New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-27


serted beside her head.
We left Verona in .%ellcageR, a mode Of
travel preferable TO the eilwasen, or diligence,
which goes day and night Tha stellwag-n
should also be preferred by those who wish to
see something Of the people The fare Is
cheap-about dollar for every sixty miles
and il is consequently patronized by all classes
The driver is always called Basil, nlckname
for Sebastian, and il celebrated for his inces-
SAINT thirst aud the willingness With which ne
allows travellers to satisfy theirs. On the hrst
day we passed through the gorge Of RITol an1
arrived at Trent. On the second day we FOL
lowed the course of the Adige as far as Botzen'
and then took new conveyance to Brixen
where We arrived late at night. The scenery
in the valley Of the Adige is magnihcent
From Brixen We passed through the dehie
where the French were routed by the Iyroiese
in 1869. and then assembled the Brenner' The
lowest of all the Alpine passes. The post-house
on the summit is about $500 feet above the
sea. and the climate is mild enough for fruit
trees and the hardy varieties of grain. We
reached Innsbruck the same night.
/ experienced the same perplexity IN regard
TO money. in Southern TyrOl, as IN Vienna last
wear. There are three different currencles,
and their relative value is continually varying
tn Venice and LOmbardy, where no one VIII ac-
cept paper money the difficulties are much
less. The Tyrolcse have suffered great losses
from the introduction of paper money, ana are
still more dissatisfied with the new ana grind
inc laws that have been forced upon them.
Tyrol was once considered the most loyal part
of the Emperor's dOminons, but such is now
the disgust and discomfort Of the population,
that several persons warned me that tho 1'yrOl-
csc, in case of new revolution in Lombardy,
would remain passive. BY recent law even
the drivers OF the stellwagen are obliged to
take out passports. Every night we were pre-
sented with great string of blanks to fill up,
requiring the most minute information concern
ing ourselves. | cOnscientiOusy filled up all
the blanks, but in order not to commit myself,
frequently wrote, under the head of Object Of
the journey "has nome
We LETT Innsbruck at daybreak, drove down
the Valley of the Inn 10 Schwatz, and then to
the bath of Kreuth, by way of Achen See The
transition to a cold climate, which | expert
enced keenly in this Journey, brought Oh yio-
lent catarrh from which have not yet entirely
recovered. Kreuth is lovely mountain soli-
tude, much frequented in summer by the Mu-
ncheTs. Another day brought us to the city of
beer and frescOes, where We spent day and
took hurried survey of its Institutions OF Art.
They were already familiar 10 me, except the
colossal figure OF Bavaria and the Basilica, both
OF which have been completed since my first
visit. lspent quarter OF an hour in the ateller
of kaulbach and saw his great picture of the
Destruction of Jerusalem, intended for the
Royal Museum of Berlin.
The journey from Munich TO Heidelberg ia
now made in twenty-iOur hours, although fifty
miles of il must be performed in "A diligence. |
stopped at Stuttgart to Wit Berthold Aucr-
bach the popular author of Dohseschichten,'
Village StOrics,) but lie was absent in the
Black Forest, collecting materials for new
work. At 1'uMngen however, was so tOrtu-
nate as to meet with bland. The poet is now
advanced in years, but preserves the same true
and simple nature which breathes through his
immortal songs. In Heidelberg, where part
ed with my brother, who turned his face home
ward, | made Two Interesting acquaintance:
the Baron Won Gumbach, who has just c0mpet
ed Comparative Chronology of the Greeks,
ffeDreWs aud Egyptians, ond prcscasor R5th,
author Of the History of Eastern PhilOso-
ply" The latter gentleman has for the
past three years devoted himself TO the study Of
the Egyptian hieroglyphic language, and has
made such progress that he is confident oil fill
ing the gaps left by Champoon, and giving COM
plete TRANSACTIONS of all the monumental in
scriptions. His work will expose tho blundors
OF Lcpsius, who will hereafter stand convicted
of ignorance as well as Vandalism. | AM glad
to find all German scholars writing in condem-
uaiion of the outragcs he perpetrated in Egypt.
In Frankfort called on DR.. Rlppel, the eel
ebrated traveller in Abyssinia and Korjofan, to
whom had q letter OF introduction from khar
toum. He has now the charge OF the Museum
of Natural History in that city. He is Il re-
markabls man, still strong and active, aud not
only competent but willing to undertake new
journeys into Central Africa.
Twas welcomed here ten days ago by the same
friend from whom l parted in last December,
on the beach at Assouan, in Upper Egypt. 1t
was a JOYOUS meetingto both OF us but though
We have just finished the tour of the Thdringlan
Forest, cnjo. ing everywhere some of the love-
lest German scenery and the warmth OF Ger
man hospitality, we still agree that there never
was in our lives, and never viii be again, so glo-
rious an episode of travel as that happy month
on the Nile. r. T.