, 1859-04-15

The first conviction irrcsist;bly Impressed on
the mimi Of the Traveller, after walking through
the streets Of Cape llaytcn, is that tic city lias
been twice 'Iaid ont" Ut lcast-irst By its found
ers. nnd afterwards bv un earthquake. II is
difficult 10 decide which uf them did the CITY
must damage.
TIE streets Of the city arc, or rather were,
exceedingly narrnw; fur now, ha1f-cIokcd up
with piles ot stones, they are streets no longer
To describe Cape Ilay,ien in one sentence, suy:
1t is 4 mass Of picturesque ruins clad with the
various vegetation Of the tropics, relieved by
occasional cottages and two-*tory dwellings,, and
lalt-a-duzen or twenty business streets.
OF EARTHQUAKES.
The great earthquake which literally "toook
down. this city occurred on the It'll Of May,
i>s..- II is estimated that six thousand persons
pcrisllcd. ''In fire seconds" said citizen to
nle, ",hc whole town fell There were no rnins
here before that day-only SOME unfinished
honses, il you may call tAtm ruins. 1t WIS L
beautiful, superb city then, with numerous
fountains, und splendid two-storv huuscs in
every direction; u! surrounded by t1>,eful little
gardens, full Of t1uwcrs anil tropical SHADE
1rce>.' lie said. also, that Il slight shock was
experienced here only Two months ago.
1t Is inrnS>ibrio give yun All adequate idea
If the i'nuilltrlhle ruins here. There ART nurr
RUNS everywhere tlIan houses; un1 there are
h"usts inhaLited-snsne Of them concealcd-
anon. tile rnins. The streets were paved once
in the days of French tnn,inatiou-but The
pavement everywhere is III ruins also. The
earthquake and heavy ralns destroyed it, Must
ii the streets were paved is to have the
sever III the cellter, which, believe, is the pre-
yan= practice in the Sontl aud Central -l1iler-
ic,n States. The streets run ncarly north and
snuth aud east and west, the cliff ones north
aud south, nr parallel with the harbor. In tie
southern suburbs ttrerc are hundreds Of littl,.
H. i t.jS T..
'lilaPitattd, and dirty, buth inside and uu, :4s
far as have been able tn discover In the city
proper the houses ARE built OF stone or brick,
",I t,l"rtar tacin4s. 1astte, they are generally
u,l>enlcd, have brick tlonrs and wilt ,waSiel
walls. Tilr >hatltr> lElse unerrn c:4rill tluvrs-
that il tn say, they have artificial flour At ALL
Thr p"iHlaInn Of fa.'c llaytltn is estimated
III between ';."r"' and 7."'v. There very tr"
whites lrrt: have not seen duxcn. Tie
whites wrEr abolished I,alf i century ayn bv an
lncendarv fanatic ri The na.nc of Drssalinr.,
;fttrwar.t Emperor vi IIarti; whose career. h,
tllt way. illculcates Il mural nut wholly inupp-
CABLE II tic present condition Vi our southern
States.
gems hE COrLErN.
The mulattoes, should roughly guess, con.
stltnlc "ue.trnti part If The population. wa::
Told that ihrS have the entire wholesale trade If
tie city Ill ilrr hands, and are also the owner-
shades Of coI.,r; n.a,,v ii then, handsome buth
feature and fs7n: highly accomplished. asree:-
biz Ill conversation, i'll manners engaging. and
exceedingly pnlr. This remark applies equally
10 bnih sexes. ! havc seen several very hand
>"lr vaun= muatto latlieS. or creolrs. us they
are calird; and anon" thr men number If rs
graceful figures Us ever strutted on t4c Boule-
wards or in Broadway.
THE u.,rxs
a'I = "r'n;n llenu u .ne ncSIo race. p9t
tt'et "etlc" ~ 'H' eA'>teicto o1 phtek oeailtiea
n, 'lsIe' e"na a1'l'se sne -e'r'en s'sle oi lace
'''' u" l''sln.rr n@ahst H. nnt II" proposes
S'"n mr % y nul "li'''' ''le t"s' 1"' oaHs have
s1s'l .s'i"">"e ., iees1nieh u coal-slo>sV ;'nl
"''I "'e9 & s"''fI;! .1 H.. l" .sI's' my 1",ibts.
~" ',"'. n'I'eis m'uth "t.l1u nave
s,,r M'ea'1 i1 i'aa ne Hssn a,em a" thought Vi :t
''.I,e IT, a'a1 ,'.;s,,', '' .'';,:'.'"n
MIMI ,.;,i ,, ,c c,t ,,, 'tsss , every "nrsuacc
''!''i1 @ WILL ~. s.e' ,'ti net Ut" h'"fe aeVel-
"!'vn i''ss t''s'n ''e o'acAs u tle southern
..a,. ,i'r ns .1l'>'n 1ll,. ~ eo'n'Shahce; Their
;,ml.n.i wi,1, ., H., .,t pesaS saass VINO M ar
'o.'A >" 'sA t''f 'f'' ~ VI iHaeIt1lucIlCt anu 1at