New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-01-15

ahd we quarreled. Ny c0nrade drew ms knno
and stabbed me here, in the left shoulder l
was furious, and cur him across the breast.
We both went 10 the hospital, l for three
months and he for six, and he died In a few days
after getting out. IL cost my poor father many
thousand reals, and when l was able TO 90 to
work vowed 70 the Virgin that would never
touch agtardientc again
For the first hsguo our road lsy over the rich
vega Of Granads but gradually became wider
and more waste. Passing the long, desert
ridge, known M thu 4" Last sigh Of the Moor"
we struck across region of low hills The
road was very deep, rom the recent rains. and
studded. az short intervals, ty ride crosses.
erected TO persons Who had been murdered
Jose took q grim delight in giving me the
history of each. Beyond the villsge OF Lama
la. which lies with its saltpans in basin OF shs
bulls, we assembled the mountain ridge which
forms the southern boundary Of she Vega
GraHada, nearly twenty miles distant, WAS stiu
visible. The Alhambrs was dwindlcd TO o
speck. and | took nv last view of il and the
magnificent landscape which lies spread out be-
toreit The Sierra Nevada, rising 70 the hight
of 10000 feet above the sea, was perfectly free
from clouds, and the whole range was visible at
one glance. All its chasms were flied with
snow, aud for nearly halfway down its sides
there was not a speck of any other color. Its
SUBMITS were almost wholly devoid Of q shad-
ON. and their notched and jagged outlines rest
ed fatty against the sky, like ivory inlaid on
able OF hpis-laIuli.
From these waste hills We descended into the
valley of Cscis, whose poplar. fringed river had
been SO swollen BY the raius that the covres
from Malaga had only succeeded in passing il
that nornsg We forded il without accident.
and crossing loftier and bleaker range. came
down into the valley of the Marchan High On
q cliff over the stream stood Albania, my rest
mg-place for theuight. The natural warm baths.
GU account Of which this spot was So beloved ~
the Moors, are still resorted To in the summer.
They lie in the bosom OF a deep and ruggel
gorge. halfa nile further down the river. The
town occupies the crest If narrow promonto-
~ bounded, on all sides but one, by tremen-
dous precipoes II is one of the most pictur.
esque spots imaginable, and reminded me--to
continue the comparison between Syria and
Andalusia, which | find so striking-ot the
gorge of the Barrada, near Damascus. AHA
ma is now poor, Insignificant town, only visit
ed by artists and muleteers. The population
wear long brown cloaks aud slouched hats. like
the natives Of La Mancha.
found tolcrable quarters in a house ON tho
plaza and took the remaining hour OF daylight
TO view the town. The people looked at mo with
curiosity, and some boys, walking on the edge
Of the taio, or precipicc, threw over stones that
Imightsee how decpit was. The rock in some
places quite overhung the bed of the Marchan.
which halfgirdes its base The close scrutiny
to which was subjected by the crowd in tho
plaza called 20 mind all had heard OF Spanish
spies and robbers Az the venta l was well
treated. but received such an cxorbitant bill In
the morning that was ready to exclaim, with
King Boabdil, "WOe is me, Albania On com
pairing notes with Jose, found that he had been
obliged to pay, in addition, Sr what he received
"a discoyt nv which so exaspsrated that worthy
that he folded his hands bowed his head, made
three kisses in the air, and cried out :" swear
before the Virgin that will never again take
traveller to that inn"
We left Albania an hour before daybreak, for
we had rough journey at more than forty miles
before us. The bridle-path was barely visible
in the darkness but We continued ascending 70
hight OF probably 5000 feet above the SOC.
and thus met the sunrise halfway. Crossing
the Hano of Acsiaraya, we reached tremendous
natural portal in the mountains, from whence.
as from door, we looked down on all the cOun-
Try bngbetween us and the sea. The valley Oi
the River Velez, winding among the bills, point
ed out the course of our road. On the left tow
cred over us the barren Sierra Pejcda, AN isO-
lated group of peaks, about 5000 feet In hight.
For miles the road was a rocky ladder, which
we scrambled down on foot, leading our horses.
The vegetation gradually became ola warmer
aud more llxuriant east the southern slopes
were planted with the vine that produces tho
famous Malaga rasins and the orange groves in
the sunny depths of the valleys were as yellow
rs autumnal beeches with their enormous loads
% Tr,,it A. Ia. hnlla az V.l.~ Natao.
ringing noon, we emerged from the mOuntains.
near the mouth of the river, and rode into the
town to breakfast
The remaining twenty miles or MORE Of tho
road 10 Malaga, follow the line of the coast,
passing headlands crowned by tho aiaiayas, or
watch-tOwers OF the MoOrs. Ii lisa new road,
and practicable for carriages so that for Spain,
il may be considered an important achievement.
The late rains have, however, already under
mined il in number places Here, as among
the mountains, we met crowds Of muleteers, all
of whom greeted me with Vaya listed coz
D;os, caJaitero :" May you 20 with God, Cav
alierD BY this time all my forgotten Spanish
had come back again, and little experience Of
the simple ways OF the people made me quite
at home among them In almost every instance
was treated precisely as d Spaniard would
have been, and much less annoyed by the curl
Osify Of the natives than have been III Germa-
nv, and even America.
We were still two leagues from Malaga at
sunset The fishermen along the coast wero
hauling in their nets, and We soon began To over
take companies OF them, carrying their fish tn
the city on donkeys. One stout, strspping tel
low, with flesh as hard an yellow as a surgeons,
was seated sidewayson very small donkey, be-
tween two immense paniers OF fish, Az be trot-
ted before us, shouting and shaping the TANKS
of the sturdy little beast, Jose and began TO
laugh, whereupon the fellow broke out into tho
| following monOlOgue, addressed 20 the donkey:
"Who laughs at this bxrrieo Who says be- =
not fine gold from head to foot What is IL
that he ca nc do II there was mountain 50
high, he would gsllop over il. II there was q
river so deep, he would swim through it. II he
could but speak, i might send him TO market
alone with the fish, and net eharo Of the mon
ey would he spend On the way home. Who
ssys he IN nj % az far A. that limDlQ horne