Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1847-07-24
eer. santa Anna's Estate.

tinguished Mexican chieaain, on the road from |
Ver Cruz 10 the capitol, about twelve miles be.
yond Cerro Gordc:
As this distinguished fi,nctionsry owns tYet
~ much the whole country bet tween Vera Cruz
and Jalsps, he finds it convenient to have two
other residences; but the hacienda near Cerro
Gordo was bn favorite retreat-Here II was he
lived in dignity. previous to the disastrous bat.
tie that lost him his presidential office and his
popularity smonp hi. peoplc. I, was a bold
dragoon Mojor who, first of our army, entered |
the princeIy ,bo'le he g1zed with ss'onish.
men. at the surrounding ,plencor, and had not
proceeded far to exsmine before the name Of e'
General Santa Anna met his sight, and inform.
ed him where he was The residence was
characterized by epecies Of oriental piendor;
fourteen large rooms crowded upon eSch other,
filled with costly ottonans, from the walls Of
whiclowere suspended rure works ofsrt. Every
thing hsd bcen precipitafely abandoned upon
a centre table in one Of the principal saloons
lay al unsealed note, In the writing of,he Die.
,stut Il stated that "he left every thing to the
mercy Of generous enemy" %. '.
The Major peered about as il he had got into
an Arabian enchantment no examined stten.
lively the pictures. and coveted saddle with
costly trappings and stirrups Of gold inlaid with
heart throbbed--there was q couch for ptin
cess. Upon the adjoining tables we're scatter.
ed costly perfumes. and on the floor, 40 they
had aba ndoned :wo pretty Spanish feet. was
pair Of elegantly wrought. yet tiny slippers.--
The Major was gallant man and an honorable
une---dragoon ss he was, he could forego the
saddle and the s,irrups, gold though they were
blu, he wanted a trophy, and he placed the
slippers in his pscket with . thrill at their feel
that would have Cone honor to q powerful gal.
vsnic battery. Yet his heart smo,e him, and
he placed the treasures back snd walked into
the more exposed parts Of the house. He went
into the peighboring pounds and viewed the
splendid cattle and horses that were luxurin.
ting at ease when, presently. there dashed by
an aid of Gen. Scott ordering the dragons to
pursue the retrea,ing Santa Anna. IN an 10.
slant the Major was mounted, snd his men fol.
lowed with yell Of delight. A few hours clap.
sed when he returned to the splendid hacienda.
What change the fine cattle had been driven
Of, the saddle still remained, but the gold and
silver was gone. The pictures were destroyed
and hung in fragments from their frames; the
splendid cushions had been cut asunder, and the
mirrors broken into thousand fragments. So
nd cd inr in tho nfth MaS ire N
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RELATIVE NuTRIrivE AND DIGESTIVE QUAIL.
TIES OF FOoD.-The nu,rtive and digestive
qualities of the food We eat are matters which
concern the health Of every individual. Var.
Gus experiments end analyses have been made
by compe,en, persons to determine these points,
and the resu, Of them appears to be ss follows !:
Wheat is the most nutritious OF all substan.
ces, except oil, containing ninety. five parts Of
nutrment TO five of waste matter. Dry peas,
nuts and barley are nearly as nutritious as wheat.
Garden vegetables stand lowest on the list. in
asmnch as they contain, when fresh, large
portion OF water The quantity of woste mat
ter is more than eight ,en,.s of the whole. On.
ly one forte,h of cucumber lie capable of being
converted into nu,riment. The nutritious par,
: OF the different meats varies from one fifth to
one eighth of the whole.
Veal is the inos, nutritious; mutton next
then chicken; then beef, las, pork. Fruits
vary between two and three 'enths OF nutritious
matter, and their order is as follows, the nutri
iicus being placed first Plumbs. grapes, spri
cots; cherries, peaches, guoseberries. apples
strs w5errier, melons. Milk contains less than
one tenth Of nutritious matter. as it is mainly
composed Of water.
or oil the articles Of food, boiled rice is d.
gested in the shortest ti,ne--an hour. As il
also contains eight,cnths Of nutritious matter
it is q valuable substance Of diet. Tripe and
pigs feet (s'range TO tell are dieested almost
as rapidly. Apples, If sweet and ripe. are mex
in order. Ven~on Is digested almost a. soon al
apples. Roasted potatoes are digested in hall
the time required by the ssme vegetables boi
led, which occupy three hours und halt--,nore
than beef or mutton. Dread occupies three
hours and quarter stewed oysters and boiled
eggs are diges,ed In three houfs and hslf---aH
: hour more than is required BY the same articles
raw. Tarkey sud goose are converted in two
q hours and hslf---sn hour and half soone'
= than chicken. Roasted veal, pork and ssltet
beef occupy i've hoors and hsli-,he longes
u Of eli articles OF food. ....-.
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