Rutland County herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-02-02

mile. Indeed II vas the old Spaniards who
have done everything Tor ihn country 10 ~
architecture. the roads nj splendid bridges.
. The churches. hospitals and cunNcnis Inc,
Cathedral 10 magnificent huiiding, It's
ar,h hes ate itvly rtaLd. some my le-' nigh.
Rot With -. rlouop, cliruaie a. they pos
SEES here. thctc - one detect ~ then houses,
which - h. material de &c, to us North Amer.
cans. va the, buud 40 chimnies or hre-
p1arrs The weather now iot instance ~
ON tho " hole, sunny and pleasant, tat the
winds are often bleak sud chilly, and hto
place With good warm he, would be de
hghitul, For cooking they have little iutna
cys Ia WHICH charcoal alone is butnl, shd
sometimes a vessel with Goals IL brought
into their rnoms Tor warmth, hut YOU are
aware how offensive and unhealthy charcoal
su.uke "a IN a room. Accordingly 10 let ont
the smoke, YOU open the windows, and then
m PUSHES the wind. How primitive you
exriaim THIS WAS like the pan OF Goals
Ne used to bune into out tents at Corpus
Chnsti, before We took to building chimnles.
Here We find house filled with the most
costly and brilliant oinamenL and furniture,
sometimes tivslhng onenlisl splendor but
po ire place Elevated here ten thousand
feet above the level Of the sca. the lruplcRi
climate - ucuirsll1cd, and every comfort
might bc cnlnyed. The natives go Shlverng
about--r gentlemen, IN cloaks II tho lower
classes. IN blankets and they never wear
"oulen socks or ilinuel shirts. which can
not bc bought here Of MEXICAN establish
mruls, though our american merchants Will
soon import them.
These clues can't burn Up They are
built Of stone o, buck and the floors are
nearly all BRICK and roofs TILED with oarthcn
tile, and. as before said with no fire pla-
ces, 1t is hard to burn up any ding II you
should set them on htc. Bot there IL much
OF grandeur, comfort aud beauty IN their
are hIlcctute. Every house has an inner
court yard, and YOU enter 10y an Atchway m
tic centre oi thc front In the centre of thu
count y'td there is usually fountain Of wa.
ter The broad ratings OF tho the plaz7as
around the interior are lined with vases OF
flowers, and three or -four stories high
Such mansions are in fact castles. OLT Of
hcers live IN many splendid houses. My
regiment has been qusrtered IN the liospi-
tai Of Iecuro, convent OF monastlc build
ing, filed with paintings
As Tor the Halls Of tie Mon,ezumas,"
the National Palace" on the centre square
or plaza, II is built On the site Of Mon,czuma's
palace, az the Cathedral Is built on the slto
Of the ancient Aztec Temple. so calculated.
VIC" 'u'lh ~ '"Netn"t OF tue 'lD'"
OCCUPIES ne palace we hrs' room W II Is
,"o H''cP'oh h"oH' HI'e" UP ny sauna
Ann1
W o OF he most remarkable Things IN iuc
customs "I the people, Is ihe enormous lohua
vac ih"'"hs VIII carry on lhc'r packs. sa"
Yesterday at tie Cathedral an old lady, very
dc'rped and venerable, brought up To the
church IN chair, which man carried on
nus oa'k oy means OF u strap around nlS
'o'e"t"u passing touhd thc ch'lr. Ntetshe
was NIoueh hei otvo'i"hs, TWO men il'eu
me chalf on ms back ana adjusting me load
ana Strap, OH no Uh'ged WIN ms Pious upi-
"'n
III me GAYS OF Monte yuma the lakes were
''W"us Tor lhtlt Heating gardens now not
e''sS1'>' ~ me famous chnaI Weh'lnhed
aoo'e' mas ieuerWe' ana ehoh9h 'ot then'
pu' even now, ! understand some lew are
III eiSteh'e' nave OMEN seen on me MIS-
supp n"s"hg nursery oohs' or nat ooai'
n''eu WIN Ho"el pots, shTuopefy ana 'fult
'ttcs, ior sale.
us valley is very rich, aud - circle or
oval OF some MY miles by seventy, sur
ROUNDED ~ mouialns The iarms are
en"ffnous some | saw on the western de
tH'lly OF the mountains between this and
fuebl', nte several miles square.
One Tact forgot TO mention IN my letter
describing my journey from Pueba About
twenty miles east OF here came across n
10" peak, having on its top ala immense era
ter OF eIllnCl yOIraup On 49, ~
by ascending to lis brink on the lower side,
a b aTN NF