Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1834-11-20
SANTA CRUZ.
From The Correspondent Of the Newark Daily
ADVERTISER.

CHRIsTIENsTADT, SANTA Cruz, Oct. 2 1884.
When tell you that the delicious climate Of
these Islands is a sovereign specific for the COM
mon pulmonary affections of our country, you
may smile, and think of the near sighted doctor
who wrote, upon the unexpected recovery of
certain French patient after eating bit of her
ring. that cred herring cures Frenchman OF
feverp But, nevertheless, hazard the asser-
ton. and cali upon numerous company OF re-
stored invalids, "coud OF Witnesses" to sup
mort me in it. Ny surprise is that hitherto so
little has been said on the subject. Time out OF
mind the healing virtues Of the climate OF Santa
Cruz have been more or less known ana expe-
rienced. None have been here without acKnoW-
lodging it, vet you seldom hear it named, while
muItitudes are yearly sent abroad to pursue
health i'm far less congenia ATTITUDES VIII not
pretend however, to speak so much from com
parison, but one thing know positively, that
whereas | was sick, now | am Well. vi thls
there can be no mistake.
The great recommendation OF the island to
invalids, is its mild and uniform temperature
We came out in January, and during tne who're
interval have not experienced single DAY OF
unpleasant weather; unless you would Call the
occasional sudden showers which drench the
Island. such. The extremes of heat and cold
which so try feeble constitutions in the Unted
States. are never felt here. Summer and winter,
spring and autumn are all the same, or nearly
so-Durng the past summer the thermometer
never rose higher than co. and IN the cooest
day we ever experienced, it stood at 6O merldi-
an. The average | should state at 7O. lou
will not be surprised therefore, when say
| coughs and colds never originate here. ferpet-
| nal verdure clothes the whole island; and there
are trees on the place from which now write
containing at the same time fruit and mowers
But the most striking evidence OF the almost un-
VARYING mildness ofthe weather is the tact that
the cattle of the Island Craze in the fields all the
] year round. .
The few families in town who keep cows with
ont land buy their supplies new mown grass,
from day to day, of the negroes from the planta'
tions Living is expensive, owing to the remote
and insulated situation of the island. All the
supplies come from New York or Copenhagen
The arrival Of the monthly packet from our
Commercial Emporium, you may De assured, u
momentous event with us: for it brings all we
can know OF the world from which we are sepa
rated.
The inhabitants, who are chiefly Danes, (the
Island belongs to Denmark) know little, and
care less about the political and commercial re-
volutions which agltate the rest of the world
They have no politics: no newspapers, except q
| tiny semi-monthly sheet, which is about as mucr
like leaf of one Of Noah Websters old spelling
books as it is like newspaper. But still they
are kind folk: as mild, bland and hosptable
as their climate. The slaves are treated win
the greatest kindness throughout. Each faml
ly has snug little hut by itself, and on Sunday
they are released from all sevice. They Their
come into town and give themselves up to the
pleasures of music and dancing. They are no
otherwise vicious in the remotest degree. In
deed the low and debasng vices which cha
racterize other civilized society are wholly un
known in Santa Cruz.
The slave population is about 10000; having
never heard of the rights Of man." and igno
rant of "the Age Of Reason" they know no
thing of those indefnabie aspirations, that ach
ing void within, which produces such continue
restlessness in our happy country, and are con
sequently quiet and content; all their rea,ona
ble wants being supplied Nothing can exceed
the tranquility which prevails here and have
often exclaimed, in contemplating the establish
ments Of the ancient families OF the Island,
eff Happiness is to be found in the world
The heart that is humble might hope for il here.
As you have probably already surmised, there
is nothing like enterprise among this quiet PEG
ple Indeed there is hardly room for it on ;
speck in the ocean whose whole circumference
is scarcely fifty miles. And when tell you tina
the imports Of the Island have been for year,
more than twice the amount ofts exports you
will readily conceive that society must be in {
refrograde motion.
ES We are requested to announce PHILIP N