The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1847-05-29
The Road to Mexico.

The Road to Mexico.
Our last dispatches left Gen. Worth
en- 70 ute for Mexico, via the city of ia.
lapa: Jalapa is very healthy, and it has
been the intention of Gen. Scott 10 take
up his line Of march from this point to
the Capital. In the mean time it will
prove the most healthy part of the coun-
try for the sick and disabled among our
troops,
CITY OF JALAPA.
The city itself is upon a high hill
highest in the centre, SO that the streets
incline considerably--so much SO, that
no wheeled vehicle can pass along any
Of them except the main street or road,
which has a considerable rise and de-.
scent. The city is surrounded by a
wall, and has a strongly built church
near the western gate, which could be
converted into a citadel. The streets
are paved. The houses, as in other
Mexican to WINS, are Of stone, with fiat
roofs and iron-barred windows Oppo-
site the city, on the left of the road, is
a hill from which the road might be an
noyed, and shells thrown into the to wn;
the road Is a handsome and substantial
structure Of checkered pavement, and
must have been very costly. .
PEROTE AND IT'S CASTLE.
At the base Of a high mount, bearing
the same name, some distance from the
road on the left, is a cluster of houses
with a church, called Perote. Oppo-
site, on the right of the road, and com.
handing it in every direction, stands
the castle. 1t is upon a fiat, sandy plain,
strongly built of stone, and encircled by
a deep fosse, or ditch. The main en-
trance is by going over chevaur de frise
by a style, descending some twenty-five
or thirty stone steps to the bottom Of
the fosse, and crossing it to the gates,
which are on a level with the bottom.
The population Of Perote is estimated
at 5000; It'll a fine little city, the houses
being generally of one story, built of
stone and covered with terrices; the
principal street is remarkably fne-the
others are wide and paved. On a mar
ket day, it is really astonishing to see.
the great variety Of the best fruits of
Europe, and of the tropics, piled around
the square. On leaving Perote you pass
through extensive plantations of Mague.
CITY OF PUEBLA.
This city is walled and fortified. 1t
is built Of stone, and the streets are well
paved. Here water is abundant, but
from the National Bridge to this place
no water can be obtained-the natives
substituting pulque as beverage. From
Jalapa to Puebla there are occasional
heights near the road, which, if fortified,
might annoy invaders. In fact, from
Vera Cruz to Puebla this is the case
the travel being alternately over broad,
unobslructed roads and narrow passes,
commanded by the heights. The road
passes through Puebla. The Peublanos
have a particular character; they are
cunning n courageous, n the most
expert robbers and assasslns throughout
Mexico, where there is no lack of such.
If an offender is brought before an AL
any where else, and is known or
ascertained to be a Pueblano, his con-
is sure.
Puebla is situated at the extremity of
very large plain, on the Vera Cruz
side; its population is estimated at
10000 souls 1.-The streets are parallel
and very wide and well paved--the
houses are built of stone, two T three
high, and covered with terraces;
are remarkably fine. The Public
Place would be admired in almost any
part Of the world--it forms a perfect