The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1867-09-14

Til" most marvellous SCENERY 81 california -
indeed "i the whole w"rli is found in l...cmii.'
Valley. Maripnsa County. In Winter suuw j.
often found twenty feet deep. but summer
reveal, meadows at riches, grass and brightest
flowers among deep forests ri slender pines aud
silver tipped iirs. Sometimes these trees are
900 feet high. their trunks and hranrh.s COR
geous with yellow moss. Yosemite Valley d,
q gorge or chasm la the mountains, mine miles
lans with an average width of three quarters
of u mile lts hoar b. level valley. shaded
with spreading trees. rich ia nva,l"ws "f tall
grass aud brilliant flowers. aud bright with IL"
shining water 1T MERGED River. On either
side rise immense walls and turTci. "t bare
grant. irntn 3.Onu 1" j.uu0 feet high aall an
upright and perfect that an expert rragatunn
can climb nni ct the valley nj only three us
l"nr point. This cnnrm"u. O .ui". which la4
~" parallel ia the world. j. the result 81 .tH'
ancient ,,nVulsi"n. which ci.f usuil,irf iir
everlasting hill aud tent thu ,l',.' itseli From
th" na'k prsripirr "f Inspiration point .i'ne
~ = prbblr thrnwn into this chasm hat ii.l,u
halfa mile before sirikiug ANY distraction.
Giancing acr.sss this profound chasm ElCaritan
IL seen rising up an unhtukrn, s'aiul"tH wall
oi granite. NV" thirds ri - nil" high aud nnr"
than perpendicular. it, top pr''iTnding I - rri
eyer the base. At the upper "n'l # the valley
stands th- South b"ine. q rack -" mile high
riV.n asunder tom top To- boii"iu. \ lHik "a
annlher direction reveals the BTi'lal Veil Fail,
the least ofail the ty" wonderful rasra'i's ~
the valley. vet with IT, snowy stream ifaping
unbrak.n more than 9oa feet. quite melted ~
mist llciarr reaching the bottom The ra'a
maintains are the great feature indeed, t."y
ar. Yosemite itself. Nine granite nouniains
fnnse IN height from three a. six thousand feet
the mast striking example "n the gloir ui the
tias.snry of uatufc. beside theta ia" great Fyfn
mid w"uli l,' the meies, pebble IT," maai
impres sivs g. ~ 'apifah. "r IT, fartai ls htt
Spanish AMI Indian names, both signifyina
''rhe Leader" hut applied IN the sens" "i The
Supreme llcing Its u solid seamless iuIsrn
,lrlls wall un which nn shrub nor graz find
footing. and NJ tenacious vine can lnsies Ii.
tendrils. Towering upright i6f s.ann feet. u {.
grandeur. ma ssiveness. indcstructibilny. Tn,
lailest u the south Dome, whose summit Is moT,
than q mills above the level II the valley. Il
IL ellen asundcr from top Ia bottom. aud ons
half has disappeared. Gigantic cclars uInn
is top, seen from the valley 10 be more twigs
barely visible 10 the naked eye. The wate'
falls, though iess striking than tho rocks, have
given mora fame IN the valley. They are Nv
/ IN number. each quite unlike the rest. Ths
Bridal Veil. spanned by a rainbow, hangs lik'
| u delicate film ~ lace FIR poo feet. Before
reaching the end ~ IL long descent. ~ n
\ longer. u - transformed into sprav--the Ninli'
| el cassH,les dissolved IN tears The Verna
| rushcs eagerly over gloomy, brown rocks, arr
I then leaps hcAdlong for 800 feet. roaring Ike
miniature Niagara. cncircled by rainbow /"
daNaling brightness. A. the base, In the alter
I noon shhs Y scch Tue fhte pnehnW'h"h ~ Ah'
| round rainbow. thc entire circle ~ perfect
n finger ring. AZ Nevada Falls the rive
tnmbles seven hundre, feet In swaying misii
ncss. Il IL dtly natned, for the water ! white
~ snowdrift. Near the bottom il strikes a.
inclined plane. or apron n The rock, spreading
into a shCot Of floating silver tissue, i3a ice
| wide, then breaking into delicate snowy net
work, with myriads u shining beads ans
| anarklinR throadB--an exquisite silkcn firing
on thc great white curtain. The South forl
Fall shoota over the pfeelplee for $50 feet IN
deleent unbroken until just before u reache
the basin below. but the Yosemite itself
the monarch Of cascades. With only singl