New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-01

nves, Nuslncfo When We NCse. In t1e uPYct fVoni
there were bsds With linen fresh - youth and MO
matte IS Spring, and the pesce Of tull stomach
ard clear conscience descended upon our sleep.
In the morning. we prepared for An early retain
70 Nal, as the eostmen were anxious 70 get back TO
their barley fields. found but one eIpressi 10
the gcests book-tka. Of satisfaction with Ole Tor
seniea-snd cseerfully added our ameo..so the pre-
vicus declarations. Ole's bill proved hi, honesty,
90 less tran bis worthy face. He Frightened up 90
learning that we were Americans. "wh,," said
he, "tkere have only been two American. here be
fore, in al my life, snd you cannot be born Au,e-
rican, because you speak Nor.k 90 well" "Oh,"
said I, 81 have learned the language in travelling"
"k il possible" he exclaimed; "tasn you nu's
have powerful intellect" "By no means" said L.
1T is very easy thing; have Travelled mach, ani
can speak .ix other languages" "Nop, God hslp
Us" cried Ole; "seren languages! It is truly
wonderful how much comprehension God has given
unto man, that he can keep seven lsnsu ,gss in his
head at one time Here sm l, sud am no. fool,
vet DO Lot see how it would Be possible for me to
speak an, thing bu. Norsk snd when thiak OF you
it shows me what wonders God hes dobe Win
you not make mark under your name, ia he book,
90 that may distinguish you from the other swol"
/ chee,fuily complied, aud hereby notify future
v,itcrs why my name is Italicized in O!o's book.
ne babe farewell TO the good old man, and rode
down the valley Of the Maan, through the morning
shadow Of the GOusts Our boat was in readiness
and its couch of FIR bOughs in the stern became
pleasant diyan of incidence, after cur hard horses
ard rough roads. We reached Tincses bg Que
O'Clock, but were obliged TO visit until four for
horses. The only refseshment We could obtain
was osten bread and weak spruce beer. OF at
last, we took the pest road to Htter2sl, smooth,
excellent highway through intsrminsble bresss of
FIR and pine. Toward the close OF the stage
eEmpses of broad, beautiful and tAickly settled
valley giiumered through the woods and We found
ourselve. % the edge of tremendous gully, apps
rentlr the bed Of an extinct river The banks 90
both sides were composed entirely Of gravel aud
huge, rounded pebbles, masses Of which we lOosened
at the top and rent down the sides, gathering q"
they rolled until in a cloud Of dust they crashed
with sound Ike thunder upon the loose shingles
of the bottom, two hundred feet below. IL wss
scarcely possible to account for this phenomenon %
The action Of Spring torrents from the melted snow
The immense banks of gravel, which we found 10
extend for considerable distance along the north
ern side of the valley seemed rather TO be the de-
post Of an ocesn fo:d.
HitterdL, with it, inclosed feds, its hsrvests,
and groups Of picturesque, substantial farmhouses,
gave US promise of good quarters for the night snd
when our Positions stopped st the door Of proc
porous locking establishment, We congratulated our
selves on our luck. But-never whistle uotil you
are out Of the woods. TIE people seemed dsci-
dedly not to like the idea of our remaining but
promised to give us supper and beds They were
stupid, but not unfnendy and cur csuses Of dissas'
saction were, first that thoy were 90 outrsgeou.ly
filthy, and secondly, That they lived so miserably,
when their means evidently allowed them TO do bet
ter. The family room with its two cumbrsus bed
steads built sgsin,t the wall, and indescnbsbly dirty
beds, was given up to US, the family betakng shsm
,elves to the stable. As they issued thence in the
morning, in single garments we were involuntary
observers Of their degree Of bodily nsatDess, and
the impression was one we woald willingly forget.
Yet great painted desk in the room contained,
amid many Hourishes, the names and character Of
the hest and hostess, as follows: ANDRES
Svennosron Bamble and Rasnil Thorkilsdotter
Bambe, Which These Two Are Respectable Poo
ple!" Over the cupboard, studded with eartasn-
ware dishes, was an inscription in miaspeled Latin:
"SOli Dec Gloria" Oar supper consisted Of
boiled potatoes and fried salt pork, which, havios
seen the respectable people il required considerable
courage TO eat although he'd not seen the cooking
Fless daikened the jor, aEd they, with the fear Of
something worse, prevented US from sleeping much
We did not ask for coffee in tue morning, but as
soon as we could procure horses, drove away hun
gry and dissusted from Bamble- Kassa and its re-
,pectable inhabitants.
The church Of Hit.erdal, larger than thas Of
Borgund dates from about the same penod-proba
by the twelfth century. Ia style 10 similar 81
though it has not the same horned ornaments upon
the roof and the Byzantine features, being simpler,
produce more harmonious effect IL is charm
ingly quAntspd picturesque building aud the people
of the valley are Justly proud Of it. The interior
has been renovated, not in the beat style.
wel-.o make this very long chapter short, we
passed the beautiful falls Of the Tud Ely drove for
more than twenty miles OYER wild Pny hills, and tbeo
descended to Kongsberg, where Fra Hansen CON-
forted US with good dinner Ye,terday we break
tasted in Drsmmep, and in tie baking heat and
sifing dust trsversed the civilized country between
that city and Chrstilnia. Oar Norwegian travel 10
now at al end, and, IS q snobby EnglishmAa oace
said 10 me OF the Nile, lit IA good thug 10 nave
gotten over" ID. T.
Az IyroRrAyr MAIL NIssIyG.-The steamer Blsck
NJ he Cuban