New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1849-10-20
Should they. then. have no ohspel" demands
patul ant Fat, myIWorthy Trend.

Should they. then. have no cha2elr dsnards
| Pstul ant Fast, myGworthy friend.
Not az al. Bat the priest exalsnsly says TO
VOC. see how they deny themselves every ships Tor
inelr Charch" II yca cay. but L tAeir circan.-
s,spces vsrs improved their rsllsion " ould 10
rsi,h. perhaps, and not superstition. he replies
,hs, the Church cares for the soul and has little to
DO With the BODY thereby and necessarily deny ing
one of the grand cardinals OF the Charrh, which
accepts the doctrine Of circansssnces more entire
y than any other institution.
TIE only intelisentlooking man met IN me
valley Vas muleteer. The women are tsmed
for beauty bot although IL vas easy to detect the
sisns Of what should be beauty in Their isces, II
vn ne more beauty than the white, clear, dreary
glare OF couded day. 10 sunlight They ali bore
neavy baskets upon their backs, some loaded ~iih
stone, others with stores OF various kinds others
with manure. Their limbs were immense. Walk.
ing barefoot upon steep Ways. with heavy bar
dens. they were bent. and angular, and hsSgrd.
The Swiss diseases OF goltre and cretinlsm did
not rsmark. To be alive. without beng sick,
was scrape' enough tor them.
Yet toe human aspect OF the valley was changed
once, il not relieved. Descending to the village
Of Porte 6raDde "one of the ditsiest places in
Piedmont, with 4 filthy and very bad lnr."
Where blythe -wsy. we dined-we deserted nyon
a smooth, green slope, under chestnat-" too hsp-
py. nsppy tres row OF Jour ladies'. No idle snd
pstsi lyipS upon the soft grass vaTiocsy, oet
iogr sedately stsiug in solema rsnk upon bank.
psrssols duly in hand. and Murray properly open;
and TO this very page. Z" Here the fine cascade OF
The Val Blanca bursts out and forms one OF the
celebrated water falls Of Piedmont There shal
Memory leave them, sitting properly. and forever
Ia IN Val Anssscs, four young ladies' IN row.
dreaming of Cockssns.
We, too, must leave tho valley. after this rsmb-
hing stay. Not, however. forgetting clean Cepo
Noreli, in the s,il afternoon with its h sh church
tower and tidy houses, each with religious pic
ture painted upon the wall Tho only .treet of
| Cepo Mors 10 that same narrow mule path and
one is surprised 10 fad 90 handsome little town,
az virgin from noise and dust ~ sumptuous Venice
itself.
An hour beyond this. the proper Val Anrssca
ends and . rough mountain separates Il from the
| Valley Of Pesterepa beyond. The only direct
communication 10 Q Wild gorge through which
thuuders the Apsa. But the path climhs the
mountain aud winds through the more spacious
gorge beyond. which 10 q mild Californis-gold
mines to Wit, which the speculative Brockedou
asserts 10 be the mines Of the Ictymuli-" whose
| geld mines were 90 exsensivey wrought that
| Pliny saysthst law existed among them which
| forbade their employing more than 30oo men,
| There follow more specula,ions which the Gu
| rious may ind in his interesting Passes OF the
| Alps"
The Val Pestsrena 10 entirely Alpine. aud milo
or two beyond the vsgs opens the fpe view Of
Monte Rosa. 1t 10 not 90 fine 40 Mont Blsrc from
Chsmouny. As Murray says "for what mountain
scenery ISL" Thea comes the scrswny littls viii
age OF Macusnsgs. ard thence Immediately as
cends the path Of the Moro
The rain held US day at Pesterens. then We
returned through the valley TO Pic di Moliers.
| Those who have not the leisure would sec oil the
inest aud most Characteristic portions Of the val
Icy in going to Ponts Grande, u hours Beyond,
Il 10 continu alton of tho same character-ihe
wide sweeping chcsnuts and walnuts In forest
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and fax.
We looked back upon it in the late afternoon.
The forms andlhues were deep and delicate. The
| white spires-the smooth hill points-the ol'thed
cliff, swan golden in the waning light Overload.
the clouds were dispersng and a. We turnes 10
descend the steep path to Pic di Malera. double
Rainbow arched the mouth OF the Val Anrasca
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