Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1858-12-10
The Sixth of the Joint Rules of the Senate
and House Of Representatives is as follnwa.
Correspondence OF the Free Press.
LETTERS FROM EUROPE.
VIENNA,
NO. LII.
Trieste 10 Vienna.

Trieste 10 Vienna.
VIENNA. -
In pleasant afternoon, after an early
dinner, our baggage all loaded (sealed with
leaden seals,) that it might go without fur
ther molestation, we took our seats in our
favorite coupe Of the Diligence for Laybach
and commenced our long and toilsome Jour
ney through the wild, steep and rocky spurs
of the Austrian Alps, We wound up the
cultivated side of the steep mountain behind
the city, in aigzag course which seemed
endless; for two hours, Mt every turn of the
road Trieste was in sight, and at Optschina,
on the top, two thousand feet high and only
five miles off, the beautiful town, diminished
by the distance, seemed actually to lie at our
feet at the foot as it were of a precipice, so
near that we could almost throw stone to
it. Here is a Custom House, at which we
were all compelled to debark from the stage
for an examination of the carpet-bags and
other little packages, which being in our
AoOiho ~ ehO Ectcl, Ildu lOt Dccu lOOhcu 1T
and sealed at Trieste Perhaps some of the
passengers had not been sealed as we had All
the passengers left the stage, and the oppor-
tunity was taken by the officials to explore
the numerous pockets of the Diligence for the
chance packages OF valuables that the pas
sengers might have quietly slowed away,
after being, as they supposed, fully franked
by the seals at the city below. They found
nothing in our eo"Ls. and -va-o not At NIL
Troublesome to US but when we returned to
our seats it was quite apparent that every
Granny had been explored in our absence.
Beautiful as mad found the view of the
city and its surroundings, when seen from
the steamer on the Adriatic looking eastward,
it was no less so from the top of the mountain,
looking westward. embracing wider range
and exhibiting in its variety more striking
contrasts. can well imagine how raptur-
ously this scene must strike the traveller from
the east, as, after wearisome days and nights
spent in the wild, barren and desoate regions
Of Syria, Carinthia, Carniola and Istria, he
comes to the brow Of the mountain over
looking Trieste, when suddenly bursts
upon his sight the beautiful city and its har-
Dor, the bright sea and its shipping receding
to maritime horizon at the southwark and
westward, its northern shores sloping up to
an Alpine horizon and its eastern shore iut-
ting out in the numerous beautiful promon-
tories that shoot sharply out into the CLASSY
deep
We had hardly left the Custom house be-
fore we entered upon the great wilderness,
embracing the Julian Alps lying between
Trieste and Laybach. 1t is barren, stony,
mountainous region. Steep and ragged hills,
and mountains, sharp in their SUBMITS, mar
row in their valleys and precipitous in their
winding dcilcs. The rock is lightish grey
limestone, which in its usual disntegrations
has formed a lighter, almost white, lime
stone sand, which occupies the place of a
soil and forms the bed and banks of the road
We were riding with our backs to the sun,
bearing all the while to the Northward and
Eastward in the afternoon,-or we should
have found the reflections Of summer sun
from the white particles, as oppressive. as
other travellers have found them To us it was
only monotonous curiosity.
This is the outlet for the immense lumber |
forests Of Austria, and over these rugged, |
steep and narrow roads, The lumber is hauled |
by teamsters from mountains far inland, to |
.he ports of Trieste, and merchandise for the |
people is hauled to the scattered towns and |
settlements of the interior in return. The |
'nly thing to enliven the weary journey was
hese loads of lumber-hoop-poles and hoops,
md spars, and merchandise, Juggling along
Without intermission, sometimes drawn by
'xen, sometimes by horses, wag-
IONS with tires full foot in width drawn by
light huge horses. Sometimes single spar
If immense length and size would constitute
he full load OF full team, and sometimes
Dads of smaller spars, all driven by shaggy
md bearded Doors, unkempt and wild look
ng in slouched hats and coarse dress, such as
bound in the sketches of Moritz Retsch. We
lad no opportunity to make their acquaint-
nee, They are reported to be filthy, rude
nd repulsive.
As in Trieste So here | was struck with
he narrowness of tho Wagons suppose
here must be some reason for it besides the
arrowness Of the roads, but can think Of
othins bat Inconvenience to result from re-
ucns the width of wagon to not more
ldn two io,t and "A half between the wheels,
.ich is d common width here, the capacity
lag madc up in length, 10 my eyes they
ad a very awkward appearance, The way
Ju, "i t'ia farmers along tho way arc OF TIA.
VA" singular pattern We saw several cap
ned apparently lay accident along the road
id otnrrs that were capsiled purposely 70
nloud the products Of the farm. The farms
nd buildinSs, like those in all wild noun
lin regions, have sort ui wild and semi.