Santa Fe weekly gazette. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 185?-1859, 1857-03-14

uliiuCuOus, Nc hulhtu OH uHV VnltIkU lit
enclosed grounds in which stood the STATE
House aud other public buildings. He ap
preached the centre where the ntting Eouu.
tain stood casting its clear mooNlit watrla
around falling and maxim music in their fail
as they fell, and danced in marble basin
He seated himself upon one Of the benches
erected aronnd the Fountain constructed for
the convenience and accommodation of those
who frcqnented this delightful retreat. Tue
waving shades and ornamental trees cast their
dark shadows around, chequering the grounds
with alternate light and shade. The whole
city was in moton;--the beauty and lowell
ness Of the night and the balniness of the
cline having almred its population from with
III oooss to enjoy the delicious luxury OF tho
open air,
Seated in thcmidSt Of such rich display
OF Natures magniRceuce. and in the heart Of
populous city, although he had soiourned 4
whole day in it, yet he could not realize that
it was what it sccmcd-buthc again rrIopscd
into the belief that all was euc6autmeOt or
dream. While absorbed in these med,,a,ious
he heard light footstcp near him and II
voice enfcebled by age, speaking in Spanish
the following soliloquy; Near hundred
years have ! sojourned on earth and in this
city, yet as the Patriarch Of old said, all the
days Of my life have been few and full of e.
vii" As these words fell upon the ear Of our
Cavalier, he started from his seat andperceiv
cd that they proceeded from the lips afan H.
ged and venerable man who WAS approaching
the spot where be had been seated. The aged
gentleman without pcrceiymg him continued
his sollloquy: "ld in the few days of my
sCjoun here, what wonderful chunges have
my native mountain land and city undergone!
The whole appears Ike dlcam and often
ask myself the question what could Vargas,
or any ofhS comrades whose names an ills.
cribed upon the Inscription Rotk, and whose
heroic deeds have come down 10 rs from Tie
years 1892 to 1899 think, could those armed
Cavaliers rise from their dusty graves AID
look upon this moun Il anl ,owy What
would Juan Pacz ll,raGo lhihk. Think
exclaimed, our Cavalier scziugthe old
man, by the laud thiuk!! Why he
would think as ! do low.
Who are You that thus pasSonatey break
in upon my siIilOquy?
am, il We both are not phantoms, Hci'
! deHticat JuaH Pee. Htsr'ado Of whom rou
have just spoken.
Pardon me- said the old man looking him
in the face, pardon me, my son, do not make
q mockery of me in NY old age
A mockery Of you, father III it becomes
Spanish Cavalier TO sport with age: but tel
me, father, by what magic haS such u won.
dcrlul change been wrought in this land?
Time, my soil, aud human progress have in
the last and the present century changed tie
face Of the whole earth. Art and science
yokcd with physical power have powcd the
fields Of earth, air and water until the hidden
secrets of nature have been chained to the ear
of human enterprise, and mun now drives III
harness the elements, MS Venus did the pca.
{ cocks in her golden chariot. The Imid light
ming, flashing with the celebrity OF thought Il
long the electric wire is made 10 perform the
office Of courier giving intelligence Of events
occurring thousands Of miles distant as if
they were trUlspiring in Our presence, Rail.
roads have so nearly auuil lated time
and space that man may now be considered
/ ubiquitous.
Only Que doy have sqjoumcd in your
city since my return hom my hunting cSpc-
dition, and | have stcn The wheels Of the
steam car reyolyc with the upidity of those
of the Chariot Of JcLu. With wonder and
admiration bcheld the grand spectacle: hut
every thing sec aud hear astoud' mc; my
, more, they lead ne to doubt my own and the
existence Of every thing by which am sur
rounded,
Ny son, can any one doubt his existence
who looks upon those eternal mountains lit
iug their heads aIoit like huge giants with
their FURNISHED helmets cleaning iu silycry
i, light Who beholds the bright orbed moon
!, sailing high in air accompanied by such d
brilliant train of stars Who east, bis eyes
over this beateous earth encircled with its
. . gorgeous carpet Of richest green interviewer
: with flowers of every hue and dyel Who
. . hears the music Of the falling wator or lis
!, tcus to the murmur Of the rlstmg leaves as
: gentle winds breathe and sigh through the
: forest boughsl Who looks upon lis own no
: bic structure erect in form, Godlke in mind,
Z with aspirations that cleaye the starry can
:. opy above him and iasten upon the mfadipg
.. charms Of another and better world! WbO
: views the angelic sweetness of wcmau's face
beaming with cluster of sympalhzing an.
xietics, to enobe, exolt and elevate mans la
i ture, to smooth hisrugged path, calm his rest
!, less soul, and induct him in thcpoths Of yir-
4 tue aud of truegloryl Who, say, can look
!, upon the face of this divine c0chanlrcs!
q whose magic wand charms ccnItsounto or
" dor Wrptchpdncss intn banOiuesS misery into