New-York tribune., 1868-04-23

from sight before we entered the bases of the noun
lalns, following the course of the Keno, sWIt
lurDld Hood Which cats INTO the sides OF tlo hliIS
and fills It's bed with stones. For an hour OF two me
road encountered greater difficulties than the
COM inual windings OF the valley, and an occaslGha
rocky cape which must be tunneed Inc Inc gT,lnaI g,laaI
slopes Of mountains were cultivated, anu NLIagcS
were Sll frequent. But the olive trees Dec'ue more
scarce. the Hex Oh the rocks gave place 70 onesthuS
and beech and the higher summlts were stfeaked
with snow. Then the valley contracted 20 glen,
walled in by PERCEPTIONS sleeps, down which poured
score Of beautiful waterialls ana the roan was an
alienation of roca-tuuDel ara Nladuct we sped
through wilds untrodden heretofore, save by
tie herSman the hunter passes savage ana Alpine
in their character where the light OF daY was nearly
shut ont and finally emerged after eight or ten
region. near the summit of the pass Here lay the
little village of Poretta at INC 1901 OF tue barren
aud ice in the sharp air, but one more tunnel only
lay between us and the warm Tuscan side of the
Apennines.
A few minutes more and "A blue, immeasuTable gulf
yawned below us. over golden forests of chestnut
and beech slanting rapidly downward on all sides
we look upon the broad glrden-lands of the ArnO
where towns and villages shimmeTed III the twilight
air. aud the orange nbbOn of the river repeated the
bue of the sky. The mountains OF the MaTcmma ran
like waves along the southern horizon, and In the
west there was a brief vision of the Mediterranean
over all this vast and wonderful landscape arched
the sunset sky fading from rose into orange, and
lighted by the thln sickle Of the new moon. PstoJa
lay almost under our feet but more than 1000 feet
ard an hours travel distant know OF but one
other railroad panorama equal to this-that from
Chexbres above Yevay. Here the traveller gains
immensely by the new route the old highway from
Bologna TO Florence, picturesque AS II once
seemed to me- is tame in comparison with the rat
wav. go
At Pstoja made the acquaintance Of q conductor
whose honest simplicity struck me "a something
miraculous in this land Of sharp practicrs srong
fever was upon me. and wanted to secure cont
partment for ourselves only; So called this con
ductor and said. If You will pu: no other travellers
in here with us will give you bgoEd mnno'
understand" said he, with bealnin face. As We
were approaching Florence offered hIm il note Of
two francs as he had managed to have us left alone
during the journey. 40, SignoTe." said he, " that
too much l ought not 10 take it. only meant that
YOU might give NE some trile-enOugh for a cup OF
coffee, or a cigar" Take tho note, and welcome"
said l. lyon have a double right TO il now" Honest
and friendly man Thou shalt be held in pleasant
remembrance while of thy yoTaclOus brethren
are gladly forgotten!
Ii is hardly necessary to say that found neither
state of siege nor barricades reaching Florence
On the contrary, after we had waited the requisite
three-quarteIs of hour for baggage, the oli-
GERS of the octrOi allowed it to pass without exani
nation, on my simple assurance that we had moth
ing subject to duty TT.