Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-19
Its Gayeties A Memorable Night The Old Maa
 De Casa Escorted in Regal Style for Twenty Miles.
GIBRA1rAR, February s, 1882.

IldItu anu ulckereu the DraZen IdntaS-
 tical shadows of four huge bon-fres,
 that seemed in their unexplained delir
 ums, stirring to eclipse the brillisncy Cf
 comets that marked the epoch of re-
 ceding year, and leaping heavenward
 out to do the guard watch of million
 sentry stars in lighting on New Year.
 Thus passed the scene as above describ-
 ed when music orchestral,
 HER wAGNERIAN. MENDELLsHoNIAS
 strains, lveier sweeter than ever heard
 in Teutonic, or even Tara's Halls came
 floating through the Pavilion and
 echoed back from the ruins of the old
 castles in dulcet echoes, so heart-loosen-
 ing, so tongue-loosening, that two hun
 dred momentanly silent maidens be
 came instantaneoUsly two hundred
 musically garrulous maidens. and whilst
 in the act Of superceding the music of g
 renowned orchestra, the queen of terpsi-
 chore, made her appearance, and ad-
 vancing to the front gracefully clasped
 the Old Sage of Casa, by the hands, and
 led him to a rostrum preparel for his
 special reception. The old gkntleman, in answer to the united and expressed wish of the assembled company ad- dressed them m the following words:
 Ladies and gentlemen, whe en wit ness such an array of beauty and gen tleness so conspicuous at this enter tainment, tonight, I cannot help but be carried back in thought to the former
 days, when I was a witness to similar scenes in those very castles whose ruins now surround us and whose crumbling walls and loosened mortar tells a sad story of greatness passed away, and grandeur that once existed. These un- shapely pillars that you now see distort-
 ed by weather and age, once supported buildings, mammoth in di mensiOns and palatial in surroundings. Even in my own memory have ] been a witness of their illumination from foundation to dome and the gatherings upon those special occasions were similar to those which you yourselves form so conspicu- ous part tonight, CnamelyJ the beauty and wealth of the land. But my friends, those were the days of the past, these are days of the present, and it is to the days of the future that anyone must look for a progressive regeneration. In speaking to you. ladies and gentlemen, my object and endeavor has been to con- fer with you in words that are practical, and offer you advice that would rebound to your future benefit. This weird look ing country which you dwell in to-day, was previous to the year 17G5, garden spot of rare and exceptionable verdure, daisies and daffodils, vied with each other in facing the sunshine of these Arizomc and Italy-hke skles 4 valley of plenty and a Canaan land of happi- ness and enjoyment was the portion of those who dwelt here, but the products of these silver hills caused her people to lapse into protiigacy and extravagan- ces, and their pride so blinded them that their steps led daily into ways the most wayward tread. But a day of account ing came upon the llth of August, in the memorable year 17GG. shortly after a Summer shower, whilst the emblematic rainbow was visible, promissory of a uon-universal flood, when suddenly there appeared a small black cloud towards the north, which kept increas- ing and bearing towards the south At first its approach was silent, then bois- terous and warning, it's ominous march, heralded by angry mutterings and clouds black and blacker than the hell gate canopy of an imagined Hades, cul- minating in a report so loud that the Heavens seemed a snaked field of artil- lery, lightning, zig-zag and sizzing, wicked in its demonstrations, and ap- palling in it's illumination of an on-com- ing sea connecting heaven and earth, deluglng all that was delugable, uproot- ing all that bore fruit or blossom, and mixing humanity with vegetation in one conglOmerate heap, bore them against will and without leave from ont or the limits of the three Aztecian Kingdoms, swept over the peaEs of Gibraltar. surged through the PopoSonia Valley, and distributed the foundation of a future generation upon that le,.iIc region that borders on the Yaqui River of old Mexico. These utteranoes may seem strange and doubtful to you, living IS you do surrounded by a country so sadly changed from the days to which I have had reference, but many are the landmarks that could point out to you bearing upon their surface so forcible and.silent a subsianiaytion of my u;teran- ces that all doubting ones, even be he a Thomas would cry out Verify believe
 You may ask by what Providential intervention l am here tonight as a promulgaiing, hying witness of that terrible and calamitous event of August I-66. By what merit | existed whilst others perished, thls canno, explain, but this do not know that whilst work ! Ing in my father, field heard the unex- pec,ed and sudden roaring Of winds and as suddenly lGed my hands in ex- postulation of i;s audiences. but this availed nothing for cloudbursts and ayaranch;cal udaI waves are elements of rava-e and destruction suff @enuy to s-arc tte people 5. a whole Hemisphere. and .hroa a.o iu ;aniancous desolauon l the i-.e-t GlJ-a5ol Q: men. ! wish hat ' ! coull d-aN for yoa a tue picture Of that l eyeuu.ul l,enir-. .ma-rc aNas, valley den a'y popr :ei ,i.h d people engaged ! n m ..ul'aous yo.a-.ls i.norent of l a-v da1-e-. u1-u. p...o.- of sn mpend- l ing di7as.e. d4en'y e1su ed by a su-ep..io1 " aan-p,ar,el .-laad-sea, ! wave mountain, high, tou5- black as the smoke of .1 emo, the ar sulphurous and a5lae with eletnc bolts and thunder volcanized into reports SO loud, so deafening tha; the artillerists of Sedan were dwarfed in comparison. My r,inuteS of recollection rere few uas