New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-21

In the evening there was ball and was la't u s''o
ossession of the house. had however the bsnsn. u
the music ard glimpse OF the ball room taFo1sn 49,
dow showed Il TO be Of much higher orier tbsn mos
Of Fusaeosuga and il is asserted that the adussy !"
wsmen without character is peculiarly oil .as Pl.
Unfortunately We were too late for the religious ies
rivals Of Carriage of which this ball was the last eAgs
remnant flashing out a week after al was over. NC
bnrht fence vas partly removed, butthe comefy stage
stiT stood in the corner OF smaller square IL VS.
curiosity, being made entirely Of guadua- OF sII-,o
Grass resembling bamboo Of which great Use = i'II
her The boards were the hollow stems opened olt
aat tie beams we're tied together with Wild vines Al
the wooden houses and all the fences OF the CAucA ae
eusdus. s.,r,-
ING from an acute inflammation Of the ear, whch hal
rendered her ueary distracted the early part OF me as
evening before going TO the ball; from which It com
peel her 10 return in two hours The Decor prscrloeu
erprng as eeehes we're no. 10 be had; but the trap
being exhbitedto the lady she resisted 70 the LAST Us a
picati0n. .A.A
We entered All Of Us eNceptthe babe AMI some poems
Who had been sent forward with the baggage, were
mounted on horses more beautiful country never felt
n 1res.ilre Of horses foot. Ii was PLAIN, out n0l
Iev covrea with tn richest grass, dense forest AM
bsnes through which the road passed in endless sue
cession Of glades 1t ike trayerslng royal psrk
II was AIcadia--more than Arcadia only that the
streams could not leap and sing IN so level ground
We stopped at Hacienda for the night and alter i1te
table under il TO get in and to save my necA rom 700
great risk from fall We invented new method Of
,ayinq time in the morning IL TO set out az s. Win
10 breakfast but chocolate We rose at2 AMI executed
,ur plan exactly except that We had not even Chocolate
We nsssed one ne little village with its church last
night and another this morning. at which we stopped only
long enough TO get glass or two Of rum Where Woud
have taken breakfast none was TO be had and We had
long ride before We found any IL cost us at last two
hours and half and We started on way just as tue
dAy began 10 grow warm. Nature has provided tae
Young with means 10 keep pace with the dam blt kno"
af no means to prevent babe on negro back being an
impedment 10 the Journey of the mother mounted on
good horse OF this we felt the full force to-day Inc
servants aud baggage left US behind
The last stop the babe made at the village OF
Iabraida The prison here seemed to awaken some
peculiar recoIlectons Of our now i've L. l. Ds. all oil
whom are cOnservadores One Of them, when Just TOO
big 70 be whipped had been caught in the act OF joining
the rebellion with boys OF his age and believe had
reposed safe from doing suffering harm 10 this very
prison. We stopped at the house Of the curate
a pleasant afabls man, apparently a little more
strict than bis brother generally Heohered NJ al rum
and segars and TO the ladies, only cake.
After leaving here were Oyertaken by violent
Storm league from our rendezvous The servants ana
baggage we're safe, my Indiarubber which had
incautOusly permitted 10 20 forward pald l)r tns
with thorough drenching.
Here the three young men who had crossed the noun
tain with went forward, leaving us 70 follow more az
leisure We we're at old hacienda tina, has beea 10
the same family for more than 2D years. IL contains
coo square miles more or less end has on IL moro than
1000 laboring men But these laboring men 10 not
labor and of the land much has never been trodden by
civilized man.
wars Before the war Of Independence began there
were on the estate 5000 head OF CATTLE and 5JD mares
The houses and grounds are not Of corresponding magu
fcence square is partly incOsed By the house, chapel
surarml carpenter's and blacksmth's shops anl the
b.,g doQfr lv no lao
roofing during the revolution of 1851. The only room
common to all the family is the paror paved with brick
through which pass at win hogs and asses heard
Duet BIZ that happened TO both bray IN The par
lor at the same time never expect tn hear the IKE
again For long time the family had not resided on
the estate but this hour apartments are ttng 40
for their reception l slept the first night Indoors
but not reishing the intimacy OF the zancudos the
second night, I hung my hammock in the corridor,
using for the rst time musketO net since leaving the
Lower Magdalena. Here, however, | had TO contend
with the goats who had preemptve right TO tho cor
rdOr from the time the floors we're shut until sunrise
when they left il looking ike the floor of sheep iDd
The cause Of the musketOs for il is better To call
them so was obvious it was winter there for that II
the name for rainy spell Perhaps 80 horses came to
the house in the course of the day Their feet had
established trench of mud deep enough to breed mus
keos along the front and end of the house 10 one
part Of il the hogs had waOw, and TO secure sumner
supply there numerous pools exeayated IN making
bricks
for the new house now in ruins, and there IS bat an
orange tamaIind, a coco and young breadirut no"
on the place Watennelons, muskmeons add cucu,n
bers would grow well here but the latter the lady OF the
house has tasted and Of the others sero 81" ono
each the FIRST have seen here.
There vas host of servants here, formerly slaves,
now eunently useless The bOuse-keeper was mulat-
TO- all the rest OF the Purest African aet rther
surprising Oh plantation destitute OF female influence
and where so often there in the family white de-
pendants.
The next day found the law of proprety about bath
inc among the better class here lady HeUeT bathes
except dressed from head 70 foot rather from neck
10 ankle gentleman bathes With another except
dressed in handkerchief Gentlemen and ladies' bathe
Thus mutually we and they would view each the others
customs as outrage of deceney.
Here sister of sehor Joined us the babe was PIT on
horseback From Carriage we're no longer dependant
ON our own cookery and our conversion from Dragons
into rht horse complete At nearly every stopping
Mace We we're among friends and congratulations AMI
tubracings we're the order of the day. Occasionally
we'll known and faithful servant (eleaner than the oIe
sonarrowly escaped at Bogota) had her turn
We stopped at Buga Ia grande (Bggs the hHe) AID
here was the second place found good oranges peny .
water We found, as advanced the water more rapid
singing ia cheerful song to the pebbles as passed The
river were more numerous and The water beautifully
clear
Suddeny after crossing one Of these beautiful geTs On
him bridge frighrfully narrow. found ourselves m
large payed town OF which had never heard lt vas
Taua We passed without stopping, for We lad a IA
citnda 20 reach After nigr ride the more aiagreea-
bic a. was tod the road here vas even more oea1ia
Than usual we found cordial reception AID PrOnPy
! and good dinner.
/ one wall Of the dinng-room appeared peculiar on
exsuipafioo found Il living mat Of PassiOn-nJEe