Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-02-14
New ok, Feb. S, 1928,
To tie Ed.torof the National .iduocuie,

Nv" VI NJ S'' 'o-o'
7oMe Editorof the National. iduocafe,
HAVANA, Jan. IS, 1928.
ada donfe viene"? beloved voice through
a speaking trumpe, from The top Moo Cas-
tie: whose hoary ha,,leme nts towering some
hundred tcei abo US, the sun vas Just kind
ling with its earliest beams-"Nt York"
was the nllcf reply of the Captain OF the Bur
dert through the same deep-toned instrument;
and we passed on. Whoever has gone freezing
to bed in New York abou, she first Of January,
and awoke in some ten OF fiften days al sunrise
a, the entrance OF the bay OF Hav ana, has made
not distant Apr" arh 10 paradise In a much
shorter rime he will look upon the warm hlan-
ketS aud the Comfortable Slnye wih which hP
act uut WIN singular iDditf renee, and soon dis
miss them as the mos, US less and ridiculous
things imaginable. To be a>,aird with whence
come you, in a tom .nuicatlng authority, fx-
cited my hitherto dormant curiosity, and
mai ched deck "ere III. STRAIN gaze o'er."--
The view was glorious. The lay on either
side was ,hickly studded with masts; several
beau iful Spanish friga,es and other armed VT s.
sells OF tta' ma lion occupied its bosom; on the
right lay The walled city, gloomy and an,qual-
ed; IN front the sopins hills clothed in 'vjno
green" while on the left, browning the heights
aud commanding the city and the harb n,
ST etch d the long line Of forti6ca,ions called
"Las Cabahnas," work so costly, that the
Spanish monarch who completed IL, declared
that the walls were built # dollars.
A Yankee who can go ashore in Ii avana and
MS thoughts, can have very iiule of the gent
us Of the 'tunl,ersal nation" in i'm conf, IS
| have a strong, perhaps unfor tunate propen-
civ hat butr j.,
force in Cuba predetermnation, mos, un
frrendly TO innovation has taken absolate pos
session IF the mind Of every man, and soon
extends itself 10 the new com"r, which goes
the length of avowing that things rs Mey are,
for this country w,sesr ,d'scrt ete, and best.
Suggest for S ance, that TIT little b;, Of d
horse with black rider would draw the 70
'anie with more ease if placed sumo four or five
fr't near-r to ito not in this country" is
the ready answer In short, that is the univer-
sal stopper-not In this country! AS though
common sense is not as valuab Bile, aud equally
applicable to The business of life in Cuba as
any where else. They have very narrow streets,
in which YOU might possibly turn d gig, as
there are no side walks ~ curb stones aud vet
Volane is best for this country because, !
suppose, the wheels run eight feet apart, md
occupy lengthways with the horse and rider
abont IS much space as coach ant iour so
that instead OF turning In the street they are
obhgrd to turn square. Imagine two wheels
seven or eight feet III diameter, to whose axle
trees the ends of long poles are fast ned, the
other ends carried by little horse with q ca,
riage body fitted for two persons swung mid
way between the animal and the wheels, and
you have good idea of Uofante, i,he only
pleasure carriage used here, and which accord
ing to every body is at the neigh, Of perfection,
"for this country" |, is even so; while in The
mother country also, The peasants, one or TWO
centuries in the rear OF the res, Of mankind,
continue TO tread out their grain with cattle,
resisting the Improvement Of the hsil.
The buildings are mostly of one story, and
built OF limestone Easily wrought and resemb,
ling IN color and honeyc omb appearance, the
French burr stone. This material, without
beauty, and if IN northern climate without
strength, answers The purpose tor which i, is
here used admirably. A wsli or column laid
IN lime mortar, cemenls aud forms solid mass,
very iitie affected by time and none by the ee>
merits. They would soon however moulder
away and tumble into ruiz in our freezing aud
tna~ing country. To smoothe the rough ex>