, 1859-04-22
Interesting i, Letter fs$*a Norway
BAYlRp TAYLOR CoNTR0YEeTED.
Correspondents Of the Press and Tribune,1
Fxox NJ MorNrAts Hoxf N NoRrAY
Taxa IN FAtbrra W.rrh $50

| no sMah source o1 cofnlol1, "Aeh lit IRON home,
to Know that there are those IN whose kind re-
membrance we still have place.
| We LETT Chicago on the 1lth Of Aay last, and
New York on the 18th, and arrived in Norway
| on the 9th OF June, having visited England, and
spent q week IN Gefnas. mare written rcgu-
lafiy Tor one Norwegian paper. ana also Tor an
hnglistt paper published III springfield, Illinois.
os hes' Ut dafkes' hat you na'e not seen any
ol 'nen1, presume. eet 1c''e3s and papers
from .ameraca almost weekly 50 that an toi-
eranie wen posleo as 10 nome aualFs, nnd IN
return nave written more 1"ah 1o' letters,
public and private, besides travelling over and
around nearly the Whole country Thus you
Will sec that have not oeen 'd1e. now Thought
1hat, among many dear 1rienos III th'eago, you
"o"'o no' ooJect u iees''4a5 ~" lneS from
NY mountain honle oefc ~ o'o -'or"as; ana
IL you saouta oe curious ~ @"o" my "herea-
boats more dehn1'esE, taAe Tue u'ap OIL Norway,
place your hnseT on 1t at 4 point ABOUT Cos deg.
n. L. anu about hall way oet"een bergen and
Chrlstiana, in salders, anu you "'ll lit it e1-
actly. Will only add TO TINS that where now
write Is about oeo 1eet above tne level OF the
sea, Will pure a'r anu ofae'ns ealna'e. With
out any luf'hef 'nt1ooue''oh VIII proceed IL
once TO tell you some OF the impressions made
OIL my th'no III s'st1nS Norway a1tef ~ years
fes'oeiee Ill An'er'ea'
lhat some ot my e1pee'a1'ons nave not been
reallzed' Is not TO De wondered at | left the
country "hen young, ano my views OF it were
| those ot sontn anu ehllaAood, and who TINT has
'elt MS na'''e nome IN 5outh and returned IN
mature years has not tett some DISAPPOINTMENT?
1he truth IS, We cannot 60 back 10 those aass
| anl i've III the JOYS ana sorrows o1 'nat pefiod;
We oe'ons 10 'he present; Will n'"st pe m'n-
E'eo our 'o's anu onr teass VIII II our JOYS be
snafsa' ~ ahu Win IL VIC h'e anu move. l
nave louha 'ne p'aees "aefc paved Us chlld'
'''o 'nese eei'ain't nave toe'f importance 10
every well balanced mind; but 1t cAnnot SO cap
| tirate p,e Is to make me forget the p!aca where
t,,e Ct t,anv,, of mx manhood 1os boo, s,ant
We.s...' - ,s,,," a@;a"So1,a 4s sps"..
the Il; years haye been ubsent. In proportion
II i. r,ao,e tb;,t :. b,. Lan+ ,,,a ,,,i, o.,,au
~A
natlohs oo'h ia haa'cf1al and moral uese4opment'
1t has its steamboats, railroads. Telegraph lines,
and IT'S unouua1d n,i,1;c rc,ds vb;c,, Inst or;nco
o,,,o.,,, ~ .,a-e,a,;o. :. ;-;1 49,.
- p.''ee''''' - ~'''A "a" ''seA 4'sts .aas
would TIC IN honor to any country; anu If it is
true, that the public roads in i country can he
t,srn as m indpy IF 4l,e c;v;,;yot;nn of tic ,o,
~. ...o;.,,. - ~ sl.s'
-'''"As' ee1 'A''s' ocsef.es ~ oc ia"Aeo ai''one
the highest on the list. The travelling public is
ul,o turuinr hitlerward. Ms conyeyanres arc
b.;no ,uc,, ;u,rorca and tha .co,o-,. =, ,,,,n.-
0.f ''1~'' ."1 '''s sseAe'' a. i''a"'
places IS not ut oil inferior to Switzerland Nor-
| way has also delightful climate; neither ex-
ce..;ro heat :, srmn,er ma, ox,r.,, ro1, =, ,;,,
>--..~:.,.'...,:e'.".,.~ ~. ~,".s "''
Ter. >ot"lths1ahd'h7 Tue hlsh ele'at1oh above
the sea, and the high northern latitude Of the
placc where we have sncnt the winter t,,rre Inns
t .... a.u:. .,,
oeeh 'o oas u't"'S 'ne eh1're "'h'er 'hat
could not be out doors without IN orercoat, nl-
though ycry large amount of SHOW las Elllcn.
rh;s +h;,t il n,x;p,, =, ,bo ,rx,,ss oe H.. =;
'~
mate.
inc general condllon OF thc country Il highly
prosperous; there are ont lew great capitalists,
1t Is true; but 80 there Is, On tic other hand.
but little actual poverty general competency
seems TO c!ilr;eter,zc oil c'Sscs The late nlancy
crisis i''s iatl Tut little effect here, except in the
trade The late harvest abundant and tue 4calth
o' the country Is excellent.
III religious matters there oeElns tn BE- cons1d-
cra"!e cofnHotlon and more Is forthcomiiie.-
1!lr law OF Isi'', Wlch grants 'fee tolertti"fi-
wlthn prescribed htsGt 10 I'LL religions, seemed
iof years fl0t 10 ca4 1"r1n any a'ssrntlons from
the state Church, except few Quakers and
sHnall con:reEatlo" Of tataol'cs ut tue capital. to
ACCOMMODATE. IL was sa1a' certah 1"re'Eners
IN all arnuna Chr'st'ana lsut 70 thrse laye LATELY
been adted Nethnisfs'n certain sect OF i'artists.
md Mornl"ns, Ihc state Church, as you know.
Is Lutheran; a1ld ts!ere hcinS no free Church
with the Lutheran talth as yet. the great body
OF iFnly converted an1 pio,s CHRISTIANS remain
Ill Inc ota'e thnfcn; put t"e impression mas
bech rsade On my nllnd' SINCE nave bcen here
Iilut, II i lIfO1IDlE NtIE ElfnH. anu
q Min 1he the ii,'1lol1a! .,ill!hefs was I" lake
ttie ta''' We "ou" som WITNESS similar scees,
SION from tue slate tEurc ~ mat was witnessed
III Sentlaha "nen me free Gn'reh therc te't the
estant's,nent. 1Ae real c.rlstia,lS afc warmly
attached TO inc Lutheran ta'it, inll5 as much us
ffssDstcrian Is I" nus "es'mlnster cateGhlsn',
.or an Ep!scalal!nil to my ~ articles; ant why
shouldn't they be 1t - true that there arc
n'ay .nES @ ,n' NJ 're ,'mren w,en nenef @
nle cess are a s AID u'usS rcru,s are
n! ~ ',e @ ,ts WIN ;e'.aI aosc
s,nu H. ~ ~ ''g - ~ F"us @ ~ ',c e',u;s
.anno. eiyH 'nS sal.s ~ iai.a o!lt VI ~ tt:hk
@ ''s,e ~" !"ne ,1; ~ ~ .i,E.ni T." ass
tV..,s, ~. f t,s 20 10 ~, IsIsse lo' ans .'a.e
1i.sen' iHr ~ ~ saen hase u" aelehce ~
make; ! SIMPLY WISH =" lusl't; the large body
~ ssn:t iio"S i.tpI' ni'''el.o .he,en'
IL c".'s'S'tn' VIZ LUZ aa'tss !lley o"g I" YOU,
= anu IN ''smse"t%' !" 'r'!ta'a N y. !he slas
:, IitnTei seen's !: me- '.Ks ~ oid d'!al,atsd
tern,ea ah aonh'ha1lo9 III 'ne s,sht OF 1".' who
Mas! ee puslllsa ana ~ e''"eaS"r'ne I" 9" $" 1t
"ou'l oe easy 10 tea' u u lacees nat alter aa!'
pasaoox rs .'s may seen1' .ae vstai1tE' inc very
essence o. .he ehn1sil 1 oi 20! IN Ihis land' -
I"''l't "1'n,'l tniT VIZ etu'u.t"E structure, u;
!tere,o'e, Heut tos aeeoi"n,s ~ kh""ensG,
Is 10 Ut Eseu III Efforts h'aoc 10 teno'a!e u. 3Ae
n:ea''s ~ ry:''gss III ~ nay ~ ns INJURIOUS as 1Ac
alseass ltselH 10 tae prasse ol eou can assure
son' !1at ! haSe louhu more 1tais cuh'ertea !
anu P,ous peofle nete .Ha' .on n''Gnt suppose
eeulu oe io1''4 ~ Tug S'att taslfcA. from many
pulIlts nave heard me t'9'pel preached IN ITS )
purity, anu with power, ana depend On it, God !
las many here 'hat aIe known to be lis
Tlie common schools OF tue country a1e being !
much improved ana the cause OF education, and
with 1t, general Intelligence, IS progressing
flneiy
ons thnS more must mention. You rccol- ,
lcct tue charges DaYard TAYLOR made agllnst
the people Of Norway in 81, through the col
pmns OF the :. !; 1fatan<. sag charges were
to the effect that The people ot Norway arc an
immoral, hlthv. thleVlng SELL. As might be cx-
pected, We Norweg,ans IN the Northwest felt ,
very much aggrleycd at these sweeping charges.
Still nothing was done to contradict them before
thr Anerlcan public, although IN Norway they
have been must searclIinsly rciuted by all Eng
lish gentleman, who is far better acquainted ,,
with Norway and lis people, than Bayard Tay-
!ur t. The truth ot the matter seems to be this:
Mr.. Taylor took Tying trip through the coun-
try, and consequently, d'd not become acquaint-
ca with the great body oi the people; he came
Ill contact nnly with tue drivers and