Southern Argus. [volume] (Columbus, Miss.) 1834-1842, 1841-05-19

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GtBRALTER, Feb. %, l54l. W
orvoar say any thing else, an eyre. ar
-. blunder in my former letter must be -
slO..oc,ed. stated the expense Of main. " y,
so ,u'.r this port at $4,000 year, and 70
'a a'IS, On good authority, while in truth "
i nOus to million Of dollars, Of which a.
i ~, u'I ,bon 100000 is received here in s.
e's ' and taxes-malsing the Rock an ay. e
Eeu'. charge of not far from $4,000 per .
sIu @Sn TO the British Government-for 7
an anu ontlay 1t receives any quantity of
W. Iorrotulation and some benefit. Hav-
%" due form owned myself Ounce,
firm determination not TO venture
s w. my depth again, return to Gi.
S,1Tsr. Yesterday was charming day,
In for this climate, where they hardly
t s0ss most once in twenty years; and d.
.a,,ly after breakfast, attended only by
wJIia,n, | made my way toward the
9Th without any particular aim, except
.,sec the city. There was no danger of
".r;og lost, for the bay on the right, or
sIe4 was sure to bring us up if we d-
weed from thestraight course few rods.
ne s,reet branches off in all manner'of
looked ways, up the mountain and
,bropoht it-part way, that is--for after
.oojerinp along the steep cliffs OF among
,ho.e half subterranean castle, which may
=" valleys walled up, or mountains scoop
u out-for they looked like elther-they
mod back, as it were, to the railroad.
This is good carriage-way, and IS really
;o,ores,ng from the fine prospect you
me Of the sea, relieved by an interven.
Zoo spacelflled up by picturesque buildings
aTa Wild looking gardens. Some Of these
etched on the sides and in the beds of
a,cb deem ravines, that think the owners
nus, use diving. bells or balloons to get at
,bom. Ascending several flights of stairs
., cen,ure, we gained an old burying.
Ground. very strangely situated. From
s5ree sides we looked Gown perpendlcu
lar wall; onlthe other rose a dingy build
inc At the first we were ct u loss t
know what the immense square vault WI
we're Peer.ng into was built for, but at las
We discovered it was kind of court, an
that directly under the burial ground wer
extensive apartments, on the level Of on
Of the streets. The tombs offered moth
bg remarkable. On one Of them hus
band iuvokes the grave to preserve he
trust: probably the lady scolded little IL
ber day, and her loving lord preferred
suet life. Just beyond is the para!
ground, a beautiful smooth spot on q
Raw. On the upper side sweeps rot
nsnted with trees, that gave delight
made. AT the father end of the Para
commences the Alameda, or public 60
Jep-pubc in the literal sense ofthe wo
ar IS open to all without money a
,,bont nrice-I could hardly tear mys
from the enchanting spot. A nalura
.erl,. rugged piece of ground Las be
Nc converted into delightful gurdeni pa
i'd v,nd through profusion of plants
Of Aowcrs along the brow aud down
las .;Jos Of reyines that once were aim
3D. or quite inaccessible; fancilul bridges $
,es Them. and here and there q summer-ho
a commanding a prospect of the Bay
IN statue, or column, diversity the groul
81 There were but few persons there,
,,N outstanding the fine weather. A n
y1. Nh lady. in her mantilla, with two PR
HI jemurc looking children; was wal
about. and near them on bank was d
5A cant. (by his uniformly that we all '
was in love or fear of punishment
g was irving with oil his might to look $
NJ, mental but he only made horrible 1,
u One Of the party pointed to statue
nq an enormous gilt key, and asked
Rwas; "a general, ! suppose wa
y 1eply. in a rich Irish brogue, "or a
az rlo, or some great man" In
course, was perfectly clear and ext
pty. and we went on to discuss WI
another ugly looking statue tnat wa
- nyooelv oiercing something that wa
~ liner snake. an alligator, nor dl
e bu, an interesting mixture OF all
= might not be Saint George. we
z, @ ,oa tba,n was once the fgure-hea'
us ~. FIRST class ship Of Spain in those nose:
'u' when g0a and blood of the lndies
here offers and inflated her prIde;.
fortune of war had torn it from It's
to decorate the garden OF their con
rted The situation OF Spain IS deporaO'
\ ls4 stand on some battery, built Oy ne
nent iary power only to be wrested u,
n BIO und turned against herself. ana
the poverty and misrule Of the desc
J. oiFerdnan and Isabella, IS sa
M; Ohe last degree. From the
he 10 houses Of the Alameda several
"a 10. o's villages may be seen, and you at
10 hear those pleasant places are
,wsn cure that robbers not unfrequent
south, ave the whole town and plumber
cont tapunity. The mobiles live at co
as y leave their impoverished tenant 70
Gov On as they best can, without etlc
I'm lection from the law, or their
The noble, himself, however,
OPPRESSION of the times. The take
70 sixty per cent. of his income,
7 Ian income itself is depreciatIng IN :,
COlqla ucurityevery year. AT the (
70 c t% we're joined by some friends one
..,ct had taken as servant "rock
'sissipp @ihese born here are called
at OK ngly assured us the mancounte
al. Cra.' thorough EngIlshman, WIN
discount Of not having drop
..,;no hood in his veins, ard being
- Also speak len words ofthe languae
atien moving whether his soverelg
lfnishe Lag or queen. He had yag
lncery England existed somewhere OF
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