New-York tribune., 1880-03-09
GENERAL GRANT IN MEXICO
MEMORABLE SCENES AT oRTzABA.

Fine weather and strange scenes ana coh-
genial entertainment-vith the exception OF d
short exhibition of " bul-tailing "-contrDu'eu
to make General Grants visit TO Orzaoa eA-
ceedingly interesting. The TRIBUNE CORE
spondent with General Grant describes oeio"
he picturesque maIket-piace OF the town ana
the costumes and customs of the Indian ma
;ives. The day before General Grants oep"i
lure for the Mexican capital an excursion
was made to a lovely mountain region, where
q picnic dinner was served under lopic'
bower There was a review Of troops foiioweu
by tue sport Of bull-tniing," which General
Grant had no stomach for.
LIFE N TIE MEXICAN TROPICS.
oRANGE AND BAN,NA GROWS AND sNow-cArPAD
Observation-Disclosures or THE NATiY. IoFI!A-
rroN-A JOLLY PIONEERING PALN-THE "a
TToy's GUEST THROWS WILT BLASAEr OVER 4
NATIONAL SPORT.
lFE0N A SPECIAL CORRrsroNpfNT oF TIE TkiEuNr'I
OK1ZABA Feb. 2l.--Gcn'Ial Grant has been espe-
ciilly fortunate in his visit 60 This place IA the mn
interrupted pleasant weather. which aiIhoHkh
always of a Spriuglike temperature, is S'iao-
times damp and misty when It does NOT r'i"
Colonel Foster, Mr. Romero and General iGna''o
Mciia have been here in behalf OF the Federal Gov
ornment aud the city officials have spared go pans
10 make everything pass of in the best style so Tar
as TINS city H. concerned. At I'D O'Clock ms Aoi"
iug the party starts for the capital.
Tho morning after live arrival General Grant was
taken for 4 walk abont the city. it Has market
davand the first place visited wae tAc square who're
the public does ts shopping Ear a- country pro-
duce is concerned. Hero were pitch Il ht.ie booths
consisting simply Of % square piece Of mating
stretched upou four sti ks, uuCcr which. on the
rronud were spread stocks OF coarse cr0ckery,
baskets. Vegetables, and various o'her articles oi
domestic use Mats placed up1n ,he pfofAo were
covered with piles Of orange, and many strange
fruits indigenous % thc country. EraI o} N'rc iht
dry goods and toy departments. The poultry of ho
market Was tied by the foot 20 the bamboo p''r5
that s,,Sfnincd thr awning. oud there were .cat
plies os dried spar,-rihs shat looked perfectly safe
iiom .hc scores Of dogs that abo1. tl" macset.
TIE vendors ot an these war;. were .'fals, WHO
conc from fic country hriH ,las .ac goods "n Their
head. or on tho baca- ot pac. auim j.. lacr bring
their entire funilic- with ih'u. ani half the con-
pauy Is composed Of babies lied ughty acro-, their
mother, backs DO e zaIap, or TO BE- ,c,n creeping
about among ;hc olockery and srurr-un-. No" and
thcu q youus ster rolls in pie col peanuts. ~ pa,s
nidr aud -eek among group of s.oical-oo'cpe rar-
k,y. Around the mari. -t-plac. are shop, whore 'he
"pulEc sold ICE vast quantities. lt is remarkable
that 200 one i. seen druuh fo- they dunk tEe -tud
from great tumbers iha' hod fully o quart. and
when their thirst fails them they est - fcv pmcics
of salt. which the thou-htfu landlord keeps slHd-
iu. ON ttc counter -timu lau' 20 active trade.
Hundreds of little donkey, STAND iu ibe street near
b. waiting ior business to close 10 carry back Htat
is lrit uusvd.
A visit 90 the Nemrda was next iu order Iie
city j, we'll situated FOG effect. lhc Armrdl .,Iac
public Jarin Dies PlaHt.s in which various Kind,
of frees are th. rr.t .orspicuous o,nircut -hoa.h
ihere arc flowers oi pI Eird, growing there al.o.
H. lhe central grounds wc t"o fountains it.m
which t!c people draw tl'r Supply ol water. aud
tle brown native IS Igirn a4o fh.. ai al uuc- d.p
ping up AID carrying away tn' .quld u immense
carthon Jars CD thor heads h. 90. midst co. tli,
beautiful tropical garden thc visitor ha. ouii 20
cast ms eye. Mp 90 Tue bleak aud barren mou9tai1s
f3r "a contrast. One stands here in the tropics wlc
apparently ONLY % fcN rods ave - are eonu cloud
capped molntiu- VI there is sucn tiiug as a
town nesting among tle bills. th.n this CITY ne,ies,
for il is built al l, ycry foot OF t.e .raHle range
If The S.crIas.
NFAiCtS r.NfC.
While the traveller, we've paying yi-i. 90 thesc
places tNo great coachc, og omuIouses were D. idr
ready yaud So were soon ci lora pric. for tha' so.
the style o. entertainment devised Tor the d,, r.
seemed . httlr strange at FIRST that such oarrac,s
should have been proyidcd for the Of tle gur-t
oi tie nation bur 20 soon evident taa' anything
less substantial vond have iar,d btdy lhr street,
and road, lead.nc out oi tho t,wu arc los rough as
large c0bbiestOnc payements. can make make tlcm
There was a constant rocking 'd jumping. win
now and then a contest with tue gutter Aat ruu, n
the middle Of the street. when ii seemed o"U5tiul
whether the six mules that drew thc machine % or
. .h he fuu all. rpf
the best of IT, however though IN doubtful eases
the travellers ahghtel with great anriv being iu
good humor and willing to dosauything TO help the
picnic along.
An hour was spent in this questionable style of TO-
couotIon. past groves Of oranges. gardens OF ba-
nanas and thickets heavily hung wi coffee. and
the first stop was made for "A short walk to the cat
arac, called Rncon Grando The fall Is Of
great beauty. The signifies tie great corner"
and corner" describes t well. Auycr winds down
adeep canon TIL ii reaches the spot where two moun-
tam slopes just close up 10 each Oi1tr forming two
sides of " hat IL almost square. aud go hr angle the
water makes rs leap into the lower bel. N Is a
bostcrous torrent. IL acts ~ though rs ba Ks were
too narrow. and each particle Was crow ding ifs
nrIghbor 10 get out FIRST. Il comes tuubliug down
III a tOammg. spashing mass. that ~ n, hurry
seems 10 have worked ITSELF Lp to "A white heat.
After scycnty-hve lcet OF toruOu- trouble II finally
settles on Is level aud spreads out Wlth an air
OF content oycra broad, pebbly highway, over winch
1t goes on TO TIE next pcIplt KING "curncT'
10 the OmaIbuscs again Mirr iolIug aud orac-
ing the part of t1e passengers, and thIuwiug of
above heads. The road was full Of Indians.
The garments worn BY the men we e, as near aS
could be determined from passing Iuspec ion.
straw hat cotton shirt and trousers ditto. They
have an economical way Of making trousers last by
wearing half of them at "A time. They reached
from the waist rather more than two-thrds Of Cue
WAY 10 the knees The women took no heed o.
ordinary head-gcar. Many Of hem huge
earthen jar, or u broad band 70 which was sns-
pended "a sack filled with almost anyi hing from
baby TO pig. Ihcn they had
white garment covering part OF the figure, ana
| made according 10 an extremely fashionable Gus
among society ladies IN more cn gHened Lands M
balls For the Iest, these devoted squaws wore
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