The Yazoo City Whig. [volume] (Yazoo, Miss.) 1844-1851, 1846-07-31

and most accomplished staiesmeni the coun.
'fy has ever known. is at the head"
Mexican Nomenclature,
The Washington Unisn furnishes the fol,
IOwing, at this time interesting article upon
the subject Of the Mexican names:
On inquiring the signi6catlon Of the names
Of the places which form the scenes of our
recent victories in the southwest, a friend
informs us that Patio Alto means HipA
Stake or high Timber. For ResGcG de Ia
Palma, no exact equivalent can be given in
as many English words: ResGca is 4 place
OverflOwed by high tide, or food of viv-
er, and left dry on the fall; and Palma is a
palm tree; so that Palm Bottom seems to Elk
press the meaning more nearly than any otk-
er concise form Of words.
The town OF Mdf0moFas. was so called in
honor of one Of the earll heroes Of the Mex
lean revolution, who, like Hidaigo and More
los, was a curate, and like them also was iak>
en- prisoner, and executed BY the Spaniards7.
The BrGSO de SantiGgo,is Just ST. James
inlet; it is about mile In width, and forms
the communication between the. gulf and a
long, narrow and shallow sound, which runs
along the coast almost q hundred miles
nor'hwaFd, separated from the sea BY the
sandy Island Of Padre. The depth Of the
wafer on the bar, which stretches across the
Bravo de Santiago, varies in depth at differ
ent times, from four TO seven feet; being
deePened BY long spell Of violent we -ierly
winds, and filed up similar course of storms
from the east The breakers on it are at
times, terrific forming we'll Of foaming wat.
eT, some feet in heiqth' which extends afh-
wart the passage, from shore 10 shore Point
Isabel is Immediately opposite the entrance,
distant about three miles from the gulf. No
scene can be more dfeaty than that presents
ed on entering this place; nothing but sea
and white sand bill 3, with an occasional
small patch of weeds being visible. Behind
the sand hills are dozen miserable novels,
and little tavern kept (formily) By shrewd
aad worthy Yankee named Savage, from New
LONDON, which; together, compose town Of
the BTazo. Five miles farther sOtith is ans
other small inlet, called Boca-Ckica. iftla
mouth; and three miles beyond II Is B0ca
del RiO--the month Of the riuer, where stands
another collection of novels. The Tiver ia
known at different places on lis banks By
different names; in New Mexico. i. is Rio
del NOTte-TiUer of tie north; farther down
it is Rio GrGnde, Rio BrdUo--fhe Oreot or
tie grand riVer' It vas called Rio de
Palmas-the riUer Of palms, by its first dis
covers in 1920.
Lastly, the word Rdnchero is a Mexican,
ism. The Spanish word rancho means a
mess or 0se3S>rO0He; and this name beine
given by the Mexican catfie>keepers TO the
huis at which they ate their meals and slept.
they thence derived the name of ranc6eros
and their huts were called FOncheTias. The
latter name Is is, however, also sometimes
applied to farm and TO an Indian VILLAGE.
PuReATORE.-The following is Bellsr,
nine's description oE purgatory:-
"Numberless men and women, living max.
ed on the earth, tTansfxed with red hot nails.
bit the dust with pain. Devils lashcd some
OF them with dreadful whips; fiery dragons
gnawed some with igniied teeth; while fam,
ing seFpcnts, pierced others with burning
stings. loads Of wonderful size and terror
endeaVered, with ugly beaks, to extract the
heats Of many. MonsteIous defornnsd
worms breathing Ere, devoured some with
Unsuitable VOracity: Some hung in sulnhur.
Gus flames, With chains through feet, legs.
hands, arms, and heads, or with iron hooks
IN the states OF ignition, through their eyes
nose, Jaws and breast. Some were roasted
on sPiss' OF trled in pans, or bFOiled in ful.
nacesI Many were hurled headlonp into a
ioeteds turbulent, tumbling, roaring, river.
and If any raised their heads above the eur.
face, devils, running along the stream, aunk
them agaiO into the cold element. A sal.
phuFous well, emitting fame and stencil,
threw up men like sparkling scinlillations
into the air, and again receiving them fall.
4 ing into its burning mouth. A vail sepeF.
ating purgatoEy from hell. Ca one side "a,
Paul with pair Of scales 10 weigh spirits
!. on the other side sat the devil. After weish
ing them, those suited for purgatoFy wer.
n thrown over 10 Paul and pitched in, and
ofl those fOI bell were thown over to the devil.
g THE RowER OF PRAYKR.-"Prayer cal
% obtain evoryshiaQl it can open the window
u Of heavens and shuttle gates of hell: Il cal
le put constant upon God, and deiain an an
gel till he leavs blessing; il can omen IN
D. treasurer Of rain. aud sOfton the iron ribs q
is rocks, lill they melt into tears, aud flowin
II river; prayer can nnclasp the pirdles Al tb
40 North, saying to mountain, BE thou Re
90 moved hence, aud cast into the bottom Of II
ng sea; u can arrest the sun in the midst of 4
% courses and send the swift~wfnped winds d
q on our errands and ell those strange sibinl
oe and secret DEGREES, and rsQeeled transa
M tons which are above The clouds, and far b
g gond the-Eegions 0f The stars. shall cohbir
n ministry aud advantages Cor tie prayil
las man - TBiskop T0gIo-.