New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-11-10

living IN a corner swarms Of long nosed woHshlOokng
dogs hung around, swapping up every scrap OF meat
left within reach or thrown TO them. Beyondtne market
stands an immense half finished sugar house'l ana all
around the place scattered machinery therefor
hardly pieces belonging together being WITHIN near
ing distance OF each other The walls we're OF oricK maze
on the place and poorly laid The roof TO be
of tiles but 1t is not yet finished vat for water IN
tended hold at least two million gallons, built OF brck
and cemented is built alongside The three great DOLL
ers this mill being owed through the aSuha OF
Cuyutlan-having been closed and cemented watertght
TO their hoatingas came up on the previous
day The mill cannot be finished in less than SIX months,
and meantime superb crop Of cane goes to waste OPP
poslte the sugar mil is huge building containing a
rice mill, mill, &c. lie sugar machinery ana dis
tillng apparatus from Hamburg the teamengines
and boilers from England, and the rice and saw mills
from Boston and San Francisco Everything consumed
the place is raised on IT, Between the two mills IS an
enormous ditch or race Tor carrying he water 10 great
turbine wheel which Is TO run some OF the machinery ana
assist in irrigation The grounds all around are ted
and rain and great part OF the work done ON the
buildings and dch. &c. has been wasted because not half
dOne Senior Huart0 has already expended SOOOO on I'M
provements on this estate, and from appearances IL
will cost fully half much before he will derive an
income from It, The fields are rudey fenced win rOunS
poles, and cultivated In very primitive manner with
clumsy agricultural implements When in f1l operation
with proper management, the estate ought 10 pay III
terest ON million dollars.
Senior Huarte ia native OF old Spain short DARK To
tund polished in manner courteous and hosplGaoe anu
fond OF doing everything on prncey scare hs u
house is at COlma, where his Chuuren feslue-ho q
widOwer-and this is only his country resuehce. Dul
ing stay he entertained us on scale OF magnh-
which puts the hosptattes showereq on our WIS
itors 70 California completely 10 shame. His kltohen
swarms with domestlcs, male ana temaie, anu ~ n5
fruits follow each other with rapidly Tor hours az
time, aud are washed down with wines from every
grape growing country from Ay and Malaga, 10 oOhOha
SUNDAY SERVICE.
When we arose on Sunday morning We found fat,
round-benied. Jolly looking priest in black sitting IN the
doorway, while bis assistants were hanging bright
largepaterned chintz curtain up along the wall under
the lower yeranda and preparing or MASS tSs
The native women aud children came stealing quleuy IN,
ana kbet on te M mem ~ ap SnbeTs came in and
knelt sat III the yerandah Inc priest
READ nls prayers d ntiv very good sound
practical moral sermon In Spanish then cOncuded tne
& @ nj, n 1o obserVed that senior Huerte stood
by padrone" during the services, Dut the cOngega
en OF intesende or education GOV Cueva Senior
RendOn and the other educated men who were Win tho
with appaTe6t indifference When the service was over
the priest packed up his things, mounted his little mule
took umbrella in his hand and gaOped away to mold
service some here else His figure he galloped on
was so strkingy Spanish and picturesque that II might
for an illustration of GIL Bias or one OF CerVantes
works.
All the morning mounted men galloping back
and forth receiving orders from Senior Huarte hat in
In hand or detailing the latest news from the river At
~
come up meantime packed and started off, Having
the honOs Of his country house 10 the party Senior
Coma and acting the host there As we left La Caera,
the party consisted OF Mr. Seward. Fred Seward and
WIFE the Hon. Abah Fitch Senior Don Francisco, Javler
Cueva Governor OF Coima, Senior Francisco Gomez Pa;
lencla his Secretary. who is also Depuado Scs al
Congress de Ia UnOn from COlma, Senior Damiar Gar.
ella. Captain de bltQe Director Ioi,tieo de Masanho;
SsnaT Don LOq nne ne Goa" sor dacinta
CanedO. Oicdi I'd de Ia AdGnd Martina del MdIisa-
f,JL0 DIR Augustus Morrill, Consul OF the United States
| n Cali ma write followers
classes not forgetting to mention MT Stewards coOred
servant John Butler. who cOndescendingy taught our
Language to the Mexican servitOrs down stairs while NJ
Fitch did the 10 our host above To each coach
fonr e mules were harnessed abreast at the lead and
two trihe larger at the wheel. Half dozen held
the five mules until ready TO rum then We CASTOR
cracked his whip, and vent OFF like railroad train.
When We came TO particularly heavy place IN the road
the cOcherO hisSed ISL" is.ah, il-s-s-staaaW and
shouted Aha, ha-hah,ha, ha, haa-aa !" necessarily,
while the pOstOn dashed the poor little pantag mules
perfornance by stoning them then Jumping back to the
seat while the coach was la fun motion Such places
hardly be believed they did it. The old smle Of
- the rat running off with hay stack loses all point
when applied TO these little C0ma mules but 1t Is death
on the rats nevertheless. -Four police VI the road.
mounted little agile horses, with costly saddles aud
rich rdppinRs each man carrying maehee or straight
short sword, Henry rife and Colts revolver OF the
finest pattern rode IN advance and four hne. tall intel
hgcut-lOOkng men OF the Customll Guard still
more splendidy equipped and armed rode behind us.
One OF these last men was about % years OF age OF olive
complexion, classic features SIX ieet three inches IN
hight and slim and straight as young palm
tree. | never saw inner rider.-an these
men ride like Centaur5-Or a haudsOmer man.
His belt buckle was Of finely wrought silver.
and his pistol holster and pistol, maryels OF rich Orna-
mentatiOn. IN the same metal IL Is 50 miles from la
COlera to COlma
The Government is spending large sum in grading a
wagOh-rOad the mountains from COlma 10 the
aud the 80 miles COlua finished. But tho
had torn it fearfuy, and In many places IL
almost impassable Rain came and when the moon
behind the mountains the darkness added TO
the difficulty Of the trip, and went at snas pace
At Tecolapa II miles from La COera iOug
OF Indian going TO the well with waterJafs poised
their shoulders exactly has been done In Palestine
the days Of Jacob and Rebecca 10 day We
changed teams three times In the &c miles, but II was
O'Clock ia the morning before emerged from the long
"Va de COhma" upon the well paved streets OF this fine
old city, and our coach. with rattle and confusion
which awakened all the sleeping watcneu. rolled TO
the door OF the truly palaal mansion Of SENIOR Huera