The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1874-05-26

streets, one going straight Dack from inc
mole to the center Of the wall that swings
ike semcircle around the town the
,ther is the string of this bow, whereof
he former il the arrow. IT. stretches
along its diameter the enormous distance
,f mile. The arrow is about third
hat length. Two or three streets cross
his at right angles going from the Gull
to the wall, and two others are PARALLEL
to Central Street, as it is called, but be.
hind it, and shorter, subtending arcs Of
lesser area. What makes the city such
victim of the yellow fever is question
often and rarely answered. 1t is not its
filthiness. for u cleaner town one never
sees. Its block stone pavements are
washed nightly, and shine like Philadel.
phia door.steps. The big black buzzard
acts as scavepger, and clouds Of them oc.
cupy rooftop and church cross, dipping
into the street for stray morsels, and in
their ravenous hunger would make moth
ing Of boots and hats and old clothes, il
the people ever had such articles to cast
away. So far as garbage and dirt are
concerned, no city has less fault to find
with its fathers.
No more is the allluent and decaying
vegetation the cause, or quiet inland wat
ers and scmi-waters, such as lie in lagoons
and rich but deadly doltas about New
Orleans. The bluffs about Vera Cruz
are sand, and sand only. You must 90
miles from the city to reach fat and fatal
lands. The walls are thought to be the
chief source Of the evil, for they shut in
the air. aud prevent its sweeping easily
through the town. They are twenty feet
high, and of no value whatever as pro.
lection. They only increase its perls
for they necessitatc bombardment in al
civil wars, which ruins roofs and churches
and destroys lives, while they do not pre-
vent the capture of the town. If they
also cause the pestilence, then there j.
every reason for their removal.
Central Street has one CHARACTERISED,
Of Venice. 1t is without carriages No
q four. wheeled, or two wheeled, or ever
a one wheeled vehicle did | see in all it!
tiny thoroughfarcs The horse and it
rider, the donkey and its pack, were the
only representative Of carts and carrigcs
oxceptIthe Indian loaded with his brother
the ass, with burdens gricvous to be borne
The levces Of the great are attended b.
the gentlemen aud ladies on loot Ever
to the Presidential reception, which flash
ed with diamonds and grand turn.onts o
apparel, every body went afoot. Bu
Venice is without horse or mule, AMI 81
Vera Cruz hath prc.eminence.
In another thing it surpassea. With
out public or private carriages, strangel,
enough it has horse-car. shall hav
to revise my first statement This four
wheeled ear exists. II goes up and dow
this single avenue every fifteen minutes
and will carry you for real twelve an,
a half copte) the whole distance OF mile
or less. But it carries nobody save dri
yer aud conductor People have no cal
to either extreme, and the shops. cafes
and churches are all within biscut.tos
of each other and OF the houses Of til
gentry, the very few that have a real t
spend. The horse railway, like many
Northern steam road, is simply super
fluffy, no call arising in either ease 70
the extravagau, e~tsrrriSe II may b.
this time have ceased to be.
The prcttiest ride from the city is b.
cars to Medelin, some ten miles south,
little back from the sea, along the ban
ola muddy and shadey river This wa
the iavorite resort of Cortez, and it bear
the name Of his birthplace over the sea
We pass down Gale Centralc by many
workshop and wine.shop Iu the iormc
you see tailors, hatters, cordage ge.twstei
caudle.makers, shoe. kers iron. workeri
each busy at his hot trade this hot Dec
cmbcr day. There is no privacy. a
their works are manifest to all passers-bl
The wine and coffee shops are equal
open, and more attractive. Hot to tn
hot is the law, whether it be deliciou
coffee or fiery spirits. Ice-water and ice
drinks arc things unknown, What tn
acute Hazewel o. the Boston Trarelei
asserts should be cur law of GO iormip
to nature. ice.water for winter and te
for summer, is here carried out, and tn
heated liquids refresh heated frames.
A church well battered by the shot {
Scott stands near the southern gate, rel
and abandoned. a bridge is just outsid
the gate. perhaps thirty feet long, ston
with low parapet aud branches it
loungers. The broad path to it on eith'
side for hundred feet is lined with your
cocoa nut trees. That bridge was fir
built by Cortez for Il sum so fabulous rhi
his emperor staggered when the b,i
came in 1t is OF 40 use except as
louneing- place, and not much 'or iha
for the trees are too small, the promona'
too short, aud the means Of gritiug 10
too scant for the fashonahles Ia ircque
it, even if the horse.car runs thilher;
it is left to dogs and loungers Of the low
sort, or, more commonly, to silence ar
emptiness, savctthe croakiug presence
buzzards, and the strap foot OF the forei
er doing" the town.-Dr. GILBERT II
VEN, in HarPer's Magaeine )or i'm
AMERICANS IN EGyrr.-American i
, auence is rapidly increasing in EgyI
There are now sixteen American office
| in the service of the Viceroy At d
head is General Stone. whose position
, Chief of Staff is most influential and il
, portant. Generals Loring and Reynol
t are old army officers Of unquestion
0 ability. Both Stone and Loring ha
z lately been made Pachas by the Vicerc
t who evidently appreciates their talent a
r energy. He is thoroughly organizing
a army, introducing the most approx
}, arms, and preparing Tor brush with
r Sultan OF Turkey, which will make h
0 King instead of Viceroy, whenever
f "sick man" gets into any new diflicuI
with Russia or any other foreign pow
A recent accession TO the staff is Ma
c prout. talented American engineer,
n whom is assigned the important duty