New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-11-11

ties and otherwise until at length they found
themselves none the better for all the blood tina.
had been shed all the manly strength that had
been wasted Since which they have wisely la
bored in another fed and reaped better, richer
harvest
The scandinayians IRE domestic people, The
warmth that is wanting In the air they breathe
seems to have been transferred to their hearts.
The length Of the winter and Of the winter nights
by their coldness contine them to their homes, AMI
knits close the ties Of family affection and trust
and If in cur comparatively mild winter the faces
Of kindred and the kindly freside are so gladly
appreciated and enjoyed, how welcome to the
Norwegian during the almost sunless season OF
snow and ice, during the long, dreary evenings Of
winter. must be the light and warmth of friends
aud home The fruits OF this home love arg Ylsl-
bic in all their actions and customs. There are.
unlike Anglo-Saxon lands no noisy, crowded tap
rooms, no peasant-ftted inns The village post
house contains but single receptlon-room. whose
order and quiet are only disturbed by the casual
arrival Of some waytarer or the daily advent al
the n1ail-coach travellers. No knot Of red-taced
villagers in the evening makes It's brghtlypalnt
ed walls echo with the sounds OF rbald songs or
the noisy cant of political discussion, or blaChens
its white ceiling by clouds OF smoke. Domestic
affection, too, is the key which nnlocks all the
hearts ympathies-charty and nelghhory ioye
are its direct offspring and consequence 1t IS
ple courtesy which appear to me as two OF the
most beautiful characteristics Of the northern So
cia life Openness Of heart and true pollteness
cannot be expressed so well and truly by any
other mode OF speech as IN the language OF saIn-
tatons In the North this language IS indeed
known by heart, and is OF frequent utteranee and
in daily use Go out Of market-tewn on some
fair day, and you will meet crowds OF peasantry;
some laden with the products of their farms and
handiwork, others going mpty-handed to return
burdened each OF whom greets you with hlnd
good morning and an uncovered head. me
watchman whom you pass in the streets at night,
the sentinels who stand at the pubic doors and
city gates salute you with the same alndhess ana
courtesy The opening buds and green freshness
of spring, after slowly dragging polar winter,
are not more grateful to the eye than this nation
al trait to the heart.
This bracing climate makes stout. hardy frames.
In corespondencc therewiththe inner man should
be as vigorous and we should expect that 10 com
bination with their native energy these healthy
minds should labor effectively and produce wares
worthy Of the workman and 50 j! a. Just now
the men OF the North are making researches ana
the taste is directing itself IN antiquarian oil
rcction. This is natural and as II should be
Treasures OF incaCulabie value and Wofth lie
boarded in the North; swords that viii sever many
Gordian knot in the traditionary history OF Eu-
rope lamps that shall throw light on the dark
corners of the Past; KEYS that will unlock no.
few of the now bolted doors OF historical causes
All these are hcaped up and by diligent search to
be found in the old Sagas-those quaint deserp-
TORS of manners and narratives OF deeds To-
ward these the scholarsot Denmark, Sweden, Nor
way and Iceland have OF late looked " hat Gu
rious treasure troye already An ante Columbian
discovery and Colonization OF New England -
This striking illustration Of the character and mar
thine daring OF the Norsemen IS nov become az
historical truth European feet h&d tf0o tIle rocl1
of Plymouth before the days OF the pilgrims and
the ancestors OF PmllP mad gazed On tne iorlnS o.
the paletaces long before the blrth OF Tile ehlei Of
the Namagansetts ...,..-..
The account OF the American welcome o.
Jenny Lind comes across the witeI ana IS eGplea
at length in the papers OF the IooI g a
Amercam tasti rises M th o Ear fair snae
as your enthusiasm or ee i[ ?,lGr "a %e
no one sp ta, o o v a nsc Of bsr yoica he
tolioS i 'lioi ,1,a & a.ei. Lornnn o ba