The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1873-05-28

Havana is 'ha bet paved oitY in
Americay The uueralIc, vehicle
rutlliug, Qyer.the clcanly swept streets
make H>'!u>t. AS the city is bull
nt"n un"ulAting hills, apd is su<ccp
|; tible OF the most magnificent system
OF r"inagc, there is reason to believe
th t Scrur"lvuS aud systematic clean
lnes would stamp out tho yellow
fe{sE; SiE; ..r.s, f. :, .. y. :. .. ,
the corners Of the houses, and what i
most amazing Of I'LL the peouliar Gus.
! toms of the place, the ,pooplo do not
! dwell in residences they live in the
rear por ion Of their carriage houses
Ia other words the carriage iuvaria.
bly occupies the fr. mt hall or front
parlor ofevery aristoorntis houso.
| The unmarried of tho two sexes are
4 kept petually separated from each
others embrace and fenced off by the
iron bars of the front windows. HKiss
mo quick and co." and ''sitting on the
sofa till midnight With my own true
! love," are things unknown, away down
I here. Il young man never enters his
sweetheart's house until he Is engaged.
tie stands in the street, she sis in
The p'r'or, and they talk and giggle
aud play checkers with their noses"
through the iron bars. AS the dark.
|cycd brunette is frequently seon pok-
| ing her bunds out for her lover to
squeeze and kiss, I do not infot that
! the crael bars are put bstwcon them
to keep them from fighting.
| The ladies Of Havana drive, out a
long shldod avenue to tho 'PaSeo,
after sunset, where they move slowly
| around in a kind of ring and arc ad.
mired by the fancifnlly, uniformc cd
officers and the "bloods" who gaze at
but do not speak. They have an airy,
low-necked, ,volhptuous way of dres.
sing themselves, which makes them
appear more charming than they arc.
They arc generally beautiful never
thelcss. t
| lexpcctcd to ind in the volunteers
set Of brutes, but they are q gen.
teel and handsome body of city mill.
tia. They wear Panama hats with
,noo sc ,tI, Gu" va" "oH''u-
"ufr, % ond ~ % ool,, rS r' unon &C. .hn;. .eu a..'Pes'
cSe..oS mn;fnrm nprn rnn,;ni oI ssey 4hp
gay regiments that carly in tho war
lett the Crescent City for the Con-
federato ,armivD in VirEini4s AboHt
cro TIM, un;cormcd Thov s somoIo'' a,Iom
cnrrv on tb,ir bus;nn., ,nJ sam.
the coutrv for uo,hinr NJ ,Io s,n'o
time.
| /, fror+ of +Lo co,,o;, r.r
naIaco' which is nbont s"ch Ii q hn;id i"
ing an the New Orleans City unll j.
the Pisa do Atmas, "A ruG,is stiasrs n :.
Similar to the .}ew 0rInans n' ls"sson s';aS,n
Suuare. On tho south s;de If wh;oh 10
a tail cotton hall trco ;nclo,oJ iu m;th;n -
an iron ra;];ur. al somowh. o o,ora.a' . :,
above tho s,rcct. fmscr;,.;ons noon
an obc)isk that Stands hcs;de % = 'iU' ;n
forms Us that this tree is "' tno od'hoot ~ .%
of tho ,dnnt ;cal cotton h,ii JOr nnJor
which Columbus knolt and ] nrouad o
upon discovering the moenificcnt Iar
or Of Havana. tIrcc hnn1roI ond Gr
,y.four wears opo.
{ This i'm morta :scornct .b,coor - a..
Senator West calls himi, ISnn,' oo .se 10
half the world to, civiI;g,t;on End
mankind lies entombed in the wall
near the altar Of tho ancient ,Cotho,
dr.l, which is two souores from tho
I,aza dc Armas, a. !: sI,o,i T.. a. 49, y
in. the nrescnce of h;s ;llustr;nm,,
ashes nv soul was filled with nrofonnd
feelings which NV tongue oan never
utter.
This wos ho);aav ond - .forr n
the afternoon / witnessed Gnanish
bnll.Guht at tia Pix. do Tnrrns
The uluco rcscnIb}ed ths "nnnnI;.
theatre of a American oori,nltnraI
fair. Respectable ladies wero not
present. hut threo thousand, men u
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