New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-07-10

tons which are preferred Throughout. Central
France. but wide-Spreadlns. thrifty shade-trees'
which | Judged in the darkness to be manly
Black Walnut with perhaps Sprinklng OF
Chestnut. &c Through tins noble avenue. We
ratified on al a glorious pace, row OF small belts
unglng from each horse, and no change OF teams
consuming more than two minutes. until We
reached the little vIllsge on the French side OF
the boundary between France and Savoy, some
fifty miles from Lyons. Here our Passports
were taken away for scrutiny ana ,sss, and We
were compelled 10 wait from ,. TIL o'clock, as
the Sariinian officers OF customs would not be-
gin 70 examine our baggage till the latter hour.
Al we crossed the little. rapid river "a tributary
OF the Rhone) which here divides the two coun-
tries. French and Sandman sentinel standing
at either end OF the bridge. We drove INTO the
court of the custom-house, dlsmOunted. hsd our
baggage taken of and into the cuStom-hou>e,
where half dozen officers and attendants soon
appeared and went At It They searched rIgldy
but promptly. carefully and ike gentlemen. In
half an hour We were pronounced all right our
diligence was reloaded, and our passports hav
ing been returned. We ratified out Of the village
and on our way, in the sunshine OF as bright a
June morning as ever hope to ENJOY.
France Is a LAND OF plains. and gades. and
gentle activities Savoy Is country II noun
tains. They rose before and around us from the
moment OF our crossing the boundary-grm,
rugged and PERCEPTIONS. they formed 4 striking
contrast to all of Europe had hitherto seen.
Throughout the day and night following, We
We're rarely or never out of sight OF snow covered
PEAKS: nav have not vet lost sight of them,
since they are distinctly visible in the clear ital
ian atmosphere from the streets Of this sunny
metropolis. at a distance OF some thirty miles
north Our route lay through Savoy for about A
hundred miles and not one acre IN thirty within
sight of II can ever be plowed Yet the noun
talnS are IN good part composed OF limestone, 81
that the narrsw, sheltered valleys are decidedly
fertile and the Vine is often made to thrive on
the steep. rocky hill-Sldes. where the pillow could
not he forced below the surface, and where an
OK could not keep his footing Every inch of
ground that can be is cultivated little patches
OF " heat, OF grass. or Vines are got IN wherever
there is a patch OF soil. though no larger than
a cart body and far up the sides OF steep noun
tains. wherever spot Is found so moderately IN
cned that soil will lie or It, there Grass at least
Is grown
Human Labor in such region, fully peoped, is
very cheap and not very efficient The Grape Is
the chief staple and Vine must be the principal
and probably is the only export, at least one-third
bafp tod IN no
Wheat is pretty extensively sown and Is now
heading very thrifty, but suspect the average
size OF the patches is not above a quarter OF an
acre each The Grass is good and not much
of It cut vet Indian Corn and Potatoes are gen
orally cultivated, but IN deplorable ignorance OF
their nature At least four times the proper
quantity of seed Is put in the ground, neither Corn
nor Potatoes being allowed more than eighteen
between the rows. making the labor of cultiva-
ZION very great and the chance OF good yield
none at all
Il think / saw quite many women IS men
at work in the fields throug bout Savoy. \ girl
of fourteen driving yoke of oxen attached to 4
cart, walking barefoot beside the team ant ply
ing the goadstlck, while a boy OF her own age
lay at length in the cart Is one Of my iUellest
recolectlons OF Savoyard ways. Nut-brown,
nabonneted women. hoelng com with an lmple-
ment between an adze and pick-axe, (and not
a bad implement either, Tor 50 rugged an I'M
ploved SOIL women driving hogs, cows, Ac. to
or from market, we encountered at every town.
80 much hard rough work and exposure 10 fatal
to every trace of beauty and | do not remember
20 have seen a woman IN Savoy even moderately
while many were absolutely re-
voting That this Is not Natures fault lsproved
by the general aspect OF the children, who,
though swarthy, have often good forms and iea-
lures.
We drove into CHAMBERY, the capital OF an
Gent SAVOY about9 A. ". This is a town of
some fifteen thousand inhabitants pleasantly SIT
uated IN the valley OF a much larger tributary OF
the Rhone than that We crossed at the boundary,
and with a breadth Of arabic soil OF perhaps two
miles between the mountains. No where else
IN Savoy did we traverse a valley even half
mile wide for any distance Here old du-
cal palace, with fine spacious grounds shrub
berry, &c The road from Geneva and the Baths
of AK to Turn comes down this valley and
here lntersects that from Lyons, We were al
lowed twenty five minutes for breakfast, which
would have been very we'll but that the time re-
CURED for cooking most of the breakfast had to
come out n 1t.
There was enough and good enough to
eat. and (as usual throughout all this reglor)
Wine in abundance without charge, but Tea,
Coffee or Chocolate must be ordered and pad
for extra Even 80. was unable to obtain cup
of Chocolate, the excuse being that there was
not time to make IT, nd not understand, there
fore, why was charged more than others for
breakfast, but to talk English against freaeh or