Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-06-26


na"ds' and portion ofthem standing guard O.
Set him end his wife whise he other. rifled the
house. were publicly whipped in the Grand Pla.
a. and the punishment was universally con.
demned by the peorse, particularly Sy tke 70.
male portion, and pronounced barba roaas ana I'm.
Worry civilized nation.
have often heard tel: Of Mexican polneness,
and must confess iha. the universal exhibition
OF that quality is calculated to impress one fa.
WORLDLY. There is no sfectstion> and no mere
ceremony N il, but il seems to be the offspring
OF genuine desire on their part TO be civil to
oil they meet. And this characteristic is not
confined to The upper walks OF life, but pervades
the whole body Of the people. Indeed tho high.
est class have exhibited less oft than the other
portion of society. and they seem to be the on.
Y portion between whom and our officers per.
fee' good understanding has hot yet been estab.
lshed. This huuteur has, however. begun to
wear Of. tnd anticipate in very short time
its entire disappearance to animate the whole
people when we first came here, and do not
believe that il is proof against our civi!ities.
A number nf Mexican officers, taken priso.
hers at Vera trua and CeAro Sordo, ire here on
parole, shd rhsy be seer any day on the stteets
sporting ,heir rich and tasteful uniforms They
are not unfrrquently seen in company with our
o%n oticcEs between %tfyn acquaintance are
sprineine up daily.
They ray that tasse for music ia a les, of
eNili.a,itn. s'fso, The Mescans of Janp. arc
highly civilized, for hear nightly as good mu.
sic here as ever heard in Phihherphia. Their
favorise ins,rntncnt appears 10 be the guitar,
thouRh there is scarcely house of any standing
in which there is not, in addition. piano, harp
and a harpsichord. The Au,e arso appear, 10
be Mach ii Me, bit IL to the violin have seen
M instrument Of the kind since havs been in
Mexico.
The hospital Of our army al this place con.
tsins near eigh. hundred persons. It 10 an old
convent, built by Cortez, and gret, complaints
are made of the wretchedness Of the food and
accommodations. II appears to me TO be most
cramped up place. and I don't see why better
4ua,terb ard more comfortable srrangeh,ents
are not provided for our sick. Our hospital
physiciahs have the power In their own hands,
and there is no excuse fot not making the ne.
cessa.y extensions and reforms. There is
scarcely day without funerak and feel con.
WINGED thai many OF our brave hnen die, or are
rendered ncurabe, from pure neglect. have
not yet seen the Mexican hospital, bat tr, told
that its arrangements, attendance and convent.
enhes, are Infinitely superior 10 ours. know
that the Mexican Surgeon General in atten.
dance here is q man Of consumma,e skill, and
that his attentions are MARKED sy the HthiSst
sympathy for The suffering Of his p.,ients-.
quality, a little more of which would not at al
hbt' sothe Of oar surgeons. or diminish their use.
f1lness.
AZ far % my experience exter6s; III describe
the architecture bruhe Me4icah town, 10 ID De.
scribe the whsle. 1 sescriSed the architecture
Of Vera C'u., the principal features Of which
were exhibited in their public buldihEs sha
churches The SAME eha!dttetstict Dire pre-.
sented every where. and sometimes thihk that
even the details are Identical they have,
hetei giest ptUpersitt ID tihging ehurch bells,
and il ic dtns ~ithou, any hdtmbht ,ska,ssei.
The only concert seems TO he the time at which
the cla,,er shall cotnttenes Sha no time Of day
OF night eeeiis 10 b. free from the arrangement,
ahd when il does cornmehse; say a. midnight,
one 10 stfohgiS reminded Of the discotdant
sounds which pervsde Philadelph from the
different hose and ehgint hobses dti,ng On d.
latui Of fire. II may be all sety we'll Dc tisi.
sihg q time fjr DEVOTIONAL exercises, but Ger.
tainly the nuise has becofhe gfeat bore and
naisance to me. Ard this t.ose pai.eala.ls, as
the FEDS ate ndmerous. and we have no, more
time to devote to the iuhpo'iah, duty of sleep
than is absolutely nteessa:y u stal,R ahd
s:rehgih.
FATAL TO SwIsS -sal.pette 's ss fs,sl 10
eSine ID srsenie TO rhin. Our foternsu last
tear sailed some swine with refuse salt which
had been taken from, beef Baifel ahd stared
away; within twelve hours two ou, of three
ate of il died, and the thifd @as much injured
As farmers at this season are empiying their
dicst ba!fels. instead Of preserving the reiuse
sal, fof the futIte, they had better bury il ih
the compost heap. Our beef IVES but slightly
eatpetred, and bu, very little could possible
have been taken BY the swine.-H H. Post
THx PorAfb Ca6f AT tuE SoUrH-A gen.
tlemsn who has recently been In some 6f the
country parishes, informs the N .. Picayune