New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1866-09-15

10 900 feet above the seq. Assays, am informed
rive between three and four thousand collars to the
tun. ,-o..,,os
In ascending the South Clear, the rise averages
about 100 feet to the mile, and the estimated eeNao
OF Empire is 1900 feet. Take the altitude Of tDe
CQtskil Mountain House above the Hudson, anu
place that on the top Of Mount Washington ana you
will have the elevation of tlis place, where people
live, work, aDd carry OR businesS-WheIe, III c ho0hJ
Mountains, cattle have excellent pasture, anu Po'"-
toes gre raised! More than this-the niue nIliig
village of North Empire. a mile IRON inns piute' Is
400 feet higher: yet even there. the nhsDtahS pass
the Winter with ess discomfort than one would sup
pose. On tbs tableands Of tho Andes, uhGer the
EQUATOR we find towns at az equal night, puI no
where else in the worA Among the Alps, at an ele-
walton of 5000 feet, there Is not DiaGe oi 9raSs-
even moss and lichens disappear.
FmDire enjoys very picturesque situation. Inc
popuaton may possibly b. 800: the houses are mostly
cabins of hewn logs but their inhabitants are men OF
intelligence and enterprise. On TeGchng the Nnie
House Hept by Mr.. Whte) found Mr.. Byers, editor
of The Rocky Mountain NceS, who Is to DC our pilot
and companion through the Parks. Mr. Beard has
since arrived, and the other two gentlemen oil our
party (Messrs. McCandess and DAVIS, OF Pittsburgh
were already awaiting us. Here, therefore we shai'
take leave Of such civilization as godnining carries
with it, and strike into the wilder regions hey Ond.
Our preparations few and easily made. The horses
and mules belonging to Charley Utter, the famous
trappcr and trader of the Middle Park. Will be IN
charge of Mr. Whites son. MIR. Byers has snpgrin1c
tended the LAYING in of supplies CONSISTING chiefly oil
biscuit fat pork ham, coffee and sugar. aud our
blankets and overcoats will furnish tie necessary
bedding. Luxuries we discdrd-exeept, in my single
case, few cigars of doubtful quality No cases OF
bottles or boxes of tu-cans, accompany u.s. we nave
no forks, nor plates, but one lineup apiece and
single spoon for the whole company. Tue culinary
utensils consist Of q frying-pan and c0tee-pot 10
be sure we have visions of mOuniGn-trOut Bnd OF
elk-seak brocd on skewers; but these may be iaTly
permitted without branding us as epicurcans. Inc
whole outfit is of the Robinson Crsoe character, ana
necessarily so, for pack animals must be lightly Dur
dencd, on tho trails which we must follow
Il have Just been lecturing in the Methodist clurcn
(the same in which the Colorado Conference mas pcch
held this weekly to an audience OF more lhaH nun
drod persons The effect of speaking at an altitude
of 600 feet is not attended with the fatigue when
anticipated had during the act; but it Is followed by
n sense of complete exhaustion. The audience, for
calm steady attention, might have belonged 10 New
York or NewEngland. No one went out lor 9I n
as is the custom in the mining communities OF Can
fornia / missed-and to my regret-G type Oh lace
which have found in every Colorado audience uEtl
this evening. In fact, came to LOOK Tor the lace,
naturally; it struck my fancy in Denver the nTst
evening and L found it, slightly varied, lor elSht
nights in succession. 1t represents type unique
among civilized races aud only To be found (and that
ONLY OF late years. in the United Statcsa type ex-
pressing the precise point where tue elements oi INC
rowdy begin to disappear and those oil the gentleman
manifest themselves. The square OF the face rounds
into the oval; the forehead is good the eyebrows
straight aud dark, the hair generally dark aLo the
eye is remarkably beautiful the nose would be good,
but for the least bit Of tendency TO turn up at tho
ends there is generally mustache, fall yet iirm lpS
a strong, manly chin ard (here the roWdy marx re-
mans!j square animal jaw The face expresses n
fine and noble quality Of manhood, not yet wholly
detached from coarse, rude basis. This type 80 n-
terested me, that l found myself invountarly sin
glngOut the best specimen and addressing mySen spe-
cialy to him-and always with sense that it was
right to do So should be glad to think that this
face represents general fact b. tt