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Show 182 NEW YORK TO CALIFORNIA. to the pas.sengers, .we announce to the public that the Supreme Govern· ment, bes1des havwg engaged to establish a guard upon the roads V\re traverse, has granted us permission competently to arm the persons we employ. RATES OF FARE AND TIME. From Vera Cruz to Acapulco, 18 days ....................... . • • Vera Cruz to Mexico, 8 days ...•.•.•..........••........ Mexico to Aca pnlco, 10 days ........................... . Acapulco to Vera Cruz, 18 days ....................•.... Acapulco to Mexico, 10 days ...•...•..•...........•..... Mexico to Vera Cruz, 8 days .......................... . $45 00 2.5 00 25 00 45 00 30 00 20 00 Passe~gers who take their ticket to go from one to the other of the ports, w11l be allowed. to remain as long as they like in Mexico either to rest, or to see the CJ ty." ' THE TOURIST'S GUIDE TO PLACES OF FASHIONABLE AND HEALTHFUL RESORT. THE WHITE MOUNTAINS of New Hampshire are situated in the county of Coos, and extend from S. W. toN. E., aiJOUt 20 miles. Mount Waslt· ing!on, the most elevated peak, is 6,243 feet above the level of the sea. (This was formerly con8idered the highest elevation in the United States, east of the Rocl{y Mountains, but it has been found to he surpassed in height by" Mitchell's Peak," inN. Carolina, the altitude of which was determiued a few years ago by the gentleman from whom its name is de· rived.) The other peaks are Mount .lldams, 5,767 feet; Jeff'erson, 5,665; Madison, 5,384; Monroe, 5.298; Franklin, 4,854; and Ln F"ayetle, 4, 723. The ascent to the summit of Mount Washington has now become not only fasltionahle, but a plea~ing and healthful recreation to those who are strong enough to bear the fatigue consequent on such an undertaking. There is HO danger whatever to be apprehended; careful and experienced guides always accompanying visitors. 7'/te Notclt of tlte White Mountains is a very narrow defile, extencl jng for two miles betwt~en huge clitf3, apparently rent asunder by some great convulsion of nature. Its entrance, on the east side, is formed l.>y two rocks standing perpendicularly, about 20 feet from each other. The scenery here is exceedingly grand. After proceeding a short distance, a beautiful cascade may be seen, issuing from a mountain on the right, and passing over a series of almoBt perpendicular rocks, with a course so little broken as to preserve the appearance of a uniform currc~ nt. This lovely stream fall8 over a stupendous precipice, forming the Silver Coscrule. About a mile distant from the entrance is a brook, ealled the Flnrne, a stream of water falling over three precipices, from a height of250 feet. Over the first two it falls in a single stream. and over the last, in three; these again unite at the bottom in a natural basin formed in the rocks. 'l'hP- Willey House stands in the White l\1ountain Notch, a short dista nee from a bluff, which rises to the height of about 2,000 feet. It is note!d as having been the residence of the Willey family, who perished on the 28th of August, 1826, by an avalanche or slide from the mountain. From the road 'leading through the Franconia Notch, may be seen, on the mountain opposite to La Fayette, the Profile .Jl'Jountain ,· or, as it is called, the "Old Man of the Mountain;'·' and in the same notch, a short di:Stance south, the Basin and Flume, objects of the greatest interest to the lovers of the sublime and curioua. The Profile Mountain rises to the height of 1,000 feet. The bare rock on which the profile. is .delineated, is granite; from its long exposure to tha atmosphere, 1t JS of a (183) |