New-York daily tribune., 1859-06-01

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other end q horse with his tail braided and Uronsh'
forNsrd and tied ~ the saddle an open chal-e DOoy
res,h on the shafts shout 6aehri u ne way iloh
the aIe 10 the Lorse, and ou Tie uoTse I, uoeIVi
lsrc. po.t,,p tlo- long spurs. and bright Jacke''
II i an easy vehicle p rde in bat Il must De q sore
burden to fne b, as. Here and there we pass
| yolGLte distinguished by rch silver m"unlih7s NM
! positions in livery Some have two horses AMI WIN
/ tie silver snd the livery and the long daASnus tIae
ana look If superlnify. have rather an ar ot hgh
! life. 10 most 4 gcufl-man = reclining, cigar ~
mouth; while in others j. great pun oi b1e VI p.1A
muslin or calico eN'euc.rg over the slles I" ,ue
! SHAFT. ,,rred ,tf bv fan With signs OF face b.
! hud j.. "Ca le de lcs otic's, " abe dsi oo.'PV,
! Gale de San lguacio, Gale de NercsieIes' d.
n. little corner boards Every hie >hop ana every
big sh.p ias i' fe buf nowhere does the name oi
| keeper nppear Almost every shop advertises - por
mayor Henor." Wholesale aud retail What Gil
/ Bias, Don Quiyote feeling the names 81 90 poSads,
Z" tienda acd % -artina give you
There are no women walking IN the streets, except
| nerres-.s Tho.e suits of seersucker. with straw
hats and red ccckade- are soldiers. II j. sensible
dress tor the climate. Every h man, perhaps more
ana not few women. are smoking cigar. OF cEhIitoS'
Here are things moving along. looking hke cocA- oi
rev. w.mown grass. under way. But presently yol see
the head Of a horse mule pecIug out trvin uhitI
the mas ard a tail u visible az the other enl and
feet picking their slow way over the stones lhee
are the carriers of green fodder the reshcNt ,taAS
| and blades OF com; aud my chance companion IN the
| carriage. a felowpassenger by the (aLaWOa
Freuchnan who ha- been here before. tells me that
they supply all the horses and mules IN the cry Win
| their daily feed. IL hay i used. There are Also
| mules asaes and horses with bananas, planains,
oranges and other fruits, IN panner' reaching almost
| to the ground. "
Herr /. the Plaza de Armas. with its garden of rich,
frnCruut flowers ful bloom, front Of tine Governor
Palace. At the j. the chapel erected over the
spot where under the auspices of Columbus mass was
| tr-t ceiebrattd the island. We are driven by
rlcou- convent by iunuiucrable shops, by drinking
places billiard rooms, and the thick, dead walls o
houses, Will large windows grated like dungeons and
large gates showing gImpses OF interior court-yards
sometimes with trecs aud howcrs But horses and car
raees and gentlemen aud ladies' and slaves, all seem
tu Use the same entrance. The windows come to the
gToud. and being sHsh with the street, ana mostly
without glass. ruthiHg but the grating prevents pas
! seic,r from walking into the rooms. AMI there the
ladss and children sit sewing. or Oungng, ar riaYlng
This Is all very strange. There j. evidently enough
l1- me to zee in the ten twelve davs of my stay
But there are noSostumes among the men, no Span
in hats or Spansl cloaks or bright jackets. or waist
eats or open sscd truWsers that are 80 picturesque
| n other Spanish countries. The men wear black
dress coats long antalOOns, black crayatS. and many
of them sshmit in this hot sun, to black French
| hats. Tie tyra1ny ot systematic, scientific, capabh
uupicturesaue uuma gnative France evidently ruses
| over the realms of dress. The hou-es the We
hices, the veg iatiOn the animals, are picture'q,e
! to the eye of teste
| Every prospect ples.es, aud eny mar is yile.'
| We drove through the Puerta de Nouserato, a
! heavy gateway OF the prevailing yellow or tcHny
| color where soldiers guard, atToss the moat,
out upon the "Paseo de- Yss5el seglnda' and are
| now "estrauuros,' without the walls. The Poaeo u
| n grand avsnue running across the city from ,ea to
bay with tsTo carragedrives abreast and two malls
for foot pss-engers and all lined with trees IN full
| foliage Here You catch glimpse Of the Moro, and
there Of the Presdio. This IL the Tcatro dc pacooi
and in tro, Of this line of tall houses in contrast with
the almos uniform one-story buildings Of the city the
| volante -,ops. This is lie tirands hotel.
After rlaking several agreeable acqualntances in
Havana and exploring the various objects OF inter
est in that city, Mr.. Dana proceeds to Matanzas,
with the view of catching sliInpse of life on a
Cuban rantation The sugar plantations in the
vicinity were in full operation at that time, and,
provided with letters to planter some twenty
five miles in the interior he ia soon domesticated,
after the usual fashion of tropical hospitality Ills
Journey on the railrosd gives BAN his first view OF
| the
| RURAL SCENERY or CUBA.
| A. leave Matanzss, We rise on m ascend np
| grade and the bay and city he open before us. Inc
bay i deep on the western shore, under the ridge q
the Cumbre, aud there the vessels lie at anchor while
the Tst of the bay "a shallow and its water, IN th,f
state Of the sky and hgit Is of n pale green color
The lighters, with sail and oar. are plying between the
qusys and the vessels below. All Is pretty and quiet
and warm but the has none of those regal ponts
that 20 impress themselves on the imagination and
memory in the surroundings .. Havana.
| |
| | could not have more favorable day. The mir $
clear and not excessively hot. The soft clouds float
| midway in the serene sky, the sun shines fair and
bright, and the luxariance of a perpetual summer
cover the face Of nature. These strange palntrees
everywbere | cannot yet feel at home among them.
Many of the other trees like own, and. though
tropical in fact look 10 the eye if they might grow
| as well in New England ~ here. But the royal palm
looks intensely and exclusively tropcal IL cannot
grow beyond this narrow belt of the earths surface.
IT. lorg, thin body straight and smooth, swathed
from the footin tight bandsge of gray canvas leav-
ing only lis deepgreen neck and over that Its crest
and plumage of deep-green leaves IL gives shade,
and bears fruit that is valued by And II has
10 beauty TO atone for those wants. Yet It has more
than beauty-a strange fascination over the eye and
the fancy that viii never ALLOW II 10 be overlooked or
forgotten The palm-ree kind o. lusus nature
| 10 The northern eye-an exotic wherever you meet il.
II to be conscious OF t- want of rselulness for
food shade, yet has dignity of its osn, pride Of
urmiNed blood and royal de,oent-the hidalgO of the
| so.
| What those groves and clusters oe small growth,
| king Ike Indian corn in state of transmgration
into trees the stalk tuning into trunk, thin soft
Goa ing half changed 10 bark and the Of corn turn
| ing into melons Those the bananas and PLAIN
iains, A. their lunches Of green and yellow fruits
plainly enough indicate, when you nearer. But,
that sad, weeping tree, IL long yellowgreen leaves
drooph to the ground What can that be! II hss
green fruit like melon There II is again. ia groves,
interrupt my ueighbOrs tenth cigsrrito to ask him
the name Of the tree. lt is the cocoa And that soit
green hthh becomes the nara sheu We blSsA Win q
! hammer. Other trees there are. in abundance Of
various forms aud foliage, but they might have grown
| in New,England New-York. ~ far ar the eye
teach Us; but the palm. the cocoa, the bansna and
pantain are the characteristic trees you could not pos
| sbly meet with in eny other zone
1hickets-1unges / might call then-abound. II
seeII, If bird could hardly get through them yet
they are nch with Wild hOwers * all forms and coors
the white the purple the pink and the blue. The
,rees full Of birds OF all plumage There l. one
like brlsn, Orioe. cannot hear their notes for
the chatter of the tram. Stone fences neatly laid up,
the land~-rOt If our cold bluishgray gran
~. The nDLl- fr.and .ald Of q nis.r-.