Alexandria gazette & daily advertiser. [volume] (Alexandria [Va.]) 1817-1822, 1817-10-20

! pJaC'iul .aNu unBHeEnihg merchant,
They we're engaged Is ,hey "a, and =,
we fully believe, in their usual Tu,si,,
under a licence from the eUn,rnor =,
.;isspuTi territory, and within H.. her,
tofure acknowledged t..ndarie.. A.,
.ertaiUly on the waters whic. la, IN.
The Missi sippi.
| We know MT what indcnniEca,io, ca,
be made to these gentlemen iug ,te.. ,e,
sonal suffeTings. but We are very sure o,
government will take prompt measpn
Nth the Spanish court for tie paymen
f a round sum of money, equal at les.
in value 10 the property of which our met,
chants have been despoiled.
We hope tso that the .sdored rert.
nand will be instructed by thu. aa.irn
place men OF sense ii not OF humanitvu
The head of his provinces.
Extract IF a letter from young Kr.
tuckian, liz South .imerica, 10 his
friend in Le.r,ngion, dated
Lana, March l, 1877.
"The splendor Of the palace Of de
yice.roy in this place is not equal 10 whs,
had expected to find il; but the nag.
nificence of the churches is far beyond
my powers of description. On the ala,
Of one ofthe churches, called La Melcei.
it is said there are gold and silver to liz
amOut Of no less than million of dollars
A crcwn piece to the Virgin Mary, in 2,
mother church, cost thirty thousand do
lars Churo hes, cOrvents, DC. without
number. There are also some ctrer edI.
fees of considerable size: but all the L.
Der, riches and taste appear 70 haze been
spent upon the churches. In the pubIIs
squares, converts, etc. there are cope?
fountains continually spou,ins fae ircsl
water. In all the streets running esst and
west, these !. canal of water which aid;
very much TO the Cleanline,. Of tie CITY.
Lima contains Popu alton OF ABBOTT ,y'y
thousand inhabitants composed o! ten or
twelve thousand Spaniards, aid tie rest
Indians, negroes, aud the innuuera.e
mixtures between them aud the white
Tie climate is The nest delightful ,ou
can ima cine it is continued splns he
whnie yea r ind F.; between the cDldeit
and the wa"mest weather the ,heinr me.
ter does not vary more 'han !G'.-- Every,
species of iiuit grows here in FfreIiiUEs
throuc hcut The year; we lave II eur ia.
bic, every day, delightful apples, peach
es, Orange and pinc-aPles. II ne'sr
aims and only two or three instances
Il its ever having tllunderrd or light
encd here, are recorded IN thd history Of
this place; on which occasion The c'.i-
zens ran distracted into the couDry,
kpesled before theis Maker, aud IN the
sincerity of their hearts, bsgge3 - tel'
.iveness in what they CONSIDERS esy
of universal dissolution. = e1
here produce the ncsr horrid g. r.
Gallo. the seaport Of lima al'( p
miles distant, was ehlircly a. =:
bout forty years - he fsE4h9n1k
Of any degree OF - ~ ksf}
oftener than one in y fOr thu
ty years, but what tbsy lre trsml
bisngs, are aimost as eos6la6n as rain
in kentuCky.
There has been one of these since Hay
arrival, and it was taken notice Of i.th
about one halt the concern ! have seen
excited on farm 10 the U. States by the
flying Of hawk over hen roos;. 10
consequence OF the earthquakes, the hou-
ses have no roofs, such as ours lorg
strips OF wo2d ale laid flai upon the top
Of The wall, ard On them a layer Of ashes
half an inch thick and this is sufficient TO
preserve them from the weather, as they
Lever have more than thick log, which
cannot penetrate their slight roofs. The
want oil roof, to the houses, gives them
very awkward appearance, and if they
were black on the outside instead d!
white, a stranger arriving from Europe
would think that the city had been des.
troyed by fire. The midness of the Iii
mate and the richness Of the sell. have
all tended to eneryate the inhabitants !;
on the men il has had the effect to make
them weak and incident in the extreme.
The sPanisrds smoke cigars and only
exert themselves as far a. it is necessary
TO. keep the others in subsection. Per-
haps TO these causes, which have had
such an evil effect on the men. NAY be
attributed the surprising beauty Of the
women. 1t is a surprising thing indeed
to meet with 4 young womaL that has
not the most regular features, fine black
eyes, and pretty shape. Their dress is
singular, and Is almost the first thing that
strikes the attention Of a foreigner the
stuff Of which their outer Peiticoat is made,
is worked in such a manner that IL has