice, and shOn
have been admired and appreciated ages ago; bat VI
ster County il 80 rich in tain scenery, and tins
mountain lifts it's awful form 80 far back OF the
neat public thoroughsres, it has remained IN comper
alive Obscurity Near the crown OF the Point ID lake
about one mile long and half a mile WIDE Soce en-
erpriipg has erected house near IT. Tor the ac,
coInmo dalton of vstOre. boat and spy'glLssIand
eli-ve other kinds Of gas3es-can be obi nned lhere
Tbis house is yet finished, but will sool be ready
for the reception Of company. Within lew hundred
feet of this highest point the ards cultivated, and rlco
crops C grass and gram are annually gathered on tne
mountains Here too the charcoal burner shows hl5
dusky 6gure-the dim spirit of the hills. TIE inha6
talts are lew and far bet Ween, but they hale
hearty set of wOOd-chOppers and rail spllters.