New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-12-05

ricus tlsDent ~ deeply implanted in their na.1re.
The present move mtpt, % m1cs like Msthodism in
Insny particulars, its SUCCESS 70 the sane re-
uil and a,l-smsra.irg do.'ribs Of sp impartial VIII,
ia'ion NJ Divine grSce, bringing m,n int, nearer
and !4n6srer relations TO his Maker II word, il
il the democratic opp1tei 70 the s'i.tccratc priu.
clple in Religion. Il il fashionable ia Sweden 10
sneer ~ The IasAre: their numbers character and
sincerity are very generally under-estnated No
doubs there liz m1ch tGst lie absurd AID grosesque
IN their services; donb, they rln into violent ard
unchrntisu eItrenIes, sad often merely substitute
fsns'icsn for spriiuL sps.hy; but / believe they
will in the end be the ins.tumen. Of bestowog re-
ligious liberty upon Sweden
There was No end 10 the desire OF these people
for ADo~ledge. They overwhelmed us with ques-
tons about our country, its government, laws, eli
mste, PRODUCTIONS and geographical extent. Next
to America they seemed mos. interested in Pales-
fire, and eon,dered me az specially favored by
Providence ia having beheld Jerusalem. They all
complained Of the burdens which fall upon poor
man in Sweden, in the shspe Of Government taxe,,
tthes, and the obligation Of supporting portion of
ipces. Thus Dslscatla, they informed me- with
population of 1872, 900, is obliged TO maintain 20
troops. The tax ON lsnd eorresponded very nearl
with the statement made by my female p1stillon
the previous day Dsecarlis, lis mines excepted
~ one Of the poorest Of The Swedish provinces
Many Of its inhab.tant are obliged 70 wsnder forth
every Summer either 10 take SERVES elsewhere or
to dispose Of the articles they fAbricate st home, in
order after some years Of this irregular lie to Dos
SEES enough TO ensble them t. pass the rest of their
days humbly at home. Our fellow. passengers told
me Of several who had emigrsted TO America, where
they had spent FIVE or six years They grew home
sick 81 last, and returned TO their chilly hills. Bat
it was not the bleak fir woods the oats-felds or the
wooden buts which they missed: it wss the truth,
the honesty, the msDliness and the loving tender
ness which dwell in Dalecsrlsn hearts.
We hsd strong wind abesm, bat our little
steamer made good progress down the lake. The
sbores contracted and the white church of Leksand
rose over the dark woods, aud between two aud
three O'Clock in the afternoon we were moored in
the Dsl River, where il issues from the Siljan The
Elfdal peddlers ,hOuMeted their immense packs aud
set out bidding ne friendly sdisu as we parted.
After establishing ourselves in the little inn where
We procured tolerabe dinner, we called upon the
DOmprost Hvssssr, to whom had a letter from q
countrymsn who INSIDE pedestrian journey through
Dslecsrlis five years ago. The parsonage wss
spacious building near the caurcb, standing upon
the brink of lofty bank overlooking the outflow of
the DIAL The Domprost, hale, stout old man,
with something irresistibly hearty and cheering in
bis manner, gave US both bis hands and drew us In
TO TIE room, on seeing that we were strangers. lie
then proceeded to read the letter: "HO" he ex-
claimed, Ito think that be has remembered me All
this time! And he has not forgotten that it was
just midsummer whea he was here" Presently be
went out, and soon returned with . basket in one
hand and some plates in the other, which he placed
before u and heaped With fine ripe cherries. "Now
It il Autumn" said he; "it is no longer midsum-
mer but We have litse of the Summer fruit left"
He presented Us to his sister and daughter, and I
two handsome young Msgisters, who assisted hin
in bis par0chisl duties.
We walked in the garden, which WIS laid on
with some taste along the brow Of the hill. A
superb dropping birch, eighty feet in hight was the
GROWING glory Of the place. The birch il the
Characteristic tree Of Sweden Is the fr is Of Nor
way, the beech of Denmark, the oak of England and
Germany, the chestnut Of Italy, and the palm of
Egypt. Of northern trees there is none more
graceful in outline, butn the cold, svery hue OF lie
folsee. Summer can never find Der best expression.
The parson bal neat little bowling alley, in
grove Of pine, On projecting spur of the hill.
He did not disdsn secular recrestons; his religion
was cheerful and jubilant-be had found something
else in the Bible than the Lamentations Of jeremiah.
There are 90 many Christians who-to judge from
the settled expression Of their fsces-sufer under
their belief, that il is comfort 10 find those who
see nothing heretica in the fullest and freest enjoy
ment of life. Taere was ~ apple tree in the
garden which was just bursting into blossoms for
the second time. called the DOmprosts attention
10 II, remsrkirg, in line from Frithiofs Saga:
''hosxn bjxder san tlros til paaren" (Autumn offers
hsthrone to the SPRING. "What" heeIclsimed,
in joyful surprise. ado you know Tegner'" ana
immediately continued the quotation.
Ttere was no resisting the hospitable persuasions
Of the family; we wcre obliged to take supper and
ppend the evening with them. The daughter and
the txo Bssisiers isag for us al the characteristic
songs Of Wermeiand and Dalecsrlis which they
could remember, and was more than ever
charmed with the wild, simple, original character
OF the native melodies of Sweden. They are mostly
in tie minor key, and some Of them might almost
be c.llsd mopotoaOu'; yet it is mOnctOny, or rs-
simplicity in the notation which sticks totbe Usn-
ory. The hngings, the regress the fidelity
and the tenderness Of the people fad an
ecbc in these sirs which have al the ch.ra,ter o.
iuprovisstions, and rekindle in the hesr. of the
hearsr the passions they were intended 10 relieve.