The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-29
no.,ve. l. that q Havana house may be j

motives IA that o Havana house may be q
to Behold but yet
ana ~ tbe mos. agreeable to abide In. ssy-st
w w. tbe reffeshrnent Of the citizens there
TWO or threa parks In the old city
there 81. the, plaza de. lGs--fronting, the
canta;n- g eneral's palsce-shady, but, small
and rntlier. strongly. scented; and in the
new city there is & very. fine park called.
till within these latter days, the park; OF
isabella IT., from o. marble statue OF that
unlucky potentate which adorned it, But
one Of the first acts of our new captain,
general being TO stretch forth his hand and
JERK her majesty up by, the roots, it 10, for
the present. anonymous. sNotWiths tanding
this deprivation, q number Of fountains,
nsarterres. and shade trees, with iron
benches under. them, suffice to make It o
moet pleasant resort, and, every evening II
Is crowded with, the -Habaneros, who come
to enjoy the agreeable promenade It Chords
and TO listen to the music of the military
banda. For their ~accommo dation public
spirited individual keeps here multltude o,
chairs which he lets at Eve cents the BIT, ana
seated upon one Of them I have again and
again solemnly speculated upon the length
of time it would take an enterprise OF TINS
sort amongst us TO become .bankrupt-a-
lowing. az seems not unreasonable, that the
nroprietor would incur deficit OF two
thirds of his legitimate revenues nightly py
cIandestine occupation on the part of white
Ss1;ow-citizens, and that in about o week his
whole stock would be transmitted into ire
wood by the en-and-brethren. 4 love 70
linger here these charming evenings, where
/ can sit by the side Of the ioVelyrseno.rl-
tas. and though .debarred from conversing
with them, can yet listen to the sweet how
of their beautiful language and to the sofs
cranchings Of their little; teeth upon the the
peanuts and sugar-candy which they come
down upon with powerful gnsto. ~, So.
As ii is too warm to walk with comfort
except in the morning and evening. and as
the accommo dations for pedestrians are
rather Of the worst, the custom of riding Is
almost universal. Accordingly, there is an
infinite number Of vehicles which convey
passengers about the city at a very cheap
rate. They are usually drawn by o little
horse Of: the Cuba breed, which, possessing
the same unhappy tendency TO Immortality
that distinguishes our mules, is driven
without mercy to the bitter end, which
generally comes to him in the bull-rlng,
where he is at last sent to participate IN
the fight. $40 S'S2 = ,,,,r,...slls
One class of these vehicles is peculiar,
andris certainly a most rare and curious
sight to see. = tits the uosdnte. To gain an
idea Of volante take the body Of a physi-
CLANS chaise, such as you see sporting
about Richmond, beat on it, stamp on 1t,
and pound downon it with rocks and paddles
fill it is we'll fattened next mount it on
couple of the largest sized wheels that can
be got forloveIor money, and then attach it
to pair Of shafts at least three times as
long as any reasonable coach maker would
ever dream Of using at the extreme ter
minus Of the shafts hitch your animal ;
have another animal hitched outside the
shafts, and on the latter mount darby
rugged in boots so fearfully and wonderfully
made that their tops can readily carry three
days. rations, and you will have crit
cally correct reproduction of the aristocrstic
turnout of Havana. This is the style in
which the ladies love to go when they do
their shopping, and such is the veneration
in which these wonderful contrivances are
held that their owners will not degrade
them by putting them in stable or coach
house, but keep them Internationally dis
played in the halls of their residences.
AS this letter has no doubt attained q
sufficient length, I will close it, and in my
next give you some further particulars
about Havana. $3.50 W. Fl. T.