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

g nee and take another, coming ,wu FINN NJ.
drid TO Granada, was four leagues fnrth.r We
journeyed on in the dark IN a pour;pr rain nm
aud down hill Tor some hours, when all AZ ono.
the Cries OF the ulozo ceased AMI the diligence
come 20 dead stop. There was some t,Ik ke.
tween oar conductors, and then the unyora,
opened the door and invited Us 10 GET ont. The
position had faenasleep, aad the mules had tai.
en- us mtos wrong road. Anatter,pt was magete
turn the diligence, but failed, lesyipg il standing
plump against high hank u mud. We stood,
meanw lille shiYerinx in the cold aud wet, and the
fair Andalusian shed abundance OF tears. Forth
nately, Baylen wss close at hand. and after SONS
delay two men came with lanterns ana escorted
us To the pcsade, or inn, where we arrived at
midnight. The diligence from Madrid. which
was due six hours before, had not made its sp-
pesrance, and We passed the rest OF the night In
n cold room fasting, for the meal was Only TO b
served when the other passengers came. Al
day break, finally, single dish of oily meat vas
vopchsaied TO Us, and as it Was now certain that
some accident had happened the passengers to
Madrid requested the Administrator tn send
them on in an extra conveyance. This he re-
fused, and they began to talk OF getting upa
plOnunciamento. when messenger arrived with
the news that the diligence had broken down at
thereupon dispatched. nine hours after the &C
cident happened, and We might hope to be 70
leased from our imprisonment in four or i've
more.
Baylen is q wretched place. celebrated Tor
having the first palmtree which those see who
come from Madrid and for the victory gained
by CastanOs over the French forces under Du-
pOnt. which occasiOned the flight OF Joseph
Buonaparte from Madrid. and the temporary lib
Grafton of Spain from the French yoke. Cas-
taiios, who received the title OF Duke dc Bay
len, and is compared by the Spaniards To Wei
lingtOn, died about three months ago. The
battlefield Ipsssed in the nj hit: the palm-trce
found, but it is how mere stump, the leaves
having been stripped off TO protect the houses
of the inhabitants from lightning. Our posads
had one of them hung at the window. At last
the diligence came, and at l.. NJ, when i
ought to have been in sight Of Granada, let
the forlorn walls of Baylen. My fellow passen-
gers were young sPrig Of the Spanish nobility
and three chubby faced nuns.
The rest of the journey that afternoon was
through wide, billy region, entirely bare n
trees and habitations, and but partially cult
waited. There was something sublime In its very
nakedness and Loneliness, and felt attracted 10
it as do toward the Desert. In fact, although
1
vile, have had the worst Of weather and no very
pleasant travelling experiences, the country has
exercised fascination over me, which do not
quite understand. find myself constantly on
the point of making VOW to return again. Much
70 my regret, night set in before wc reached
Jaen, the capital Of the Moorish Kingdom OF
that name. We halted for short time in the
large plaza of the town, where the dash OF ioun-
tains mingled with the soand of the rain. ana
the black, jagged outline Of a mountain over
hanging the place was visible through the
storm.
All night We journeyed ON through the noun
toins, sometimes splashing through swollca
streams, sometimes coming almost to u halt IN
beds OF deep mud. When this morning dswned.
We were ascending through wild, stony hills,
overgrown with shrubbery, and the driver said
We were six leagues from Granada. Still 90.
through lonely country, with now and then
large renfa, or country inn, by the roadside, and
about nine o'clock, as the sky became more
clear, | saw in front Of u.s. high up under the
clouds, the snOw.felds Of the Sierra nevada.
nhour affcrward We were riding between gar
dens, vineyards and olive orchards, with the
mapIifice Vega OF Granada stretching tar
away on the right. and the Vermilion Towers
of the Alhnrnbra crowring the nights before us.