The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-09-13

apSesr a. you ascsna tbs vsr In ths steamer lying be-
tween ths rocky hills
have ey En- seen extends sloag the river two thres
ne. in come places It az pands and occupies sor Of
So.p he edge or me ver aad oonsis.s Of only one
rssi The upper end Is By far the largest poron Of H.
Ga Spreads on, over little plain. Here AID there high
masses OF rock rise up and overtop the houses which
stand around the city Is baI OF briok and he houses
COVERED with tiles There are many tine h,uses in the
city and in some OF the adjacent little Valleys the Aoodes
Of mort and even or luxury The popuai ON or
tenbuIg 30 co., and is commerce exceeds that any
other city in Sweden zen excepting soc Iho seif
Besides large set OF ships sioops ensA
cd in the orogr and ccatng trade there lass nau
siay steamers, engaged aiso In the ng trade for the
Ishsl speax In There lice. OF stea uaers
which connect Gotten burg with Copenhagen, with Kan
burg. With iondcn, with Hnn aud with Chsisiianis
10 my former waits 10 Gotenburg saw much 0! NJ
Crap W. and his Oh aiming -licthc hsudcomos wcfnsn,
In bar Joupg dAys, whom ! have ever teel 10 sseden
Mr. w. has recently died. leaving Large fortune 10 MS
family he speak much OF the late Henry Clay,
who OF the Commissioners appointed by cur gov
make . treaty, which tei minated Our laat war
With Eagland. II osirg TO the insorfe' OF the
Emperor Alexander OF Russia that the ssmpt at negoa
uon ives made that monarch med Gotten ,arg The
pace for lie negotiation be made, AMI ar. Clay
sent by Madison Owing 10 unforeseen scnides Ia the
apemblng OF tho Jners 1t tina, point tho Empe
ror was the city OF Gnen the place for
negotiation. Th!iher Mr. Clay repaired, after having
spent several weeks with Mr.. wyk who spoke Of
him II terms of the gresiesi 70, cest
Gol.eIbrrg founded by Gnstsvus Adolphns, and
within 4 few years The citizens hare erected superb
CStluxuieDcd IN
front OF the Erchsrgr and near one Of tho several canals
by which thu upper Part Of tho city IN travcrrcd
After spending day ant halt al Gos,eneurg EN-
barked ia the beautiful little Steamboat Stockholm for the
city whose pane bears, snd from which direct this
letter TIE Stockholm is propeller, and Ia AZ nne
ssl CT The sort sasn-sn xhspe scoommoaa
and movement We Jeff half past one on the morn
ing o. the 1c, and arrived here If half past
dag orsseon The distance 10 1so Fugsh nlcs wo had
man, Is,reDgers, too many, and yet hoard no, one
Offensive gore sor sar enc cssgreasble set fns cap
tain perfect gentleman in his manoe-r, formerly
R-.s L.. Lt~kh l.
man OF science and much general knowledge. as s
trent lhree years In The Engsh nc speaks Fng'h
With great facility and perfection. THIS the csse, may
remark, In passing, with m,Gy scdos Nor~cgans
and Dance bAn moAt Ieope Ia country aware OF.
Our course upon lesving G'teneq'E WA amoas due
rorth, up ere Go'hR river Lake Wentr After passing
three cs in t5s OF the river {, the osie
brsed Falls Of Troh;es. by far tre Interesting in
al Europe There boa; had 10 pass eiegen locks. and
Also TO rough canal of about miles in length These
locks are new the Of ones cut in the sid rock having
been ,srnd 100 small IN times THESE locks co 4
about half million or dollars
We bad ample time to the Falls willis; the boat
making liz way up through the LOCKE Hsvrg reached
Lase Weuor our course to ths northeastern end
o. t. some eighty miles Thence oT canal and small
'sSes resc7ed Lake yisgn . considerable expansion
Sea nd the Baltic and IL 3os feet above both From that
lake detccndod Into Lake Voter, and frcm lsse
by carsl and series OF lakes ths ". rpo tans o! which
are Boren and RoxeD, reschei at so5e Eioping an
estuary OF the Fallc called Satbacken Taen coasing
Along between the Islands AMI the main land for one hun
canal Al sodertee, which connects two lords Tnease
came down 10 stctkhcic, which rosnanoaiiy siands
the end OF the lake just where falls into large
hord. n'ed Ike the lake With islands
This 10 my opinion 10 Of the mos. interesting and
TsctuTesauo voyages hich be Tho scenery IL
besuful in tho e1ireme-nn grand blimc Al every
nonsal almost II varies but IL every az eeasle. This
mex. nssrra improvement was finished In 1882 part
made sixty seventy years ire amount Of
mailing does not exceed fifty i've En gish miles the
IRE COS, Of the WORK nss been muoa snort Of
o. COO 900.
STOCKHOLM, Angus. 10, 1857,
Pic,a-,s7u, Situation II Stockhcn--corrne cf the Dale
car!ian Women The Church Of the Riddarhon Bir,er
JAIL The Founder # -S,gedi,h stauary-Agri
cultural and Mineral Resources # The Scandinavian re
r,asala- Reiigcs Lstcrty--T Tie Temperance Rcormsr
Railroads, DC DC.
Stockholm 10 gem CT city, With 20 5ualon or only
ITO 900 Inhabitants possesses greater attractions
many city OF fer greater size IL the residence OF tho
Csut o. Sweden, and during the winter place or much
rs.ety, The position or Stockholm is sipguarly pioiu
rescue " may speak SAINTS 3. the outlet OF Lake
Helar, partly the lake and partly the ford which
russ up from The Baltic and uniies with These
sheets of water in shape nAe to fans partly opened,
with the epcxes touching each other The city stands
parity the southern right shorea OF these OF
water partly the northern and partly on heissnds be-
tween some Of which the Io-cr OF the axe and
some the upper end OF The nord TDese Islands are
said to be number, kne in the summer
bic boals rowed by DaIecaran I'm their striking
bul coarse dresses and sho with heavy Shoes, which
nave heels that under the middle OF the foot, ply
amoSg them, and between them AM either shore.
This city IN, BEEN called the Venice OF the North"
on, certainly MT with much preprety. me southern
pafl OF city mush eev lied than the northern
but much ies extensive 1n he central portions the
houre hv OF brick and ps,tercd or.rde aud might
nrst sight be mistaken Tor stone hocscs Ia tho su
burbs .nsre are May woodea houses painted almost
al The hoases In the villages OF Sweden sre, dark rcd
color TIC country around the southern p,r cous. Of
ia la rnrtlv MI filfrte
around the northern portion more Level, bet 10 snos
equally rocky wiz ,he exception OF iew colds ana
cess, rocky and desolate There are, hOsever, some
beautiful country residences MP The lake and down The
nerd oosrg vpou those sheets Of -aer AMI making
BOA, ercv-sons On them tue weather sirsusrls plea
sanl and a. nosi enchanting.
APPROACHING siocsheln from Lake Nrisr 10
s.eamtr, you wiz ho landed on Raaarhoim,
small stand completely covered with houses,
Nearly Ia the ccntfo or Il stands . singalarly
looAins church. With several projecting cnspsls on I've
sides, sad crosnfd by ofy to~er the unper part ~
which II OF cast iron That church 10 the Westminster
Aboey CT Sreicn In lie the cofus CT Tevors or the
aisr opnchs Of mis- e,uniry and among them tina, Of
CbUes &iI with hls enormous sword lyrg % tbs top Or
It Inssmsll uiargua' 'poi In fror Of tbis cnurch is
1pe bronze statue o. Bigger JAIL the founder of stccx
aosm u wa erected IN 1854.
1hn Brger Jal vas administrator Of Sweden when the
count, 10 union will rather In suhic sl1s 10,
the krs5om Of Denmark The capital 10 those days rss
Orsbrp miles westward of the upper END o. LAKE
hair Brgcr hsd ars.T - #slea &c was .' ~, tna
pfoper site for Il n he would cut down tres sna tsT2r
The tsusk o. INTO the lake and follow y 10 bis boat lo
hpreyer shonlI sgroa and aud stick fast, thcrs DC
v1 directed by heaven 70 build ht new city. B4reer
otcycd the Vision aad the leg ara 1s The sasd 81
which speaking, be jumped ssrore and iAo toefonn
datr :, OF the future capi which early took the
o. goekholu-thai u, the ISLAND OF The i1g-from the
words "hoim (slsnd) srd ',toos = (sloE or uunx OF
ueel.
BIZ toon the city spread the far ArFer Island N
rned.aiey below on The north .ide u when stands the
Palace az the Kinsorc of the hnos IN Furore-and also
the ban IN which The House q III Nobes-ene OF the
-four branches tf the Srtcsh Diet or Ccngress. nee'-
the Other IN meeting In boiling IN The Of the
syotea
lake Il ell In all, Stockholm II very interesting place,
ard would be FAR 70 strangers Il poe.esscd q
few sood noses There " much 70 zee IN IT, ARD much Ia
10 envrors crafty the tastes Of intelligent fcrsgners
Amonx The things OF nisrret may mention fe~ Goo
statues. all brnsc have already spoken ~ that Of
Brra rui There IL 20 admirable one Of Grsisvus vkra
in 'front.' % the palace or the Nohles referred
10 loot Of The KING palace, tho north and und tho
branch Of the outlet Of TIE hrsr, uhch lows b. Ibal
side OF me tsna wbics the palace = si;ract, ~ .
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