New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-23
FROM OCEAN TO OCEAN.
Comparative Merits of Home and Foreign
Travei-The iOsemite-The Geysers-
!tormOnism-The Duty of the Govern.
Prom the Washington Republican,

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nent.
Prom the Washington Republican
NYland Chapel was filled with an intell-
gent and delighted audience last evening to
hear descriptive lecture from Rev. DR.. j.
= Newman. whose subject was From
Ocean TT Ocean"
DR.. Newman commenced by saying:
| can not sympathi2e with those who de-
light to contrast home and foreign travels
to The pre- udce of the latter. True. Amer
ca l. TOO young to boast of autiu and
Is separated by an ocean from those scenes
and PERSONS so interesting to the scholar
and tourist. Yet in yastness Of domain. in
| the rigges: rivers, the biggest mountains.
the biggest trees, the richest mines. the
grandrSt natural scenery, the United States
| is without rival.
lie gave pl asant description of the
| ride from New York 70 Omaha, and contin.
ued: Bur the thrilling excitement of the
! tour IS now before tho traveller. Entering
| ear ne gradually ascends from Omaha.
| 96. .."t above tide water. to Sherman. the
! summit ol the Bldcl. Hills. S!6L feet above
! the level OF the sea. From Omaha. to Ch.y.
| cnE.. th" base of the Black Hills. and a dis.
| tance of 5lI miles. the average ascent is ten
| feet !. the mile. and to the summit o! those
! h!l-. thIrty.one and u half miles beyond.
! and the highest point ON the line, il is
| mile. which ia not so great as the grades on
| - ne of the Eastern roads.
4. North Platte station the road crosses
the river over a bridge 1000 feet long.
A. you advance the valley widens, tn. hills
behind sink into the plain till earth and
sky meet IN the far distance. Rising above
the black hills in glory and grandeur is
seen the snowy range, .mmens". magnifi.
cent. and from base TO summit covered with
snow, cloudlesS sun revealing lis perfect
WhlteuasS. From Laramie to Ogden the
road passes over region of country dry
and barren. but the traveller i. repaid hy
'hc unr'va.ed scenery OF the Sierra Neva.
das, and once der g. there. ono is again IN
the land OF civilization. The trip from
ocean TO ocean Impresses the Traveller with
the vts:neSs OF our national domain, and
its mineral and metallic resources. There
are nearly u thousand million acres of land
in these Territories. aus III all this vast
area there are probably not over half mil
lion Cl white inhabitants.
TIE YOSEMITE.
Properly speaking. there are three yrsa.
cham. vi mountains, presenting to the be.
hoiteE every variety OF conf i.Iurat!On. The
cotFt range extends from Panama to
Mount Shasta. The Cascade range ex.
tends from Mount Shasta TO Alaska, aud at
tain. an altitude of $4,000 tee'. One hun
dred and fifty miles to the .as. from the
coast are the Sierras proper, lofty chain
OF Mountains, with an average width of
ninety miles. AS We looked up the Yo-
seruite valley. ten miles lons and threa
miles wide. the eye WAS greeted with flow
ing runs. da~hing cascades, green meadows,
blooming flowers, fruitful orchards, lofty
pines AMI everlasting hills.
To the right was the B idal Veil, with a
fail Dt ~! Ieet. Beyond appeared The Ca
= ft,...l IL, l..E
Lii" Mount Sinai. it i. a mount that can
not b. tyuclrd.
Mid"ay the valley arc the Yosemite Fau..
the :cinr. "i the place. They are ten times
highrr than Niagara. At the southeast
q: NE valley are the NeruaI and Nevada
F.:!-. The scenery IS the widest imagina.
bic. At our feet lay the Emerald lake,
who,e satt. placid bosom. ting"d with
green. suggested ~ immense emerald. But
,n- S,ln ". all the beauties is the Mirror
lake. Around 1t. i'll amphithcatrc FORM are
az gtand mountains AS ever weIe seen BY
mort6 eye.
The origin Of this tremendous chasn, is a
question Of great interest to theologists
There are three theories: |. There was an
UpheaVal by a volcanic force, which lifted
these granite walls to their present posi-
ZION. :. These rocks were rent asunaer by
an earthquake. and in process Of time tht,
b"t IN oi The rhasm assumed its present
rich sol! and beautiful appearance. ,.
OtAeis suppose That this great gorge was
c3G-ed by the action of water through
counties ar's. !u-' as the great chtsm at
N!acuA H.. been formed by The wearing
ava vt ia" rocks under the coulinual.
pressure "EI acti"n OF Niagara river.
THE GEYsERs
TIE .sy>crs of sonora are ~ curioas rs
they aT.. interesting. In many par iculav-
they are MT unlike those OF Iceland. The
latter a." on a grauder scale, bat in TEN.
p"ratdi.. lii mineral deposits. in the mum
be; .:ld Nati";y Vi .he spring-, they are not
suprrIo5. There are not less !'!ln two huu-
.:i"i .I'!ngs in all. the temperature of
w!ic. Ranges from extreme cold 10 boiling
hot. / i!. atmosphere was sUrchL-.cd with
s.iphr-",S 0.:"rs. The ground beneath us
wl> hollow. ana rUmbling sounds greeted ,
IL az .v.ry -tep. The hea. was ppressisc.
The s'euth was awful. Ever, wi.er" ".
saw mineral deposits of sulphur. ms gnesi,.
atj.m md iron. We .dw bulIing eprin.s q:
waite. red nnd black sulphur: baiin.
s.J:inGs "t iron. soda and alum. Ever |
spgiay nad is noise Some h;sscI and
spntt.r'c. f.S when water ~ poured up Il
red hot iron; Others seethed and ro4red.
Seventy i've feet from the hotel we came
to u spring ct IRON. Snlphar and sod with :, !
temperature OF 4. Fahrenheit. In ascend |
IL. III" Geyscr gulch. the first W. met was
torpid sDrinC of alum. Twenty feet !
w;il .,,,Ir..r,,rr,e .t s. cor,3i,,;,,, ar,
I,nni,, ,ns,,r, satrs ma"nrs;a s%I,,hn- "n.,
i~,r A,',nud il tI,v crrstaIs of o,,l,n, .',I,, |
t,yn io,.h.. in ienTth JIigber NJ, W.. [a.,,'. |
+, :. snri,o OF boiIjno aInm and Sn,n%nr
viii. :, tr,1Derat,re ni l5,I. HD,r. !, va, |
on. Of rlacl, snI,bnr A. wa adrauc,.d |
over rock. and heated grnund e,v,jn,,aI !
.tp at EaH am tt'.tr Of
t,r,ari,. a,;j m,,gne.;, .nInbu-
.,It. :.iI,r. iron and ni.rr 4 s;,,',rI ~ ,.,.
;Ijre OF Nh. p.y.rr !, IN. rr,%i,r,+v nf .