New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-03-07
VOLUME *.

c5t c1rGisiCu - Wl4cn Ic.ac-arsl a "a &c FOR
tgnatelT. .sl! IN with m1lesser. equally bad -
mount C. aud D. g. g doctrine Il co-resgoadencss
ran.,.sr 20 lie saers q swedenbors. we became
a. orce good ireads keeping coss together or
mutual protection whensvsr passing an roboer
haunte1 Grls. Or baranca IL was Winter H. the
tierrs ca leute lor, even Dc tropics. climates there
Is ssosca when growth is s1spsgded--when the
e. falls aud ae toush gathers sap for new San
msr Of splendid bonn. The road. following the
sweep C.. TIE Sierra Nadro, passed sometimes
over immense pains Of The i1n-psln, whore leaves
rus;.ed drearly ia tie lot wind and sometimes
through col. mos, taicksn,
y.a.5 e., ,a.e ~. T. gs'g'say ~. ~aea a'7'r
brilliant with to painted cop. Of unknown aoT
ers and noisy with tie chatter Of tropical BIRDS
The nights we're delic.ousy COZ. and fresh. b-t
through tho long afternoons I sweitered under a
blaze of s0s VIVA. with the effects q ?nckly
neat" an the bites Of scss MOSQUITOES, sand flies
and venonoOs bugs / resemDlsd a patient % tic
last stsge Of smallpox. o. arriving at Topic.
Here / rested a day, and exchanged nay emma
d0r ior brown mustang 10 better condition The
road from Topic to Guadalsors 2oo miles IN length.
passes through some II the most remarkable
emery on the continent The region is entirely
yo,canic rising into four grand peaks whose shat.
tered cones are nos cold and silent About hall
wy between the two places IS the Baranca, d
tremendous chasm dividing two sections Of the
table land Far below. AZ the .evei OF the terra
abiente. lies strip Of Eden like richness and
beauty A road slteen miles in length runrin
frequently on the very verge Of giddy precipicas.
crosses the Bauanca and reaches the opposite
level by sort Ci crevice IN the mountains which
az drst s'lbt appears impossible TO scale Largo
numbers OF %orknea are engaged upon portions Of
the road, ond over the deepest chasm bridge Is
benz constructed BY the state Of Jelisco. Five
years. however. Is the shortest period named fcr
the completion OF the work, up to which time the
Barranca vii remain impossible for vehicles Tie
line of stages 70 Tep,c which is greatly demanded
by the increase Of travel cannot therefore be per
fscted before that time but Senior Zarutaza, tn
proprietor of the diligence lines, proposes opening
a communication during the present year by means
OF a mule post across the Barranca From Tepr
TO San Bias is bat days journey so that tie
chain Of comfortable travel will then reach neary
from ocean to ocean.
Near Guadalaars met with the usual good loI.
tune Of travellers, in being attacked by robber;
These gentry henceforth, are not entirely fabulous
beings with me. but hope ell future occasion 81.
TO get out OF their hands safely as tie first tine
Nearly all my funds were invested IN drs.t On
Mexico, so that | only lost the sum necessary :,r
my ride hther, with many little articles which tie
villains viii find difficulty in using to advantage.
L nla,r. ,s-f.fr. Z
have cone, had not rather mpudently insisted
that he was unfit for then line Of business Our
interview was Interesting, Notwithstanding It's de
srseable ieatures--(the worst OF which was then
leaving ME. fast bound, IN a ravine of the road
bat have not now space to give It in detail
was thus led, periorce, 10 give up my original
plan Of travelling on horseback TO this city by WY
OF Lake Chapas. zsmore, the ancient city Of Mcr
ella and the valley Of 1oucs. This route ole ;
less of general interest than that by which came,
bat had the attraction Of being little travelled ty
strangers and little known. Perhaps lost nothirg
by the change for the hills near zamora are rob
bergroand and have no desire 70 look INTO tie
barrels Of three or four leyeled musksis a seconl
time Through the agent OF the diligence line IN
Gusdaia ara, Icouverted my drait into money, paid
M passage and took an order FOR the remainder on
the agent Of the line BY exhibiting their ord
At toe diHercn, stopping places on the road q q
traveller receives credit for al "is expenses, tte
amount AZ each place, being endorsed at the bet
tom By this means. he is ed the uecessi'! %
taking any money with him, and may verify tie
Cd / ain proyerb by whistl!ng IN the face @! I q
tobber
The fare from Guaialsia;a to Mexco-5o) mlls
and SIX DAYS louruey--is s60, and The travelling e.
penses &c IS per day One Is partly reconcilsd ''
this enormous price. BY the admirable order s. d
exactneu observed Oh the Inc. and the Superior
accommodations with which he S treated II,
originator snd tots. proprietor OF al the lines, Sehel
Zuru,uza, has smassed fortune Of nigh $1,000
from his profits la their sdminst. anon he eNdibli'
singular industry and energy. presenting the no
marked conrss, TO the state Of affairs 10 all other
Departments Of this mi,msnsged Republic he Is
Biscaysn by birth. bat LOOKS the Portiy Ensllali
nsn lar more than the SPaniard
found Guaddsiara IN state Of tenor @d
PRAYERS For month previous the inhabitants lad
| been expecting tho arrival Of the Cholera now
| that its rsvages in Durango and Zeca'ecss were
over The city authorities were DONG eNeryih" E
in their power 10 hasten is approach, by prohibit
| ins all public amusemeuts and insu,utiug solemn
religious festivals The Cathedra. was at al times
crowded with worshipers, the Host frequent!
carried through the streets, gunPowder burned and
rockets sent up TO propitate the Virgin As yet 10
case was reported in the city, though there wee
raniors Of several ia the neighboring villages On
ins my first days journey in the diligence passed
throus IN the towns Of ZsPoaneio and Tepauilan-
the former only seven leagues from Gaadaiajara-lu
both OF which the epidemic was raging In san
Juan de los Lagos, the seat Of The great Annu'
Far OF McKee, twas sbatias after having carried
oil 4oo out Of a population Of 5000. On reachu :
the city Of Lseos Wa passed beyond the Inc OF rs
march
Tbs stylo OF diligence travel IN Mexico IS prefer.
abe to thu, OF sny other county The Passene' r
Is walked al o'clock in the morning has cap q.
Chocolate brousA, HIM and no one has drsaA che
c5lats who has not drank it here takes his seat al
has nearly reached the end o.. the second post ~
sunrise. The heavy stsge. OF Troy manufacture Is
drawn by SIX horses, four leaders abreast, who 80
~. 5s.b;ng Gallon as long as the road Is level