Southern Argus., 1842-09-06
From the n. y. picayune.
THE TEXAS SANTA FE
EXPEDITION.

CHtGW-DeScT'pttOR OF tHe Hd0N'1u''
Uon,ca gencraig-AH Of as nearty
liI'ed wih heir kindness.
The next morning we were taken TO
new quartersin anotherparl Of the town
and a small room was provided FOR our
cr..on. About nine O'Clock the Gov
smor sent a guard to escort us to his
.nl,ings at the priests. On being
brought before him we found the great
man surrounded by his principal oAi-
GERS, both military aud civil, and from
he obscquious manner with which
h,y acted, it was evident enough that
Arnjo,s power was supreme.
Sdyingthat he had perceived from
our appearance and Howland's de-
.Iations that we were cdratleros or
,g1Iemen in our own country, he Or
leed his officers to make room for us
on the different boxes and trunks seat
tsrcl about the room. He then asked
several questions in relation to Gen.
Mcleod and his party, said that he
was to start Immediately with all his
force 10 meet him, aud that if the Tex
ans resisted every one Of them would
Be killed. lie then spoke Of the
.,rnrth OF new Mexico, its great re-
sources, the proves and daring brave
vor orhimscli and the resisIless soldiers
r1ler his command, and drew such
lhdicrous picture and relieved itwilh
urha tissue of bombastic' 'lanfaronade
da,wc could hardly keep our gravity.
Had we not seen the brave soldiers of
whom he spoke the thing would have
been different; but the whole Of them
bad passed lu review before us, and
a-Sathataltercdhost Of mounted scarecrows,
So blrc,.so wJthgfCd, iamishcdi in the march
That their executors, the greedy crows,
Flew lowering u'erthcir heads INPATIENT
Their lean Inheritance go
After ibis we could with difficulty be-
Heye that Armio was not quizzing.
Giving special derictions that we
should be we'll treated by the Alcade
and that all our wants should be provi-
dgd for, he dismissed us, at the same
time remarking that if one Of us at
tempt to escape during his absence,
lie would pay the penalty.
We were then taken back to our
quarters and a very small guard plac-
eioycr US. The Governor and all his
host in the meantime departed in the
direction Of the great prairie, leaving
notmorc than a dozen or twenty men
out Of the whole population Of San
Miguel.
The room assigned US a prison was
Immediately adjoining the church, aud
Ou, that it was completely overrun
wIthchuchcS would have been comfort
able enough. The guard allowed Us
to set out in front it, and next door
soon noticed Mexican woman who
bu, that she had an ugly red malk on
her cheek would have been extremely
pretty. Two thirds Of the women of
the place were more or less disfgured
by these deep red marks, and as itnev-
er occurred to us that they could pas
sIJIy be pat on by their own hands to
improve their beauty, as matter of
course we lhatnature had dealt unkind-
y with them and extent which reach
cd nearly every female in the town.
The next day it appeared as though
We mark OF the face Of our female
aeshbor next door had changed its To-
cation. Nota little did we marvel at
Ns Tor all were sure the spot had been
'I 'he opposite che k the previous
.ly and stillwe could not believe that
aSs other than a mark she had car
ned from childhood: Early on The third
morning she appeared before US with
lace not only exceedingly fair but
very preuy-not a spot or blemish to
0e discovered. At first we did not re
Co5nIze her but on enquireing we
"lnd that all these marks had been
placed there BY herself, the juice of
some red berry having been used for
oe purpose. We told the Senorat
francesca that she looked much bet
q" Pama without these extraneous
ornaments, and after this she Jea0tifed
"eTSeli no more. The custom is uni
,eHal among the females Of New
"eSco, and when there is nc weed or
ve''y That furnishes a deep red tint
lucy Use vermlllion. How they cen
I'uN these dls6guring marks improve
"''' appearance is singular enough,
au1 can only be accounted for tpoh The
'UclPIe that there is no accounting
.0' taste. The bellies of New Mexico
appear to be ignorant of the aphorism
|a' beauty when unadorned is adorn-
ed the most" - -
4, ne universal dress ofthe females Of
'iyH'co Ho Is a chemise and blue or red
~oIL ~ouen Peiucoat, and among the more
Wealthy these are made with great neat.
"''' and taste. Corsets and Crocks
~, almost unknown among them, and
"s consequence is their forms obtain
'oundness and fuIlness that tight la
%oo seldom allows its votaries. The
We. I'4ean bellies certainly have studied
aeIr personal comfort in the costume
uey have adopted. and M ono can