The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1882-09-02


Editorial correspondence Baltimore Americana
GENEVA, August live have -pent
two days driving around Geneva and
strolling through its long avenues Of stores.
which are scarcely cquallod in attractions
10y those on the boulevards OF Paris. The
icwelry stores cannot be surpassed any,
where. The displays OF elegant and rare
lcwelry are as striking as the prices asked.
indeed, all manner of European good, can
be bought in Geneva a. cheap, and in
many cases cheaper, than they can be had
at the place OF production. The tariff is
mere triile, and many articles come in en-
tiroly free.
BEAUTIFUL GENEVA.
\ favorable impression is instantly made
on stranger entering Geneva bv It's broad
streets, the beautiful bridges which span
the lake and the Rhone the tall and sub
Stantial houses, and the air OF cleanliness
and salubrity. the regularity OF the quays
which border the lake, and the broad, ar
rowy stream oi the Rhonc. which mingles
Its waters with the crystal tides Of the
lake. The waters Of the lake are 50 pure
that the smallest pebbles can be seen 1T its
bottom from the bridges and the qIays, and
the fish, large and small, sport OF dart along
with the rapid stream in full view Of the
spectator. Whilst the public buildings
cannot he said to boast any architectural
superiority, there is an air Oi great solid
ity about them. The elegant simplicity
Of the houses and their somewhat uniform
appearance, and the entire absence OF any
sections OF ,quallor, give it Just promi-
ncnce over every ether city Of similar eX-
tent on the Continent. For most visitors,
Geneva possesses peculiar attractions as the
first stronghold Of Professionalism on the
continent OF Europe, aS ,he home Of intel
ligcnt industry, whose hotels, IN point OF
extent and elegance Of accommodations,
are unrivalled As n cheap and healthy place
Of residence, and above all rs containing
frst-class educational establishments. where
instruction in every branch Of literary at
tainment is combined with those sound
precepts and examples nf morality 20 ne
cessary to early lie.
TIE LAKE OF GENEVA.
This is the most extensive Of all the swiss
lakes, its breadth being at some points from
seven TO ten miles, and its length nearly six
miles. The Rhonc enters the lake At Gang
settle, its upper extremity. 80 turbid and
muddy a. for long distance to form
separate body OF distinct color, but is so
soon filtered and purified by the cold and
clear ice-waters Of the lake that it issues
from it, lower extremity at Geneva a rapid
stream OF bright blue, nearly $50 yards in
breadth, the formation OF the river after
passing through the lake taking place al
most in front OF the city OF Geneva. 1t Is
the only one Of the Swiss lakes Oh which
sailing-yesscls are TO be seen, all the others
being 80 hedged in by mountain cliiiS,
rising pcrpendicularly from the waters
cd.se TO the height Of thousands OF feet, that
sails are perfectly useless.
We Yesterday afternoon took one OF the
passenger steamers on the lake, ana IL
would b- difficult to imagine more beau
tiiul sight than the shores presented, dotted
with villas and small towns and hundreds
of hotels. The tourist may make circuit
of fine lake, stopping Il day or two at all the
nromincnt point, oi interest. and thence
may make excursions by diligence into The
mountains. We only went rs lar as Nyon,
nossing the little town OF Coppett, where
Madam de Stael spent her declining days
From Nvon a fine view OF Mont Bianc Is
ob,aued- "a view much superior TO That al
Geneva.
MONT BLANC.
The reader who has never visited sWilz-
crloud can form no conception OF tne
grandeur OF its mountains, and eNpeciallI
~ Mont Blanc. the monarch OF European
.,,ountoins The whole chain Of the Alps,
from Dauphiny to st. Gothard, stands de-
veIonpd at Nvon, to the extent OF one nun
dred miles. In the centre Mont Blanc, his
cnmnor,tjye dimensions magni1ed rather
tban diminished by distance. rears lls
srow.capped head proudly above the suit'
q, b,mhle eradatIonS on each slde OF lie
.,,ox-v thronc. The mountains that seen
81 form group around Mont Blanc are
Rom siy 70 seven thousand feet i'll height
nm . clear evening the view Is grand DC
vnnI description; and most travellers con
;ort Themselves with this glimpse ralhei
tban undergo the exposure ana fatlgue
,raveIIino in those icy glacier regions
which are computed to be 800 square mt
IN extent. The water from the menng 0
the snow Of these regions FORMS lhe itAc
% switzerland and the two l0Velicsl rNei'
- Europe. the RhOne and the Khihe.
TO make the dangerous ascent ol tton ,
Rlanc requires two days louIhe: on mon
Cbamouni, and the expense !, apou. Sloo ipo
The ascent Is never undertaken WIN iS9 -,
than six guides, each OF whoih IisHo -,
Iiie every time the ascent Is hiaue, ~ .i'''' ."
ter what his experience may De' anu s,,r
reo,,ire 100 francs pay for the eHposu,i ps,.
and risk that they incur. SeVcIal i"'i'.
hove at different periods made the ascen'
and some have lost their lives IN the looilS
"''ndertaking. "rI The skin OF most peopl
,Ineis off after the ascent, their eyes pecoai
weak. and they suffer more or less ID heu.' tS.'a
Ne Saussure - who, after twen'y-seNe
rc,rs Of longing and fruitiess ehuc",Di ,t'
yeacbed the summit in lS3'-says VI.
,ho desire 10 make the ascent ha9 p'oon .ii
ulitb him species OF disease; lie Sa
''The arrival on the summit dld not s;'
i ~ ",mmediately all the pleasure Wh.; i,
I: mi0bt have been expected, -" u. - n
innSoth OF the struggle and the sens n,o ., :,
n,1,iIe which it cost me TO reach IL seeint
!: 1 !, we're. TO irrltate me, ana II was VIZ
:. 9nd ~ !, ~ wrath / trampled the snow up, np'
hn ~ biybest point Besides, l ieaicu ive,i" aia,
= iS n's rot NE able TO make the oDSerNa.,9
Sinh MN desired, so greatly was l 'ro1o,, d ;,
o. Nv the rarity OF the atniospneidI ned IN % wor
Sia,cmIty i I felt in breathing anu arnd u, "" fro
in ,nn st this height. we an s.''o, ono eve
b. ,nSer s I scarcely believed my om bsn hen
I'd iese Sea,ned 10 myself to be drealnls lie, mI
re- .w teneatb nv feet the terriIic;, the, "ia!a Zoe
d, saw pensasn .n" ac,,te SUBMITS OF Midi, Arss,
Vi VI peansdI p and LcGeant, the very base OF d. mn
IA g. had been 50 difficult anu ,ndersto ,n"L
~ Tor me TO climb. But ! now "" and y
,or their connection and their 10TH, ar "" nm I
able able at one single glance 70 CIV" "