Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-09-14
SWITZERLAND.
The Grand, Magnificent and Beautiful
Scenery Of the Alpine Regions.
from an occasional correspondent

Prom an occasional correspondent
LUCERNE, SWITZERLAND, august y,
1S53.-HOw l wished the morning after
my arrival at this place that some one
Of your editorial corps could have been
transferred from your hot editorial rooms
10 this beautiful little city, that your
pen might do justice to the most de-
lightful vision of beauty and grandeur.
which burst upon my view; upon Open
ing my window and seeing before me
the most beautiful lake in Europe, with
its hills and mountains surrounding il:
the latter rising in all the msiesty of
their native grandeur; and, as / saw
them presenting such a variety OF as
poets, it appeared to inspire me with
lOftier thoughts and holier views. One
appeared, in the far distance as if the
clouds around its summit were Vapor or
smoke issuing from it, while another
with its snOw-clad top presented, as the
sunlight fell upon it, a variety Of lights
and shades and golden hues; while
another arose Ia all its silent majesty,
with its several peaks Of granite, spar-
emily aspiring to reach the skies. The
lake here, and its natural surroundings,
with its beautiful little city, magnificent
hotels, numerous steamers, its feet of
pleesure-OOaJs,a all combined, entities il
70 all the praise that poets and others
have ever bestowed upon it, and merits
the appellatiOn of the most beautiful of
AL the beautiful lakes in Switzerland.
Yesterday got on hoard of one Of the
steamers that daily make the circuit of
the lake, and was perfectly enraptured
with the different views that presented
themselves every few minutes. A con-
duuatiOn Of mountains for about tWen-
tY-five miles and dotted on both sides Of
the lake with picturesque little vii
lagos. and the water of the lake itself Of
that deep emerald green so peculiar to
it, al combined to render il q most
agreeable and pleasant excursion. Some
OF the mountains in the distance being
covered with snow, and with brilliant
sun shining upon their summit, presen-
ted all the cOlOrs Of the rainbow, thereby
adding to their natural beauty and mag
nihcence. As an evidence OF the pro-
gress Of the age ia civil engineering, /
ascended one of the highest mountains,
Riga (which is nearly six thousand
feet in hight, by very nice and COM
Portable railroad, which makes the as
cent in about an hour and half, and
lands you upon the top from whence
bu t1A STE dDDuL AlAtE lAuufeu hllles
around, and in the distance you obtain
a view Of the immense range Of the
snow-clad Alps, while ia every direction
around you arise hundreds of other
peaks of various nights, the whole ex-
hi6iung a scene Of magnificence and
grandeur seldom equalled, and making
it one Cf the most picturesque and beau
tifui views Of mountain scenery have
haNa II L.
celebrated piece Of sculpture which rep
resent5 Lion, seulptured in a solid rock,
which is considered a work OF great art
and colossal proportions. The grotto
in which it lies is forty-four feet
long and twenty-six feet high,
and it is considered a work Of great
beauty. / also passed an hour in the
Glacier garden, where, according to the
views OF geOlOgists, immense ice-streams
originally flowed, and have deposited
the glacier debris, now seen there, in
regular shaped circles, the same $50 l
am told as is found in the glaciers of
the alps, and which have been discovered
within the last year by excavations,
which have also, at the same place,
brought TO light, an immense number
Of petTified instruments used many ages
ago, made Of bone, wood, and stone,
some Of which are very peculiar; and,
also, petrifcations Of the teeth, bones.
and horns Of some very large animals.
| leave this place tomorrow for Geneva,
where | expect to remain about a week
and from which place l may write you
again. The APPEAL, sent by You, has
found me at every place l have been,
and has been read with great pleasure
as We hear here but little from our side,
unless through American papers.
NATHAN ADAMS.