The weekly Arizonian., 1859-05-12


 ture, with all kinds of gingerbread work" in- side and out. In better taste is little chape near the eastern end of the town, called "El Carmen" The prison and town hall on the plaza are simply one story houses with little tower and clock. The "plaza" is about 100 yards square, and is provided with seats where one may spend pleasant hour in the evening beneath the thick foliage of fine oak trees On a summers night with clear sky, a deli cious breeze from the Calf fragrant with the odor of the orange ani thousands of flowers from the many surrounding gardens, an hours lounge here is we'll spent After the sun sets and the heat molerates, the plaza is much re- sorted to by the aristocracy of the town, and not seldom the sounl of the light gaitar is mingled with the beautiful notes of the numer- ous m ,king birls, that are parchel in the shad ows of the ra5rant lemon and orange groves of the gardens. If is a pleasant place to pass an evening it is far from handsome in the day time. The dry old alobe buildings church and prison, the glaring sun, anl in summer the in- ense heat makes the closet houses far more comfortable than the plaza. a.t..
 Another public plaza is the Aemeia, which if not shamefully egected, would be most delightful drive in daytim., the walks being linei with rosebushes sHeY
 With few exceptions the streets are narrow, small number pavei, but ba1ly, There are no sidewalks The theatre, where amateur ac- tors perform once or twice week, is large round three story building, not bal for a, small city like osillo-without roof, which an the winter. The stage is small, the acting and music exceedingly primitive, owing to their con- tinuei aim at tho classic n,teal of confning themselves to the light comedy, in which they are not bad
 Two canals, about twelve feet wide by one in depth, run through the whole length of the town. The water is used for irrigatng, for milling purposes, for washing and bathing in daytime, and after the hustle of the day is over is used by many for drinking and culinary purposes: Then scores of dusky beauties, generally of In dian origin are seen with their peculiar "olas" (earthern jars) on their heads, filled with water for next days use Many families, however, have wells. All the water is slightly impreg- mated with alka but it is still better than that of Arizona The climate. although cool in the winter, is excessively hot in the summer, but it is very healthy; no epdemics prevail.
 Of note, and of great beauty, when seen from distance, is the Clmpana or Bell noun tain, near the centre of the city This noun tain is washed by the Sonora river, and rises up above the plaza like 8 gigantic pyramid, which livery mach resembles in shape. It is propably 500 feet in height consisting of barren granular limestone, crests of which, of great beauty, crop out like combs along its slopes Isolated peaks, cragged with massive columns of threatening appearance, shoot up high from it's sides, and ruins of them, huge fragments, surround the whole base. The loft jest of these peaks consists of an indescrimi- nately piled up heap of rocks, in the intervals of which wild dogs, buzzards, owls, and reptiles have home.
 From the top of the mountain the view is extensive and beautiful. The world of rugged mountain ranges everywhere, crowdng, as it seems at first sight, around Campana, like an