Alexandria daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1803-1808, 1806-11-26
BUENos Ay RES.
ACCOUNT OF THE PREsENT ST .TEsor THE
PROVINCE or BpEsos hyKEs, IagsoUrH I
AMERICA, s.
From Tie Lsaaass ,sstas Of Sept. "a.
icoiNcLUDED.l

There are two wsys OF travelling from
NontSvileo 10 Erenns Avrss: one of them
BIZ slaad as far as IL Real de San Carlos. =
Inlhe dry sesson of the year this is the
shortest, bur i.s the rainy reason the small
est rivulets swell 10 such a height that no
one can cross chen without dagger, some
times not at all. At San Carlos boats are
always in readiness to transport passengers
/ across the Rio he la Plata, which Is here
ten leagues bread, ard 70 carry back the
orders of The gove1nor and all kinds OF
provisions to San Carlos. The most usn-
al manner of travelling from Montesideoo
to Buenos Arrests by water 1t the Wea-,
Their bs favorable. a baat may PEI form this
passage IN twenty four hours though the
distance befortv leagues but when the
Winds contrary II may happen thai four
teen DAYS @illscarcelY besuficient.
Baenos sAyres is situated On. she western
bank ofths great River de Ia Plata So
lately as forsy years ago This ciEv was con.
s;derrd as only the fourth as 20 rank and
Importance 10 the Viceroysl,y of Peru-
Lima then held The tirstraok, and the next
In I'm pors ance to fhas cspisal was Cnzeo &
Siattisgo IN Chill.
Since that tirns circumstances have great
~ altered, and aspfesent Lima alone can
be reckoned superior 70 Bueucs ,Ayres---
Since this latter city beca.ae the seat OF a
new government, il has greatly Increased
and sill daily increases, In consequence Of
the improved state of agriculture and eorn
merce, ,aad il the course oftine will proc
! baby raise 10 al equal rank with Lima II.
self.
Formerly the cisizens of Buenoes Az,
res. had no country houses /; aud except
peaches none Of the fRer sorts of fruits
were produced hsre. ,--As prearns there
are few persons OF opaienee but have vii
las, and cni,ivate in their gardens ali kind
of fruit. culinary planes, aad fey The
houses are In gcneyal not very high; bat.
mossaf them are buils in a light aat. very
beautiful manner.
ST Busnos kvres, The men ..as well
as the women dress astef Ehs Spanish
mode, and az the fashiops are 5rouqht
ihither from Ike uso;her country --~.-'i ne
ladies 10 Beencs Ayres are reckGned the
moss agreeable and handsome CT ali South
America, and though they do not equa.
those of Limain Giagnidcence. YET their
manner of dressing sod decorating ,henl-
selves is not less pleasing and evea eYinces
a greater delicacy Of taste.
Until the year ssyeuieen hundred and
forty seven, no regular post was sstablishsd
either in Buenos Ayres or the whole rro-
vince CT Tucuman, Notwithstanding the
great intercourse and trade wish sh@
neighboring provinces. Merchants sent
as often as they found IL necessary z
messenger with their letters, end their
friends ard neighbors made use Of The
same conveyance or what was more usu.
al they loaded travellers with their ietlcrs
and commissions, sc. which was however
attended WITH great delay aud ineonee
nience, as from Jejui &c Mendaza one is
obliged To, travel very slewly IN q kind of
two wheeled carts. Bas 10 1913, the Vice
roy Don Aadonaegai instituted regular
posis.
Buenos Ayres is we'll supplied with pro.
visions: of flesh meat IN particular there
As SO gfeas an aGunaaoce,taas II Is ITsqoeat-
ly distributed gratis to tbs poor. The ri-
yer water is rather muddy; but itsoon be.
comes clear and dsiokabte, by being sepsln
. large tubs or earthen vessels. OF fish 100
there is great abundance.
Neither In the district of Buenos Ayres
nor IN Tucaman does any snow ever fall
sometimes ii freezes little, so as to cover
the water with a thin coatingof ice. which
Is collected and preserved with great care
for the purpose of cooling their liquors.
That the climate of Buenos Ayrss is ve
ry salubrious, appears from the proportion
of the births to she deaths and conse
queusly the city has not been improperly
named. 10 Iune LILY August and Sen