New-York tribune., 1870-10-08

stcaHhy, subtle, tortuous ways but row. that zee him
caught. broken, peeled repeat, am sorry for him. He
made 10 be n Bonaparte.
Dear Is the honey that is licked Of boms," says tho
old proyerb think took the severe coli t was tho
grim chamberlain that lighted TO my sict bed bya
visit to Watkins Glen But not all tic bitterness Of III
ness Of disappointment. and hope deferred, have been
able to rob my memory of The rare wild sweets Of that
day Of glorious sightseeing and merry adTcutnc. am
not going to attempt minute description Of his really
wonderful natural curiosity suddenly become ~ famous
Scores Of tourists doing IT, Porte Cryol has made
Il his own. And after all It Is ndescrb4Dlc "unpdnta
ble." The word "Gen gives but q fI.It ilet o. tho
gorge. It's marvellous rift In the mor.iain which it
seems must have been made by stupcudDus earth
quake shock The great slit, however Effected took
place. according % Ag tssiz twenty tOnand years ago
IL satisfactory 10 know the exact date Of event at
must have caused considerable soD-gt0n ia hat rural
district. Tie gen with it, dashng, nasllg cascaang
stream reminds OF several lannon's gDfgrs and water
falls II suggests Yaucuse in tho pcllucd cearncss and
sparkle of the water But instead Of the dreary bla,ed
nights above Perarch's Fountain" have yaregaed
mossy ferny rocks the most lush aud lovely foliage aud
wild flowers In profusion. II family sugges- tho -omber
magn lccnt Pass of the Finstemunz, the Tyro but IA
Infinitely brighter and more varied. That might have
suggested to Dante gorge in Of ls rarost hois
It suggests Trenton Fails but IS wilder old deeper
Most OF all It suggests Bash-bisb in Old Borkshrs in
deed very like it, but is yet picturesque peril
son full assortment and variety Of gen,. "Yoa pays
your money and you takes your choice" n one
does not satisfy you, another must; though you
De the most rapacOus deyOurcr Of the sublime
and beautiful, "hore = richness for you. Through the
bollest Yankee enterprise these Wild grandems and
beauties for 200 centuries wide Agassiz barred and
buried from the world have been thrown open our
gaze and II is no wonder that the tides OF travel
ting toward It, from all direction That hundreds daily
climb its dizzy starways pick their way along ts
row lodges dodge under it, nite side cascades watch
for rainbOws beside its waterfalls, gaze down into ts
profound mysterious pools and speculate on is wonder
fnl formation We go leagues ont Of way in foreign
travel 20 see things far less worth seeing Ike 1yO and
Veno Lodore Glencoe, the Killarney cascades, the Vale
OF Ayoca the Dargle and the Devils Glen OF wicklow.
The pools" are a great curiosity In Themselves They
are smooth round, regular excavations, Ike gigantic
bowls and are always brmnng with crystal clear water
So near these pools does the path lead some
places that single false step would inevitably cost you
a cold plunge. I was told that the Rev. Thomas X
Beecher once while showing up the Glen 10 party OF
friends took such sudden involuntary shoot into tho
deems while in the midst OF fine dissertation on the
beauties Of the spot He had barely time to cose Dis
eloquent month be went under but as he rose TO the
surface he finished bis sentence-wbch certainly "a'
very plucky and Beecheresque.
watkins Glen Il wish il had poetic name, II at
the head Of Seneca Lake, in a most romantic region 1t
has a formidable rival in Havana Glen, near by, which
s thought By some tourists 10 be still more beautiful than
watkins though less grand, gloomy. and peculiar
The greater glen Is OF Natures reservoirs OF eternal
coolness In its shadowy recesses beside its emerald
waters you forget the fierce heats OF July and
August hundreds Of feet above you. But am told 1t IL
seen in its utmost beauty october, when the Wild
gorge with its wonderful variety OF delicate foliage il
brmmed with the most gorgeous colors, depth on depth
Of spendor.
In the hard and perlou passages OF the Glen all yare
ties and contradictions Of woman nature were displayed
that day Women who appeared stronglnbed and
songm minded proved I'm instances the least entur
ing and the most timi and dependent, while some Of
the most delicate showed themselves capital climbers
sIre-footed, and courag geous was amused at seeing
one lady, as she rounded rocky point crep along the
slippery ledges, clutch frantcaly at the ferns ana
grasses at her side. suppose she found some moral
support in them IknOw that timidy and usht-heared
ness in such dizzy aud precarous places IS often matter
Of feminine organization, and so can hardly DO
helped; but think young girls cannot be assdu
ousy taught that courage, calm, steady, unconscious
courage is not unwomanyis quite excellent thing
in woman" low sweet voice"
We went to the Glen that day in state by special ran
in the luxurious private Of Col Thomas A. Scott who
accompanied u.s. so We went "scot free" The protector
and manager Of the excursion was Judge Maynard Of
Wamsport learned gentleman, whose wit and pleas
antry enough forever flsfy the saying sober
Judge" Ee had an amateur conductor, with badge
on his cap and punch In hand who very solemnly
droll in calling out grotesque Of stations. He
came duly around to sternly demand our fare and
punched visiting and papers Of pins. thought
this wascarying tho joke little too far. 1t too
fearfuy like the real thing Ihad before ridden
I'm railroad kings private ear, but / was nob
overcome by its spendOrs set against them
q great memory roio in royal railway carriage
all the way from Carsruhe strasbourg This is how
It happened: Of g small party who had come
by diligence from Munich through mud and rain. IL
was night. We were tired We disgust'l. We
were prOdigal Americans, and ordered irst-Class
carriage The official would have demonstrated wI.n
but we were infexble and, with shrug and grmace
he conducted us 10 the only rstcass carriage in the
train absolutely preeminently rstclass for IL had been
provided for royal parsonage other, vho foru
natey for u.s. had made HE appearance. Il was an
exquisely appointed. luxurious little drawng-ro0m.
with lounges and mirrors velvet hsngngs, candles,
and vases Of flowers But sovereign Americans,
and equal To the situation We reyeed in the balls OF
dazzling light and lounged in the lap of luxury All the
way to strashOurg. All! how different the Journey
would be now and how different we should hnd the ter
minus from the peaceful and sleepy old city that almost
seemed in the profound stiffness Of the night IKE the
shadow ~ the great Cathedral
tits not so long since my last TRIBUNE letter appeared
that have forgotten all the gcyous wrongs 10 sun red
AZ the hands Of your competitors For instance, was
made to say OF lovely lady. that she wore her hair
"a Ia Fuqee" or "Fecgee." sir: | wrote, a rs
Grecg1e" Served me right perhaps for using French
term, when English would have answered. was
made to characterize our friend Mr. W. II. Armstrong,
rs a "iovi.l gentleman Sir wrote goHiaL You may
sun yourself in his presence-you woad not think Of
warming yrlr hands az MIN. But 1 viii not further
particularize hold that cOmpostOr who has giadd-
ated under H. g. ought to be able to wrest' with the
not hooks and hangers OF e.. q.