The Mississippi Creole. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1841-1851, 1846-07-11
- n Matamorng.

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York Spirit of the Times, W hioh has very
clever co, respondent among the officers of our
gallant armFa we extract a few paragraphs,
giving HE Impressions Of Matamoras:
Our Brigade encamped within half a mile Of
the city Of Matamoras, We had INDUCED in
the hope 81 bsing quarteredin it, but our wor-
INV General saw fit to direct otherwise. The
woIbeb, they sa ats d rsuridsity, bat if ever
they felt more than we had TO see thai city, !
say Godhelp them. We hud cncamPed but q
short time, before Paftys Gus rode up, to gFnti-
fy the consuming passion, Meyer have ! been
more disaFpoihted-nsver did distanee more
t~hofcughg "lend enchantment to the view"
TIC Mafamoras as seon from Fort Brown Il not
the Matanarus e hold. As it may be inter
esing 10 you, will Try to giysyou some idea
Of Tie city. d, s VI
first rode up to the Plaza, which is quite
large square surrounded by china trees. The
surrounding the square are brick or
stone, the lower part used as stores, or Offices,
and the second story as dwellings, They have
the appearance Of defensive work. The CATH
edral occupies q large space Of one side oftAe
square, and il an unfinished mass Of masonry.
Directly opposite the cathedralis the Prison.
Properly situated the poison and the antldQte,'
There are Q great many stores and quite a
large market house, which ! am told is well
supplied, { Ela. ,3t4 6n.g sa35
4 went to,yisit the different hospitals. They
are filed with the wounded and dying. The
stencil that arose from them, from the want Of.
police was disgusting. You could tell at a
glance the wounded,ofPalo Alto or LIE Resaca
de la Palma. The latter were mostly bullets
wounds, whereas the amputated limbs told Of
the lannon's fearful execution in the former.
Beside one poor fellow, a beautiful girl Of II
was seated keeping off the flies. She was his
wife. In another corner a family group, the
mother and her children, were seated BY the
wounded father. One bright eyed little girl
quite took my fancy, and my heart bIed T.
think that thus early she should be introduced.
" oO mum WAChIuCuilCpos SH OuO 2 W0S "a
corpse on another was one dying, holding in
his hand the grape shot that had passed thro'
his breast, He showedit to us with sad coun-
%Ienunce, left the hospital shocked with
the horrors Of war, The army have left their
wounded comrades with very little attention to
their wants.
/ then rode all round the city. AS you leave
the Plaza, the houses become more detached
with yards around themi some with flowers and
other pretty shrubs to ornament them, As a
whole it is certainly the meanest looking and
flthiest city l have ever seen. The greater
part of the genteel population have left, and in
about one house in three, among the more
humble class, one Of the family was diligently
searching The heads of the others. They do say
that they are some for lice, and the very sight
set my head itching to such degree that
was not satisfied until | reached camp.
Col Twiggs hashad the especial charged tht
city, as faras the discovery anG the collection
of the public property is concerned. The Gen
eral has declined interfering with the munich
pal authorities. The worthy Colonel has
way ofhis own, in throwing his mantle Of pro
tee ton and fndoutGtiueness over all and MI
Project has often felt the effect oft. He thu
has discovered several pieces ofsmall ordnance
all kinds Of munitions of war, in the creates
abundance, an immense number Of musk cts
the greatest quantity Of tobacco and segars,
large quantity of corn and lumber. A grea
deal Of the powder and different kinds of an
m%unition had been thrown into the wells, TIL
2 Project testified no great willingness to max
Q discoveries OF disclosures, but the Colonel wa
too much for him. The quantity Of munition
e of war, collected here is i'm mense; our seizur
b cannot amount in value to less than $l75,00I
: put that down as the least, The greate'
+ quantity of cigars, tobacco and cigarettes wei
g seized. The Government enjoys the monopol
a OF the sales Of tobacco; an immense revenu
a is derived from it. You may imagine no,
q great ii is, when they sell the plain leaf at 81
cents per ounce! yr
lhaye paid a second visit TO the city,splte
e its filth. In company with Lieut. s., ! Gale
upon Mr.. Bar American merchant. +
a. was very polite to Us, and offered to gowith
and show us the town. This day beinga chur,
day, the municipal regulations make it a fiji
le Of $25 to open your store. NIB. told us tn
le had we not been in possession ofthe townsh
le doors would have been closed. We first we
i'd to the Cny Prison. 1t is a b%uildlng Of We
thick walls, with a large interior area, alol
S. which was prison rooms. The filth and stem
on about twas disgusting. There were very fe
III prisoners. In the second story'of one Of /
10 magazines ofarms is the Hall of Justice. It
a rOOmoccupying the whole depth of the bull
ier ing. At the lower end lisa -aiing, enclosi
'p7 The seats for the JgdgesPp Jury in the cent
Of the enclosure was a large table, covered wi
on red cloth, with three arm chairs for the Judgl