The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1846-07-25

| pufU '"t' hWOHS Nho uuHO) dHCtS th"
perienced 5y volunteers during their en- q.
Icampncnt at theBrazosSanliago previous 10
ihelr march TO Buritia, is the lights and
which is Ogiated like dust by the sea
breeze and fills the eyes tents and food Of
tho volunteer forces water which is exc
cradle frequently produces painful diseases
of he bowels such as dysentary &c which
enervae and discourage The men. Most Of
,hem however bear up under it with great
CorliIude and joke over their pains thus
Gghlnig their own burdens aud cheering
heir comrades One brawnv looking Gei-
low pale ard hoggard from suffering repor>
red himself to the captain the other day as
decidedly used up individual. 'Cap'n,'
said he touching his hal-'Im in bad way
there ain't much fight left in me I'm a.
feared-do you think the doctor has
any thing that will cure a sand barr Cure
a sand bari no, fear not-my impression
,s that sand bars can neither be prevented
poor fellow in half desponding, half jocu.
ar tone, then l. n done for l've been prac-
Using for two days as an hour glass, some
times standing one end up and sometimes
the other, changing the position of a ire-
menLous sand bar that has formed in my
sIomach-bu, in either place it fills the
channel and cuts of all chance of navigation
for pork and beans. Ilhnk III have To-
cave liz, Cap'n.' The surgeon, however,
did not despair Of relieving him, but conf
IDENTITY directed him TO take four compound
pills and TO keep right side uP, with care,
He is now quite well.
lnericm W'omen Much has been said
and sung OF Mexican females Of their love
Ilness, their kindness, and all that sort of
thing. 1t is pleasant to imagine the con-
rast that no doubt exists between the males
aud females OF Mexico. The first are fouOl
of revenge, and many Of them are thevisb
and bloodlhirsty in their propensIliCs. OIL
The kind disposition Of Mexican women, II
have no doubt. They have too often shown
II 10 our counuymen in captivity to allow
us TO form any other opinion Of ,hem. on
their beauty, however, mus! confess lha,
little can be said, if we speak of them col
leCtively. have seen hundreds of them
here OF all shades and conditions, and with
less than half dozens exceptions havel
found Ihem as ugly as o hedge fence Even
the preUicst female have seen here, would
hardly pass muster in Louisiana as "a good
locking girl, Very many of them, how"
ever possess countenances of angelic sweet
ness, and all have excellent teeth In truth
perlec! teeth may be said to be character
lstic OF the Mexicaps, as far as | have
known them. The employment Of the
women around Maiamoras is varied, as in
all parts of The world aud much more So
Than in the United STATES. They milk the
cows, make bread, sew, sell al ;he market.
peddIe among our troops an attend mass reg
ularly. There is one occupation in which
much OF their lime Is spent, and al which
they are remarkably expert, viz: searching
each others heads for vermn. Ii seems t.
be general understanding among them
that oil have 10 go through with this kind
OF exercise daily, and it matters little 10
them who witnesses ,he interesting opera"
ton.
IomgUa Hldian'S Taih-A few Ind.
ans, some twenty or thirty, have been hang
ing round camp for some days, begging
holding war dances for pay, and getting
drunk. The other evening, rather good
looking, athletic fellow came 10 me, and
paung me on the shoulder, called me Jobbg
Sh'Hy and asked me for a picayune. His
hair was long, and braid reached almos
to his feet This was ornamenIed will
several old susPender buckles. 'Wha! will
you ask to cut of that braid and give il I,
me' said | to him, thinking of course ,ha
he priced il very highly. -Four bits h
promptly replied. Cut ii oF'-ard
handed him knife lie commenced un
tying IT close 10 his head and not wishin
TO allow him TO crop himself too close,
told him 10 cut ii longer. mo me cut hiu
good and The words were hardly on, @
his mouth beIOre hn handaI ma 81; 49,: