New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-01-20
arse 20 the moon and ofa soft white fusss', which

, large % the moon and off soft white usse' which
| moved IN q horizontal hne from east to wet, and
! disappeared without . sound. have never seen
fner Winter forest scenery than that through
which We passed. The pine, spruce and dr trees
Of The greatest variety of form, were con gletely
coated with frozen snow, and stood ~ im@ossb'e
81 forests OF hrorze incrusted with SILVER. Tue
delicate twigs of the weeping birch resepb'ei
,prays of erystal OF a thousand airy aud exquisite
patterns. There YVES no wind. except ia toe open
slAi,s between tie woods, where the frozen lakes
spread out Ike meadow intervales. As We ap-
preached the FIRST station there were sgos Of cul
ti,ation-selds incloscd with stake fen-es Low red
houses Ollie those in Rocklsrd County, Ne~-YorkG
low barns and sCanty patches Of garden land. We
occasionally met p asane with their sleds-ha'jy,
red. faced fellows, and women solid enough - GU
weigh their bulk in pig iron.
The pOst.s,stion was a cot ace 10 the little bsmlet
of Berga We droye into toe yard, AMI While seJs
ard horses were being charged psrtook Of some
boiled nj snd tough rye-bresd, the only things to
be had bu, both good Of Their kibd. The trsve ers'
room was csrpe e5 snd comfortable, and the people
seemed poor only because of theie few wants. Our
new .leds were worse than the former, aud 80 were
our horses, but We came 70 the second stan N in
time, and found We must make still another ar
rapeemsBt. The baggage was sent ahead on large
sled, while each pair Of US, seated 10 one horse
cutter, followed after il, driving ourselves. Ssej-
i,h horses are stopped BY VIII s'le and encouraged
by smackDs of The lps, which found impossible
to learn at once, and they CONSIDERABLY gave US no
whips. We hal now broad, beaten road and the
many teams We met sed passed gave evidence OF
our approach TO Stockholm. The country, too,
Ger tly undulaing all the way, was more thickly
settled and appeared to be under toleraole cult
yat,on.
About | in the afternoon We climbed rising
slope, and from its brow looked down upon Sock
holm The sky was daIk. gray and lowering; the
bills were covered with snow, and the rOots OF the
ciry resembltd multitude of tents, out Of which
rose half a dozen dark spires. On either side were
arms of the Malar Lake-whi'e, frozen plains
Snow was already in the air. and presently We
looked through screen Of heavy fakes on the dark,
weird, winuy picture. The impression was per.
feet of it's KIND, and shall not soon forget it.
We had passed through the southern suburb aud
were descending 10 the lake, when one of our
shafts snapped off. ResgDiDg the cutter 10 the
charge of a stout maiden who acted "a position,
Brasad and l climbed upon the baggage, and 10
this wise, shaggy with snowy fur, passed through
the city, before the House of Mobiles AMI the Kings
Palace, and over the Northern Bridge, and around
the northern suburb, and kncw not where else, to
the great a,toDshment of everybody we met, until
our stupid driver found out where he was to go.
Then we took leave of the Pole, who had engaged
horses to Nonk6pibg, and looked utterly disc)nso-
late at parting; but the grave Swede showed his
kn heart at last, fr-nsglectng his home from
which be lad been absent seven years-he accom-
panied us to ho'el, engaged rooms aud saw US
safely housed SO here We are at home in Stock
holm. 1T.