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A correspondent of the New Orleans Ga
zette, gives us the following picture of the
Governor of Maracaibo.


"Upon our arrival we were compelled to
make our appearance before the Governor,
whom we found swinging himself in Il ham
mock, smoking cigar. The appearance
of the interior of the house when contrasted
with the residence of governors of other
places, would rather. from the supercilous,
force smie; an old table, few chairs,
and hammock, constituted tine whole in
ventory of its furniture. His excellency
was taking his ease in his hammock, sur
rounded by some half dozen children perfect
ly naked, as many geese, chickens, pigs,
goats, dogs and cats |; the whole forming a
most admirable tout ensemble. We were
informed that as there were no taverns in
the place, we could obtain lodgings that
night at the house of the guard major, who
is the chief also of the custom house. fol-
lowed his direction and had but little rea-
son to complain of the want of hospitality.
Having passed the night tormcntcd with
musuuistos, mice and other vermin. we
took leave of our host after the customary
presents, and hastened on board our YES
| sel.''


The following is his description of the
| town.


! aMaracaibo is situated in lat. 10 deg. IS
min. north, long. II deg. II min. west. 1t is
about one fourth of a mile long, and nsome
places of the same breadth. Ihe streets
are irregular and without pavements, and
the houses are built on the same scale, one
story high, with pointed root and white
washed. There is not a single glass window
in the place, which gives the houses more
the appearance of prisons than any thing
else. Their interior is in perfect accordance
with their exterior.


| upon e~.ering them, you are introduce
ed into large room, more resembling a
stable than any thing else; the floor is gen
orally Of earth, but i'll some instances bricks
are substituted; they have no ceiling, and
the roof is peopled with fourshing colony
of spiders. scorpions and neuts, who live IN
undisturbed harmony together. The furni-
ture is the same generally as we have de-
scribed in the governors mansion at the
fort. Nothing but the most imperious ne
cessity will induce these people to labour ;
the greatest part of their life is spent in the
most listless Incidence, swinging in their
hammocks."


Caes.-The following extraordinary an
ecdote of the sensibility of cats to approach
ing danger, from earthquakes is well au-
thenticated In the 1898, two cats, belong
/ ing to a merchant of Messina, in Sicily, an
nounced to him the approach OF an earth
quake. Before the first shock was felt, these
t,,o ca+s seemeJ anriQusly attempting to