New-York daily tribune., 1857-10-22

IN Tie Tina Fic,d on her return. We were bshina
time, however, and The wind wss light; tie selp!s
informed us tha. We had scarcely sukcie,. tine 70.
lie prjec., and We reluctantly save it up, and wect
a.hore TO spend the day. vsds5 is town Of about
500 Inhabitants, with secure though shaTow hA1
Dor, st present crowded with fishing vessels All
Russian traders from the White Sea. K lies on The
bleak hill. side, without tree bush, or patch of
grass large enough to bs seen withou. close inspec-
ton, and it, only Summer perfume is ta.t Of dried
6sh. / ssw in gardens attached to ons or two
houses few courageous raaishes and some f,ol
hardy potatoes, which had veptured above ground
witt out the least chance Of living long enough to
bloss m. The snow hsa been four feet deep in tho
streets IN the beginning OF June and in SIX weeks
il vculd begin TO fall sgsia. A few forlorn cows
were hunting pasture over the hills now and then
looking with melancholy resignation At the strings
of coofsh heads hanging up to d1y, on the broth of
which they will be fed reIt Winter. took walk
and made sletch during the afternoon, but the
wind was 10 chill that was glad TO come back
shiyerpg 10 our quarters.
We obtained lodgings st the house Of baker,
named
and was therefore competent to conduct q hotel.
In order to reach our room, We were obliged to
pass ,ucces.iyely through the family dwelling room,
kitchen and a carpenters workshop, but oar win
dows commanded q full view Of q grogshop across
the way, where drunken Lapps were turned out
with astonishing rapidity. This is the marriage
month of the Laps, and the town was fau Of
young couples who had come down to be joined,
with their relatives and friends, all in their gsyest
costumes. Through the Intervention of the post-
master, procured two women and child, SIS sub
jects for sketch. They were dressed in their best,
and it was impossible not 10 copy the eer Of graft
fed vanity lurking in the corners Of their broad
mouths. The Summer dress consisted Of q loose
gown of bright green cloth, trimmed on the neck
and sleeves with bands of scarlet and yellow, aud
peculiar head dress, shaped Like helmet, but with
a broader and hatter crest, rounded in 'front.' This,
also, was covered with scarlet cloth, and trimmed
with yellow and blue. They were greatly gra.ifed
with the Distinction and all The other Lapps, as in
Ksutokeino, would have willingly offered them
selves. l find the same physical characteristics
here as there-s fresh, ruddy complexion, inclining
to tswny bright blue eyes, brown hair, high cheek
bones. and mouths of enormous width. They are
not strikipgy below the average size Heine says,
in one of his mad songs:
In Laplsnd the peore are dirty,
TNey SOUS. round the fire while roasting
Tbsir fishes. snd chatter, and squsn;'
which 10 % good description Of them as can be
packed into staDza. On the present occasion they
a., II IN NJ fhasn Il %
long time at the door, with hi. legs doubled under
him a. he fell, the others stepping over his body as
they went in and out. These poor creatures were
openly and shamelessly allowed to drug themselves,
as hong g. their money lasted. No wonder the race
is becoming extinct when the means Of destruction
is so freely offered.
yad.o, although only forty miles frsm vardo, at
the mouth Of the ford, has much drier and moro
agreeable climate, and the inhabitants are therefore
loud in praise Of their place. 1--WE have no such
ioss as at vsrd5," say they; sour fish dry much
better, and some years We can raise potatoes For
tho last four or FIVE years, however, tho Winten
have been getting more and more severe, and now
it is impossible 10 procure hay enough 10 keep their
few cattle through the Winter. We had on board
d
who appeared well satisfied with his lot. II have
married here" said he; ~ mako good living
with kss trouble than in Germany, and have no
wish 10 return" Singularfy enough, there were
also two italian organ grinders on board, whom
aesosted in their native language; but they seemed
neither surprised nor particularly pleased. Tney
dropped hints Of having been engaged in some poht
ical conspiracy, and one Of them said, with curl
ous mixture Of Italian and NOrsk words: "JtS
roelio like ritorxsys" l said the same thing ("I
shall not return as left Vsdso.
We sailed early the next morning and in tho a.
ternoon reached ysrd6, where we lay three hours.
Here we took on board the three officers, who hsa
in tho mean time made their inspection. Vardohuus
u single star rshsped fort, with six guns and .
garrison Of twenty.seven men. During tho recent
war, the garrison Was increased 10 three hundred-
an unnecessary precauton, If there Was really any
danger of an attack to be apprehended, so long a.
the defenses Of the place were not strens 'hened.
One of the sfhcers, who had gone out fshins tho
night previous, caught eighty three splendid cod IN
tie space Of two hours. 1t was idle sport, how
ever, for no enc would take his 6sh as gifs aud
they were thrown on the shore to rot. The Dun
Guilty is not in catching but in curing them. Owing
to the d.mpness of the climate they cannot DO hung
up on the poles to dry slowly Like the stock 6'A Of
the Lcfodens, but must be Fret sased and saso lad
On the rocks to dry, whence the term Al,P (esf)
fsh. by which they are known in trsde.
At the mouth Of the TAna we picked up four Rn-
| glahmen, who had been SALMON fishing on the
river. They were sunburn., spotted with moe
quito bites, and had had little luck, The river being
full of nets and tho ford Of seals, between winch