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

ten feet, Il Is absolutely impossible ttIs tws
carrlsScs should pass each o,her IN these narrow.
crooked lanes. and dangerous Cor even peies-
trian 10 stand outside Of 4 house while the din.
gence is threading one OF these gotgcs.
There Is no town except Chsmbery on the
whole route from Lyons to Turn IA, we passed
about noon through a village IN which Far
was proceeding. did not suspect that two thou.
sand people could hive within ten miles Of the
spot. yeS thlnk fully two thousand were here
collected, with hall rs many cows. asses. hogs.
&c. which had been brought hliher for sale. aai
about which they were labbcrlng and geS,Icul,
ting Dealers m coarse chip hats and few k,n.
bred fabrics sere also present but It looked A.
II sellers were more abundant and eager than
buyers. 1t was only Nv great effort and BY the
most exemplary patience that our driver AMI
cuari were enabled to clear The road 50 that We
passed through without Inaicung any injury
Wider and narrower was the gorge. nearer
and bleaker rose the mountains, sleeper and more
palpablr became the ascent. keener and crlsper
grew the air. as the evening tell upon US pursu.
ing our devious way The valleys were no, only
insignificant but widely separated 10y tracts
through which the road had with difficulty aud
At much expense been cut out Of the mountain
side without infringing on the impetuouS torren.
that tumble-l and loaned 10y our SIDE, and even
where li,;le valleys or glcns still existed 1t was
clear that Nature no longer responded with ALAG
rlty and abundance to the SHmraons'ot human
activities. the summer foliage OF the lower val
leyS had given place 20 DARK eyergrscns where
>hrubbery could still find ioothc'd and susie
nance The snow no longer lodged tlmorousiy
behind the peaks OF distant mountains. show
ing itself only on their northern dechvltieS, but
stood out boldly. unblendngly on all sides and
seemed within mu>ket-Shot OF our path. From
slight depreSsionS IN he browS Of the oSerhans
cliffs. the streamlet> leaped hundreds OF feet In
sllvery recklesSues>, falling IN ieath-y foam by
our side | think | saw half a dozen Of these
cascades within distance of three miles
At length about 10 o'clock. we reached the
foot of Mount Gems. where slnuoslcy OF course
could avail us no further. We must now face
the music Our live tired horses were exchanged
for eight fresh ones, and we commenced the slow,
laborlous ascent Of some SIX or eight miles Hu
man habitatons had already become scattered
and lnirequent but we passed three or -four m
ascending the mountain Their inmates OF
course live upon the travel, IN one way or anoth.
er, for Sterity Is here the nexorablo law. Yet
our ascent was not SO steep as might beeSpected,
being modified when necessary, 10y 2ig-Sags from
IL II oh. fNi.
lowed to the other The horses wee stoppedto
breathe but once only elsewhere for two hours
or more they pursued their firm. deliberate, he
cded though slow advance. The shrubbeD
dwnded as we assembled and at length dfssp-
peared. save IN the sheltered gor9es the sEow
came nearer and spread over still larger spaces
At length. 1t lay Ia heavy beds or masses, halt
melted into ice, Just 10y the side OF the roed and
on its edge. though | think there was none actu-
ally under the wheels Finally, little before
one O'Clock. we stood on the summit and the
moon from behind the neighbo ing clii burst
upon rs fully 40 hours high Two or three
houses stood here Tor the use Of jewellers around
them nothing mt snow and the naked planet.
Before us lay the valley OF the Po ths great
plain OF Italy
Six of our horses were here detached and sent
back to the Savoy base of the mountain. while
with the two remaining We commenced our rapid
and dashing descent The mountain Is decidedly
sleeper on this side than on the other II is only
by q succession 81 zig zags SO near
each other that | think We travelled three miles
in making a direct progress Of one, during which
we must have descended some 500 feet Day
lght found us at the foot OF the mountain. and at
8 O'Clock, \ M we were IN Tnrm. n