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

FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF COLIMA-ANCIENT USAGES
UNCHANGED-THE MUSIC OF OTHER DAYS
STRANGE CUSTOMs-MEXICAN HOSPITALITY
THE TRADEsMEN OF CoLIMA-PRIVATE GAR
DENS-sCHOOLS-THE STATE PRISON.
CoLIMA, Oct. 1--WE entered COlma at Q
O'Clock in the morning and. after lunch, Immediately
retired to bed, just the watchmen, whom had
ticed sitting along the sidewalk with muskets their
hands, and great ofed lanterns by their Sides blew all
their Whistles and, with voice. dFawled out the
hour, "S o'clock Of the morning. and all quiet" On Span
ish) proceeding totally unnecessary the Cathedral
and different church bells all strike the hours and In fact
give the TO tho watchmen, Of whom have any.
thing like a tmepiece OF their 1t seemed as We
had just closed eyes welcome Sleep when the air
filed with shrI and piercing music the sharp rattle
Of the kettle drum ard the blare Of trumpets Awake
instant listened in doubt and for minutes tried
yainy to decide where was and 10 what listened Tho
music such enlivened the march Of Cortez and
PzarrO and their companions when they spread
desOatOn and the religion OF tho through peaceful
and unodending lauds but tho air comparatively
modern recognized 1t as "The White COckade.". L
looked down the bed with it's crimson and fringed
cOuhterpsne and gilt canopy and from that to the walls
painted pale blue and frescOcd the
ceiling. with beams painted Of soft chocolate
color, and then went to tho iron latticed window
and looked down on a neat paved court. around which
the house was built, and the great staircase with Its
wealth OF brilliant hued tropical flowers, and climbing
delicate fOaged plants, and Its Moorish dome painted in
fresco. Where was II Opening the door OF my bed
room, 1 looked into the grand saloon, about sixty
seventy feet square, with It's walls and ceiling
painted like those OF my bedroom It's glazed tile fOOr
double Of Moorish arches and pillars supporting the
roof, and chandeliers suspended with iron chains from
the ceiling and the long table with Its crimson damask
covering and last the truth of the situation flashed
upon was not In the Ahambra at Grenada IN 1869
Il might have been, for everything as thoroughly
MoOrh-but IN Colima, IN October, 1862 "Is IL reyO
luton r. asked Of the obsequOus servant white who
came at 70 attend upon Oh no, Senior; only the
troops changing guard at the stabe Prison the Paza
Going out tho balcony looked the way and
saw the band In front Of tho prison aud the whiteoad
soldiers-au Of Indian blOod-wh red pumes in their
hats and Springfield uskets OF the year their
hands going through the form OF guard mounting saw
those muskets San Francisco during the late with
France II mistake not The rulnous old cathedral
dating far back into the 1900 and something adOns the
prison. and all around the Plaza row Of shops for
the most part but one story high All tho buildings are
OF brick with immensely thick walls rOn-lattced win
DOVE and heavy wooden doors with curious antique iron
locks and fat redted roofs. Beyond the buildings, in
all directions lowered the feathery cocoa palms and
gianeaved banana treesor pants-of the rich gardens
Of COlima Stan back of them were the green, wooded
mountains which surround this lovely Valley Of colima,
with the great "Yocan de Coma" with acrownOf dark
smoke hanging m crater towering above all else IN
the northeast 1t scene worth half life to look
THE STREETS.
Not carriage In sight Little asses loaded with green
corn fodder or carrying frames In which were sol on