New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-07-28

. iffh Inc view AtLCc across Lake - hufAl
passed.
From Lausanne TO BerDe (6l miles,, through
/ FreibuIg. il Il billy but not mountainous road,
which tie diligence traverses in twelve hours,
nOIe than one OF which - devoted 70 dinner Wniie
awaiting the Neyay diligence at Freiburg The
higher cTests Of the Bernese Alps, snow clad az All
seasons though distant are visible Oh the right fsr
a good part Of ihe way. AS the Canton Of Frei
/ burg is strongly Catholic, While Vaud and B-rne
on either side Of il are decidedly Protestant have
/ eDdeayoTed to IecOlect without pre- udice whether
there is really 50 marked dispsnt, IN their gene
raj aspects as is commonly said distinguish Pro
testant from Catholic communities; and, though
! i now .bibk there is a superiority in industry and
thrift on the part Of the Protestant CantOns,
must say that this did lot occur to me while pass
ing through them Obvious of their diverse creeds
| On the other hand, the marked advantages pos
se.sed by all Of them over the corresponding por-
tons Of France of Savoy, of Italy, cannot fail to
strike even the dulest Observer. The dwellings
OF these republicans in the average far better
/ their maDuers are more frank, kindly and SELF
respeoiing their lands are less commonly e1-
bausttd BIZ Oyer-tilsge; and their wealth in cattle
\ and timber is far greater. Many OF the forests L
passed on this route among the finest and
most valuable j ever saw. About bali Of them
are composed wholly of tall straight and slender
FIR or evergreen resembling hemlOck in its foliage
and white beech in its bark, which grows more
thickly than any other tree of which have sny
knowiedee IL appears moreover with years 10
allan generous size. TIE grass also OF this re-
gion is almost uniformly luxurant and Of Alpine
tende ness and sweetness That the people are
here thrifty and happy far above the European av-
eTage is manifest on every side as how could they
fail TO be Not one fourth so large share OF their
earnings is taken from them by taxation as would
be required uIdtrs monarchy; while, instead OF
ole tenth OF their sble-bOdied men being drafted
away from their fields and shops TO serve 10 stand
ug armies, the entire military aud police forces VI
Switzerland, aside from her Militia, cannot exceed
one in hundred Of those able To bear arms. And
thus the laDd of Tell, happily preserved from deu-
slye dreams OF conquest by the smaness OF It's ter
ritoIy and the ewness of its people, when measured
by those of the great empires which menace and
nearly environ it, remains city set a hill-a
constant, cogeDt inOfiensiye witness OF the value
of Republican treedOm.
i know il is made reprOach to the Swiss that
their government is generally in the hands of the
party tern ed conservative, and that their sword is
not thrown into the scale in favor OF French, Ger
man OF Italian Freedom. Possibly their timdity
with respect To harbOring peculiarly obnoxious
exiles Nay in some have justified this
pIoach. But when fairly consider their nu
meIcal weaEness and political isolation, weighing
these against the military power aud common antp-
atlies Oi despOtc France and Austrla-When We
consider how Switzerland herself was once dlsOr-
eanized by the speciOus professions and then
crushed by the mercess les ions of Revolutionary
France, proferDg her people dehserance from
arisiOcTaiIc thTaldCm-a promise fulfilled through
horrible carnage and rapne in her ultimate trans
formation into virtual province of the first Ma
pOleon's Empire may we not rejoice that the
Ark of Freedom, even such as il lie, rests secure
on these Alpine nights until the subsistence OF the
surrounding Threatening deluge shall justify the
sending forth Of the dove on her errand of mercy
and hope to the subjacent nations
FRElBuRG, d walled town of 1900 inhabitants, is
built on and under steep prOmontory formed by
the winding cOurse of the little river Saayne, and
has probably seen ITS best days Ia the good old
dave when every fourth man was rObber, and
those who claimed to rule by the grace OF God
robbed more boldly, less sneakingly than now, it
was indispensable that all who had anything to lose
should take it inside Of city or castle walls Tor
safety: but, those days having passed, | cannot
guess why any one should live IN walled town
who can possibly live out of it,
F1eiburg's modern glory is noble suspension
Bridge now twenty years old, 9il feet long ahd
$50 high, crossing the valley as well as the river
ard saving a tedious and tOrtuOus descent and as
cent. which formerly consumed from thirty min
utes TO Oh hour This bridge was built entirely OF
Swiss materials BY Swiss workmen (tbe chief en-
pineer excepted) aud is said to have cost only
Sl2OOOO It's success has prompted the con-truc-
tion Of another, only 61o feet long but 5I' leet
high over a ravine which here discharges small
tributary into the Ssayne. The view OF these
two bridges from the open terrace OF the CHIEF no
tel with the valleys they span and the queer ola
bouses located therein, is most Interesting Inc
paltry old covered wooden bridge, some ten or
fifteen feet above the surface OF the stream
looks like q WORKOUT peddler's wagon beside the
graceful airy new fabric of wire which has sup
planted H.
BFRNE. the capital of the Swiss Confederation
rs well as of the great Canton which bears us
name, is built like FreibuTg, on bold Promontory
formed by a sharp elbow Of the little river Aar,
which runs through deep valley on all sides OF
the city but the west Though containing nearly
10000 inhabitants, | Ndge that 1t hardly covers
more than two buIdred acres OF ground yet this,
having tolerably level site, is one of the least
crowded and most agreeable of the old Swiss cities.
Most of the weather. citizens as well as the En-
bassado7s of Foreign Courts, live outside OF the
city. which is entered through an iron gate sur
mounted at either end by two gigantic stone bears
the bear being the armorial device OF Berne.
/ Wooden bears are paraded or offered Tor sale Al
every turn. and four living representatives.
/ of The genus are maintained at the public
/ cost in section of the ample tosse or dltch
/ which skirts the city's still formidable e4te-
/ rior wall--as, in another section oil sald
Jesse, a number Of deers and swans are like
vise maintained as pensioners. The bears, how
ever. epeross nearly all the popular regard aud
volunteer feeding, though one of the four Is stone
Hind from age and irregular living, while each OF
them. when anticipated by some other IN MS az
ten pt TO secure 3D. eleemOsynary biscuit ls prone
| IN exhibit better teeth than temper Apprehen-
slons are felt that the era of retrenchment and
economy on which we have entered VIII work
/ divorce between Brun and the pubic crio TOT
which be cherishes SO ieryent devOuon-that ere
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