Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1846-11-21
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The town Is situated 1t the mountain mass
which serafa'es the plain ex.ending 10 the Gulf
OF Mexico from the mountainous region. which
cont'nurs until you have ascended the tab,eland
upon which the capital is situated. These
n'ountsins arise with great sbrup,ness from the
plain, unlike the Alleehanics, which are sp.
proached only through country rough and
broken, long before you are at their base. Their
aspect is bleak and dreary in the extreme. The
ascent seen" presents an angle apparently of sixty or
seventy degrees. and their crest exhibits sharp
r'dge-o: nearly uniform height. except where
broken through. as though pieces lad broken
ou:, leaving apertures of sovcn hundred feet.
with perpendicular sides, through which no
other range Is dscernible. Detached hills seem
TO rise occasionally like an excrcssence from the
plain, and many Of them of great height. On
one Of these stands the Bishops Castle, com.
maudiug the town aud plain for miles. s Il 10 &C
cessible, il is true from the east, with gentle
ascent, but as you look west from the heights
Immediately beyond il, the head grows dizzy,
and one nnaccustoncd to high places as I an
shrinks invountarily back from the precipce,
and instinctively seeks a surer footing and
firmer grasp upon the thorny chspnrrel surroun.
ding him. This castle. you know, was taken
BY General Worth. How il was done canno,
comprehend, although the modus opcrandi has
been explained to me half a dozen times by
those who participated in the battle. One
would think il an effectual resistance. properly
measured against one body 40 well as another,
totally regardless of numbers or courage. In
tact,n oae doubts that the troops who have
taken the town could defend il against myri.
I'D Of men. Gen. Taylor in conversation with
me, said he had no hesitation in pronouncing il
the strongest opposition on the Continent. except
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Social LIFE IN MArAMoRAa-The Amevi.
can Flag, printed al Matamoras, hes the follow.
ing domestic picture: 1saI 30 aHi ~
" "When we first entered Ma,amoras, and the
eervices ofthe Mexican were needed, applies.
tion had TO be made to their masters, who hired
them out for from ten, fifteen to twenty dollars.
The sums which they owed their masters were
various, but whstever they might be, ucder
their own government and laws, il would be
sufficient TO have held them in bondage through
life, and entailed like bondage upon their chill
dren-,he ofsprog being always held for the
debts Of the parents, A debt once contracted
il was impossible ever TO repay. No means
were afforded them 10 caDcelit Two or three
dollars per month was the extent at which their
services were valued. Every thing they re.
ceived from their masters was charged to their
account. II sick, the loss Of service and medi.
cal attendance were added on. u plate, cup.
SPOON, chair, table, or any other article belong
ing 70 the masters hcaec ives broken or lost, no
matter If the master or his children broke or
lost il, 10 the servants Indebtedness il was pla.
cet. When nc or she died, the funeral cxpen.
scs were Likewise added TO the Indebtedness
and carried forward to the account of their chill.
dren. Thus were they held in endless slavery,
unless by theft or murder they could possess
themselves Of sufficient money to purchase their
freedom. The many opportunities afforded
them to acquire money since the occupation Of
this city by the Americans hsve enabled sl.ve1
10 cancel oil their obligations to their masters,
and with few exceptions, oil are now Tree.
Much Of the III feeling that exists against US Oh
the part Of The weal,hier portion of the inhabi.
taoss, has been 'engendered by the loss OF their
slaves! Their former servants will no longer
work for them. They willnot or csnnot come
up to the rate of wages offered by the Ameri-
cans, and even If they did, their former slaves
would prefer working for ,heie new employers.
We lbsye heard il stated ,hsl even the lady Of
tho gen,lemanly. aiipower'ul and right hoscss
bic Acalde. is now forced 10 do, the drudgcry
Of her own kitchen, aud we are likewise vin6G-
med that she makes exceIlen, tosiais~ No
wonder, when they are pst,ed into shape by her
ons Of the things inuseives, il we were certain
i, had been squeezed through her fingers. Rs'
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b MEnIuAL iNrrLls0ENCE IA letter from Lon.
dun msnspns that there are SOW between seven
and eight hundred members Of the homGops.
,hise Assccia,ion, ,the majority Of whom areper.
sons ofsstion end influence. The Archbishop
Of Dublin 10 smosg the contributors TO its funds.
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