New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-06-07

Sabbath brought ntermissiOn either to billiards or
balls / even regretted not going on Sunday evening
Just for moment only 70 see tbepaTsh curate Officiating
"a Ensign Of the Ball? fact Of which he assured
himself afergard This is also the markedly OF most
towns have met and to show how settled this matter
IT, / may add that even pious man a. Archbishop
Mosquero approves the practice saving time to the
countrymen ! would add, without reproacb two lines
from Pope illustrated by this:
The hasd inhsi asiaV eon.sBds is isht"
Mass is well attended here but when at the part they
consider most sacred the little bell az the altar the Or
gan and all the bells Of the steepe joined By the
noise Of the rockets and the smell of incense strangely
mingled with that Of sulphur when knew that at the
same moment the trader stopped in the middle OF
halfhnisbed lie and reverenty took of his hat and al
the crowd Of buyers and sellers stood STILL uncovered
and vorshiped, thought to myself What shsdOging
forth Of the inconsistency of human nature!
One Of the balls had supper Of hot roast meat and
turkey with quantities of pies seasoned with garlic ana
dishes Of garlic seasoned with vinegar and capslcum.
The ladies ate fret One gentleman IN help.
ing the ladies, helped himself also. He had
in his hand q double joint Of turkey. When
a piece was nearly cut off, he would offer it to q
lady, who would take it in her fingers. When his
piece nearly off, for want OF another hand ne
took in bis teeth and then went with grave Impair
TALLY to help the next lady wanted drink. gen.
tleman held cup to her lips and, as she drank, made
the noise nurses make when inviting babes TO drink. In
all this there was vein OF humOr, which, as IL broke IN
upon the s0emnlty OF the scene, maze everything m0e
pleasant.
Christmas lie the season Of bull fights at Fusugasuga
an amusement forbidden at BOgOta on account Of the
sacrifice of human life with which it is almost always at
tended there They were busy inclOsng the square in
front of the church with pole fence on Sunday had
determined to witness this sport but lost one fight in an
excursion after cinchona and the rest in trip to Bo-
gotta as also the masquerade ball. at which, however,
from appearances, formed sly conjecture that some
Of my traps had been present
Street gambling of various kinds by the light of 1aring
tsow candles helped to add to the liyelness of the
nights Most of these games appear peculiar as even
the figures and the number Of cards different from
those which Green illustrates. cannot think the re-
mark of traveller duane correct, that the Bogota
nos come to these places to gamble because they are
ashamed to do it in BOgoa fear it cannot be denied
10 be a national vice, too common TO excite shame.
They come here to enjoy themselves, and gamble be-
cause they enjoy the occupation
The climate of Fusagasuga is near perfectiOna per-
petual spring To-day, while my friends in their
coats are very busy with the compliments of the season.
J. who would give week of spring for six hours of New
York SNOW, today have been consOng myself in genu
inc swim in swollen stream that runs down an ada
cent hollow and gathering flowers which l would
gladly adjoining the persons of my friends.
Yours truly l. L. Horror