The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-11-11

the street tnrouHh tue Se"s'V :" r,s
house IN front 10 the placnd. Inc
walls, both inside and our, are neat.
~ whi,ewashed, aud everything ABOUT
the place IL scrupulousiy neat. On each SIDE
of the main entrance, between the street
and the pldcitd, door leads into suit OF
rooms. the front ones having windows
opening on the street aud the back ones
upon the pidciia, the rooms themselves be-
ing respectively about twenty and hiteen
feet square. To the right and left OF these
are similar suits, the front room Of each
being entered from the outside yeranda,
aud the back one having q door opening
upon the plocitd.
On the sides and back OF the house there
are only single tiers Of rooms. which nave
no doors or windows on the OUTSIDE Dut
are entered from passage-wsys leading OUT
from the placitd. On one side are the Iami-
" dining-room and parlor, and on the others
sitting. and lodging. rooms. The house Is
flushed and furnished in The American
style. There are wooden noors, wnich are
carpe.ed, and the inner walls OF the rooms
ere nicely papcred. In the centre OF tue
piacitd there Is a square flower-garden, sur
rounded by low paling, AID by the sioe OF
il a large. beautiful evergreen tree, with
silky leaves, the species on which 90 not
know. II was brought from the city OF
Mexico and planted here fifty years ago. On
the side OF the court-ysrd nearest the dining
room there is we'll OF excellent water.
There are no windows on the back OF the
house opening outward, but an arched
psssage-way through the centre OF 1t opens
by means Of door upon the stable-yard.
On one side Of this there are the kitchen
and servants quarters. and IN the further
corner building for horses, cattle, ana
chicken. Such house as this will accom-
modate a family OF twenty or thirty per-
sons, or several small families might live in
it In about as much privacy as those who
live in the same block OF houses In an east
ern city. There are not many houses such
as the one | have last described III santa
Fe. The Archbisbop's palace IS similar,
though not as large. In the middle OF the
plIcitd he has a little fountain, and in the
rear Of the palace an extensive and very
beautiful garden, OF which may write In
another letter.
REMARKABLE NEATNEss OF THE PEOPLE.
clnuot close letter about the domestic
lie Of the MeXicans without word about
their cleanliness. l have been IN the
honses OF some OF the poorer MexIcans,
both In Santa Fe and in Mexican villages
which I have visited. | ate several meals
i'm Mexican saloon at the Real dc Dolores,
and silent upon COIchOnS hired OF the ma.
tives. Sometimes there was an absence OF
almost The necessities OF life, but every
where remarkable cleanliness. L iound
about their houses none OF the dlSagreeaDi9
smells so common around the MONIES OF
MANI OF our poorer American and foreign
a.. - Ia
dryness OF the atmosphere partially ac-
counts for this, but 1t does not for the
cleanliness and order that prevail inside OF
their houses.
Architecturally, the most important por-
ton OF the city OF Santa F6-that around
the plazs--is least interesting. The plaza
itself is square park, containing about
two and a naf acres OF ground, neatly
fenced. laid out with walks. aud planted
with trees. 10 tue centre is plain monu.
ment erected to the memory OF soldiers OF
New Mexico, and near by neat music
pavilion, where the military band plays for
an hour Sunday and Wednesday alter
moons. On one side Of the plaza Is
The pasce--a long one-story building
extending the whole length OF me
street-with a portico along It's entire
front. covering the sidewalks. This was
formerly The residence OF the Spanish and
Mexican governors, and portion Of 1t WAS
built before 1880. II is now occupied by
the United States Court and Federal officers.
The other three sides OF the plaza are Occu-
pied by stores, all Of which were until re-
Gently one story high; but second story
has been added to some OF them, the fronts
have been painted in imitation OF brick or
stone, and an iron-frODt store Is now being
erected that looks rather out OF place among
tue adobes that surround II.
The military headquarters and The houses
occupied by the officers OF General Hatch :
command, stationed here, are Todern-look'
lpg structures, though built OF the prevs-
lent adobe, and some OF the businessmen OF
Santa F6 are putting up residences foI
themselves that are thoroughly American
in their appearance. These, with the cathe'
dral, the substantial stone walls Of which
are nearly up; the chapel OF the
Sisters OF Loretto, very beautl
fui little structure, built OF cut-stone
the Charity Hospital Of the Sisters OF St
Vincent, the new Convent OF Our Lady Of
Light, and several new business houses tba
are planned, are changing the entire ap
pearaDce OF Santa Fe. The old Mexican
part OF the city is, however. little changed
and the description given Of 1t by gentle
man mo visited tins city nearly tfty years
AGO, that it looked from old Fort Marcy llk'
collection Of dingy Mississippi-riyer FIAT
boats, gives correct idea OF the presen
appearance OF a large portion OF the town
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