The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-25
Travel On the Continent Of Europe.
Extracts from the correspondence Of the NeparI
DuiIU Adperftssy

"Persons destitute of fancy, and whose expecta-
tions have never been stimulated by the overdrawn
pictures OF trayellers, undoubtedly lind agreeable
surprises at almost every development in the &C
tual world Nature has her surprises too Tor the
child OF imagination; glorious views OF the actual
that surpass the fairest visions of the ideal world
there are things below the skies that il never
tered into the heart of man to conceivep Among
these, Niagara, the Ocean, and the Aps. stand to-
gether and apart-a sublime trio, leading of the
harnonies OF creation, and by their owl mmeas,i-
rable grandeur forever defying the pen OF eAaggtr
ation Ncarness of approach to these stupepdous
expressions OF Omnipotence-robbing them Of no
imaginary splendor-only iInprcsses the reverend
spirit deeper and deeper with the sense of sublimi-
y. We never shall cease to feel the thrill of costa
tic awe awakened by fret view Of the Alpine
peaks, Ne knew they were white with eternal
Eno1s, that they were lottier than any mountains
we ever saw; we had lima gined them beautiful
majestic; but we had not dreamed of aabast-r py
ramIds built without hands-their peaks piercing
through the clouds and holding up the blue canopy
of the Heavens. We know nothing OF magnifcencc
till We saw the morning sun crowning with gold
and gems these snowy submits, nor, of calm and
solemn grandeur till we stood out against the even
ing sky, like Titantic spirits, white, mysterious
awful in the dreamy moonlight"
sEvery one has heard of the pretty Swiss pea
SAINT girl and her jaunty costumes but the stranger
loo ks in vain for the charming originals ofthe plates
that adorn the windows Of music stores in Broad
way-the Chief attraction OF "Swiss melodies for
SALE In place of the fair noun taneers of travel
ers' tales one at work in the fields, groups Of
hardy, tawny, square built forms with features
tough, and hands and feet spread by manual la
Dor, to be only designated females by their
deni gowns. On Sunday these weather beaten
substitutes for the sex, are generally attircd in
coarse, but somewhat picturesque costume, crowned
with gipsy bonnet, and, with icashsi faces, their
compile xiops Of sbade lighter than brotcn. No
American woman Of refined instincts can see un-
moved her sex thus sexed and degraded by out
door drudgery; but every where on he ointment
the female bears the burden and heat of the day"
or the Rhinc-the castellated Legendary Rhine
| one expects too much to enjoy fully first voy.
age all the points of historic and romantic interest
which 1t really presents The natural scenery of
this celebrated river does not equal our maies-
jestic Hudson diversified Susquehanra; but every
ruin its frowning cliffs is invested with some
love legend or sanguine history, and must be Wis
tied leisure 10 impress each its tale OF love
and on the behoider The steam-voy ager can
only look up in musing admiration to the rock
built Notifications and covered turrets that
crown the heights passing too rapidly from to
another to consider them separately, and must be
content with the dreamy and undo fitnble feeling
of mystery that steals into the mind, and remains
long after the passage of the Rhine is past expe
rience.