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

Cold Spring, "whcre does the poet Morrs I'VE
Although was not the person spseaied TO- ~'~
the liberty Of shelving her the dwelling OF inc
warlior-bard. "You viii veosrve "uuoI'
Z" that the poet hss full viewAcf Or" nest "n'cn
he has inmortalized IN song, foodel wH'ow'
trailing it's branches in the water, +" sa'd 70 have
sups, .t4d to him that gem, the lake where
droousd the Willow" "Ot, Clara"' said the
Young lady to her companion, sis MT it's Mt IL
sweet" ..
/ noticed great improves emit in the arrange
ments for meals on board tbecteamer. Instead OF
the old table dh6eSa hundred yards leog the rush,
the excitement, the scrsmhles aud the impossbility
of being served without briting some avaricious
waiter the dinner now exteads over space OF
three hours, while small tabes with an attendant
to each, allow parties to dine Us privately ana
eisurely as they choose. In fact, the only positive
annoyance We experienced was from the steam
organ which screamed forth the melodies OF Bel
lni and Dopizetti, numbering flats and sharps' IKE
fsh.womap turDed.s0pSauo.
In due time, we reached Caskill, and made all
haste to get off for the Mountain House. There
are few submits 70 ,eesy of access-certain'y no
other mountain resort in our country where the Ia.
cilties of getting I'D and down are complete and
satisfactory. The journey would DO tame now
ever. were it not for the superb view oil the mouh'
ans rising higher, and; putting on deeper alue'
with every mile of approach. The lsterDeuia'e
country bias a rough, ragged, incomplete look. Inc
fields are stony, the houses mostly untl'y' Tue
crops tbD and the hay fths year, at least scao'y'
Even the woocs appear .stuntcd: fine tree'iorms
are rare. Nv friends were so charmed by the pur-
ple ssclepiads, which they had never before seen
except Ia green houses. the crlWson-sPked sunacs'
and the splendid fire.liaies in the meadows, that
thew overlooked the want of beauty IN the land
scape.
On reaching the foot Of the mountain, the char.
acter of the scenery entirely changes. The trees
in Rip Van Wrinkles deli are large and iuxurlant-
leayrd shile the backward views, eofraIned with
foliage and softly painted by the blue pencil of the
air, grow more charming as you ascend. Ere long,
the shadow of the towering North Mountain was
fulg over us, as we walked up 10 advance of the
lsborinp horses The road was bathed in sylvan
coolbess the noise Of az invisible stream beguiled
the steepless of the way; emerald ferns sprang
from the rocks, and the Ted blossoms OF the snowy
rpJus ard the pale blush of the laurel frightened
the gloom of the undeIgrowth. 1t is fortunate
that the wood has not been cut away, and but rare
plimpses Of the scenes below are allowed to the
traveller. Landing IL the rear of the Mountain
House, the huge white msss of which completely
shuts out the view, tblrt, PAGES bong you to the
brink of the rocB, and yeu hang suspended as if
b. magic, over the world.
ltwasa quarter of an heur before sunset--per-
heus the best moment of the day, for the Catskill
pa1Orsma. The shadows OF the. mnuntain-tOps
reached nearly to the Hudsop, while the sum-
sinking directly down the Glove, interposed thin
weave of golden luster between. The farm-houses
| on thousand bills beyond the river sparkled in
| the gov, and the Berkshir Mountains swan 10 a
uuis Gus, ROXY mist. The shae0wc strode eastward
| at tbe rate of league minute AZ We gazed; the
forests darkened the wheatr6elds became brown,
and'tho houses glimmered like exEngnisbed stars.
Then tbe cold north wind blew, roaring in the
pines, l last lurid purple faded away from TIE
distant bills, and in half an s0ur the ward below
was az dark and strauge and spectral, if it wero
al uukDOy planet We were passing our jour
pey thro1ge space.
TIE scere from Catsbill is unlike any other
mountain view that / know. 1t &c imposing
through theAery simplicity Of it, seatuEee. A line
Drawn fIon north to south through the ephere of
vision divide it into two equal pa rs. Tee west
err half is mSantan, falling of 81 line of rock
parlpet; the eastern is vsst sed circle eGf blue
laus scape, half 3 mile lower. OsTi1g To TIE al
rupt re Of the mountain, the nearest farms st the
basaseem to be almost under one's fset, aa1 the
country as far asitbe Hudson presenfs almost the
same appearance IS if seen from q balloon. Its
uDduaVons have vanished; 1t il as flat Cd PIN.
cake; AID even the bold line of hills stretching IT,
" Yard -Ssrgertes can enly be distinguished by tho
color of the forests upon Them. Beyond tie river
although the markings Of the hills are lost, toe
rspid risecf the country from the water Level is
very distinctly seen: the wi ole region sppesss to
BIZ lifted on.a slipping plane 80 as to expose the
glessest possible surface t. the eye. On the kari-
zop, the Hudson HighlanGs, the Berkshire sad
GreaR Mountains, unite their chains, forming
COL tlna0us line ct misty blue.
At aoonday, under cloudleGs sky the pctureis
rather uiol otOpous. After the eye is accustomed
to It's grand aerial depth, seks relief in spyiog
out the characteristics Of the separate farms, or in
watching specks (of the size q feas) crawling
along the highways. YOnder m IN and horse, going
up aud dOgn between tho rows OF ceyD resemble
little black bug on bit of striped calico. When
the Fly is iul OF moving clouds, however, nothing
can be more beautiful than the shifting masses of
light aud shade, trayersiDg such an immense field.