New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-16
THE ALPS.
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II Jour eoianns can yet frame any other than
battle pieces from this side the water they can be
painted siiA. Among the Alps lie 10 a. rsnqul
AID retired a. If tamsltcoGs Earops did not sesthe
At their esss- yesrnins, perhaps, Tor that came re-
pose. This Summer especisliy has assembled tho
Old osss Of swiss travellers for the alarm and sp
prehensos Of last year have 'rSsidei into isai,
ference The hotels OF SsisIerland, amens the
bes, and dearest 10 the world. have been once
more crowded and posts. dlhsences and private
carriages ron plsthoFlc in all directions.
No country 81 wild has probably ever bsea
~ thoroughly sxpored-sO haunted By the Puf-
ssers Of pleasure. John Bal, par excellence. the
traveller. hm scaled al the impossible elsas-in-
raded The remote seqaestration ct al interior
unprecedented al shortest ard iongest routes
-Essed prices-lCw cred morals-iillsd pocksts-
benefited Art and Science And Liter sture, and
made manifest generally the name and nature Of
tho Eaglishnan.
This valuable fruit OF experience he has packed
in . convenient red cssket labeled il Marsys
Hand book and now. for q trae. the snaaveutu
rous traveller may know oil the wsys and msaus
OF the country, may select hs routes at " H. and
DO sure AZ he goes that no castle 81 note or ixld
Of fame, point Of prominence. shall escape bin
Therefore every Summer England 10 turned
loose into Switzer Done up in checks Of all
sixes and colors you see il everywhere. Those
es Of light hair upon the cheek, those vests ith
waists under the elbows, and those spare close
coats To match-in W hose memory q not s~,tKet.
| and psoplej with them
Oxford and Cambridge send their classic corps,
who amaze the Alpine echoes with the cry IT
cricket and the ring Of the qaoit-who are every
way pleasant. intelligent and genial msn-who
ii nd Mt Blanc stunning and the Junsirau Jolly
w 10 believe that Britannia rules the waves aud
always willard who tie daily the squarsst OF
immense bow knots beneath the mighty bawark
OF coiored shirt collar. which 10 weakness OF our
\ brother Bull.
| The streets that hear the chimes OF Bow over.
flow also into the swiss valleys, and the purity OF
ancient blood may be sometimes curded by meet
ing Z. the same table hote its retired tailor or
| hocmsker who, Of course, could not have had
| grandfathen many generations back. This 10 one
OF the avodsble pains, sorrows and trial passs
| ses OF English travel ia Switzerland. Heavens
Madame, says John in the green state to bis
ball partner At tue Jungirau At lnterlschsn, or else
whore" Sugarplum, the contectioner from Re
| gent st. sat next me at table T.
| The si snt soJourner At somo large, well. placed
hotel, where there may bs many Bulls, ca psns,0s,
| has opportunities Of considering the excitement
consequent upon anticipated arrivals Of high soci-
| ETY. "Fitz Smith, Points Pottebelly,' says Mrs.
| Jones who refused the Duke OF Tupsnss for John
Iones-ss everybody ascertsns tho day after hsr
Arival-snd who gances at tho trunks on hervay
through the hall to dinner-"good names those
We shall have some society soon. hope
| Then the gentlemen arrive. They are good fell
lows, but little seedy--have been walking--can-
not waltr-sre decidedly gsache-have nevcr
been Ia Lord Lolipop's yacht and do not speak "
the Marquis OF Mncemesti Notwithstanding which
they are well-trsyeled, wecultiv ated, witty and
wise What right have they to their namesi"
snits Mrs. Jones, retiring 10 solitude to Sigh Tor se
lect society.
Oh it is refreshing ~ witness the arrival Of
load OF Bulls remote regions. where no ready
waiter speaks uimbIy their vernacular. The We
thods OF communicating wsnts incldentsl to Bulls
| so situated 10 credtsble to their nature. Such
| pantomime would DO tho despair Of the French
| Opera, or Of the San CsrlIno. IL 10 Z new chap
| ter ia the history Of the conversation OF deaf.
| mutes
| Bat after all, there is no plsssanter travelling
companion than good Bull, one Of course who
does not gore you constantly with the sharp, stu
horns OF prejudice nor trsmple you with the rough
4 hoofl Of exclusive nationality. IL 70 hard Tor an
| Englisbman 20 be cosmopolitan, but whom he 10,
| II ia great sdcces. for then no 10 tho meat
| usOyViiv OivosUVponISns-nor snO0id vns oencss
too willingly the old story that England sends
I only her cockneys - travel 1t 10 tho active mid
die class which comes abroad, and that is the
bscs bone Of every nation, and hom that class the
| national character 10 70 DO inferred. And one
| cannot have rambled through Switzerland for q
| fsw months and not have felt, In his Impression
| OF EuSIah tuo iras'h VI ho bnfhsh
position ia history aud the world,
OF courso we all know Switzerland, too. Those
who have not been there have some brother or
cousin who has, and who wrote now hymns IN
Chamouny and new Hyperons at lntsrlacben -
But the thousands follow the Thousands, and al
though the great things are seen, there are many
exquisite bits sighted. Here, for instance, an 1
At the Lake OF Ofta-two or three hours from ago
Maggore, and one Of tha most delicious Italian
draashts OF delight that could be tasted. II 10 four
hours from the 5implon road, and perhaps OF every
thousand who pass that road for pleasure and Italy
| ten ind their way hither.
To be sure Murray 10 little pozzung Most
sublime" "Awfulsst OF all" "sweetsst 10 Swift
rerland," occur bit too frequently 10 those valaa
able pages.
Then every friend who has been 10 9ehsDnah,
where you did not 80, but hesltatngy confess that
speech trembling inaudibly of into shams--ss-
s0res you with lofty sympathy that you may a.
well have NOT been abroad a. not have seen 6e-
hennsb. and that OF course Switzerland not 10
any sense seen, that being omitted. IL yoa are
wise, you take the bnt and bully the next friend
who has not seen Bodom.
shall merely say, therefore with lofty sympA-
tiny, &c. that those travellers who, psssins the
simplon, did not tsry for the Val Anzascs, ala
| DOT see very beautiful and characteristic valley
and although you will have been amosf a. oos
approaching my account Of II, through she r.e-
cedinf letter, perhaps, - was w tos~-s 80
| valley itself by the Simplon, hope 70 MAKE 20"
| feel that II was worth seeing
1t 10 not properly 10 Switzerland, bot va'sy
of Piedmont, on the southern slope ol the great
range OF which Monte Rosa, 300 or 400 ieet lower
than Monte Blanche, IL the monarch it
the Italian avenue Of the Pass oil Monte Moro,
which a century since was the coariers path IRON
the Vslss into Piedmont, but which Il now tre-
versed only BY enterprisins Alpine pedestrians,
oor.uing pleasure or science. The Monte Rosa
reeioo with Monte Cervin. 10 the third great mass
of tho Alps. Of which Monte Blanc and the bernsn
Zulsrd are the other two. II 10 much the lssst
explored, although, perhaps, from it, anion OF
ohsracteristic and Swiss scenery, 10 the most
worthy Of exploration. Prof Forbes u Edin-
burgh, who made the last scientific tour Of discov
cry among the APPS, confined himself particularly
10 this part, and bis work 10 undoubtedly the mos.
valuable picturesque and scientific reference.
His book u no. 10 he confounded with tho Swiss
Journal OF DR.. Forbes Cf London, published this
year by Murray.
The pilgrim, ensmored by the fame Of this hsp.
W valley, combining oil that 10 most lovely IN
Italian with all that s most grand in Swiss
scenery" deserts AZ evening bis stately and stu
pendcus Simpion At Dono d'OssoIa. Early tho
next morning char-s bare carries bun across he
wide open valley or plain BY the side OF tbs Tcss