The Phoenix herald., 1880-11-12
CITY OF MEXICO.
How They Live in the Capital
City of our Neighbour.
rQuin." in San Francisco pullstin.)

C.Quill.' in San Francisco Bulletin.)
When we landed at Vera Cruz and
| had cur baggage Inspected, we cup
/ posed our troubles with the Custom
! House ~ere over. Not SO. Before
I reaching the city, when the transfer
I agent came around soliciting the
! delivery of our baggage, we not only
! had &c give him our checks, but our
| keys, also, for everything had to be
( inspected again. We reached the City
1 of Mexico little after dark We
/ got an excellent carriage 10 take US
TO The hotel al the rate OF fifty cents
an hour for one or four persons.
Think of that, you in San Francisco
iii the SAINT line of businessl As we
rolled along The broad and well-liLht-
Ell streets On our way TO the hotel,
and observed the character of the
buildings, if was easy to see that we
were in place OF no little impOr-
tsnce, and although tired and desir-
Gus OF rest, We could hut wish for the
morrow 10 come in order that we
might feast our eyes upon the city
Of which We had heard and read so
much, and which is so closely CON
nccted with many important events
OF history. We are now CHARTERED ut
the Hotel I!urbidc so called from
the facts that ii was the former re
sidence Of the unfortunate Emperor
of that name. although not the
Palace Hor The Occidental nor the
Lick, it is good hotel, and one
which even the most f;.stidious
American can make himself comfort
able. Our first impressions of the
City of Mexico were, as at Vera Cruz,
fav orable. Its inhabitants at present
mum ber about 25G,C00, its buildings,
public and private, are large and in
good repair, the streets are kept re-
Inarhabiy clean and ii stores are large
attractive and apparently do Il good
business. / noticed one thing in
which the City of Mexico forms 10
exception 70 the rule, and that is.
that the retail dry good stores and
millinery establishments appear 10
10 be as well paironize1 by female
Customers as Is the case in New York
or san ETlHcisco. l have no doubt
that the lsu-ijands and fathers here
have IS large bills to pay as the same
unfortunate beings with us. who need
not consider Themselves alone in this
respect. A!exicans live differently
from rs They take their coffee early
in the morning, a substantial meal,
which you nay call breakfast or din
ner, about l p. m, and then a lighter
meal in the evening Mexico retireS
early. At 10 p. M, with the excep-
ton OF All occasional carriage and
the shFi.l cry OF the night police,
scarcely = sound is to be heard. Dur
ing the day the fashionable thorough
fares are Gro Wded; vehicles of every
description reil through the streets,
and the Mexican on horseback (where
he IS more at home than anywhere
else.) clad i'll the handsome and
peculiar costume used when such
exercise Is taken, all combine 10 give
more lively appearance ID tins fam
Gus city. l have noticed great want
81 really beautiful among the many
women i have met On the streets. |
Ia made inquiry about it, and have
been told by hose we'll informed
that in tie City of Mexico there is
gres; deficiency in This respect 1t is
said .hai for beautiful women the
state Of Sonora carries of the palm
over all The other States of Mexico.
This may be useful information for
our single men residing in Arizona
near the Mexican border, and valu-
able AMI agreeable for the young
la'lies Of HLr,nosiiIo, Madalena and
Altar. in the State aforesaid let them
all profit by it, From close obserya-
tion. ! ain satisfied that it would be
almost Impossible to throw = stone
in any of The principal streets with
out hitting either soldier met a
private, but al officer) or lottery |
ticket SELLER. The latter class are
nui5Gncc-woFse even than beggars. |
! haqe not heard of anyone drawing
a pri:- IN these lotteries. All, I'm |
mistaken, l have. | heard Of ore
lucky Individual draw ing two thous- |
and dollars, bat unfortunately for /
him the sane nu.Glcr i'll the sane !
lottery VS. held by another party, !
consequently neither has received
the money. and will not until it is
determined which is the genuine and
which the counterfeit ticket Here
Is another exam pie of the uncertainty
Of lotteries, and warning TO those
who desire 10 accumulate wealth too
rapidly. There are several very
beautiful public squares or plGzas in
this city. On Sundays they are great
places Of resort for all classes, Tor u
6ne military BAND in each gives the
81 opportunity of listen
ing to really fine Music, gratis. Upon
the whole, the City Of Me1 leo is a
very attractive place; in the dry
season it must he unusually so. Now,
we can depend upon a thunder storm,
with heavy showers
nearly every afternoon. When rail
road commuE icatlon is established
between the United States, so that
passenger can 60 safely and quickly.
there can be no doubts of this city
becoming II great place of resort.
Now, winters sea voyage and an
English first-ciass railway carriage
On one side, and the diligence and
on the other, prevent
strangers from coming here unless
to. There is no doubt
hat the government, no matter which
party may hc i'll power, is desirious
u making the capital an attractive ;
Diacv, both to csidenls and forei- :
sneis, bat the impoverished condi-
ion OF the Treasury prevents inIpro
rement upon an extended scale.
Time may make a change. When I
revolutions cease, and the money {
hey cost be used for purposes of
,eace instead of those of War, the I
;ity of Mexico can soon be made {
)ae OF the most beautiful and attrac- t
i've in the world. We can but hope t
hat this time will not he lone de Y