The New York herald., 1867-09-11


our party brought along and hndisg the c q nis Zee.
a. he exprssssdt IL There good deal OF old spsndor
about this place yet
f ID rGSs ss aas .s srs ssss st
with pictures. easnsss Of la suceni di.ss
And cArvings sil aad burnlshed.
Over altar three old paintings that far AZ
appearances 60 may have bsen painted as far back az
Eerdinsnd and lsabeas time The carvings aud panel
csppings. cornices piIastsrs and arches. You exa-
mine them az you would antique relics while the lie
statues on either side and also the main entrance
carry one back to tue medieval ages Nothing that
time has destroyed has been replaced for years. Moss
remains Ruin aud decay stare one In the face on every
side most forcbiy at San juau Here SCORPIONS lizards
bats and spiders are the sole occupants. We dd not
stay here long With keen appetites for lunch there
time for morals ng. We had been enjoying the
bare and unsatisfactory Interest OF living in The past
We now came down to the taaghls present with salts.
factory bound Long in tho recollection Of all of US
nil i've the memory Of our lunch the banks
Of the blue San Auono and speeches and oasts and
songs that kept lingering lcta to part until sue last
rays OF the setting sun were touching with golden
beauty the solitary spire OF the san Juan.
Monte ba0xs and faadangos, the sources OF the San
Antonio and San Pedro rivers. and moonlight pcnc
may to have much Connection bat for ali that
monte used TO b. much more Of an institution than
1t but To not nordnatsly curious on tho sub
Of these places in the city and they arc oil called monte
banks though faro roulette a1d oher games OF carda
and caance are PLAYED In them. | visited Two and
found both we'll psronized and douboons and Mexican
dollars changing hands with marked activity. Tnat
hardened cast ron graspng group Of faces ~ be seen
all gambling IL 70 90 ssen here, With Tho same inter-
mnglng OF smiles aud frowns according fortune is
avorabis adverse. For the players there are free
drinks ana INA. seaous aaicu'es atg , . ~
second place visited convinced me that had carried
my ssh.-see.ng .n,s specay iaf enough. es'u W. ~
arose oe'ween sne ooaer anu one ot 'no oe.sos - " o
turn OF u card one claiming that II was far and the
other that was NOT when the latter suddenly out with
. six shooter and biazed away a. tho gamo Keeper,
makiug a clean hoie through his body am frank TO
confess that did not tarry for results subssq ien.y
learned Una. .ae man sno' .s 10 = ian way
10 oie anu uas sue ono snoo"lS MIN y IN = An ay ~ ~
80 unwhppeu OF JusIce ne nAsing lnHeuseo'y i"Aas
good nus escape ana nol nasinI oeen seen me- "a
Usual 'nete was no pocoman IA tne nc'gnp .aa
10 one else dared undertake 70 detsin hlm. n. was
KNOWN 10 was desperate case ana wou'u oouol'oss
Kill any ono attempting IT, women deai a. som" OF
these games ana are also heavy oeters are
no. We trequeh' no" On Account VI tne pvs woa,et
but had the good fortune TO strike ON one 80 diny
hsnteu Sas Tue ioon' 80 ausSy nuec the deAcau mon
ana women ana % lnosScFoSp'y vuiainons thc drink
dispehsea iaom the OAR tast u seemed 70 me Dase
Irritation OF fete Wiiilaps Old place In theSixth ward
But the music VAS good anc tho dancing hsey ana AMI
nated ana aftef tho usual style o. this class OF rps
chc,esn entertainments NY ambitious p1rsui. Tor nor
nation Was perfectly saNehed, however, IN nall an hour
Mexican lungs may breathe with impuulty such coso
fully with the hea, Of the and exercise but had
too much regard for my breathing apparatus and dread
TO put myself any farther to Inc t.s The
mad when dance is on the upis al least so my hall
hoar looking convinced me; but bow they s'aud
to dance SO era consecutive mortal hours, with the
errnom ter at ninsty degrees Fahrenheit above my
cou,prehension. had much rather hereafter be "a
10 k.f on In Venice" The sourcas Of the San
PEDRO and San Antonio rivers - Ia well known,
are near the cy--that OF the former being about
a mile ana q half from town and the latter
three miles distant The head waters OF Tho San Pedro
are under a huge rock and come bubl,ng from the
fountain head a. clea. as crystal very subs
German has Quilt q summer resort here with a good
dancing room and tabies for baer Here the German
reputation are very much given TO spending their sun
days there be no Sunday aw hero to restrain ,b ia
from keeping ~ The Old habits Of spending this day c,n
tracied in Laderland Tuere Is large and beautiful
grove near which greatly adds TO the of
Ihs place. great curiosity me was century plant
when was in blo,n few months ago The main stem
grew fourteen feet IN SIX weeks and when in iu bloom
nad on IL thirteen hundred aud twen yslx flowers viii
not undertake 70 scribe the beautiful cove where Tho