New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-01

| h,s nat room clean bois, and
| - !, a.. ~s,,bs, beside . plentiful provision
q, h,s.hfsst "a the way, for sam equal 70 seven
| ~ five eeB's
We kfs at74 the waning moon baDglhS IN oe
l.,;sop and the frs. almost impercepnb signs OF
| The merpipg tuihRh. N the east The ABgermsnh
River, which 10 here nIe broad, was ffOzen, and
eur read led directly across its sorfscc. The WIND
blew down il, across The sD0T.covered Zoe, making
our faces tinge with premonsory signs OF ffeez ns
a. the mercury was lizzie below zero. My hands
we're chilled inside the fur miszns, and | wss
obliged to rub my nose frequently, to prevent ~
from being nipped. The day was raw and chilly,
and the temperature rose very little, although the
hills occasion ally sheltered us from the wlDd. The
scenery, also, grew darker and wilder IS we 3D.
vsneed The FIR trees we're shorte and stanted,
and Of dark greenisb. bro On, which at ale DIS
lance appeared completely black. Nothing could
exceed the bleak, inhOspltable character OF shese
landscapes. The inIets Of the Bothnian Gulf were
hard, snow-covered pains, inciosed By bold rugged
hesdIaDds, covered with ink. black forests. The
more distant ridges faded into dali indigo hue,
fecked with patches of gbastly white, under the
lowering, suleo, sb0rthved daylight
Our road was much rougher than hitherto. We
climbed long ridges, only to descend By as steep
decbvtes the northern side, TO cross the bed OF
an inland stream, and then ascend again. TIE val
ieys, however were Inhabited and apparently We'll
cultivated fer the houses wers large and eomforta,
be, and the people had 8 thrifty, prosperous and
satisfied AIR. Beside TIE farm houses we're immense
racks, twenty feet high, for the purpose Of drying
fax and gram and at the stations the people offered
for sale very fine and beautiful linen Of their own
manufacture. This is the staple production of
Norrland where the short Summers are frequently
insufficient TO mature the gram crops. The inns
were all comfortable buildings, with very fair accom-
m0datOns for travellers.
We had bad luck with horses this day, no wever,
two or three travellers having been in advance and
had the pick. On one stage our basgase-sled was
driven by polka of not more than ten years old
darling fellow, with . face as round, fresh and
sweet az a damask rose, the bluest of eyes aud
cloud of silky golden hair. His successor Vas
tall, lazy lout, who stopped frequently to talk
patience, drove past and pushed ahead in the dark
Dess, trusting our horse to fud the way. His
horre followed, leaving him in the urch, and We
gave him leng. wiDdet chase astern before we a.
lowed him to Overtake US. This so exasperased
him hat we had no trouble the rest of the way.
Mem.-f you wish to travel with speed, make
your pOstilon angry.
At H6mds they gave us supper Of ale aud cold
pig's.feet, admirable beds, and were only deficient
= H. & Co. Va
with headaches, on account Of gas from the tight
Russian stove The temperature at stArtiog, was
90 below zerO-colder than either Of US had ever
before known. We were little curious, at frat,
TO know how we should endure it, but to our de-
light, found ourselves quite warm and comfortable.
The air was still. dry, and delicious 10 inhsle My
nose occasionally required friction, and my beard
and moustache became solid MACS of ice, frozen
together so that could scarcely open my mouth,
and firmly fastened to my fur collar. We Travelled
40 miles and were twelve hours on the way, yet
felt no Inconvenience from the temperature.
This travel is almost wholly journey BY night,
dawn and twilight for full day there is none. The
sun rises at ten and sets at two. We skim along,
over the black, fr-clothed bills, AMI across the
pleasant little valleys, In the long gray, slowly.
"a herring dsybre,k: then, heavy snOw-couds hide
half the brief day. and the long, long, dushy evening
glow settles into night. The sleighing is superb,
the snow pure as ivory hard marble, and beauti.
| fully crisp and smooth. Our sleds glide over it
| without effort the runners making music o. they
20. With every day the country grows wilder,
blscker and mere rugged, with no change in the
general character of the scenery. In the afternoon
We passed the frontier of Norrsnd and entered the
province Of West Bothnia or Umeaa LsPpmark, as it
was formerly called. There are fewer horses at the
stations, as we 60 north but also fewer travellers,
and We are not often detained. Thus far, We have
had no difficulty: my scanty stock of Swedish goes
great way, and begin to understand with more
facility, even the broad Norrland dialect.
The people of this region are noble specimens Of
the physical man-tsl, broad-shoudered, large
lmbed, rudy and powerful and they are msted
with women who, / venture TO say, do not even
suspect the existence of a nervous system. The
natural consequences OF such health are morality
and honesty-tO say nothing Of the quantities Of
rosy and robust children winch bess every house
hold. II health and virtue cannot secure happiness,
nothing can, and these NorrlaDders appear to be
thoroughly happy and contented raoe. We had oc-
casional reason 10 complain of their slowness; but,
then, why should they be fast It's rather Ne who
should moderate our speed. Braisted, however,
does not accept such philosophy. "Chsrles XII.
Twas the boy to manage the Swedes, said be TO me,
the other day; "be always kept them in hurry"
We reached Leisar IN Lappmark las. night in
| mood con1tion notu-ths standing tina 11O haIoay a,i
felt much colder in the house, after Stripping OF