New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1862-11-15
ON TIzE RIGHTS AGAIN.

gIlghts-Ford's Plateau siguni sf" .ticD
and Winter Quariers-Tho Autumn IA Ec-
iiage-LOudon ERigbfs-Boh'ar Might
--Ilarbour's,EKeu,o--Th Eliiisf /oro Road
The View from tho snm~. 1.-THE Ea-
gle and bis Watc-Thc PoD .toor Bridge.
BA .rixoRr Nov 6. 1862.
Do not let the caption of ih letter betrsy you into
the injurious suspicion thai, I'm about TO steal the
shunder Of that clever cerrespondent who wrote to
you from these High g on the 18th Of last month, and
who 20 graphical r sketched the immortal landscape
below him, a ID oil the scenic panorama. l merely
propose to ramble on about those more strictly war
aspects Of the scene which can compile from biz
stan ~ ONT and witch, though doubtless be had the
etes 70 see he perhaps had not the time or space to
isy Of
or Hsrper's Ferry, TIE town, there is nothing
fresh 80 say; the composition is unchauged-it Is
the same picture that We saw three months ago. cave
Er the introduction If one pontocn-bridge IN the
foreground crossing the Potomac, and another over
the Shenandoah, in tie left distance. All the rest s
as before-the rough hand OF War has ss yet painted
IA no more OF bis bold eecs. Ruins TO right Of You,
runs TO left Of yeu, ruis in front Of you, ghasty
and gaunt; on your left, that iriepIessibe railroad
bridge. which comes through fires like a salaroander.
safe, and through foods ike an airtight lfe-bost
bi gh up on the left that pretty, plucky little church.
with s patient 'pire, still pointing to heaven in de-
aance of Tie he'll around it; high NJ on the night,
lhe Governments powder magazine
THE gssve-y ard les between, Msryl"
high up in front hungry-looking houses, staring
with all their wiudow-eyes down other houses
chimney-throste, and fer down below, John Browns
enginehouse fort; it calls for an nscnplion-shail
IL be " M0agmenfVrs ere perenHsus :" or, Sacred
10 the Memory Of the GTeateet Nalioa III all Crea
ionl'
month ago saw between the Antietam battle
field and Harper Ferry, and not lar from MeClel-
Ian 8 Headquarters, the house Where Brown lived,
and conjured and plotted 1 could not bui admire
the appropriateness Of the site; but 80 long ~ tis
souls a-InaIehIng on, Go not propose to rent tie
tenement.
so much for TIE still-life' Of our picture. As
for groups and stirring figures. We have cavalry Off
GERS clan king, and infantry officers butlng and ar
tiliery officers hooking If they expected some
body with something from somewhere every mill
ute, and soldiers hmPing and eatiog pee, or eaiii
pies and smoking, or " cussing" and eating pies, ,
aud newstoys bawng, and horses neIRing ana
puncng, and mules hee-hawiDg, aud teaiusters gee.
wboaing and pounding and coniriOands nol-a-
takn' 20 intros;" il z q misttEe MIR. harrington
forgot TO say TO suppose that them country bands
as reliable as The city niggers.
On the corner il etall or shsnty where dwell. /
The ruthless who dieIenses the prevalent pies
tDd-thngs; and just above him is locomotive gal
lery" where another u an in the da.urreoty pe line /
Patches t in brilliant and enduring dyes" he calls
lbem the squints and broken noses and shocSbehcs,
and other Cynllias Of the Photographic minute, /
which, in the name Of Home or Sweetheart, be eau
beguie.
Bat here are orr lorses, and there ID tue noun
tain; we must mount, and mount.
az we gallOp over tie pCniOOn bridge, We are re- /
minded Of the Injunction Of the natives Of this region
=" about tbs time expect iresher5 Or at ate.tty I
the middle OF tie month when both rlye5s WIZ nee
Eudienly and high, and The high water will continue
all the Winter IS materially 20 modify, II not /
quite suspend, the operations Of both arinles
" Over the canal. then short turn 10 the LETT, NJ
the river, along the sbef road, barely WIDE enough
for TWO wagons, "a deep gorge cot through the Blue
Ridge in some pyimeyI period when The Potomac
was a torrent. On tie night abrupt rocks, rsirg
POO feet, oyerhsrg your head, continuous sword
Of Damocles. tar up are great caves, gspllg
mouths in the rugged face, worn by the wash OF
waves, IN those ages when deep answered unto
deep On the summit huge block presents
somewhat Of the contour Of human faco--the Oh
Man OF the Mountain. Dig 'naily 10 the right, ana
Jour painting hOrse chmos tie steep wagon roioi
over the rocks through the dense goods.
After all, YOU perceive. | do steal some OF the
happy thunder OF your iaciie correspondent. lie
will please rtes some of mine when he shall have
found Any melooio1s enough to accompany his spr-
lied bgavuras.
we have left the woods. and, threading our wind /
ing way up cleared space, We come upon toFds
UlQtfdl.
ready tie scene les acquired in large measure, tie
element Of grandeur Oblquely TO our loft, are The
Rights OF London ard the changing sheen Of The
Shenandoah; TO the night, the flashing arltesques Of
tie Potomac, ciSsolyiig by fhmpees In lie norm
aud wesf; in front, Boliysr Hights, transformed
now into table land Camp Hill with IL village Of
yicisstudes and the grand meeting OF the watels.
Tie landscape is rcn in color; the first irosts nave
touched the foliage, and Ito red, orange, yellow,
green, and violet compete Tor Admiration with the
ITisIuatic tnts Of the Connecticut Valley; BAT boi,
10 NV mind, successiully-the cod cones on too
gradually here; 1t Is the sudden. nipping irosts
which paint the leaves Of Greenfield snd Dcerhelf
with lines incompatible, by their variety, their /
tpcndor their combinations untttainable by any art
We ride along behiDd the breeehes Of the Lew
battery. and "a we pass IRON bury, numbering
Dahlgien 70 lank, spiteful Parrot, pretty. pol
ished mountain howItzer, and appreciate the effect
iveness of their position, wonder If 1t was only
that somebody blulGere1 when Ford spiked
and ds1ourted bis two great siege guns on tins
very spot, and withdrew bic disglVted men, who
cred, "Sold! sold y as shey scrambled doan ule
mountain.
Fxeeisior! A short climb to the LEFT, then long, !
level curve 10 the right, along the edge Of wooded
predpice and good s,eeds, trained 70 this Alpine
work lu1 us--thgts the woTd-Oyer loose sterp
fragments Of ftonc, newly laid, over trunks and
branches Of ieled trees sentenced to be burned, oil
which we compute there are 700 acres, 10 the sky-
wsrd.straining snmDlt, where horse ana man take
long, free breath togsiher
Here is the tip-top tent Of the sgnm corps lyogr
clever correspondent has peasanly described IT..
square black flag, with square White center, has
already teiegraphed our arrival to headquatere and
headqoartcrs has replied, All riehtP
Very near to the station Ia row OF substantial
log hus cbiuked and 6oored. These are the newly
erected winter quarters Of the c0rps, and by then
sOidity and conpactness and 4 certain stubborn
plucly look they have, they promise 70 Withstand