The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1847-01-07

aneh above 20 ail.s per day, and as n,
: eliy Of MsIieo 10 ESQ niles from Yer
Cipz. they sovld be IL dsys in gong lha
dnlsnee. The dIl g.hes which rsns Re
. issen Vera Cnz aud Mexiro 10 four day,
90 The road. The traffic between .hs ~ I
einss 70 immense. Almost All the GOOD,
landed = Vera cIuz are conveyed 10 m,
cry oil Mexico on The backs ol mules. A
mule val cary 400 pounds weight, The
height ol winch 10 s2i, During The rainy
seasons l'hst 10. from Ap,iI 70 Srplsmbsfl
me mules are 30 day . 20 going 20 Mexico;
during The dry season. only 20. The own.
ere OF these mules are nsn OF honesty and
spbs'anes; they snd their servants are well
armed, and sometimes they have fierce
encounters with robbers.
The worst part Of the road 10 Mexico
l-psrtieulsry for loOl-soldiers-is ths,
which 10 contiguous Co Vera Cruz. for The
soil - sand, and sand almost az hol as
Inst used by chemists 10 make ssnd.bs.h.
Here The diligence. though drawn BY eight
powerful horses. a drses is slow Ienslh
slong." II the rate Of three miles the hour.
Dur soldlrrs would fnd matching along
this par Of the road extremely d,ffieui.
and iiksoms. And 10 this, 90 indeed in
The other Mexican roads. 10 10 advisable
20 march al night. Az some dis,snee RON
Vera Cruz the fsnknsss OF The We geis,ion
% surprising. cseii. which in Eurcpe
~ould bring high price, are here Iolung
on ihs road side. La some places. where
the road 10 rather narrow, gigantic plan,
pushes ilssll into The very dll,Renes you
are sssledin. The birds 100. hsreabou,s,
are IS richly colored ss The flowers. Bul
there 70 close. rank. chuich-y ard smell
IN Tho are. which 10 anything but pleasant,
and which rsmiDds Jon that you are mol
yet oui OF The reach Of that scouree OF
tropical elims,es--the yellow fever.
when you GET 10 .yslsps, (which is
about go miles from Vera CRUZ you end
that Nature there wears a more cheerful,
Il less ssudy. aspect You have left
The hot region. and are nov in the lem.
persie district. il 10 indeed the Eden OF
The western ~orld. Fields, yellow with
.ssn on ss every .s. 6s sppsssase Of
the town itself. hsrmonizss well wilh ,ha.
OF Tho country around. i, has . cleanly
and wholesome look-so have its inhsbi.-
ants, Who number thirteen thousand. The
women Of Jslspa are noted for their beau
". Us elevation above the level OF The
sea. is 1891 feet. When . North wind
blows o. Vera Cruz The inhabitants Of
Jslspa are developed in . fog. which
sometimes lasts two OF three weeks. The
occurrence Of these logs may be said 10
be the only Inconvenience Of residence
in Jalaps. When Mexico " as Spanish
colony. . fair was held at Jalsps, which
used TO be attended by thousands Of met
chants. from all parts Of the county
and st which were sold the goods brought
TO Vera Cruz, at stated periods, in fleets
of merchantmen from Sp,in. A, the pre-
sen, day, . similar fair is held at q palry
village in the interior Of Mex,co-cslled
San Joan. Almost depopulsted al other
times, a, The time OF the Is'r. fifty, sixty,
and even eighty thousand people are con-
gregaied a, San Juan.
The mex, place Of importance on The
road to Mexico is Pero.s--,he villages Of
Las V,gss, La Floya and ST. Michael
in,ery enc between il and Jalsps. The
road from LAS VIgss TO Pero,e IS very bae
and steep. When you are in Perote, 20.
are in what 10 called The terra fria. OF
cold region. And cold enough il 10, 10 al
conscience. A day OF Two before, yos
were perspiring al every poie;--now
your cloak and comforter are IN reqoisi
lion. Peiote is about 70 miles from Jals
%, and contains z. 500 inhabitants. II Is
1892 feet above The level Of the sea. IL
houses ere one-storled, very gloomy look
ing, bu, very strong. The English lees
maxim-sesery mans house 10 his castle,
is equally true in Perote. though in DIFF
ferent sense. Near Pero,e. is the famous
castle Of ,hs, name. Thrice has SAINTS
Anna been an inmate OF that castle--th,
las, time as , prisoner Of state. II is no
impossible that ere long he may again b
an involuntary CUES, Of the Governor o
the Castle Of Perote. In the vicinity o
: Pero,e, there are several villages, inhsbil
, ed solely by bandi.,i. The spies Of WHOM
may be seen ptowling abou, Perote al th'
hour fixed for the arrival Of the diligence
/: The third large town ON the road Il
Mexico is Puebla. The road here is on
neutrality-suspicious. leading through
deep guIl,es. a, others along dusty plain
Puebla is sbou, 60 miles from Pero,e
According to some authorities, u contain
fifty thousand inhabitants; according Il
others ninety Thousand. Al all events
there are only two places in the republi
more ropulous ,hsn PuebIs;-ihty ar
). Gusnaiuah and the capital itself. Th
J. cathedral Of Puebls is very 6ne building
The lamps. bslIustrades and principal OF
!, nsmeMs Of the altar are oil MASSIVE sllve'
; Some estimate of the value OF the lsrg
chandelier may be formed t'0m The lac