Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1829-07-02
Exrasers OF LsrrEHs Faon EUROPE.

Extracts Letters PHoM EUROPE.
(1eroa - NV last hasty note, dated a Turin, IL.
fnsmtd ypu OF our arrival there IN safety &hea H.
True, we had crossed the Alps in the ,ds Of
winter; bu, the gynius OF Napoleon has rec6er-
ed that once formidable barrier passabe with
hule fficuity at vll seasons oil the year. furin
presented nothing particularly worthy OF auen-
lion, except ,he surrounding Alps, which, vii y
the plain Of Piedmont, form 4 vast and mig Ri
a NJ amphilheare. This 5ril'ian, sceney l
saw in all It's varieties; at day break and sun
ri>e, benra,h the splendor Of neon day, and co..
loreG by the softer cries If sunset The on-
clusion Of our journey from Turn TO Genoa
was delightful About noon Of It's as, DIV, c
hid arrived at Royta, from whence, ny gra
dual ascent, we reached in ab VI Two hours he
summit Of the Apprentices. the day, which III
It's commencement had been lowering, had nav
81, arrd up The sun, rrjoioing in his strength
had rolled away he mis- hom the mountain
tops, and high ed up al ma are With oongeniI
eladntsS. B log apprised That should have
view Of thr sra from he summit, had MOI
patience 10 await the slow novemen, 1T The Car
risge, bu: walked on before. On reaching he
highest point or the road, WAS ready 20 cry
out ike the harassed Ten Thousand, the sea
the sra" That broad and noble ,lrmen, indeed
say before me-, the open path which ~ t."
short weeks might conduct me safely to my
own distant home Though nearly wen,y miles
oil, its waves shone ike a mirror Between he
opening ridge, Of The Appcnin's In d,sCend>
iug iH,o the Wiley of he PoiuyerA by traserscs
cut in the sides oI The mountain, we ente'ed al
most at once into quie different region he
snow whIrh bad accompanied US all the WY
from TUrin. had disappeared; the hill s.dr was
clo,hed wsrh ,rrdure; early f'pw Z. of spring
bepa, 10 show their teids; aud u mIlder aImos-
phere hrea he'd from the genial south The val
lev it,el is more beautiful than tongue can de-
scribe | ; ever varied mountains; lis murmur-
ing streams; Us p,easart villas; its high S, 4 ed
churchss; its picturr squev'ilagss placed ~ the
river side or on sum lofty knoll constituted a
scene whose ihfiu nee on my mInd | Uusi ever
d, spair Of CO nuu' i, aIipg 10 ano her: especial
IL do feel this diff .edce wen recall the &C
crs,ories Of the sce.e, in on place 4 line OF
muirs creeping sloNk up the moun,ain's SIDE;
in ano'her group Of peasants in the peculiar
costume Of their cuuutrS, red caps, shor i OK
els. small rle hes and long gamers, with p r.
ps coat great cnat arranged In careiess
f,.dS over the shoulders; here a solitary indivi-
d. nj opening the earth, . sign SD grateful Of re-
u,njne spring; there ano her eng sed In p un-
in. vines. cutting The Canes which grow
sn,n, an. ousiy in the humid bottoms; with here
a,a there a prizes, in auwing garments, or a
female drcked in red, the fAvorr,e eolor, woich,
though not uIated TO ;i>fy good tas c, s'il
adds TO the effec Of romantic scenery. ! have
hr ard the Italians accused OF lazinrss. j have
wvs,u seen them in crowds lounging unem-
pioyrd, and stunning thrm>elses IN the streets
of ,,l,pr.. Pui IL such b their IA ionsl cha.
70, r,>,ic, THIS valley a les iorms sn, king