Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-04-20
ICorrspon iercc or NE BsE'-.Ors Ar.TscaH.I
uAv4EA Apin7,I65.

We have spent three days IN H.sAas, aai htFe
all toen- greatly pleased With our Sol 'acn. The
frs. .Gpres.ou on landing Is + pleasiag, bltthe
mors ouy sees Of he city ia Iby longer tho tine
tstcr Ia exPlnl .uc.O n iiGSs, tha greater t1e
G-,isiac,ion tXJ,reuc,d
1hJ reefs II the Ciiy axe exceedingly narrow,
not .u.re th IN tgeAty dive !cet wide tom Aouse TO
house, with sidewalk on each aide Of fro two to
throo feet IA width. Pedestrians walk principally
on the bed OF che street. do lg1S the hor.es and
vehicles but being paved with large flag ones,
ard ,cfera6y &c n, h, walk ng IS pretty 20 & -
TIE houses are no .tiy but ono story high, os the
ceilings are seldom less than twenty ave feet In
the Gle II, with doors and windows extend ing ths
Sho.e height Of tie front.
iCSi8e Of the walls OF the city business 10 toe
pSeyei i1goccupauey though IN sous secliOBe there
Gro u y pirate resi- leuces. Outside Of tho wsls,
and flr zen miles into the country, the roads sre
lined with elegant mau'ions, but te OF them less
than hundred feet tront. AZ covering large
aren grouat, the whole house DO ~ tic gronud
floor, Tie a. uts are ali very much alike, wlh tall
windows and iron rails, and broad ba. o0uiss and
pillars Inside Of the rails are shutter, with QUO
o. two GaGcs .! glass s. in them. the warmth Q
Tie climate at ell acaS 'uS Of the year requiring 4
rec circulation Of air through tLa houses, wHicd
ceS no bs obtained with -lu5ed wluduSs. The
great beauty OF these re,lieuc54, where the taste
al6 wealth Of tho Owners are expended, ace IL tSs
court yards an! their surroundings. Idty occupy
q hollow equare with CANT gardens, aud glimpse
'tun the SlreN generally presents a bright add
h rniiCg aspect.
TIE dwellings are all closed UP during The day
until suudoEn, when the IL ties and IIIdreu appear
on 10 front b4 COMES S IN mansions on larger
sca'a arc Syrouaied by elegant gardens, fled with
trop cal fruits and lowers.
II .ia the walls OF the city eyCgy Spdy seems 20
Dc crossed in business and money ma Slng, or a.
nard york. There are lOiterers. and 40 Oeggars.
Ever house is piled TO the cci ing vii merchandise,
and no streets are til5d ID vehicles loading or
unloading, and transporting them to and from tbc
wtar es The CT gar lding ,tablisame employ
.lc IDLs Of wo 'ame1, nea and boys, black and
shtc, 50 PACKED together &s " have scarcely elbo"
room.
-ri streets ave throagad with citizens Of all MS
ti3H, Rud not a few are American. The Chinese
Coolies are Amos. as nlmocuus a the heroes, aud
a-a more actfc and Cieanly IN their appearance
ll.7 other the negroes o. ho l01rlCS whites. On
s0U, o. the plantations near tho city from ,0p0 10
BOD o. theSs unfortunate creatures cau bs touad
on e state. though learn that they mike p0or
lano-cr aud have 10 DC driven by their task mas
tiers Vita whip in hand. WIea alO vel 10 work for
tlsm DIV Z, or ~ A,r' their Own tlme their Indus
Try +, uroy1rlial The Ia requires that e-fourth
Of ,rg brought nc should b. females, Gu. ihSve
vel 10 see the S. one It "a ~ sex, Il Is trade,
. CONDUCTED, far more irhumtu than the slave
trade, and an sorry % lear that quite a number
OF ,';'morcan, have ceen largely engUSsI ia jt.-
Starting from Chut with a carsl " ,SS0, 1t -
caLsi trs fpc,ull.e e SOD Hv5 tnrou IA tue pas
slyr. Ne-e. wae'e Ia 'oT 8 carce, they arc sp-
preuiC.d tor seven Years pay no sliJ ch =, es,
vi IA . GOOD IN irgu tor prof. 10 those engaged IA
jeIu ing and kidnapping tucso uuioy uus.c eTea-
tues.
TIL, stores in the city, os7ooili, $ Ill esslb! 81
mems, al have fJucy usuc,. rs " 81 Sua,p {. Il
Neo.4ur," ''El NcHus," - 81 Star Of Beauty"
e., by which they known, he name OF tue
proprietor beng idsm on tire sgn. Where the
retail torres pre- ol,iaato the awnings ext nd
sc-oss from house 10 house, and tile TT uts OF ths
stores are entirely op-n, Oe,Hs closed A. night BY
folding shutters. Some Of IAe stores are very
handsome, an are we'll 1t 'cS5 with goo Is.
The vehicles are mostly like our open bar u ,Gee,
which have mostly superseded tue oil CUOan 70.
-L.nte There are, however, great many OF the
latter in the city, and are regarded with amuse-
nent by the stranger, who is sure TO testhe uti iy
of the vehicle by a ride. The drivers arc mOunte
on saddles the horses back, and tho shafts are
about twice as long as. the horse. II has but two
wheels about twice the size of the largest carr age
wheels, aud the body resemb es that of an old
fashioned gig being suspended on leather bets,
which serve as springs. The old aud wealthy Gu
ban families still use this vehicle, but have two
horses one in sh ATS and the other htched to the
side by leather traces, and riding abreast, the driver
bling IN u ted on the horse tsde Of the sh is, and
Guiding both. They are DIRE d IN fincy cries, have
boots extending up 10 their hlps, ana 'purs, ana
the vehicles and harness are extensively Covered
with silver buckles and mOuntings. Altogether it
presents novel spectacle, especially when TIE
ladies' are taking their evening drives ON the
Passao Just outs de the city walls, which is beau
tiful IN cads nized road and promenade, where the
beauty and wealth of Havana congregate every
evening at sunset, and pass in review OF each other
at a slow pace.
The palace of the Grand Duke, inside the walls,
is quite an elegant and ma sve building, fully dou-
bic the sile Of the Presidents House, and having
in front Of it garden Of great beauty, filed with
tropical plants. Here there is a grand promenade
concer. every nigit, VIII Their thousands of persons
congregate to listen TO the music of the band and
int rchange friendly greetings.
In the oew part of the city outside OF the walls
two and threestory buildings are now beginning to
be erected, though the old Moorish style Of archi-
lecture still prevails.
The public gardens, aud the private palace gar
dens in the suUu bs Of the city a We z and
The ofuSion ct foliage, iuterspersed with owes