New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-11-29
Ah,n, mn, We crossed the Dra-e, alfeaoy
AD0s' "o0" The road then left the

. broad ard full stream. ihe io~u NV"
,oorr,a,ns and ascended 10 . tract Oh barren a',1
Iii, INLAND. with frequent swampe and 'hicA'
tr.nk growth. Part OF 1t was adapted ior
o,.zinr. but cultivation was scarce, ana the III
b.hitan.s few and scattered. After some TWEEN
AZ miles Of this travel the mountains again Oe-
Gan 10 appear and we descended to wlid stream
~ TRANSPARENT emerald color, which was ouf
guide to the Save, in whose milky -olue ""'
lts own crystal was lost. The railroad through
this region appears to be well built out' aihoue
the soeed attained is rarely more than twenty
miles an hour, the jolting and vibration OF the
cars are scarcely TO be endured. There seems
TO be considerable travel, though the fare IS rain
or exhorbitant Among our passengers were
company of peasants from kraln, or Carnloia'
returning home from their WORK On the Seinihei-
mr. They were dressed IN coarse white WOODEN
garments of their own manufacture and spoke
dialect which no one could understand. They
had low, narrow ioreheads; high cheeA-Oohes'
black and snaky eyes, and sharp, hanging NOUS
tsshes. while their complexion was reddish
olive. The expression of their faces was even
more villainous than that of the Croat regiments
IN the Austrian service.
The last fifty miles of our road followed the
course Of the Save, enchanting us with sue
cession of the grandest mountain landscapes
For the whole distance, the gorge through
which the river passes is little less than can
on. in the most Californian sense of the term.
The water roared at our feet IN a continuous
rapid The road has been cut through the rock
or built up with much labor, from below, while,
a. &c
are abrupt and frequent The barren peaks, SO
closely ranged together that scarcely side glen
finds it's way TO the river, lowered thousands OF
feet above us, and the only road at their base,
besides our own, was little path that hung like
thread on the opposite side, now notched care
fully along the edge of precipce, now dropping
10 the water and now climbing YEARLY around
some impossible conner At first, the mountains
were covered nearly to their SUBMITS with tor
ests which the frost had stained with deep,
dark crimson hue changing to purple as they
stood more distant. The effect of this royal
drapery-these broad and grand tints, contrasted
with the dusky blue of the water and the light
gray Of the granite rock-was lndescnoably gor
reops But the mountains as we advanced
grew more barren, broken and lofty. Cloudy
feeces were piled high on their submits, and
the invisible breads spun them into glittering
threads that slipped through their fingers and
dropped from cliff to cliff into the lap of the glen
In one place found natural copy of the Foun'
tain OF Yaucluse. large stream burst up full
and strong from the foot OF precPice, and after
driving a rude mill that stood below, tumblod
foamnp into the Save.
Toward sunset we issued from the mountains
and in few minutes aiterward reached Lay
bach, at the termination OF the road. Thistown,
the capital of Carinthia, is meager-looking
place, and contains nothing of interest Most OF
the passengers for Trieste took the diligence On
arriving and travelled all night, but | preferred
remaining till morning, IN order 10 make the
tourney by daylight. At the principal hotel,
found an English Colonel on his way to India,
who had made the same choice. We went TO
bed early and were called up before daylight to
take our coffee and make ready to start. The
Colonel was very anxious 10 have a comfortable
place, with not too many fellow passengers, and
cove 'h- L-"-- 80 So "a ~'NJ"o'' i'i'i5
as the diligence was ready to start, the latter
came up, saying that he had found the very
place-a sort of coupe, in which there was no
one but a lady lis she young and handsome,
and does she speak French ," asked the Colo
mel. who was innocent OF German She is
very Young and beautiful, and of course she
speaks French replied the kellner. Hereupon
the officer took W his cloak and went down, re-
oicing over his agreeable companion but what
was his horror, when the day broke, to find
Styrian Baroness, Old fat, irightfully plain. and
ignorant OF French was more lucky, in find
ing a separate vehicle, in which there was
Young Bavarian officer. gave him cigar, he
spread hall of his camp cloak over my knees. and
thencetoIth we fraternized perfectly.
1t was a damp, dark morning, but the horns OF
the Positions blew merry'peal as we rolled
out OF Laybach. The roads were In a miserable
condition from recent rains, and the wet plain
over which we drove seemed intermlnable Dur
ing the forenoon, we passed over many ranges
OF hills running parallel with the coast, and IN
closing valleys of green and pleasant aspect, but
the country grew more bleak and cold as We APP
preached the Adrlatic The woods which were
Just touched with The frost when | lief, Vienna,
were here bare of leaves. Cultivation was con
fined almost entirely to the valleys, where the
young wheat was beginning to look green saw
few herdsmen on the hill.tops tending their
sheep and goats among the stones but most o.
the inhabitants were employed in keeping the
road III order OF begging of the passengers
They are a starved looking race, KIN TO the
Croats, and speak what Is called the Wendlsh
dialect have no doubt that Goldsmith's record
of the inhospitahty Of the rude Carinthlan
boor'' is perfectly correct The American Bloom.
ers Will be surprised to learn that the Carinthian
women are before them In the movement
Their skirts lust reach 70 the knee but they have
not yet got as far as the Turkish trowsers They