New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-02

barrel filed With water, 10 10 resay in csss Of Ore
OxDS 70 Tie great number Of iaAios vessels Aad IL
considerable foreign trade, Be<sen u nsea more
lively AID busting Place tAaa ether CnrsaAn'A
or D-oatbsm. TIE streets are veil popa'Aaed, And
he great iqsars .. the head Of the hsrbes always
tAropged vita . motley cOpcoarse Of fishermen,
10 be alesdipg vice. have seeu At least hiiy peo
ple more or kss intoxicated, in the course Of 8
,hort walk this afternoon. The grog shops, bow
ever, are rsdy closed OF 6oecck on Saturday eaeo-
iss and remain % until MoBday morning any VOLS.
ten or evnion of the law being severely psnished.
Tie same eourse has been adopted here ni Sweden:
The price Of brandy hY been doubled BY restrie.
tions on its manufacture, and every encouragement
has been Afforded to breweries. The beer OF
Christians is equal in favor aud purity to any IN
the world, and it il now in great demand al over
Norway.
The day after our arrival, the shy cleared sgs'n,
and we now have superb weather, which night
well be the case, IS the people tell me it h,d
previously been raiiiDg every day for month.
The gardens, groves, and lawns Of velvet turf, 30
long moi,.ened now blaze out with splendid efsct
in the hot August sunshine. " IL there such Q
green anywhere else in the world " Mked my
friend. "If anywhere, only in Eugand-bst
scarcely there" was obliged to confess. Yet
there is an acquaintance Of mine here, Hammer
feat merchant, who now, in this rare climax OF
Summer beauty, looks melancholy aud dissatisfied.
II wHt to get back to the North, says he; Il
miss our Arctic Summer. These dark nights
are 30 disa,reesble that am very tired Of them.
"There is nothing equal to our three months Of
daylight, and they alone reconcile us to the long
Winter" Who viii say, after this, that any
thing more than the fundamental qualities OF
human nature are the same in all chmatesi But
from the same foundation you may build either
Grecian temple or Chinese p,goda.
The lions of Bergen are soon disposed Of. After
you have visited the fortress and admired the sturdy
soIdity Of Wslkendorfs tower, you may walk into
the German Church, which stands open (or did
when we were there) without soul to preSeot
yen from carrying Of some of the queer old carved
work and pictures. The latter are hdeous enough
to be perfectly safe, and the church, though eI-
eeedinsly quaint and interesting is not beautiful.
Then you my visit the Museum, which contains
an excellent collection of Northern ssh, and some
very curious old furniture. The collection of anti
Duties is not remarkable; bot it shouh b remem-
bered that TIE Museum hiss only been created
within the last twenty years, and 10 entirely the
result of private taste and enterprise. One Of the
most singular things saw was specimen (sAid 70
| be the only one in eIistence) Of 6sh called tho
"herrng. king" about twelve feet in length BY one
IN thicApess, and with something Of the serpent In
| its appearance. The old kraaken hss not shown
himself for number Of years, possibly frightened
away By the appearance of steamers in his native
wsten. In spite Of all the testimony which Cspell
Bro, Ike has collected in favor Of his existence, he
is fast becoming myth.
| AUGUST l6.
| Bergen, we And, is antquated in moro respects
than one. On sending for horses this morning, We
were coolly told we should have 10 wait twenty four
hour. but After threatening to put the law in force
against the sksGsska6r, he promised TO bfiag them
at O'Clock tbs afternoon. In this city Of 10000
inhabitants no hOrses are kept in readiness at the
post station BIZ. arc furnished BY farmers some
where at distance. In the matter Of hotels, how
ever, il stands in the front rank Of progress, rival
ina Christiana and Drontheim. The fare is not 30
coed, and the charges equally high. There are two
little inns, with five or ak rooms esea, aad one
boarding house Of the same size. We could only
get one small room, into which al three were
packed At charge Of 81 IS per day, willie for two
wretched meals We paid 81 30 each. You may
Judge of our fare from tho fact, tAst one day our
soup was raspberry juice and water, and another,
ssld beer, favored with pepper and cinnamon.
Add tough bsefsteais, swimming in grease, and
rancid butter and you have the principal insredi-
ents. For the hrs. time in my life End my d.
gestive powers unequal 10 the task Of mastering .
new national diet. y. I.