The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-05-30

for Queen Nab and the heinz. ,tn,
crowned with flowers, with other COVERING an th.;
gracious heads than these delicate blossoms and their
own massive braids Of superb black harfor yerv saI
dom did they the mantila and they aid
its folds seemed little than the
locks-all was enchantment How gracefully waved their
fans with which they uttered light pretty sautations
to each other those glstenDg feathery fans like the
wings of sypl ides and their dresses surely Arachn
herself must have spun them, and Iris colored them
will try and paint, in words three Of these daugh-
tiers OF Cuba they recline in their luxurious rolars
One in q dress Of the most sky like azure another In
disphnLous dreamy sort Of robe Of the most
texture and cf the sottest yet brightest tint Of
color al the third (who sits forward in the mddle) is
IN spotess hlywhte and these dresses float light and
full as very clouds about them They all dfcoeees
and with very short sleeves and all pale with
stauefque features and magnificent hair There
to be hundreds thousands these carriages with
equally fair fairy. ike danoseis within and clad in
every hue CT the rajnbow-iilac emerald green the
nsnsra,,v IRA Chat admirably quits with their
eheuy Jet black locks) and various delicate tnts and
shades OF all coors The yes themselves look like
enormous butterflies gltcrng in the rays Of the de-
colors Then how beautiful are the long double rows of
trees on either side OF the passo the flowers and the
into scnptured marble basins and how charming is the
delicious temperature, and the breeze from the
neiehboring sea You do not here as In Mexico
hundreds OF supcrbly ea6aleros making their
stetds champ, and prance, and cnacoiear TIL their
wsgbty silver ornaments fash like lightning on the eve
Here the gentlemen are generally pedestrian prone
naders they not ouuging, stretched out In their
luxurous rodEfes INT mselves. They walk
gently along smoking the fragrant weed gazing at
the fair abaneras who passing in their fairy cora
Giles on wheels and they tell me it is the fashion here,
when gallant senior sees some particularly lovely young
dcna for him to exclam"Iow beautiful--how lovely -
and for her to reply with slight gracious inclination Of
her little stag like head Gracias, cabaero, was not
little surprised. Il first at the the ladies make
to the universally employed sautation- los pies do
am at your feet madam 81 kiss your hands, sirrl
But the dgniied gentleness with which they say It.
seemed to take of from the two great condecenson ap
elv
Lending Of a crowned head in acknowledgement Of
tufJects homage The streets exceed
long shafts and enorm wheels turn them with the
greatest difficulty bat luckily they do not easily
aodnfe stopping will sometimes block up whole cale
The easero Is urged perhaps by other driver be-
hind let him pass by but i not always this is
ceded by the fair Creoles in the carriage least so
says La Condesa de Merlin, in her amusing viaje a la
iiatana' Often, sbe tells is feminine voice heard
e cr yhsy i
rich families roia', at least constantly waiting
ready az the door in Of the members Of the am;
ly should take sudden fancy for little drive aud in
wealthy establishments each daughter-nay, each child,
poor they be- indeed if they not indulge them
selves with carriage at east-it Is constantly the
custom from want Of The necessary space and building
to torn a corner Of the drawing room into a coach
house In fact, I was told they consider handsome
tocte (and rather than not have handsome they
would halfatarve themselves little chocolate and q
etgaIo really great ornament to their otherwise
much-ur nifhed rooms 1t looks very conspicuous
ally used l am informed. sort Of elevated and
socabe arm chair by perhaps three of tho ladies'
q Tue house when the rooms are particularly full and
mus raised as were on silver embossed thrcne above
their guests they chat with them and
survey them complacenty from advantageous position
These apartments in general have great resemblance
TO each oterarge. cool and with little furniture ex
cspt number Of rocking chairs, which called here
bufGcas. On these. softly balancing themselves back
wards and trwarts will be usually the ladies Of the
family their rpetua motion fans in their white hands
those never to- be forgotte dis pens FAM
grace IL may perchanoe be ttua that you lock up
the great doors thrown open de pay en- par NJ
mercus shs are blazing in beautiful caIddlabras of
glass aiabaster flowers prousely scattered about
In lovely vases of porcelain and Of silver and
cToss-a species Of splendid lantern which sheds the
most dazzling ghtaTe illuminating The of the
gracious apartments aad the broad corridors and large
balconies, where grouIs Il may be talking
geher or admrng the beautiful array Of ladies seated
in the grand sa'a.n
In another passage Lady Emmeline' love for what
lie eous and ornate in Language finds excuse
she is speaking of the river Chagres. We cannot,
however give her ford paragraphs without calling
attention to the intended pleasantly enclosed by
III quotation marks, as jnstfying the character Of
misapplied and ''awful smartness" which we have
ascribed to the wrtcr:-
never ims gned any thing lovely the exceeding
superfny Of the blooms and foliage and yerdure here
Az to describing II sobey IL l. impossible The cnor
nous variety and inconccvsble profuson Of qucenly
palms beautiful boy You'd expresson And then such
birds like flying bouquets Of jewels or rainbows on
wings. painting the fcrvid sunshine around them ten
thousand colors and in the evening the frc-fies made
most magnificent and tremulousy stirring illumina-
AZ.
ton, till all life seemed light and all light, life As to
the stsrs overhead they hone out like little The
liver Cbsers itself Is beautiful 1t winds and twists
tbout like brilliant serpent most gracefully md change
fully The prodigious Of vegetation pour down
upon IT. and IL they flung their gltterny many
eoorcd chains its bright progress
In many places enormous curtains and thick KY woven
tapestries Of foliage down foidered
all with sumpuous blooms. into the blue water:
and in other parts the most fntascaly varcgated and
fairy Ike earlands fcstooDs and quvered Just
over Its surface nected the rein in all their beauty
Wherever you turned there was sweeping heaving,
and gorgeous Of flowers and foage wherever YOU
caught passing glimpse II the inner depths Of this
world with inword II beauty and glory you saw wilder
nsses Of creepers and parasites in thousands mases
ard convolutions the latter flowers, on these
blossom embroidered banks had most marvellous effect
apparently doing business their own hook for
they seemed TO be standing alone perfectly
Ct any support But / suspect In reality they were
wr,ahed and re- wreathcd and piled aud crowded over
block Il sonc-but In such unimnp aud luxurant
pr,uson that they often formed IL were enormous
towers md gatcwsys, thus standing by themselves Of
in thickness aud height In short they displayed
nil kinds Of shapes mott Enthusiastically diversified aud
vsredn
We do not profess to cnumerate the leading fen
lures Of these provoking volumes. Life in Mexico
was better described some years ago by Madame
CaldoTon de la Barca Lima and Caao re halted
at but these points we ncrely indicate without
extracting any passage relating to either place. Let
suffice us further to mention that these gay pages
are spsngled by few copies Of verses. The last
words which they contain n lyric entitled "Cre-
atoms Frame" in which many q ghts "beyond the
reach Of art" are dared.
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TORNADO At ST.. Loris Moon Saturday afternoon q
terrific storm passed city, more intense in its
severity and destructive in Its consequences. than
have experienced from like for years
The morning had been sutry, and IL had been noticed