New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-10-12
NEW-GRANADA.
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raj History of the Torrid Zone-Fo"h OIL



Corr,.ponarree o. The Y. Y Tribune
SAvAx1LLA. y. Granada, Saturday Aug. = leol
You have heard enough of voyages, especial
r. If first VOYAGES Twill Sag nothing OF mine except
lot !, wss very interesting But the sight that
me, nv vnderin- cycs on the morning OF the 2lst Au
g.t could transfer to paper would be worth all the
Sivotions of VOYAGE. The horizon, had been the
case every hour OF the voyage, full OF clouds We
lnev,bot there was land behind them, for we were at
the south eide Of the Caribbean; and far away from
tho coo.t between 20 and 80 miles from the sea the
Nevada Of Santa Marta rises the hight of 1000 feet
Rarely do the clouds unyc its gores to the view o: the
mariners for in 90 wide space there scarcely c'n taito
no some clouds But half hour before sunrise a
horizontal opening in the clouds disclosed scene 700
qorceous for earh-uch poet az the loot o. Oyh
t,is could ever have witnessed The eterh'i SHOWS
ba,hed in the Light Of ye TO rise on ~ STOOD oeoe
rs in utstantia forms which clouds only family shallow
forth. Just as painting may initiate landscape Inc
faint tint Of rose given by the horizontal rays hat struck
H. could not have been stronger or weaker without IN
turing the effect Only the Court OF Jupiter or some
surerraural vision Of heavenly glory, could have added
toi, But too soon the clouds shut out the scene Tor
ever Next came long range, as 1t seemed paraiiei
with the coast looking dcoate as Edorn ms GarR-
troyn ,ase unrclieved with q single patch OF green
when hc insects begun 90 tuttcr about our Dark was IN
renlty made up Of the ends OF ranges coming doWhto
A. n 70 at an Ohllue angle. In"lr ~ lunr Sun "a
rulrzirc hut my foxtsnt told me that the angie "hch
none a. us thought les than 10 was but 5 l.. AZ
dc ,ct ord of tts pile is nestled among the ruc>s the
little ancient town oi Santa Marta The wmte towers
oil tie Cathedral were jut visible 10 tns haAcu cS ,
Here began n bay, VIXEN first the MiStalona u9Wcd
from the Andes to the Caribhean-thc Other slde Oh
Which ~ Sevsnill, was bounded by much lower mis-
A. the muddy current OF The river met the nofthfAt
wind which n,ways blows here II filled the eastern pGst
nr,aftrv a0-I
AZ tho ver which has thus crowded itsct 70 the very
western side q the bay lts n5it bank no" tFAlH|tS
la series of ISLANDS, between Wich tc river nIc' B"
Tie zen over shallow and cycrshlitng Dnfs Inc "eft
rntuo untt of these the entrance u the narhJr anu
hrle Or OF the water Of the river passes through
Pursuing our course, sailed past the various m )us
wli.h covered the yea with thin stratum o. muddy
water. That which passed under the ycsse, was seq
vrtor only and the mixing of II with the muddy waters
rresoutcd cNaCilv the same striking contrasts W. iNe
zen AZ tie junction OF the Missouri with tn hssls'lplL
qlecutrauCc Of the harbOris narrow and dhh.ui Out
there il coed and safe anchorage IN an adjacent bay
Tie iornalitics OF the hgrbor were soon over no
IassIor wuf required In due tnc' fel 100. on -l'o
an n e. foriid zone. had long desired 10 know row
b,tluff would feel ~ landing amid an unAnoWh vega
ton new know and, u yOd viii have patience VIII
uyto ;el you. Suppose. nrst the case OF man wac
Should win two new worlds In one let hun
lind rop- unlike ours elephants rmn)ccrOse',
, beaIs birds, fishes and insects, all unlike what
BE- lad seen before. In the other lee nun meet
chim-ias hippccryph@ and monsters win al che meter
tle- "a uti uuucd things nait snaNc, nall brd anu
crca,u.Cs rnIt Quaduped and pant cut'lensh One OF
t4,se worlds would be almost home to HIM compared
with tie other The same difference in familiarity OF
aspcci would characterize the visit OF "A b)tanist and
another 20 the sane spot IN foreign zone Again,
suIposc astrr nDmcr VINO had long studied inc sur
face n the moon az length permitted % stand on thc
ualt q be most desired, and you rlay Imagine the
tati- arti1n with which tne boanst 'cs the accomplish
ment Fl the hope Of years Every day which brought
now lsnt 70 his view has been happy one-now he
sees sr new. cannot spcrk q my eao'ions' Tor am
not su-e know what emotions are, but my rdc OF ID
or 20 miles ana hack like full quiet stream OF en-
.yln,nt md.rini-hed 10 TIE last, and watch neither
desired 10 be fuller more upctuJu My Chief sur
phi, tint was NOT more rurprsed'-tnat reccS
med % much. puckcd passion flower and threw Il
away again iCr Jaw every Were thnss equally or A.
mot equally familiar. Ia Cnc respect wac dl-ap-
uoiufsi in IN nv ride saw but one iel, and in thar
Jaw milling ut maize Tnc ffst palm trees AMI the
fret u tlCcs were TIE c0c0as tiat rose over the
low ;lcLed roots OF Barrauquils, tine goal Of my ride
A. n o lnuauc 81 St,duil is but one immense build
ing beautifully white without and empty within II i
tie CustCmHousc, situated On too nigh n - be used
S,ut he'd. 90 It's base are the more convenient sub-u-
ute .Or l. There b not dwelling hOIse, OtheT build
nc a. cultivated rcd of ground nearer than the towl OF
Scvan H. about three miles by land hut l"ss b. wlr-
One small village contained all the houses between "a
vanilla and Eauunqu.lla. Savdlllla Is a. compact n
factory village. II Is built hrm salt-nar-h, just
above high water mars IL Inhabitants know less Of the
fu ffev cot than 10 of oranges, pOme grantees md
fes uoub, whether the children there have seen
ANYTHING ea'atle Wien II was growing.
TIE a,ued Of q clC built thatched town cannot but
lie usGgfeg0hie. Inc lrc- oi these oDe,tOfy houses
are Of ,ual poles lied together By yinc- the inter
sticc- arc filed with mud and the best whtewa-h Il
but he root. End foos U! all ak the latter Of
the Cm H. The former OF cn.0 nags Btrranquila con
sins large houses, many o. stone sJne Of brick
tud many with better hoOrs some OF two stories; ami
the mailer house, have more space around them. Say
emilia the head OF navigation, AMI steamboats,
cannot come lower than Berrauqula The hiatus be-
them i painfully supplied by huge canOcs (bun-
coes) each na,igaied BY commander patron and TWO
tosrs From The other two ports Of tn capital Cartha
gems and Santa Marta the conveyance 20 the steamboat
+ much uliher, and by mules. The state o. commerce
with such constrcii0n On rs main artery may easily
he imagined Sayania seems entirely 10 live on the
custonEcuse and shipping, without single warehouse
or merchant. To compare small things with great il
bears the came relation 10 Barrangua that CrOnstadt
dotf 90 - Peter burg, Caa0 % Lima Ostia 10 Rome
should pass next 10 the Inhabitants the most inter
topic most readers, but fear with brief ex
peIience shoud not do them justice, de ,r them
with reluctdnce 10 my next letter. HORROR
Terrible Railroad Accidcut-SeyernI per.ors