New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-10-28
Dayard Taylor in Northers ERrepe,
No XXXtV.
THE RETURN TO DARKNEsS-SORWE-
CLAN CHARACTER.

down the Norwegian cost NE splendid wesEher
which prevailed dorios our upward voyage ens5led
~ 10 zee al the interesting pOints leaving only
tAose parts which We missed III tbs few hours d.
weed to sleep, TO give little novelty 70 our TO
AYs. For three weeks we have DO. had drop Of
yain-tse rsrest fortune in these ls.itades-and
have therefore twice been enabled 70 enjoy to The
fphett extent the sublime sceDery Of the Lofoden
Isles and the coast OF Nordlaod. Pais voyage has
net it, hike in the world. The traveller 70 whom
eli other lanes are familiar, has here new volume
Of he mos. wonderful originality aud variety
opeoed to him. The days are Illuminated pages,
crowded with pictures, the forms and hues OF
which he can never forget Since l have como
bssl into the zone of knees snd recovered from
The stress and tension of three weeks Of daylight,
Ay,s fauy appreciate the splendors Of the Arctic
sun. Ny eyes are stu dszzled with tne pomp OF
color and the thousand miles Of coast, az review
them in memory, with their chaos Of sland-pyra-
Dsds Of shattered rock, their colossal cliffs, their
twisted 6ords and long 6eld-lovels of eternal snow
swim in ses Of saffron and rosy light, in compari-
con With which the pale blue day around me seems
Dab and dead. My dream Of the North, in becom-
ing 8 reality, has retained the magical atmosphere
Of dreams, and basks in the same gorgeous twilight
which irradis.es the scandinavian sagas.
va particularly struck, during the return,
with the rapid progress Of sn@mer-the flying
lesps with which she clears her short course.
Among the LofodeDs the potstoes we're coming into
bossom and the rye and barley into head the grass
wss already cut in mauy places aud drying on poles,
ssd the green Of the woods ard meadows showed
he dark, rich character Of Southern lsnds. Owing
- this rapdisy Of growth all the more hardy vsrie-
6es Of vegetables may be successfully cultivated.
Mr.. Thomas informed me that bis peas and beans
IT Ksa6ord (at 700 n.y. grew three inches in
twenty four hours, and, though planted six weeks
later than those about Christlania. came to mstur-
y at the same time. He has even succeededn
raising excellent csuliAower. But very few of the
farmers have vegetable gardens, and those which
saw contained only radisbes and lettuce with
few u,eful herbs One finds the same passion for
flowers, however, Is in Northern Sweden, and the
poorest are rarely without rose or gerauium in
their windows.
Pastor Hooslef who was again our fslOw.trav-
sler for few hours, gave me some interesting In
formation concerning the Lapps. They are, it
seuiaiion in the StOrthlpg, equally with the Nor
wesiaus The local jurisdiction repeats on small
scale what the Storthipg trsnsacts on larger one,
beiDg entirely popular in its character, except that
tbe VsQts and LdnsmeR whose powers are some
what similar to thO4e Of our judges and country
nsqistrstes) are not elected. But each district
chooses from among its inhabitants committee to
confer upon and arrange all Ordinsry Zeal matters.
TIese committees, in turn, choose persons to con-
stitute higher body who control the reciprocal re-
hsiOns Of The several districts, aud intervene in
ease Of difficulties between them. TIE system is
necessarily simpler and somewhat more primitive
In it, character than our local organizations in
America; but it appears at present to answer
every purpose. The heavy responsibility resting
upon Judges in Norway-the severity of the checks
and penalties by which their probity is insured
probaby contributes TO make the administration of
The laws more essy aud eficscious. The Lapps
are not difficult people to govern, and much OF
tAe former aotsgoDism between them and the
poorer classes Of the Norwegians has passed away.
1sese little if any amslgamstion of the two races,
ssf viii there ever be, but there is probably as
little conflict between them 81 10 compatible with
- olnerence OF pioOQ.
At TfODs0, tai, strong, clerical gentleman came
on board who proved to be the noted Pastor L,-
ners ono Of the hrst If not the very first clergy
nan 10 Norway, who has refused to rccsive the
Government superior mother words, seeded
from the Church. as State establishment while
sdheipg 70 al ito fundamental doctrines 1t il the
frst step toward that separation Of Church and
esate, which must sooner or later come, here as 10
Sweden. he hAs . congregation Of three hundred
members IN Tromso and 10 about organizing q
church ss Gibostad on ibe isiana Of SeDiea. He
AAs some peculiar views, believe. in relation to
ths baptism Of children and he insists that the usual
shscntiOn dealt out BY the pastors is Of no effect
without full confession aud the specification Of par
tieuar sinsbut in other respects he is entirely
thcde1, retaining even the ceremonial Of the Eu-
sAsrist. Tins, in the Lutheran Church Of Norway,
comes 90 near TO the Roman C.taohc doctrine Of
Characterization that one cannot EASILY perceive
asy difference Instead Of bread and unlesyened
wsftrs administered 10 the communicates, the
priest saying as he gives it: This i, the rs. body
and blood of Jesus Christ" Mr.. Forester, & de-
vat admifer Of the Church, which he thiaks iden-
teal with that Of England in all essentials, says:
"The Lutherans rejsc: the Romish doctrine Of
trspsubstaDtiston, but thsy bold that Of spirit
nal and inetisble union Of the divine nature with
tie elements the substance Of which remains
UNCHANGED. THIS 10 called eoxsRJstantia,ion."
Verify, the difference between sweededum and
tyveediedee-one being as absurd Is the other.